Deaths and Funerals In Welch and Surrounding Areas
Funeral services for Carl Femister 69 of Welch will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at St James Missionary Baptist Church in Welch with multiple ministers officiating. Burial follows at Restlawn Memorial Gardens in Bluewell. Survivors include wife Ellaree and several stepchildren and siblings. Also noted are arrangements for Mace Smith 63 of Oak Hill and several Henson and Lambert family members with services and burial to take place in Grundy Welch and Salem, Virginia areas.
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Carl Femister
Welch
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Braxton Broady
Shy Quon Ely
James Neal
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Bluewell
Iredell County
N.C
Jim
Bessie
Cleveland
Lorraine Wallace
Chicago, Il
Larnett Cunningham
Blanche Femister
Statesville
Lynn Femister
Elliston
Ill
Page Funeral Home
Mace Smith
Box 245
Oak Hill
Cravens-Shires
Margaret Cynthia Lambert
Bent Tree Circle
Salem
Nellie Hurley
Clarence W. Lambert, Jr
Hamilton
Tex
Louise Cardwell
Bluefield
Maple Hill Cemetery
William E. Weaver
John M. Oakey and Son Funeral Home
Martin
Clifford Herman
Sandy Huff
Sandy Huff Church
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Public Notice Fragment
Partial Bluefield Daily Telegraph text shows publication details and mailing rates. Names and dates are missing. no clear event or person is stated. The readable pieces only cover paper identity, address, and subscription information.
Obituary Notices Free In Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph states it makes no charge for obituary notices and has never charged for publishing them, indicating free obituary listings as a longstanding policy.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Russell Man Killed In Mine Near Grundy Virginia
A 27 year old Russell County man Johnny Foster of Belfast was killed in a mining accident at the No 6 Bee Coal Company at Looney's Creek near Grundy. He was a scoop operator and died about 9 a m Wednesday. Foster is survived by his parents three sisters and four brothers plus step-siblings and grandparents. The funeral was held Saturday at 2 p m at Russell County Funeral Home Lebanon with burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery. Funeral home services were listed for today and Friday evenings.
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Ronnie
Teresa) Perkins
Honaker
Archie
Cathy) White
Whitewood
Becky Stiltner
Belfast
James H. Foster
Danny Foster
Mark Foster
Ronnie Waugh
Lebanon
Larry Davis
Vansant
Joyce Owens
Terry Stil
Break-In Probed at Cargo Oil Station in Bluefield
Bluefield police investigated a 5:30 a.m. break in at the Cargo Oil Service Station at 1716 Princeton Ave. An undetermined amount of money was taken from a cigar box containing coins and paper money. The box and rolled coins were found on the lot and inside the building.
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Bluefield
Princeton Ave
Monte Wall
Will Mathena
Former Editor's Father Dies in Keen Mountain
Tom Colley of Charleston, S C, editor, mourns father Robert Stinson Colley died at 72 after long illness in Roanoke hospital. Born Tazewell County, retiree from Red Jack and Island Creek coal firms, charter UMWA member, deacon of Ole Regular Baptist Church. Survived by wife Leona, three sons, four daughters, siblings, 16 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral by Buchanan County Funeral Home Keen Mountain with three officiants, burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Richlands after 6 p.m. today.
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Ellis Epling
Breaks
Grundy, Va
Buchanan County
Jesse Epling
Georgia Mullins Epling
Umwa Harmon
Grundy
Eunice Epling
Rudy Fern Stiltner
Betty Ann Epling
Scottie Epling
Ellis Epling, Jr
Ricky Dean Epling
Claude
Fred
Arthur Epling
Guy Epling
Abingdon
Little Josie Old Regular Baptist Church
Frank Newsome
James O'Quinn
Mullins
Masonic Lodge No. 17
Haysi Funeral Home
Carlos Hess
Kents Ridge Road
Richlands
Richlands Hospital
Hurst- Scott
Kenneth Skeens
Clarence G. Dishman
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Lebanon
James M
Maggie Miller Hess
Pocahontas ‘Fuel Corp
Amonate
United Mine Workers of America
Jewell Valley
U.S. Army
Andrew Hess
Mary Elizabeth Hannell Hess
Peggy Kelly
Long Beach
Miss
Lawrence Everett Hess
Robert ‘‘Louie’’ Hess
Tazewell
Mack “Mutt” Hess
Cedar Bluff
Marvin
Ethel) Litton
Mary Johnson
Oak Hill
Ohio
Russell Hess
Rufus Hess
Honaker
Jeff Hess
Swords Creek
Clarence
Ethel Hornbarger) Mulheren, Sr
Pearisburg
Ronceverte
Daniel and
Nell Peters Hornbarger
W.S.C.S
Christ United Methodist Church
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ann S. Holiman
First United Methodist Church
Clarence Mulheren, Jr
Shirley Kincaid
Manassas
Helen Noy
Albermarle
N.C
Elizabeth Wilkes
Beckley
Virginia Stewart
Bluefield
Fred Austin
Birchlawn
Givens Funeral Home
Tom Colley
Keen Mountain
Roanoke
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Charleston, S.C
Tazewell County
Robert Stinson
Armenda Owens Colley
Red Jack and
Island Creek
UMWA
Bartley
Ole Regular Baptist Church
Leona Virgie Fletcher Colley
William Denver Colley
Auburn
Ind
Donald Lee Colley
Jacksonville
Thomas Allen Colley
Charleston
S.C
Sue Carol Ward
Jacky E
Anne) Colley
Reedsville
Wilbur
Peggy) Claridge
Lindville
Perry Lee Colley
Landon Colley
Rosedale
Cam Colley
Tanawanda
N.Y
Clifford Colley
Greenup
Tara Fletcher
Louise Ashby
Hattie Day
New Castle
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Parris Tackett
Ivory Swords
John Layne
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Governor In Princeton Governor In Princeton
Governor John D Rockefeller IV will speak in Princeton for a Mercer County Commission recognition program at the courthouse at 4 p.m. It honors local clean-up efforts and also includes the 1982 Princeton High School graduation address this evening.
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Princeton
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Mercer County Commission
Princeton High School
Parker's Victory Draws Support Across 10th District
In Mercer Monroe and surrounding counties Parker earned a landslide win in Monroe and described a likely close race in Mercer. He drew strong backing from educational and labor groups, while Baylor campaigned less on the ground. In the Democratic Executive Committee race four Mercer Monroe Summers contenders vied, Emilie Holroyd leading with 6,900 votes and securing a position on the committee.
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Parker
Mercer County
Monroe County
Baylor
Democratic Executive Committee
Mercer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Holroyd
Odell Huffman
Nellie Wallace Miller
Summers County
Thomas P. Fitzsimmons
Tony Whitlow
Huffman
Whitlow
Miller
Clara Lee Sibold
Fitzsimmons
Bill J. Morefield
Morefield
Sibold
Oakvale High to Honor Former Teacher of the Year as Graduation Speaker
Roseanna Reaser, once named teacher of the year, will speak at Oakvale High School graduation tonight. She taught at Oakvale in the 1950s and 60s and remains a noted former educator.
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Roseanna Reaser
Oakvale High School
McDowell Board Upholds Two Firings in June Meeting
McDowell County Board of Education voted to uphold administration decisions to not rehire two school psychologists, John Wren and Dr. M S Jawa, for the 1982 83 term after insubordination and neglect charges. Sally Twitty, a Keystone Elementary teacher, was also recommended for non renewal for allegedly excessive paddling and weak classroom control. The board set a Tuesday decision on Twitty’s rehiring.
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Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Wren
Jana
Sally Twitty
Keystone Elementary
Twitty
Maybeury
Larry Lane
Lane
Ivan Hatcher
West Virginia Education Association
Lawrence Smith
Smith
We Want Your Help For Bluefield Daily Telegraph Readers
The paper asks readers to submit story ideas and photo tips and provides contact details. Call after 2 p.m. to reach Garret Mathews or Ward Morgan at 327-6171 extension 230 with suggestions for stories or photographer tips.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
Fall Fashion Market Opens at Brushfork Armory Sunday
Bluefield hosts a three day fall and back to school fashion market beginning Sunday at Brushfork Armory. Seventy exhibitors from national fashion capitals unveil latest styles to area merchants. Market hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. day one and two, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. final day. A buffet luncheon for registered buyers runs noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
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Bluefield
Brushfork Armory
Preston
Neta) Hamilton
Armory
Bluefield man hit by unidentified driver at gas station
A %-year-old Bluefield man, Kenneth Hurt, was struck at about 6:45 p.m. at Red Head Gas Station by an unknown driver in an old model black Dodge. Hurt declined hospital treatment after initial care at Bluefield Community Hospital. Attendants confirmed the incident and that a 1981 Ford Granada driven by Beatrice Tinsley sustained minor damage. Police have not yet apprehended the suspect.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Kenneth Hurt
Randolph Terrace
Apt. 1
Red Head
Bluefield Ave
Hurt
Bluefield Community Hospital
Irene Hurt
Beatrice Tinsley
Tinsley
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Andrew Felix
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Roy Stevens
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Clay Vaught
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U.N
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