Princeton by pass hearing yields mixed reviews and new Alternate V
At a public hearing in the Mercer County Courthouse about the Appalachian Development Highway Corridor Q route the SDH heard 18 resolutions with some backing Princeton officials and local groups while others voiced objections. A new Alternate V would shift parts of the eastern segment southward and affect 74 residences and four businesses at an estimated cost above 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Honaker
Princeton
Mercer County
State Highway Department
Crumpecker Hill
Oakvale Road
N & W Railway
North American Rockwell
Ingleside Road
Bluefield-Princeton
Joseph S. Jones
SDH
Jones
State Department of Highways
William S. Ritchie
Federal Highway Administration
Commissioner's Office
John Russell
SDH Design Division
Garland Hill
Howard Harvey
Ruby Harvey
Myron Meadows
Lena Holme
Ira Southern
City of
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
Samuel Laufer
Mercer County Planning Commission
David Burton
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Fred Buxton
Princeton Lions Club
Joe Hutchinson
Princeton Retail Trade Committee
James Thompson
Harold Tomchin
Princeton Area Development Corporation Board of
James E. Carter
Bill Hessel
Carter
Department of Highways
Lions Club Meeting Plans Big Attendance
City officials say special arrangements are in place for a large Lions Club meeting with a dutch treat meal priced at 1.50 per plate.
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Lions Club
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 published each morning by Daily Telegraph Printing Co with address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 2470. It is a member of the Associated Press and prints news dispatches credited to the paper. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with West Virginia zones and motor route pricing. Advertising representative is Mathews Shannon Cullen.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Focal News
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Area Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield Mercer County
Obituaries list multiple funeral services across Bluefield Princeton Welch and surrounding towns for Mary Reed Thomas White George Reed James Coleman and others. Details include service times locations burial sites church affiliations and survivors with pallbearers and honorary roles noted.
Obituary for infant Zuzonia Lester of Green Cove Springs
Zuzonia Lester eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Lester died Tuesday at Lynchburg Training School Virginia death attributed to natural causes. Survivors include maternal grandparents William Coleman Maxie Virginia and paternal grandparents Julius Lester Green Cove Springs Florida. Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery Guesses Fork with Rev Delbert Justus Rev Claude Conn and Rev Cloyd Bailey. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Virginia in charge.
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Zuzonia Lester
Robert Lee Lester
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Hurley
Lynchburg
William Coleman
Maxie, Va
Julius Lester
Dave Gibson
Guesses Fork
Delbert Justus
Claude Conn
Cloyd Bailey
Pine Grove
Gibson
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Mrs Paul Miller 71 Dead on Arrival in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs Paul Janie Miller 71 of Boissevain Virginia died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital Thursday. The body rests at Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home in Pocahontas pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Janie) Miller
Boissevain
Bluefield
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Funeral Home
Pocahontas
George Washington Shepherd 74 Bluefield carpenter dies
George Washington Shepherd age 74 of 31642 Princeton Avenue Bluefield dies after long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Born in Tazewell County Virginia he was a retired carpenter for the Norfolk and Western Railway who retired in 1962. Survived by three sisters Mrs. Howard Gregory Craigsville Virginia Mrs. A J Dunford Apopka Florida and Mrs. Belle Hughes Cincinnati Ohio. Graveside rites set for 11 a m Saturday at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with Rev. John Woods officiating. Body remains at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with calling hours 5 to 9 p m today.
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George Washington Shepherd
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Henry and
Rhoda Johnson Shepherd
Norfolk and Western Railway
Howard Gregory
Craigsville
A. J. Dunford
Apopka
Fla
Belle Hughes
Cincinnati
Funeral services for Nancy Green Conley at Princeton
Funeral services for Nancy Green Conley 96 of 713 Highland Avenue Princeton will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with Rev Ambrose Stump officiating Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery Princeton She died Wednesday at home after a long illness Born in Greensboro North Carolina she was a daughter of the late Josh and Liza Green She was a charter member of the First Christian Church Princeton Surviving are two sons Lawrence and John Conley of Princeton four daughters Mrs Frank Mary Anderson Mrs Roy Evelyn Thomason and Mrs Leonard Hazel Sage of Princeton and Mrs Ray Blanch Smith of Phoenix Arizona 17 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren Pallbearers will be James and John Thomason Frank Paul and Herman Sage and Harry Richards Granddaughters will be flowerbearers
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Virgie Hager Harman
John M. Harman II
James
Jimmy) Harman
Ralph Harman
Littlesburg
Loyd
Billie) Wimmer
Dorsey
Evelyn) Bailey
Airport Road
Bluefield
Charles
Mattie) Thomason
Herman
Mary Ruth) Belcher
Princeton
Marvin Harman
Wayne, Mich
Ed Harman
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Macie Kahle
Nina Crockett
Garnet Kahle
Virgie Radford
James H. Brown
Wolfe
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Maybeury
United Mine Workers Union of America
Welch
Emmanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church
Freeman
Virginia
Douglas Brown
Eva Kirby Brown
S. H. Brown
Roanoke
Elsie Brown
Marzzie Pannell
Virgie Divers
O. J. Gentry
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Walter Lewis
Tyrone Mitchell
Leroy Moore
Carl Davis
Doc O'Neil
Edward Mitchell
Lillian Harrell
Ola Mills
Edith Stores
Estella Graves
Cassie O’niel
Marion Hawthorne
Rodriguez-Pocahontas
Pocahontas
James R. Coleman
James Robert
Bob) Coleman
East Second St
Richlands
John J
Lillie Brown Coleman
Tazewell County
Bob
Minnie Ellen Vencll Coleman
Lillie Taylor
Pounding Mill
Marie Yates
Satellite Beach
Shirley Harris
John M. Coleman
Walterboro
S. C
James R. Coleman Jr
Flint
Mich
Carrie Clark
Cedar Bluff
Nannie Griffith
Jewell Ridge
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
A. Charles Allen
Kelly McCoy
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Nancy Green Conley
Highland Avenue
Ambrose Stump
Oakwood Cemetery
Greensboro
N. C
Josh
Liza Green
First Christian Church
Lawrence Conley
John Conley
Frank
Mary) Anderson
Roy
Evelyn) Thomason
Leonard
Hazel) Sage
Ray (Blanch) Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
John Thomason
Paul
Herman Sage
Harry Richards
Funerals for Annie Lee Stewart Harold O Rodeheaver and Pearl Taylor
Funeral services are set for Annie Lee Stewart 61 of Thorpe at Trinity Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Harold O Rodeheaver 65 of Bluefield to be laid to rest at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with pallbearers from the Dean Owen Bible Class. Pearl Taylor 70 of Bluefield to be buried in Memorial Gardens after funeral at Mercer Funeral Chapel with church members acting as pallbearers.
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Rodeheaver
Harold O
Bland Road
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Frank G. Schwall Jr
Monte Vista Park
Princeton
Dean Owen
College Avenue Baptist Church
Fireman Ernest Francisco 72 of Arlington dies after long illness
Ernest Boyd Francisco 72 former Bluefield city fireman and Grace United Methodist Church member died Thursday in an Arlington hospital after a long illness. He lived in Arlington 25 years and is survived by sister Gladys Donaghue of Bluefield. Graveside rites set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with Dr C H Patterson officiating. viewing Saturday 10 a m to noon.
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Ernest Boyd Francisco
Arlington
Bluefield
Floyd Arthur
Christina Peters Francisco
Grace United Methodist Church
Vince
Gladys) Donaghue
Death of Harry W. Ratcliff of Fernandina Beach
Harry W. Ratcliff of Fernandina Beach Florida, formerly of Bluefield, died Tuesday in a Jacksonville hospital. Survived by son Lt. Robert N. Ratcliff of Norfolk. daughter Mrs. A. W. Hoback of Bluefield. sisters Mrs. C. H. White of Pocahontas and Mrs. Fred Tibbs of Bluefield. eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bluefield with Rev. T. F. Herndon officiating. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield. Funeral home today 4 to 9 p.m.
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Harry W. Ratcliff
Fernandina Beach
Fla
Bluefield
Jacksonville
Robert N. Ratcliff
Norfolk
A. W. Hoback
C. H. White
Pocahontas
Fred Tibbs
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Harold M. Copley Dies After Illness in Welch Hospital
Harold M. Copley of Iaeger died Thursday shortly after admission to a Welch hospital after a short illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home Iaeger.
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Harold M. Copley
Iaeger
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Harvey E. Mitchell Graveside Rites Set
Harvey E. Mitchell 54 of Parkersburg will be buried in Oakwood Park Cemetery Princeton after 11 a.m. Saturday service led by Rev. Kenneth Hilling. World War II veteran drowned after a boating accident on the Ohio River near Parkersburg. Survived by wife Lessie Southard Mitchell, son Harry E. Mitchell Jr., and brother Will Mitchell. Mercer Veterans Council to conduct military rites.
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Harvey E. Mitchell
Parkersburg
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Princeton
Kenneth Hilling
Mercer Veterans Council
Ohio River
Lessie Southard Mitchell
Wallace St
Harry E. Mitchell Jr
Jackson
Ohio
Will Mitchell
Huntington
Rural Roads Advocacy Sparks Mercer County Hearing
S. E. Anderson and Raymond Dishner criticized the highway program for prioritizing Interstates over secondary roads. They cited Route 71 wear, 31 neglected routes, and unsafe Bluewell Brushfork roads, urging action and petitions to Charleston officials.
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Jack Honakers
E. Anderson
Mercer County
Raymond Dishner
Republican Executive Committee
Rock District
Anderson
Dishner
Rock Road
Arch Alfred Moore, Jr
William Ritchie
Highway Department
Princeton
Lazenby Avenue
Matoaka-Montcalm
Forrest Rumburg
Matoaka
Montcalm
Beeson
Weyanoke
Rock
Piedmont
Bluewell
Brushfork
Lorton Lick
U. S. 52
Pinnacle Rock
West Virginia
West
Bowling Construction Co. partner Clyde Bowling dies at 58
Clyde P. Bowling of Bluefield died Thursday morning at his home from an apparent heart attack. He was 58 and a partner in Bowling Construction Co. He leaves Ruth Kimbel Bowling two daughters six grandchildren and siblings. Funeral services are Saturday at 3 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers include Bob Bowling George Bowling Ronald Mills and others.
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James Ed Taylor
Belfast
Russell County
LaFayette
Sarah Jane Stinson Taylor
Eva Harper Taylor
Clyde P. Bowling
Bowling Construction Co
Bluefield
Mountain View Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth Kimbel Bowling
Jim
Patty) Dent
Peggy) Cisewski
C. M. Mills Sr
Norfolk
Harry Cooper
Holly Hill
Fla
Bertha Sylvester
Daytona Beach
Tyler Bowling
George Bowling
Maurice Bowling
Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel
Richard F. Rouquie
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton
Bob L. Bowling
George A. Bowling
Ronald T. Mills
Jimmy Millis
Jim Cook
Carel H. Thompson
Building Mishap Claims Giles County Man
A 24 year old Giles County Virginia man Sherman Carl Nelson died Thursday in a Waynesboro hospital from injuries in a construction accident Wednesday. He is survived by two daughters Angela and Tammy Nelson of Pearisburg his father Carl Nelson and mother Mrs Lillian Perkins both of Pearisburg, a half sister and half brother both of Pearisburg, and a stepfather John S Perkins of Pearisburg. Mountain View Methodist Church near Feorktaraee Rev E H Saver officiating.
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Giles County
Waynesboro
Sherman Carl Nelson
Pearlsburg
Angela
Tammy Nelson
Pearisburg
Carl Nelson
Michael Nelson
Lillian Perkins
John S. Perkins
Mountain View Methodist Church
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South Powell St
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Carrolton H. Jackson
J. J. Howard
Early Coleman
Bluefield State College
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
John A. Reed
Joan Alexis Reed
Hampton Institute
Luella Thompson
Bedford
Virginia C. McClow
Richmond
Calif
Nannie Chinn
Dayton
Earlie D. Coleman Jr
Albany
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Foster Turner
Charles Smith
Roger Woods
William A. Holcombe
Taft Johnson
Melvin Finley
A. A. Lawrence
James Johnson
Marshall Harris
Mount Zion Church
4-H
Linkford and Richardson
Thomas Richard
Teddy) White
Carroll County
Thomas
Isabelle Worrell White
Mullens
First Pentecostal Holiness Church of
Althea Canady White
Mildred Wingo
Ethel Backus
Ruth Fisher
Basil White
Budd
Emory
Earl
Harold White
Lilly Willis
Salem
Anna Shipwash
Doxie Hayes
Pulaski
Preston Manuel
Max Meadows
George W. Seaver Chapel
Walter Wood Jr
Resthaven Park Cemetery
George Reed
Rockridge
Bradshaw
Harve
Lucinda Collins Reed
Susie Adair
Mollie Mullins
Paynesville
Macie Stinson
War
Pearlie Collins
Mary Payne
Avondale
Johnny
Harvey
Robert Reed
Wytheville
Lindsey
Roger Reed
Lindsey Reed
Jolo
John D. Payne
Emory Kennedy
Horn Cemetery
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Laeger
John M. Harman
John Marion Harman
Smith Chapel
Church of the Brethren
Raymond Booth
Roy McVey
Princeton Road
Tazewell, Va
William and
Lurinda Bowman Hannan
Beaver Pond
Smith Myrtle Allen Smith
Tracey St
Ballard
Laura Underwood Bivens
Kegley
Kegley United
Clarence Allen
Matthew Smith
Marvin
Pansy Mae) Rickman
Carlton Belcher
Trenton
Robert H. Belcher
Matthew I. Smith Jr
John B. Bivens
Kegley United Methodist Church
A. D. Sparks
Ray Sorrels
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Bill Keaton
Orland Bell
Don Okes
Elwood Blankenship
J. W. Mills
Homer Wade
Walter Fielder
Harold Repass
WSCS
Clinton Thompson
Clinton G
Doby) Thompson
Landgraff
U. S. Air Force
Taiwan
Elbert
Nannie Thompson
Wingfield Baptist Church
Northfork High School
Elbert Thompson Jr
Martinsville
Ernest Thompson
Yonkers
N. Y
Betsy Thompson
Terry Thompson
Annetta Thompson
Montvennie Allen
Maceo Thompson
St. Albans
Leona Braxton
Beckley
J. A. Palmer
U. S. Air Force Base
Fayetteville
Kimball Funeral Home
Alma Taylor Barnette
Lula T. Meade
Jeff Taylor
Bert Taylor
Belfast United Methodist Church
Charles R. Bilks
W. J. Mercer
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon, Va
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Harvey Taylor
Jim Frank Taylor
Paige White
Garnett Cox
Paul Hicks
Oliver Barnette
Clyde Mercer
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Myrtle Allen
Zuzonia
Lester
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George W. Shepherd
Nancy Conley
Ernest B. Francisco
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Ritter
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