Deaths and funerals in Virginia and North Carolina
Richmond 88 year old Harry Elmore former Tazewell High School teacher and school official dies at home. Kowaleski of Charlotte son of Switchback residents buried at Sacred Heart Powhatan. Numerous regional obituaries note Bowden, Bourne, Van Stavern and Bourne families with services in Princeton Beckley and Bluefield.
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Richmond
Harry R. Elmore
Durwood Crescent
Tazewell
Tazewell High School
Pittsylvania County
Mary Christian Royall Elmore
William G. Vansant Jr
Virginia Beach
Kenneth E. Rice Jr
Reville United Methodist Church
Woodys Funeral Home
Parham
Mercer Funeral Home
Funerals HYPE Minnie Lee Drill Virginia Mae Phillips Hale
Minnie Lee Hypes 96 of Princeton dies. Services today at 11 at Burns-Wornal Chapel with burial at Honaker Family Cemetery in Princeton. Virginia Mae Drorill 71 of Canvas dies. Service today 11 at Marlaing Church of Christ with burial at Cunningham Memorial Park in St. Albans. Ronald Lee Phillips 51 of Maxie dies. Service today 1 at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park. Ben H Hale 94 of Richlands dies. Service today 11 at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Anna Stephenson Epperly 76 of Narrows dies. Service today 11 at Riffe's Funeral Chapel with burial at Birchlawn Burial Park. Hershel B Bryant 38 of Raysal dies. Service today 1 at Church of God Three Forks with burial at Cole Cemetery. Anita Claire Mayo 54 of Nemours dies. Service today 11 at Dudley Memorial Chapel with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Mary Ellen Penland 75 of Saltville dies. Service today 2 at Crabtree Chapel Cemetery with burial at the cemetery.
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Bluefield
Ruth Virginia Sarver Bourne
Route 3
Tazewell
Bland County
Gratton
Mount Olivet Methodist Church
Harry Sarver
Charles Sarver
Jack Sarver
Arnold W. Ters
Blanche Neal
Margaret Kinder
Ene McFarland
Irene Carr
Rocky Gap
Louise Phillips
Follawsbee
Mamie Childress
Bastian
Vivian Buchanan
Salem
Thelma Nelson
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Kenneth Connors
Mount Olivet
Eastern Star
Dollie E. Parker Welch
Dollie E. Parker
Hemphill
Welch Hospital
Mingo
Thomas C
Victoria Irving Carter
Church of God
Central Avenue
Welch
Fred Parker
Johnny Carter
Wytheville
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Grassy Spur
Bishop, Va
Funeral
Donald Joseph Blankenship
Doran
Woodman
Gladys Keen Blankenship
Harlen Blankenship
Tazewell County
Donald J. Blankenship Jr
Missouri
Nelson E. Blankenship
Rhonda Sue Westbrook
Eugene
Ernest Blankenship
Oakwood
Ray Lee Blankenship
Whitewood
Robert
James Blankenship
Baltimore
Buchanan Funeral Services
Keen Mountain
Ancil Childress
Charles Davidson
Greenhill
Claypool Hill
John Ratliff
VFW
Grundy
Hypes
Minnie Lee
Princeton
Honaker
Dodrill
Virginia Mae
Canvas
St. Albans
Marlaing Church of Christ
Cunningham Memorial Park
Phillips
Ronald Lee
Maxie, Va
Grundy Funeral Home
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Bryant
Hershel B
Raysal
Three Forks
Jolo
Cole Cemetery
Rockbridge
Paynesville
Mayo
Anita Claire
Nemours
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Penland
Mary Ellen
Saltville
Crabtree Chapel
Bluefield Police Report Two Disturbing Incidents
Roger Ogle, 27, of Freeman, tried to hang himself with a shirt in the city jail main cell block. He was lowered to the floor by officers, deemed uninjured by responders, and placed in an alternate cell after refusing medical care. In Bluefield, Vincent Hodge, of Alanta, Va., was assaulted at Bob's nightclub by three tall black men after an altercation over a table. Hodge woke with a possible gunshot or knife wound to the right hip and $45 missing, but could not identify the assailants and there were no suspects at press time.
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Bluefield City
Roger Ray Ogle
Freeman
M.K. Summers
C.S. Myers
Ogle
Summers
Bluefield Rescue Squad
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Vincent Hodge
Alanta
Bob
Bluefield
Hodge
Virginia man Hurt Falling While Rock Climbing at New River Gorge
George Ribbons, 23, of Harrisonburg, Va., fell about 50 feet while rock climbing near Fern Creek and Beauty Mountain along the New River in Fayette County. Rangers and emergency crews responded, and he was transported to Charleston Area Medical Center with a broken left arm and leg after the Saturday incident.
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Lansing
Virginia
New River
George Ribbons
Harrisonburg
Lizzie Watts
National Park Service
Watts
Park Service
Ribbons
Charleston Area Medical Center
Fern Creek
Beauty Mountain
Fayette County
Jackpot runs again as Powerball rolls to 11 million
No winner of the 9 million Powerball on Saturday. The drawing set 13 27 29 42 43 with Powerball 41. one ticket in Delaware matched five numbers for 100 000 but missed the Powerball. Virginia Lotto also failed to produce a winner for its 2.6 million jackpot, with Saturday’s numbers 1 4 18 23 32 44 and Wednesday’s estimated 4 million. Seventy five players won five of six, 2 998 won four of six, and 48 434 won three for a free play.
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Delaware
Virginia Lotto
Earth Summit closes with three pivotal pacts pledging unity
Delegates vowed to carry the spirit of Rio worldwide as the Earth Summit concluded. Maurice Strong received a standing ovation. Germany pledged new aid and emissions cuts, while the United States faced scrutiny over environmental leadership. The biodiversity treaty was signed by 153 nations, a milestone despite U.S. nonparticipation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Maurice Strong
United States
U.S
Bush
Germany
Japan
Fernando Collor de Mello
Washington
Malaysia
William K. Reilly
Reilly
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mercer summer school tops two area schools
Mercer County public schools announce a summer program starting June 22 at Princeton Senior High and Bluefield Junior High, offering basic math, language arts, science and social studies with 25-student minimums. Sign-up, fees and semester dates provided. transportation not included.
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Princeton
Mercer County
George Keatley
Keatley
Princeton Senior High
Bluefield
Princeton Senior High School
Germans Near Freedom for Last Western Hostages in Lebanon
In Damascus a German envoy arrived as expectations rose that Heinrich Struebig and Thomas Kemptner, the last Western hostages in Lebanon, would be freed soon. Tehran Times predicted a release today, with Iran’s officials citing 48 to 72 hours as the window, amid Iranian mediation efforts.
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Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Tehran Times
Germany
Tehran
Iran
Helmut Kohl
Bernd Schmidbauer
Heinrich Struebig
Thomas Kemptner
Schmidbauer
Youssef Shakkour
Bonn
Hussein Mousavian
Associated Press
Nicosia
Struebig
Kemptner
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Mark Richard Kowaleski
Charlotte
N.C
Switchback
Charlie
Geneva Saski Kowaleski
Blythe Co
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Erange Theee
Judy Lambert Kowaleski
Charlie Kowaleski Jr
Santa Ana
Joh Kowaleski
Bramwell
Bill Kowaleski
Charleston
John Kowaleski
Charlotte Mabus
Randy
Linda Sue) Webb
Columbus
Ohio
Patricia Lynn Kowaleski
Gary Naegele
Winn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Bennett-Widener Funeral Home
Betty J. Bowden
North 9Th Street
Pete
Athens Road
Effie Gertrude Bell
Bluefield Avenue
Willowton
William P
Mary Easter Meadows
Burke Memorial Baptist Church
Joseph Howard Bell
Willie Wright
Bertha Beasley
Ervin Meadows
Orland Bell
Donald Bell
Gilbert Anderson
Jimmie
Ann) Saunders
Winfield
Blanche Taylor
Thorn Street
Donald Tate
Paul Hall
Lawn Memorial Gardens
Friends
Mrs. Gethel Pritt van Stavern
Virgie Elsie Lambert
Route 20
McDowell County
Northfork
Almeda Bailey Mitchum
Mt. Jackson Baptist Church
Athens
Jesse C. Lambert
Preston
Carness Lambert
Rev
John
Annalee) Lafferty
Clarence Lambert
Lambert
Crumpler
Shannon Lee Musick
Rowe
Ola Gay Helton Musick
Leonard Musick
Fletcher Ridge
Council High School
Rat Contractors
Buchanan County
Arnold Helton
James (Buck) Musick
Reva McGlothlin
Connie Fletcher
Glenda Blankenship
Jamie Helton
Joann Hart
Giles Helton
Jerry Helton
Timmy Helton
Honaker Funeral Home
Guy Harris
Roy Lee Wison
Arthur Lee Sullivan
Helton Family
Stinson Ridge
Donald J. Blankenship Sr
Daily Record
Bluefield Basy Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
J. Stanley Warren
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Dresmer
W Woodward
O'mara
Ormebee
Mi Am
Omg Baobte
Daily Sun
Sun
Customer Service Department
Electrolux
New River Gorge
Partemesa
Bluefield, WV
Earth Summit
Spirit
Mercer
Warrenizing Cleaners
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