Deaths and funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Obituaries list Benjamin Carlos Jessee of Yorktown and Marysue M. Garwood of Falls Church died June 8 1994. Also named are Steven Rodich Thelma Syres Reese Brooks Jack McCann Georgia Rolen John Maxey Leroy Sparks Virginia Lee Darrell Underwood Ocie Handy LeRoy Katz Willie Boyd Annie Bandy Catherine Doss Lena Brookman Beulah Davidson Hazel Reeves Gunter Lillie Gunter and other local residents with funeral arrangements or services noted in multiple towns including Princeton Bluefield Tazewell and Rock. Memorials directed to various local institutions are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Carlos Jessee
Yorktown
Richmond
Richlands
Fred W. Jessee
North Tazewell
Beatrice “Bea” Jessee
Peninsula
B.C. Jessee
Cathy E. Rollins
Buc Rollins Gunn
Claytor Rollins
Poquoson
Margaret Denvis
Medical College of Virginia
P.O
Marysue M. Garwood
Columbia Gardens
American Cancer Society
Park St
S.E
Vienna
Arlington Funeral Home
Arlington
Georgia Mize Rolen Princetom
Georgia Mize Rolen
Ingleside
Princeton
Princeton Salvation Army
Princeton Ave
Athens Road
John William Maxey Spanishes
John William Maxey
Maxey Road
Spanishburg
First United Methodist Church
Center St
George W. Seaver
Ocie . Ann Handy
Ocie Ann Handy
Eads Mills Road
Funerals Planned for Local Residents in Bluefield Princeton and Roanoke
Purcell Pudge Buford 47 of Bluefield will be buried after a noon service at J H Easley Tabernacle United Hol y Church in Kirk. William Kirk 68 of Princeton dies with services at 2 p.m. at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell and entombment at Roselawn Mausoleum in Princeton. Siarah Lovelace Bowen of Roanoke, formerly of Tazewell, has a service at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. Burial in Jeffersonville follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Loyal Order of the Moose
Bluefield
American Legion
Elzy “Buddy” McCann
Darlene McCann
Mary Yost McCann
Danny McCann
Terry McCann
Connie M. Brown
Ernestine O'Brien
Littleton
Colo
Judy Atkins
Etoanoke
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Eddie Nash
Ted Anders
Robert Buckles
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell
Barnes-Beavers Vfw
Friends
American Cancer Society
Boyd
Willie Junior
Caretta
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Bluewell
Annie Gertrude
Wallscreek
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Hartwell Cemetery
Hartwell
Davidson
Beulah Faulkner
Christiansburg
Memorial
Athens Road
Princeton
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Reeves
Hazel Callahan
Gary
Apostolic Temple
Roselawn Mausoleum
Gunter
Lillie Jane
Coalwood
Coalwood United Methodist Church
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Buford, Purcell “Pudge’, Jr
J.H. Easley Tabernacle United Hory Church
Kirk
William
Craveins-Shires
Roselawn
Bowen, Siarah Lovelace
Roanoke
Raleigh Court
Leader of failed hostage rescue mission dies
AUSTIN Texas AP Retired Army Col Charles Beckwith who led Delta Force in the 1980 Eagle Claw raid to free 52 hostages in Tehran died Monday at 65 His wife Katherine found him dead in their bedroom Police said he died of natural causes Beckwith who commanded Delta Force retired in 1981 and later ran a private security company His raid ended in tragedy when eight servicemen died in a desert crash prompting analysis of training and command failures The mission failed due to interservice miscoordination and bureaucratic bickering Beckwith later expressed regret for not asserting authority stronger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Army
Charles Beckwith
Delta Force
Iran
Katherine
Beckwith
Plaza project on hold as council weighs costs
Mayor Cecile Barrett said the council would consider the proposal when Harris returns to council. Town Manager Art Mead noted the beautification plan could cost about $38,000 and asked for a 50 percent reduction to fit the town budget. Barrett and Betty Janutolo supported the development, while Graham favored delaying due to finances.
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A-1
Harris
Cecile Barrett
Graham
Art Mead
Mead
Barrett
Betty Janutolo
Haiti’s military plans strategy of evaporation to resist invasion
Haitian military leaders discuss a strategy of evaporation to blend into civilian life and wage guerrilla attacks if U N forces invade to reinstate Aristide. About 1 500 troops in Port au Prince are already wearing civilian clothes and operating from 20 posts while Emile Jonassaint warns of unconventional weapons and unseen means to defend the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Clinton
Raoul Cedras
U.N
Aristide
Emile Jonassaint
France
Jonassaint
College Board Recenter Scores Raises SAT Averages
The College Board will recenter SAT scores to 500 for both math and verbal, making some scores rise up to 100 points while maintaining the same rankings. The change, effective for the PSAT in October and SAT in April 1995, aims to reduce confusion about where the average stands and align cross section scores across subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
College Board
Donald Stewart
Recentering
Stewart
College
Brad Quin
Three arrested in Keystone drug bust nets crack cocaine
Three people were arrested and jailed after a Keystone drug raid on Cinder Bottom yielded about $10,000 in crack cocaine. Police, aided by the Keystone Police and State Police Welch detachment, seized drugs in apartment No. 8 and charged the trio with delivering and possessing with intent to deliver. Names include Larry LaMar and Brandon E. Miller of Columbus Ohio and Donna K. London of Keystone, held on $10,000 bond.
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Keystone
McDowell County
Keystone Police Department
Welch
Cinder Bottom
T.C. Jennings
Larry LaMar
Atcheson St
Columbus
Ohio
Brandon E. Miller
Donna K. London
Box 295
Jennings
Bill Keller
Keystone Department
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Steven
Steve’ Rodich
Steve” Rodich
West Honaker Ave
Austria
Vide Rodich
Agnes Pucek Rodich
Steve Rodich
California
Radmilla Knezevic
Europe
Wladmir Ivkovich
Chicago, Il
John Ivkovich
Boling Brook
Ill
Ae Paraskijevic
Niles
Olga Wojewocki
Chicago
George W. Seaver Funeral Home
Paul Hall
Resthaven Park
Thelma Grace Syres Rock
Thelma Grace Syres
Box 111
Rock
Charlie Clifton
Beulah Zell Vance Syres
Cleveland
Arrow Company
Pe Hill
Charles
Athens
Roy Syres
Johnny Syres
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Frank Horn
Rock Cemetery
Reese Arthur Brooks
Thompson Valley
Reese Sylvester
Molly Wyatt Brooks
Nellie Sue Reed
Abbs Valley
Hurst- Scott Funeral Chapel
Maplewood Cemetery
Jack Howard McCann
East Fincastle
Burkes Garden
Marion
Ella Thomas McCann
U.S. Army
Barnes- Beavers
VFW
Leroy Thomas Sparks
Uff
Raven Nest
Cedar Bluff
Hurst-Scott
Virginia W. Lee
Jones St
Metro Funeral Home
Darrell Uniderwood
Etowah
Trenn
Darrell Underwood
Country Road
Pilgrim Knob
Monnday
Knoxville, Tenn
Hurst-Scott Funeral House
LeRoy H. Katz
Katz, Kantor and Perkins
Brookman
Lena V
Memorial Funeral Directory
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Thomas A. Colley
Maines Mining
Steve Smith
Teddy Paynter
Barbara Hawkins
W.va
Jim Terry
Samantha Perry
Bill Archer
Donna Clayton
Tammy Richardson
Pam Morehead
Rhonda Wade Watson
Bobby English
Armier Shoulderr
Mastercard
Visa
Daily Telegraph
Mail Daily Sui
National Advertising Rep
Cresmer
Funereals
AIRCO
U.S
Charles Owens
The
Bluefield Dance Theatre
Maden
Mili
GHS
Cat’s
South St
Warrenizing Cleaners
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