Deaths and Funerals In Virginia Towns Highlight Losses
Charles A. Goodwin 79 of Cedar Bluff Va died in Richlands hospital after a long illness. He retired from Clinch Valley Blanket Mills later C B Goodwin and Sons. Surviving family includes two daughters and three sisters with services at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands. Burial in Greenhills Cemetery. Memorials to named doctors and local figures noted as honorary pallbearers. Funeral plans listed with details for Friday call slate. Different death notices follow including Arnold Thorn Narrows Va and Ella Kirby Wytheville Va with services and graveside rites. Julia Kirby and Nora Barton deaths listed with survivor details and service plans.
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Charles A
Jake) Goodwin
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Clinch Valley Blanket Mills
C. B. Goodwin and Sons
Greenbrier
Charles E
Nannie Harlow Goodwin
Ida E. Goodwin
Elizabeth Buskell
Katherine Griffith
Centerbury
Ohio
Glendora
Calif
Mamie Young
Bluefield
Blowing Rock
N. C
Hurst - Scott Funeral Chapel
Charles A. Vaughn
Nelson T. Barker
Greenhills Cemetery
Lodge
James Peery
E. L. Kirby
McGee
Henry Christian
Andy Hall
Hugh E. Cooke
John C. Scott
Ella Kirby
Ella Johnson Kirby
Wytheville
Heraga Kirby
Los Angeles
W. K. Goodson
Princeton
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluewell
Lillian
Mullens Funeral Home
Sidney 0. Frye
E. E. Chafen
J. B. Hollenhead
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Henry Elswick
A. Paul Buskell
Bill Forest
Otis Nash
Sam McCall
Arthur Cole
Leonard Cole
W. R. Johnson Jr
Funeral notices from Bluefield area consolidate several services
Obituaries list numerous local residents with funeral details including BAILEY Edwin F at Walnut Grove Cemetery Blue field pallbearers named. CASSIDY Mrs William D of 1302 Augusta St Bluefield service at Sacred Heart Church burial Maple Park Cemetery. COCHRAN Mrs Willie Ada 80 service Princeton Church of God burial Reed Cemetery Oakvale. WEEKS Thelma Rita 50 service Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with multiple pallbearers. HA WLEY Josephine Charlotte 90 service Bluewell Methodist Church entombment Woodlawn Mausoleum. PENNINGTON Carl F 50 Ve Nice Calif service Cravens Bluewell burial Woodlawn. JARVIS Columbus 97 Thornhill Jarvis Cemetery.
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Thelma Rita
Thornton Ave
Princeton
Earl P. King
L. M. Hollingsworth
Bailey
William Belcher
James Neal
Acie Fink
Joe Vickers
Princeton Church of God
Hawley
Josephine Charlotte
Bluewell
Bluewell Methodist Church
D. Homer Stewart
Woodlawn
Cravens
O'Dell Bennett
M. B. Hale
Hale
C. EF. Jennings
L. W. Dalton
M. R. Carner
H. B. Poff
Tony Veneri
William J. Smith dies at 78 in Grundy Virginia hospital
William Jake Smith 78 of Grundy Virginia died Thursday morning after a short illness at a Grundy hospital. He was a retired miner, husband of the late Mary Rife Smith, and a Buchanan County native. Survivors include four daughters, one sister, one brother, 12 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Funeral service set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Baptist Bee Branch Church Stacy with three ministers officiating. Burial in Rife Cemetery Stacy. Body moved from Grundy Funeral Home to the Matney residence.
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William Jake Smith
Grundy
Buchanan County
John Smith
Mary Rife Smith
Richard Keen
Stacy
Earl Matney
Willis Smith
Matewan
Tom Trent
Portsmouth, Va
Ernest Justus
Richlands
Ted Smith
Cedar Bluff
Baptist Bee Branch Church
Delbert Justus
Julius Lester
Hersey Lane
Rife
Funeral services for Buddy Blankenship in Narrows Va
Funeral services for Buddy Allen Blankenship age 25 of Narrows Virginia will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at Narrows Church of God with Rev Garland Spencer presiding Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery The body remains at Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows until one hour before services
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Arnold Lee Thorn
Narrows
Narrows Church of God
Garland Spencer
Fairview Cemetery
Pearisburg
Dorothy R. Thorn
Dorothy Lee
Lo- Tita Carol Thorn
Adrian Dean
Darren Gene
Angela Martin Thorn
Nar
Buddy Allen Blankenship
Narrows Church
National Pure Jet Service Planned by National Airlines
William sburg AP National Airlines plans to switch Virginia service to pure jet aircraft within a year. Boeing 727s will fly to Norfolk Newport News and Richmond replacing retiring Electras in 1968. Dan Brock VP details announced in U S Air Force Association speech.
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Williamsburg
National Airlines
Virginia
Dan Brock
National
Norfolk
Newport News
Richmond
Brock
U. S. Air Force Association
Races Scheduled By Coon and Bird Club
The Coon and Bird Club of Castlewood Virginia will hold a drag race and a $100 coon dog water race at Rudders Lake near Castlewood starting Sunday at 9 a.m.
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Coon and Bird Club
Castlewood
Rudders Lake
Kosygin to Attend U N as Middle East tensions rise
The Soviet Union loses a bid to condemn Israel at the Security Council while US pressure for council action on Arab-Israeli talks continues. Moscow hints at vetoing any US resolution and calls for action under the 1950 United for Peace rule as four cease-fire and humanitarian measures stand approved.
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Middle East
Israel
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Thant
Goldie
Goldberg
General Assembly
Assembly
Security Council
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co and Island Creek Coal end merger talks
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co and Island Creek Coal Co halted discussions on a possible merger. Spokesmen said they could not agree on relative values after talks that began in January.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
Island Creek Coal Co
County GOP Plans August Picnic Meeting
Mercer County Republican Club to discuss a countywide picnic in August. President Earl Landers urges strong turnout to launch the 1968 campaign with a festive rally, aiming for victory. Meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the county health center in Green Valley.
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Mercer County
Republican Club
Earl Landers
Landers
County Health Center
Green Valley
Pancake and Sausage Fry For Kidney Machine
The Men's Bible Class of Bluewell Methodist Church sponsors a pancake and sausage fry in Burton Fellowship Hall on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees can eat breakfast, lunch or dinner with an all you can eat price of one dollar. Proceeds fund the purchase of a kidney machine for Princeton Memorial Hospital, a joint project of area Methodist Men's Clubs.
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Bluewell Methodist Church
Burton Fellowship Hall
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Area Methodist Men's Clubs
Walk Out Called to Ease Campus Auditorium Exit Jam
A proposal suggests the speaker should walk out into the audience to streamline exiting the campus auditorium. The plan aims to prevent crowding and improve flow as attendees depart.
Prizes Set For Show At Mountain State Fair
Prizes totaling 2000 dollars will be awarded to winners in the Show of Quality and the Fine Art Show of the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair. Entries for the shows close at 5 p.m. Friday.
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Cedar Lakes
W.va
Ramsey Discusses Fitness at Bluefield Kiwanis Meeting
Emory and Henry College football coach Caste Ramsey spoke on physical fitness at the Kiwanis Club of Bluefield meeting in the Masonic Hall. He described a six minute daily isometrics routine and noted a shift from muscle power to machine work, with 10 second exercises per move.
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Emory and Henry College
Caste Ramsey
Kiwanis Club
Bluefield
Masonic Hall
Ramsey
Walter Pierce
United Piece
Falls Mills
Jaycees
Clark M
Bob) Brown
Neil McMillan
PSC invites unions and railroads to safety talks
The Public Service Commission invites 14 railroad companies and 20 railroad unions to informal safety conferences in Charleston on June 28 and 29. Chairman Boyce Griffith said the commission plans to pursue rules on accident reporting and safety standards for equipment and facilities.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
PSC
Boyce Griffith
Commission
Rioting in Cities After Burglary Shooting In Tampa
Police report violence following a burglary scene as Calvert says he shot a fleeing youth. Negro leaders blame poverty and lack of opportunity for the unrest in Tampa. In Chicago suburbs officers quelled rock throwing at Maywood. Warren Michigan officials seek peaceful solutions after protests before the home of a Negro auto worker. In Los Angeles a 16 year old Negro was shot dead by police during a robbery report.
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Calvert
Tampa
Chicago
Maywood
Warren
Mich
Detroit
Corad
Bailey
Los Angeles
Watts
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West Virginian Hotel
Hulbert McClung
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Woody Jarrett
Maurice Light
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Leann Butt
Vera Lee Phelps
Paul Chryssikos
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Charles Goodwin
Arnold Thorn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Morang Tae
Aeendl Prteahene
Nora Barton
Davenport
Abe Barton
Blanche Ratliff
Florence Gilbert
Hays
Almeda Stone
Hazel Park
Ollie Smith
Baltimore
John Boyd
Albert Boyd
West Virginia
Nettie Deel
Clincheo
Barton
Jim Lambert
Albert Barton
Milton Boyd
Ancil Childress
Ida Miller
Ida Ellen Miller
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Roger E. Hilton
Maple Hill
Swords Creek
Joseph D. Miller
First Methodist Church
Sweet Springs
Joseph E. Miller
William A. Miller
Vernon Clendenen
Rocky Harris
Fred Tate
Earl Graham
Jack Neal
Jimmy Clyburn
Earl Mundy
Dick Milsap
Pennington
Carl F
Venice
Cravens, Bluewell
Jarvis
Columbus
Coopers
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Thornhill
William Smith
Grundy Funeral Home
Matney
Buddy Blankenship
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