Deaths and funerals span several towns in region
Multiple notices from Blowing Rock to Narrows detail deaths and services. Mack Coffey 89 of Blowing Rock dies in North Carolina hospital. funeral at Boone Fork Baptist Church with Rev. Buddy Oakes. Sidney A. Williams 72 of Sorrento dies at home. burial in Sorrento cemetery. Anita Mayo 54 of Nemours dies. arrangements pending at Dudley Memorial Mortuary. Dollie Parker 75 of Hemphill dies. arrangements pending at Douglas Mortuary. Minnie Hypes 96 of Princeton dies. cremation/directory listed. Angel Rae Strouth infant dies in Swords Creek. service at Honaker Funeral Home. Veron Hale 94 of Richlands dies. arrangements pending at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home. Henry Thompson Sr. 67 of Rohrersville dies. memorial service set. memorials requested to Hacker Man-Patz House or charity. Anna Epperly 76 of Narrows dies. arrangements complete at Riffe’s Funeral Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
N.C
Mack Coffey
North Carolina
Caldwell County
Sam and
Josie Dillinger Coffey
Matoaka
Lashmeet
Esther McCroskey Coffey
Clayton Coffey Jr
Lonnie Ray Coffey
Lenoir
Lydia Gragg
Minnie Thompson
Saw Mills
Deatta Bolick
Carys Flat
Boone Fork Baptist Church
Buddy Oakes
Murray Coffey
Church
Revis-Sturdivant Funeral Home
Boone, N.C
Sorrento
Fla
Sidney A. Williams
Wolf Branch Road
Jenkinsones
Sam E
Delia Collins Williams
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Amonate
Orlando
Martin-Marietta Corporation
Luther
Buster Williams
Barbara Ann Williams
Lila E. Williams
Maxwell A. Williams
Thomas V. Williams
John
Nancy L.) Coffey
Janice M. Emerson
Richard H
Mae) Spicer
Mount Dora
Rehbaum-Harden
Swords Creek
Angel Rae Strouth
Virginia Strouth Crabtree
Randall Austin
Council
Richlands
Delilah Mae Strouth
Jessica Marie Strouth
Junior Strouth
Daily Strouth
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Jess Whited
Strouth Family
Rohrersville
Henry Preston
Tommy) Thompson
Bent Willow Road
Harpers Ferry
Maryland
Cove
Tazewell County
Rees Bowen
Mary Josephine Preston Thompson
Amoco
U.S. 340
Hawaii
Guam
Nancy Campbell Thompson
Henry Thompson Jr
Charles Town
Lee Thompson
Purcellville
Allen
Carolyn) Clemens
Sam Thompson
Tucson
Ariz
Josephine Thompson Peery
North Port
Euckles-Spencer
Kent Tice
JoAnne Alexander
Hackerman-Patz
McElderry St
Baltimore
Funerals for Eight Across Southwest Virginia and Bluefield
Notices list funerals for Bernard Shelley James Franklin Snook Jr Sherman Everett Riffe Pearl B Richards Mark Christopher Bigelow Vergie Mae Whited William Clifford Tolbert Erma Stanley Kidwell John Wesley McGue Kyle C Pete in Bluefield Princeton Crab Orchard and Gary with service times, churches, and burial sites. A separate item reports Bluefield State College plans a 19 day visit to the People’s Republic of China to renew ties and discuss exchanges with Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Bluefield State College
People's Republic of China
BSC Center For International Understanding
Prc
Jim Nelson
BSC
Nelson
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hebei Teachers College
Shandong Institute of Mining and Technology
West Virginia
Monthly With Sunday H All Areas Report
A brief item shows six months and three months intervals for a service plan covering all areas, including Sundays, with emphasis on full geographic coverage and regular billing cadence.
Lottery results from West Virginia and Virginia markets
West Virginia daily 3 5 3 0 daily 4 2 1 9 8 cash 25 1 3 8 10 12 14 Virginia pick 3 0 0 6 pick 4 1 9 7 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia
City funds boost Princeton SummerFest with $5,000 grant
Princeton Mayor Mike Stafford presented a $5,000 check to SummerFest Chairwoman Elizabeth Osbourne to fund the weekend event starting June 25. The fourth annual SummerFest features concerts, arts and crafts, and family activities. The state contributed $4,000 this year, with the city making up the difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mike Stafford
Elizabeth Osborne
Stafford
Eddie Lee Isomayor Stafford
SummerFest
Virginia school districts revive suit over funding disparity
A coalition of 31 local boards and students filed again in Richmond seeking a ruling that Virginia's school funding formula is unconstitutional. The move, led by the Coalition for Equity in Educational Funding, aims to force more equal education spending, with Gov Wilder criticizing local leaders for funding lawyers instead of classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia
Coalition For Equity In
Richmond
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Woodrow Mullins
Board of Supervisors
Mullins
Virinia
Virginia General Assembly
Coalition
Wilder
Bluefield Woman Places Fourth in National Fitness Contest
Lynne Krulich director of Bluefield Regional Medical Center Wellness Center tied for fourth in the Naprin Go for the Gold national fitness championship in Denver. She was one of 12 women chosen from across the United States, finished with 17 points, four behind first, and competes in five events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Lynne Krulich
Krulich
Denver
Colo
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
United States
BRMC
Lynne
Princeton
Bluefield Looking Back Highlights From Past 50 Years
A compilation by Lillian Roten recalls major Bluefield area memories from 1942 to 1987. Highlights include 1987 residents rating quality of life concerns at 72.5 percent serious, the 1982 closing of Central Junior High, 1967 Kiwanis award to Carl Smith, and 1942 Lexington sailors escaping unharmed after the Coral Sea engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Bluefield
Central Junior High School
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bernard Goldsmith
International Relations Committee
Carl Smith
Princeton
Coral Seas
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Anita Claire Mayo
Nemours
Charleston
Dudley
Dollie E. Parker
Hemphill
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
Minnie L. Hypes
Fayette Street
Beckley Hospital
Athens Road
Mrs
Vernon Seay Hale
Farmer St
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Henry Preston Thompson Sr
Anna Stephenson Epperly
Narrows
Pearisburg
Riffe
Shelley
Bernard
Christ the King Catholic Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Jones
James Franklin (Snook) Sr
Gary
New Bethel Church
Restlawn Mausoleum
Bluewell
Whited
Vergie Mae
Giles St
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Tolbert
William Clifford
Pete
Princeton Road
Mercer Funeral Home
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Kidwell
Erma Stanley
Davis St
Blacksburg
George W. Seaver
McGue
John Welsey Sr
Lindale Ave
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church of
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Gregory Adkins
Sudhakar Jamkhandi
Circuit Court
John R. Frazier
Inderjeet Rajpal
Roger Owensby
Charles Bearce
Pat Owensby
Mercer County
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
J. Stanley Warren
Thomas A. Colley
Donna Clayton
Patsy Malamisura
Rhonda Watson
Carl H. Meade Jr
Mgr
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
P. O. Box
Cresmer, Woodward
O’mara
Ormsbee
The
Daily Telegraph
Daily Sun
Daily Only Sun
City
Osborne
Barbara Hawkins
Colorado
Virginia Tech
Electrolux
Lillian Roten
Aancey
Channel 7
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