Deaths and Funerals in Tazewell County area
Obituaries list multiple local deaths including Nick Fazio 59 of North Tazewell and Jerry Shortt 33 of Raven. Reports include service details at Peery St Clair, Greenhill Memory Gardens, and regional funeral homes with survivors and pallbearers. Also notes on John Figgins II and Estle Hounshell with service times and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Sexton
Rt. 3
Gratton
Tazewell
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Ford Recall May Be Ordered
The Transportation Department said investigation indicates defects in 16 million Ford cars and light trucks could trigger the largest auto recall. An 82-year-old Bluefield man was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound at 515 Hardy St. Police said the death is likely not safety related and an investigation continues with medical examiner’s report expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Transportation Department
Ford Motor Co
Bluefield
Wade M. Miller
Miller
Nettie Jones
Hardy St
James Dent
Body Identified Regan Pruitt of Caretta
Police identified the body found near Bradshaw as Regan Pruitt of Caretta, 18, with family survivors listed. Funeral services are planned at Caretta Freewill Baptist Church, with burial at Puckett Cemetery in Raysal and pallbearers named.
Abandoned House Burns In Bluefield Fire Leaves Home Destroyed
A Bluefield fire on Dexter Street destroyed an abandoned house with six men and two trucks responding before 10 p.m. No injuries were reported. Separately, NHTSA notified Ford of an initial safety defect determination and planned a July 21 hearing in Washington to discuss a possible recall affecting 26 million vehicles from 1972 to 1979 with specific automatic transmissions. The probe covers 16 million cars within the period and three decades of prior complaints about parking gear failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Street
Bluefield
DOT
Ford
Washington
General Motors
NHTSA
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Circulation Notice
Public notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines subscription and home delivery rates, zones, and mailing address changes. It notes AP news usage rights and affiliation with Landon Associates for advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily On Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Landon Associates
Foran Funeral Rites Planned in Bluewell
Funeral services for James David Foran 23 of Route 1 Bastian Va will be Friday at 1 pm at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Chapel Bluewell with Rev Brad Burnette Jr officiating Burial will follow at Bramwell Baptist Cemetery Pallbearers will be uncles and cousins He was born in Washington County Va a son of Robert Houston Foran and Josephine Lewis Foran He had been a resident of Bastian for two years and was a construction worker He survived by one brother Robert H Foran Jr and three brothers Michael William and Terry Foran and one sister Deborah Foran Causey The maternal grandmother Mary F Lewis and paternal Edith Foran are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Fazio
Rt. 4
North Tazewell
Adria
Richlands
Nick
C&f
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bishop, Va
Gene Fazio
Nick Fazio Jr
Mary Osikowicz
Evans
Greenhill
Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Bill Tinsley
Frank Shelley
Denver Scott
Don Poteet
J.D. McReynolds
Glen O'Harrison
Lloyd Bowman
C.T. Stilwell
Jerry Shortt
Jerry Douglas Shortt
Raven
Tazewell County
Pauline Short
Marvin B. Shortt
Delores Shortt
Sherry
Marie Shortt
Iris Webb
Mary Shock
Doran
Joe
Dennis
Jack
James
Eric Shortt
Richard Shortt
Stephen Brewer
Full Gospel
Red Ash
Carl Ball
Ralph Hager
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Donnie Davis
Jerry Davis
Bobby Johnson
Willis Shortt
Darrell Shortt
Steve Shortt
Joe Ray
Marvin Shortt
Cedar Bluff
Daniel R. Vaillancourt
Hans Creek Road
Ballard
Huntington
Lewiston
Maine
Carmen Vaillancourt Zaleski
East Hartford Conn
Thomas J. Vaillancourt
C & O Railroad
Hinton
U.S. Navy
John Dove Lodge
AF & AM
Peterstown
Orchard Christian Center
Patty Gore Vaillancourt
Mark Daniel Vaillancourt
Tammy Lou Vaillancourt
Philippe Vaillancourt
East Hartford
Conn
Broyles
William Johnson
Darrell Hamm
Orchard Cemetery
Lawrence Newhouse
James Gore
Johnny Long
Darrell Ballard
Sam Goodall
Gerald Fox
Eddie Cody
New River Run
Thomas Lee Jones
Rich Creek
Blacksburg
James Watson Jones
Mary Glass Jones
Violet White Jones
Thomas L. Jones Jr
Petersburg
Nina M. Lee
Yorktown
Donnie C. Thomas
Mary Ann Jones
Frank Jones
Chilhowie
Oscar Jones
Salem
Sally Kirk
Marion
Jennie Crotty
Scarbro
Narrows
Jerry McGlone
Howard Ellison
Leon Billes
Frank Davis
Douglas Dunn
Bobby Brown
Harry Allen
Charles Hurt Scott
Abingdon
Macedonia Church of Christ
Emory and Henry College
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
Semet-Solvay Coal Commpany
Margie Ellis Scott
Patricia Jane Scott
Charles Raymond Scott
Bluefield
C.L. Thompson
Princeton
Farris
Richard Gaminde
Knollkreg Memorial Park
Church of Christ
Jean Evelyn Owens
Michael
John
Home
George Owens Jr
Rockford, Ill
Aleine Prescott
Okeechobee
Fla
Kathryn Kennedy
Columbus
Ohio
Ruth Sledon
Pendleton
Oregon
Blanche Clark
Edmond Owens
Les Owens
Bristol
Preston Owens
Bluff City
Jessee James Fox
Douglas Avenue
Lilly Grove
Green Valley
Tazewell
Mintie Hash Fox
James B. Fox
Gary
U.S. Steel
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Maisie Doreen Fox
Terry Fox
Beale Air Force Base
Calif
Jerry Fox
Bolin Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
John Fox
Jeffery Fox
Charles Fox
Stephen
Barbara) Patton
Welch
Jeff
Sherry) Walters
Alvin Fox
Ethel Combs
Bramwell
Cora Wainwright
Baltimore
Evelyn Farmer
Keystone
Billie Wooten
Winston Salem
N.C
George W
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Chester A. Burke
Chester W. Burke
Lewis Burke
Jimmy Burke
Richard Mullens
Ernest Cook
John Laffery
Jeff Walters
James David Foran
Route 1
Bastian
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Brad Burnette Jr
Bramwell Baptist Cemetery
Washington County
Robert Houston Foran
Josephine Lewis Foran
U.S. Army
Robert H. Foran Jr
Michael Foran
William Foran
Terry Foran
Deborah Foran Causey
Lenoir
Mary F. Lewis
Edith Foran
Glade Springs
French British Troops Sent To New Hebrides
French riot police in combat fatigues arrived to restore order as a two week rebellion spreads from Espiritu Santo to Tanna in the New Hebrides. A 250 man Royal Marine unit was ordered by Britain to join, amid clashes, a killed opposition leader, jail breakouts, and threats to independence scheduled for July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Vila
New Hebrides
Pacific
Royal Marine
Australia
Northern Ireland
Espiritu Santo
Tanna
Alexi Yalou
Yalou
Islands
Walter Lini
Britain
France
Hebrides
Lord Carrington
London
Carrington
Andrew Stuart
Stuart
Santo
Jimmy Stevens
Minor Quakes Hit Mount St. Helens
Mount St Helens was shaken by two minor quakes as geologists plan to add tiltmeters to monitor swelling. In Skamania County, coroners held hearings on presumptive death certificates for 24 confirmed dead and 46 missing from the May eruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Mount St. Helens
Stevenson
Don Crick
Tom Gadwa
Montesano
Wally Bowers
Winlock
Crick
Skamania County
Bob Leick
U.S. Geological Survey
Verne Paul
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Pete Rowley
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Luefield Dn
Telegraph
Juni
John Figgins II
John Richard Figgins II
Falls Church
Pearisburg
Jacksonville
Glenna Popp Figgins
Judy Figgins
Elsie Figgins
Strasburg
Sue Novels
Chicago
Martha Figgins
Marlene Pillow
Alexandria
Fredericksburg
Givens
Rockwell Ward
Birchlawn
W.L. Chapman
W.L
Monica) Chapman
Stewart Street
Welch Hospital
Douglas Morturary
Estle Hounshell
Estle Brown Hounshell Sr
Bland
Wytheville
Virginia Department of Highways
Mary Hardin Hounshell
E.B. Hounshell Jr
Leighton
Brownie) Newberry
Fred
Dixie) Warner
Sam
Gladys) Kitts
Douglas
Nedde) Gordon
Gilmer
Thurleen) Dillon
Newberry Funeral Home
Dale Johnson
Charles Craine
Red Oakes
James Poseno
James Elwood Poseno
Boissevain
Rodriguez- Pocahontas
Harold Presley
Harold Johnson Presley
Pocahontas
Chandler
Okla
Josh and
Annie Beshers Presley
Consolidation Coal Co
Netta Tolbert Presley
Ray Presley
Central Square
N.Y
Denny Presley
Teddy Presley
Ralph Presley
Raymond Presley
Willie Presley
Orba Presley
Wilmington
Del
Roy Presley
W.W. Sayers
Clarence Proffitt
Bobby Cole
Joey Brinkley
Christopher Dawson
Ernest Collins
Jody Catron
George Owens
George Atwood Owens
Kirby Subdivison
Glade Springs, Va
Joseph and
Mary Moore Owens
U.S. Air Force
J. Emory Heath
Detroit
Mich
Annie Lee Younger
Virginia Poindexter Heath
Freness Heath
Johnnie Heath
Dickerson
Swanson Funeral Home
East Grand Blvd
Elizabeth Perkins
Dryden
Lee County
Rufus Lewis
Ernestine Brown
Tiffany
Lloyd Robbins
Thornton Avenue
Daily Telegraph
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Carretta
Raysal
Bradshaw
Regan Pruitt
Caretta
Jesse and
Elenora Proffitt Pruitt
Nancy Jane Pruitt
Jolo
Rex Pruitt
Karen Pruitt
Jennifer Pruitt
Dana
Patty) Sporatt
Roderfield
Freewill Baptist Church
Darrell Long
Puckett Cemetery
Casey Beavers
Russell Huddler
Garnet Hubbard
Tommy Joe Salyers
Franklin Hicks
Ernie Darry
Bobby Burton
Don Gillespie
Jessie Bragg
E.K. McKinney
Arthur Gilenwater
Warner Burkett
Jim Holmes
Kilamore
Alva Jonas (Rose
Church of Living God
William Rose
William Thurman Keene
John D. Payne
Tom _ Sparks
Bradshaw Mountain
Douglas Funeral Home
War
Robinette
Lacy
Mytle Louise
Berwind
United Methodist Church
Okie Harless
Max Linkous
Leon Hornbarger
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
OPEC
U.S
Duncan
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Algiers
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Old Commercial Bank
Bluefield, W. Virginia
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