Rockefeller appoints Speed Jones WV highway commissioner
Gov elect Jay Rockefeller named Joseph Speed Jones a veteran engineer to head the West Virginia Department of Highways as part of nine new appointments. Jones, 52, will receive 35000 dollars annually and replaces William S. Ritchie Jr. Other picks include Patrick Boggs as alcohol beverage control commissioner and Angus Peyton as commerce commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Joseph Speed Jones
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Jones
William S. Ritchie Jr
Department of Highways
Rockefeller
Speed Jones
Old State Road Commission
New Ambulance Presented To Bluefield Rescue Squad
Gov Arch Moore presented Bluefield Rescue Squad with a new 13518 dollar ambulance in Charleston. Mercer County funded half the cost with the Governor's Highway Safety Commission covering the other half. The state awarded 14 ambulances and Mercer County has now received four since the program began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch A. Moore Jr
Bluefield
Charleston
Mercer County Commission
Governor's Highway Safety Commission
Mercer County
Obituaries for Mosrie SWORD and HART families
Funeral services are set today at 2 p.m. for Tillie May Mosrie 77 of Princeton at George W Seaver Funeral Chapel with burial at Resthaven Park Cemetery. Della Myrtle Sword 84 of Bluefield will be buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery after a Mercer Funeral Chapel service. Lois Hart 78 of Tazewell will be laid to rest at Jeffersonville Cemetery after a Greever Funeral Chapel service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosrie
Tillie May
Mercer St
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Morris Taylor
Resthaven Park
Bachir Jamil
Adel Mosrie
Maquid Mosrie
Fouad Mosrie
Mouhib Mosrie
Sarah Mosrie
Della Myrtle
Green St
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Dean Sharp
Monte Vista Park
Hart
Lois
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Chapel
Charles Willard
Jeffersonville
Delly Telegraph Advertising and Circulation Notice
A historical newspaper snippet lists establishment in 1893 and a press address 412 Biend Street Bivetivia. It details Associated Press affiliation, subscription rates by mail and home delivery, and mentions the Audit Bureau of Circulation and an advertising representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delly Telegraph Printing Co
Biend Street
Bivetivia
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Snennon & Cullen
Deaths and Funerals of Bluefield Area Residents
Samuel Luster age 65 of Bluefield died on arrival at Bluefield Community Hospital. Funeral at North Side United Holy Church with Rev. H L Hall and others. Survivors include wife Mary Price Luster and several stepchildren. Also noted are Cameron, Exie Boyd and Foglesong obituaries with service details and locations in Virginia.
Willie H. Redmond 71 dies in Miami veterans hospital
Willie Homer Redmond 71 of Okeechobee Florida died Wednesday in a Miami veterans hospital. A World War II veteran and former C and O Railway engineer he was a member of Hinton United Methodist Church and the Hinton Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his widow a brother a sister and two nieces. Funeral at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hinton with burial in Restwood Memorial Gardens. Wake Sunday 5 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie H. Redmond
Willie Homer Redmond
Okeechobee
Fla
Miami
Indian Mills
W. B
Mary Emma Allen Redmond
Hinton
Boomer
J. C. Hight
Athens
Moody Guinn
Betty Allen
E. M. Meadows
Clyde Hensley
Restwood Memorial Gardens
George Thompson 83 Rock obituary notes family and services
George Allen Thompson 83 of Rt. 2 Box 84B Rock died Thursday at Princeton Community Hospital after a short illness. Born in McComas November 3 1893 he was a retired coal miner with American Coal Co. of McComas and a member of UMWA local 5954 and Pentecostal Holiness faith. Survived by wife Mrs Wennie Belcher Thompson daughter Frances Pigg three sons Sidney Floyd and Charles Jr two sisters two brothers eleven grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren with services held Sunday at Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell. Burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers grandsons nephews flowerbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Funeral home hours noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Allen Thompson
Rt. 2
Rock
Princeton Community Hospital
McComas
Charles and
Dick Harmon Thompson
American Coal Co
U.M.W.A
Wennie Belcher Thompson
Raymond
Frances) Pigg
Rt. 1 Rock
Sidney Thompson
Bluefield
Floyd Thompson
Charles Thompson, Jr
Gertie Blevins
Dolly Logan
Shady Valley
Tenn
Ed Thompson
Maple Acres
Everette Thompson
Sandlick
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Frank Niday
Curtis Honaker
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Thurman Watkins
Joe Jones
Eli Poore
Milton Lusk
Danny Puckett
Roger Puckett
Mrs Francis Orander Adams Dies in Greensboro
Adams 51 formerly Crumpler Greensboro died Thursday at home. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Northfork.
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Francis Orander Adams
Greensboro
N. C
Crumpler
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Abbey Jones Dies at 80 in Ohio
Abbey Jones 80 of Jolo died Thursday in Astabula Ohio. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in leager with services pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbey Jones
Jolo
Astabula
Ohio
Fanning Funeral Home
Leager
Obituary for J Moodie Hill of Maple Fork Mt Hope
J Moodie Hill 73 of Maple Fork near Mt Hope died Friday in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner, member of Bradley Presbyterian Church and the United Mine Workers of America. Born January 26 1903 in Princeton he was the son of the late Andrew J and Orlena Broyles Hill. He is survived by his wife Mrs Virginia Williams Hill three sons J Moodie Jr of Columbia SC Billy of Melbourne Fla and Dennis of Edmond WA two daughters Mrs Don Ellen Louise White of Barboursville and Mrs James Jacque Scites Huntington three brothers Elmie MacArthur Edward and Dayton Princeton three sisters Mrs Laura Thomas Bonita pranes Fla Mrs Viola Whitt Bluefield and Mrs Mary Davis Oak Hill nine grandchildren. Services were held at Bradley Presbyterian Church Monday at 11 a.m. with Rev G William Ingram officiating burial followed in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Bluefield. Friends may call Tyree Funeral Home Mt Hope 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Tyree Funeral Home in charge.
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Samuel
Sam) Luster
Peck St
Bluefield
Bluefield Community Hospital
South Hampton
John
Lillian Johnson Luster
First
AME Zion Methodist Church
Mary Price Luster
McKinley Price
Jerome Price
Katherine Wiggins
Gloria West
Washington, D. C
Brenda Carter
Martinsville
Jessie Thorpe
Carolyn Price
Betty Price
Donnette Price
Thomas Luster
Suffolk
Gladys Roberts
Sarah Harris
Marie Reed
Gate City
N. C
Viola King
Atlanta
North Side
United Holy Church
H. L. Hall
J. H. Eailey
S. H. Harriston
First Ame Zion Methodist Church
Lugo
J. Moodie Hill
Maple Fork
Mt. Hope
Oak Hill
Bradley Presbyterian Church
UMWA
Princeton
Andrew J
Orlena Broyles Hill
Virginia Williams Hill
J. Moodie Jr
Columbia, S. C
Billy
Melbourne
Fla
Dennis
Edmond
Wash
Don
Ellen Louise) White
Barboursville
James
Jacque) Scites
Huntington
Elmie
MacArthur
Edward
Dayton
Laura Thomas
Bonita Pranes
Viola Whitt
Mary Davis
Oakk Hill
Andrew Watson Compton Dies at 65 in Wytheville Va
Andrew Watson Compton 65 of Ceres Va died Thursday in Wytheville Va after an apparent heart attack. Survived by wife Nellie Umbarger Compton two sisters Louise Cassell and Mabel Lindy two brothers Francis and Charles Compton. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Red Oak Church with Reverends Schantz and Johnson officiating. Burial in Sharon Cemetery Bland Va with viewing one hour prior to service.
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Andrew Watson Compton
Ceres
Wytheville
Nellie Umbarger Compton
Louise Cassell
Mabel Lindy
Miami
Fla
Francis Compton
Goochland
Charles Compton
Galax
Red Oak Church
David Schantz
Dale Johnson
Sharon Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Death Notice for Stewart Crewey of Princeton
Stewart Crewey 58 of Princeton died Friday evening in a Princeton hospital. He was incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Crewey
Princeton
Carl T Mullens Dies After Long Illness
Carl T Mullens, 68, died Friday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. The body remained at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T. Mullens
Bluefield
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Ella Lockhart Justice 78 Mohawk woman dies after long illness
Ella Lockhart Justice of Mohawk died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. She was born in Mohawk, daughter of Eurl and Mary Cline. Survived by three daughters, three sons, two stepsons, six stepdaughters, a brother and sister, and many grandchildren. Funeral held Sunday at Greenbrier Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Lockhart family cemetery. Fanning Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Ella Lockhart Justice
Beckley
Eurl
Mary Prater Cline
Louis Lockhart
W.A. Justice
Harrison
Marie) Keene
Greensboro
N.C
Edward
Gredith) Deel
Joppa, Md
Justice
Beatrice Branham
Fenton, Mich
Ethel Bailey
Welch
Wadie Blankenship
Panther
Julius Cline
Mohawk
Margaret Cline
Greenbrier Freewill Baptist Church
Edgar Riffe
Claude Conn
Ikes Fork Sacred Singers
Lockhart Family
Bull Creek
Fanning Funeral Home
Leager
Katz Named To State Air Commission
Former Mercer County Circuit Judge Jerome Katz is named to the West Virginia State Air Pollution Control Commission by Gov Arch Moore. Katz was notified yesterday. the appointment runs until June 1981. Katz is a Republican and joins several Moore appointees before Moore leaves office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Jerome Katz
West Virginia
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Arch A. Moore Jr
Katz
Moore
Rites Today For Accident Victim William Mars
William Allen Mars 19 of Grundy Virginia died from injuries in an Albuquerque accident. Survived by mother Juanita Mullins Nichols two sisters Brenda Loretta and brothers Johnny Randy Charlie and Gary Mars all of Grundy plus grandmother Elizabeth Crockett of Grundy. Services today at 1 p.m. at Buchanan County Funeral Home Keen Mountain officiated by Rev. Dewey Ward and Rev. Earl Hess. Burial Crockett Rife Cemetery Pilgrims Knob. Body at funeral home. friends may call.
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William Allen
Willie) Mars
Grundy
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Buchanan County
Juanita Mullins Nichols
Patterson
Elizabeth Crockett
Keen Mountain
Dewey Ward
Earl Hess
Crockett Rife
Pilgrims Knob
Retired Buchanan Deputy Succumbs
James Ira Hale of Council Virginia a former Buchanan County deputy sheriff died Friday at his home after a long illness. He was 85 and a lifelong Buchanan County resident, a farmer and miner. He served in World War I and belonged to IOOF No. 17 at Grundy. He is survived by wife Edna Breeding Hale two daughters three sons two sisters four brothers fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with ministers James B. Hollinhead and Ancil Childress near Hale family cemetery. Funeral home today after 4 p.m.
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James Ira Hale
Council
Buchanan County
J. A
Catherine Hubbard Hale
IOOF
Grundy
Baptist Church
Edna Breeding Hale
Edward Compton
Paul Mullins
Narrows
Logan Hale
Lowell Hale
Akron
Ohio
Harold Hale
Berea
Pearl Sisk
Swords Creek
Ethel Sisk
Richlands
Frazier Hale
Boyd Murder Case Appeal Rescheduled
Jim Boyd, a Mercer Countian convicted of first degree murder, will have his appeal reheard by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Princeton attorney John Frazier said the court will reconsider arguments. final arguments were in September and a decision was not reached by December. Boyd, prisoner at Moundsville, was convicted in Mercer County in July 1973 for the December 1972 shooting death of James Baldwin.
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West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Jim Boyd
Mercer
Princeton
John Frazier
Boyd
Supreme Court
Moundsville
Mercer County
James Baldwin
Anthony Eden Dies at 79 in England
Former British Prime Minister Anthony Eden died at his country home in southern England at age 79. He was remembered for opposing fascism and resigning in 1938 over appeasement, and for the controversial 1956 Suez invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Alvediston
England
Anthony Eden
Britain
Hurley Residents Upset With Power Interruptions
Hurley Virginia residents complain to Appalachian Power Company offices in Bluefield and Grundy and the Federal Utility Board in Richmond about frequent outages. Maggie Fletcher of the Knox District Community Action Association cites cold wiring and an underpowered substation as causes, noting families endure outages weekly or more. Jim Harman of the company says the Hurley substation was rebuilt and in use since December and crews have battled outages from a 34 000 volt line outage and a burnt line amid earth slides and trees.
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Hurley
Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield
Grundy
Federal Utility Board
Richmond
Maggie Fletcher
Knox District Community Action Association
Jim Harman
Harman
Carter Names 13 Aides In Carter Mondale Transition
The Carter administration transition picks include Jack Watson Jr as assistant to the President for inter governmental relations and Stuart Eizenstat as assistant for domestic affairs and policy. The 13 top aides feature three women and one Black member, reflecting diversity.
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Jack H. Watson, Jr
Stuart Eizenstat
Carter
Eizenstat
Bloodmobile meets quota in Bluefield with 183 units collected
American Red Cross Bloodmobile exceeded its monthly quota in Bluefield with 183 units collected, topping the 167 unit target. Some 195 people attended at the Bluefield Youth Center as donors and helpers assisted, despite bad weather. Community groups coordinated transport and unloading. The next visit is scheduled for Monday February 7 at the Youth Center.
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American Red Cross
Bluefield
Red Cross
John C. Farquharson
Two Galloneer Club
One
United Way Campaign Clears $190,503.45 in Support
The 1977 United Way of Greater Bluefield campaign reported audited pledges of 190,503.45 against a 190,000 goal. Bart Harvey announced the result and congratulated supporters. Ten new directors were elected for three-year terms at the victory and annual membership meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Way of Greater
Bart Harvey
The
United Way
David Bell
Richard Bowman
Sallie Brevick
Richard Brown
Barnes Gillespie
John McKinney
Larry Morhous
Thomas Rhodes
Mike Shott
E. C. Stone
Jerry Farley
Barney Farmer
Marie Michelson
Doug Crickmer
Edith Hicks
Randolph Patton
Charles Scott
A.S. Ammar
Norris Kantor
George Nu
Recognition Service at First United Methodist Church
Morning worship at First United Methodist Church in Princeton includes a service recognizing church officials. The Chancel Choir will perform Immortal Invisible by Eric Thiman, as Reverend John Mendez delivers a sermon on the subject Simon Says from I Peter 4 7 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Princeton
Eric H. Thiman
John Mendez
Simon
Peter
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Ritchie
Joseph Jones
Herb Little
Patrick Boggs
Boggs
Kanawha County
Angus E. Peyton
Commerce
Peyton
Hulett C. Smith
Virginia L. Roberts
Roberts
Board of Regents
H. David Hale
Logan
Parkersburg National Bank
Stephen L. Cook
Morgantown
Cook
West Virginia University Institute For Labor Studies
Monongalia-Preston Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Richard L. Weekly
Office of Emergency Services
Squad
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sally Elizabeth Cameron
Canebreak
Pounding Mill
Isom
Sarah Caldwell Quesenberry
Hartwell Church of God
Marshall Cameron
Juanita Gial
Alexandria
Madeline Turner
Bristol
Doris Wolfe
Marion
Ollie Holbrooke
Cucumber
Carol Patterson
Hartwell
Walter Cameron
Robert Cameron
Cleveland
Henson Quesenberry
English
John Quesenberry
Niagra Falls
N. Y
Phil Combs
Miss Exie Elaine Boyd
Exie Elaine Boyd
Cedar Bluff
Raven
Lorinza Dow
Liza Jane Dye Boyd
Tazewell County
Wytheville Nursing Home
Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church
Ladies
John Henry Foglesong
Pauline Vogle Foglesong
Rufus Hedrick
Sharon Lutheran Church
Albert Shumate
Mrs
Francis Orander
Adams
State Air Commission
Buchanan
Princeton Church OF God
Oliver Ave
Thorn St
Dan R. Callahan
By Pat Cecil
Randy W. Lambert
Charles A. Williby
Benny B. Riggs
Michael W. Webster
Kenneth Jones
Allen Siegel
Ricky Rocchetti
Marvin Settle
January Kiwanis Club
Ben Black
Frank Smoot
Herman E. Kirchner
Graham High School
Lane Reynolds
Danny Reed
David Holbrook
Jim Clendenen
Todd Shawver
Martin Holbrook
Jackson Farley
First Christian Church
Paul Lantis
Bethany Hall
Westminster Presbyterian
Israel
Westminster Presbyterian Church
His Land
Alfred L. Bixer
Church OF the Living God
John Asbury
H & B Schulte
Jenn-Air
Cabinet House
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