Deaths and Funerals A list of local obituaries
Mrs. Eugene Crockett 89 of Bishop Virginia dies after short illness in Bluefield hospital. Retired Bishop postmaster and long time member of Alexandria United Methodist Church. Survivors include eight sons, four daughters, 17 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Peery and St. Clair Chapel. burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Other notices cover Mrs. Fred Crouse, Mrs. Clyde Lee, Mrs. Mammie Havens, Preston Amburn Jr., Mrs. Ira Pruitt, Mrs. Joseph Wargo, Charles Cox, Mrs. Richard Goodman, Mrs. Walter Presley, Frank Hoback, and several infants and others with service times in Bluefield area chapels and gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Joseph
Susan Childress
Bishop
Alexandria United Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
June C. Brown
Virginia Beach
Betty C. Gillie
Richmond
E.W. Crockett
Radford
L.H. Crockett
Wytheville
R.W. Crockett
Bristol
Sedwyn Crockett
Ralph Crockett
Edgar Crockett
Davy Crockett
Roanoke
Thomas J. Crockett
Pearl McMullen
Hattie Cecil
Lois Bennalack
Nellie Mills
Rufus Childress
Peery and
St. Clair Funeral Home
Leon Yost
Raymond Hayes
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Preston Amburn JR
Preston A. Amburn Jr
Waterford
Conn
Bluefield
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
Joseph Wargo
Elizabeth Balcoe) Wargo
War
Filbert
Richlands
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 Island
Fla
John Wargo
Michael Wargo
Oceanspring
George Balcoe
Beckley
Margaret Truell
Ann Balcoe
Detroit
Mich
Mary Cassett
Gary
John McGinnity
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Douglas Funeral Home
Richard Goodman
Richard Fred
Margaret
Maggie
Dora) Goodman
Rt. 3
Box
Coalwood
Florida Medical Center
Endcot
Ira
Judie Adkins Gillespie
Bramwell United Methodist Church
Elkhorn
Beatrice Hayes
Thorpe
Ruth Taylor
Rural Hall
N.C
Lara Hamm
Frank Mitchem
Welch
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
Olen Robinson
Wiley Davis
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Advertising Notice
Public notice details subscription and mailing information for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Includes address, post office box, and listing of Associated Press and other affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily
Sting Co
Bland Street
Vefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Tion
Sant Ba
Bluefield
Landon Associates
Bernard T. Southerland Rites Held At Bluewell
Bernard Thomas Southerland 60 of Route 2 Rock died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. He was a WWII veteran, retired coal miner, UMWA Local 6034 member, and longtime Rock resident. Survived by his wife Betty Ratliff Southerland four daughters sisters and brothers. Home Chapel service by Rev. Baker and Rev. Caffee, burial at Roselawn Princeton. Pallbearers listed. Funeral home hours today 6 to 9.
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Bland County
Charlie Hancock
Lottie Humphrey Hancock
Montcalm
Blownie
Bertha) Mitchem
Crumpler
Woody
Eleanore) Taylor
Wilmington
Del
Katherine Gills
Bluefield
Willie Havens
Ernest Havens
Rt. 3
Robert
Bluewell
Paul Hall
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Lawrence O'Donnell
Roosevelt Smith
Randy Gills
Brian Punturi
Roger Blevins
Ralph Munsey
Sandy Lucado
Bob Evans
Charles Edward Elmore
New Bluefield
Princeton Road
Princeton
Princeton Hospital
Juanita Raines Elmore Durst
Goldbond
Dexter Nelson Elmore
National Coil Co
Jewell Rife Elmore
Donald
Daniel Elmore
Johnny
Jerry Elmore
Fred
Delores) Sisk
Larry
Susie) Reed
Tokyo
Japan
Tina Elmore
Noble Elmore
Durham
N.C
Billy Elmore
Winchester
George W. Seaver
Cleadith Campbell
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Ted Holdren
Brian Walker
Joe Wagner
John McCoy
Harry Barfia
Bobby Barfia
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
Mount Olive Deacon Board
Friends
Senior Missionary Society and
Richardson Funeral Home
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
Bernard T. Southerland
Bernard Thomas Southerland
Rt. 2
Box 1
Betty Ratliff Southerland
Ronald
Gloria) Caldwell
Diana Lynn Southerland
Chery 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
Panel Hears Lockhart Appeal
A state welfare auditor testified that utility bill overpayments may have occurred in cases handled by Helen Lockhart in Welch but could not be verified due to missing information on forms she prepared. Lockhart, 53, appealed her dismissal by the Welfare Department for alleged asset and income evaluation failures and inadequate information on aid applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
State Welfare Department
Helen Lockhart
Welch
Caroline Bills
Bills
State Civil Service Commission
Lockhart
Department
Betty Jo Jones
Mrs. Lockhart
Williams Succumbs After Leukemia Strikes Pocahontas Area
Former Pocahontas High School football player Wiley Howard Williams Jr., 16, of Abbs Valley died Wednesday in Charlottesville, Virginia after months battling leukemia. He is survived by parents Wiley H. and Dorothy Williams, a brother Harold, a sister Sherri, foster siblings, and grandparents. Services will be held at Pocahontas High School Auditorium with pallbearers from the football team and flowerbearers from students. Friends may visit Boissevain Baptist Church Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas High School
Charlottesville
Wiley Howard Williams Jr
Box
Boissevain
Abbs Valley
Jerry Harman
Williams
Harman
Richmond, Va
Wiley H
Dorothy Tickle Williams Sr
Newton Tickle
Bland
Pocahontas
Ted Cook
David Roberts
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Thief Loots Beltone Hearing Aids Office
Bluefield police report a theft at Beltone Hearing Aids on Wythe Avenue. A money bag containing about 11 000 dollars including 1100 belonging to Mrs. Rowland was taken from the building’s main office amid a reported sighting of a 6 foot 1 inch, 155 pound black man in a brown jacket seen near an alley. The incident occurred Wednesday between 3 30 and 4 p.m. Police say the investigation is ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Beltone
Wythe Avenue
George Sarver
Juanita Rowland
Rowland
Senate Approves Reagan Cabinet Senior lineup moves forward
The Senate swiftly advances Reagan’s remaining Cabinet nominees including James Watt for Interior by 83 12. Confirmations also proceed for William French Smith as attorney general John Block Baldrige Pierce Lewis and Samuel Pierce with Qo votes while Donovan remains pending as labor secretary designate Stockman Kirkpatrick and Casey await Friday action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Reagan
James G. Watt
Interior Department
Raymond J. Donovan
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
Agriculture
Malcolm Baldrige
Commerce
Proxmire
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Housing and Urban Development
Andrew L. Lewis Jr
Transportation
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Eugene
Mabel) Crockett
Bishop, Va
Fred Crouse
Fred E
Mamie Fern) Crouse
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell County
James H
Amanda Beavers White
Order of Eastern Star
L.P.N
Mattie Williams Hospital
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
Rebekah Lodge No. 62
Clyde Lee
Clyde
Odella Z.) Lee
Keystone
Mammie Havens
Mammie Edwards Havens
Box 183
Rock
Charles Elmore
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
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
Dan
Ella Jean) Thompson
Titusville
Billy Goodman
Pensacola
Jack A. Goodman
Miami
Ellen Underwood
Gladys Dalton
Ida LaFon
Sean Gillespie
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Rex Ball
Walter Presley
Walter F
Eliza Mitchem) Presley
Anawalt
Welch Hospital
Blackwolf
Buford
Nannie Michem
Walter F. Presley Jr
Tom
Helen) Pickett
Billie
Gladys) Breeden
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
Coaldale
Ulisse, Ernest, Sr
Dale City
Capels
Fanning Funeral Home
Orville Harvey
Ft. Knox
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Piep Talk
Troy
Miles
URAL
William Edmondson, II, D.D
Linda L. Edmondson, D.D
Lowe Street
Stadium Drive
W.W
UMW
By N
Bovenizer
Cherry Street