Obituaries and Death Notices From Bluefield Area
Obituaries list several deaths including Freddie E. Lambert 66 of Tazewell VA died December 31 with incomplete arrangements at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home. Annabel Leffel 92 of Bluefield died December 30. Sarah Jane Shrader 80 formerly of Bluefield and Red Oak Ridge died December 29 in Tampa FL. survivors listed and services at Cravens Shires Bluewell. Wilmer A. Lemon 92 of Bluefield VA died December 30. services at Dudley Memorial Chapel. H Lee Palmer 78 of Princeton died December 30. memorial services and burial planned with multiple survivors. Della Mabry Tolbert 90 of Bluefield formerly Dublin died December 30. Mullins Funeral Home Radford in charge. Edgar Clyde Wyatt 78 of Welch died December 30. services at Douglas Mortuary Welch with burial at Saeger Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie E. Lambert
Tazewell
Peery and St. Clair
Ewell
Annabel T. Leffel
Bluefield
Sarah ‘Janie’ Shrader
Land O'Lakes
Fla
Sarah Jane
Janie” Coeburn Shrader
Ehren Cutoff
Land O’lakes
Red Oak Ridge
Tampa
Mercer County
James H
Georgia Mae Coburn Coeburn
Florida
Bluewell United Methodist Church
Howard Freeman Shrader
Della June Shrader
Virginia
Jenny” Roark
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Wilmer A. Lemon
Reynolds Ave
Cumberland Care Center
Lee L. Lemon
Nancy Roberson Lemon
Memorial Baptist Church
National Electric Coil Company
Effie Gadd
Buford Lemon
Bonnie Ethel Davis Lemon
Melinda Galligher
Dixie Wilson
Lutz, Fla
Margaret Cochran
James “Mickey
Louella Young
Bea Temme
North Royalton
Ohio
Della Mae Dunn
Pauline Atkins
Mansfield
Pamela Huynh
Virginia Beach
Della Mabry Tolbert
Dublin
Princeton Health Care Center
Rockford
Jesse Raymond Tolbert
Maxine
Maxine Tolbert
Waynesboro
Margaret T. Estes
Kenneth
Edgar Clyde Wyatt Welch
Edgar Clyde Wyatt
Welch
Welch Emergency Hospital
Andrew and
Vinnie Cook Wyatt
UMWA
John
Paul
Bernie Wyatt
Ethel Harris
Opal Workman
Beulah Kathleen Wyatt
Randy Wyatt
Clyde
Woody” Wyatt
Pineville Road
Lelia Bonner
Silver Springs
Nancy Belcher
Debbie Meade
Don Wyatt
Charlottesville
Jack Wyatt
Port Deposit
Athelene Crigger
Betty Call
Moringside
Elsie Greene
Castle Rock
Wash
Beulah Gross
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Gaye Stacey
Aberdeen Md
Chet Spivey
Montgomery
Ala
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Michael Richardson
Michael Brooks
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Douglas Mortuary
Funeral services scheduled for today in four towns
Funerals set for Howard L. Brookman at Broyles Shrewsbury in Peterstown at 2 p.m. Burial follows at Peterstown Cemetery. Guy Willard Hatfield to be honored at Burns Wornal in Princeton at 2 p.m. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. William Raymond Sayers services at Hurst Scott in Tazewell Virginia at 2 p.m. with one hour prior. Jerry Lee White services at Burns Wornal Princeton at 11 a.m. Burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Richlands at 1:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Brookman
Broyles- Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Peterstown
Guy Willard Hatfield
Burns Wornal
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
William Raymond Sayers
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Tazewell
Jerry Lee White
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Richlands
Hijackers flee as 8 day crisis ends
Five hijackers depart Kandahar after an eight day hostage crisis ends India frees three militants including a Kashmiri separatist Muslim cleric Taliban leader Wakil Muttawakil says hijackers were given 10 hours to leave Afghanistan. They may head to Pakistan or Iran with one Taliban hostage and four wheel drive vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandahar
Afghanistan
Indian Airlines
India
Kashmir
Taliban
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
Pakistan
Iran
Muttawakil
Mercer 911 center gears up for Y2K midnight surge
At the Mercer County E-911 Center a quiet start gave way to high tension as teams prepared for the Y2K millennium shift. Emergency officials from Mercer and Tazewell counties activated early, staged drills, and coordinated with hospitals, Fire Departments, Red Cross, and media to ensure readiness for potential problems as midnight approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer County Office of Emergency Services
Tazewell County
Concord College
Mercer
CES
John Riddle
Bob Frazier
Preston White
Scott Hodges
Tom Gordon
EOC
Elizabeth Osborne
Daily Telegraph
EOP
Greg Jordan
Sue Richmond
911
Bob Hoge
Princeton Fire
Richard Powell
Bluefield
Gerald Steele
Princeton Rescue Squad
Robert Wynn
Sheriff’s Department
R. A. Hill
Green Valley
Dickie Cumbow
Owas Princeton Fire Department
Bluestone Valley Fire Department
Princeton Community Hospital
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center
Red Cross
Glen Wood Park Retirement Village
Cumberland Care Center
Yeltsin resigns as president naming Putin interim leader
Boris Yeltsin stunned Russia by announcing his immediate resignation and setting a 90 day window for elections. He said Vladimir Putin would immediately take control as acting president, as Russia entered the new millennium. Yeltsin urged forgiveness for past mistakes and acknowledged his failure to realize the Soviet collapse’s dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Soviet Union
United States hands over Panama Canal to Panama
The United States transferred control of the Panama Canal to Panama in a ceremony at the canal zone. President Mireya Moscoso and U S Army Secretary Louis Caldera formalized Panama possession of the canal and surrounding lands, with Panamanian officials noting the gesture as respectful to a smaller nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Panama Canal
Panama
Panama City
Canal Administration
Mireya Moscoso
U.S. Army
Louis Caldera
Canal
U.S
Candelario Rodriguez
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Simon Ferro
Ferro
Jorge Ritter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Hugh Cole
John Tresch
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Alzheimer’s Association
Allen Drive
Charleston
H. Lee Palmer
Park Ave
B.F
Vergie Elmore Palmer
Celanese Corporation
Narrows
Palmer Rental Properties
First Christian Church
Princeton Masonic Lodge
AF & AM
Moose Lodge
VFW
Princeton High School
279Th
Combat Engineers
Herbert Palmer
Guy Palmer
Homer Palmer
Ralph Palmer
Pauline Via
Eleanor Taylor Palmer
Rhonda P Rose
Terry
Terra Lee Rose
Goldier Marshall
Laurel Fork
Ruth P Tyree
Hampton
George W. Seaver
Gary Lyons
Resthaven Park Cemetery
Jack Daniels
David Pack
Carl Whittaker
David Eskew
Bruce Rose
David Bailey
Ed Jones
Stan Belcher
James Bailey
Danny Mathena
Advertisin
Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Terri Hale
Bobby English
Wade Watson
Henry Meade
Jim Terryarbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Artment
Tammy Cook
Bottonline.com
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Rinceton
Lurde
Onc
Frank Wood
Frank Sayles Jr
Jon Hart
Rhonda Watson
Mercer 911 Center
Artaeaud
Acro
Jefferson Street
Bluefield, WV
Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
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