Deaths and funerals across several towns in the region
An obituary rundown lists Mack Coffey 89 of Blowing Rock and Sidney A. Williams 72 of Sorrento among others. The notices include multiple deaths from May and June, with survivors detailed for each, and funeral arrangements or burial plans at local churches and cemeteries.
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
Della 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
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
Bluefield State College to visit PRC for exchanges
A seven member Bluefield State College delegation will depart for a 19 day visit to the People's Republic of China to renew ties with Hebei Teachers College Shandong Institute of Mining and Technology and to explore an exchange with Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The trip also aims to develop a free market economy workshop and align technical programs with Chinese partners. Delegation members include Dr Gregory Adkins BSC president and participants Dr Sudhakar Jamkhandi Judge John R Frazier Inderjeet Rajpal Roger Owensby Charles Bearce and Pat Owensby.
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
Gregory Adkins
Sudhakar Jamkhandi
Circuit Court
John R. Frazier
Inderjeet Rajpal
Roger Owensby
Charles Bearce
Pat Owensby
Mercer County
Lottery results West Virginia and Virginia draws posted
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers 5 3 0 Daily 4 numbers 2 1 9 8 Cash 25 numbers 1 3 8 10 12 14 Virginia Pick 3 numbers 0 0 6 Pick 4 numbers 1 9 7 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia
SummerFest Receives $5,000 City Support in Princeton
Princeton Mayor Mike Stafford presented a $5,000 check to SummerFest Chairwoman Elizabeth Osborne to fund the June 25 weekend. The fourth annual SummerFest features concerts arts and crafts and family activities and combines state and city funding after a shortfall in the usual grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mike Stafford
Elizabeth Osborne
Stafford
Eddie Lee
Fsom
SummerFest
Virginia rural districts revive suit over school funding
A coalition of mostly rural Virginia districts filed suit in Richmond on behalf of 31 local boards and students, seeking to strike down the current funding formula as unconstitutional. The action re enters after an initial filing in November, with leaders noting only a few plaintiffs may be named this time. Governor Wilder criticized localities for funding cuts and spending on lawyers rather than education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Virginia
Coalition For Equity In
Richmond
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Woodrow Mullins
Board of Supervisors
Mullins
Virinia
L. Douglas Wilder
Wilder
Coalition
Bluefield’s Lynne Krulich places high in national fitness
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 receiving 17 points. She was one of 12 women selected nationally and competed in five events earning strong overall showing and a year of Naprin. Her next event is the Princeton SummerFest 10 K Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Lynne Krulich
Krulich
Denver
Colo
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
United States
BRMC
Lynne
Princeton
Looking Back: Bluefield Area History Milestones Across Decades
Five year look back to 1987 shows business leaders ranking economic development jobs teen drug and alcohol abuse and education as top local problems with 72.5 percent deeming quality of life serious. Other eras note 1982 junior high closure 1967 Kiwanis award to Carl Smith and 1942 USS Lexington sinking evacuee reports from Bluefield and Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Bluefield
Central Junior High School
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bernard Goldsmith
International Relations Committee
Carl Smith
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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
Angel Rae Strouth
Swords Creek
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
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
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
National Advertising Rep
Cresmer, Woodward, O'mara
Ormsbee
The
Daily Telegraph
Sun
Daily Sun
Daily Only Sun
City
Osborne
Barbara Hawkins
Colorado
Virginia Tech
Electrolux
Coral Seas
Lillian Roten
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