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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1981
Page
3
Multiple obituaries from Bluefield and surrounding areas detailing deaths of Mrs. Lucie Lindsey Silas Mrs. Victoria Woolum Mrs. Mabel White Ezra Brooks Glen Neal Rev. Ernest Rose Mrs. Mary Ruble Mrs. Nevous Reed and others with service times, burial plans, family survivors and funeral home arrangements across Bluestone Coal Mountain Princeton Jolo and Boissevain.
In Mercer County civil case Violet Lucille East v Tracy Billings jurors could not agree after three hours of deliberations. Judge Howard M. Jarrett excused the panel. Plaintiff was represented by Randall Veneri and Billy G. Burkett while defendants were aided by Ben B. White Jr. and Bruce Ambrose.
Temperatures were expected to fall into the teens Monday night and edge near 32 Tuesday as the arctic high exiting the Atlantic coast. Highs for the rest of the week were forecast to average in the 30s and 40s with nightly lows in the 20s to near 30.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Palmer L Tomlinson Marion W Kelley Jane Goodykoontz Afford Farley Alleta Williams Frances Honaker Mary Florence Childress and related survivors. Services today with chapels and churches in Bluefield Princeton and Tazewell and burials at local cemeteries. Families ask contributions to Christ Episcopal Church Virginia Lang Association and Brown Cemetery.
Princeton city officials said the Sanitary Board under Mayor Skeens is making a serious effort to collect delinquent accounts. Vic Allen and staff have pursued large bills, some taken to magistrate court, with total uncollected sums described as thousands of dollars.
Charles M. Harrell of Richmond Virginia a former Bluefield Hardware executive and Bluefield College vice president died Sunday in Richmond. He lived at 4900 Sulky Drive Richmond and was a River Road Church deacon and West End Rotary member. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Gardens with a memorial service at First Baptist Church of Bluefield. Contributions to Bluefield College. Friends may call at Parham Chapel Woody Funeral Home today 7 to 9 p.m.
Lee County authorities anticipate at least two more arrests on charges of helping a man charged with capital murder escape from the Lee County Jail. The foiled escape occurred early Friday when deputies charged two teenagers with attempting to smuggle a gun to Bernard Chester Webb, 34.
William A. Dorton 60 of Lebanon was found dead in his vehicle on Rt. 647 in Honaker with autopsy pending. Officials say death appears accidental. Dorton survived by two sons, a brother, and four sisters. Incomplete at Lebanon Funeral Home.
Publication details for Bluefield Daily Telegraph include establishment in 1893, daily morning issue by Daily Ti Printing Co., address 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, 24701, post rates 58.80 annually, USPS second class, audit bureau member, and mail change address to P.O. Box 208 Bluefield WV 24701.
Students may register at any time between 8 30 a m and 4 p m on Tuesday Jan 13 regardless of year in college. The change removes year based restrictions and enables immediate enrollment for all students.
Lackey to serve a two year term as board chief after a motion by Harold Wood with unanimous support for Wood as vice president. New members Harrid Brewster and Ben Faulkner took the oath for six year terms. The Montcalm girls basketball team and coach Steve Brady were honored along with cheerleaders. A resolution praised Quentin Barnette for services and his recovery from major surgery in Morgantown.
Bluefield fashion exhibitors will close their spring and summer market at Brushfork Armory at 4 p.m. after two days of reasonably good business. The next show is set for May 31, June 1 and 2, announced by Jack Snyder of Richmond, president of the exhibitors. It will feature fall and back to school merchandise and be followed by an October two day showing of early spring goods.
Walter Steele a about 60 year old Tazewell County man died Monday morning in a mobile home fire near Bluefield Virginia Officials said a portable electric heater was the believed cause Firefighters found Steele already outside when they arrived at Angles Hollow Springville He lived in the damaged unit on the same lot as a second mobile home Bluefield and Tazewell fire departments responded with multiple engines and 22 firefighters to battle the blaze.
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