Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Mrs. Emma W. Johnson 79 of 515 Warren St Bluefield dies after short illness in Bluefield hospital. Survived by three sons and three daughters with numerous grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Mt Olive Baptist Church. Burial Restlawn Memorial Gardens Littlesburg. Donor details and callers listed.
Funeral Rites Set For James Neal Sheppard
Funeral services for James Neal Sheppard 61 of Rt 1 Tazewell Va killed Friday afternoon in a tractor accident on a Thompson Valley farm will be at Greever Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Eddie Nash Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield Tazewell Road Born in Virginia he was a son of the late Alexander and Lillie Asbury Sheppard Survived by his wife four sons two daughters four brothers and two sisters Funeral home today from 6 to 9 pm.
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Harry T. Garris
Perdue Hollow
Airport Road
Bluefield
Hopewell
Samuel and
Dora Anderton Garris
Shenandoah Pride Dairy
Springfield
First Church of God
Princeton
Ruth Selvy Garris
Charles Taft Garris
Falls Church
Micky Midkiff
William J. Midkiff Jr
Crookston
Min
Audrey Lee
Alexandria
Samuel Garris Jr
Wesley Garris
Burns Wornal Chapel
Ray Furror
Clarence Dillon
Resthaven Memorial Park
Athens Road
Paul Shumate
Paul H. Shumate
Denver
Colo
Mildred Barbour
Floyd W. Barbour
Abbs Valley
Mr. Barbour
Pocahontas
Maybeury
Faye Jupin
Ashland
Nancy Clevenger
Kansas City
Deborah Marthalar
Lincoln
Neb
Paul H. Shumate II
Cline Barbour
Paul Barbour
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert Barbour
Littleton
John Barbour
Bristol
Tenn
Chapel of the Flowers
Capitol Mortuary
Avada
Fort Logan
Zita Wickline Smith
Edward Smith
Wilmington
Del
Ira Smith
Ravenswood
Alfred Smith
Sweet Springs
Frank Smith
Pearisburg
Jennings Smith
Eugene Smith
Waitesville
Broyles- McGuire Funeral
Union
Wayne Ellis
Wickline Cemetery
Gap Mills
American Legion Post No
Sanson
Willard
Wolfe
Florida
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Albert Jarvis
David Lusk
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Rufus Lewis JR
Columbus
Ohio
Mary Mart
Rufus Lewis
Mercer County
Sandra H. Lewis
Marion L
Sandra Lewis
Dayton
Martin
Kenneth Lewis
Linda Howard
Southfield
Geraldine Satherleth
Alcoin
Mich
Ernestine Brown
McNabb
John Wright
Restlawn
George Martin
George Robert Martin
Roger St
Robert and
Eliza Killip Martin
Norfolk & Western Railroad Co
First Christian Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Margaret Shrader Martin
June Coleman
Salem
Ann Smiley
Knoxville
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
T.A. Ireson
Bobby George
John Shupe
N.C. Reed
Ernest Peraldo
William R. Yost
Oakie Porterfield
Oakie Carl Porterfield
Big Four
Welch
Robert Lee Porterfield
Christina Belcher Porterfield
Pocahontas County
Porterfield
Kimball Area
UMWA
India Mitchem Porterfield
Donna Porterfield
James
Myrtle) Walker
Sandlick
Henry
Hazel) Paul
Filbert
Cecil Porterfield
Maitland
John Porterfield
Greensboro
N.C
Fanning Funeral Home
H.B. Grose
S. Larid Harman
S. Laird
Frances Summerville) Harman
Radford
Ruth McDowell Summerville
Barboursville
Nancy C. Harman
Allan J. Harman
DeVilbiss Funeral Home
James Moran
Maple Wood
Tazewell
James Neal Sheppard
Rt. 1
Thompson Valley
Greever Funeral Home Chapel
Eddie Nash
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Virginia
Alexander
Lillie Asbury Sheppard
Lillian Thompson Sheppard
James Sheppard
Kenneth Sheppard
Donald Sheppard
Hanover
Billy Sheppard
Linda Street
Vansant
Jean Sheppard
Frank Sheppard
Tom Sheppard
George Sheppard
Manassas
Clint Sheppard
Bishop
Joseph T. Johnson
Richlands
Jeffrey Bane Johnson
Emma Morgan
Ronceverte
Grace McCoy Johnson
Covington
Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church
Thomas Stanley
Jack Compton
Buster Large
Charlie Wood
Tim Kirby
David Talley
David Litz
Bill Morris
Tony Morris
Apco
Rescue Squad
Lions Club
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
Bluefield W.va
W.va
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead lists establishing year 1893 and address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 with Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates, home delivery costs, and mailing details.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Landon Associates
Bluefield Man Killed In Crash
A 21 year old Bluefield Virginia man David Craig Johnson died in a Saturday morning single vehicle crash on U S Route 460 between the Maryland Avenue and Westgate Shopping Center exits. Johnson was a lineman for Appalachian Power Company and a Graham High School graduate. He was active in Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church. Funeral and burial details and expressions of sympathy were given.
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Bluefield
U.S. Rt
David Craig Johnson
Hillcrest Drive
Maryland Avenue
Westgate
G.L. Breeding
Johnson
Covington
D.J
Emma _ Jewell Morgan Johnson
Appalachian Power Company
Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church
Graham High School
GHS
Bluefield State College
Miller Funeral Rites Planned for Deacon Wade Miller
Deacon Wade Hampton Miller 82 of Bluefield was found shot to death Tuesday at his Hardy Street home. Funeral services set for Monday at 11 a.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church Bluefield with multiple clergy assisting. burial in Restlawn Gardens Littlesburg. Millers survivors include six sons two daughters 25 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren. Masonic rites and church deacon board honors noted with active and honorary pallbearers. The body to be moved from Lugo Funeral Service to the church and viewing tonight 7 to 9 p.m.
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Wade Hampton Miller
Bluefield
Hardy Street
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Lawrence Beal
A.R. Fleshman
Alvester McConnell
Samuel Marrs
Restlawn Gardens
Littlesburg
Wadesboro
N.C
Richard and
Annie
Mary Miller
Cravern and
Waxters
Cleveland
Ohio
Felton F. Miller
Trenton
N.J
Vandy L. Miller
Silver
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Lugo
Gas Use Declines in Virginia in April
Virginia gasoline consumption fell 7.4 percent in April from a year earlier, the State Office of Emergency and Energy Services reports. The April drop likely surpassed March’s 13 percent decline, signaling weaker demand across the month.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Office of Emergency and Energy Services
A Man Not Forgotten Continues Mother Defends Son
Mrs Nowlin, mother of George Nowlin, defends her son amid talk of evidence in the Scott-Noble case. She questions charges and says he was framed, believes justice will prevail, and notes hardship as she copes with family illness and recent turmoil.
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Scott- Noble
Wolfe Creek
George
Hopkins
Civiletti Plans To Decide On Prosecution Of Clark
The Justice Department said Attorney General Civiletti will decide whether to prosecute Ramsey Clark. A Star report claimed President Carter would have final say, but officials dispute that. Police: Pulaski teen dies after a Friday night crash in Wytheville. Charlie Wayne Akers, 18, died Saturday morning at Roanoke hospital after his Plymouth ran off Rt 100, struck mail boxes, rolled twice.
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Washington
Justice Department
Benjamin Civilett
Ramsey Clark
Carter
The
Washington Star
Clark
Iran
White House
the Star
Jody Powell
Pulaski
Wytheville
Charlie Wayne Akers
Roanoke
Rt. 100
Akers
C.A. Hall
John Russell
Russell
Byrd Supports Carter as Democratic Nominee
Senate leader Robert Byrd signaled support for President Carter, calling him the apparent nominee for a second term. He left room for unlikely possibilities regarding Kennedy but stressed Carter's renomination and pledged to back the party’s August convention choice.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
Kennedy
West Virginia
Byrd
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Luefield Daily Telegraph
Emma Johnson
Emma W. Johnson
Warren St
Levern
Joe and
Mernervie Woods Score
Summers County
Glorious Applestic Church
Mt. Olive
Alonzo Johnson
Tommey Johnson
Alex Watson
Edgerston
Roy Watson
Albert Watson
George Dorothy Wilkinson
Norfolk
Tommy
Martha) Johnson
Henry Jones
Rhodell
Brooks Gore
Willie Steele
Mildred Kelly
Lessie Anderson
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Leonard J. Davis
Hattie Bennett
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Missionary Society of the Church
Robert Maness
Robert H
Annie Edwards ) Maness
Rt. 2
Wyndale Road
Abingdon
Falls Mall
Albert and
Alice Gregory Edwards
Fashion Dry Cleaners
Clemie LaRue
Edna Mullins
Daisy, Tenn
Mary Alice Hobbs
June Collins
Bernard Shrader
Charles Maness
Robert H. Maness Jr
Sam Edwards
Tom Edward
Pennsylvania
Campbell Funeral Home Chapel
Dailey W. Young
Huddle Family
Draper
Randy Carmack
Pete Hobbs
Tony Maness
Robbie Maness
William LaRue
Timothy LaRue
Glover Whitt
Glover
Martha Elizabeth) Whitt
Cedar Bluff
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Andrew J. Smith
Waiteville
Phillip
Amy Caldwell Smith
Carthage Mills
Cincinnati
Cokesbury
Ellene Johnston
Ellene Beryl Johnston
Woodland Manor
Apts
Narrows
Franklin Grayson
Margaret Eve Peters Johnston
Grace United Methodist Church
AAUW
Zada
Delta Cappa Gamma Sorority
Robert Brogdon
Robert
Chuck) Brogdon
Page Funeral Home
William Bondurant
William M
Mell) Bon- Durant
Athens
Beckley Hospital
Sheppard
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
RCA
Dios, Vy
Spring ST. Bluefield
Lucas
Robert (Junior) Lucas
Eugene Pennington
Jiggs Coburn
Seaver
David Johnson
Wade Miller
Rent Rinsenvac
Cpe
Rinsenvac
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Nowlin
Civiletti
Rial
Bluefield Monument Company
Hearing Aid Service
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