Deaths and funerals span Bluefield to Princeton area
Georgia Mae Lindsey 80 Bluefield WV died Monday at a local hospital. Survived by sons Maurice and Payton Cawthorne, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Richardson Funeral Home with burial at Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Garnett A. Browder 78 Charleston WV died Friday in Charleston hospital. Survived by wife Clide Browder and son James Browder. funeral Sunday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Several other local memorials follow for Edgar Bibb, Paul Tiller, James Anderson and many area residents with service details and burial sites listed.
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Georgia Mae Lindsey
Randolph Terrace
Bluefield
Evergreen
Walter
Emma Morgan Abbott
Mill Creek Baptist Church
Bramwell
The
Missionary Society
Usher Board
Bluefield State College
Friendly Club
A.W. Cawthorne
Frank Lindsey
Maurice Cawthorne
Payton Cawthorne
Colorado Springs
Colo
Richardson Funeral Home
Samuel Marrs
William Spencer
T.B. Hamlin
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Garnett A. Browder
Quarrier St
Charleston
Sylvatus
Robert Alexander
Laura Quesenberry Browder
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Bailey Lumber Company
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Clide West Browder
James Robert Browder
St. Louis
Claude Browder
Hillsville
Mamie Long
Ethel Wright
Eva Hilton
Pulaski
Caffee Funeral Home Chapel
Beckley
John Ramsey
Sunset Memorial Park
Westminster Presbyterian Church Chapel Fund
Ohio
Carol Sword
Lebanon
Glenford Sword
Ferrum
Willie Lee Sword
Corn Valley
Billy Franklin Sword
John Sword Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Sword
Pompano Beach
Fla
Jerry Sword
Ricky Lynn Terry
Larry Terry
Apopka
Margaret Boardwine
Layfette Sword
Doyle Jary Emerges as Shell Leaders Program Finalist
Doyle Jary, president of Bluefield High School Student Council and Junior Civitan, writes on innovative leadership for a national program. The Shell Century III Leaders scholarship, funded by Shell Oil, awards 500 scholarships totaling about 250000 annually.
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America
Doyle
Bluefield High School
Junior Civitans
Cocaptain
National Honor Society
Salvation Army
Frank Richardson
Shell Oil Company
Shell
Shell Oil Company Foundation
National Association of Secondary School Princes
Williamsburg
Police blotter reports break in and vandalism in Bluefield
Bluefield City Police investigated a Friday early morning break in at a residence on Highland Avenue where a 17 year old suspect fled. A second case involved vandalism at the Eagles Club on Princeton Avenue with a brick shattered window and alarm activation. Both cases remain under investigation by the detective division.
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Bluefield
Lumis Smith
Highland Ave
Smith
J.C. Gillespie
F.C. Horn
Bluefield Police
Eagles Club
Princeton Ave
Grundy VFD organizer Elmer Dixon dies in Oakton
Elmer E. Pete Dixon 78 of Grundy Va longtime town leader and founder of the Grundy Volunteer Fire Department died Thursday at his son’s home in Oakton Va He organized the fire department and served as chief for 29 years He was a former Grundy town council member Red Cross Rotary Club president and a Sunday School teacher Burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Bluefield President of 1978 Buchanan County Hall of Fame survivor list includes wife Virginia Taylor Dixon son Dr Edward Dixon sister Helen Steele brothers Otho Dixon Robert Dixon Granddaughter Andrea Warner Visitation at Grundy Funeral Home and church prior to service at Grundy Baptist Church at 11 am.
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Paul Fenton Tiller
Rocky Gap
Mercer County
Elihu
Florence Dangerfield Tiller
H. Eugene Tiller
Raleigh
N.C
James L. Tiller
Janet Myers
Bastian
John
Linda) Browder
Hillsville
Donna Fellows
Salem
C.B
Boots” Tiller
Ralph Tiller
G.R. Tiller
Bluefield
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
White's Cemetery
Meister Lee Duty
Bee
Princeton
Dickenson County
Meredith and
Nicey Deel Duty
Duty View Primitive Baptist Church
UMWA
VFW
American Legion
Debbie Lynn Duty
Cynthia Duty
Jeffrey Duty
Lyall Duty
Tammie Barton
Davenport
Linda Duty
Brenda Duty
William Duty
Honaker
James Edward Duty
Clinchco
Elmer Duty
Palatka
Fla
Mar Sheckler
Gerald Yates
Garnell Gilbert
Bobby Arrington
Duty Cemetery
Haysi Funeral Home
Haysi
Joel Turner
Roger Rose
Grundy
Oakton
Elmer E
Pete” Dixon
Roland and
Mozelle Nash Dixon
Bluefield High School
Elgyn Watchmakers College
E.E. Dixon Jeweler
Grundy Baptist Church
Jack Mutter
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
Byrd envisions wood epicenter in Mercer County
Senator Robert Byrd outlined plans for a technologically advanced wood products center near Princeton Mercer County to research new manufacturing tech and train workers. He has 1.9 million in federal funds for the Advanced Hardwood Resource Center with a feasibility study estimating total costs around 9 million.
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Washington D.C
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Appalachian Lumber
West Virginia
Byrd
Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Association
Mercer County
Princeton
Appalachian
U.S. Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Senate Appropriations Committee
Marshall University-Concord College
Deer Crashes Through Charleston Yogurt Store Causing $1500 Damage
A frightened two year old buck shattered a plate glass window at TOBY Yogurt on MacCorkle Avenue in South Charleston around 8 30 am It caused extensive damage tearing chairs a table yogurt containers and a cash register The deer died from shock and blood loss while being transported to the county animal shelter authorities said Store owner described the destruction as helter skelter and noted the animal ran through every room including over the counter before being corralled.
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South Charleston
Kanawha County Animal Shelter
MacCorkle Avenue
Humane
Gary Parsons
Parsons
R.L. Martin
Martin
Military youths honors and assignments across services
Service people Mills Stiltner Lyons Green Frazier Stanley Cox Warden Myers receive assignments, promotions, and basic training results. Mills and Stiltner report to Marine Wings at Camp Pendleton and Cherry Point, while Lyons serves aboard USS Forrestal with Bush visit. Green deployed to Egypt for Bright Star 90. Frazier promoted to senior airman in Texas. Stanley arrives in West Germany for duty with 7th Infantry. Cox graduates basic at Lackland. Warden completes Fort Jackson training. Myers and family ties noted in Princeton area.
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Navy
Billy R. Lyons
Kenneth Lyons
Athens
George Bush
Mediterranean Sea
Forrestal
Mayport
Fla
Princeton Senior High School
Princeton
Air Force
Ljon W. Green
Egypt
Elmer H. Green
Welch
Pineville High School
833Rd Services
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Concord professor aims for Jeopardy senior tournament
Kiernan, age 60, plans to test his knowledge on Jeopardy after years teaching history and political science at Concord. He recalls how the show appeals to viewers and notes the two-day filming for a two-week tournament.
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Kiernan
Concord
Ques
Lottery results from Virginia and nearby states
Richmond AP reports latest East Coast lottery numbers. Virginia Pick 3 drew 1 2 1. West Virginia Daily 3 3 2 3 and Daily 4 8 7 6 4. Cash 25 numbers were 1 7 12 14 17 18.
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Richmond
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Georgia M. Lindsey
Edgar K. Bibb
Edgar Kyle Bibb
Goldsboro
McDowell County
Greenville
Cora Dixon Bibb
Franklin Baking Co
North Carolina
Nell R. Bibb
Kyla Bibb Zimmer
Chattanooga
David Earl Bibb
John R. Bibb
Broken Arrrow
Okla
Joan Covington
Turnsville
Sandra Hopper
Clemins
Patsy Duffy
Lexington
Carroll Bibb
Winston-Salem
Second Baptist Church
Wayne Memorial Park
Seymour Funeral Home
Paul F. Tiller
James A. Anderson
James Alexander Anderson
Welch Hospital
Sun
John Anderson
Nettie Craig Anderson
U.S. Steel
Rock Hill Baptist Church
Gary
Willie Mae Anderson
Willie Ann Vaughan
East Orange
N.J
Pagt Funeral Home
Treva E. Bennett
Treva Elizabeth Lilly Bennett
Thornton Ave
Crow
Ed and
Mae Harris Lilly
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Mt. Hope
Darrell Bennett
Doris Jean Belcher
Tappahannock
Geneva Adkins
Prosperity
Hazel Sanders
Forest
Opel Bennett
George W. Seaver
Jeanette G. Nevins
Jeanette Gocal Nevins
Sharlerdi
Bishop
Manassas
Sharleroi
Joseph and
Blanche Sezawich Gocal
Bill Nevins
James Howard Nelson
Corpus Christi
Texas
Carol Jean Basko
Ted Gocal
Garden Grove
Callif
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Elbert E. Price
Paynesville
Richlands
Clyde Price
Garden Creek
Love Price
Linda Price
James Elbert Price
Heather Nicole Love Price
Clarence Price
Squire
Eddie Price
Mary Price
Wytheville
Lucille Price
Roanoke
Jimmy Price
Maryland
Mary Lou Old Regular Baptist
Stateline Ridge
Woodrow Shelton
Jimmy Allen
Brewster Cemetery
Raven's Branch
Cedar Bluff
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Johnnie Sword
Washington County
Henry and
Pinkie King Sword
Lebanon Church of Christ
Eula Mae Sword
Clara Mae Rife
Mary Peck
Sditville
Ruth Rhea
Mansfield
Anna S. Helm
Anna Sweeney Helm
Pickaway
Lowmore
Elliston
Joseph E. Sweeney
Louisa Daniels Sweeney Cromer
Fairview Christian Church
Yvonne Leach
Shady Spring
Jo Jean Helm
Geneva Hodges
Hot Springs
Joseph A. Helm
Marietta
Lester Helm
Hopewell
Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home
Union
Roy
Fairview Cemetery
Keenan
John Blankenship
Hensley
Henry S. Stovall
Henry S
Stovall
Bratton Ave
Memorial
Athens Road
Stady
Bill Junior
Wolford
North Springs
Old Regular Baptist Church
Charles Cemetery
James Lincoln
Bristol
Baldwin
Jennie A
Newhall
Advent Christian Church
Baldwin Family Cemetery
Richardson
James Elmer
Anawalt
Bennett-Widener Funeral Home
Northfork
Grandview Memory Gardens
Morris
Lucille Hopkins
Winfrey Trailer Park
Old Bluefield
Princeton Road
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Keene
Ethel G
Whitewood
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Noah Stewart Cemetery
Keene Ridge
Town Reports
Grundy Vfd
Wood
By Frank Hutchins
Joseph Mills
Marine Lance Cpl
Joseph L.E. Mills
Benjamin C. Mills
3Rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Anthony Stiltner
Anthony P. Stiltner
Gannel Bailey
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
Grundy Senior High School
Billy Lyons
Sjon Green
James Frazier
James E. Frazier
Pearlsburg
96Th Civil Engineering
Dyess Air Force Base
Giles High School
Amon Stanley Jr
Army
Amon M. Stanley Jr
Amon M. Stanley
Bud
West Germany
7Th Infantry
Herndon Junior
Sharon Cox
Sharon L. Cox
James V. Cox
Clintwood
Air Force Basic Training
Lackland Air Force Base
Clintwood High School
Russell Warden
Pvt
Russell A. Warden
Fort Jackson
S.C
Jennifer I. Warden
Frankie J. Warden
Bland High School
Glenn Myers
Glenn R. Myers II
Mount View High School
Karne M. Myers
Glenn R. Myers
Princetor
Hespor
Bluefield Monument CO
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