Obituary notices and funeral details from West Virginia region
Robert Blaine Warner 72 of Swoope Virginia died May 24 in Staunton after a short illness. He worked 31 years as a soil conservationist for USDA and served Augusta County Service Authority. Glen Henry Hare 70 of Radford Virginia died after a long illness. Wayne Allen Wilson 55 of Falls Mills Virginia died after a long illness. Anna Ramirez 82 of Ashland Virginia died in Welch hospital. Daniel Ray Sutherland 74 of Haysi Virginia died after a short illness. Ada Washington 71 of Havaco Virginia died after a long illness. Kenneth D. White 52 of Glenwood Park died on arrival in Princeton after a long illness. Cory Goad 90 of Keystone Virginia died after a long illness. Robert Jordon Sr. 73 of Eckman Virginia died. Robert Miller 56 of Wheelersburg Ohio, formerly Pocahontas Virginia, died May 24. Kemp B. Yost 68 of Baptist Valley Virginia died Wednesday. Ellis Bernard Sizemore 75 of Maple Acres near Princeton. George Raymond Maxwell 75 of Crumpler. Langtry Harrison Barbery Sr. 90 of Princeton. Steve Franklin McGrady 85 of Bluewell. Funeral services and burial arrangements listed for multiple area residents.
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Robert B. Warner
Robert Blaine Warner
Rt. 1
Swoope
Richlands
Staunton
John H
Gertrude Proffitt Warner
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth of Virginia
Western State Hospital
Augusta County Service Authority
West View United Methodist Church
Glenna L. Mitchell Warner
Robert G. Warner
Richmond
Ralph S. Warner
Wheeling
William S. Warner
Cedar Bluff
Joseph L. Warner
Takoma
Wash
James B. Warner
Lake Worth
Fla
Nora Gleason
Robert H. Lawrence
Robert J. Hopkins
Holston Conference
Emory, Va
Emory and Henry College
Daniel Sutherland
Daniel Ray Sutherland
Rt. 2
Haysi
Wise
Jim
Ida Sutherland
Pearl Honaker
Davie Bowen
Jefferson, Ore
June Riley
Ypsilanti
Mich
Inez Edwards
Mt. Gilead
Ohio
Haysi Funeral
Franklin Viers
Ostil Smith
Russell Memorial
Lebanon
Ada Washington
Havaco
Stevens Clinic
Mt. Zion Church
West Virginia
Alphonso Dalton
Philmore Wade
Henry Smith
J.C. Blair
Garfield Williams
Alex Danson
The
Missionary Society of the Church
Page Funeral
Mt. Zion Church of Christ
Havace
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Apparent death results from gunshot in Princeton resident
William Vernon Nester, 71, of 604 Thorn Street, Princeton, died on arrival after an apparent self inflicted gunshot. Born in Hillsville Virginia, son of the late Issac A. and Rose McGrady Nester, he was a Moose Lodge member and former owner of Nester's Pinning Shop. Survivors include two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services by Burns Wornal Chapel with Rev. George Kelly officiating. Burial in Roselawn. Pallbearers named. Funeral home hours today 6 to 9.
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Glen H. Hare
Glen Henry Hare
Radford
Rocky Gap
Bland County
Will
Emma Hare
Patsy Hare Richardson
Nannie Roope Hare
Michael
Betty) Taylor
Richmond
Charles D. Hare
Vienna
Newberry Funeral Home
Rev
R.T. Newton
Conley Family
Wayne Wilson
Wayne Allen Wilson
Falls Mills
Princeton
Cedar Bluff
Rennie
Alice Compton Wilson
Margaret Wilson
John A
Connie) Lawson
Rt. 3
Nathan
Barbara) Belcher
Ralph Baker
Doug Mathena
Dewey Lane
Doug Riffe
Kenneth D. White
Glenwood Park
Ted
Margaret Hutchinson White
Ruby Jones White
Geraldine White
Coca Beach
Fla
Roy
Shirley) Absher
Mount Vernon
Charlotte Williams
Harry L. White
Durham
James White
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
William Vernon Nester
Thorn Street
Hillsville
Issac A
Rose McGrady Nester
Moose Lodge
Nester
Callie Swim Nester
Lula Goad
Laura Vass
Jerry C
John B. Nester
Burns Wornal
George Kelly
Ivan Nester
Glenn Goad
Mark Thompson
Tim Thompson
Jimmy Owens
Johnny Stafford
City considers charter changes to add leash law ballot questions
Bluefield officials meet to discuss adding leash law questions to upcoming ballots. City Attorney Feuchtenberger outlines legal paths via referendum with 10 percent petition or board action at 15 percent, noting a public hearing could derail adoption. If charter changes fail, referendum could appear next election, five and a half years away.
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Leash Law
Charter Change Board
Jim Terry
Daily Telegraph
John Feuchtenberger
Ben Paine
Feuchtenberger
Board of Directors
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph overview and masthead notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes news as a Daily 2 Printing Co. paper in Bluefield West Virginia. Masthead lists Associated Press affiliation and advertising contacts with subscription rates and mailing details.
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Daily 2 Printing Co
Bland Street
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Switchback Robbery Victim Abducted Suspect Caught
A juvenile in Keystone allegedly abducted Oma Buckner during an armed home robbery on Wednesday. Buckner was forced into the trunk of her 1974 Oldsmobile and later released unharmed in a wooded Coaldale Mountain area. The suspect surrendered to troopers near Bramwell around 4:30 p.m. and was detained at the Juvenile Detention Center in Princeton. State police identify him as the unnamed youth pending a preliminary hearing in Welch.
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Keystone
Welch
Oma Buckner
Buckner
Coaldale Mountain
J.R. Howell
Bramwell
Grundy Man Killed in Route 83 Crash
A Grundy, Virginia man aged 62 died instantly in a two truck collision on State Route 83 about a mile and a half north of Grundy at 4:30 PM Wednesday. Willie Edward Keen, operator of a pickup, was killed when it collided with a dump truck. No other serious injuries were reported. Trooper M A Wimmer investigated.
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Grundy
Here
Willie Edward Keen
Virginia
M.A. Wimmer
Potts Wins Reprieve From Georgia Execution
Convicted killer Jack Howard Potts won a reprieve when a federal judge issued a stay blocking his execution in Atlanta. Potts had dropped his appeals last fall but flipped decisions Wednesday evening and said he would appear to block the scheduled Thursday morning firing. Judge William O Kelleys stay blocked the death penalty despite the 5th Circuit previously denying a stay.
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Atlanta
Jack Howard Potts
Georgia
Potts
U.S
William O’kelley
American Civil Liberties Union
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Arson Suspected In Matoaka House Fire
Arson is suspected as the cause of a blaze at a two story home of Mrs. M L Bailey near Carter Hill. The fire was set in three places with papers and oily rags. Matoaka Police Chief Dwayne Earnest and the State Fire Marshal are investigating. Firefighters responded with 14 men and three pumpers, bringing the fire under control in about 20 minutes. No injuries. Damages estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Matoaka
M.L. Bailey
Carter Hill
Dwayne C. Earnest
Stolen Pickup Reported From Bluefield Drive-In
City police pursued a brown 1970 Chevrolet pickup with a white top reported stolen from the Bluefield Drive-In at 2 a.m. belonging to 46 year old Bob Harrelson of Princeton. Sgt J E Martin continued the investigation late Wednesday as officers searched for the vehicle.
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Bluefield
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Anna Ramirez
Ashland
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Covy Goad
Cory Goad
Burk Mt. Addition
Robert Jordon SR
Eckman
Richardson
Robert Miller
Dogwood Ridge Road
Wheelersburg
Pocahontas
Scioto Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth
Lida Flaharty Miller
Carl L. Miller
Army Air Corps
Goodyear Atomic Corporation
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Barbara Moore Miller
Abbs Valley
Pocahontas, Va
Linda Elaine Miller
Home
George Miller
Williamsburg
Howard Miller
Dayton
Harlan
Columbus
Kemp B. Yost
Kemp Buchanan Yost
Baptist Valley
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Barbery, Langtry Harrison, Sr
Guard Drive
George W. Seaver
Jim Hendricks
Ralph Caffee
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Masonic Lodge
Af&am
McGrady
Steve Franklin
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Roy Lacy
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Nick Fitzko
T.A. Warden Jr
S.W. Foy
James Duncan
Joe Hicks
Howell Shrader
College Avenue
Don Keesling
Planning Commission
Mercer County Board of Education
Brewster
Faulkner
Board of Education
William D
Bill” Calfee Jr
Ceres
Calfee
Jack E. Nestor
William J. Akers
Allan
al) Connolly
Maureen Brown
Allen Lackey
Mercer County School Preservation Association
Richard “Dick” Harrison
Keith Farley
Bonnie C. Hickman
Harold R. Bandy
Hickman
Bandy
B of E
Robert H. Walthall
Richard McCoy Sr
Judy Ray Decker
McCoy
Mike Nasser
Shirley Pickett
Nasser
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Judicial Post
Harry Camper
Dostert
Ford
Thomas McHugh
Carter
Ted Kennedy
Sheriff's Department
Hare
Mercer County
Scott
Kendrick
Joe Coburn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Department
Wall
Leist
Tazewell County
James G.W. Gillespie
Donald C. Ford
Hall County
Irene Abernethy
John Buist
Nebraska State Patrol
Alhough
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Federal Emergency Management Administration
Grand Island
RED Cross
United Methodist Church
G.L. Woods
Welch Detachment
West Virginia State Police
Lagna
New River Valley Fairgrounds
Dublin
Dublin Lions Club
Brookchar
Mercer CO. Airport Charter Service
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