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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1992

Page

2

Clarence Gratton Franklin dies at 80 in Abbs Valley Va

Clarence Gratton Franklin 80 of Abbs Valley died Sunday at a Princeton hospital after a coal mining career with Pocahontas Fuel Company. Survived by wife Mary Call, sons Kenneth and Clarence Max, daughters Patricia, Yvonne, stepdaughter Susan, and numerous grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens.

Abbs Valley Clarence Gratton (Grat) Franklin Princeton Boissevain Thomas and Matilda Poe Franklin Christ First United Methodist Church Pocahontas Fuel Company Jenkinjones Umwa Union Dessie Brewster Franklin Roy Franklin Troy Franklin Elsie Franklin Boone Franklin Dorothy Franklin Mary Call Franklin Kenneth B. Franklin Pocahontas Clarence Max) Franklin Appomattox Patricia Fhanahan Bowling Green Yvonne Blevins Newark Del Susan Webb Spottsylvania Florence Tutwiler Harrisonburg Bertha Bright Summersville Rodriguez-Pocahontas Funeral Home Roy LaDuke Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield- Tazewell Road Brighton Mich Clarence E. Combs An Ann Harbor Dickenson County Vicker Corp Carrie Gladys Combs Donna Jean Ray Warren, Mich Linda Small Wayne Combs Taylor, Mich Lane Combs Dale Combs Southfield Earl Combs Haysi Funeral Home Haysi Kenneth Shelton Sutherland Family Cemetery Route 2 Beartown Andrew Andy" Lafferty Sr Wyoming County Charles Tom Ada Bailey Lafferty Lacy Lafferty Alice Jane Bailey Lafferty Nancy McKinney Bennett-Widener Funeral Home Northfork Mark Sherman H.A. Lane Larry Bailey Bailey Cemetery American Legion Post 175 Bradshaw Brooklyn N.Y Priscilla Yvonne Pat) Harriston Keystone Harvey Lottie Johnson Elkhorn High School Costas Johnson Sooyan Marie Abraham Upper Marlboro Kecia Harriston Thelma Ganious Vivian Carter Mary Johnson Doris Paige Hamlin Johnson Washington, D.C Moneview Johnson Maryland Donald Johnson Bernard Johnson Harvey Johnson Victor Johnson McDowell Restlawn Memorial Gardens Lewisburg Road George Masterson Richardson Funeral Home Bland Isaac Newton Tickle Jane Abate Bland County George Lee Ellen Pegram Tickle Annie Lambert Tickle Christiansburg Dorothy Williams Sue Rutledge Pilot Edward Tickle Belspring Lincoln Tickle Josie Jones Bastian Myrtle Harden Kingsport Tenn Maude Kitts Street Emma Hoback Bristol Bob Tickle Canada Okla Pat Tickle Cofax Calif Jack Tickle Newberry Funeral Home Earnest Fulcher Oak Hill Cemetery

Funerals Held for Local Residents in Multiple Communities

Obituaries list services for Roy W Coleman 84 of Panther at Little Dove Old Regular Baptist Church with burial at Coleman Cemetery, Mary Helen McNew 62 of Davy at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel then Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell, Harry W Sisk 91 of Princeton at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Mary Lorraine Clark Lee 52 of Princeton at George W Seaver Funeral Home Chapel with Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Hascite T Stout 88 of Bluefield at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel entombment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Green Valley, Stanley Ketchell Ross 81 of Excelsior at Caretta United Methodist Church with Hartwell Cemetery, Oscar Brady Pete Foley 60 of Princeton at Burns-Wornal Chapel Athens Road, Maude J Crowell 92 of New Castle Delaware at Resthaven Park Cemetery Princeton, Robert Lee Fralin 67 of Mullens at Tankersley Funeral Home with Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley, Ada C Elkins 91 of Bluefield at George W Seaver Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Roselawn.

Coleman Roy W Panther Little Dove Old Regular Baptist Church Guesses Fork Coleman Cemetery McNew Mary Helen Davy Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell Sisk Harry W Princeton Immanuel Baptist Church New Hope Road Roselawn Memorial Gardens Lee Mary Lorraine Clark George W. Seaver Funeral Home Ross Stanley Ketchell Excelsior Caretta United Methodist Church Caretta Hartwell Cemetery Foley Oscar Brady Pete Burns-Wornal Memorial Funeral Athens Road Elkins Ada C Bluefield

U S freezes Yugoslav assets amid sanctions set

Washington freezes Belgrade assets in the United States as U N sanctions target Serbia and Montenegro. European countries cut air travel to the Balkans while Yugoslav teams face bans from European championships and potential Olympic exclusion. Belgrade vows to seek lifting of the measures as oil, trade and asset freezes remain.

London Yugoslavia Washington Belgrade United States Balkan U.N. Security Council Bosnia-Herzegovina Switzerland U.N International Olympic Committee Barcelona Russia Security Council Serbia Montenegro Slobodan Milosevic

Rockefeller Miffs Richards at Fund Raising Event

West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller tried to interrupt Texas Governor Ann Richards at a San Francisco fundraiser hosted by Walter Shorenstein. Richards ignored the outburst, and the crowd shouted support for her as she finished her remarks.

San Francisco Texas Ann Richards Jay Rockefeller West Virginia Richards Walter Shorenstein California Rockefeller Ann Jay

Wilder outlines Africa trip plans

Virginia Governor L Douglas Wilder said in a WRIC TV interview that he has been invited to address the Organization of African Unity during a 23 day trade and cultural mission to sub Saharan Africa beginning June 13. Stops include Senegal Nigeria Ivory Coast Gabon Angola Zambia and South Africa. The trip costs about 300000 with over 100000 raised privately. He will meet South Africa's F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela and will weigh divestiture policy toward progress toward democracy.

Richmond Douglas Wilder Organization of African Unity Wilder U.S sub-Saharan Africa OAU Wric-Tv United Nations Senegal West Africa South Africa Nigeria Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire Gabon Angola Zambia Ruby G. Martin Ms. Martin Esther H. Vassar Department of Minority Business Enterprise Ralph H. Graner State Department of Economic Development Glenn Davidson F.W. de Klerk Nelson Mandela African National Congress Europe Asia

Jewelry theft and vehicle crash report in Bluefield blotter

Police blotter details a burglary at 1128 Franklin St where earrings a necklace and a pink ice ring valued about 30 dollars were stolen after entry through the back door and east window. No suspects. insurance advised. Also a Highway Department sign was damaged in a single vehicle crash at Cumberland Road and Walton Avenue with 400 dollar sign damages and 1,000 dollar vehicle damage.

Bluefield City Franklin St Prima G.W. Lightfoot Shirley Ann Purdue Purdue Lightfoot Highway Department Cumberland Road Walton Avenue Bluefield Jill Epperson Prlma W.T. Jones Epperson Cindy Epperson

Police uncover 1500 marijuana plants in rural county

Harrisville AP State police found 1500 marijuana plants growing along Bear Run near the Ritchie Wirt county line. Trooper Larry Hacker said informants tipped off the operation and authorities will check courthouse records to identify property owners near Mud Lick. The haul has an estimated street value of about 3 million dollars.

Harrisville Ritchie County Bear Run Ritchie-Wirt County Larry Hacker Mud Lick Hacker

Powerball rolls to 3.5 million midweek draw

Nobody hit the 2 million Powerball prize, boosting the midweek jackpot to about 3.5 million. Three players won 100 000 each by matching five numbers but missing the Powerball.va Virginia Lotto failed to yield the top prize, with no 8.1 million winner as 121 tickets had five numbers and 5 486 had four. A free Lotto play goes to 83 427 tickets with three correct numbers. Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot is projected at 10 million.

Lottery Paula Otto Ms. Otto

Wedding of Mike Akers and Gladys Goodman

Corrections note the Princeton couple Mike Akers and Gladys Goodman will wed at 2 p.m. on June 6 at New Covenant Pentecostal Holiness Church on Highland Avenue in Princeton. The B-1 headline should reference December 1986 reporter Peter Rasnake and V. A. 42 Green Pawns at Oceana Naval Air Station. missiles were fired at his Gulf War aircraft.

Mike Akers Gladys Goodman Princeton New Covenant Pentecostal Holiness Church Highland Avenue Richlands Peter Rasnake V.A Green Pawns Oceana Naval Air Station

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