Deaths and Funerals Impact Virginia Community
Obituary notices list Frank E. Lester of Big Rock and Jerry R. Caldwell of Princeton among many local residents who died after long illnesses. The chronicle records survivors including spouses, children, and extended kin, plus funeral details, locations, and callers.
Princeton Boy Drowns At Clover Hollow Reservoir
A 15 year old Princeton youth Gregory Davidson died after drowning at a reservoir in Clover Dew Hollow near Green Valley. He was pulled from the 10 foot deep lake after signaling distress and died in Princeton Community Hospital. He was active in school bands and track and survived by his parents and two brothers. Funeral services were held in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Lester
Big Rock
Grundy
Buchanan County
Joe
Caroline Lester
Primitive Baptist Church
Cosby J. Lester
Roxie Skeens
Mable Davis
Rose Jean Green
Eunice Lester
Gracie Ratliff
Josephine Charles
Roy Lester
Johnny Lester
Homer Lester
Tazewell
George Ed Lester
Rt. 1
Mary Adkins
Hurley
Violet Hilton
Defiance
Ohio
Tennessee Lester
Mae Clifton
Tampa
Fla
Paris Lester
Noah Lester
Jim Lester
Dry Fork Primitive Baptist Church
Vansant
Elmer Brown
Johnny Blackburn
Robert F. Baxter
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Grundy Funeral Home
Jerry R. Caldwell
Fifth Street
Princeton
Gertrude Caldwell
Glenwood Park
Jasper Caldwell
Bluefield Supply Company
Bluefield
U.S. Marine Corps
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Holy Men of the Church
Loyal Order of Moose
Princeton Lodge
Legion of Moose
Margaret Monarchie Caldwell
Sammy Martin
Dublin
Danny Martin
el Paso
Texas
Jackie Caldwell
Baltimore
Jackie Brown
Narrows
Nancy White
Danny Caldwell
Richmond
Kenny Caldwell
Norfolk
William O'Donnell Omi
Richard Sudlik Omi
Resthaven Memorial Park
Memorial
Athens Road
Robert Horton
Robert Newton Horton
Tazewell Ave
Richlands
Houston
Tex
Calvin and
Virginia Lockhart Horton
Norfolk & Western Railway
Order of Railway Conductors
Charlie Noland
Charlie G
Clara L.) Noland
Matoaka
Kegley
Floyd and
Lena Beckleheimer
West Virginian Hotel
Carl Johnson
Della Brown
Burlington
N.C
Thlema Hodges
Emory Farmer
Rock
Delbert Farmer
Paul Hall
Johnson Family
Black Oak
Princeton Community Hospital
Clover Dew Hollow
Green Valley
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
R.E. Baughman
Gregory Davidson
Hatcher St
Princeton Hospital
Baughman
Troy
Tim
Ethel Jennings Davidson
Princeton Junior High School
Montcalm Primitive Baptist Church
Dennis Davidson
Wayne Davidson
W.A. Davidson
Peterstown
Luther Jennings
Polly Jennings
Bailey Funeral Home Chapel
Harold Sutphin
Amos Turner
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
City faces $50,000 potential cost from 1976 WV bill
West Virginia city officials warn the 1976 Legislature measure could require up to $50,000 in back pay for firemen and policemen due to holiday and day off pay rules. City legal staff say suits are pending and state action unlikely. The board also addresses fence height enforcement and easement access, plus parade permits and a Jaycees donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
John Feuchtenbeger
Attorney General's Office
Ben Paine
Fred Burton
Feuchtenberger
Bluefield Board of Adjustments
Board of Adjustments
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Info And Rates
Publication details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph include address, publication frequency, and association with the Associated Press. Subscription and home delivery rates are listed, along with postal information and circulation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Sesiaaliedl
Dente Advertising Esentative
Marcos Re-Elected President of Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos was easily re-elected president of the Philippines for six more years amid a boycott by the opposition which alleged widespread fraud. Marcos, voting in Batac, pledged to work on reconciliation with opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
The
Marcos
Batac
Coopers Man Found Dead in Apparent Self-Inflicted Shooting
A 31 year old Coopers man, Charles Edward Eddie Brown, was found dead in his home Tuesday morning from a single chest gunshot. A .25 caliber pistol lay on the floor. Neighbors reported a nighttime noise and an autopsy is planned at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coopers
W.A. Dean
State Police
Princeton
Charles Edward
Eddie) Brown
Dean
Brown
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Landing Crisis Report Approves Board Findings
The board said that attempting lift off from the runway would likely have decreased impact severity if braking continued, potentially yielding a survivable accident. The report, approved last Wednesday, notes specifics on the pilot’s choices during the aborted landing.
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Mrs. Joseph
Mary) Winter
Joseph
Butler, Tenn
Elizabethton
Tenn
Filbert
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Leonard Wolfe
Leonard Leroy Wolfe
Gary
Charles
Geraldine Morris Wolfe
McDowell
Mercer Counties
Bluefield State College
United States Marines
Vietnam
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Charles G. Wolfe
Columbus
Leonard Leroy Wolfe, Jr
Washington, D.C
Lawrence Beale
Clarence Moore
Restlawn Memorial Park
Littlesbergh
Mt Zion Baptist
Lugo Funeral Home
Henry Vance
Henry Clay Vance
Oakwood
Grundy Hospital
Sampson
Margaret Meadows Vance
UMWA
Keen Mountain
Stella van Dyke Vance
Ruby Bond
Joyce Street
Bonnie Byrd
Alfred Vance
Fullen Vance
Buchanan County Funeral Home
King Mountain
Ancil Childers
Donald Stump
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Paul Stevenson
Paul P. Stevenson
Tazewell County
Newt and
Molly White Stevenson
Bissie Stevenson
Clara Ewald
Ashville
Elizabeth Davidson
Louise Wyatt
Ike Stevenson
Premier
Ott Stevenson
Pat Stevenson
Capels
Smoot Stevenson
Lebanon
McCulley Funeral Home
Betty
Betty B. Combs
Venia
Howard Hess
William J
Ellen Catherine Williams Combs
U.S. Postal Service
Venia’s Chapel Freewill Baptist Church
James J. Combs
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Guy Harris
Clyde Lambert
Fletcher Ridge
Dwight Jackson
Roger Combs
Irvin Combs
Bill Fletcher
Paul McGlothlin
Clinton Hess
Dewey L. Hoops
Bramwell Road
Effie Kidd Hoops
F.L. Hoops
U.S. Army
Virginia Shrewsbury
Ruby Justice
Dayton
Maxie Hoops
Hubert Hoops
Aston
Woody Hoops
Gene Hoops
Dudley Memorial Chapel
E.C. Burton
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Jeff Hoops
Carlyle Yancy
Joe Simon
Curtis Shatley
Mark Shrewsbury
Mike Shrewsbury
Ed Cromer
James Richardson
Don Irvin
Richard Farley
Herman St. Clair
Samuel W. Rowe
Otter Branch
Saeger
Don Lester
Don Allen Lester
Crewe
He Was
Jewell Ridge, Va
Della Mae Vendl Lester
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff, Va
Grat Walker Lester
Johnson Dairy Farm
Donald Deskins
Farmville
Tom Whitt
Greenbay
Clyde Rupert
Woodbridge
Tommy Anderson
Rushkin
Garman Lester
Bastian
Alvin Lester
Warren J. Lester
Eugene Lester
Cedar Bluff
Hubert Lester
James Kenneth Lester
Newbern
Bob Harvey Lester
Pounding Mill
Oldine Ray
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Bruce Burk
Leonard Lester
Roy B. Henderson
Mercer Funeral Home
Reed
Albert
Jolo
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Jaeger
John Henry Jewell
Doyle Riffe
Tom Sparks Cemetery
Rock Ridge
Blevins
Ira D
Cora Lee Privett
Rt. 3
Cravens-Shires
John Witt
Shrewsbury
Kenneth C
Mt. Olive
Lashmeet
Luther Gillespie
Joe Williams
Roger McMillion
Dale Sanders
Bill Rhodes
Elwin Dillon
Dewey Woolwine
Jerry Woolwine
Mullin, Grat M
Holland, Mich
Tazewell Christian Church
John S. Salleby
Maplewood Cemetery
Jack Chambers
John W. Gillespie
G.R. Gritton
Robert Johnson
A.D. Buchanan
Bernard Beavers
Michael Lane
Sam Altizer
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Greg Davidson
Robb
Wytheville, Va
Charles Robb
Southwest Virginia Community College
Morris Steiner
Stadium Drive
Leatherwood Lane
Steiner
Greater Bluefield
East River Mountain
Knight
Akron
John Shively Knight
Knight-Ridder
Henry Krause
C.L. Knight
Akron Beacon Journal
Rona
Chicago
Rona Barrett
NBC
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
James Oscar Dunn
Bob
Dunn
Liberty Baptist Church
Lilac Hills
Rebekah
of Corpus Christie, Texas
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