Death notices span multiple families in Bluefield and nearby towns
The notices report the deaths of Maxie Johnson 66 of Bluefield Route 4 from an apparent heart attack. Also listed are Thomas Preston Harvey 24 killed in Vietnam, Mandy Osborne 86 of Raven, Waldron Monroe Vanover 57 of Bristol, Thomas William Vandyke 70 of Raven, Grandville Hobart Jenkins 67 of Kimball, and others. Funerals set for Brush Fork Baptist Church, Harvey Cemetery, Greenhills Memory Gardens, and Antioch Church Keen Mountain with multiple survivors and military honors noted. Burial and visitation details accompany each entry.
Mrs Desta Gilbert Hawks 74 Princeton woman dies after heart attack
Mrs Desta Gilbert Hawks of Woodlawn Avenue Princeton dies in a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. She was born in Russell County Virginia and is survived by six children, three sons and three daughters, with services set at Lilly Grove Baptist Church. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens with pallbearers named. The body remains at Seaver's Mortuary with viewing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desta Gilbert Hawks
Woodlawn Avenue
Lilly Grove
Princeton
Russell County
Charles
Lucinda Crabtree Gilbert
William R. Hawks
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Thorpe
Sylvia Carabelli
New Baltimore
Mich
Eddy
Doris) Belcher
Loraine
Ohio
William Hawks
Mt. Clemons
James M. Hawks
Hillsville
Terry Hawks
Pete Gilbert
Dewey Gilbert
Hayward
Calif
Emmett Gilbert
Lower Lake
Charles Gilbert
Richmond
Maudie Kelly
Leona
Wis
Ray Sorrell
Norman Crawford
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Clinton Mitchem
Carl Walsh
Lawrence Lynch
Ernest Ulysse
Harold Brookman
Cecil Shrader
Edward Testerman 58 of Narrows dies after heart attack
Edward Earl Testerman 58 of Narrows Virginia and former Princeton resident died Wednesday night in a Pearisburg hospital from an apparent heart attack. He was born in Vivian a chemist at Celanese Fiber Corp for 25 years and a Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World member. Surviving sisters are Virgie Pritchett Hazel Saunders and Flora Harvey. Funeral at Immanuel Baptist Church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev. Clayton Sweet officiating. Burial in Oakwood Park Cemetery Princeton with viewing at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton today 4 to 9 pm and at the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxie Johnson
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Wayne
Haden Johnson
Elizabeth Tabor Johnson
Consolidated Coal Co
Umwa
Brushfork Baptist Church
Offie Howell Johnson
Home
Roy
Vangie) Poe
Vicie Eller
Montcalm
Mae Martin
Rt. 3
Becky McCoy
Wilmington
Del
Maggie Taylor
Elkton
Oma Johnson
Nebraska
Wallace Johnson
Bucyrus
Edward Earl Testerman
Rt. 2
Narrows
Princeton
Pearisburg
Vivian
Albert and
Francis Toler Testerman
Celanese Fiber Corporation
Baptist Church
Woodmen of the World
Giles
Virgie) Pritchett
Cleveland
Ohio
Hazel) Saunders
Lou
Flora) Harvey
Immanuel Baptist Church
New Hope Road
Clayton Sweet
Oakwood Park
Memorial
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Notice
Classified notice listing subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in West Virginia and other zones. Includes motor route monthly rate and contact details for the Bluefield paper. The item presents basic pricing and circulation information from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Stannon & Cullen Telephone
Virgil Wellman 61 Dies at Bluefield Hospital
Virgil Burl Wellman of McComas aged 61 died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital after a lengthy residence in McComas. He worked for Pocahontas Fuel Co Itmann and was a member of Local 9690 UMWA. Survived by widow Bessie Callaham Wellman eight children three brothers and many relatives. Funeral by Cravens Shires Bluewell with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Virgil Burl Wellman
McComas
Bluefield
Marytown
Dave and
Lou Ratliff Wellman
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
UMWA
McComas Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bobby Wellman
Bluewell
Larry Wellman
Rt. 1
Ronnie Wellman
Princeton
Charles Wellman
U. S. Army
Germany
David Wellman
Montcalm
Richard Wellman
Tucson
Ariz
Tom Wellman
Anderson
Ind
Cravens-Shires
Donald Linkous
Jerry Floss
Woodlawn Memorial Park
David Shrader
Fitzhugh Browning
Ernest Shoemaker
Frank Hodge
Bobby Helmandollar
David Stevens
Ronnie Kennett
Walter Gillenwater
Funeral services set for Lacy E Crawford in Parkersburg
Funeral services for 66 year old Lacy E Crawford of Parkersburg will be held today at Vaughan Funeral Home with burial planned Saturday in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. He is survived by his widow Leona W Crawford a son George E Crawford a grandson George E Crawford II and a brother Kennis A Crawford. He was a World War II veteran and a former VA officer in Bluefield Parkersburg Charleston and Clarksburg retiring in 1965. He was born in Raleigh County and was the father of Mrs Paul A Cole of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Preston Harvey
Princeton
Vietnam
George W. Seaver
Jimmy Jones
Harvey Cemetery
Rock Cap
Fort Lee, Va
Mullens
H. C. (Buster) Harvey
U. S. Army
191Th Aviation Company
Pat Sanders Harvey
Lashmeet
Thomas P. Harvey Jr
Mollie Heath
E. B. Williams
Lindside
Cwo
Bernard
Bunny) Harvey
Freddy L. Harvey
Puerto Rico
Thomas Larry Long
Troy
Ohio
Donald
Rosemary) Lawrence
Hampstead
Ronney
Beverly) Hicks
Goldsboro
N. C
Rickie
Linda) Miller
Fort Sill
Okla
Lacy E. Crawford
Parkersburg
Vaughan Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Bluefield
Paul A
Darrance) Cole
Veterans Administration Office
Charleston
Clarksburg
Raleigh County
George Fi
Elsie Lilly Crawford
Third Army
Patton
Leona W. Caldwell Crawford
George E. Crawford
George E. Crawford II
Kennis A. Crawford
Pearisburg
Funeral services for Dr David McGuire in Richmond
Funeral services for Dr. David Walter McGuire of 4105 Kensington Avenue Richmond will be held at 2 p.m. at Frank Bliley Funeral Home. He died after a long illness in a Richmond hospital. He operated a Richmond drugstore before retirement. He was born in Tazewell and survived by his wife Margaret and several children and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Walter McGuire
Kensington Avenue
Richmond
Frank Bliley
Tazewell
Margaret McGuire
Richard Grey
Arlington
Jerry Tapp
Petersburg
Tommy Krueger
Walter N. McGuire
Gladges Murray
Brown Harman
Ross Beavers
George McGuire
Pearisburg
Litz McGuire
Logan
Infant Bolen Dies at War Home
Edith Bolen three month old daughter of Larry and Judy Bolen died at her War home. Graveside services set for 2 30 p m today at Barnes Cemetery Warriormines with Rev Alex Hagerman officiating. Douglas Funeral Homes War in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Bolen
Larry
Judy Barnes Bolen
War
Barnes
Warriormines
Alex Hagerman
Douglas Funeral Homes
Funerals in Bluefield and nearby towns
Elma L Caldwell 73 of Rocky Gap Va to be buried Hawkins Cemetery Richlands Va following funeral at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Va officiated by Rev. Jack Day and Rev. Rufus Newton Pallbearers named Clayton Parris Efford Parris Kyle Compton David Harris Gayland Saunders Garland Harrison Jane Elizabeth Bowman formerly Coalwood Calif graveside rites Horsepen Va Rev Clayton Sweet Mollie Katherine Smith 76 of 2213 College Drive Bluefield to be buried Monte Vista Park Cemetery at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield officiated by Dr C H Patterson.
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Bowman
Jane Elizabeth
Clear Lakes Highlands
Calif
Coalwood
Horsepen Cemetery
Horsepen
Clayton Sweet
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Keen Mountain man dies in Richlands
Harve Keen 85 of Keen Mountain Virginia died Thursday afternoon in Richlands Virginia at Buchanan County Funeral Home Keen Mountain where funeral arrangements were incomplete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Keen
Keen Mountain
Richlands
Buchanan County
Area Girl Cited For Shoplifting
Carrie Hale, 19, of Northfork, was released from Mercer County jail after posting $100 bond on a shoplifting charge. Hale is to appear before Justice of the Peace Charlie Caffee on Saturday for allegedly stealing three items worth $17.32 from Hills Department Store, after being apprehended by store security Wednesday.
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McDowell County
Mercer County
Carrie Hale
Northfork
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Caffee
Hills Department Store
Pentagon Papers Coverage Goes On Despite Court Action
The report on military operations remains secret while a fresh injunction hearing is set by U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Julian. The Los Angeles Times and Knight Newspapers continue printing Pentagon Papers material, and Chicago Sun-Times maintains publication with no court action blocking its coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston Globe
U.S. District Court
Anthony Julian
Los Angeles Times
Knight Newspapers, Inc
Pentagon
Chicago Sun-Times
Flight data discrepancy in examination of altitudes
De Celles noted no interference with ALPA comparison of two recorders. The record shows points of descent varying from 168 to 200 feet across three checkpoints. Godwin testified the aircraft weight stayed within North Carolina takeoff limits for Short Tri-State Airport landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Celles
ALPA
Godwin
North Carolina
Tri-State
House plan links grants to welfare rolls with $2 billion start
Four Ways and Means Committee members proposed federal aid to localities based on welfare recipient counts, starting about $2 billion. Each eligible resident would yield $150, targeting aged, blind, disabled, and families on welfare, while working poor would gain later under reform. States would see relief totaling about $1.6 billion under the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
Vanik
Sam Gibbons
Fla
James C. Corman
D-Calif
Richard Fulton
D-Tenn
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Two Injured In Athens Road Two Car Crash
A head on collision on Athens Road at 6 30 p m sent two to Princeton Community Hospital Thursday night. Involved were Hilda Reed 19 Concord College student and Boyd Eskew 74 Pipestein in a 1964 Buick and a 1957 Chevrolet truck. Both injuries not critical and under treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Community Hospital
Athens
Hilda Reed
Concord College
Boyd Eskew
Pipestein
John Tryall
Reed
Eskew
Body Found In Hotel Identified In Bluefield
Police in Bluefield identified the man found dead earlier this week at the Drake Hotel as Curley James Blankenship of Bland County Virginia. Authorities say he checked in at 7 p.m. Monday and the death is attributed to natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Bluefield
Bland County
Curley James Blankenship
Wilderness Road
Vealey cites pay from Yablonskis killing and car purchase
Vealey testified he and Buddy waited at Rabbit's and drank while Paul retrieved the money. He said he received $500 for killing the Yablonskis and bought a 1963 Oldsmobile that afternoon. State prosecutor Sprague noted about five pages were cut from the statement. He said the statement and Vealey's testimony will be used in the trials of four others arrested in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vealey
Buddy
Rabbit’s
Paul
Yablonskis
Richard Sprague
Sprague
Explosion Rattles Foothills Oil Rigs In Northern California
A blast shook foothills near oil wells blocking rescue attempts for over half a day. Ralph Brisette a 33 year old miner rescued after about nine hours from an 18 foot tunnel part of a water transfer system. He was treated at Pacoima Lutheran Hospital for internal injuries and a broken left arm. He said he noticed nothing unusual before the blast and was not working near the heading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Brisette
California
Pacoima Lutheran Hospital
Services set for Bluefield family killed in Detroit crash
Funeral services for Anthony Francisco 20 and Deborah English Francisco 17 and their two children will be held at Park School Bluefield with multiple pastors officiating. Burial follows at Restlawn Memorial Estates Littlesburg. Surviving relatives include parents Amos and Irene Francisco and Dorothy Murray with several siblings. The family previously resided in Bluefield and Detroit. The accident occurred on Lodge Freeway in Detroit. Visitation at Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield tonight.
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Bluefield
Detroit
Park School
Park St
Fernell Dowell
Clarence Lawrence
A. R. Fleshman
C. H. Jackson
J. J. Howard
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Littlesburg
Anthony Francisco
Deborah English Francisco
Anthony Jr
Patrick
Lodge
Francisco
Park Central High School
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Amos Francisco
Irene Brown Francisco
Cincinnati
Ohio
Patricia Francisco
Amos Francisco Jr
Terry S. Francisco
Milton R. Francisco
James W. Francisco
Washington, D. C
Thomas E. Francisco
Columbus
Hiawatha N. Francisco
Phalanaza S. Francisco
Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church
Dorothy Murray
New York
Henry English
Philadelphia
Johnny Murray
Johnny Murray Jr
Mark Murray
Visia Trigg
Lugo
B Of E Approves Clerks For Princeton Schools
Mercer County Board of Education approves one clerical position for Princeton Junior and High Schools to relieve principals and guidance counselors. The meeting also promotes Harold Lytton to director of transportation with a $9,000 salary, effective July 1, and discusses site options for kindergarten buildings, land purchases near Montcalm, and leasing changes at the Vocational Technical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Clinton Lilly
W. R
Pete” Cooke
L. C “Corky
Caldwell
Lilly
Harold Lytton
Randy Robinette
Lytton
Harold Tomchin
Robinette
Oakvale
Ceres
Wade
Montcalm
O. J. Adams
Vocational Technical Center
State Department of Highways
Architectural Products, Inc
Princeton Jr. High School
Firemen Answer Local Auto Call
Princeton firemen were summoned at 1 25 PM Thursday by Mrs Frank Effler of 107 Mahood Avenue owner of a 1967 car who reported the front seat on fire. Firemen found the seat hot and smoking only after the door opened and noted a cigarette had ignited the upholstery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Frank Effler
Mahood Avenue
Park Avenue
West Virginia Univ honors Elizabeth Roberts on Deans List
From Kimball Elizabeth J Roberts daughter of Mr and Mrs John Roberts was named to the Deans List in history at West Virginia University's College of Arts and Sciences for the second semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
College of Arts and Sciences
Kimball
Elizabeth J Roberts
John Roberts
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Star Route
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Rosie Davis
Brassie Webb
Hanover
Maggie Breedlove
Short Gap
S. W. Stilwell
North Tazewell
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Richlands Tabernacle
Roland Stump
Ancil Childress
Greenhills Memory Gardens
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Waldron Monroe Vanover
Cox Street
Bristol
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Avoca Church of Christ
VFW
Grundy
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Williamson, Va
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Maxie
Bill Stacy
Connie Lee Mitchell
Willard Mitchell
Vansant
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May Moyryla
Mary Crowley
Los Angeles
Bert Ratliff
Haysi
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George
Thomas W. Vandyke
Thomas William Vandyke
Susie Cole Vandyke
Mattie McClanahan Vandyke
Junior Vandyke
David Vandyke
Gilmer Vandyke
Defiance
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Charlie Vandyke
New Castle
Mattie Mitchell
Welch
Josie McClanahan
Glade Springs
Fannie Cole
Lou Emma Vandyke
Raven, Va
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Jewell Valley
Vernie Matney
Buchanan County Funeral Home
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Leen Mountain
Gus Vandyke
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Donald Vandyke
Franklin Vandyke
Monroe Meadows
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Welch Hospital
Patrick County
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Carswell
Eastern Coal Associates
Sally Smith Jenkins
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Chelsea
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Greensboro
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Ararat
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N.C
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Desta Hawks
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Lacy Fe, Crawford
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Buick
Cooke
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William H. Davidson
Central Junior High
Janice M. Cooke
Mercer
Aileen J Barnes
Brushfork Elementary
Knob
Barbara J. Wood
Bramwell Elementary
Silver Springs
Loretta C. Raines
Brushfork
Memorial School
Austin L. Cordell
Matoaka High
Thelma O. Chalkely
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