Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Bland and Peterstown VA Area
Obituaries and funeral notices list Marie Ballinger in Bland Virginia aged 89 died Jan 23 2001 with services Jan 26. Cora Jennings 88 formerly of Pocahontas died Jan 18 2001 in Cleveland Ohio private service Jan 24. Emily Spangler 94 of Peterstown died Jan 24 2001 with services Jan 26 at Broyles Shrewsbury. Paul Chambers 87 of Pea Patch Buchanan County died Jan 24 2001 with service Jan 26. Funeral notices for Oreatha Carnes Metcalf John Simpkins Ruth Webb Lois Sayers Dewey Wood Bessie Williams Randy Perdue Mary Coffey and other area deaths listed with service times and burial plans.
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Marie Neal ‘Rea’ Ballinger
Bland
Highland Funeral Service
Cora Louise Jennings
Cleveland
Ohio
Pocahontas
Grassy Spur
Bishop, Va
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Funeral Home
Emily Crotshin Spangler
Peterstown
Ballard
Thomas
Emily Dulaney Crotshin
Delanese Corporation
O.E.S. Peterstown
AARP
Cashmere Baptist Church
Paul Thomas Chambers
Pea Patch
Buchanan County
Bob and
Florence Moore Chambers
U.m.wa
Jewell Valley
Mary Evelyn Day Chambers
Mary Carter
Bell Osborne
Margie Riley
Edith Rose
Clarence Chambers
Claude Chambers
Walter Chambers
Chambers
Ralph Chambers
Shirley
Pounding Mill
Rex Chambers
Homer Chambers
Jerry Chambers
Jewell Ridge
Don (Gaynell) Horton
Raven, Va
Don
Maybell) Cole
Ronnie
Berniece) Nelson
Clyde
Carol) Nelson
Ira Chambers
North Carolina
Sherman Chambers
Doran
Singleton Funeral Service
Cedar Bluff
Troy Lester
Oreatha Fay Carnes Metcalf
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
John Joseph Simpkins
McCoy Funeral Home
Blacksburg
Westview
Ruth Elaine Bivens Webb
Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Indian Mills
Lois N. Sayers
Dewey M. Wood
Athens Road
Princeton
Rocky Mount
Pipestein
Bessie Louise Williams
Buchanan Family Cemetery
Hazelwood
N.C
Randall Keith Perdue
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Bluefield
Monte Vista Cemetery
Green Valley
Mary Bell Scott Coffey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Richlands Eyes Day Reporting Center Funding
Richlands plans to fund a Day Reporting Center modeled on Abingdon’s success to provide counseling drug testing GED classes and job skills training along with probation officer meetings. Town officials including Tim Taylor back the project hoping to reduce probation violations by directing offenders toward rehabilitation. The center would operate in the new Richlands Police Department space with state budget decisions due February 5.
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Richlands
Tim Taylor
Lee
Beginners quilt class at Tazewell High School
A beginners adult education quilting course will start Jan 30 in room 108 at Tazewell High School. Adults may choose 3:30 or 6:30 p.m. sessions, cost 15 dollars. Lessons cover rail fence, log cabin, nine patch and other quilt projects. For information, call Sharon Rhody at 988-6502 10-11 a.m. or after 5 p.m. at 472-2172.
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Tazewell
Tazewell High School
Sharon Rhody
Keystone police badge boosted by 75706 grant
Keystone will gain two more officers through a $75,706 COPS Universal Hiring Program grant. West Virginia agencies share $756,000, enabling new hires under the Community Oriented Policing Services program. Byrd notes flexibility to fund salaries and community policing.
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Keystone
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West Virginia
Justice Department
COPS
Byrd
First National Bank
William Keller
Keller
Department
Tim Harding
Dallas
Underwood budget requests extra 750000 for staff pay
Charleston AP reports former Gov Cecil Underwood sought a supplemental 750000 to cover salary shortfalls for Gov Bob Wise's staff before leaving office. Jim Teets told transition director David Satterfield in November money would be needed to pay staff to June 30. Wise says he knew about payments for unused leave but not comp time until after taking office.
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Charleston
Cecil Underwood
Bob Wise
Underwood
Jim Teets
Wise
David Satterfield
Satterfield
Teets
Ernor
Jimmy Joe Wedge
Nancy Hobbs
Glen Gainer
Ed Tiffey
Dan Page
Bluefield State faces civil rights probe over black enrollment
Two day visit by state civil rights reps on campus sparked questions about compliance with a 1998 US Department of Education order to boost black enrollment and staff. Black enrollment rose to 10 percent, yet only two full time black faculty remain. concerns focus on discrimination and hiring.
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Cise
Nelson
West Virginia
State Office of Civil Rights
Renando Holland
Bluefield State
US S. Department of Education Office
Holland
HBC
Dents
Concord College
Athens
Moore
BSC
del. Arley Johnson
Cabell County
Concord
Jerry Beasley
David DeBerry
Juanita Landman-Clay
Landman-Clay
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Directory and Publication Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists editors and department heads including Gary Adkisson and Tom Colley as publishers and city editors in Bluefield West Virginia. It notes the paper established in 1893, publication at 928 Bluefield Avenue, WV 24701, with circulation and advertising departments and Internet presence at bdtonline.com. The paper is a member of AP and ABCA, with copyright 2001 and postal details for subscriptions and address changes.
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Bluefield
FAA miscommunication delays airport terminal upgrade plan
Sharon Caboin of the FAA Eastern Region in Harrisburg says complex eligibility rules were not fully explained to the airport, leading to a funding loss. The airport authority postponed the terminal upgrade and will apply for part of a $2 million FAA grant to update its master plan before deciding the next steps.
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Sharon Caboin
FAA
Eastern Region
Harrisburg
Airport Authority
Mercer County Growth Plan Faces Unity and Infrastructure Hurdles
In a meeting at the Forest Products Lab Gardner planners identify drivers of growth including rail and air service, education, health care and tourism while flagging in-county competition, fragmented legislative influence, and gaps in water sewer facilities. Threats include potential loss of air service, a shrinking tax base, and lack of a county plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Forest Products Lab
Gardner
Beckley
Princeton
Wytheville
Raleigh County
Caleb Faux
Pflum
Klausmeier & Gehrum Consultants, Inc
Mercer County
Faux
Homer Ball
Charleston
Bill Draper
Bluefield
Walker
Shawnee Parkway
New River Parkway
Pipestem Resort
Concord College
Mercer County Heart Center
Mercer City
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Cashmere Baptist Church Building Fund
Ballard Volunteer Fire Department
Randy Mitchell
Keystone Police Force
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
P.O. Box
Gary Adkisson Case
Tom Colley Spall
Terri Hale
Ao Bobby English
Ida Wade Watson
Henry Mea Deartment
Sara Coleman Am
Tarry
Ase Oeeeny
Barbara Hawkins
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Tammie Lucas
Tim Booth
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Princeton News Bureau
Mali
Electrolux
al Icle
Miele
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