Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
Death notices for Mrs. Woodrow Compton of Phelps and others from Kentucky to Virginia list survivors, services, and burial details. Names include Robert Harrison of Cary and Pocahontas area, Rondie Hollaway, Roy Davis, and many relatives. Services vary by church, cemetery, and funeral home with dates this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.J. Mills
Emery J
Grace L.) Mills
Athens
Richmond
Mass
Bluefield
Pittsfield
John A
Louella Wilcok Langdon
Memorial Training School
First Church of Christ
County Officials Debate Budget and Tax Assessments
Hawkins defends county operations noting increased workload and staff since 1965 while denying salary control. Residents criticize school funding and tax assessments as Burns disputes land valuations. Jones cites 300000 extra funds for fuel and utilities, urging careful budget trimming amid inflation and calls to prioritize residents’ needs.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Establishment Details and Rates
Public notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlining establishment details, address, AP affiliation, circulation practices, and subscription rates including West Virginia zones and home delivery charges. Includes post office box and advertising representative information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
W Va
Landon Associates
Former Area Druggist Dies in Hackensack
Dr. J. C. Kingslow of Hackensack New Jersey, formerly of Bluefield, died Monday evening after owning Kingslow Drug Co at 820 Bland Street Bluefield. He was a member of Scott Street Missionary Baptist Church and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Interment was pending at Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kingslow
Hackensack
N.J
Bluefield
Kingslow Drug Co
Bland St
Scott Street Missionary Baptist Church of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
First St
Richardson Funeral Home
Funeral notices for Cardwell and Workman in Bluefield area
Albert Clifford Cardwell 65 of Venus will be buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens after a Welch service at Douglas Chapel with Rev. Pete Branch and Rev. John M. Lafferty officiating. Pallbearers named. Alvis Marvin Workman 84 of Bluewell dies. service today at Sweet Home Regular Baptist Church with Elders Belcher and Lane officiating, burial to follow. pallbearers named. Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Compton
Woodrow
Claudia “Sis’’) Compton
Phelps, Ky
Winchester
Phelps
J.L. and
Lula Reedy Dotson
Freddie Compton
Prestonsburg
Mildred Sammons
Hardy, Ky
John B. Dotson
Lakeland
Fla
Don C. Dotson
Mabel Hatfield
Freeburn
Patricia Ashbrook
Phelps Presbyterian Church
Dewitt Farrow
Dotson
Weaver
Williamson
Robert Harrison
Robert Lee Harrison
Cary
N.C
Princeton
WLOH
WAEY
Princeton Presbyterian Church
U.S. Air Corps
Keyser
John
Myrtle Whipp Harrison
John Tim (Non
Rondie Hollaway
Ronnie Hughes Hollaway
Beckley
Bluefield
First Christian Church
Winding Gulf Coal Co
McAlpin
UMWA
National Rifle Association
Pauline Keatley Hollaway
Linus Hollaway
Golden
Colo
Gertha Quillian
Montcalm
Edith Burns
Charlotte Court House
Mountain Mortuary Chapel
Robert C. Lohman
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
Bluewell
Frank Facello
Welch
Italy
Joseph
Catherine Facello
Freewill Baptist Church
Ollivene Lovelace
Fanning Funeral Home
Dolphus
Maggie) Howell
Dolphus Elmer
Maggie Beamon) Howell
Rt. 6
Glenwood Park
Ashe County
Riley and
Janie Dowell Beamon
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Elmer Howell
Claude Beamon
Flint
Mich
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Paul Hall
Woodlawn Memorial Park
W.L. Warden
Harry Hutchinson
Posey Hill
O.L. ‘Okie’ Booth
Merrill Crane
J.P. Morgan
J.B. Ball
Dick Eldreth
Michael Lee Mays
St. Paul
Minn
Covel
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Lonnie Blankenship
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mullens
Norma Redden Mays
Logan L. Mays Jr
Leonard
Tony Mays
Pamela Coomes
Lashmeet
Kathy Mays
Logan L. Mays Sr
Katherine Redden
Greer, S.C
Cardwell
Albert Clifford
Venus
Gary
Douglas Chapel
Pete Branch
John M. Lafferty
Don Widner
Bill Smith
Clarence Williams
Donnie Rose
Carl Patterson
Ray Blevins
Workman
Alvis Marvin
Red Oak Ridge
Sweet Home
E.C. Belcher
H.A. Lane
Morgan Belcher
Chester Workman
Terry Simpson
Eddie Smith
Clayton Hall
Roger Belcher
Jimmy Belcher
Bluefield Council Approves Tax Rise and Budget Plan
Bluefield Virginia town leaders approved a 27 cent per 100 dollar assessed value real estate tax increase and the 1980 61 fiscal year budget with minimal opposition. The plan aims to generate about 16 796 in new revenue, citing inflation, while cutting about three payroll positions. The vote also authorized grant applications for transit subsidy and outlined bus service restoration with funding conditions. A Laurel Drive sewer project update and a July 1 meeting for oath and leadership elections were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Art Mead
Mead
Earl V. Perry
Perry
Cumberland Plateau Planning District
Gateway Regional Transit System
Clearfork
Interstate Commerce Commission
GRTA
Council Father
Laurel Drive
Gypsy gang robs Warden's Market for over $30,000
Mercer County deputies pursue 17 to 20 suspects described as gypsies who entered Warden's Market Bluewell Sunday around 8 p.m. and stole cash from an unlocked safe after creating a distraction. An all-points bulletin is out for the group and their vehicles while the money remains missing. The heist, not covered by insurance, is alleged to be Mercer County's largest in years. Sgt. Bob Baughman leads the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
Hankins
Pisgah
Wade
Burns
Circuit Court
Jones
Board of Supervisors
Warden’s Market
Bluewell
Mercer County
McDowell County
Warden's Market
Les Catron
Sheriff’s Department
W.L. Warden
Family Corporation
Catron
Bob “Baughman
Sheriff Department
Court hears signatures in Boyd removal case and India loss of Sanjay Gandhi
James Brant Kemp Edsil Cline Stephen Snead Judy Smith Theodore Johnson and Otis Snow could not recall swearing to the petition while noting notary Ed Hendricks. Matney Lawson present as donors and organizers. Bailey ill. court adjourned as Sanjay Gandhi dies in plane crash prompting political uncertainty in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edgar Brant
James Garfield Kemp
Edsil Cline
Stephen Ronald Snead
Judy Smith
Theodore Johnson
Otis Snow
Ed Hendricks
Matney
Lawson
Anderson
Edgar Brant
Princeton
McDowell County
John Drosick
Boyd
Northfork High School
Drosick
Commission
Penguin Migration by Swimming Unique Among Birds
The penguin does not migrate by flying between fall and spring destinations. instead it swims to move across distances. It is the only bird that travels this way, highlighting its distinct migratory method.
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Roy Davis
Roy J
Junior) Davis
Detroit
Matoaka
Elsie Repass Davis
Archdale
Robert Tabor
Robert Andrew
Andy) Tabor
Alba Club Road
Mobile
Ala
Mary Greene Tabor
Charles E. Tabor
St. Francisville
Citronell
Eddie Tabor
James R
Howard Williams
Bobby Dillon
Harold Williams
Kenneth Blankenship
David Burton
Mark Johnston
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
Pocahontas
Claire Bradley
Claire Tynes Bradley
Columbus
Ohio
Bessy Banks
Martha Montgomery
Annie Harris
White Funeral Home
Ernestine Hall
Nelson Road
Rodney T. Stone
Cedar Point Rd
Sandusky
Wood County
Northeast Excavating and Construction Company
Stone Homes, Inc
Kenneth Stone
Ronald Stone
Mildred Stone
Morgantown
William H. Mitchem
Andres~Tucker
Columbus Ave
Mark Bishop
Oakland Cemetery
Crippled Children’s Fund
Sylvia Davis
Anawalt
Joseph Longo
Joseph Carlo Longo Sr
Elbert
Radford
Douglas Mortuary
Claude Steele
Claude Ratcliff Steele
Paintlick
Charles H
Minnie McGuire Steele
Appalachian Power Co
Midway United Methodist Church
Cedar Bluff Lodge
AF & AM
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Leslie Adams
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Noel J. Witt Jr
Harold Witt
Charlie William Steele
Ray Whitt
A.H. Steele Jr
A.H. Morgan
Cedar Bluff Lodge No. 260 Afam
Hurst-Scott Funeral
John Coles
Rose E.) Coles
Sussex Dr
Portsmouth
Blacksburg
William and
Cora Bishop Cundiff
Mary Alice LaViola
Lucille Porters
D.B. Hambrick
Copper City
Hawkins Funeral Home
Rev
E. White
Maple Park Cemetery
Philmore
Gloria) Pritchett
Cambria Heights
N.Y
Springfield Blvd
Agnes Sorel
Charles VII of
France
Tazewell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Orrin Davis
Davis
Elmer Bailey
Parkersburg
William Jacobs
Harry Camper
Jack Marinari
Bailey
Camper
Florida
Marinari
Clark Belcher
Gandhi
New Delhi
India
Sanjay Gandhi
Indira Ghandi
Subhash Saxena
Sanjay
ST. Bluefield
Bluefield Plaza
Umberland Road
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