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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Douglas Wilder
Organization of African Unity
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sub-Saharan Africa
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Jim” Shepard
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