Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Multiple obituaries list Vern Luther Anderson 51 Vansant VA. Nora Law Frazier 85 Narrows VA. Sampson C. Taylor 88 Littlesburg VA. Mauro G Peraldo 980 Bramwell WV. Marvin H McGuire Sr 76 Richlands VA. Herbert C Payne 50 Bland VA. Notices include services, burial sites, churches and funeral homes across Vansant Narrows Bradshaw Switchback Baisden and related towns.
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Marvin H. McGuire, Sr
Richlands
Allison
Clinch Valley
Cedar Bluff
James M
Margaret Hart McGuire
Emory and Henry College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Tazewell County
Fan Ward McGuire
Marvin H. McGuire, Jr
Two Obituaries From Bluefield Area Notables
Toy Washington Bowen Sr. 68 of Freeman died Sunday morning at Blue field Sanitarium. The body is at Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell with funeral arrangements incomplete. John Fred Kitts of Mattson Illinois, formerly of Tazewell Virginia, died Sunday in Mattson. His body will be taken to Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield Virginia where funeral arrangements will be made.
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Sampson C. Taylor
Littlesburg
Bluefield Sanitarium
Littlesburg Methodist Church
Haywood Price
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Herbert C. Payne
Bland
Sam Payne
Bradshaw
Dell
Sarah Riffe Payne
Clarence Payne
Wilmington
Del
Burl Payne
Jolo
Mary Payne
Elkhorn City
Virginia Broughman
Baltimore
Bertha Justice
Sarasota
Fla
Vista Smith
Vansant
Mary Cantrell
Lynchburg
Laurie Vance
Paynesville
Samaria Regular Baptist Church
Groundhog
Harold Burks
Morgan Belcher
George Allen
Mullins
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Julia Oathline Hall
Switchback
Welch
Sinkford-Richardson Funeral Home
Toy Washington Bowen, Sr
Freeman
Bluefield
Cravens
John Fred Kitts
Mattson, Ill
Tazewell
Mattson
Memorial Mortuary
Obituary notices from Bluefield and Tazewell areas
Barrett M Anderson of 200 Parkview Drive Bluefield Virginia dies with Monday funeral at Graham Funeral Home Chapel and burial at Maple Hills Cemetery. Virdie Elizabeth Mills Allen 80 of Montcalm dies. service today at Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell with burial at Egeria family cemetery. John Elmer Wilson Rt 3 Tazewell Virginia funeral Monday at 2 at Paul Stoltzfus burial at Burkes Garden Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Body to be taken from Greever Funeral Home Tazewell to church one hour before services.
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Anderson
Barrett M
Parkview Drive
Bluefield
Graham Funeral Home Chapel
Maple Hills Cemetery
Allen
Virdie Elizabeth Mills
Montcalm
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Egeria
Injured Girl Not Critical In Three Car Bluefield Crash
Alice Elizabeth Lee a 17 year old Bluefield resident remained under treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium Sunday night after a three car rear end collision on U S 52 near the Bluefield State College entrance. She had back injuries not considered critical. James R Looney was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Alice Elizabeth Lee
Lee Ave
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
U. S. 52
James R. Looney
Stadium Drive
Looney
Larry D Sutphin
Rt. 4
Ronnie Thomas
Duhring
Bluefield State College
Prayer Meetings Planned in Bluefield Homes for Mission
More than 100 home prayer meetings in the Bluefield area are scheduled for Tuesday February 23 as a lead into the Bluefield Area Preaching Mission from February 28 to March 5. Dr Chester Sword from Mississippi will preach nightly at 7 30 PM in the Bluefield High School Auditorium and four morning sessions Tuesday through Friday at Trinity Methodist Church at 7 PM Music will be directed by Jerry Merriman of Texas. Prayer meetings will be held in homes at 7 PM Tuesday.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Area
Chester Sword
Mississippi
Bluefield High School
Trinity Methodist Church
Jerry Merriman
Texas
Washington’s enduring legacy and legendary image
The article recalls George Washington’s mixed military record, Jefferson’s praise of his character, and his lasting imprint on the United States. It notes the abundance of places named after him and questions the trustworthiness of schoolbook legends about his exploits.
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Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Bus and tractor trailer crash kills child on I 96
A bus carrying two adults collided with a tractor trailer nine miles south of Fredericksburg Virginia. The wreck killed a baby named David Earl Mayo and injured nine others. The bus owner Trailways Sea shore Transportation Company. Bus driver Larry Quesenberry hospitalized with multiple injuries.
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Fredepricksburg
Here
New York
Mary Washington Hospital
U. S. Naval Hospital
Quantico
Anderson Clinic
Arlington
Seashore Transportation Co
Trailways System
David Earl Mayo
Benny Mayo
Robersonville
N. C
J. T. Croxton
Mayo
Frances Mayo
Larry Quesenberry
Annandale
Quesenberry
Vote Slated On Samaritan Bill in House Leaders Debate
Charleston AP A good Samaritan bill to shield people aiding accident victims faces a Monday House vote with amendments possible. The bill aims to reduce civil suits by limiting who can be sued, stirring debate over whether all helpers or only doctors and dentists should be exempt. The amendment to cover all persons drew ire from House Leader Watson who warned against permitting unqualified first aid. The measure sits on the House special calendar as the 41st day of the 60 day session proceeds.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Senate
West Virginia
J. E
Ned) Watson
Local Man Hurt In One Vehicle Bluefield Wreck
D. P. Morrissette, 51, of 104 Christie Manor Apartments Bluefield was injured in a one vehicle wreck on Bland Street Bluefield at 8 15 a m Sunday police said. Damage was $2 000 He remained under treatment Sunday night with head and hand injuries not hospital spokesmen said. He said he blacked out en route from home to his service station when his jeep struck a stone wall and a utility pole.
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D. P. Morrissette
Christie Manor
Bluefield
Bland Street
Morrissette
Bland
Mineral Street
Welch Girls Award Winners From West Virginia Distinguish At Valley Forge
Four West Virginians plus a Charleston school and the West Virginia chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are honored in F Foundations awards for 1964 contributions toward understanding the American way of life. Recipients include Martha Johnson Charleston Airman J C Hunter Armen Trout Gassaway Kenneth W Cottrell Handley overseas Navy service and Edith Harley Welch. Thomas Jefferson Jr High Charleston is the state school winner. The state DAR chapter places first among state organizations.
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Valley Forge
West
Thomas Jefferson ,Jr. High School
Charleston
West Virginia
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Bluefield Firemen Respond To Two Sunday Calls
Bluefield firemen answered two calls on Sunday. A Norfolk and Western diesel engine near the east yards caught fire from electrical wiring at about 5 30 a m causing extensive but undetermined damage as wiring burned. A second call at 318 Third Street at 12 56 p m involved a furnace pipe leak with smoke. firemen removed the fire and minor smoke damage only.
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Bluefield
Gordon Damron
Norfolk and Western Diesel
Third St
Weather notes for West Virginia and Virginia Monday
West Virginia sees variable clouds and very cold with snow flurries in the southern region. Highs 25 to 35. Virginia reports partly cloudy skies, windy and colder with snow flurries in the mountains. highs in the 30s in the mountains and 50s in the southeast.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Omaha buyer pays at Saratoga for Royal Charger colt Roy al Gunner
Mike Ford of Omaha Nebraska bid 57000 for a Royal Charger Levee yearling at the 1963 Saratoga Sales. He named him Roy al Gunner and by November 1964 the colt had earned 123640 dollars in winnings.
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Mike Ford
Omaha
Nebr
Saratoga
Richlands Man Sent To Marion for Psychiatric Evaluation
Leland Clifton, a Richlands man %-year-old, was indicted for murder and ordered to undergo psychiatric examination at Southwestern State Hospital in Marion, Virginia. His trial on the December 4, 1964, fatal shooting of wife Patricia Joann Clifton has been delayed indefinitely.
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Leland Clifton
Richlands
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Tazewell County
Clifton
Patricia Joann Clifton
Clarence Davis
Police Investigate 2 Weekend Thefts in Bluefield
Bluefield police review reports of an attempted purse snatching near Woolworth’s in downtown and the theft of an overcoat from Simons Restaurant. Lola Falsey describes three youths trying to grab her purse in an alley behind the store. Robert W. Yost reported his coat stolen from the restaurant coat rack along with gloves valued at five dollars and fifty cents.
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Bluefield
Lola Falsey
College Ave
Woolworth’s
Robert W. Yost
Sunrise Drive
Satuday
Simons Restaurant
Malcolm X Assassinated in Ballroom Slaying
Malcolm X was shot in the chest during a Sunday speech at a Organization of Afro-American Unity meeting in a Manhattan ballroom near the George Washington Bridge. He had warned of danger and planned to expose those behind the threats. security was offered but not present, and chaos followed as police detained two supporters.
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Malcolm
Sutton
Garelik
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V. L. Anderson
Vern Luther Anderson
Emeline Anderson
Henry Anderson
Jarrell Anderson
Wanda Tony
Rt. 1
Grundy
Blanch
Paoline
Rita
Mary Anderson
Carl Anderson
Harman
Roger Lee
Gene Anderson
Williamson
Jerry
Vern, Jr
Henry Dale
Ercel
Pat Anderson
George Rasnick
Fincastle
Ben Dales
Dollie Stone
Baileysville
Hermmie Thomas
Defiance
Ohio
Johnny Anderson
Harlan, Ky
Cecil Anderson
Looney Chapel
Leemaster
N. W. Looney
Carl Looney
Dry Fork
Virginia Funeral Home
Nora Frazier
Nora Law Frazier
Narrows
Giles County
Jacms D
Sarah Williams Law
Marvin Lester
Rich Creek
Lonas Loggans
Bristol
Narrows First Baptist Church
Lawrence C. Harrison
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
Riffe
C. Taylor
Mauro Peraldo
Mauro G. Peraldo
Bramwell
Tony Lotito
Perdicavallo
Italy
Bramwell Masonic Lodge 45
Knight Templer
Ivanhoe Commandary
Beni Kedem Shrine
Mauritia von Peraldo
Bernard H Hughes
Leo C. Peraldo
Bramwell Presbyterian Church
John F. Conner
W. P. Eastwood
Woodlawn
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Julia C. Hall
Hazel M. Nease
Cub Creek
Baisden
Walker
Celia Lester Murphy
Church of God At
Harve Nease
Lowell Riffe
Basset
John Marshall
North East
Pearl Lester
Hattie Cline
John
Brooks Murphy
Rose Baptist Church
Epp Cline
Ross Cline
Johnny Cline
Oak Log Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home of
M. H. McGuire SR
Toy W. Bowen, SR
J. F. Kitts
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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UTT Equipment & Supply Co
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President’s Council On Physical Fitness
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Macolm X
Halem
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Vanderbilt Clinic
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Bluewell, W. VA
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