Deaths and Funerals in Honaker and Surrounding Areas
Raymond N Woodward 65 of Honaker Va died Thursday in a Lebanon hospital after a heart attack. Survived by wife Hazel, daughter Floyd Barnette Jr, son Harry Woodward, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Sunday 2 pm at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery. Nephews pallbearers. honorary pallbearers Carl Jackson Joe Hooker.
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Raymond N. Woodward
Honaker
Lebanon
Red Jacket
Daniel Joseph
Sarah Dooley Woodward
Woodward
Island Creek Coal Co
Buchanan
Valley View Freewheel Baptist Church
Ronald Woodward
Hazel Woodward
Floyd Barnette, Jr
Pineville
Harry Joseph Woodward
Columbus
Ohio
J.B. Looney
Plain City
Perry Hackney
Louise Barath
Cora Nolin
Williamson
Raymond Farthing
Danville
William H. Woodward
Honaker Funeral Home
Howard Bostic
Truel Brown
Thomas Taylor
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Carl Jackson
Joe Hooker
Funerals listed for locals with multiple services today
Multiple funeral services are set for William Delp 16 of Bear Town and Mrs Maggie Keyser plus Creatus Barnes and William G Barnes, Clarence Harman, Thomas Dyson SSGt and Archie Thomas. Services occur at churches and funeral chapels with interments at Horn Maplewood Roselawn and Bluewell areas.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Listing Rates
The notice outlines subscription pricing by mail for first and second zones in West Virginia, with a yearly rate of 46.80 and home delivery at 2.90 per calendar month. It identifies the paper as a member of the Associated Press and the Audited Bureau of Circulation, with advertising representation by Landon Associates.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Biveteia W Ve
Jace
Mai
West Virgina
Aud Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Panther Man Drowns In Trace Fork Near Panther
A 29 year old McDowell County man, Jerry Justice of Panther, drowned on Trace Fork after apparently suffering an epileptic seizure while groundhog hunting. Relatives report he left home Thursday afternoon. He is survived by his parents, widow Sue Looney Justice, four brothers Hurdle Hershel Jimmy and Ted, and one sister Geraldine Matney. Services set for 11 a.m. Sunday at his parents’ home, with burial in Justice Cemetery on Trace Fork. Fanning Funeral Home of Jaeger in charge.
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McDowell County
Trace Fork
Panther
Jerry Justice
Justice
J. E. Ratliff
W. F. Martin
John
Pricy Justice
Sue Looney Justice
Hurdle Justice
Hershel Justice
Jimmy Justice
Ted Justice
Elbert
Geraldine) Matney
Everette Myers
Elbert Justice
Harold Burks
Cecil Burks
Claude Conn
Morgan Belcher
Hershel Link
John Justice
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Rites Set Monday For Crash Victim Guy Compton Sr
Funeral services for Guy Houston Compton Sr., 76, of Davy killed in a Tuesday Coalwood Mountain crash will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch with Rev. Jackie Hamilton and Salvation Army Capt. Jim Bevender officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield Princeton Road. He was a retired Norfolk and Western Railway section foreman and a Salvation Army member. He is survived by his daughter Beulah Mullins Compton McBrayer of Germany, sons Lyndon and Roger Compton, stepsons Ralph and Eugene Smith, stepdaughters Bertha Brooks and Kim Smith, sisters Janie Pershay and Ella V. Harris, and brother Robert Edward Compton. The funeral home will open Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m.
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Guy Houston Compton Sr
Davy
Coalwood Mountain
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Welch
Jackie Hamilton
Salvation Army
Jim Bevender
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton
John Compton
Norfolk & Western Railway
Caroline Compton
Beulah Mullins Compton
Roy
Lois Jean) McBrayer
Germany
Lyndon F. Compton
U. S. Army
Roger Compton
Ralph Smith
Eugene Smith
Mohegan
Bertha Brooks
Pineville
Kim Smith
Janie Pershay
Falls Mills
Ella V. Harris
Robert Edward Compton
Shawsville
Bluefield Receives Two Anti Crime Grants Totaling Over 4700
The City of Bluefield collected two grants from the Governor's Committee on Crime Delinquency and Correction totaling more than 4700. The Bluefield Police Department received 2639 for a college incentive pay program, and 2034 for improving law enforcement operations with a latent print and photo kit a wide angle lens a safety divider screen and an electronic siren public address system.
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Bluefield
Governor's Committee On
City of
Chamber Group to Attend Amtrak Hearing in Bluefield
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce will form a group to attend a June 30 hearing in the Federal Courtroom Bluefield on Amtrak Hilltopper plan elimination. Officials urge citizens to voice concerns and future goals for rail service amid nationwide DOT hearings on trimming routes.
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Greater Bluefield
Amtrak
McKenzie
Bluefield
U. S. Department of Transportation
Welch
William
Washington
Charleston
Huntington
Hinton
Ohio
Kentucky
Rail Services Planning Office
Interstate Commerce Commission
John P. Killoran
West Virginia Railroad Maintenance Authority
West
Transportation Department
Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Keyser
Bowlesburg
Grafton
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Blue Ridge
Thousands Mark Anniversary Of Riots In Africa
Thousands of black worshippers gathered at Regina Mundi Church in Soweto to mark the 1976 riots, with police present and several tense incidents reported. Leaders called for racial justice as apartheid controls eased slightly, and Dr. Nthato Motana hailed the anniversary as a sign that change is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soweto
South Africa
Regina Mundi
Johannesburg
Former Area Resident Charged In N C Murder
Former Tazewell County resident Ronald Curtis Davidson 36 of Kernersville North Carolina faces first degree murder charges in the shooting death of 19 year old Richard Gordon Jones of Dutch Village Apartments Winston Salem. Police say Davidson fired through a front door striking Jones and his father John Gordon Jones. Davidson remains jailed in Forsyth County with a preliminary hearing scheduled.
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Tazewell County
Winston- Salem, N. C
North Carolina
Daily Telegraph
Ronald Curtis Davidson
Foothills Drive
Kernersville
N. C
Falls Mills
Richard Gordon Jones
Jones
Dutch Village
Davidson
Johnny
Young Jones
Baptist Hospital
Winston Salem
Forsyth County
No Arrests Yet in Noble Scott Murders Broadcast Error
Virginia investigators say no arrests made in the Noble and Scott murders despite rumors of a radio broadcast. Wytheville state police officer A K Metro says officials are still questioning people and pursuing leads. Autopsies indicate Noble drowned after being thrown into Wolf Creek and Scott died from a gunshot with his body reportedly set on fire. no motive has been established.
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Noble-Scott
A. K. Metro
Wytheville
Virginia State Police
Metro
Karen Noble
Bluefield
Jeffrey Scott
Bramwell
Mercer County
Daily Telegraph
Noble
Scott
Giles County
Roanoke
Miss Noble
Wolf Creek
State Employment Dept Warned of Malpractice
Government records show the U S Labor Department warned West Virginia’s Department of Employment Security in April 1974 of serious malpractice findings and false job placement reporting to gain federal funds. Current officials acknowledge ongoing problems and a new federal probe. Clarence Winebrenner, a former employee, filed a $4 million harassment suit in U S District Court over phony placement listings in the Ronceverte office.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. Department of Labor
State Department of Employment Security
Department
Charleston Daily Mail
Labor Department
Clement Bassett
Labor
Clarence Winebrenner
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
US District Court
Department of Employment Security
World Almanac Q and A items
The World Almanac presents a quiz with three questions about oil history Alaska purchase and a mid 19th century treaty. It asks the location of the first productive oil well Titusville Pennsylvania true or false on Seward's Alaska purchase and the treaty ending the Franco Prussian War.
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Titusville
Houston
Texas
Oklahoma City
Okla
William H. Seward
Russia
Alaska
U.S
Frankfort
Airport committee to study Mercer County flights and delays
Norconk said the new committee will study all incoming and outgoing flights at Mercer County Airport to identify shortcomings and propose improvements. Piedmont reported weather and construction caused numerous cancellations, while extensions to the runway and wider pads could boost landings, cargo and passenger load. The group plans mapping flights to connect points and may take issues to the Civil Aeronautics Board if airline cooperation fails.
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Norconk
Mercer County
Farrington
Piedmont
Charleston
Frank Kersey
Mercer
Civil Aeronautics Board
Aeromech
Allegheny
Atlanta
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Richmond
Washington
Los Angeles
Carter Torrijos Panama ceremony marks treaty milestone
President Carter visits Panama City as the U S Panama treaties near enforcement in 1979. Torrijos frames the pact as a transcendental national achievement while security tightens after campus violence leaving two dead. Opponents urge canal transfer, but government warns against interference as Carter outlines a lasting foreign policy victory.
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Torrijos
Panama City Colosseum
United States
Panama
Carter
S. Senate
Washington
Atlanta
The
Baptist Brotherhood
Gen. Torrijos
University of Panama
U.S
National Guard
Widow Wins 750000 In Asbestos Suit
In Norfolk a federal jury awarded Helen Dishner 750000 to her late husband Ira Dishner, who died of an asbestos related cancer. The award against Johns Manville Corp. may be a national record in asbestos cases. The suit sought 3 million. more than 100 similar cases are filed in Virginia.
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Norfolk
Ira Dishner
Virginia
Johns Manville Corp
U. S. District Court
Helen Dishner
Dishner
Johns Manville
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Kermit M. Walker
Kermit Michael Walker
Douglas Mortuary
Wilbur Thomas SR
Wilbur Thomas, Sr
Boissevain
Adamsville
Alabama
Will
Mita Kinney Thomas
Pocahontas Fuel Company
UMW
Mable M. Thomas
Wilbur Thomas Jr
Lowell Thomas
Staten Island
N. Y
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
Pocahontas
Kermit Fowler Jr
Bryant
Wolfe
J. B. Mattox
Freddie Maxwell
Wallace Mason
John Horton
Alex Mattox
James Mattox
Robert Oley
Robert
Lucy Price) Oley
Catterey
W. B
Agnes Sutherland Hill
Pocahontas Baptist Church
Women's Circle of the Church
Robert Bert Oley
Carrie L. Hill
Silver Spring
Thomas A
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Charles H. White Jr
Jimmy White
Jesse Matson
Harold Myers
Charlie Ferrell
Paul Asbury
Charles Helmandollar
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Chapel
William Dillard
William R
Susie) Dillard
North Tazewell
Big Stone Gap
James B
Mary Hopkins Ratliff
Tazewell
Greenville
S.C
Robert J. Dillard
Salem
Paul B. Dillard
Chester
Reese Ratliff
Pulaski
W.C. Ratcliff
James B. Ratliff
Hyter B. Ratliff
Callie Turner
Annie Burkett
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Eddie Nash
Max Linkous
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery-St Clair Funeral Home
Dennie Simmons
Putnam St
Gary
Ollie
Rose Holley Simmons
East Christian Church
Nannie Mae Tucker
George Simmons
Keystone
Elijah Simmons
East Graham
Clarence Johnson
Bryant Cemetery
Lugo
Roxann Beavers
Richlands
George and
Pearl Mounts Beavers
Bradshaw
Donna Sue Lowe
Annie Beaver
Altwelle
Lilly Mounts
Short Ridge Cemetery
Garland
James Short
Fanning
Delp
Beartown
Church of the Living God
James Adair
William Turner
Booker Riffe
Horn
Rock Ridge Road
Donnie Riffe
Bobby Jeffrey
John Keaton
Charlie Brigart
Tony McCoy
Jeff Tatum
Tim Stanley
Laeger
Maggie
Danny Camden
Roderfield
Frank Bussey
Simpson Burdett
Tommy Bailey
Roy Mullens
Andy Hatfield
H.C. Beavers
Luther Keith
Sammy Butler
Buck Amos
Bernard Kennedy
Dyson
Thomas F
Cravens-Shires
Rev
C. C. Tolbert
Salisbury
Bluefield Princeton Road
Fort Knox
Thomas
Archie G
Peery-St. Clair Funeral
Berlin Smith
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Panther Man
Fathers Day
Pearl
Uv AL CO
Burg
Jim Terry
Congress
Killoran
Office of
U. S. Rail Public Counsel
Robert McManus
Suite 1200
15Th St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Africa
N.C
Pat Cecil Daly
John Gordon Jones
Giles County, Va
Sheriff's Department
State Employment Dept
Sclon
Sen. Fogblender
Miner GT
the World Almanac
Burkes Garden
Bob Campbell
Travelers
Panama City
Bakers Market
C. Baker RT
Tazewell RD
Double
T. V
Nena
Oreida Golden Krinkle
U.s.no
Idaho
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