Cantrell and Long Deaths Lead Local Obituary Notice
A string of obituaries from Bluefield, Roanoke, and nearby towns recalls Mrs. Margie Ellen Cooper Cantrell 63 of Pilgrim Knob with service at Hale Creek Old Regular Baptist Church and burial at Cooper Cemetery. Also noted are Mrs. Thurman Long 63 of Roanoke died of natural causes. services at Lotz Roanoke Chapel and Maxwell Cemetery burial. Additional deaths include Mrs. Art Sanchez 22 of Pearisburg. Mrs. Wesley Denham 64 of Bluefield. Frank Farris 90 of Hot Springs. Edward Harrison 43 of Rye Beach. Ralph Elkins 50 of Garden City. Mrs. Dandy Frye 75 of Saltville. Lon Gilmer 79 of Princeton. Tammy Ellison 18 of Rock Camp. Jesse Bone 73 of Bluefield. Mrs. Randall Daugherty 77 of Peterstown. Oakley Davis 72 of Princeton. Muther Alfred Davis 74 of Bluewell. Marvin Rattliff 62 of Oakwood with services and burial details listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleigh Cantrell
Burleigh
Margie Ellen Cooper) Cantrell
Pilgrim Knob
Bluefield Hospital
Buchanan County
Charlie
Polly Wimmer Cooper
Old Regular Baptist
Hale Creek
Norma Owens
Ben
Sharon) Heninger
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vivian Blankenship
Bluefield
Charles
Debra) Price
Hurdle Cantrell
Ronald Cantrell
Patterson
Emory Cooper
Charleston
Burton Cooper
Pleasant City
Arthur Cooper
Upper Marlboro
Charlie Cooper
Stewart
Ida) Rife
Sarah Penley
War
Clay
Carman) Payne
Myrtle) Smith
Millard
Sue) Cooper
Jewell Ridge
Hale Creek Old Regular Baptist Church
Frank Newsome
Cooper Cemetery
Whitewood
Keen Mountain
Thurman Long
Thurman
Gladys Proffitt) Long
Roanoke
Frances Shrader
Bradenton
Fla
Ruth Harrison
Tazewell
Shirley L. Monger
Wanda Harris
Loretta Saunders
Connie Newman
Maxwell
Max Linkous
Wesley Denham
Wesley
Hershel Eldridge) Denham
Rt. 4
Box
Black Mountain
Robert
Betty Blevins Eldridge
Church of God In
Mildred Little
Martha Elswick
Clarence Powers
Bluewell
Charlie Eldridge
Dayton
James Eldridge
Pennsylvania
Craven Shires Funeral Chapel
Frank Blevins
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
James Blevins
Jim Whitehead
Calvin Elswick
Albert Mitchell
Chuck Lawless
Claude Miller
Roy Graham
Brookins Taylor
William Prudich
Frank Farris
Frank J. Farris
Hot Springs
Pulaski
Wining Gulf Collnry
Goodwill
Pentecostal
Holmes Church
Geraldine Rosmas
Mexico
Ernest W. Eubank
Glen Daniels
Clifford Eubank
San Antonio
Texas
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Quentin Hewitt
Hot Springs Cemetery
Jesse Bone
Jesse Neal Bone
Whitethorn St
Mercer Funeral Home
Randall Daugherty
Randall
Iva Houston Broyles) Daugherty
Peterstown
Pearisburg
Broyles
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Roy Lacy
Grandview Memory Gardens
Rattliff
Marvin
Oakwood
Jerusalem Primitive Baptist Church
Stewart Owens
Curtis Owens
Rattliff Family
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Boyd to File Suit Over Impeachment
Boyd, former McDowell County commissioner, says he will sue seven residents who initiated impeachment proceedings. He was removed after a week-long hearing, reinstated by the state Supreme Court, and has received back pay. He plans a malicious-prosecution civil action over the high court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Boyd
County Commission
High Court
Five Die in West Virginia Fourth of July Crash
Five people aged 16 to 35 died when a car left West Virginia Route 63 in Greenbrier County Friday evening. State police said rescue crews freed the victims after about two hours. All five were dead on arrival at Greenbrier Valley Hospital. Names awaited family notifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Virginia
David Jordan
State Department of Taxation
Buchanan
Wayne Horne
Fort Spring
W.va
J.E. Bumgarner
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
West Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publishing Details and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph information page lists establishment year 1893 address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and post office box 208. It notes Associated Press affiliation and home delivery rate four ninety per month with annual mail rate fifty eight eighty and asks for address changes to post office box 208.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated, Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon
Smiths abandoned truck found near Myrtle Beach woods
Smith fled Giles County after June 1 the day bodies were found. A note in his truck signaled involvement in the case though its contents are unreleased. Mountford and Ms Ramsay were last seen May 19 near a Bland County store by the Appalachian Trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
U.S. 17
Ocean
Myrtle Beach
Giles County
Mountford
Ms. Ramsay
Bland County
Burglary Reported At City Clinic
Police investigate a 3:30 a.m. burglary at the Bluefield Eye Clinic on 332 North St. Entry was gained by kicking the front door. Undetermined number of hearing aids and headphones were stolen. Clinic owned by Dr. Donald Taylor. Investigation led by Officer Michael Stratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Eye Clinic
Bluefield
First patent for false teeth granted in 1822
The first dental appliance patent was issued on March 9 1822 to Charles Graham of New York City for a set of artificial teeth, marking a milestone in prosthetic dentistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Graham
New York City
Fourth of July Festivities Led by Rockefeller in Bluefield
Gov John D Rockefeller IV will preside as parade marshal in Bluefield's Fourth of July Celebration at City Park hosted by the Greater Bluefield Jaycees. Parade at 10 a.m. from the North Street Post Office via Bland Street, Rockefeller address at 11 a.m., bluegrass by The Rich Mountain Rounders, Virginia Virginians square dance, dunking and pie booths, WHIS radio live remote, and games with prizes. Evening baseball game Bluefield Orioles vs Kingsport Mets at Bowen Field with free admission for under 12 and postgame fireworks. no park parking, tow away rule, alternative parking near Mitchell Stadium and Bowen Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller IV
Bluefield
City Park
Greater
Whis-Am
Jaycees
Bluefield Orioles
Kingsport Mets
Bowen Field
American Legion
Mitchell Stadium
Polish Cabinet Shakeup Aims To Tackle Economic Crisis
Warsaw reports Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski will bring new faces into the Polish cabinet as economic strain grows. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko arrived for talks with Communist leaders amid ongoing disputes over reform and party policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Andrei A. Gromyko
Wojciech Jaruzelski
PAP
Gromyko
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Kania
Supreme Chamber of Control
Friendship Society
Lublin
Gdansk
Reality
Solidarity
Tass
Polish Communist Party
Moscow
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Daily Telegraph
Art Sanchez
Art
Donna Moye) Sanchez
Givens Funeral Chapel
Eugene Allen
Birchlawn
Edward Harrison
Edward A. Harrison
Rye Beach
N.H
Lorene Harrison
Baltimore
Amos Harrison
Cici Harrison
Betty Ann
Wendy Harrison
Buddy Harrison
S.C
Sue Akers
Tucson, Ariz
Dorothy Penniger
Marjorie Reed
Fredrica, del
Corinne Cox
Hampton, Va
Betty Wolfe
Dublin
Ralph Elkins
Ralph E. Elkins
Garden City
Mich
Detroit
William A. Elkins
Margaret Riddle Elkins
Therese Elkins
Joni
Lori
Jennifer Elkins
Robert Elkins
Carl
Bill
Glenn
Dan Elkins
Vera McCrory
Maglene Anderson
Claudine Deskins
John N. Lanteru and Son
Inkster Rd
Dandy Frye
Dandy E
Leona M.) Frye
Rt. 3
Saltville
Smyth County
Dan E. Frye, Jr
Rudy Frye
Angier
N.C
Eula Outen
Patsy Deese
Matthews
Herbert
Ernest McCready
Robert McCready
Abingdon
Otis Asbury
Robert Nutter
Glade Sping
Sammie Ruth
Erwin
Tenn
Robert's Chapel United Methodist Church
Elizabeth Cemetery
Lon Gilmer
Lon E. Gilmer
Elmer St
Athens Road
Tammy Ellison
Tammy Ann Ellison
Rock Camp
Broyles Funeral Home Chapel
Peres
Agudat
Menachem Porush
Likud
NRP
Burg
Israel Radio
National Unity
Israel
West Bank
McDowell County
Cleveland
Funeral Home
Charles L. Mitchell
Wilcoe
Mitchell Was A
Son
James M. Mitchell and
Edith Bryant
Lewis Jamie Mitchell
Roy Mitchell
Rita Cox
Brenda Rogers
Warren Bryant
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
James Walden
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Baptist
Halls Ridge Road
Pastor Jimmy Jones
Danforth
Insurance Agency
Assembly OF God
W. Main St
Christ
Hour of Power
Youth Fellowship
Children's Bible Activity
Missionettes
Royal Rangers
Glenn E. Strickland
Midwest
Mississippi River Valley
Atlantic Coast
Pasadena
Mickey Gilley
Ernest Tubbs
Faron Young
St. Louis
New Orleans
Reagan
White House
City Clinic
Imemorial Church OF Christ
New Hope RD
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