Deaths and Funerals: numerous area mourners noted
Mrs. William Silas 76 of Bramwell dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital. Survivors include two sons William and Noye. services at Bluestone Baptist Church with burial in Restlawn. Mrs. George Woolum 77 of Ikes Fork dies in Welch hospital. multiple children and grandchildren survive. service at Coal Mountain Freewill Baptist Church. Mrs. James White 84 of Princeton dies. arrangements incomplete. Ezra Brooks 73 of Bluefield area dies after long illness. death noted without details. Glen Neal 76 of Powhatan dies at Welch hospital. death due to natural causes. arrangements incomplete. Rev. Ernest Rose 59 of Jolo dies from apparent heart attack. service at Jol Gospel Tabernacle Church. Mrs. William Ruble 82 of Boissevain dies in Bluefield hospital. long obituary notes children and grandchildren. service at Boissevain Baptist Church. Mrs Nevous Reed 90 of Bluefield Va dies. survived by husband, children, and grandchildren. service at Dudley Memorial Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Lucie Lindsey) Silas
Box
Bramwell
Bluefield
Ennis
James and
Mary Fuller Lindsey
Bluestone Baptist Church
Bluestone
William Silas
Noye E. Silas
Fayettville
N.C
Everett Lindsey
Philadelphia
Frank Lindsey
Coopers
Paul Winfrey
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Sam Cardwell
Sherman Graves
Charles Eanes
Sameus Gray
Albert Davis
Gilbert Hundley
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
George Woolum
George
Victoria) Woolum
Ikes Fork
Welch
Knox County
Frank
Minnie Woren
Russell Woolum
Coal Mountain
Earl Woolum
Brenton
Nolene Woolum
Steeles
Eugene
Irene) Cook
Jack
Nadele) Hatfield
Judy) Dorsel
New Carlisse
Ohio
John
Sylvia) Smith
Jarreau
Claude
Nadene) McCoy
Knoxville
Freewill Baptist Church
Wayne Adkins
Louie Collins
Hatfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
James White
James Ballard
Mabel H.) White
Thornton Ave
Princeton
Memorial
Athens Road
Ezra Brooks
Rt. 2
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Glen Neal
Powhatan
Welch Hospital
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Ernest Rose
Jolo
McDowell County
Charlie
Carrie Day Rose
Church of the Living God At
Three Forks
Wilma Hawks Rose
Ernestine Smith
Bradshaw
Christine Mullins
Hubert Keen
Rosal
Clarence Finley
Pageton
Raymond Terry
Canton
Jack Riley
Burton Blankenship
Mt. Holly
Earl Finley
Harvey Keen
Troy Rose
Eulis Rose
Glenn Rose
Cornelius
Eulis Dunford
War
Jol Gospel Tabernacle Church
Booker Riffe
Freddie Dobbs
Doyle Rife
Sparks
Paynesville
Buchanan County
William Ruble
William Leslie
Mary Bessie Helmandollar
Ruble
Boissevain
Tazewell County
Madison Helmandollar
Luther Asbury
Williamsburg
Charles Ruble
Northeast Md
Elizabeth Sawyers
Boissevain Baptist Church
Ted R. Cook
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Paul Baker
Tom Ruble
Tom McKavish
Bill McKavish
G.W. Edwards
Edward Grose
Sawyers
Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Auto Accident Case
Mercer County Circuit Court jurors deliberated three hours on June 1979 auto collision suit Violet Lucille East versus Tracy Billings. Judge Howard M. Jarrett excused the panel. Randall Veneri and Billy G. Burkett for the plaintiff and Ben B. White Jr. and Bruce Ambrose for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
Violet Lucille East
Tracy Billings
Randall Veneri
Billy G. Burkett
Ben B. White Jr
Bruce Ambrose
Registration Changes At Concord College In January
Registration has been altered by computerized sign up procedures and high early enrollment at Concord College. There will be no time registrations by student year. Students may register at any time between 8 30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday Jan 13 regardless of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
Funeral notices for Bluefield area residents
Obituaries list multiple services including Palmer L Tomlinson 67 at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Rev Gary Merryman officiating and Marion W Kelley 81 at Burns-Wornal Chapel Princeton Rev Junior Duncan officiating Burial in Noxon Cemetery Mont. Jane Goodykoontz 66 Church service at Christ Episcopal Bluefield with burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. other names include Afford Farley 77 in Princeton, Alleta Williams 79 of Tazewell, Frances Honaker 61 of Bluefield, Mary Florence Childress 65 Bluefield with services today or Thursday. details note call times, pallbearers and memorials to churches or associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calli
Kelley
Marion W
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Burns-Wornal
Princeton
Junior Duncan
Noxon Community
Noxon
Mont
Dora Lawson
Bluewell
Virginia Simpkins
Cleveland
Ohio
Goodykoontz
Charles H. (Jane
Colonial Gardens Apts
Christ Episcopal Church
William J. Lawson
Monte Vista Park
Mercer Funeral Home
Charles Wilkins
William Wilkins
John Wilkins
Cecil Leftwich
H.A. Goodykoontz, Jr
Peery Blackwell
Gene
Farley
Afford
Florence Ellen
Thorn St
Burns-Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Leonard Repass
Brown Cemetery
Hardy
Honaker
Frances
Upshur St
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Jimmy Stewart
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Edward King
Michael Nolley
Phillip Blankenship
Willliam Blackwell
Donald Blackwell
Larry Cole
Childress
Raymond A
Mary Florence
Union St
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bobby Stanley
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Sanitary Board Cracks Down On Unpaid Bills
Princeton officials report the Sanitary Board is pursuing delinquent accounts with staff efforts and magistrate court actions. Mayor Skeens notes several large debts and thousands of dollars in arrears while Councilman Reaser cites a tight budget and a definite collection push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Princeton Sanitary Board
Lewis I. Skeens
Sanitary Board
Vic Allen
Skeens
Emory J. Reaser
Allen
Reaser
Harrell Services Wednesday in Richmond area obituary
Charles M. Harrell of Richmond former Bluefield Hardware leader and Bluefield College officer dies Sunday in Richmond. He lived at 4900 Sulky Drive, Richmond, attended Washington and Lee University, and served as River Road Church deacon. Memorials to Bluefield College. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Funeral details and callers at Woody’s Parham Chapel. Also notes services Sunday at First Baptist Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Harrell
Richmond
Bluefield Hardware and Distributing Co
Harrell
Bluefield
Sulky Drive
Washington and Lee University
Bluefield College
West End Rotary Club
River Road Church
Baptist
Elizabeth McClaugherty Harrell
Eliase L. Harrell
Elizabeth H. Joseph
el Paso
Tex
Lucy H. Smith
Judith Peoples
Barboursville
John Vail
Norfolk
Greenwood Memorial Gardens
Parham Chapel
Woody Funeral Home
Parham Road
Russell Man Found Dead In Vehicle On Rt 647
HONAKER Va A Russell County man 60 William A Dorton of Lebanon was found dead in his vehicle along Rt 647 Monday afternoon. Autopsy pending. death appears accidental. Survived by two sons James W Dorton San Diego Calif and John A Dorton Long Beach Calif, one brother J Bernice Dorton Castlewood Va, four sisters Frances Jackson Nora Lee Howell Emily B Martin and John Herring. Incomplete at Lebanon Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honaker
Russell County
Russell County Sheriff's Department
William A. Dorton
Lebanon
James W. Dorton
San Diego
Calif
John A. Dorton
Long Beach
J. Bernice Dorton
Castlewood
Frances Jackson
Nora Lee Howell
Emily B. Martin
Abingdon
John Herring
Richland
Wash
Ex-Athlete Found Dead At Princeton Hospital
Wayne Alexander 25 of Willowton, a former Oakvale High School All-State basketball star, was found dead Monday at about 8:30 am in his room at Princeton Community Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. Autopsy pending. Alexander helped Oakvale reach the 1973 state finals and held Oakvale scoring record with 597 points in a season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Oakvale High School
Princeton Community Hospital
Wayne Alexander
Willowton
Alexander
Oakvale High
Oakvale
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Circulation Info
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists publication details for 1893 including the Daily Printing Co. and Bluefield, West Virginia. It states Associated Press affiliation, inscription rates, home delivery charges, and Post Office box for address changes, with Landon Associates as representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily T Printing Co
W Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O
W. Va
Landon Associates
Lackey Named Board Chief
Princeton Mercer County Board of Education elected Dr. Allen Lackey president for two years at a reorganizational meeting. Harold Wood named treasurer and Jim Oxley as vice president. Two new members Harrld Brewster and Ben Faulkner took six year seats. The board honored Montcalm girls basketball team and coach Steve Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Allen Lackey
Lackey
Harold Wood
Jim Oxley
Wood
Robert Walthall
Harrld Brewster
Bluefield
Ben Faulkner
Montcalm
Steve Brady
Cold Snap Forecast With Teens To Low Thirties
Temperatures were expected to fall into the teens Monday night and rise to near 32 Tuesday as the arctic high moved off the Atlantic coast. The rest of the week would see highs in the 30s and 40s with lows in the 20s to near 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Market Closes Today at Brushfork Armory Show
Bluefield fashion exhibitors wrap spring and summer market at Brushfork Armory by 4 p.m. after two days of reasonably good business. Jack Snyder, Richmond president of exhibitors, announced next show dates May 31 June 1 and 2. It will feature fall and back to school merchandise and be followed by an October two day showing of early spring goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Brushfork Armory
Jack Snyder
Richmond
Area Man Dies in Bluefield Mobile Home Fire
Tazewell County Virginia man Walter Steele about 60 died Monday morning from a mobile home fire near Bluefield. Fire officials say smoke inhalation likely caused the death after a neighbor pulled him from the blaze around 9 am. The cause is under investigation and authorities believe a portable electric heater started the fire. The home on Angles Hollow at Springville was one of two on the lot. the other was undamaged. Bluefield and Tazewell fire units fought the blaze with about 22 firefighters on scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Skip Honaker
Walter Steele
Steele
Honaker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eld Daily Telegraph
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Funeral Home
Nevous Reed
Nevous
Annie Louise) Reed
Va. Avenue
Maybrook , Va
William E.P. and
Lavonia Williams Lucas
Maywood
Lynchburg College
Graham Christian Church
Bluefield, Va
Harold L. Reed
Casper, Wyo
William P. Reed
First Baptist Church of
Charles Tyer
Jonesville
Lee County
Bernard Chester Webb
Robert Chadwell
Russell
McKinley Avenue
Jim Juhl
City Attroney
W. Robert Carr
Dana Doddrill
Southern’s Grocery
Robert Ellis
Juhl
Police Department
Ellis
Fifth Street
Straley Avenue
Kompak
Council
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Spring ST. Bluefield
Princeton High School
Quentin Barnette
Morgantown
William Edmondson, II. D
Linda L. Edmondson, D.D
Lowe Street
StaDium Drive
Bluefield, W.W
Dan Henderson
Brewster
Faulkner
Supt
Hughes
Warrenizing Cleaners
Northfork
Bob Taylor
Taylor Optical Company
Blaydes Clinic
North Street
Christ
Troy
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