Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County
Obituary notices list Jonah Glass and multiple relatives across Bluefield Bluewell Rock and Falls Mills with service details at Rock Baptist Church and other local churches. Additional notices include Honaker Blankenhip Cop ley Robinson Payne Murphy Smith and related survivors with burial plans and funeral homes in Bluefield Narrows Welch and Cleveland.
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Jonah Samuel Glass
Rock
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Eli and
Linnie Moore Glass
Pocahontas Fuel Co
United Mine Workers of America
Bailey Masonic Lodge
Montcalm
Mercer County
Zell Glass
Viola Glass
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Ferrell Boyd
Delbert
Earl Glass
Tanner Glass
Sandlick
Omer Glass
U. S. Army
Fort Myers
Kyle Glass
Hampton
Sherman Glass
McComas
Alice Sluder
Bluewell
Joe Hill
Kester Bailey
Christian Ratliff
Thelma Syers
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles
Roy
Mason Syers
Rock Baptist Church
Sam Snyder
Dave Brown
Woodlawn
Cravens Funeral Home
Masonic Lodge
Local News Rates and Advertising Notes in Bluefield Paper
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists carrier rates and Sunday editions, noting annual pricing and distribution details. It mentions advertising representatives and circulation auditing, with references to Associated Seieh and Kats Agency in West Virginia.
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Associated Seieh Te Cucnively
Sones
Virginia
Nreau
Kats Agency
Obituary for Frank Dotson of Grundy Virginia
Frank Dotson 51 of Grundy Va died Saturday in a Grundy hospital likely from a heart attack He was injured in a 1953 mining accident and has been paralyzed since then He is survived by Artha Dotson daughter Shirley Rose McGee of Key West Fla six sons Billy Joe Dotson Key West Pfc Jimmy Dotson in Germany Tommy Jerry Paw Paw Ky two brothers Eli and Joe Dotson of Paw Paw Va The Slam sense Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy will handle funeral arrangements.
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Frank Dotson
Grundy
Dotson
Artha Dotson
Shirley Rose McGee
Key West
Fla
Billy Joe Dotson
Jimmy Dotson
Germany
Tommy
Jerry
Paw Paw
Eli
Joe Dotson
Slam Sense Virginia Funeral Home
Funeral notices for several local residents
Bertha Burkhart of 140 Stadium Drive Bluefield dies. service Monday at 2 p.m. Hawkins Funeral Chapel with burial at Grandview Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. flowers by Hannah Bible Class Trinity Methodist. C C Chris tian Jr of Beckley and Meredith Chafin Jr of Lebanon also noted with service details. Nellie Ruddell funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Broyles Funeral Home Chapel Union burial Carmel Cemetery Gap Mills. pallbearers named.
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Burkhart
Bertha
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral
A. E. Wills
Grandview
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
James Tabor
Ralph Hager
Arthur Carroll
Palmer Carroll
Webster Carroll
Walter S. Trent
Hannah Bible
Trinity Methodist Church
Christian
C. C
Beck
Chafin
Meredith, Jr
Lebanon
Grace Baptist Church
W. L. Odum
Lebanon Funeral Home
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ruddell
Nellie
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
A. B. Shiflett
Tragic Wives and Kin in West Virginia Car Crash
Five Randolph County youths rode a car off a rural road near Adolph. Three occupants were killed instantly and two others were seriously injured. The dead were Paul Shreve II 16 Clifford Fincham 21 and Walter Barrickman 21. The injured were Clyde Fincham 22 and Gerald Fincham 21.
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Elkins
Randolph County
Paul K. Shreve II
Clifford J. Fincham
Rt. 2
Mill Creek
Walter W. Barrickman
Adolph
Memorial General Hospital
Clyde Fincham
Huttonsville
Gerald Fincham
Finchams
Paul K. Shreve
Beverly
Eleanor
Memorial General
Middle East Crisis Escalates With Cross Border Moves
UN truce chief Odd Bull met with Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv as Israel signaled willingness to cease fire at UN set time. Reports dispute Damascus bombing claims while Israeli forces hold Sinai and west bank of the Jordan River. Pro Nasser protests surge in Beirut and Cairo amid curfews and regional turmoil.
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Rael
Syria
U.N
Odd Bull
Norway
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Tel Avia
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Moshe Pearlman
Defense Ministry
Damascus
Security Council
New York
Sinai Peninsula
East Bank
Suez Canal
Sharm el Sheik
Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Jordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Soviet Union
Middle East
Egyptian National Assembly
Cairo
Beirut
U. S
Grundy Graduates Plan College Paths in Five States
A study by Grundy High School counselor Thomas F. Smith finds over 52 percent of 221 graduates expect to pursue further education at liberal arts colleges or vocational technical schools. Plans span Virginia 26, Kentucky 44, Tennessee 12, West Virginia 1, Alabama 1, and one to the University of Paris.
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Thomas F. Smith
Grundy High School
Grundy
Virginia
Kentucky
Pikeville College
Tennessee
West Virginia
Alabama
University of Paris
Delegates Named for Kiwanis International Convention
Five Bluefield Kiwanis Club members were selected as delegates to the 52nd Kiwanis International convention in Houston Texas from June 25 to 29. The delegates are W. Malcolm Fuller J. G. Connor Fred P. Edwards Clyde J. Stephens and Garland D. Yates. About 16 000 people are expected to attend with Kiwanians and families.
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Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Houston
Tex
Bluefield
W. Malcolm Fuller
J. G. Conner
Fred P. Edwards
Clyde J. Stephens
Garland D. Yates
Quadruplets Born To Woman In Wales
A Welsh mother Marjorie Price gave birth to quadruplets two boys and two girls in Clydach. The four babies arrived ten weeks early weighing about three pounds each and were placed in oxygen incubator tents.
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Wales
Clydach
Marjorie Price
Seven Year Old Jolo Boy Struck By Motorcycle
David Canellas, a seven year old from Jolo, was struck by a motorcycle at Bradshaw in McDowell County last night. He was taken to Welch Emergency Hospital and remained in treatment late at night with injuries not yet described.
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David Canellas
Jolo
Bradshaw
McDowell County
Welch Emergency Hospital
Humphrey Undergoes Minor Surgery in Washington
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey had a small noncancerous interior growth removed during a hospital examination for a mild bladder infection. The procedure was performed Saturday in Washington.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Raid by Intruders and Phantoms Near Pleiku and Tonkin
A US Air Force Phantom was lost during air strikes over North Vietnam amid contempt to viet raids. Maj Charles A Colton and 1st Lt Ralph E Frank were rescued by helicopter after bailing out over the Gulf of Tonkin with minor injuries. In Pleiku area mortar shells and rockets struck five American and Vietnamese installations injuring 34 Americans at an artillery battery and killing two guards at a maintenance compound trespassing perimeter breaches and wire cutting by Viet Cong forces.
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Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Charles A. Colton
Greenville
Miss
Ralph E. Frank
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gulf of Tonkin
Pleiku
Saigon
U.S
Tijerina Caught In New Mexico
Reies Tijerina, leader of a Spanish American group, was captured near Bernalillo after a courthouse raid in Tierra Amarilla. He faces counts of kidnaping and assault with intent to murder. two officers were wounded and more than 20 held hostage earlier.
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Santa FE
N.M
Reies Tijerina
New Mexico
National Guard
Tijerina
Dist. Atty
Alfonso Sanchez
Tierra Amarilla
San Ysidro
Bernalillo
Jess Sosa
Albuquerque
Tony Gonzales
Hugh Reyes Tijerina
Uvaldo Velasquez
Rio Arriba
Benny Naranjo
Tierra Amar
Veteran Actor Tracy Dies Creating Hollywood Legend of Range
Tracy’s death ends a storied career that spanned stage and screen. Born in Milwaukee in 1900 he rose from Broadway to MGM delivering indelible roles from Captains Courageous to Inherit the Wind. He married Louise Treadwell in 1923 and had son John the following year.
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Kramer
Tracy
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Stanley
Livingston
Edison the
Miss Hepburn
Adam
Pat
Mike
Milwaukee
Wis
Pat O’brien
Ripon College
Wisconsin
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
New York
O’brien
Killer Mears
Fox
MGM
Louise Treadwell
White Pines
N.Y
John
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Jonah Glass
Russell County
Tate
Maggie Hess Honaker
Bertha Gilbert Honaker
W L. Honaker
Honaker
Ivan Honaker
William Honaker
Dora Hess
Mertie Price
G. Brade Price
Macon
Pembroke Va
Jack C. Grant
Horace Finney
Norfolk Va
Pembroke Christian Church
Birch
Pearisburg
Wiland
W. C. Blankenship
William Claude Blankenship
Narrows
Clara Blankenship
Billy Trout
Budley Ratcliff
Dave Pennington
Glen Lyn
Alice Davis
Radford
Danny
Wesley
Dale Blankenship
Alfred Blankenship
Roderfield
Bernard Blankenship
Nokesville
Jack Perdue
Oakvale
Dave Conley
Charlie Clark
Clarence
Gilbert
Arvin Blankenship
Raymond Blankenship
Lindside
Riffe
Madalyn Copley
Madalyn Pruett Copley
Wilmington
Del
Rocky Gap
Otal Sapna
Rollins Broadcasting Co
Mabel Akers Pruett
John Henry Pruett
David Ray Copley
Harold Pruett
Bland
Johnny Pruett
Portland
Ore
Aich Force Base
Tenn
Donald Pruett
Merchant Marines
Michael Pruett
Rocky Gap Methodist Church
Lanny Akers
Monteenee Field
Princeton Road
Newberry Funeral Home
Clarence R. Robinson
Clarence Russell Robinson
St. Paul
First National Exchange Bank
Nol
Robinson
Dante- St. Paul Lions Club
Lake Bonaventure
Anita Robinson
Nora Ann
Nancy Jane Robinson
Meta Payne
Meta Wright Payne
A Narrows
Emilie
Pierson
Mary Longstreth Wright
West Chester State Teachers College
Pennsylvania
Welch
N. F. Edwards
Samuel B. Payne
Christ Episcopal Church
Daughters of the American Revolution
Thomas E. Foster
Abingdon
Norman F. Edwards
Knoxville
Monte Vista Park
Hawkins Funeral Home
Harry Murphy
Harry Leedy Murphy
Tampa
Saeger
Albert Murphy
Elizabeth Jones Murphy
Willie Wright
Virginia Compton
Franklin Furnace
Margaret Pennington
Northfork
Betty Stalnaker
June Sparks
Joseph D. Murphy
Alexandria
Henry E. Murphy
U. S. Marines
Okinawa
Arthur B. Murphy
Manassas
Horsepen Christian Church
Charles Sublett
Horsepen
Mercer Funeral Home
Paris Smith SR
Paris George Smith
Falls Mills
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Bank of Jordan
By Graham E. Newman
Graham Funeral Home
S. College Ave
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