Obituaries From Bluefield and Welch Area Church Services
Multiple deaths are reported including Mrs. Jannie Miller of Boissevain and Chess Green of Belcher Mountain. Services are planned at Boissevain Baptist Church and Little Vine Baptist Church with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens and Belcher Mountain Cemetery respectively. Additional notices include Thornton Hamner Moses of Narrows Clyde Bowling of Bluefield and Dr. William Counts of Lighthouse Florida with funeral arrangements and calling hours announced.
Silvagni Reports Partial Progress At Green Valley Landfill
Mercer County landfill chief Robert Silvagni says progress occurs on solving a leachate problem at Green Valley with a 1000 foot pipeline and planned lagoons to treat drainage. Construction, funding and agency consultations delay full fix, and no target date exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Mercer County
Green Valley
Robert Silvagni
Southern
West Virginia Regional Health Council
Silvagni
Underwood Brother Asphalt and Paving Company
L. G
John'’ Underwood
Environmental Protection Agency
Brush Creek
Health Council
County Court
Revival Series Begins Sunday at Fellowship Baptist Church
A revival series starts Sunday at 7 30 PM at Fellowship Baptist Church on U S 460 west of Princeton near Roselawn Cemetery and Professional Park. Guest evangelist Rev Garry Insko of Decatur Ga will preach with a 25 voice Youth Choir from Scott Boulevard Baptist Church Decatur Ga assisting. Services run nightly through June 9 with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Baptist
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text from Bluefield Daily Telegraph includes publishing note, address, press associations, and subscription rate garbled. No clear news event or identifiable persons or organizations beyond the paper itself.
Bowen Rites Held For Tazewell Resident
Robert Henry Bowen 64 of Tazewell Va died Friday in a Richlands hospital after a short illness. He was a former VA recreational director, retired three years ago, and a St Teresa Catholic Church member. Survived by two sisters and one brother, Mass of the Resurrection at 4 p.m. at St Teresa Church with burial at Jeffersonville Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call at Peery and St Clair Funeral Home until an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Henry Bowen
Tazewell
Richlands
William Reece Bowen
Frances Barnes Bowen
Veterans Administration
St. Teresa's Catholic Church
Louise Bowen
A. F. Kelly
Bristol
C. C. Bowen
St. Teresa’s Catholic Church
James Walch
Jeffersonville Cemetery
Wade St. Clair
William B. Bowen
Bobby C. Bowen
Tony Brown
Frank Burns
Robert Miller
Dan Surface
Robert G. Brown
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Thornton Dies After Long Illness in Bluefield
Craig Marshall Thornton 80 of 917 Heatherwood Road Bluefield died Thursday night in a local hospital after a long illness. He was born in Charlotte County Virginia to James R. and Laura Hamlet Thornton and was preceded in death by wife Mattie Chambers Thornton. He was a retired salesman for Bluefield Supply Company and a member of First Baptist Church and Mercer Masonic Lodge 160 AF and AM. Survivors include niece Eulalia Thornton. Funeral services 2 p.m. Sunday at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with Dr. Charles L. Harman and Rev. Charles B. Nunn Jr. officiating. Burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Body at the funeral home with calling hours tonight 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jannie Miller
Boissevain
Bluefield Hospital
Paul Miller
Alex and
Emiline Davis Haller
Tazewell County
Douglas Miller
Orangevale
Calif
Floyd Miller
Fair Oaks
Dewey Miller
Oxford
Henry Miller
Bear, del
James Elwood Miller
Elkton
Raymond Miller
Rt. 1
Tazewell
Sadie Miller
Salem
Sam Haller
Matoaka
Boissevain Baptist Church
Ted R. Cook
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Walter Harmon
Earl Sawyers
Charlie Hedrick
David Miller
Bernard Pauley
Dewey van Miller
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Chuch
Craig Marshall Thornton
Heatherwood Road
Bluefield
Charlotte County
James R
Laura Hamlet Thornton
Mattie Chambers Thornton
Bluefield Supply Company
First Baptist Church
Mercer Masonic Lodge No
AF & AM
Eulalia Thornton
Thornton
Hawkins Funeral Home
Charles L. Harman
Charles B. Nunn Jr
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
Jack Lazenby
Frank Hancock
Ed Thacker
Marlin Kellerman
Bill McClau
Funeral services for Harold M Copley in Jaeger
Harold M Copley died after a short illness in Welch. Funeral Sunday at 1 p.m. in Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Jaeger. Burial Powell Cemetery Coon Branch Mountain. Survived by Ruth Powell Copley widow and five sons seven daughters two brothers and 11 grandchildren. Friends may call today 5 to 9 at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Copley
Jaeger
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Clyde Roberts
Powell Cemetery
Coon Branch Mountain
Saeger
Minnie Lambert Copley
Brentwood
John Copley
N & W Railway
Ruth Powell Copley
Margeret Bogle
Barbara Copley
Old Bridge
N. J
Brenda Bowman
Bluefield
Tommy
Michael Copley
Don Copley
Vienna
Ronald Copley
Woodbridge
Charleen Hall
Roanoke
Gene Copley
Hot Springs
Joe Copley
Garland Williams, 71, Bristol coal miner obituary
Garland Williams of Bristol Virginia, formerly Lebanon, died Thursday night in a Bristol hospital. He was a retired disabled miner and former Pocahontas Fuel Company employee. Survived by widow Ida Garrett Williams, son Robert T. Williams, brother Edward Williams, sisters Mrs. Hugh Farmer and Mrs. Grace Jessee, and three grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. at Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Albert Hardin. burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery, Lebanon. May call until the funeral hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Williams
Bristol
Lebanon
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Ida Garrett Williams
Robert T. Williams
Edward Williams
Maybeury
Hugh Farmer
Bluefield
Grace Jessee
Falls Mills
Lebanon Funeral Home
Albert Hardin
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Herbert R Nelson obituary notices death in Bluefield hospital
Herbert Richard Nelson 38 of Rt 2 Narrows Va died Friday in a Bluefield hospital. Survived by five sisters and four brothers. Service at Round Bottom United Methodist Church with Rev Kenner Kitts officiating. Burial in Dotson Clark Cemetery. Body to be moved from Newberry Funeral Home Bland Va to Joe Nelson home Rocky Gap today at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Nelson
Herbert Richard Nelson
Rt. 2
Narrows
Bluefield
Annie Burton
Robert Perkins
John Taylor
Clarence Clark
Nellie Taylor
Joe Nelson
Rocky Gap
John W. Nelson
Edgar
Bill Nelson
Round Bottom United Methodist Church
Kenner Kitts
Dotson-Clark Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Seaver Mortuary
Mrs Lillie Ellison Rites Scheduled in Beckley
Mrs Lillie Mae Ellison 67 of Beckley died Friday after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Born in Smyth County Virginia she was daughter of the late Charles F and Ida Mae Reedy Mercer. Survived by husband Roy L Ellison two brothers Charles F Mercer St Paul Minnesota James Mercer Morgantown four sisters Pearl Johnson Wytheville Rachel Osborne Norfolk Bessie Evans Atkins and Helen Lester Montcalm. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Beckley with Rev W L Gates officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Funeral home after 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Ellison
Lillie Mae Ellison
Beckley
Smyth County
Charles F
Ida Mae Reedy Mercer
Roy L. Ellison
Charles F. Mercer
St. Paul
Minn
James Mercer
Morgantown
Pearl Johnson
Wytheville
Rachel Osborne
Norfolk
Bessie Evans
Atkins, Va
Helen Lester
Montcalm
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
W. L. Gates
Sunset Memorial Park
Phillip Roberts Parks Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Phillip Parks 39 of Melbourne former Eckman resident died Friday in Miami after an apparent heart attack. He was visiting a sister when he collapsed. Survived by mother Winnie Roberts Parks of Princeton. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Parks
Phillip Roberts Parks
Melbourne
Fla
Eckman
Miami
Winnie Roberts Parks
Mahood Ave
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Death of Mrs. Sue Kozee in Bluefield hospital
Mrs. Sue Kozee aged 49 of Pocahontas Virginia died Friday in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of H J Kozee and funeral arrangements were incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Kozee
Pocahontas
Bluefield
H. J. Kozee
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Infant Daughter of Gale Alberts Stillborn in Richlands
A stillborn daughter of James and Phyllis Gale Albert Baldwin of Richlands Va was delivered Friday at Richlands Hospital. Survivors include two sisters Linda and Monica Baldwin paternal grandmother Mrs Bertha Baldwin and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Virgil Albert. Graveside rites are set at Baldwin Cemetery Jewell Ridge with Rev Alvin Holmes officiating Mullins Funeral Home of Richlands handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Phyllis Gale Albert Baldwin
Richlands
Linda
Monica Baldwin
Bertha Baldwin
Virgil Albert
Baldwin Cemetery
Jewell Ridge
Alvin Holmes
Mullins Funeral Home
Four Virginia Democrats May Switch To GOP
Roanoke Virginia AP report states congressman William Scott said several of Virginia's four Democratic congressmen are considering switching to the Republican party. He declined to name individuals but noted he has discussed party relations with the full delegation and knows some are considering a move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Roanoke
William Scott
Scott
U.S. Senate
Jobless Fathers Benefit Caseload Hits Historic Low in WV
Gov Arch Moore announced April figures show unemployed fathers benefits at 2.1 percent of households, down from 4 271 in April 1971. Of 2 154 households receiving benefits, most are in job training or WIN programs, with zero caseload in three Eastern Panhandle counties and eight in Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Department of Welfare
Moore
Panhandle
Jefferson
Berkeley
Morgan
Hancock County
Funeral notices for several Princeton area residents
Obituaries list funeral services for Myrtle Allen Smith Harvey E Mitchell James Brown Thomas Richard White Harry W Ratcliff. Services occur across Princeton Bluefield Freeman and Roanoke with various church and cemetery burials and pallbearers. Community members from WSCS and veterans groups participate in floral and escort duties.
Ernest Boyd Francisco dies in Arlington funeral arranged
Ernest Boyd Francisco 72 of Arlington Va formerly of Bluefield is honored in a graveside committal at 1 30 p m today at Monte Vista Park Cemetery on the Old Bluefield Princeton Road Dr C H Patterson officiating Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield in charge of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Harvey E
Parkersburg
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Kenneth Hilling
Mercer County Veterans Council
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Francisco
Ernest Boyd
Arlington
Bluefield
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
C. H. Patterson
Hawkins Funeral Home
George Washington Shepherd obituary details
George Washington Shepherd, 74, of 316 Princeton Ave Bluefield, dies. Funeral at 11 a.m. today at Monte Vista Park Cemetery on the Old Bluefield Princeton Road with Rev. John Woods officiating. Hawkins Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
George Washington
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
John Woods
Hawkins
Youth Injured In City Crash In Bluefield
A 16 year old Bluefield youth was hospitalized after a two vehicle collision on College Avenue at Dearborn Street at 9 16 p m Friday. Dennis Sparks of 116 Summers Street Bluefield was a passenger in a small foreign car driven by 23 year old Dickie Bailey of Rt 4 Bluefield. Dennis E Bragg of 901 Albemarle Street Bluefield faced a traffic violation charge for pulling into oncoming traffic. Sparks suffered facial lacerations a nose injury and a forehead bump and was taken to the Bluefield Sanitarium for x ray and treatment. The Bailey car was eastbound while Bragg turning left westbound collided head on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
College Avenue
Dearborn Street
D. L. Brown
Dennis Sparks
Summers Street
Sparks
Dickie Bailey
Rt. 4
Brown
Dennis E. Bragg
Albemarle Street
Bragg
Bailey
College
Fatal Truck Crash Linked to Faulty Brakes in Virginia Area
A 19 year old Haysi resident, Paul Fuller, driver for Tazewell Oil Company's Grundy branch, died when his gasoline truck overturned on Virginia Route 609 between Harman and Breaks Interstate Park. A witness saw brakes smoking before the crash, which occurred around 5 p.m. Friday. State troopers R E Lawson and Robert Ireson investigated, with a report pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haysi
Virginia
Harman
Breaks Interstate Park
Grundy Funeral Home
Paul Fuller
Tazewell Oil Company
Grundy
R. E. Lawson
Robert Ireson
West Virginia to expand roads with new Corridor Q bridge and turnpike plan
Gov. Moore outlined bids for a 200 foot high and 700 foot long bridge on Corridor Q to cross Rock Crusher Hollow with bids opening June 27. He tied Green Valley segment schedules to 86 land parcels and noted fast work on upgrading the West Virginia Turnpike to four lanes from Princeton to Beckley pending environmental clearance. He also discussed rerouting a sewer line to straighten a curve on U.S. Route 52 near Bramwell at an anticipated cost around 300 thousand dollars. accompanying officials included Ritchie Jr., Stafford, Post and the advisory committee. Grandma Moses, the painter, was 78 when she began painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
Beckley
Princeton Toll Plaza
Gov. Moore
SDH
U.S. Rt. 52
Bramwell
William S. Ritchie Jr
Jack Stafford
Ed Post
Stafford Drive opens in Princeton linking U S 460 to industrial area
The long awaited Lazenby Extension now open to public traffic in Princeton. City Manager Ira Southern reads a resolution naming the 0.66 mile segment Stafford Drive in honor of Assistant State Highway Commissioner Jack Stafford. Gov. Moore praises the designation and a cooperative effort between city and state government is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ira Southern
Stafford
Jack Stafford
Moore
West Virginia
Stafford Drive
John C. Anderson
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Robert Stark
Parkersburg
Wilburn Jones
Wheeling
Superior Paving Company
St. Albans
Lazenby
U. S. 460
Congress awaits treaty votes this summer or fall
Congressional sage predicted action by the Senate on the ABM treaty requiring two thirds while the accompanying offensive missiles accord could pass with a simple majority in both chambers. Scott noted Nixon briefing that Vietnam was deeply debated with both sides seeking peace in Indochina and hopeful for what follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
Senate
House
Scott
Nixon
Vietnam
Indochina
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Chess Green
Belcher Mountain
Kimball
George
Sarah Green
Barbara Ellen Green
Jerry Green
Chess Green Jr
Caples
Barbara Ann Green
Philip Green
B. J. Green
Huntington
Fred Green
Elsie Lane
Rinda Burks
Elsie Bu
Thornton Hamner
Terry
Moses Thornton Hamner
Moses
Pearisburg
First United Methodist Church of
Intermont Lodge No. 269
Town Planning Commission and Zoning Board
Celanese Fiber Corp
Retta Johnson Moses
H. Royal Moses
Gilbert Dinking
Appomattox
First United Methodist Church
S. M. Luttrell
Clyde P. Bowling
Mountain View Ave
Richard F. Rouquie
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Ella Tabor Bowling
Daytona Beach
William Bowling
Bowling Construction Company
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth Kimbel Bowling
Jim
Patty) Dent
Peggy) Cisewski
C. M. Mills Sr
Norfolk, Va
Harry Cooper
Holly Hill
Bertha Sylvester
Tyler Bowling
George Bowling
Maurice Bowling
Bob L. Bowling
George A. Bowling
Ronald T. Mills
Jimmy Mills
Jim Cook
Carel H. Thompson
William Ralph Counts
Lighthouse
Grace Hospital
Stevens Clinic
Florida
American Medical Association
West Virginia Medical Association
Counts
Margaret
George Counts
George Lee Counts
Ft. Lauderdale
Judy Counts
Pompano Beach
I. Mann Litz
Blanche Parcell
Lizia Stemke
Ester Counts
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blanc Street
TRE Associated Press
West Vegmia
Avo! Bureau of Chr
Ve. Mathews Eemer
Craig M. Thornton
Sue Kozef
Baldwin
Freeman
Emmanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church
O. J. Gentry
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Walter Lewis
Tyrone Mitchell
Edward Mitchell
LeRoy Moore
Carl Davis
Doc O'Niel
Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Ratcliff
Harry W
Jacksonville
Mercer Funeral Chapel
T. F. Herndon
Maple Hill Cemetery
Kermit Beech Tibbs
Richard Tibbs
Otis Harless
Leland Carter
J. L. Whittaker
Shields Graham
Grandma" Moses
Congressional
Rocky Gap, VA
Rocky Gap P. H. Church
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