Obituaries fill a Welch and region with June deaths
A long list of local and surrounding area deaths is reported with ages and residence towns such as Welch, Baltimore, Keystone, Pipestem, Bluefield, and Princeton. Many entries note funeral home arrangements and dates, with Florence Nester Kitts given special attention and detailed life history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth la Nelle Agee
Welch
Welch Emergency Hospital
Fanning
Joseph Bell
Baltimore
Matoaka
Bailey-Kirk
Princeton
Dewey Gunter
Bent Mountain
Serena
Winston- Salem
N.C
Memorial
Sadie M. Howard
Keystone
Bluefield
Welch Hospital
Richardson Funeral
Farmington
Mich
Hattie Marie Law
Pipestein
Summers County
Appalachian Regional
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Eva Martha Riner Leffel
Joliet, Ill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Pierce Edward Stevenson
St. 2
Elkins
Johnson Funeral Home
Mamie Louise Stowers
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Albert R. Webb
Bastian
Montcalm
Wytheville
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
UMWA
Concord College
Athens
Painter’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Speedway
John
Jack
Willie
Carlton Gunter
Ellen Faye Caldwell Gunter
Linda Jean Gunter Sexton
Clemmons
Wayne Lee Gunter
Marcheta
Estella Shrewsbury
Walnut Cove
Verde Beggs
Mary McDowell
Melvin
Oxford
Eric Jason Sexton
Aaron Joseph Gunter
Christina Jo Sexton
Burns Wornal
Athens Road
Paul Hall
Bobby Holcomb
Phillips Family
Browns Ridge Road
Lerena
Ella Fitzgerald Dies at 78 World’s First Lady of Song
Beverly Hills California AP Ella Fitzgerald famed as the world’s first lady of song died at 78 after a long illness diabetes complications and leg amputations in 1993 she recorded 250 albums won 13 Grammys born April 25 1918 in Newport News Virginia rose from Apollo Theater beginnings to a five decade career with Chick Webb Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington her voice spanned blues bebop and ballads and she remained a pivotal figure in jazz history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ella Fitzgerald
Crystal
Miss Fitzgerald
Andrea Hecht
Newport News
Apollo Theater
Harlem
Chick Webb
Yale
Fitzgerald
Webb
al Feldman
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Pete Kelly
Abbott and Costello
Jazz At the Philharmonic
George Gershwin
Rodgers and Hart
Jerome Kern
Johnny Mercer
Irving Berlin
Harold Arlen
Duke Ellington
MacDonald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florence Nester
First United Methodist Church of
Edward Lee Kitts
Mary Lee Kitts
Jack Kitts
Ed Kitts
Kate
Bland Messenger
The
Red Cross
Salvation Army
West Virginia
June Carey
Robert
Birmingham
Claude Kitts
Jacksonville
Fla
Memorial Funeral Directory
David Jasper
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Courthouse Road
Rt. 1
McComas
George and
Charity Hill Webb
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Tipple
Elsie Mae Stone Webb
Everette Webb
Sinking Springs
Vester Webb
Bayne Webb
Newark
Del
Justin Webb
New Castle
Evelyn Gillenwater
Laura Hodges
Rock
Nellie Law
Christine Flowers
Williamstown
Jeanette Helmandollar
Bristol
James Beavers
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Elkin
Mr. Stevenson
Pay
Tazewell
John Melvin
Virginia Lockhart
Susan Cox
Lois Stevenson
State Road
Brenda Flynn
King, N.C
Judy Jones
Mt. Airy
Vera Stevenson
Karl Stevenson
Roaring River
James Stevenson
Marion
Dennis Stevenson
Steve
Melvin Stevenson
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Roy Flynt
Tony Bowman
Wilkes County
Elizabeth la Nelle Agee Welch
Lord
Charles Vorderberg
First Presbyterian Church
Virginia Avenue
Miss Agee
Staunton
Leonard Cleveland
Mollie Marie Cline Agee
Jack Davis
Harrisonburg
McDowell County
Welch High School
Radford College
Radford
West Virginia University
Virginia
Logan
War
Gary and
Welch Daily News
YWCA
Beta Phi Theta
Phi Beta Kappa
Chaminade Club
Junior Women’s Club
Delta Kappa Gamma
Phi
Zeta
War History Commission
West Virginia University Board of Governors
WVU Alumni Association
National Education Association
National Council of Teacher of English
West Virginia Education Association
McDowell Education Association
Mearse
West Association of Classroom Teachers
Maplewood
Hattie Hattie Marie Law
Pipestem
Summers County Appalachian Hospital
Robert and
Suzanna Lilly St. Clair
Jordans Chapel Methodist Church
Cook’s Chapel Baptist Church
Lee
Jim
Ernie
Farris St. Clair
Nellie Farley
Grace Pittman
Pearl Farley
Fred W. Law
Curtis
Ronna Law
Dayton
Ohio
Billy
Brenda Law
Albany
Cassie St. Clair
C.D
Virginia) Pettry
Ora Coleman-Barrett
Ronald Meadows Funeral
John S. Atkinson
St. Clair Family
Bland Street
Maples Nursing Home
Glen Morgan
James Edward Riner
Eva Lee Shively Riner
College Avenue Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
George Richardson, III
A.B. “Arlo” Leffel, Jr
Joyce L. Abshire
James Riner
Vera Gilkerson
Milton
Frances L.) Medwin
New Jersey
Harvey
Violet) Bailey
Maple Hill
Alton King
Mercer Funeral Home of
Bear Mountain
Winston-Salem
Mercer County
Alice Prince Gunter
U.S. Army
Merrill’s Marauder
Pearl Harbor
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Burkes Garden
Hiram R. Stowers
Florence Moss Stowers
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Earl
Ralph
Vance Stowers
Lena Stowers
Margaret Katherine Rhody
Mary Kate Shannon Stowers
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Steve Smith
Thomas A. Colley
Melody Kinsertly
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Barbara Hawkins
W.va
Richmond
Terri Hale
Tammy Richardson
Randy Sanger
Rhonda Wade Watson
Bobby English
Mastercard
Visa
Daily Telegraph
MAIL
National Advertising Rep
Cresmer
Song
Ee Aa Ae
Charles Cole
Sherry Bailey
April Cole
Nancy Cole
Darring Fu
Dave Marchant
Dad
Alvin
Emory
Leland
Dana
Wanda
Yas
James D. Curran, SR
Don
Daddy
Sherry
Jimmy
Todd
Aimee
Everlasting Monument Company
Peterstown
Bluefield Monument Company
Bluefield Virginia
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