Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
A long obituary list recalls Mrs. Eugene Mabel Crockett of Bishop Virginia and many other local mourners. The notices cover survivors led by numerous children and grandchildren, funeral details from Peery and St. Clair, Hurst Scott, and Cravens Shires, and burial at Grandview Memory Gardens and Greenhills.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 published daily at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. Rates for West Virginia and home delivery listed with subscription prices and zone information. Postmaster address and advertising representative listed.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefeld
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Bernard Southerland 60 Dies After Illness in Bluefield
Bernard Thomas Southerland of Rock, formerly Ashland, a retired coal miner and UMWA Local 6034 member, died after a short illness in a Bluefield hospital. He was WWII Army veteran, survived by wife Betty Ratliff Southerland and four daughters, with services at Home Chapel Bluewell and burial at Roselawn Princeton. Pallbearers listed and visitation today 6 to 9.
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Fred Crouse
Fred E
Mamie Fern) Crouse
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Tazewell County
James H
Amanda Beavers White
Rebekah Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
L.P.N
Mattie Williams
James G. Crouse
U.S. Army
Germany
Marvin R. Crouse
Devine, Tex
Calvin C. Crouse
Samuel J. Crouse
Bandy
Mose White
Otis White
Cecil White
Nashville, Tenn
Hurst-Scott
Bernard Shrader
Greenhills
Rebekah Lodge No. 62
Mammie Havens
Mammie Edwards Havens
Box
Rock
Princeton
Bland County
Charlie Hancock
Lottie Humphrey Hancock
Montcalm
Blonnie -Bertha Mitchem
Crumpler
Woody
Eleanore) Taylor
Wilmington
Del
Katherine Gills
Bluefield
Willie Havens
Ernest Havens
Rt. 3
Robert
Bob) Havens
Bertha Leslie
Richmond
Ellie Blankenship
Bland
Edgar
Marie) Nelson
Sheffie Hancock
Bastian
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
Paul Hall
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Lawrence O'Donnell
Roosevelt Smith
Randy Gills
Brian Punturi
Roger Blevins
Ralph Munsey
Sandy Lucado
Bob Evans
Charles Elmore
Charles Edward Elmore
New Bluefield
Princeton Road
Princeton Hospital
Juanita Raines Elmore Durst
Goldbond
Dexter Nelson Elmore
National Coil Co
Joseph Wargo
Joseph
Elizabeth Balcoe) Wargo
War
Filbert
Hungary
George and
Elizabeth Gurensey Balcoe
Christ the King Catholic Church
Margaret Wasilewski
Cecil Williams
John Cassett
Helen Giles
Ziegler, Ill
Bill Terry
Robert Rife
Catlettsburg
John Blevins
Elbert
Frank Wargo
Merritt
Charles Cox
Charles Preston Cox
Wheeling Ave
Floyd County
Harrison G
Oma Jane Saunders Cox
McDowell County
Jamaica
N.Y
Sweet Baptist Church
Arlington
UMWA
Clara Carter Cox
Bobby Eugene Cox
Kathleen Davis
Edith Brown
Elizabeth Armstead
Worth
Emma Weaver
Columbus
Ohio
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Fermwell Dowell
Raymond Johnson
Robert Rhinehart
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mount Olive Deacon Board
Friends
Senior Missionary Society
Richardson Funeral Home
Richard Goodman
Richard Fred
Margaret
Maggie
Dora) Goodman
Coalwood
Florida Medical Center
Endcot
Ira
Judie Adkins Gillespie
Bramwell United Methodist Church
Dan
Ella Jean) Thompson
Titusville
Fla
Billy Goodman
Pensacola
Jack A. Goodman
Miami
Ellen Underwood
Gladys Dalton
Ida LaFon
Welch
Sean Gillespie
Cravens-Shires
Rex
Frank Hoback
Frank Elwood Hoback
Narrows
Roanoke
James Lewis
Laura Price Hoback
Leona Carter Hoback
Clarence E
Myrtle) Flint
Riffe
Carroll T. Givens
Fairview Cemetery
American Legion Post No
Bernardt
Southerland
Bernard Thomas Southerland
Rt. 2
Box 1
Ashland
Maybeury
James and
Birdie Hall Southerland
Ashland Coal Mine Corp
Rock Area
Betty Ratliff Southerland
Ronald
Gloria) Caldwell
Diana Lynn Southerland
Cheryl Ann Asbury
Belinda Jean Southerland
George
Alma) Maxwell
Harry
Doris) Smith
Morgantown
James T. Southerland
Jerry Maxwell
Richard Bailey
Ralph Ratliff
Henry Bailey
Tommy Ernest
Welfare auditor questions Lockhart overpayments evidence
Charleston West Virginia AP panel hears Helen Lockhart appeal after dismissal from Welch area office. Auditor Caroline Bills says missing forms prevent verifying overpayments while Lockhart handled emergency assistance cases. Ground cited include failure to verify assets income emergencies and obtain adequate application data.
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Charleston
W.va
State Welfare Department
Helen Lockhart
Welch
Caroline Bills
Williams Succumbs to Leukemia A Pocahontas HS football player dies in Virginia
Wiley Howard Williams Jr., 16, of Abbs Valley Box 114 Boissevain Va. died Wednesday in Charlottesville after months with leukemia. He played on Pocahontas High School football, was in the varsity club and band, and is survived by his parents siblings and grandparents. Funeral services planned at Pocahontas Auditorium with church and school honors.
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Pocahontas High School
Charlottesville
Wiley Howard Williams Jr
Box
Boissevain
Abbs Valley
Pocahontas High
Jerry Harman
Williams
Harman
Harold Williams
Sherri Williams
David Burton
Kathy Burton
John Williams
Newton Tickle
Bland
Pocahontas
Thief Steals $11,000 From Beltone Hearing Aids
Bluefield police report a Wednesday afternoon theft at Beltone Hearing Aids on Wythe Avenue. A money bag with about $11,000, including $1,100 belonging to Mrs. Rowland, vanished from the building’s main office while she was away. A suspect described as a 6'1" Black man in a brown jacket was seen in the alley. The case remains under investigation.
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Bluefield
Beltone
Wythe Avenue
George Sarver
Juanita Rowland
Rowland
Reagan Cabinet Confirmations Move Through Senate
The Senate advanced most of President Reagan's cabinet, approving William French Smith as attorney general by 96-1 and James G. Watt for interior by 83-12 amid a wider set of confirmations for Block Baldrige Pierce and Lewis with Donovan still pending.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
James G. Watt
Interior Department
Agriculture
Commerce
Housing and Urban Development
Raymond J. Donovan
Rep
David A. Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
U.S
United Nations
William A. Casey
CIA
William French Smith
William Proxmire
D-Wis
John R. Block
Malcolm Baldrige
Proxmire
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Andrew L. Lewis Jr
Transportation
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Eugene
Mabel) Crockett
Bishop
Franklin County
Susan Childress
Alexandria United Methodist Church
June C. Brown
Virginia Beach
Betty C. Gillie
E.W. Crockett
Radford
L.H. Crockett
Wytheville
R.W. Crockett
Bristol
Sedwyn Crockett
Ralph Crockett
Edgar Crockett
Davy Crockett
Thomas J. Crockett
Pearl McMullen
Hattie Cecil
Lois Bennalack
Nellie Mills
Rufus Childress
Peery and
St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel
Leon Yost
Raymond Hayes
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Clyde Lee
Clyde
Odella Z.) Lee
Keystone
Preston Amburn JR
Preston A. Amburn Jr
Waterford
Conn
Electric Boat Co
U.S. Navy
T.S. Amburn
David L
Edward B. Amburn
Orrin P. Amburn
Raymond
Pat) Dotson
Tazewell
Alva
Doris) Tabor
Richard
Bonnie) Weiser
Ira Pruitt
Ira Edward
Willie G.) Pruitt
Star Route
W.Y
Dell Elswick Crawford
Reynolds Ridge
Oscar Floyd Dailey Sr
Huband
Franklin Pruitt
James
Beatrice) Thompson
Landover
Fred
Billie Jean) Christian
Jewell Ridge
Oscar S. Dailey Jr
Lewis E. Pruett
Goodview
Harold D. Pruett
Lucille Coleman
Vida Altizer
Curtis Crawford
Cleveland
Jesse H. Crawford Sr
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Paul Crawford
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Jess Crawford Jr
Donnise Elswick
Jimmy D. Christian
George Cole
Rusty Pruitt
Lewis E. Pruitt Jr
Chuck Christian
Jerry Dunford
E.L. Kirby
H.C. Scott
Powell Lowe
Marvin Dailey
Mike Dailey
Mark Dailey
John Christian
Joseph Christian
James E. Thompson
Walter Presley
Walter F
Eliza Mitchem) Presley
Anawalt
Welch Hospital
Blackwolf
Buford
Nannie Michem
Walter F. Presley Jr
Tom
Helen) Pickett
Billie
Gladys) Breeden
Elkhorn
Beatrice Hayes
Thorpe
Ruth Taylor
Rural Hall
N.C
Lara Hamm
Frank Mitchem
Olen Robinson
Wiley Davis
Powell
Dallas Lee Jr
Dallas
Karen Mullins Powell
Jaeger
Church of Living God
High Knob
Darrell Long
Mullins
Coon Branch Mountain
Fanning
Helmandollar
David Wayne
Buddy
Bramwell
Roy Lacy
Belcher Cemetery
Coaldale
Ulisse, Ernest, Sr
Dale City
Capels
Fanning Funeral Home
Orville Harvey
Ft. Knox
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Piep
Toy
Melos
Lockhart
Bills
State Civil Service Commission
Department
Betty Jo Jones
Mrs. Lockhart
William Edmondson
Linda L. Edmondson, D.D
Lowe Street
Stadium Drive
W.W
UMW
By N. S. Bovenizer
Cherry Street