Deaths and Funerals
Obituary notice from Princeton area lists Mrs. James White 84 of 208 Thorton Avenue and Alfred DeBusk Sr. 86 of Hagerstown Md with services and burial details. Also E Clinton Brooks 73 of Rt 2 Bluefield WV noted with funeral arrangements and survivors.
Obituary notices span Bluefield and surrounding towns
A aggregation of obituaries and funeral notices from Bluefield and nearby areas details the deaths of Raymond B. Thomas Arthur Powers Okey B. Massie Sterling Abbott James H. Barnett Sr. Noah Mahaffey Lonnie Justus and others. The notices note ages, residences, family survivors, funeral arrangements, burial plans, and associated churches or funeral homes.
Alexander Wayne Alexander 25 Funeral Friday at Willowton
Funeral services for Marvin Wayne Alexander 25 of Rt. 4 Princeton (Willowton) will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Saunders Grove Baptist Church Willowton with Rev. T M Stevens officiating. Burial will follow at Willowton Community Cemetery. He was a Oakvale High School 1973 graduate and captain of the 1973 All-State Team. Survivors include his mother Clara Alexander and seven sisters and four brothers. Friends may call at Davis Funeral Home Oakvale today 1 to 3 30 p.m. and at the church 5 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James White
James Ballard
Mabel H.) White
Thorton Avenue
Princeton
Elgood
Walter S
Jennie Thompson Holdran
Kee Street United Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Pisgah Home Demonstration Club
Mercer County Home Extension Club
Herbert White
Jimmy
Lucille) Lusk
Lakeland
Fla
Clarence
Doris) Davis
Bristol
Tenn
Leo
Phyllis) Redden
Virginia Williamson
Norfolk
Burns Wornal
Richard Gibson
E. Clinton Brooks
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Russell County
William S
Dora Young Brooks
Memorial Baptist Church
Vena Harman Brooks
Jack Brooks
Palm Bay
Corbin Brooks
Wilmington
Del
Jess Brooks
Frank Yearout
Dudley Memorial Chapel
David Platt
Maple Hill Cemetery
Raymond B. Thomas
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Kimball
Terry and
Verona White Thomas
Lamar Coal Company
Clark's Gap
Weldon
Shelby) Tiller
Lashmeet
Harry S. Thomas
Paul Thomas
Billy Thomas
Jimmy Thomas
Indianapolis
Ind
Dathina Duncan
Rt. 11
Fern Milam
Bud
Gladys Lawrence
Ruby White
Lorain
Ohio
James H. Barnett
Greenbrier St
Pearson
N.C
James
Nannie Barnett
North Side
Huntington
Essie Dixon
Richmond
United Holy Church
J.H. Easley
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Richardson
Marvin Wayne Alexander
Rt. 4
Willowton
Saunders Grove Baptist Church
T.M. Stevens
Alexander
Clara Alexander
John Alexander
Glorious Church of God At
Oakvale High School
Denise Phillips
Rosemarie Alexander
Frances Alexander
Falls Church
Patricia Alexander
Reston
Melinda Alexander
Carolyn Alexander
Lena Alexander
Dennis Alexander
Bruce Alexander
Timothy Alexander
Oakvale School
Davis Funeral
Oakvale
Walter Edward Steele
Springville
Rev
K.B. Arnold
Esau Family
Keen Mountain
Steele
Mount Holly
Dorsey (Olagay) Whitt
Cliffield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Funeral set for Ronald Osborne gunshot victim
Ronald Neil Osborne 31 of Hemphill died Tuesday at a Bluefield hospital from an apparently personal safety related gunshot wound. Services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Hemphill Church of God, Rev. Jackie Hamilton presiding. Burial at Belcher Mountain. Osborne, painter and roofer, US Army veteran, leaves three daughters, one son, five brothers, two sisters, and his parents Emory and Sarah Moore Osborne. Douglas Mortuary in Welch handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Debusk
Alfred Franklin DeBusk
Hagerstown
Bluefield
Wise
William and
Lettie Wampler DeBusk
Mercer County
Mercer County Vocational Teachers Assn
Calvary Baptist Church of
Paramount Baptist Church
Mattie J. Robinette DeBusk
Elizabeth Whittaker
Rockville
Ruth Upchurch
Hobart
Ind
Dorothy Wilson
New York
Alfred Franklin DeBusk II
Cartersville
DeBusk
Cecil Anderson
Cedar Lawn Memorial Park
Roselawn Funeral Home
Okey B. Massie
Okey
B. Massie
Nashville
Tenn
Terrence W
Mattie Massie
The
Baptist Church
Mildred Sisson Massie
Mary Dale Richards
Chicago, Il
Ellen Massie
Fred Massie
Byron Massie
Mary Massie
Ronald Neil
Ozzie) Osborne
Hemphill
Jessica
Shelia Osborne
Saginaw
Mich
Rhonda Osborne
James Osborne
Indianapolis
Raymond Osborne
Frank Osborne
Winchester
Edward Osborne
Charles Osborne
Lettie Mae Mitchem
Noblesville
Lola Jean Streetman
Mercer Man Shot In Leg In Bluefield Incident
A Mercer County man, David Meadows, 21, was shot in the leg Monday evening and admitted to Bluefield Community Hospital. He declined to press charges against his shooter. Meadows remains linked to the disappearance and murder of Gloria Hairston and is awaiting trial while out on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Bluefield Community Hospital
Bluefield City
David Meadows
Meadows
Gloria Darlene Hairston
Northfork
David Knight
Fayette County
Knight
Frazier
Frank Haddad
Lexington
Mrs. Cloud
Desegregation Battle Continues in Buckeye
A U.S. attorney asked a federal judge to impose heavy fines on a state judge, school officials, and the parents and guardians of three white girls who defied a desegregation order for a second day. The contempt of court motion was filed in U.S. District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
U.S
Bluefield Plans Heating Bid for Arts and Crafts Center
Bluefield City Board approved a 5683.58 local revenue sharing expenditure to install a new heating system for the arts and crafts center. City Manager Fred Burton announced bids for renovation will open January 15, converting the building into an arts center while a portion already serves as a dinner theatre by the Bluefield Summit Players. Council member Paul Oliver Sr. demanded to see the plans before bids are advertised, saying he has never seen them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Paul Oliver Sr
Fred Burton
Bluefield Summit Players
Oliver
Burton
Wife Charged In Husband's Stabbing Death
In Hurley Virginia Buchanan County, Vista Mullins 43 was fatally stabbed by his wife Leona Mullins 30 during a domestic quarrel at their Knox's Creek home. Leona Mullins was arrested on a $20,000 bond as their two young sons watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullins
Noah Horne
Bill Justus
Ralph White
Buchanan County
Walter
Daisy Osborne Mullins
U.S. Air Force
DeWayne Mullins
Johnny Mullins
Sharon Mullins Justice
Panther
Lesta Allen
Stacy
Hazel Ward
Grundy
Boyd Mullins
Tampa
Fla
Edward Mullins
Roderfield
Verner Mullins
Paynesville
Ridge
Paul McClanahan
George Baker
Ed Mullins
Delbert Justices
Mary Lou
Ricky Stacy
Cornelius Blankenship
John Blankenship
Ira Allen
Virginia Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bivefield
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Daily
Tele
Prin. W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
London Associates
Arthur Powers
Arthur Junior Powers, Jr
Smoketown Road
Woodbridge
Galax
Arthur Powers Sr
Nella Warf Powers
Eastern Airlines
Faye Powers
Geradine Smith Powers
Anthony
Tony) Powers
Kimberly Powers
Tommy
Cindy) Moore
Abbs Valley
Sophia Warf
North Tazewell
Archie Powers
Washington, D.C
Eddie Lee Powers
Juanita Weatherman
Rising Sun
Wanda Melton
Cleveland
Carol Williams
United Methodist Church
Boissevain
Don Stansell
David Gilley
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Russell Boone
Ray Melton
Wade Williams
Allen Hale
Charles Hale
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Sterling Abbott Sterling Odes Abbott
No. State Street
Athens
Prudential Insurance
Athens Realty
Tadmore Temple
Akron
Janet Beasley Abbott
Rick
Kimberly) Noffsinger
Batesville
Robert
Jennie) Short
Grand Lake
Col
Marie Estes
Cullman
Ala
Verla Mobley
Decatur
Irene Garner
Effingham
S.C
Arnold Abbott
Cortez Abbott
Dreama Short
Ray M. Conrad
Noah Mahaffey
Welch
Douglas Memorial
Lonnie Justus
Lonnie Lee Justus
Hurley
Ruble
William Leslie
Mary Bessie Helmandollar
Boissevain Baptist Church
Ted R. Cook
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Rodriguez-Pocahonas Union Funeral Home
Silas
William
Lucie Lindsey
Bramwell
Bluestone Baptist Church
Paul Winfrey
Haig
Reagan
Congress
Alexander Services
Mercer
Ben Paine
Appalachian Regional Commission
State Department of Culture and History
Penmar Avenue
Joseph Prazecky
View Avenue
Don Keesling
Philadelphia
Chicago
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Jennie N. Guerrant
Maidens, Md
Carmelo Vasquez
Khomeini
Iran
Algeria
United States
Mondale
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Senate
Casper W. Weinberger
Soviet Union
Federal Revenue Sharing Advisory Service
H. Robert Crawford
Princeton Blaze
John Alfred
Charleston
Michael P. Forbes
D.B. Meadows
Mercer County Prosecutor's Office
State Probation and Parole
Dennis A. Nash
Nash
Forbes
Memorial Building
Troy
Melos
William Edmondson, JI
D.D
Linda L. Edmondson, D.D
Lowe Street
W.V
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