Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
Obituaries note James M. Sarver 81 of Orlando Florida formerly of Bluefield with service Friday at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Also Benn y Smith 56 Algoma. William Hardin Jr. 70 Willis Virginia. William Welch 54 Hobart Indiana. Ellis Welbert McPherson 69 Athens. Jess Franklin 82 Bluefield. Ione Robertson 72 Rich Creek. John Herbert Watlington 79 Welch. John Vernon Minton 72 North Tazewell. Tony Lambert 65 Welch. Dwayne Powers 51 Norwich Connecticut. Details include survivors, funeral homes and service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo An Watlington
John Herbert Watlington
Welch
Welch 1
United Presbyterian Church of
Court Street United Methodist Church
James E. Davis
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Page Funeral Home
John Minton
John Vernon Minton
Route 4
Adria
North Tazewell
Peery & St. Cleik Funeral Home
Tazewell
Dwayne Powers
Norwich
Conn
Matoaka
Fay Powers Kelly
Lashmeet
Earl Powers
Phyllis Gillespie
Ralph
Ronnie Powers
Charles Powers
Roanoke
Joe Powers
Washington
Cummings Funeral Chapel
Connecticut
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes daily from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. It is a member of the Associated Press with local news coverage and offers home delivery and subscription rates in West Virginia and other zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Funerals for MILCHIM Sam and STACY Fred family names
Funeral notices list Dr. Sam Milchim aged 72 of 304 Union St Bluefield to be held at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Rabbi Elbert Sapins officiating. Burial at Monte Vista Park. Also Mrs Winnie B Adams 80 of Rolfe to funeral at Pentecostal Holiness Church Rolfe with Phillip Scott officiating. Pallbearers named. Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Northfork handling. Stacy Victoria Louise 83 of Cedar Bluff Va to funeral at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with two reverends officiating. Burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sarver
James M. Sarver
Yates St
Orlando
Fla
Bluefield
Pembroke
Norfolk & Western Railroad Co
Calvary Assembly
Winter Park
Gideon's International
Kentucky
Judy Ann Collins
Peoria
Eleanor Jennings
Lake Williams
Emma Hart Sarver
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Allen A. Hammond
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Jess Franklin
Allen St
Mount Airy
N.C
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Susie Dodson
Emma Craig
Baltimore
Lawrence Beale
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Richardson Funeral Home
Tony Lambert
Tony
Youla) Lambert
Welch
Lambert's Grill
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
McDowell Democratic Executive Committee
Ronnie Lambert
Richmond
Jerry Lambert
Roy
Helen) Chambers
Jerry
Lorrayne) Sherman
Williamson
Atillio
Nell) Nenni
Matewan
Ann) Stanley
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Dom Gentile
Sam Gentile
Melbourne
St. Peter's Catholic Church
John McGinnity
Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum
Bluewell
J. Louis Pais
H.C. Lewis Jr
J.L. Pike
Troy Hawks
Jim Sassak
Jim Redmond
Tony Larkin
John Novince
Fanning Funeral Home
Milchim
Sam
Union St
Mercer Funerial Home
Elbert Sapins
Adam
John
Winnie B
Rolfe
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Frev
Phillip Scott
Donald Simpson
Tommy Cable
Bill Pickett
John Pickett
Tim Marshall
Troy Finney
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Stacy
Fred
Victoria Louise
Baptist Valley
Cedar Bluff
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
S3ernard Shrader
Jioe Addison
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypiol Hill
Ail Woody
Jay Altizer
James Altizer
Ed Grimsley
Don Brooks
Roger Farmer
Wayrie Osborne
Wade Adams Jr
Father Requests City Probe Into Alleged Police Use of Force
The father of 19 year old Darryl H. Johnson asks Bluefield officials to investigate claims that Officer Ted Hatfield used excessive force after Johnson was detained for intoxication and expired registration. Johnson is charged with assaulting an officer following an altercation at the station.
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Bluefield
Jim Dent
Henry Johnson
Fred Burton
Darryl H. Johnson
Johnson
John Feuchtenberger
Dent
Ted Hatfield
Jurors Report in Mercer County Circuit Court Duty
Jurors from Mercer County Circuit Court are ordered to report at 9 30 a m for duty. Judge William O Bivens Jr has a criminal case set for trial while Judge John R Frazier is slated to hear a civil suit.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
John R. Frazier
Ballard, Peery Clash Over School Board Pick At Meeting
In Tazewell tensions rose as Ballard and Peery disagreed over the Eastern District right to appoint a school board member. Ballard suggested Joe Peery knew the plan and implied a setup, while Peery criticized the move as poor politics. The discussion touched on broader party and merger themes at Norfolk Southern and Santa Fe stakeholding, with Gilmore indicating Dudley as a preferred appointee.
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Ballard
Joe Perry
Joe
Peery
Les
Charlie
Gilmore
C.H
Democratic Party
Jim
Dudley
Budget topics touch taxes and jobs in county meeting
Public income from the tax levy based on a 93 percent collection rate is 7 057 296 with a 28 954 cesbear total and no revenue sharing included for 1983 84. Greever calls the figures conservative and Peery notes a donation to Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park Inc will replace direct funding and five county employees will lose jobs. The board will reconvene June 6 to review line items for cuts while advertising or rebidding county legal services is approved. Additional actions include funds for used vehicles for the Water and Sewerage Authority and for an appraiser, restoration funds for a fire department roof, and a reduced Cumberland mental health facility budget. Peery seeks names for attendees of the June 20 Virginia Aviation Commission meeting in Abingdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greever
Leslie Ballard
Joe Peery
Doug Campbell
Ballard
Peery
Water and Sewerage Authority
Hubert Cope
Central District Fire Department
Burkes Garden School
Cumberland
C.H. Peery
Virginia Aviation Commission
Abingdon
Israel Pulls Reinforcements From Lebanon Amid War Tension
Israeli forces began withdrawing from Lebanon on Wednesday after moving 35,000 troops into eastern and central Lebanon amid a war scare. Prime Minister Begin told Syria Israel would not attack. Reports say Syrian forces in Bekaa Valley and missiles hit Israeli recon planes as guerrilla fighting persisted.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Syria
Israel
Larry Thorson
Beirut
Bekaa
Toyria
Flood Threat Persists in Utah After Massive Landslides
In Bountiful and Farmington Utah up to 1 400 residents were evacuated as Stone Creek Canyon sent a 30 foot high flood into Bountiful. Mud and water ruined homes, with 400 residents moved from Farmington after a severe slide. One person broke a leg. volunteers awaited earth moving equipment to begin clearing Main Street.
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Bountiful
Utah
Stone Creek Canyon
Salt Lake City
Farmington
Main Street
Man Leaps From Empire State Building
A man climbed over the Empire State Building observation deck fence and leaped 86 stories to his death, landing on a parked car where two Canadians were seated. Police withheld the victim’s name pending confirmation. This marks the alleged 30th suicide at the landmark since 1931.
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New York
Empire State Building
Glenn Boasting About Polls In Democratic Race
Washington AP reports John Glenn telling supporters that early polls show progress and momentum while Mondale aides dismiss the figures as not indicative nine months before the 1984 primary season. Polls cited include LA Times Gallup Harris Penn and Schoen with varied gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Glenn
Glenn
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Los Angeles Times
Gallup
Harris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Thomas
Benny”’ Smith
Algoma
Mt. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
J.A. Palmer
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
United Mine Workers
Mildred M. Smith
Nathaniel
Ambrosia Smith
Benneta
Joann Smith
John Smith
Kimball
Matoaka Bible Class
Church
Friends
Keystone
William Hardin Jr
William Henry Hardin Jr
Willis
Coalwood
Elizabethton, Tenn
Olga Coal Co
Evalane Dickerson Hardin
Vaughn-Guynn- McGrady Chapel
Hillsville
J.A. Pinkerton
Calvary Bible Church
Dugspur
William Welch
William Burton Welch
West Third St
Hobart
Ind
Boissevain
Frank and
Olivene Thompson Welch Sr
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
U.S. Steel
American Legion
Pocahontas
Thelma Ball Welch
Richard Welch
Brenda Todosijevia
Billie Jo Hawkins
Valparaiso
Patricia Jamison
Portage
Yvonne Welch
Gene Welch
Charles
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Charlie Sublett
Charlie Spencer
Pocahontas American Legion Post No. 14
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Charles Welch Jr
Mark Welch
Lee Welch
Dennis Parton
Winston Parton
Gerald Parton
Ellis McPherson
Ellis Welbert McPherson
North State St
Athens
Maben
General Service Administration
Chicago
Grace Christian Church
U.S. Army
Margaret Alvis McPherson
Kenneth
Donna) McCurley
Calico Rock
Ark
Sue Reedy
Jack McPherson
Myrtle Reagan
George W. Seaver
Jim Bailey
Princeton Road
Vernal Phillips
Bill Burdette
Dane Bolin
Gene Steele
Barry Duncan
Bill Cole
Ione Robertson
Ione Hughes Robertson
Rich Creek
Fearisburg
Normer
George Robertson
Washington, D.C
Jerry Robertsson
Lynchburg
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Elks Lodge
Bluefield, W
Norfolk
White House
Southern
Atlanta
N&w
Corporal
Claytor
Norfolk Southern
Santa Fe Industries
Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Santa Fe
Chefe
Man
Empire Building
Penn and Schoen
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Avenue
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