Obituary Highlights From Bluefield Area Deaths
William Bowling Jr 72 of Dunbar died after a short illness in a Dunbar hospital. Burial at Grandview Memorial Park Dunbar. Doyal Blankenship 48 of Jolo died on arrival at Welch hospital after an accident. Ercel Holt 70 of Bluefield area died in Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Funeral details listed for multiple services and pallbearers. Gary Stowers 23 of Clinton Md to be buried Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Roanoke Va after funeral in Oxon Hill Md. Various survivors listed with spouses children and siblings. Burial and service details in churches and funeral homes across Mercer and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bowling Jr
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
Ercel Franklin Holt
Rt. 4
Box
Bluefield
Brushfork
Mercer County
Nabisco Company
Edith Cortney Holt
James
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
Clifford McKinley Songer
Narrows
Salem
Giles County
Barbara Butler Sanger
Patricia Blankenship
Donna Bostock
Rich Creek
Charles C. Songer
Elwood Songer
Woodrow Songer
Riffe
Edward F. Sachs
Fairview
Tolley Colley
Tolley
June M
Vesta Sweeney
Prater
Charlie Mullins
Alex Mullins
Betsy Lane
Haysi Funeral Home
Hie A. Mullins
Rev. L. Myers Mullins
J.S. Willis
Rt. 1
Haysi
Chester Dunford
Chester M. Dunford
Homer City
Elkhorn
Masonic Lodge
Shrine Temple
JoAnn Henry Dunford
James Dunford
Montcalm
Don Dunford
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 Sayers
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 Cemetery
Garry Harrison
Steve Harrison
David Harrison
Terry Harrison
Kenneth Brown
Walter Billips
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
City Wreck on Groveland Drive Leaves Few Facts
Details were sketchy about a late night automobile accident 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. The cause, number of vehicles, and injuries were not known. Bluefield and Mercer County deputies responded.
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Groveland Drive
Bluefield
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact and circulation notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 published daily at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. Subscriptions 66.00 yearly in WV 5.50 monthly for home delivery different zones available. Postmaster address changes to P O Box 208 Bluefield WV 24701. Representative Landon.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon
Sharon Steel Files Suit to bury hazardous waste
Sharon Steel Corp officials filed suit in federal court to compel the EPA to permit burying hazardous wastes at its abandoned Fairmont coke plant in Morgantown West Virginia.
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Morgantown
W.va
Sharon Steel Corp
Environmental Protection Agency
Fairmont
EPA
Pittston Abandons Plan for $1 Billion Eastern Refinery
EASTPORT Maine AP Pittston Co Friday ended its decade long bid to build a refinery in Eastport citing escalating costs and changed world oil market conditions. The project, first proposed in 1973 with an estimated 350 million price, could now exceed 1 billion. Delays and regulatory hurdles were listed as causes.
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Eastport
Maine
Pittston Co
Pittston
Greenwich
Conn
Candy Tooley incoma recovery case deepens
Candy Tooley remains unconscious after a coma with unclear brain damage and unclear prognosis. Family members recount long hospital stay and repeated resuscitation efforts while caregivers balance home duties for ailing relatives.
Sirhan Denied Parole in Kennedy Assassination Case
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 39, was denied parole by a three member California Board of Prison Terms panel after eight hours of testimony at Soledad State Prison. The panel cited a continuing pattern of emotional instability and said release would threaten public safety. Sirhan will remain ineligible for at least two more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soledad
Calif
California
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
State Board of Prison Terms
Soledad State Prison
Sirhan
Randolph Castro
Castro
Insecticide Cloud Triggers Hospital Rush In Texas
A dense cloud of household insecticide billowed from a Stephen F. Austin State University greenhouse near dorms injuring or frightening over 100 people. Only three remained hospitalized. a campus official noted students used the pesticide properly during the incident.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
James
Stephen F. Austin State University
Va Methodists Ban Homosexuals From Ministry
Roanoke AP reports the Virginia United Methodist Conference voted to petition the 1984 General Conference to amend ministerial guidelines. Delegates supported a resolution barring homosexuals from becoming ministers or serving in any church position.
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Roanoke
Virginia United Methodist Church
Virginia
United Methodist Church
General Conference of the National Church
Judge Frazier Gives Adkins 60-Year Sentence After Trial
Judge Frazier rejects probation citing Adkins lengthy criminal record and public safety concerns. He notes “evil intent” behind the robbery and injury to Booth, sentences Adkins to 60 years with credit for time served, to be served consecutively, and states appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Adkins remanded to Mercer County jail. Woolworth opened his Utica five and ten store on February 22, 1879.
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Frazier
Adkins
Booth
FBI
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Gibson and Wills
Mercer County
F.W. Woolworth
Utica
N.Y
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Doyal Blankenship
Clifford Songer
Cora Stowers
Robert Williamson
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
Elsie Hattie Griffith
Davy
Welch
Fanning
Ercel Holt
Duds & Suds
Harvest Foods
Beckley Road
Sharon Steel
Danforth
Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Ness
Candy
Mrs. Tooley
U.S
Pan Am
China
Washington
Peking
Pan American World Airways
Taiwan
Dan McKinnon
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
U.s.-Peking
Reagan
Ariela Gross
N.J
Miss Gross
Magana
Alvaro Magana
Andrews Air Force Base
George Shultz
Hollister
Rinefield
Cherry St
Bieefield
Marbie
Cutlip's Lawn & Garden Center
Princeton, WV