Funerals Filed for BLEVINS and Hickman in West Virginia
Funeral services set today for Helen Louise Hollie 75 of Columbus Ohio at 1 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home Bluefield with burial in Restlawn Memorial Gardens Littlesburg Road. Alberty 74 of Princeton 2 p.m. at Burns Wornal Chapel Athens Road Princeton burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Walter Hickman Sr 87 of Caretta noon at Second Missionary Baptist Church Caretta burial Hartwell Cemetery Hartwell.
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Charleston
William Kenneth Turpin
Kimball
Dover Elevator
American Legion Post
National Elevator Local 48
Talma
Dee) Harris Turpin
Kenneth Wilkinson
Dunbar
Thomas
Dock) Turpin
Morgantown
Ruth Gallimore
Richmond
Wade Hampton Wells
Honaker
Tennessee
Russell County
Grady and
Evelyn Compton Wells
Tunnel Hill
Jimmy Wells
Bobby Wells
Ronnie Wells
Wayne Wells
Harless Hess
Thurman Honaker
Raffael Farrow
Clark Cemetery
Buford Wayne
Princeton
Pisgah Road
Roanoke
Bailey Funeral Home
George Harvey Smith Bluefield
George Harvey Smith
Albemarle St
Bluefield
Yawkey
George C. and
Okey Honaker Smith
First Baptist Church of
Jewel Tea Company
Westgate A-Mart
Thelly Smith
John Smith
Betty Barker Smith
William L
Linda) Lively
Kershaw
S.C
Beulah Mason
Weynona Weaver
California
Gleneth Kane
Lucille Lee
Ohio
Elden Smith
Michigan
Carney Smith
Pennsylvania
Odus Smith
Mercer Funeral Home
Ken Frazier
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
First Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Bible In the
Mercer County
Christiansburg
E. Dale McClaugherty
Darius B. McClaugherty
Dennis W. McClaugherty
John D. McClaugherty
Winston Salem
N.C
Billy (Clydis) Neely
Alice Meadows
Evelyn Wills
Peterstown
Bertie Viar
Margaret Clowers
Bozoo
Inas Wilson
Flint
Mich
Broyles
Anthony Carter
Maynard Sisk
Lona Horn Jolo
Lona Horn
Jolo
Richlands
Paynesville
William and Mandy Cooper
Artemus Horn
Opal Paveglio
Downers Grove
Olen Horn
Lawrenceville
Oliver Horn
Mae Scyphers
North Tazewell
Vernor Church
Northeast
Bee Branch Primitive Baptist Church of the Elkhorn Association
Unice Davis
Landon Colley
Lester
State
Eunice Tomlinson Harris
Narrows
Dingess St
Rich Creek
Cole
Melvin and
Ninevah Smiley Tomlinson
Church of God of Prophecy
Gathel
Marie Robertson
Melba H. McCroskey
Carol Faye Harris
Taft M. Harris
Jack Harris
Franklin
Ruth Esther Saul
Matewan
Cosetta Dale Smith
Velma Harris Ezell
Alfred Tomlinson
Hubert Tomlinson
Akron
Sweetwater
Texas
Zula T. Hunt
Lella Stansberry
Middletown
Riffe’s
Ivan Mitchell
Fred Mooney
Somerset Undertaking Company
Somerset
Harris Cemetery
Inez M. Stone
Fredericksburg
West Virginia
Rosa Steele
Steeles
Amos Steele
Woodbridge
David Stone
Aaron Stone
Manassas
Thelma Massie
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Mountcastle
Blevins
Helen Louise Hollie
Columbus
McConnell Funeral Home
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Alberty
Carter Drive
Memorial
Athens Road
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Hickman
Walter, Sr
Caretta
Second Missionary Baptist Church
Hartwell Cemetery
Hartwell
Norton fire survivor returns to job
Six months after the Southmountain Mine explosion that killed eight coworkers, 21 year old Robert Fleming returns to disability pay and contends with recurring nightmares. With few nonmining jobs and mining wages around 11 dollars an hour, many survivors face slim options as labor market demand shrinks in Virginia.
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Norton
Robert Fleming
Southmountain
Fleming
Brian Owens
Owens
Clintwood
James E. Mullins
Jessee Darrell Cooke
Cooke
Plowboy Coal Co
Jack Davis
Shane Adams
Virginia
Development Farm Rezoning Move Advances to City Board
The Planning Commission approved a proposal filed by Bill Crow to rezone a Development Farm area from B-1 single family residential to RMF multi family and BN neighborhood commercial. While two neighbors protested, the commission recommended approval, enabling RMF zoning for condominiums and apartments but disassociated a portion of the request.
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Planning Commission
Bill Crow
AMAX leaves BCOA as 570 miners return to work
AMAX Coal Co withdraws from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association triggering a mass return to work by more than 500 striking miners in southern Illinois. The move follows AMAX's merger plans with Cyprus Minerals Co. while a separate Peabody unit files NLRB complaints over strike activity. The UMW reports 8,800 miners still on strike across Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Keensburg, Ill
Amax Coal Co
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Illinois
West Virginia
Peabody Holding Co. Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Wabash
Dino Ceemnat
United Mine Workers
Keensburg
Overturf
UMW
Richard Trumka
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West
BCOA
AMAX
Amax Coal Industries Inc
Cyprus Minerals Co
Englewood
Colo
Cyprus Minerals
Russ Stilwell
UMW International
Cyprus
UMW District 12
Joe Angleton
Thomas Hoffman
Hoffman
Stilwell
Consol Inc
Upper St. Clair, Pa
St. Louis
Trumka
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Monongalia County
Princeton Town Square to get landscaped transformation
Princeton Town Square will gain a scalloped concrete run along the outer rim near the city parking area. Four concrete sections will hold picnic tables and benches with a flag pole site, trees, and canopies planned. Construction by Dick Copeland and Curley Eskew starts Thursday, aiming to finish before the June 16 Music in the Square event.
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Princeton
Princeton Town Square
Keith Bailey
Todd Boggess
Barbara Hawkins
Dick Copeland
Curley Eskew
Bill Sherwood
Boggess
New Area
Betty White
Mercer Street
Linda Short
Princeton-Mercer County
Bailey resigns post with Mercer board
Mercer County Schools language arts supervisor Pam Bailey has resigned to become Director of Public Relations and Information Services for Berkeley County School District in South Carolina. She cited limited growth here and praised the district’s progressive public relations vision while noting deep ties to Mercer County and Four Seasons Country. About 120 applicants sought her role, which opened a trio of central office vacancies to fill as the system plans shifts to save costs.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Pam Bailey
South Carolina
Bailey
Berkeley County
Charleston
S.C
Four Seasons Country
Tazewell County
Debbie Akers
Mer
Billy Baker
Akers
Ted Mattern
Roger Daniels
Canvass of challenged votes unlikely to change Princeton results
Princeton officials conducted a post election canvas in City Council Chambers to rule on 15 challenged ballots in Ward I 15 11 19 in wards II III and IV. City Manager Dick Shakman and City Clerk Kelly Davis said the four ward margins are wide enough that the outcome will not change.
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Princeton
Dick Shakman
Kelly Davis
Ward I
Paul McManaway
Frederick “Rick” Krout
Ward II
Betty Hutchens
Jack Scott
Ward III
John Conley
Mike Stafford
Ward IV
Anita Skeens Caldwell
Teresa Pauley
Davis
Planned Unit Development site eyed for professional building
Crow supported a planned unit development to host a professional building claiming it would improve the neighborhood. The site previously sparked controversy when the board rejected Walmart’s commercial development amid neighborhood opposition.
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Crow
Walmart
Classes at Mercer County Tech Center June 14 18
Register for training at Mercer County Technical Education Center from June 14 to 18, 7 30 a m to 12 p m. Learn interview communication self esteem suitable job skills resume and program offerings. For information call Linda Cox at 425 9551 or 327 9109.
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Mercer County Technical Education Center
MCTEC
Linda Cox
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