Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and surrounding areas
Obituaries list J Landon Kipps Williams 74 of 1831 Essex St Bluefield died in Bluefield Sanitarium. Veterans roles, survivors include wife Carrie, daughter H Warner Graham Jr., four grandchildren, sisters in Pa Va and Ohio. Funeral 2 pm Sunday Hawkins Chapel Bluefield with burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Landon Kipps Williams
Essex St
Bluefield
Blacksburg
Leroy King
Mattie Kipps Williams
Bluefield Produce Co
Methodist Church
Carrie Price Williams
H. Warner Graham Jr
Fay Sosebee
Aliquippa
Co. W. Lucas
Emporia
Alma Porterfield
Toledo
Ohio
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
A. E. Wills
Monte Vista Park
Death of Hubert Dewey Jones in Bluefield
Hubert Dewey Jones died Friday morning in St. Luke's Hospital Bluefield after a long illness. He was 67 and lived at 1236 Payne Street Bluefield. He was a son of the late William Jones and Mrs. Maxine White of Houston Texas. Survived by two sons Jimmy A. Jones of Bluefield and Richard T. Jones of Lake Charles Louisiana. Body to Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Frank Davidson
Levern
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Lovern
James R
Hillie Gore Davidson
Kelly Davidson
James R. Davidson Jr
Washington, D. C
Joseph Davidson
Philadelphia
Dorothy Megley
Evener Richardson
Washington
Severn Church of God
T. H
Bluefield
William H. Whitt
New Castle
Henry Franklin
Bassett
Troy Mullins
Sam Robertson
Lynn O’brien
Keystone
Elbert Herndon
Hickory
N. C
E. L. Watters
Atlanta
Hubert Dewey Jones
Payne St
St. Luke’s Hospital
William
Maxine White
Houston
Tex
Jimmy A. Jones
Richard T. Jones
Lake Charles
Hawkins Funeral Home
Obituary Notice for Charlie E. Sarver of Narrows Va
Charlie Edward Sarver 93 of Rt 1 Narrows Va died Friday in a Narrows nursing home. He was a retired farmer. Funeral conducted Sunday at 3 pm at Spruce Run Holiness Church with burial in Snodgrass Cemetery. Friends may call at Williams Jamison Funeral Home Pem broke Va after 1 pm Saturday.
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Lance Cpl
Melvin Sylvester Hoover
Ashland
Vietnam
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
McKinley Raymore
A. J. Pryor
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Elkhorn High School
U. S. Marines
Charlie Edward Sarver
Rt. 1
Narrows
Clemetine Martin
Spruce Run
Holiness Church
Snodgrass
Williams Jamison Funeral Home
Pembroke
Local 6613 Miner Nick Lalo Dies in Bartley Hospital
Nick Lalo 79 of Bartley dies after a short illness in Welch hospital. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1888 he lived in Bartley for 30 years and belonged to Local 6613 United Mine Workers of America. Survived by one daughter Mrs Michael Jarson.
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Nick Lalo
Bartley
Welch Hospital
Czechoslovakia
United Mine Workers of America
Michael Jarson
George Monroe Burge, 90, Dies at Home in Virginia
George Monroe Burge age 90 of 1506 Virginia Ave. Virginia died Friday at his home after a short illness. The body was taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield Virginia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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George Monroe Burge
Virginia Ave
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
Funeral notices for Goodwin Kennedy and Miller in Virginia and West Virginia
Charles A. Goodwin 79 of Cedar Bluff Virginia funeral Saturday at 2 pm at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel with burial in Greenhills Cemetery. Virgil Kennedy 33 of Red Ash Virginia funeral Sunday at 1 pm at Richlands Tabernacle. Ida Ellen Miller 90 of Bluefield memorial service Saturday 2 pm at Dudley Memorial Chapel with Maple Hill Cemetery burial.
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Miller
Ida Ellen
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Secretary Bailey criticizes voter canvass hiring in WV
West Virginia Secretary of State Robert D. Bailey said canvassers hired by county committees are often political hacks who cannot read or write. He argued the system leaves the rolls inadequately checked and unqualified names not weeded out. Bailey spoke to clerks and urged clerks to appoint canvassers locally, noting a failed legislative bill on the issue.
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Huntington
Secretary of
Robert D. Bailey
Bailey
West Virginia Association of County and Circuit Clerks
West Virginia
John Callebs
Callebs
U S Rifts at UN Open as Gromyko Pushes Arab Agenda
Johnson held a strategy session with Rusk and top U S officials in Washington while Rusk planned private talks with other foreign ministers in New York at the opening U N session. The United States aims to blunt Soviet influence as Gromyko seeks to frame Israel's actions as aggression and press for immediate withdrawal and a broader Arab plan.
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Johnson
Washington
Rusk
U.S
New York
United States
Soviet Union
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Andrei A. Gromyko
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Truck Slips Over Mountain on Sharp East River Turn
A tractor trailer leaving Kannapolis North Carolina slipped over an embankment on a sharp curve near Bluefield injuring the driver and causing about 10000 in damages. Gary Starnes 28 of Kannapolis was treated and released. The truck owned by Guignard Truck Lines of Charlotte NC was hauling roofing to Nitro West Virginia. Trooper C F Little investigated.
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East River Mountain
Bluefield
Gary Starnes
Kannapolis
N. C
Guignard Truck Lines
Charlote
Nitro
C. F. Little
Kosygin Says Big Four Talks Not Planned
Russia’s Kosygin stops in Paris en route to New York for a United Nations General Assembly session. He says he seeks a peaceful Middle East solution and sees no current plan for a Big Four summit or a Johnson meeting.
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Kosygin
Russia
General Assembly
Paris
New York
Mideast
de Gaulle
United Nations General Assembly
Elysee Palace
Three Bethany Lads Named All League
Three Bethany baseball players earned spots on the All Presidents Athletic Conference team. Shortstop Bob Fialkowski from Bellaire Ohio centerfielder Randy Kirkwood of DuBois Pennsylvania and pitcher Steve Clayton of Philadelphia Pennsylvania were honored.
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Bethany
W.va
Bob Fialkowski
Bellaire
Ohio
Randy Kirkwood
DuBois
Steve Clayton
Philadelphia
West Air Forecast Shows Warm Week Ahead
The Weather Bureau forecasts afternoon highs in the 80s and 90s for West Air over the next five days. Amounts are not expected to exceed one half inch, mainly early in the week.
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Weather Bureau
Dinner Canceled by Bluefield Shrine Club
The Bluefield Shrine Club announced the pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m. today at the Masonic Temple in Bluefield has been canceled. No substitute date is set.
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Bluefield
WVU Chooses Harlow as President Sees Free Campus Debate
Dr James Grindling Harlow incoming WVU president, touring Morgantown with his wife, says the university must tolerate divergencies of opinion and allow free demonstrations within lawful limits. He notes no major changes planned and praises the building program and athletic vigor.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
James Grindling Harlow
Harlow
College of Education
University of Oklahoma
Harry B. Heflin
University
Paul Miller
Newsmen
WVU
Miss America 1962 to Emcee Virginia Pageant in Roanoke
Miss America 1962 Marie Beale Fletcher will serve as mistress of ceremonies for the 14th Miss Virginia Pageant in Roanoke. July 10 begins a week of events with 37 contestants vying for a $3,000 scholarship fund and a chance to compete for Miss America 1968 in Atlantic City. Fletcher, Miss North Carolina 1961, is now married to James Growdon Jr. and resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Roanoke
Marie Beale Fletcher
Linda Jo Maclin
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
North Carolina
James Growdon Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Cash Stolen From Pocahontas Preacher’s Home
An alert remained Friday night for a suspect linked to the theft of cash reported to exceed 800 dollars in Pocahontas Virginia. About 700 dollars belonged to Ernest Westmoreland’s church and 120 to Westmoreland’s family. Police sought warrants as a search continued for the alleged thief amid a church revival.
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Pocahontas
Ernest Westmoreland
Housing Parley Ends With Cautious Optimism in Ohio
Delegates at the Appalachia housing conference in Columbus, linked public and private effort to rural poverty relief. Builders urged cooperative government and profitable private projects, while seeking clearer government roles and housing authorities guidance. Samuel C. Sharp of Ohio State University urged viable private programs as yardsticks for public actions. Leaders noted rising awareness of poor living conditions but limited help forthcoming.
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Columbus, Ohio
Appalachia
Samuel C. Sharp
Center of Economic Opportunity
Ohio University
Sharp
Center of Eeconomic Opportunity
Warrenizing board appointments announced across firms
Essie E Bailey of Princeton Bank and Trust Co is named to Warrenizing Inc president advisory board. Other appointments include Charles Thomason to the vice president board. Mercer county picks James Haun J L McNabb and Robert J Leedy to the county board. McDowell gains Stephen P Sizemore Joseph Stout while Summers adds Dr W J Gaal of Hinton.
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Essie E. Bailey
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
Warrenizing, Inc
Ralph Griffith
Charles Thomason
James Haun
J. L. McNabb
Robert J. Leedy
Mercer
Stephen P. Sizemore
Joseph §. Stout
Teenager Dies in WV Auto Crash Near Kermit
East er Smith a 16 year old resident of Kermit West Virginia was killed when her car veered off a road near the Mingo County community late Thursday police said the accident occurred along the highway close to this area authorities reported the teen died at the scene and the cause was under investigation
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Kermit
W.va
Easter Smith
Mingo County
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Persingers Restaurant
Princeton Ave
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