Deaths and Funerals in Rural Virginia and Ohio
Obituary notices for Delmas Sparkman 65 of Richlands Virginia and Rosa Caroline Street Keith 89 of Raven Virginia, plus multiple other seniors and local residents. Details list survivors, churches, burial sites, and funeral times across Buchanan and Tazewell counties with family names Sawyers Street Mullin and Blevins, among others.
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Jasper
Rosa Caroline Street
Lewisburg
Ohio
Lou Burgess
Sue Mann
Ashville
N.C
Elliott Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Wallace Street
Dayton
Jim Steet
Richlands
Bill Street
Haymaker
Frank Street
Peoples
Vicky Lester
Rowe
Dolly Davis
Rowe Pentacostal
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher and Ad Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists publication info including address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 subscription rates 58.80 per year home delivery 4.90 per month and advertising representative Landon Associates as part of standard masthead notices.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
W. Va
Landon Associates
Missing Teen Edna Byrd reported by Princeton police
West Virginia State Police seek Edna Byrd a 16 year old missing from Matoaka reported by her mother Audrey Byrd. Last seen at home she wore maroon slacks tan shoes carried a brown purse with brown hair blue eyes about 5 foot 7 and 125 to 130 pounds. Authorities urge information.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Matoaka
Audrey Byrd
Edna Byrd
State Court Strikes Down Regulatory Act in West Virginia
West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 1976 legislative rule making act unconstitutional for allowing legislative overreach into executive power. The ruling nullifies the Rule-Making Review Committee’s five year authority to overturn agency regulations. In a second ruling the court limited retroactive pension effects from a 1979 salary law, affecting judges past and present. Justice Darrell V. McGraw Jr. wrote both opinions. Justice Thomas McHugh did not participate.
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Charleston, W.va
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
Thomas McHugh
Fred H. Caplan
McHugh
County Man Found Dead in Rock Man’s Home
A 37-year-old Rock man Kenneth C. Shrewsbury was found dead Monday morning. State Police say no foul play is suspected and the body was sent for autopsy. Survivors include a son, a daughter, and three sisters. Burial at Mt Olive Cemetery in Lashmeet after viewing at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton.
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Richlands
McGlothlins Inc
Pounding Mill
U.S. Army
Air Force
Mary Elizabeth. Daniels Sparkman
Tex
Juanita) Sawyers
Randall
Lynn) Whited
Dianne Sparkman
Larry Sparkman
Ira D
Cora Lee Privett) Blevins
Rt. 3
Box
Bluefield
Asheville
N.C
Wiley
Loretta Davis Privett
Silas
Helen) Wright
Avon
Opal) Graham
Moss Point
Miss
Cecil Blevins
Cleveland
Ohio
Lester Blevins
Jessie Blevins
Cincinnati
Arthur Blevins
Ira D. Blevins
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
John Witt
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Albert Reed
Jolo
Welch
Jaeger
Thomas and
Armeda Stacy Reed
Holiness Church of God
Atwell
Lewis Reed
Jessie Reed
Thomas
Daisy ) Shrader
Wick
Clara) Muncy
Octavia
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
John Henry Jewell
Doyle Riffe
Tom Sparks
Rock Ridge
Bertha Blankenship
Panther
Andy
Laura Walker Cline
Glennis McGuire
Chloe Lester
Laura Cline
Bernice Justice
Wanda Justice
Maggie Cline
Lynce
Genevie Wood
Niles
Chilton Blankenship
Herman
Rae) Blankenship
Adam Cline
Johnny Cline
John R. Justice
Mark Cline
Roy Mullins
Tom Lester
Greenbrier
Fanning
Bernard William Knox
Christiansburg
Louise Knox
Ronnie
Joanne) Yost
Dallas
Judy) Johnson
Harry Booth
Richardson Horne
Sebert Borre
James
Geneva) Wynne
Princeton
Stephen Wynne
Joe Wynne
Beckley
George W. Seaver
Harry Christie
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mercer County Veterans Council
Kenneth C. Shrewsbury
West Virginia
J.R. Howell
Rock
Shrewsbury
Carl and
Lydia Karnes Shrewsbury
Danny C., Shrewsbury
Donna Lynn Shrewsbury
Satttelite Beach
Fla
Pansy Mills
Juanita Harrison
Elgin
S.C
Opal Woolwine
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Paul Hall
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Lashmeet
Buchanan Board Okays Budget
Buchanan County Supervisors approved the 1981 82 budget after about three and a half hours of work. The tax levy remains 13.20 with school budgets at 21 million. A roughly 1.37 million cut was made from the proposed total while salaries for county and school staff are set to rise 10 percent pending final school funding decisions.
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Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Wayne Horne
Ernest Raines
Raines
Queen Elizabeth II Appears Publicly Amid Parade Incident
In London Queen Elizabeth II smiled and walked near crowds as Marcus Sarjeant, 17, was ordered held without bail after firing six blank cartridges at the monarch during a parade. At Bow Street Magistrates Court he was charged under the Treason Act with discharging a pistol with intent to alarm and warned of a possible seven year maximum sentence.
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London
Elizabeth II
Marcus Simon Sarjeant
Bow Street
Mayors Remain Upset With Reagan Over City Policies
At the U S Conference of Mayors meeting in Louisville President Reagan issued a tempered peace offer but faced charges of launching an unprovoked attack on cities due to his economic programs. HUD chief Pierce urged consideration of both budget sides as Gary Indiana Mayor Hatcher defended the mayoral stance and complained of White House snubs.
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Louisville
Reagan
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Samuel Pierce
Richard Hatcher
Gary
Ind
White House
Reagan Tax Cut Faces Delay Fears in Congress
Republican leaders warned President Reagan that Democratic foot-dragging could push the tax-cut program past the August 1 target. At the White House meeting, lawmakers called the effort the opening wedge to lock in support for the plan. Rep. Barber Conable Jr. said they are beginning to doubt timely completion.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Congress
Larry Speakes
Barber B. Conable Jr
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Khomeini Backers Stage Massive Tehran Demonstration
About a half million supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini poured into Tehran streets after he demanded an apology from President Bani Sadr. Bani Sadr called Khomeini actions unjust as leftists and moderates planned counter rallies. Revolutionary guards raided a Tehran gathering spot and arrested eight people.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Khomeini
Bani Sadr
Stolen cash recovered after Piggly Wiggly robbery
Russell County deputies say most of about 45 000 dollars stolen from Piggly Wiggly after 10 p.m. Saturday was recovered. Suspects Larry Wayne Harrison and Gary Kenneth Gross of Richlands were arrested Sunday around 4 a.m. on armed robbery charges. Deputy William Beverlin reported all but 200 dollars and 3 600 in checks and food stamps remain at large.
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Lebanon
Russell County Sheriff's Department
Larry Wayne Harrison
Gary Kenneth Gross
Richlands
Kermit Stallard
William Beverlin
Hawkins Retires From Newspaper After 44 Years
Ralph O. Hawkins, former press room foreman for the Daily Telegraph Printing Company, retires after 44 years with the firm including time at Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Sunset News. A World War II veteran of the 101st Airborne, he plans travel with fellow veterans and lives with wife Ida Lee on the Bluefield Princeton Road. son Eric works as a respiratory therapist.
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Ralph O. Hawkins
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Hawkins
International Printing Pressmen and Graphic Arts Union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Daily Telegraph
U.S. Air Force
101St Airborne
Europe
Ida Lee
Bluefield
Princeton
Eric
Bluefield Community Hospital
Prison Escapees Plead Guilty in Smyth County Case
Warren and Charles Franklin, both serving life terms for first degree murder in Maryland, pleaded guilty in Smyth County Circuit Court to two counts of attempted murder and related firearm charges tied to an April 3 shooting with Virginia State Police. They were captured near Marion after a March escape from Maryland Correctional Institute. The brothers also agreed to extradition to West Virginia to face 16 charges there.
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Marion
Maryland
Smyth County
Virginia
Warren Douglas Franklin
Charles Bruce Franklin
Commonwealth
Danny Lowe
Franklins
West Virginia
Martinsburg
W.va
Maryland Correctional Institute
Hagerstown
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Delmas Sparkman
Knott County
Nathaniel and
Hattie Draughn
Kentucky
Jasper Keith
Henry Vance
Henry Clay Vance
Oakwood
Grundy Hospital
Buchanan County Funeral Home
King Mountain
Robert Horton
Robert Newton Horton
Tazewell Ave
Houston, Tex
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Mrs
Ira Blevins
P.m
Grat M. Mullin
Holland, Mich
Tazewell
Holland
Falls Mills
William and Mary Tabor Mullin
Tazewell Christian Church
Tazewell National Bank
Alex R. Baldo
Robert S. Mullin
Gainsville, Fla
Pearl Leffel Mullin
McDonald Mullin
Tazewel Christian Church
John S. Salleby
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery & St Clair Funeral Home
Jerry Caldwell
Jerry R. Caldwell
Fifth St
Dewey L. Hoops
Bramwell Road
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Lloyd Hardy
Lloyd Lawson Hardy
Squire
Tazewell Hospital
Roderfield
Matilda Artis Hardy
Thomas Harlow Hardy
New River & Pocahontas Fuel Company
June Wade Hardy
Richard Jessie
Matoka
Archie Hall
Melbouren
Alfred Long
Carrolton
Richard Baker
Gatensville
Harold Hardy
North Tazewell
Charles Hardy
Barnwell
8.C
Archie Lee Hawkins
Orville Hardy
Ann Arbor
Mich
Squire Temple
Henry Gibson
Harvey Asbury
Douglas Funeral Home
War
Roland
Edgar Clifton
Thorpe
Wilcoe Church of God
Omar Burns
John Day
Willis Cochoran
Tom Gentry
Rodney Mullins
Steve Kowalski
Bill Goodwin
Kingrea
Lucy Jane
Reseda
Cal
Frank Blevins
Charlie R. Addington
B.G. Bowersox
Henry Talley
Rick Long
Owen Richmond
Eric Waters
Don Neale
Charles Warden
Bernard Knox
Walker Grady Anderson
Mercer Street
Princeton Community Hospital
Anderson
Virginian Hotel
Lee Anderson
Alice Pierce Anderson
Lena Dangerfield Anderson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
The
Plasterers
Cement Masons International Association
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Sandy Thompson
Bluefield High School
Martin Luther
RCA
Spring ST. Bluefield
Buchanan Board
Ralph Hawkins
Morgan
Hampshire
Berkeley Counties
Thomas E. Butt
D.D.S.P.C. TR
NOSE
Warrenizing Cleaners
Northfork
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