Deaths and Funerals: John Clayton Gunter 73
John Clayton Gunter 73 of Matheny died Saturday evening in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born April 27 at Key Rock he was a coal miner and UMWA member. Survived by wife Katheryn Keeney Gunter, two sons Walter and Bernie, three daughters Linda Karen Bennie, eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Matheny Methodist Church with burial at Palm Memorial Gardens. Nephews pallbearers. Call Evans and Evans Funeral Directors in Oceana.
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John Gunter
John Clayton Gunter
Matheny
Beckley
Key Rock
Wilburn Z
Nancy E. Tilley Gunter
Wyoming County
UMWA
Katheryn Keeney Gunter
Walter Gunter
Coal Mountain
Bernie Gunter
Youngstown
Ohio
Linda Alfrey
Karen Bowles
Bennie Gunter
Pineville
Arley Gunter
Pierpoint
Miley Gunter
Jesse
Bud Gunter
Princeton
Ben Gunter
Greenville
S.C
Hubert Gunter
Estil Gunter
Jess Gunter
Woodrow Lamb
Copperston
Blake Cook
Carl Webb
Ernie Polk
Maryland
Matheny Methodist Church
Roy Lester
Ralph Whitten
Palm Memorial Gardens
Evans
Solomon Howell
Solomon
Jess) Howell
Clemson Mobile Park
New Hope Road
McComas
Grassy Creek
N.C
Winfield and
Millie Massey Howell
Consolidated Coal Co
Mecomas
Crane Creek
Marie Lee Huffman Howell
Walter Howell
Sacramento
Calif
Kermit Howell
Matoaka
Carnes
Jeanette) Cecil
Alfred
Janice) Shrader
New Port Ritchie
Fla
Ella Mae Martin
Greenvalley
Bailey Funeral Home Chapel
Earl Jones
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
William Bondurant
William M
Mell) BonDurant
Vermillion St
Athens
Beckley Hospital
First Christian Church
Richard Flowers
Figsborro
Willie Mae Burges BonDurant
Jesse M. BonDurant
BonDurant
Athens Volunteer Fire Department
Athens Medical Center
Christian Companion
Christian Men's Fellowship
BonDurant Oldsmobile Company Inc
Myra Roberts Reese
Harold
Julia) Moore
Bluefield
Walt
Martha) Fitzgerald
Danville
J.W
Woody) BonDurant
J.W. BonDurant
Aurora
Ralph Repass
Buddy Raines
Wilburn Johnson
Joe Parker
Don Elmore
Richard Shumate
Guy
Thomas Whitt
Thomas Glover
Martha Elizabeth) Whitt
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Richlands Hospital
Linkous Chapel Freewill Baptist Church
Madeline van Hoozier
Seven Mile Ford
Irene Kestner
Tazewell
Clyde
Tom Cecil Whitt
Jack
Claude Whitt
Oberlin
Bob Rye
North Tazewell
Payton Dickens
Palm Bay
Sally Nuckles
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Carter Wells
James H. Sargent Jr
Whitt Family
Lick Branch
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead details and pricing
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893, publishing daily from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It notes Associated Press membership and subscription and home delivery rates, with mailing address and advertising representative information.
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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
Pollution Alert Still In Effect In Portland
Portland faces a second day under an air pollution alert due to Mount St Helens ash. Two weekend traffic deaths occurred on slick, ash‑covered roads as the ash dispersed and dried, with DEQ warning respirator users to stay indoors. Mayor McCready urged cleanup, limit set to 15 mph, and temporary sewage dumping approved to reduce sewer overload.
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Portland
Ore
Mount St. Helens
Washington State
State Department of
Jim Swensen
Connie McCready
McCready
Department of Environmental Quality
Columbia River
Housing bias sparks fear of renting with children in West Virginia
Realtors and many childless adults defend restrictive housing citing noise and disruption. A Princeton family recounts moving after learning they had a child, while a 25 year old mother describes two years of searches for affordable housing amid high rents. She urges action through Bluefield Public Housing Authority or the Charleston Human Rights Commission. Greenland is noted for its vast ice mass.
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Princeton
Center Street
Tiffany Manor
West Virginia
Bluefield
Human Rights Commission
Professional
Quarrier Street
Charleston
Boroff
Bluefield Lawyer James S. Redmond Dies at Home
Bluefield attorney James S. Redmond, a 40 year veteran, died Sunday at his Ridge Street home after a long illness. Born in Marion, Virginia, he studied at Morristown College Methodist School and Howard University Law School. He served Bluefield on the zoning committee and belonged to John Stewart United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Rosa Lewis Redmond and sister Lois Redmond Simmons. arrangements incomplete at Richardson's Funeral Home.
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James S. Redmond
Bluefield
Ridge Street
Marion
Morristown College Methodist School
Howard University Law School
Washington, D.C
Bland St
Redmond
John Stewart United Methodist Church
Rosa Lewis Redmond
Lois Redmond Simmons
Maryland
Richardson
Funeral today for Deacon Miller in Bluefield
Funeral services for Deacon Wade Hampton Miller 82 of Bluefield will be held at 11 a.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Dr. Lawrence Beal officiating. Pallbearers are Bluefield Lodge No 3F and AAY Masons. Restlawn Memorial Gardens Littlesburg. Lugo's Funeral service handles arrangements.
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Wade Hampton Miller
Bluefield
Hardy Street
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Lawrence Beal
A.R. Fleshman
Alvester McConnell
Samuel Marrs
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Bluefield Lodge No. 3F
A.A.Y. Masons
Lugo
Woman Faces Wreck Charges In Bluefield Crash
A 26 year old Bluefield woman Gladys S. Radford of 641 Cumberland Road faced multiple charges after a early morning single car crash on Maryland Avenue. Her 1973 Chevrolet ran through front yards at 1700 and 1704 Maryland Avenue and hit two telephone poles at 1302 Augusta Street. Charges include failure to maintain control expired operator license driving under the influence public intoxication and possession of a dangerous and deadly weapon. She was treated and released at Bluefield Community Hospital. Officers S Murphy and P Jones investigated.
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Bluefield
Gladys S. Radford
Cumberland Road
Maryland Avenue
Augusta Street
Radford
Bluefield Community Hospital
S. Murphy
P. Jones
Forest Fire Out Of Control Near Roosevelt National Forest
A plane crash sparked a forest fire near Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado, burning 1800 acres of lodgepole pine as 350 to 400 firefighters from Colorado Wyoming and Idaho battled 40 mph winds. Four people died in the crash and one firefighter was injured. Slurry bombers dropped retardant on the northeast front while authorities fought to contain the blaze amid high temperatures and low humidity.
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Red Feather Lakes
Colo
Roosevelt National Forest
Forest Service
Phil Johnson
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
National Forest
Denver
Boulder
Johnson
Vickers Wins Swimsuit Title in 1980 Miss West Virginia
SHINNSTON Shirley Katherine Vickers Miss Mercer County won the swimsuit competition at the 1980 Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant. From Bluefield Va she works at Humphrey's Exxon in West Virginia. Pamela Paugh Miss South Charleston was named Miss West Virginia after 12 contestants. Angela Goddard Miss Glenville State was first runner up. Elizabeth Connelly of South Charleston won the talent competition with a comedy skit.
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Lincoln High School
Elizabeth Connelly
South Charleston
Charleston
Buchanan County Teen Drowns At South Holson Lake
ABINGDON VA A Buchanan County teenager 14 Ricky Allen Taylor drowned Saturday afternoon while wading in South Holson Lake near the boat dock with two female companions. He was a ninth grade student at Grundy Junior High and the son of Jennings Taylor and the late Mac Keen Taylor. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Virginia Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Dry Fork Cemetery Vansant.
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Abingdon
Buchanan County
Holson Lake
Ricky Allen Taylor
Ralph Mumpower
Bristol Lifesaving Crew
Grundy
Jennings Taylor
Mac Keen Taylor
Eunice Conley
Otis Conley
Vansant
Martha Dennis Belcher
Oakwood
Rebecca Hagerman
Susan Ann Taylor
Dennis Mose Taylor
Mose Keen
Virginia Funeral Home
Jim Hill
Charlie Sublett
Dry Fork
Funeral Home
Johnson Funeral To Be Today
Funeral services for David Craig Johnson 21 of Bluefield Virginia who died in a single vehicle crash on U S Rt 460 will be held at 2 p m at Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church with Rev Thomas Stanley officiating Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield Tazewell Road Pallbearers are Jack Compton Buster Large Charlie Wood Kim Kirby David Talley David Litz Bill Morris and Tony Morris Flowerbearers are APCo linemen The family asks contributions to Bluefield Rescue Squad Bluefield Lions Club or the Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church
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David Craig Johnson
Bluefield
U.S
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Jack Compton
Buster Large
Charlie Wood
Kim Kirby
David Talley
David Litz
Bill Morris
Tony Morris
Apco
Rescue Squad
Lions Club
Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church
Sheppard Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for James Neal Sheppard, 61, of Rt. 1, Tazewell, Virginia, killed Friday afternoon in a tractor accident, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Greever with Reverend Eddie Nash officiating. Pallbearers named include Terry Jones, J.C. White, Robert Davis, Larry Williams, Kelly McGuire, and Jerry Parsons. honorary pallbearers listed are Sam Ward Bishop, Graham Buchanan, Charles Looney, William E. Osborne, Walden Keene, Roy Street, Robert Fuller, Eugene Herald, and Don Hagy.
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James Neal Sheppard
Rt. 1
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home Chapel
Eddie Nash
Terry Jones
J.C. White
Robert Davis
Larry Williams
Kelly McGuire
Jerry Parsons
Sam Ward Bishop
Graham Buchanan
Charles Looney
William E. Osborne
Walden Keene
Roy Street
Robert Fuller
Eugene Herald
Don Hagy
Burning Hell film shown at J H Easley Tabernacle
The Burning Hell will be presented at 7 p.m. today at the J H Easley Tabernacle on Henderson Street in Princeton. Also today the auxiliary convention of the West Virginia district opens at the tabernacle and runs through Saturday. The public is welcome.
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JH. Easley Tabernacle
J.H. Easley Tabernacle
Henderson Street
Princeton
West Virginia
Tabernacle
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Coeburn
Virginia Funeral Home Chapel
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Ann E. Brown) Hicks
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Lebanon, Va
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Johnson City, Tenn
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Lebanon
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Hurst-Scott Funeral
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Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
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Sonny) Elswick
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American Cancer Society
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Maple Street
Tazewell, Va
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Fairmont Foods
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Gainesville
Robert Hudson
Maple Hill Cemetery
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James Warden
Jimmy Leonard
Frank Denardo
Donald Roach
Graham Funeral Home
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Airport Road
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Athens Road
Ray Furror
Clarence Dillon
Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery
Bob Keaton
Don Dillon
Bert Combs
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Terry Vance
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William S. Winfrey II
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