Obituary notices list Hess Hess Sargent and others in region deaths
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists multiple deaths and funerals from Dickenson to Mercer counties. Obituaries name Flora Yates Hess of Haysi and others including Buster Hess, Clarence Sargent, Nettie Bailey, George Gillespie, Jack Totri, Dora Proffitt, Kelly Myers Sr, Susie Williams, George Helmandollar, Azeele Bowen, Euriah Bailey, Susie Kessinger, M Douglas Lucas, with funeral details, burial sites, and calling hours across Virginia towns and nearby states. Dates cover Friday to Sunday, with churches and cemeteries identified and pallbearers listed for several services.
Funeral notices from Big Sandy and nearby towns
Multiple obituaries list Annie Walton Amburn age 92 of Big Sandy service at Roderfield Methodist Church and Lonnie Elmer Kell age 63 at Bluefield, with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Beulah Octava Jenkins 79 of North Tazewell dies in hospital with service in Tazewell. Mattie Wall 77 of Bluefield dies after illness with Richardson Funeral Home handling arrangements. George Frank Short 80 of Big Sandy dies in Welch hospital with services at Fanning Funeral Home and burial at Saeger Memorial Cemetery. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Bailey
Route 2
Bluefield
Huntington
Roselawn-Monte Vista
George Gillespie
George Frazier Gillespie
Caretta
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
Jack Totri
Jack S. Totri
Pocahontas
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Dora Proffitt
Dora Ethel Proffitt
Richlands
Tazewell County
Free Pentecostal Holiness Church
Raven
William Frazier Proffitt
Earl
Mavis) Brown
William
Bonnie) Shortt
Clarence Brown
Raymond Ferrell
Irene Bucklin
Byrd Family Cemetery
Road Ridge
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Warner Watson
Susie’’ Williams
Pearisburg
Mary Wilburn Williams
James R. Williams
Waldoe
Ferrell L. Williams Sr
Elmer W. Williams
Narrows
Hazel Daves
Margaret Hale
Vinton
Annie Hodge
Saltville
Givens
Lee Ellison
Birchlawn
George Helmandollar
George W. Helmandollar
Rodriguez-Pocahontas
Euriah Bailey
Euriah
Clara Ellen) Bailey
Panther
Welch Hospital
Norman L. Patrick
Superior
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Lacy Justice
John R. Justice
Vance Cemetery
Trap Fork
Friends
Amburn
Annie Walton
Big Sandy
Roderfield Methodist Church
Don Blankenship
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Kell
Lonnie Elmer
Freeman
Mercer Funeral Home
Faye Snider
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Beulah Jenkins
Beulah Octava Jenkins
North Tazewell
Tazewell
Estella Blevins
Greever
Bruce Burke
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Mattie Wall
Stovall St
Hinton
Richardson Funeral Home
George Short
George Frank Short
Imogene Brock
Albert Short
Sarah Barker
Barboursville
Kate Suttles
Harman
Tenn
Paul Mahaffey
Saeger Mermorial
Earl Goode
Claude Belcher
Howard Bailey
Richard O‘neal
William Addair
Gary Addair
Three More Israelis Slain In Lebanon Ambush
In Lebanon near Tyre seven miles northeast of the port an ambush killed three Israeli soldiers and reportedly captured one. Guerrillas hid in a lemon grove after a 6 am raid on a two-vehicle patrol. Different accounts attributed the attack to Palestinian guerrillas or the Lebanese National Resistance Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Tyre
Voice of Arab Lebanon
Lebanese National Resistance Front
Flood a Readied Lake Draws 210000 Visitors Last Year
R D Bailey Lake hosts 15 000 campers at 57 primitive sites with plans for 180 camp pads and modern amenities. Officials note debris from spring runoff but tout improved river banks and wildlife like red tailed hawks cranes osprey and a rare bald eagle seen in 1980 while highlighting construction risks and dam operations led by a manager who expects attitudes to shift positively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.D. Bailey Lake
Hooper
Sutton
Summersville
Guyandotte River
Baileysville
Guyandotte
Corpss of Engineers
Wyoming County
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Information Credit
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its publishing staff address and circulation data. It lists daily publication by Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and notes association with the Associated Press. Subscription and home delivery rates are provided along with bureau and post office information.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
W.V
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Princeton Man Killed In Wreck
ABINGDON Va A 79 year old Princeton man Glenn Murphy of Rt Five died at the scene of a two vehicle crash on U S Route 19 near hear Friday morning Three others were injured including Murphy’s daughter Lula Monk 30 of Bristol Tenn hospitalized at Johnston Memorial Hospital and granddaughter Melissa Nash 12 with serious head injuries at Johnson City Medical Center A passenger James Harris was treated at Johnson Memorial Hospital The driver Worley Davidson Jr 47 of Glade Springs Va was not injured Murphy’s car reportedly left a restaurant parking lot and was struck by an oncoming truck.
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Abingdon
Princeton
Glenn Murphy
Rt. Five
U.S
State Awards Road Contracts
Gov. Jay Rockefeller announced an 18.7 million award for a 1.62 mile I 64 section in Summers County to Green Construction Co of Des Moines Iowa including drainage retaining wall and three bridges with over two million pounds of steel. DOH also awarded 21 contracts totaling 2.76 million for road upgrades and safety across 17 counties including Mercer McDowell and Bluefield based projects by Asphalt Industries Andersons Paving Bluestone Paving and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Summers County
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Department of Highways
New River
Green Construction Co
Des Moines
Iowa
McDowell
Anderson’s
Bluestone Paving Inc
Princeton
Asphalt Industries Inc
Bluefield
Mercer
Arista
Mountain Road
U.S. 19
Anderson's Paving Inc
Bluefield Officer Retracts Death by Own Action Statement
Bluefield police chief retracts statement by officer J B Gearhart that elderly Virginia man George W Fox Sr. of 11 Laurel Dr probably killed himself out of tiredness. Fox shot himself Friday June 3 amid health problems, per official retrace.
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Bluefield
J.B. Gearhart
Daily Telegraph
George W. Fox Sr
Laurel Dr
Jack Asbury
Fox
Matoaka Elects Mayor and Five Council Seats Tuesday
Matoaka voters head to the polls at Town Hall from 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m for a bi annual election. The mayoral race features Jimmy Sangid on the Progressive Ticket versus Tracy Lusk of the People's Ticket. Incumbent recorder Ralph Bird retires. William J Reasor seeks the post unopposed. Council slates include Progressive betters Joe Allen Jack Coburn Samuel Davis Douglas Hawkes Trevis Hurst and People's Ticket Phillip Sigman Lacy Young with independent Roy Williams in the mix.
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Matoaka
Progressive
Jimmy Sangid
Tracy Lusk
People’s
William J. Reasor
Recorder
Joe W. Allen
Jack B. Coburn
Samuel M. Davis
Douglas Hawkes
Trevis Hurst
May wholesale prices show mixed moves across meats fruits and transport
Energy Ratajczak cited higher cattle slaughter delayed by a wet winter as a driver. Beef and veal fell 5.4 percent, pork down 2.8 percent, fish up 0.9 percent. Fresh fruit dropped 9.6 percent in May after a 15.7 percent rise in April due to weather. Vegetables rose 0.8 percent, eggs jumped 24.1 percent after 6.9 percent in April. Passenger car prices rose 0.2 percent, light trucks steady, capital equipment costs up 0.2 percent after a 0.3 percent dip in April.
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Ratajczak
California
Retail Sales Jump 2.1 Percent in May
Washington AP reports May retail sales rose 2.1 percent with gains led by autos and the strongest department store showing in nearly six years. The advance follows 1.7 percent in April and 2.3 percent in March as all categories except drug stores improved. Economic officials call it a broad recovery signal.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Sandra Shaber
Chase Econometrics
Simon and Garfunkel Announce 1980 Summer Tour Together
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel will tour America for the first time in 13 years this summer. Twenty stadiums will host the tour starting July 19 in Akron at the Rubber Bowl. They say the plan is to skip decades and focus on a big show in 2000 if they are still around.
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New York
Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
America
Simon & Garfunkel
Akron
Rubber Bowl
Simon
Simon and Garfunkel
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs
Buster Hess
Buster
Flora Yates) Hess
Route 1
Haysi
Grundy
Dickenson County
William Albert
Delma Willis Yates
Sandra Southerland
Birchleaf
Joan Lester
Connie Hess
Bennie
Kenneth Hess
Clarence Sargent
Clarence Bernard Sargent
Honaker
Russell County
Overbay & Brown Builders
Bessie Sargent
Junior
Margaret) Herbert
Eugene
Lucille) Reynolds
Eddie
Brenda) Johnson
Willie Sargent
Edgar Sargent
Raphine
Honaker Funeral Home
Clyde Rose
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Wayne Sargent
Danny Johnson
Eddie Helbert
Ernest Casey
Ronnie Perkins
Michael Helbert
Roger Smith
Gene Helbert
Kelly Myers Sr
Kelly Delson Myers Sr
Rt. 1
New Market
Woodstock
Bland County
Mary Yvonne van- Meter Myers
Kelley Delson Myers Jr
Michael Craig Myers
Carlee Y. Collins
Eva L. Tom
Margie L. Stanovich
Baltimore
Brenda L. Jones
Ethel Owens
Norfolk
Anna Jackson
Iva L. White
Beatrice Gustler
Bland
Dioletta French
Columbus
Ohio
Virgie Myers
Shiloh Methodist Church
Hollybrook
Rev
Curtis Cook
Dellinger Funeral Home
Mt. Jackson
Warner Williams
Azeele Bowen
Azeele Curtis Bowen
Maiden Springs
Pounding Mill
Culpepper County
Presbytery
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Cove
Margaret Louise Bowen
Peery and
St. Clair Funeral Home
Charles E. Nash
Jeffersonville Cemetery
J.C. Lambert Sr
Carl Lambert Sr
Kyle Vincell
Donnie Vincell
Frank Sayers
James G. Kiser
Susie Kessinger
Athens Road
M. Douglas Lucas
Edgemont Dr
Durham
N.C
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Bluewell
Cutlip
Beckley Road
Princeton, WV
Prodigal Planet
J. Hudson Huffard
Virginia Tech
Simon & Garfunkel Plan
BRECHEEN / FAULKNER
Brushfork Church OF Christ
Falls Mills Road
Route 52
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