Deaths and funerals listed for Bluefield and nearby towns
Obituaries detail multiple funeral arrangements across Bluefield Princeton and surrounding areas. Names include Camie Powers Diana Lovelace Sunny Lovelace Wilbur Bowers Oliver Mitchem Charles Buchanan and others with services set at Craven Shires Craven Bluewell and Brayles chapels, burial sites in Roselawn Maplewood and Miller cemeteries, and calls for callers and memorials to Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde E. Walters
Bluefield
Craven-Shires
Bluewell
Funeral arrangements for LEECE Sam of Tazewell Va
Sam Leece 86 of Tazewell Va will be laid to rest at Maplewood Cemetery after a 3 p.m. service at Tazewell Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev Jeff Lawrance. CORDLE Minnie 89 of Raven Va service at 2 p.m. at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands burial Hawkins Cemetery. HODOCK George J 68 of Abbs Valley service at 1 p.m. at Christ First United Methodist Church Abbs Valley burial Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Va. Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home Pochontas in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleove Old Regular Baptist Church
Gusses Fork
Lacy Justus
Rey Mullins
Herman West
Johnny Cline Offic
Noah Justus
Mud Fork
Panther
Little Dove
Old Regular Baptist Church
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Wde P. Buchanan
Tazewell
Tazewell County
William H
Ecna Marshall Buchanan
Wein Street
American Cancer Society
Main Street United Methodist Church Building Fund
Clarence
Sunny Lovelace
Jersey City
New Jersey
Pocahontas
Charlie Lovelace
Dorothy Underwood Lovelace
Robert Lovelace
Roanoke
Sherry “Lovelace
J.C. Lovelace
Newark
N.J
Marshall Lovelace
Lionel Lovelace
Jean Wilson
Bluefield
Lillian Holt
Alice Bailey
Joanne Jones
Margaret Smith
Mina Benson
A.J. Marshello
Adams Street
Mary C. Bowers
Bradenton
Richard Bowers
Wikes
Johnnie Bowers
Pulaski
Jim Bowers
Wayne Bowers
Greenville
Allene Rollison
Marietta
Ohio
Rowena Spangler
Rich Creek
Brayles Funeral
Peterstown
Ralph Smithson
Dennis Trail
Miller Cemetery
Hebert Daniel Mitchem
Crab Orchard
Beckley
Pageton
Allen S
Mandi Cooper Mitchem
Hilltop Baptist Church
Ogean Della Dolinger Mitchem
Roby
Buddy Allen Mitchem
Alvis Robert Mitchem
MacArthur
Dan Mitchem
High Point
N.C
Ivan
Ronnie
Anawalt
Gladys Presley
New Richmond
Beluah Lambert
Danate Greer
Hill Top Baptist Church
Lewis Batchelor
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
William Blue Ridge Funeral Home
Sophia, W.V
Leece
Sam
Tazewell Va
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Jeff Lawrance
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Cordle
Minnie
Raven, Va
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Max Linkous
Claudie Throgmartin
Hawkins Cemetery
Hodock
George J
Abbs Valley
Christ First United Methodist Church
Jim Hyndrich
Don Stansell
Grandview Memory Gardens
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Funeral Home
Pochontas
Tech contract delays amid NCAA sanctions rumors
The contract for Lavery remains with Tech administration since March and not returned with Lavery's signature. Beamer says a clause would extend the deal by one year for each sanction if imposed. Virginia Tech faced a one year probation from May 1983 to May 1984 for football recruiting violations. The NCAA probe concerns Tech under Dooley and potential player-number violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stem
Cleveland
Tech
Lavery
Beamer
Richmond News Leader
NCAA
Virginia Tech
Dooley
Streetcars of Bluefield to Princeton Era Retold
Cecil Spurgeon recalls Tri City Traction era from Bluefield to Princeton, noting 1920s streetcars with 20 passengers, later models carrying more, two or three cars linked, motormen and conductors, and fare of 60 cents in the 1930s. Streetcars crowded at rush hours, with 500 N&W workers riding daily.
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Bluefield Va
Princeton
Bluefield
Bland Street
Lower College Avenue
Spurgeon
Ieeece
Smoot
Clichins
Tri-City Traction
N&w
Gateway
Cecil Spurgeon
House fire prompts charity donation and rebuilding plan
DHS volunteer coordinator Judy Hatfield connected Sim mons with Seybert Javins of the Southern West Evangelical Association. Javins group contributed 300 to 500 dollars and the Operation Blessing Division gave 1000 dollars for a microwave oven cookware and a videocassette recorder. The homeowners are still short 500 dollars. They invite donations to P O Box 680 Northfork WV 24868. Insurance settled at 157000 but may not fully replace the home. DHS may raise funds or adjust plans for a new structure. Simmons will continue from a closet while rebuilding plans proceed.
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DHS
Judy Hatfield
Simmons
Seybert Javins
Southern West Evangelical Association
Javins
Operation Blessing
700 Club
Virginia Beach
Javiis
P.O. Box
Northfork
Scott Boileau
McDowell
Wyoming
Boileau
Caffee Construction Co
Gulf ships brace for Iran Iraqi flare as superpowers react
Iran warns the United States and Soviet Union that it will strike vessels in the gulf flying or escorted by their flags. The U S and USSR pledge freedom of navigation and boost naval presence, with aid to Kuwait including reflagged tankers and military protection. Iran's war with Iraq since 1980 spills into maritime arena, 250 ships attacked since 1984, Stark incident kills 37, and Crowe cautions risk of rapid change. Moscow offers to let Kuwaiti tankers fly its flag if US deal fails, as three Soviet minesweepers join two warships. Kuwait serves as Iraqi cargo conduit, Iran targets Kuwaiti vessels to pressure Tehran’s terms.
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Iran
United States
Soviet Union
Gulf
Kuwait
Iraq
U.S. Navy
Stark
U.S
Adm
William Crowe Jr
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Washington
Crowe
Pentagon
China
Strait of Hormuz
Gulfs
Bahrain
Zakhem
Moscow
Stark tactical officer dismissed warning to Iraqi jet
Rep. Larry J. Hopkins says a petty officer in the Stark’s combat information center twice asked if warning should be given as the Iraqi plane approached within 43 miles. The tactical action officer told him no, and the jet launched Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors.
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Washington
USS Stark
Knight-Ridder
Larry J. Hopkins
Stark
Combat Information Center
Hopkins
R Ky
House
Armed Services Committee
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Kentha Ann Lesser
Camie M. Powers
Rt. 4
Charlottesville
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Bob and Better Blevins Eldridge
Church of God of
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Josephine Pearl
Dearborn
Fred Powers
Thomas Powers
Charlie Eldridge
Dayton
Martha Elswick
Craven-Shires Funeral Chapel
Michael Hartwell
Rev
Marion T. Crouch
Marion Theophilus Crouch
Harrison Street
Athens Road
Oliver T. Scott
Oliver T. Scott Sr
Valley Street
Hinton
Bailey Funeral Home
Clyde P. Buchanan
Sunny’ Lovelace
Wilbur Bowers
Wilbur Richard Bowers
Fla
Wikel
John and
Virginia
Hebert
Daniel Mitchem
Elmer Keith Fletcher
Rt.2
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Pamela Blevins
Pamela J. Blevins
Columbus
Newhall
Douglas Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
Princeton Bureau
Edwin M. Freakley
Thomas A. Colley
Mike Llennon
Jim Terry
E Patsy P. Malamisura
Linda M. Osborne
E Craig S. Faulkner
Melanie Amey
Cart Meade, Jr
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
P. O
National Advertising Rep
London Associates
All Areas
S.J. Evans
Ee Eee
Lectrolux Sales & Service Vacuums & Shampooers
Tony Fortuna
Elberton Granite
Common Sense Everlasting Monument Co
Difference
Cty’ Town & Garden Center
Cureenwood Nurseries
Ipon
Sun
Springdale Ave
WY Rt
Bobind K-Mart
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