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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1998
Page
15
A list of recent deaths across Bluefield to Bland Virginia with ages and residence details. Names include Bernice Collins 70 Greenbrier, Harley Bradbury 75 Florida, Nellie Morgan 84 Lebanon, William Sturges 81 Bluefield, Arietta Cruise 92 North Tazewell, Estelle Thompson 82 Bland, Helen Duncan 64 Cedar Bluff, Gary Blevins 40 Bluefield, Evelyn Ford 76 Keen Mountain. Funeral arrangements are pending or announced by local funeral homes.
Obituaries for Estelle Hoge Thompson of Bland Route 1 died June 12 1998 in Wythe County Community Hospital. Survived by wife Myrtle and 14 relatives including three sons and six daughters. Funeral June 15 at Newberry Funeral Chapel with three ministers. burial in Bland family cemetery. Also Nellie Mae Morgan 84 of Lebanon died June 12 1998. services June 14 in Honaker with interment at Miller Cemetery. Helen Edna Duncan 64 of Grundy passed away June 13 1998. services June 15 at Singleton Funeral Home Cedar Bluff and burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Lucille M White 78 of Princeton died June 1998. service June 14 Rowland H Bailey Funeral Chapel with burial at Hazelwood Cemetery. Harley Ray Bradbury 75 of Vero Beach formerly Princeton died June 12 1998. cremation with no services planned. William H Cobb Sturges 81 of Bluefield Va died June 10 1998. services at Falls Mills United Methodist Church with burial at Harry Cemetery.
Funeral services are scheduled across Virginia today for Bill R Powers at Haysi Funeral Home with burial at Hall Cemetery. Woodrow W Ward at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Ward Family Cemetery. Dorothy Lee Horton Keen at Singleton Funeral Chapel with burial at Hawkins Cemetery. Lucille M White at Bailey Kirk Funeral Home with burial at Hazelwood Cemetery. Dora M Revels Allison at Richardson Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Thomson Family Cemetery. Friends may call prior to service times.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established in 1893 and published daily from 928 Bluefield Avenue, Bluefield WV, notes corrections are published promptly usually on the first pages of sections A or B. Report errors by calling any editor. Address changes go to the listed post address.
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