Deaths and Funerals in Tazewell area
Obituary notices for John W. Mundy and Mason W. Biggs, including burial details and survivors. The section lists other death notices and funeral arrangements in the region with names, ages, and burial locations.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1967
Page
2
Obituary notices for John W. Mundy and Mason W. Biggs, including burial details and survivors. The section lists other death notices and funeral arrangements in the region with names, ages, and burial locations.
Ward reports the death of Dr E L Roberts of 1174 San Bernard Street Austin Texas Wednesday of natural causes at his home He was married to Mrs Mary Ridley Roberts a former instructor at Bluefield State College Funeral services were conducted Friday at 4 p m in Austin and burial will follow there
Harry L Murphy 53 died Thursday in a Tampa hospital. The body will be taken to Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete in this notice.
Luther Owens 66 of Birchleaf Virginia died Thursday in a Grundy hospital. Survived by daughter Mable Counts Detroit sons Leon and Wayne Owens Detroit sisters Verna Deel Roanoke Maggie Arrington Haysi brother Bill Owens Oakwood and half sister Phoeba Arrington Birchleaf. Body at Haysi Funeral Home with arrangements to be announced. Barry Wayne Church stillborn at Welch hospital. Parents Ernest and Helen Marie Church Yukon McDowell County paternal grandparents Ernest Church Yukon maternal grandparents Carl Goodman Yukon. Graveside service today 11 am Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road. Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge.
William Newal Hedrick 53 of Montcalm funeral Friday at 1 p.m. Cravens Funeral Chapel Bluefield with burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Arizona Lester 43 of Lorton Lick Road funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral followed by Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.
A 23 year old graduate student from Pulaski Virginia, Melton, is undergoing mental examination after being arrested in Independence Missouri and charged with the slaying of Leona Bales, 60, motel manager. Ballistics tied a .22 caliber pistol to the killing. A prior store hold up by a gunman in Emma Missouri is linked to Melton through identification by the store owner, Herbert Bredehoeft.
Reported figures show casualties in a conflict summary with 313 killed and 2,616 wounded. The fragment indicates a broader toll, but additional context is missing. Street named events or agencies involved are not provided in the readable text.
The Mercer County Board of Education discussed creating a Beckley area Educational Television station, with state funds covering up to 80 percent of a 1.6 million facility and local payments of about 30 000 to 50 000 per county. They also eyed selling board offices to finance a new building near the planned vocational center, with an estimated sale price of 217 600 and bids on the project not yet advertised.
Ned Shott general manager of the Daily Telegraph Printing Co spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Bluefield Virginia at 6 15 p m at Masonic Hall about Vietnam and Far East nations based on a tour with other news executives Rev Donald Coleman guest pastor of Virginia Side Memorial Baptist Church attended and was introduced by W M McGlamery President Clark M Bub Brown presided.
Reported Israeli reinforcements arrive at Sharm el Sheikh while Egyptians in the area are routed. The blockade on the Gulf of Aqaba is lifted and two Israeli chartered ships leave Elath for the Red Sea. The text cites claims of Israeli control over the West Bank and remarks from Jordan’s military intelligence director.
In Washington 6000 American Jews in Lafayette Square cheered a cease fire news from the United Arab Republic while 200 American Arabs nearby kept marching in circles. Police kept the two groups apart as officials received petitions from both sides. The rally drew far fewer participants than expected.
Dixie Appliance Co a Philco distributor with Roanoke Huntington branches sponsored a six day Las Vegas preview trip for 80 dealers and their wives. John A Gott VP GM said the trip capped a successful nine month sales contest as winners previewed Philco 1968 merchandise.
The Liberty, a 450 foot ship with 15 officers and 279 men, was attacked 90 miles southwest of Tel Aviv in international waters. One torpedo hit and a second was fired as the crew fired back with machine guns. Secretary Rusk filed a speedy protest while two U.S. destroyers moved to aid. Casualty names were not released. Evacuation of Americans from the Mideast continued with 17,000 having fled and 39,000 remaining.
Two Giles County Virginia juvenile boys were released on $1000 bond each after a store break in at Mountain Lake. Sheriff Harman said the suspects, ages 16 and 17, broke in at 2 a.m. stole pickles and olives, then returned 25 minutes later and were arrested. They are to appear before Juvenile Judge A. L. Farrier on June 30.
Two West Virginia convicts who escaped the Moundsville penitentiary on June 2 were arrested in McDowell County Thursday night. Charles Mullins 30 of McDowell County and Tennis Hatfield 59 of Logan County were captured at 10 30 p m in the Hensley area near Big Sandy. They were jailed in Welch awaiting transport to Moundsville and no further details were released locally.
Gov. Hulett Smith expanded the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission by adding Jack R. Adams of Wheeling and Dr. I. E. Buff of Charleston to represent the public. Herbert E. Jones Jr. of Charleston was reappointed for a five year term as the industry representative. Adams previously served on the panel and chaired it in 1961-62.
South Blue Field Kiwanis held a Thursday night session at the Sahara Supper Club where a film titled Honors For Old Glory by Buddy Mattox was shown. President Bill Fink noted the study focused on respect for the American flag and featured the film as the keynote.
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