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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1983

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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