DEATHS AND FUNERALS KIRBY SMITH KIRBY AJAX SMITH SR
Kirby Ajax Smith Sr 2 of Rt 1 Box 518 Bluefield died Tuesday in Bluefield hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was a retired electrician with Eastern Associated Coal Corp and a UMWA member and WWII veteran. Survived by wife Eloise Quesenverry South three daughters two sons a brother and ten grandchildren. Services at Church of God Bluefield with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Funeral home in charge.
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Kirby Smith
Kirby Ajax Smith, Sr
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Giado
Kirby
Abbie Ceci Shrewsbury Smith
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
United Mine Workers of America
Church of God In
Eloise Quesenverry South
Joe
Joan) Surkamer, Jr
Roanoke
James Wands Brinkley
Irvine
Carol) Bailey, Jr
Lebanon, Va
Kirby A. Smith, Jr
Montevile
Wayne Allen Smith
Montvale
Harry Shrewsbury
Christopher Paul Bailey Fumere
Church of God
KB Arnold
Grandview Memory Gardens
Wallace Funeral Rites Planned
Funeral services for Michael Earnest Wallace 19 of Bluefield are planned for Friday at 2 p.m. at Northside United Holiness Church with Rev. Steven Best and Rev. Cam Mills officiating. Wallace drowned after a seizure in his bathtub and is survived by his mother, siblings, step siblings, and grandparents with pallbearers and flowerbearers named. Friends may call today 6 to 9 p.m. and at the church one hour before services.
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Honaker
Garnet C
Chestnut Ridge
Lebanon
Russell County Funeral Home
Franklin Viers
Roland Stump
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Rufus Braxton
Rufus Sylvester Braxton
Linds M. Braxton Kidd
Rufus Sylvester Jones Kidd
Welch
Welch Hospital
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Bishop B. Jones
Restlewn Memorial Gardens
Lituesburg Road
Antonine Braxton
Harlie Braxton
Eckman
Doris Kidd
Landgraff
Mary Dalton
Kate Braxton
Elk Creek
Michael Earnest Wallace
Apt
Tiffany
Mattie Lou Gardner
Bluefield
Dewey Baskin, Jr
Kim Haley
Jessie Hurt
Larry Hurt
McKinley Price
Ronnie Wright
Public Hearing Opens on Mercer County Transportation Change
The Mercer County Board of Education held a special session to consider terminating the Assistant Director of Transportation post as part of a reorganization into six regional supervisors. About 35 attendees heard Raymond W. Whittaker, requesting an open hearing, claim his rights were violated under state law. The hearing, ongoing at deadline, featured Supt. John M. Hughes and witnesses James Leslie James Akers and Dr. Carl Holland detailing decisions and anticipated improvements in transportation for exceptional students.
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Barbara Hawkins
Lally
Weber
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Hardy Hall
Raymond W. Whittaker
Whittaker
Randall Veneri
John M. Hughes
West Virginia
Hughes
John P. Anderson
Transportation Department
Daily Telegraph
Finance
James Leslie
James Akers
Leslie
Carl Holland
Mercer County
Telegraph
Veneri
Whitaker
Danny Brewer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Holds Public Notice Details
The printed text outlines newspaper masthead details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph including establishment in 1893, address, Associated Press affiliation, circulation and delivery information, and advertising contact. It lists subscription rates and weather zone notices with standard newspaper boilerplate.
Tornadoes Rip Denver Area
A severe storm spawned over a dozen tornadoes across Denver and suburbs injuring at least 28 at a shopping center in northeast Thornton. The tornado damaged the D and V center and an apartment building as it moved toward Northglenn, with looting reported and National Guard called in.
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Denver
Colorado National Guard
Thornton
Fort Lupton
D and V
Northglenn
Valley View Hospital
Grays Knob mine rescue and city pothole concerns discussed
Federal and state mining officials joined Grays Knob No 5 mine operations as two miners Gerald Cornett and Arlis Hensley were reported to have breathed and released. City Manager Fred Burton outlined advisory measures while residents complained of severe potholes on Mineral Street. Mayor Don Keesling announced the annual Bluefield horse show proceeds fund local charities and will run June 11 to 14 at Bluefield City Park.
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Grays Knob No. 5
Harlan County
William Zuercher
Gerald Cornett
Arlis Hensley
Harlan
Grays Knob Coal
Clyde Bennett
U.S. 421
Tommy Howard
Willie Freeman
Mineral St
Freeman
Mineral Street
Bland Street
Don Keesling
Bluefield City Park
Miners Injured In Deep Pine Grove Explosion
Three miners were seriously burned at Honey Coal Co. underground 600 feet in Molleystown near Pine Grove. Officials cite methane ignition after a buzzer spark. Norman Wolfe, 60, and Kenneth Herring, 24, were hospitalized in guarded condition at Pottsville Hospital.
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Pine Grove
Honey Coal Co
Molleystown
Bill Darkes
State Deep Mine Safety Office
Harrisburg
Norman Wolfe
Pottsville Hospital
Wolfe
Kenneth C. Herring
Joliett
Michael Braukus
Newspapers In Education program showcased at Communicator's fete
Mrs. Lynn Jewell Richardson of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle explained an innovative Newspapers In Education program to area teachers and students from elementary grades to adults. The program uses papers to teach math social studies economics and creative writing while boosting reading skills and includes classroom materials tours and a monthly newsletter.
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Daily Telegraph
Johnson City
Richardson
Press-Chronicle
East Tennessee State University
Usin
Pipestein State Park
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Stella Cox) Stacey
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Georgia Mcintosh
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Vernie Meadows
Perry Cox
Tampa
Buchanan County Funeral Home
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Buria
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Sears, Roebuck &Co
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Drema B. Turner
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St. Louis
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel
Tazewell
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Willie Hampton
Paul Winfrey
Virgil Beavers
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Lilly Grove
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Orville G. Barbour
Bedford Ave
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Carl McDaniel
Carl M. McDaniel
Narrows
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Thomas L. Lowe
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Pickel
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Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Vance
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Buford Muncey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
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Charles Blankenship
James Hodges
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James Davis
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Northfork
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Myra Baskin
Tracy Battles
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Ann Dodson
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Posmaster
Mit
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Cole Swaman
Fred Burton
Communicator
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Mehmet Ali Agca
Rose Hall
Shirley
Mass
West Germany
Rome
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Ann Odre
Buffalo
N.Y
Agca
Europe
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McNeely
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RED Cross Bloodmobile
United Methodist Church
Roller Floral CO
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