Mercer County Seeks Three-Point Plan to Boost Economy
Local leaders propose an equestrian park to draw tourism from Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky and cite a West Virginia University study backing facilities for horseshowing and related events. The plan also covers a Manufacturing/Rebuilding group centered on metal fabrication and a leadership body to unite efforts across counties.
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Mercer County
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia Extension Service
West Virginia University
Mercer
Acker
West Virginia
Phillips Run Corporation
Sandy Lilly
Mercer Spring Farms
Athens
Bluefield
Princeton
Marshall University
Southern
West Virginia Metal Fabricators Partnership
Monroe
McDowell
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
West Virginia Region I Planning and Development Council
Norman Kirkham
Mercer County Commission
Development Authority
R. W. “Buz” Wilkinson
Baker
Obituaries continue for Shrewsbury and Thorne families
Bonnie S. Shrewsbury, 79, of Princeton Health Care Center, formerly of Dott, died June 7 2005 at Princeton Community Hospital. Survivors include six children and numerous grandchildren. Bernard Cecil Thorne, 78, of Matoaka, died June 8 2005 at Princeton Community Hospital. Survived by two children, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services for Shrewsbury were held June 10 at Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home. Entombment at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Services for Thorne were held June 11 at Burns Wornal Chapel with entombment at Wildwood Mausoleum. Memorial Funeral Directory handling arrangements.
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Bonnie S. Shrewsbury
Princeton
Princeton Health Care Center
Dott
Princeton Community Hospital
Jesse Billings
Mary Tilley Billings
Bobby Shrewsbury
Marsha Yost
Knoxville
Tenn
James Shrewsbury
Mt. Ranier
Bernard Cecil Thorne
Matoaka
Rock
Rennie and
Beulah Thomas Thorne
Mercer County
Consol Coal Company
Trailee
Helen Louise Blankenship Thorne
Steven Thorne
Delva Cooper
Danny
Roger Thorn
Angie
Cabin Branch Road
Angela Cooper
Stephanie Hurst
Melissa Shrewsbury
Wayne Thorne
Bessie
Chesapeake
Henry Thorne
Lehona Morris
Athens
Effie Hurst
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Paul Hall
Wildwood Mausoleum
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Memorialfd
Thorne
Memorial notices for Marguerite Witten and John Wright in Bluefield and Bandy
Two obituary notices from Bluefield and Bandy report Marguerite Pritchett Witten of Atlanta and formerly Bluefield and Welch, died May 31 2005 in Georgia with services planned June 11 in Bluewell. Also John Willie Wright 84 of Bandy died June 9 2005 with a funeral June 11 at Laurel Creek Church and burial in Bandy Cemetery.
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Bluefield
Marguerite Pritchett Witten
Atlanta
Welch
Georgia
Gary
Charles E
Mamie Pritchett
Graham High School
West Virginia Business College
Welch Floral Company
First Presbyterian Church of
John Willie Wright
BANDY
Jessica Coleman
Amber L. Wright
Laurel Creek
Corey D. Jones
Christopher Johnson
Rae Quan Jones
Nicholas R. Ward
William D. Hilbert II
Allen Hilbert
Joshua Hilbert
Joshua Johnson
Cody Johnson
Tanner Johnson
Singleton Funeral Service
Wright
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Witten
Johnse
Cora B. Wright
Free Pentecostal Church of God
Claude Wright
Ray T. Wright
Frankie Wright
Gladys Wright Damron
Flossie Wright
Patsy Jean Hilbert
Destiny Nicole Jones
Virginia Barnett Wright
Billy Wright
Daniel L. Wright
Terry L. Wright
Kim
Franklinton
N.C
Samuel C. Wright
Fort Bragg
Teresa D. Mullins
Jimmy
McGuire Valley
Cedar Bluff
Odetta M. Altizer
Glenn
Bristol
Betty Wright Cole
Doran
Dorothy Combs
Whittaker Ridge
Mildred Cornwell
Lucy Wright
Louise Hill
Tazewell
Joe Wright
Piqua
Ohio
Ernie Wright
Allen G Hilbert
Timothy Hilbert
William D. Hilbert
Charl H. Johnson
Chris
Maria Danielle Hilbert
David Altizer
Michelle A. Ward
Ernest
Christopher D. Rose
Cassandra Jones
Corey
Clarissa D. Rose
Derek
Bdtonline
Aaron Tippin
Titan
Freedom
Dad
Alisha
Sonny
Grandfather Smith
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Beth
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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