Obituary notices span multiple Bluefield region deaths
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists numerous obituaries including William G. Bowling Jr. of Dunbar and Doyal Ray Blankenship of Jolo, naming survivors, service details, and funeral arrangements. Services are held at First Baptist Dunbar, Tom Sparks Chapel, Kalaf Funeral Home, and other area venues with burial in Grandview Memorial Park and related honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Bowling Jr
Dunbar
FMC Corporation
First Baptist Church
Dunbar Masonic Lodge
Benekedem Shrine Temple
University of Charleston
Pearl Hartley Bowling
William Edgar Bowling
Austin
Tex
Dianne Bellamy
Winston-Salem
N.C
Gloria Tribou
Concord
Mass
Ruth Wiggins
Princeton
Roberta Shaffer
Orlando
Fla
George R. Pauley
Grandview Memorial Park
Keller Funeral Home
Doyal Ray Blankenship
Jolo
Welch Hospital
Rose Ella Blankenship
J.M. Blankenship
Church of Christ Faith
Rosa Blankenship
Doyal Ray Blankenship Jr
Bruce
Rose) Dickens
Dennis
Brenda) Hill
Loretta Blankenship
Coretta
Tammy Blankenship
Pamela Blankenship
Home
Glenn Blankenship
Swanson Blanckship
Hubert Blankenship
Caretta
Douglas Blankenship
Stafford
Maxine Cantrell
Rosa Long
Jackson
Tom Sparks
Rock Ridge
Paynesville
Tom Payne
Verner Blankenship
Jimmy Kelly
Larry Kelly
Jerry Cantrell
Charles Cantrell
Johnny Blankenship
Tivis Underwood
Russell Blankenship
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Gary Stowers
Clinton, Md
Kalaf
Oxon Hill
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Roanoke
Stowers
Rt. 301
Maryland
Emory Stowers
Gladys Stowers
Vinton, Va
Clifford Songer
Clifford McKinley Songer
Narrows
Salem
Giles County
Barbara Butler Songer
Patricia Blankenship
Donna Bostock
Rich Creek
Charles C. Songer
Elwood Songer
Woodrow Songer
Riffe
Edward F. Sachs
Fairview
Tolley Colley
Tolley
June M
Colley
Rt. 1
Haysi
Anna Lee Burnette
Jeweldine Daniels
Clintwood
Anita Eades
Lexington
Vesta Sweeney
Prater
Charlie Mullins
Alex Mullins
Betsy Lane
Haysi Funeral Home
Hie A. Mullins
Rev. L. Myers Mullins
J.S. Willis
Chester Dunford
Chester M. Dunford
Homer City
Elkhorn
Masonic Lodge
Shrine Temple
JoAnn Henry Dunford
James Dunford
Montcalm
Don Dunford
Bluefield
Julian Dunford
Joe Dunford
Sommerset, Ky
Robinson and Lytle Funeral Home
Indiana
W.E
Cora) Ann Stowers
Rt. 2
Witten’s Mill
North Tazewell
Tazewell
White Gate
Willow Chapel United Methodist Church
A.P
Alease) Boling
Peery and St
David Clarence Sayers
Marion
Chilhowie
Tazewell County
Margie Hall Sayers
James David Sayers
Lucille Wingo
Betty Hayton
Rockville
Irene Wynn
Katherine Waldron
Springfield
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Patrick Gilbert
Max Linkous
Maplewood
Garry Harrison
Steve Harrison
David Harrison
Terry Harrison
Kenneth Brown
Walter Billips
Robert C. Williamson
Clearwater
Bethel Cemetery
Archie Bowling
Harvey Williamson
Bellcenter
Addie Taylor Williamson
Edith Chapman Williamson
Linda Johnson
Houston
Barbara Farley
Columbus
Emma Ball
Bristol
Nancy Phillips
Peggy Hall
James O. Williamson
Kenny Ray Williamson
Urbana
Athens Road
Jason Riggins
Jason
Lula Warden) Riggins
Third Ave
Huntington
St. Mary’s Hospital
Methodist Church
Ft. Myers
Order of the Eastern Star
White Shrine of
Jason M. Riggins Jr
Man
Marguerite Leach
Lottie Hamrick
York, Pa
Sally Brown
Preston Warden
Hubert Warden
Kincaid-Mann Funeral Home
Ken Ambrose
Roselawn Memorial Park
Huntington Rose Society
Ritter Park
Cecil Fanning
Cecil Morehead Fanning
Cheraw
S.C
Bland County
Mount Zion
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Shipments and Notices
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines publishing details, pricing, and postal information for subscribers. It notes AP affiliation, mailing addresses, circulation audit, and advertising representation for the Bluefield area.
Car Wreck on Groveland Drive Shrouded in Uncertainty
Details were sketchy about a late night automobile crash on Groveland Drive in Bluefield. A Mercer County Sheriff's spokesperson said at least one vehicle left the highway and plunged over a 40 foot embankment. Investigators had not yet determined cause number of vehicles or injuries. Responding agencies were Bluefield city officers and Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveland Drive
Bluefield
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Sharon Steel Sues EPA Over Hazardous Waste Burial
Sharon Steel Corp officials filed suit in federal court seeking to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to permit burying hazardous wastes at its abandoned Fairmont coke plant, an EPA spokesman said Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W.va
Sharon Steel Corp
Environmental Protection Agency
Fairmont
EPA
Pittston Abandons $1 Billion Eastport Oil Refinery Plan
Pittston Co. ends a ten year bid to build an oil refinery in Eastport Maine citing escalating costs and shifting world oil markets. The project, proposed in 1973, was expected to cost $350 million then, but now could exceed $1 billion amid delays and environmental permit hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Maine
Pittston Co
Pittston
Greenwich
Conn
Teenager in coma battles uncertain brain damage
Candy Tooley remains unconscious after a coma from a stabbing incident. Her family endures long ICU visits and caregiving duties while coping with uncertain prognosis. They note limited visiting hours and her gradual weaning from a respirator as doctors monitor for infection and hope for recovery with faith and support from prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Candy
Sirhan Denied Parole Again in Kennedy Killing
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 39, was denied parole by a California three member board at Soledad State Prison after an eight hour hearing. The panel listed a continuing pattern of emotional instability from 1971 to 1983 and said he would threaten public safety if released. Sirhan urged release to return to the Arab world, citing his Palestinian identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soledad
Calif
California
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
State Board of Prison Terms
Soledad State Prison
Sirhan
Randolph Castro
Castro
Insecticide Cloud Triggers Hysteria Near Nacogdoches Dorms
A cloud of household insecticide leaked from a Stephen F. Austin State University greenhouse injuring and alarming students. Over 100 people were treated, with three still hospitalized. Affected teens and staff reported mass panic after rumors of a medical emergency spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Texas
James
Stephen F. Austin State University
Teen meets Reagan in Oval Office over nuclear freeze
Seventeen year old Ariela Gross from Princeton tells of a 20 minute Oval Office talk with President Reagan. She pressed him on nuclear policy and MX missiles while noting his firm belief that building weapons reduces arsenals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ariela Gross
Reagan
Princeton
N.J
Miss Gross
Oval Office
Magana arrives in U S to press military aid for El Salvador
El Salvadoran President Alvaro Magana arrived in Washington for a 48 hour visit to press congressional leaders against restricting military aid for El Salvador to fight leftist guerrillas. He will meet President Reagan and key subcommittees, after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base and touring with Secretary of State Shultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvaro Magana
Magana
Reagan
Andrews Air Force Base
George Shultz
Judge Frazier Rejects Probation for Adkins in Robbery Case
Judge Frazier sentenced Adkins to 60 years in prison with credit for prior jail time after rejecting probation due to a long FBI noted criminal record. He stressed the need to punish and deter while noting Adkins’ "evil intent" and societal harm from the robbery and injuries. Adkins plans an appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. he was remanded to Mercer County jail. The article also recalls F.W. Woolworth opening his Utica store in 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier
Adkins
Booth
FBI
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Gibson and Wills
Mercer County
Va Methodists Ban Homosexuals From Ministry
At the Virginia Annual Conference delegates approved a resolution to ask the 1984 General Conference to amend ministerial guidelines so homosexuals are barred from becoming Methodist ministers or serving in any church position within the denomination. Representatives gathered in Roanoke reported the vote as a sweeping stance by the Virginia United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Virginia United Methodist Church
Virginia
United Methodist Church
General Conference of the National Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Bowling Jr
Doyal Blankenship
Ercel Holt
Ercel Franklin Holt
Rt. 4
Box
Brushfork
Nabisco Company
Edith Cortney Holt
Barbara) Francis
Double Gates
Donald Holt
Moses Lake
Wash
Robert
Lenore) Francis
Evelyn Ferguson
Mt. Airy
Brushfork United Methodist Church
Michael Evans
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Glen Thompson
Cecil Smith
Terry Ferguson
Dayton Poe
Pete Vawter
L.L
Barrett
Roy Witt
Edgar Mabe
Cravens-Shires
Cora Stowers
David Sayers
Robert Williamson
Elsie Hattie Griffith
Davy
Welch
Fanning
Duds & Suds
Harvest Foods
Beckley Road
Sharon Steel
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
U.S
Pan Am
China
Peking
Pan American World Airways
Taiwan
Dan McKinnon
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
U.s.-Peking
F.W. Woolworth
Utica
N.Y
Hollister
Bienfield
Cherry St
Marbie
Cutlip's Lawn & Garden
Princeton, WV