Obituaries recount deaths across Bland and surrounding counties
A string of obituary notices from Bland and nearby towns lists Pamela Muriel Thompson, Lettie Didama Dotson, Dora B Williams, Erie Ball, Earnestine Martin, Beulah White, Vada Fuller, Jessie Hairston, Sanborn Robert Pennington, and others. Each entry notes age, residence, date of death in June 1997, funeral arrangements or announced arrangements, and local funeral homes such as Newberry, Singleton, Honaker, Dudley Memorial, Hurst Scott, Haysi, Bailey Kirk, and McConnell. Some include survivors, service times, and burial plans, with several notices specifying church or cemetery details and viewing times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela “Pam” Muriel Thompson
Bland
Wythe County Community Hospital
Newberry Funeral Home
Lettie Didama Dotson
Shreve
Ohio
Tazewell County
Wooster Community Hospital
Singleton Funeral Service
Cedar Bluff
Dora B. Williams
Fairfax Avenue
Richlands
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Erie Mae Ball
Cedar Lawn
Abingdon
Mountain View Drive
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Earnestine Martin
Riverside Drive
Welch
Princeton
Page Funeral Home
Beulah W. White
Whitewood
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Vada Kathleen Fuller
Peaceful Valley Road
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Haysi Funeral Home
Haysi
Jessie B. Hairston
Pamela
Pam’ Thompson
Pam” Muriel Thompson
He County
James Kelly
Tom Cat” Thompson
Renee T. Sluss
Bastian
Susan Gills
Wytheville
Tony Thompson
Buck Thompson
John Kelly Thomson
Steve Gills
Haven Gills
Pulaski
Rosemary Page
Texas
Douglas Martin
Arizona
Bland United Methodist Church
Thompson Family
Vada
Kathleen Fuller
Dickenson County
John B
Martha Counts
Dewey Fuller
Little Sarah Old Regular Baptist Church
Gene B. Fuller
Union Hall
David W. Fuller
Alma Counts
Lana Ring
Teen survives crash near blind curve in Bluefield WV
A Bluefield rescue squad transported a teenage boy to Columbia-St Luke's Hospital in stable condition after a head on collision with a passing Volkswagen. Witnesses cited hazards from a vacant former Provisions plant and a blind curve. Neighbors urged warning signs. Bluefield Fire Department responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield W.va
Columbia-St. Luke’s Hospital
Michael Woods
Bluefield
Carson
Woods
Bluefield Provisions Company
Pamela Jefferies
Clarke St
Jefferies
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff and Contact Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph gives staff roles including publisher executive editor and editors for web news city state and sports plus advertising and circulation directors. It lists Melody Kinser Jim Terry Kara Hawkins Bill Archer Teddy Paynter Samantha Perry Amy Richardson Randy Sanger and provides the paper's address and contact pages. The paper established in 1893 publishes daily from 928 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and is affiliated with AP and the WV Press Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Kinser
Jim Terry
Kara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Ammy Richardson
Randy Sanger
Bluefield
Funeral services scheduled today for several individuals
Beulah Mae Boo Spencer 11 a m at George W Seaver Funeral Home Chapel Princeton burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Laura Hager Kipsinger 11 a m grave side Monte Vista Park Cemetery Green Valley George William Smith 1 p m Buchanan Funeral Service Chapel Keen Mountain Va burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands Va Hubert M Conner 11 a m Melrose Presbyterian Church Princeton burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Della Ann Charlies Stacy 1 p m Virginia Funeral Home Chapel burial Justus Cemetery Hurley James M Puckett Gorsline Run ciman Co Ball Dunn Chapel Mason Mich Rite of Committal Onondaga Cemetery Onondaga Noah Abraham Roop Riverview Church of God Harren Springs burial Community Cemetery at Green Valley Church Grape Field Community Jasper Lee Jack White grave side service today 1 p m White Cemetery Pisgah Road Princeton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Mae
Boo’’ Spencer
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Laura Hager Kipsinger
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
George William Smith
Buchanan
Keen Mountain
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Hubert M. Conner
Melrose Presbyterian Church
Athens Road
Courthouse Road
Della Ann Charlies Stacy
Virginia Funeral Home
Justus
Hurley
James M. Puckett
Gorsline-Runciman Co
Ball-Dunn
Mason, Mich
Onondaga Cemetery
Onondaga
Noah Abraham Roop
Riverview Church of God
Harren Springs
Green Valley Church
Grape Field
Jasper Lee
Jack) White
White Cemetery
Pisgah Road
Summit embraces Russia as G8 strengthens
At a three day Denver summit the G eight members including Russia pledged renewed momentum in Middle East peace talks and denounced human cloning. President Clinton hailed real progress and noted the expanded partnership with Russia while Chirac and the European Commission leader voiced disappointment over climate targets. Beijing was urged to maintain Hong Kong freedoms and conduct free elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Russia
Middle East
Clinton
Jacques Chirac
United States
European Commission
I’m
Israel
Canada
France
Germany
Britain
Italy
Japan
Denver Public Library
Boris Yeltsin
Chirac
Yeltsin
China
Hong Kong
Beijing
Vanishing $22 Million Armored Car Heist Suspect
Philip Noel Johnson, a 33 year old former armored car driver, is accused in one of the biggest heists on record after robbing his employer and stealing a van loaded with $22 million. Neighbors and teachers recall his lifelong frustrations and sharp intellect, while investigators note years of planning and the FBI’s puzzling pursuit. Loomis, Fargo & Co. offers a $500,000 reward for arrest and conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acksonville
Fla
Philip Noel Johnson
Florida
Georgia
Johnson
FBI
June Glover
Richard Ludeman
Tiny Lima Christian School
Rochester
N.Y
Monroe Community College
Ludeman
New York
Louisiana
South America
Richard Hollinger
University of Florida
Hollinger
Loomis, Fargo & Co
Explosion at Shell plant in Deer Park Texas
An explosion and a fire at a Shell Oil Co plant in Deer Park outside Houston injured no one and sent a toxic chemical smoke plume over the facility. Police urged residents to stay indoors while Shell officials said health risks were minimal. The blast occurred at 10 a.m. in a unit producing propylene, ethylene and benzene, all highly flammable. About 2,400 employees work at the plant. roughly 50 Shell and contract workers were on duty in the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Texas
Shell Oil Co
Houston
Shell
Darren Martin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elkhorn
Crozier Bottom
W.va
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Martinsville
Henry Cleveland Hairston
Janie E. Redd Hairston
McDowell County
Elkhorn High School
James Henry Hairston
Margaret E. Hairston
Vera M. Smith Hairston
Evelyn Harris Hairston
Ramona Hairston Sprvell
Fort Washington
Claudette Hairston Marcus
Vernal A. Hairs
Ton
Lawton
Okla
Douglas A. Hairston
Hickory
N.C
Richard A. Hairston
Restlawn Memorial Mausoleum
Harold Calloway
Deacon Garnett Fuller
McConnell Funeral Home
Northfork
Evelyn Hairston
Mrs. Beulah W. White
Buchanan County
Arch
Rosa Clementine Woosley Ward
Jewell Valley
Grill
Jewell Valley Company
Thelma Wimmer
Orpha Dawson
Jackson
Hassel Ward
Collinsville
Nathaniel White
Tamara Payne
Jeremy Brewster
Hurst- Scott Funeral Chapel
Wayne Halleck
Andy Maynard
Knob
Pea Patch
Gerald Collins
Donald Horn
Johnny Hobbs
Buddy Fuller
Curtis White
R.C. Cole
Wesley Street
Shelby Jewell
Ricky Goodman
Avery Wimmer
Bsend Street
Perry Woosley
Ron Jewell
Herman Brown
Exie Mae Ball
Raven
John H. Cordle
Laura Shreve Cordle
Calvary Baptist Church
Carl R. Ball
Margaret L. Johnson
Tazewell
Carl R. Ball, Jr
Rocky Gap
Barbara Lynn Johnson
Mark L. Johnson
Surfside Beach
S.C
Deana Stowers
Amy Ball
Fairfax, Va
Blake Stowers
Hilary Johnson
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Jim Davidson
Monte Vista
Fairfax Ave
Henry David
Nellie Faye Burnett Williams
South Carolina
Swords Creek
Charlotte Barrett
Bristol
Lucille Hoops
Baptist Valley
Christine Jackson
Belfast
Lois Houchins
Harry Dale Williams
Cleveland
Henry David Williams, Jr
Jewell Ridge
Carl Robinson
George Davis
Robert Sword
Tim McCowan
Lawrence Cantrell
Joe Jackson
Ernest Jackson
Noah and
Polly Ann Johnson Duty
Wayne County
Tilden
Paris Duty
Laura Bostic
Margaret Hart
Mary Duty
Rhoda Duty
Henry Dotson
Christine Pierce
Elbert
Betty” Pierce
Big Prairie
Roger Dotson
West Salem
James Walter Duty
Max Linkous
Greenhills
Memory Gardens
Claypool
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
P.O. Box
West Virginia
Directo
Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Terri Hale
Bobby English
Wade Watson
Henry Meadeven
Daily Telegraph
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
General Informatio
Sunde
Advertising Questio Business
Princeton News Bureau
Mail
Leslie Ann
Veiclieu
Virginia Ave
Byeer
Norelco, Remington, and
Schick
Southside Professional Pharmacy
Bland ST. Bluefield, WV
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
Bluefield Area Foundation
Bluefield Area Foundation, Inc
P.O
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