Obituaries and deaths linger across Princeton area
Shirley Elizabeth McCloud 57 of Route 1 Princeton died Saturday at Bluefield hospital. Survivors include husband Eugene and two sons. Services Monday at Cravens-Shires Bluewell with burial at Roselawn Princeton. Also Leona Mitchem 73 of Magvens died Friday in Bluefield hospital. Survived by daughters Martha Collins and Nancy Collins and others. Funeral details noted for Eckman Church of God and Bennett-Widener Chapel. Harry Minnix 67 of Glenwood Park Princeton died Friday in a Princeton hospital. Survived by wife Nawasa Minnix and children. Funeral Monday at Princeton Presbyterian Church with burial at Resthaven Park Mausoleum. John Wesley Smith 82 of Vivian died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital. Survived by daughter Mary Saunders and niece Mary Evans. Cremation to follow. Sadie Bailey 84 of Lashmeet died Saturday in Princeton hospital. arrangements incomplete. Paris M. Duty 80 of Cedar Bluff Va died Friday in Tazewell Va hospital. Survived by daughters Zola Grover and Zelma Duty and many relatives. Service 11 a.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. Elsie Mounts Hurley 74 of Grundy Va died Saturday in Grundy hospital. Survived by daughter Maude Arrington and son Jay Hurley Jr. Funeral Tuesday at Grundy Church of Christ. Mrs. Mary Idabell Martin 85 of Plantation Fla formerly Princeton died Thursday in Plantation hospital. Survived by daughter Frances Larson and others. Funeral 11 a.m. Monday at Seaver Funeral Home Princeton with burial Resthaven Park Cemetery. Nancy Evelyn Belcher 70 of Princeton died Saturday at George W Seaver Funeral Home Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Elizabeth McCloud
Sthirley
Elizabeth McCloud
Princeton
Maple Acres
Bluefield
Eckman
Helen Rose Martin Amburgey
Leander Amburgey Sr
Pine Grove Church of Christ
Bluewell
Eugene McCloud
Mark McCloud
San Angelo
Texas
Anthony McCloud
Beckley
San Antonio
Helen Harker
Loogootee
Ind
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bruce Graff
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Leona B. Mitchem
Magvens
Beartown
Arthur and
Donnie Belle Bailey Lambert
Eckman Church of God
Maybeury
Noah Mitchem Sr
Noah Mitchem Jr
Velmer Lambert Sr
Edna Lambert
Martha Collins
Jackie
Nancy) Collins
Vivian
Otis
Shirley) Rotenberry
Kimball
Hazel Mitchem
Vergil
Loretta) Green
Hemphill
Johnny
Susan) Broomfield
John Mitchem
Jimmy Mitchem
Daniel Mitchem
Lewis Lambert
Kenneth Abram
Bailey Cemetery
Bennett-Widener Funeral Home
Northfork
Harry Minnix
Glenwood Park
Montcalm
Cleve
Harriet Hicks Minnix
Chrysler Corp
Princeton Presbyterian Church
New Castle
Del
Roger Minnix
Nawasa Beggs Min
Harry Christie
Resthaven Park Cemetery
Sandy River District
American Legion Post 175
Bradshaw
George W. Seaver
John Wesley Smith
Rocky Mount
Thomas and
M Smith
West Virginia
Bottom Creek Coal Co
Mary Saunders
Mary Evans
Newark
N.J
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Clayton Jones
Paris M. Duty
Route 1
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell
Dickenson County
Noah and
Polly Ann Johnson Duty
Dry Fork
Pocahontas ‘Fuel Corp
Amonate
Berwind
UMW
Duty View Primitive Baptist Church
Sophia Street
Raymond Duty
Zola Grover
Clio
Mich
Zelma Duty
North Tazewell
Homer Harte
William Ramey
Kenneth Ramey
Cleveland
Ohio
Junior Ramey
Grafton
Didama Dotson
Laura Bostic
Vansant
Ma E. Duty
James Walter Duty
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Franklin Viers
Bobby Arrington
Green
Elsie Mounts Hurley
Route 3
Grundy
Grundy Hospital
Re Ky
Mont and
Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Mounts
Buchanan County
Grundy Church of Christ
Jay H. Hurley
Maude Marie Arrington
Sterling, Va
Jay H. Hurley Jr
Bertha Owens
Vergie Midkiff
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Cora Blankenship
Flora Lockhart
Cincinatti
Bessie Cline
Mawhawk
Ralph Childress
Clarence
Frances Larson
Plantation
James Larson
Barbara Queale
Live Oak
Funeral Notices for Harman to Haysi Va Ages 59 to 85
Funeral services scheduled today across Grundy Jaeger Rich Creek Bluefield Raven Haysi and Richlands for Easter Lilly Cantrell Martha Kiser Joy McNeil Bandy Kelly Jacob Elswick Myrtle Colley Lucille Bailey Cora Ellen Vandyk Mary Wayne Bogle Fred Fuller and others with burial at various local cemeteries. Services begin mainly at 1 to 2 p.m. local times.
Moratorium Sought on New Power Plants at Shenandoah Park
Shenandoah National Park superintendent L W Wade called for a temporary ban on state air quality permits for major power plants to curb sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. He urged a 500 tons per year threshold and a review of Virginia energy needs to protect the 54 year old park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah National Park
L.W. Wade
Virginia
Elizabeth H. Haskell
Wade
Beckley Produce Firm Closes Under Chapter 11
Charles Crook Wholesale Produce and Grocery Co., a 41 year old Beckley firm founded in 1949, has closed after almost four years under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Trustee Ralph Steele seeks liquidation to satisfy a $1.5 million debt. Creditors include Bank of Raleigh, WV Economic Development Authority, Beckley National Bank, producers, and tax authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Charles Crook Wholesale Produce and Grocery Co
Ralph Steele
U.S
Steele
Raymond G. Dodson
Dodson
Bank of Raeigh
West Virginia Economic Development Authority
Beckley National Bank
Titanic Sinks After Collision in North Atlantic
In the early hours of April 15, 1912 the luxury liner Titanic struck an iceberg and sank off Newfoundland. The disaster claimed about 1,500 lives of more than 2,200 aboard within under three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Minority-owned Virginia bank expands beyond Richmond
W W Henley, chairman of Consolidated Bank & Trust Co., leads Virginia’s largest black owned bank into outlying markets by acquiring two failed Peninsula thrift institutions. The deals, first such Virginia thrift acquisitions since the RTC program, push asset size and deposits upward while retaining most Peninsula staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
W.W. Henley
Durham
N.C
Henley
Virginia State University
Petersburg
Farmers & Merchants Bank of North Carolina
Consolidated Bank & Trust Co
Black Enterprise Magazine
Consolidated
Richmond
Peninsula
Virginia
Peoples Savings and Loan Association
Hampton
Community Federal Savings and Loan Association
Newport News
Resolution Trust Corp
Atlantic National Bank
Norfolk
Philadelphia
New Atlantic Bank
Atlantic
Seasons Savings Bank
Security Federal Savings and Loan Association
RTC
Atlanta
Richmond Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leona Mitchem
John W. Smith
Sadie Bailey
Lashmeet
Bailey Funeral Home
Paris
M. Duty
Elsie Hurley
Grundy Funeral Home
Mrs
Mary I. Martin
Mary Idabell Martin
Henry and
Susan Pettrey Nelson
Florida
Herbert Martin
Maude Buchanan
Inez Rush
Rosie Camiker
Jennings Nelson
Nancy Evelyn Belcher
Ingleside Road
Taylor
Easter Lilly Cantrell
Harman
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Kiser
Martha
Jaeger
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Viars-Addair
Paynesville
McNeil, Joy
Rich Creek
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
New Lebanon
Pickaway
Rose
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Elswick
Kelly Jacob
Jake
Raven, Va
Singleton Funeral Service
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Colley
Myrtle E
Route 2
Haysi
Rebecca Willis
Bailey
Lucille Virginia
Walton Ave
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Vandyke
Cora Ellen
Tezewell Avenue
Hurst- Scott Funeral
Bogle
Mary Wayne
Alexandria
Ceres
Newberry Funeral Chapel
Brand, Va
Sharon Cemetery
Fuller
Fred I
Haysi Funeral Home
Fuller Family Cemetery
Oates
Everlasting Monument Co
Sal Atte
Tim
Beckley Firm
Virginia Bank
Mark Shelton
Princeton Pool
Consolidated Bank and Trust
George W. Fox, Sr
Ethel Brenda
Jackie Gee, Fox, Jr
David McFarland
Tae 3
Cash & Carry
Sat
Sun
Cutlip’s
Lawn & Garden Center
Beckley Rd
Princeton, WV
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