Obituaries and Deaths From Local Area
Death notices for Ralph Wayne Null 54 of Saeger died Jan 23 2000 at his mother's home in Eleanor Funeral arrangements by Gatens Funeral Home Poca Rosa Lee Hayes Brown 51 of Cleveland Ohio formerly Bluefield died Jan 22 2000 in Cleveland Information by Richardson Funeral Home Bluefield Mrs Vivian Pauline Boyd 69 of Honaker Va died Jan 23 2000 at Clinch Valley Medical Center Richlands Friends may call Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p m Clarence G McQuade 69 of Lerona died Jan 24 2000 at home Arrangements incomplete Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton
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Ralph Wayne Null
Saeger
Eleanor
Gatens Funeral Home
Poca
Rosa Lee Hayes Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
Bluefield
Richardson Funeral Home
Vivian Pauline Boyd
Gardner
Honaker
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands
Clarence G. McQuade
Sunset Drive
Lerona
Memorial
Athens Road
Princeton
Beckley Obituary Highlights Long Lives of Wilson and Watkins
Mabel Farley Wilson 88 of Beckley died January 21 2000 after a long illness. Survived by three sons six daughters 31 grandchildren 45 great grandchildren 19 great great grandchildren. Funeral January 25 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel. Henrietta Emmie Robinson-Watkins 77 of Maybeury died January 19 2000. Active in church and community, she left a son Edward Robin Watkins and several siblings. Funeral January 25 at Mt Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. Emory Felix Meade 83 of Bandy died January 22 2000 after a long illness. World War II veteran, survived by eight sisters and a brother. Services January 25 at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel. Hazel M. Myers 83 of Bluefield died January 22 2000. Survived by one brother Edward Skeens. Funeral January 25 at Davis Funeral Home Oakvale. Glen A. Gilbert 87 of Doran died January 22 2000 after a long illness. Survived by daughter Sue Jenkins and granddaughter Anne Jenkins. Funeral January 25 at Singleton Funeral Service Cedar Bluff with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. Charles Ralph Wallace 51 of Grundy died January 23 2000 after an extended illness. Vietnam veteran and deacon, survived by mother Alta Wallace wife Donna Wallace. Full military rites at Mountain Valley Memorial Park January 25.
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Mabel Farley Wilson Beckley
Mabel Farley Wilson
Beckley
Winding Gulf
Grover Cleveland Farley
Roxie M. Farley Meadows
Memorial Baptist Church of Beckley
Farley
James Butler Wilson
Franklin Delano Wilson
Muriel Marie Wilson
Ralph
Willard
Coaston Farley
Myrtle Trent
Gene Wilson
Shelby
Macon
James Kermit Wilson
Betty
Princeton
Colin Wilson
Jane
Dallas
Texas
Janice Billups
Grover
MacArthur
Lorraine Hatcher
Straley
Alderson
Margaret
Peggy” Cecil
Aurora
Rhoda Gallimore
Ron
Paulette Vines
Mike
Pamela Hall
Delores Logan
Lloyd
Beaver
Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel
Paul Blizzard
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Michael Vines
Randy Brooks
Henrietta Emmie Robinson-Watkins
Maybeury
Samuel E
Ella B. Grinton- Robinson
Christ
Mt. Moriah
Milan
Free Will Methodist Church
Mich
University of Michigan
Penny
Elkhorn High School
Elkhorn
Bluefield State College
Bluefield
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
West Virginia
Huntington
Robin
Johnny
Phillip
Edward W. Watkins
Edward
Robin" Watkins
Bettye
Georgiana Robinson
Marian Robinson- Hicks
Elizabeth Slappey
Detroit
Ruth Ball
Beulah McCoy
New Port News
Jessica McDaniels
Kissimmee
Fla
Henrietta
Emory Felix Meade
Samuel B. Meade
Charles W. Meade, Jr
Thomas Earl Meade
Ethel Dotson
Rocky Gap
Dorothy Johnson
Richmond
Betty Conley
Bandy
Mansie Hester
Louise Parks
Roy
Marion
Bernice Duncan
Alexandria
Marjorie Pinter
Joe
Cedar Bluff
Irene Sizemore
Lake
Gratton
Carl Meade
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel
Tazewell
J. Wayne Poston
Maplewood Cemetery
Hazel M. Myers
The
Maples
Oakvale
Mercer County
William and
Beatrice Skeens
Davis Funeral Home
Ginger Neely
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Glen A. Gilbert Doran
Glen A. Gilbert
Doran
Richlands
Dickenson County
Dolphus and
Fannie Mullins Gilbert
FH. Hill Casket Co
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Mamie Gertrude Fields Gilbert
Carroll Gilbert
Ina Tuggle
Harry “Sue” Jenkins
Centreville
Tom Jenkins
Durham
N.C
Anne Jenkins
Blacksburg
Singleton Funeral Service
Stafford Compton
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Craig Tuggle
Jim Boyd
Charles
Charles Ralph Wallace
Grundy
Bristol Regional Hospital
Bristol
Ruth Altizer
Ernie Steve Wallace
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home
Willard Owens
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Shortridge
Benny Hammons
Harman Memorial Baptist Church
American Legion
Grundy Va
Funerals Scheduled Today Across Several Towns
Funeral services are listed for multiple individuals. Joseph FE Garner will be buried at Hartwell Cemetery Hartwell after noon service at Page Funeral Home Welch. Roy Robey Hearne has 1 pm service at Cravens Shires Chapel Bluewell with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Carol Ann Lockhart's funeral is 2 pm at Concord United Methodist Athens followed by Athens Cemetery burial. Nettie Zell Elswick Pace has 11 am Mass at Sacred Heart Princeton with burial Resthaven Park Princeton. Horace Jones Sr holds 1 pm service at McConnell Bluefield with burial Restlawn Memorial Gardens Littlesburg Rd. Estel Branham's service is noon at Panther Missionary Baptist Church near Panther.
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Joseph FE Garner
Chapel of Page Funeral Home
Welch
Hartwell Cemetery
Hartwell
Roy Robey Hearne
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Carol Ann Lockhart
Concord United Methodist Church
Athens
Nettie Zell Elswick Pace
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Princeton
Resthaven Park
Horace Jones, Sr
McConnell Funeral Home
Bluefield
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Estel Branham
Panther Missionary Baptist Church
Panther
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Establishment and Address Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph was established in 1893 and is published every morning at 928 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield West Virginia 24701 USA. Postmaster requests address changes be sent to the same address. The paper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press and the West Virginia Press Association.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
P.O. Box
Bluefield
West Virginia
Daily Telegraph
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez greeted in Manhattan church
Thousands gathered at Riverside Church in New York to support Elian Gonzalez's grandmothers Raquel Rodriguez and Mariela Quintana as they prayed for the boy's return to Cuba. The event featured a standing ovation from worshippers and remarks from church leaders and others amid ongoing INS efforts and congressional moves on Elian’s citizenship and custody.
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New York
Elian Gonzalez
Manhattan
Cuba
Raquel Rodriguez
Mariela Quintana
Riverside
Raquel
Mariela
Bob Edgar
National Council of Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Havana
Randy Naylor
U.S
Janet Reno
Washington D.C
New York Times
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Congress
Elian
George W. Bush
ABC
United States
Bush
AP reporter Nash dies at 92 who covered wartime U S shipping
Harry C. Nash Jr an Associated Press correspondent who reported on German submarine attacks off Hampton Roads during World War II has died at age 92. He recruited coastal residents to locate survivors and later interviewed them. Born in Portsmouth he worked for The Virginian-Pilot and AP in Richmond and Norfolk.
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Harry C. Nash Jr
Associated Press
U.S
Atlantic
Nash
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Robert H. Mason
The
Virginian- Pilot
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Virginian Pilot
Georgetown University
Richmond
Piers c Nasi
Lawmakers Split Over State Regulation of Gray Machines
A 34 state senators and 99 of 100 delegates were polled on gray machines, with 49 endorsing legal winnings payments and 48 opposing. Debates focus on taxing, regulating, and limiting machines, with officials predicting up to 100 million dollars from a 6 percent prize tax. Legislative studies paused on formal recommendations, while others urge restricting or state takeover through the lottery commission.
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Associated Press
House Finance
Harold Michael
D-Hardy
House Government Organization
Vicki Douglas
Douglas
D-Berkeley
Robin Capehart
Homer Ball
D-Mercer
Lottery Commission
Candidates canvass churches in Iowa ahead of caucuses
On the eve of Iowa's caucuses Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls canvassed churches and national talk shows across the snow crusted state seeking last minute support. They also began looking toward New Hampshire and beyond as vote totals neared.
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Iowa
Des Moines
New Hampshire
Clinton budget to aid uninsured and elderly
President Clinton plans a final budget packed with election year measures to widen health care coverage for the uninsured, cut taxes for middle earners, and help the elderly pay drug bills. The package, to be outlined in the State of the Union, precedes a formal Feb 7 release and a broad White House push.
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Clinton
Washington
Congress
White House
State of the Union
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Gene Cox
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