Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and nearby states
William A Christian 63 of Hurley Va a WWII veteran and former miner dies after long illness. survivors include spouse Audrey and four sons. Clyde Spangler 89 Ballard Va a lifelong farmer dies in Salem Va hospital. Henry Rickman 71 Swords Creek Va retired N and W railroad worker dies after brief illness. Grat Bowen Jr 58 Tazewell Va real estate broker dies. Clarence Crigger 55 Cedar Bluff Va retired miner dies in Richlands hospital. Mrs Charles Sargent 72 Richlands Va dies after long illness. several children and grandchildren survive. Ercell Spicer 69 Narrows Va dies in Pearisburg hospital. seven sons and three daughters survive. Ira Owenby 83 Greensboro NC native of Grundy Va dies in Greensboro. Multiple funeral notices list services and burial locations across southwest Virginia.
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William Christian
William A
Bill) Christian
Hurley
Grundy, Va
Buchanan County
James Walter
Martha Elizabeth Justice Christian
Blackie Church of Christ
Grundy Lodge No
UMWA
Oakwood
Grundy Ioof Lodge
Clyde Spangler
Clyde Conway Spangler
Ballard
Salem
John H
Ellen Sherrard Spangler
Rowena B. Spangler
Errell C. Spangler
Larton
John Henry Spangler
Orlando
Fla
Gene
Marie) Ramsey
Newport Ritchie
Judy Williams
Sterling, Va
Janice Robertson
Roanoke
June Campbell
Mason Spangler
Atwater
Ohio
Henry Rickman
Henry Dexter
Dex) Rickman
Swords Creek
N&w Railroad
Richlands
Russell County
Henry I
Celia V. Samples Rickman
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Wyrene Rickman
Bill Rickman
Middletown
Selma McCluskey
Otha Blackwell
Disputania
Claude Rickman
Lloyd Rickman
Honaker Funeral Home
Carl Robinson
James White
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Grat Bowen Jr
Grat Mustard Bowen Jr
Tazewell
Clarence Crigger
Clarence L. Crigger
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Baptist Valley
McDowell County
Julia Grindstaff Crigger
Johnson City
Tenn
William B. Crigger
Bishop, Va
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Virginia Crigger
Don R. Crigger
North Tazewell
Larry Crigger
Gary Crigger
Tobi Crigger
Sheilah Dale
Lucille Waddell
Jody Turner
Thelma Prather
Drexel
N.C
Charles Sargent
Charles Henry
Letha Oma) Sargent
Prater Drive
Bluefield
George E
Ida Street Nuckers
Layman Chapel Church
Amanda Jane
Kent’s Ridge Home
Henry
Elijah
Bill Nuckles
Dolly Crigger
James
Helen) Shinall
Wade
Celia) Bragg
Wilfred
Rita) Berlin
Chester
N.J
Thomas W. Sargent
Charles Henry Sargent, Jr
E.M
Laura) Davis
Earl Nuckles
George Nuckles, Jr
Ercell Spicer
Ercell Keffer Spicer
Narrows
Pearisburg
Mercer County
Lonz
Cynthia Robertson Keffer
W.A
Buck) Spicer
Arnold
Eugene
Bobby
Jerry
Billy
Ronnie
Jeffrey Spicer
Joyce Blankenship
Loretta Blankenship
Brenda Meadows
Adramn Keffer
Riffe
Leonard Repass
Fairview
Ira Owenby
Ira Lee Owenby
Kirby Drive
Greensboro
Grundy
Inez Owenby
Daniel Gill
Harold Garret
Hope Dougherty
Worthington
Drama Buchanan
Blanche Loustig
Winston-Salem
Kyle Owenby
Long Beach
Calif
Hanes Lineberry Funeral Chapel
Westminster Cemetery
Trumka Leads in UMWA Presidency Race in Early Count
A campaign spokesman said Rich Trumka leads incumbent Sam Chuck by nearly three to one. Trumka has 55 locals nominating him nationwide versus 17 for Church. District results show Trumka ahead in Districts 29 17 4 31 12 and 5 with multiple local nominations, while Church trails with few or none.
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Rich Trumka
United Mine Workers
Trumka
Sam Chuck
Joe Corcoran
The
Daily Telegraph
Sam Church
Corcoran
West Virginia
Church
Pennsylvania
Rich
Illinois
Western
Reward Offered In Cow Shooting On Athens Area Farm
Mercer County Livestock Protective Association offers up to 10000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who shot and killed an Angus cow on a local farm near Athens. The animal owned by Tennys Cheatwood was found about an hour after the shooting. A high powered rifle was used. Call Kenneth Ball or the Mercer County Sheriff's Office with tips. Parkersburg man Bill E Clark's second degree murder conviction for his wife's 1978 death is upheld by the West Virginia Supreme Court. The court also upholds civil service procedures denying Phillip L Morris a promotion in Charleston in 1978.
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Mercer County Livestock Protective Association
Athens Area
Mercer County
John Scott
Tennys Cheatwood
Cheatwood
Scott
Livestock Protective Association
Kenneth Ball
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
State Police
Princeton
Charleston
Parkersburg
State Supreme Court
Bill E. Clark
Wood County
Clark
Supreme Court
Phillip L. Morris
Ballard
Steve Peery
Burkes Garden
Beirut Fighting Expands As Israel Battles Syrian Forces
Israeli air raids and shelling drive fighting into Beirut and Bekaa while Syrian troops attempt to move toward Israeli-held areas east of Beirut. Palesti nian positions near Beirut airport bombed as diplomats weigh a Beirut assault.
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Tel Aviv
Mansouriyeh
Beirut-Damascus
Beirut
Associated Press
Tom Baldwin
Baabda
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Lake Qaaroun
Bekaa
Israel
Haaretz
Damascus
U.S
Habib
Menachem Begin
Israel Television
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Israel TV
Jerusalem
Syria
Elias Sarkis
Baabda Palace
Yasser Arafat
West Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
United States
PLO
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Address Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists publication details and postal rates. It notes the paper is a member of the Associated Press and provides a mailing address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701.
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Daily Araph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Sara
C. Box Alela
W. Vate
Landon Associates
Chamber Burglarized in Richlands Va Office Theft
A break-in at the Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce on 2418 Second St. yielded about $300 to $559.90 reported stolen. Barbara Altizer, executive vice president, suggested the amount was closer to $300–$500 and described the missing funds as unused prize money from the recent Fair and Stock Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Richlands Area
Mercer Woman Named In Fraud Indictment
A Mercer County woman is indicted by the U S Federal Grand Jury in Bluefield for fraud against General Mills. Betty L Neth allegedly opened two bank accounts under different names and used non-sufficient funds to order items valued at 77 50 mailed to a Bluefield P O Box.
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Federal Grand Jury
U.S
Bluefield
Mercer County
General Mills
Minneapolis
Minn
Betty L. Neth
Flat Top National Bank
Ruth Neth
First National Bank of
Sharon McCoy
P.O
Tazewell Budget Hearing Draws About 150 Citizens
About 150 residents attended a Tazewell County budget hearing at the courthouse on the proposed 1982 83 budget of 27 3 million. The session approved land leasing for a new Tanner s ville Volunteer Fire Co and authorized 169 492 in additional appropriations to balance the books ending June 30. The hearing covered tax rates and revenue sharing plans while speakers urged funding restored for Cumberland Mountain Community Services and other agencies.
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Wilson Ramsey
Telegraph
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Tannersville
Commonwealth
Robert Galumbeck
Department of Social Services
Merchants Capital
Ballard
M.J. Spizey
Spizey
Harris Hart
Ron Allison
Cumberland Mountain Community Services
Readers invited to submit tips and photo ideas
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph asks readers to share story tips and photograph ideas. After 2 p.m. call the city desk to reach Garret Mathews or Ward Morgan at 327-6171 ext 230.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
Spy sting charges Japanese executives in Silicon Valley case
In a dawn parking lot sting described like a spy thriller, 18 Japanese and one American were charged with trafficking in stolen IBM documents. The operation included a Las Vegas secret meeting and a camera smuggling to photograph an IBM test, targeting Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Electric Corp executives and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Silicon Valley
Las Vegas
Nev
IBM
International Business Machines Corp
Hitachi Ltd
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
RebelsWithdraw From PerquinAndSan Fernando Morazan
Radio Venceremos reports rebels left Perquin and nearby San Fernando in Morazan after a week of heavy clashes with about 5 000 government soldiers inland. Government forces redeploy about 1 000 more troops eastward to reinforce the Morazan front amid the ongoing conflict.
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Morazan
Radio Venceremos
Perquin
San Fernando
San Salvador
Defense
Adolfo Castillo
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Ij Wey Il
Richmond, Va
Harriet Scott Bowen
Grat Bowen
Greever Funeral Home Chapel
Kermit Fowler
Rene Minshew
Maplewood Cemetery
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Stafford Compton
Hawkins Cemetery
Gilbert Gildersleeve
Gilbert S. Gildersleeve
Roanoke Methodist Home
Okey
Roanoke Chapel
Kittle
Charles Lewis
Anawalt
Craven Shires Funeral Chapel
Jim Mullins
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Lee
Ellis O’brien
Poca
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Gary Cope
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Lawson
James T
Meredith St
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Rev
L. W. Carroll
Valley Vista
Bluefield Tazewell Road
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Arafat
Reagan
U.S.A
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Roller Floral CO. OF
Bluefield, WY
Tammi
Dad
Mercer
Worlds Fair
DBA
Charles Gilmore
Leslie Ballard
General County
School Board
House
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Stephen P. Meyer
Paul S. Perfater
Social Security
Charleston National Plaza
Danforth
Insurance Agency
Roller Floral CO
Sd al
Beckley
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