Obituary notices for Seabolt Newell and Beckner in Bluefield area
John Henry Seabolt Jr., 49, of Bluefield Virginia, died after a long illness in Charlottesville. Survived by wife Wanda, son Kelvin, daughters Venessa and Rhonda, siblings, and grandchildren. burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Barbara Ann Skeens Newell, 28, of Glade Springs Virginia, died in Richlands after a fall. daughter Kimberly, parents James and unnamed mother, siblings. services at Farris Funeral Chapel. burial Forest Hills Memory Gardens. Louis Beckner, 78, of Kegley, died in Princeton hospital after long illness. survived by husband, two brothers, one sister, eight nieces, six nephews. burial Monte Vista Cemetery. viewing Bailey Funeral Chapel.
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John Seabolt Jr
John Henry Seabolt Jr
Fincastle Rd
Bluefield
Charlottesville
John H
Amanda Mayes Seabolt
National Electric Coil Company
Church of God
Graham Boosters Club
Falls Mills Christian Church
Wanda Burton Seabolt
Rev
Kelvin Seabolt
Pearlsburg
Venessa Seabolt
Rhonda Seabolt
Leroy Seabolt
Lois Spurgeon
Pauline Jarrett
Orlando
Fla
Belva Johnson
Walkersville
K.B. Arnold
Grandview Memory Gardens
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Barbara Ann Newell
Barbara Ann Skeens Newell
Glade Springs
Richlands
Kimberly Newell
James Coleman
Abingdon
Della Lester
Big Rock
Connie Dalton
Hampton
Shelby Barrow
Marylyn Osborne
Oakwood
Joy Cornett
Porter
Texas
Gail Huddleston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Douglas Coleman
Hubert Coleman
Hurley
Jerry Randal Coleman
Farris
Orville Collins
Buford Smith
Forest Hills Memory Gardens
Southview Estates
Louis Beckner
Louis
Reva Elliott) Beckner
Kegley
Princeton
Hemphill
Alexander and
Louise Taylor Collins
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Paul Hall
Monte Vista
Princeton Road
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Bluefield Area
Walter Isbell, 74, of Lenoir North Carolina formerly Filbert died after a long illness in Bluefield hospital. He leaves sons Maurice Oneal James Sargent and others, daughters and siblings. service at Mennonite Brethren Church Bushtown near Lenoir. Riffe, Patsy 66, Jolo died in Richlands Virginia. services at Maple Grove Church of Christ with burial at Goodman Cemetery. Numerous relatives listed. Henry Dexter Rickman 71 Swords Creek Virg. Perry Henry Reynolds 52 Fletcher Ridge Rowe Virginia. services at Honaker. Raymond Combs 44 of Rosedale Virginia died at Lebanon Virginia hospital. survivors listed. Gilbert Gildersleeve 87 Roanoke Virginia died. graveside at Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell. Walter Cobb 43 Elkhorn died in Welch hospital. remains at Richardson Funeral Home Keystone.
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Walter Isbell
Lenoir
N.C
Filbert
Bluefield
North Carolina
George
Nannie Isbell
Virginia Isbell
Maurice Oneal Isbell
James Sargent Isbell
Wilmington
Del
George Douglas Isbell
Greensboro
Walter Jeffrey Isbell
Michael Fernando Isbell
Carolyn Simon
Denise Horton
Kimberly Isbell
Tommie Jo Isbell
Pamela Gladman
Winston-Salem
Sheila Harper
Lillard Isbell
Jessie Hamilton
Marty Horton
Annie Mitchell
Lucille Isbell
Etta Powell
Kiter Maxwell
Kimball
Menonite Brethren Church
Bushtown
Rt. 10
Box 32
Rickman
Henry Dexter
Dex
Swords Creek
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Carl Robinson
James Whited
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Gilbert Gildersleeve
Gilbert S. Gildersleeve
Roanoke
Tazewell
Louise George Gildersleeve
Mary G. Gildersleeve
Maplewood Cemetery
Gilbert Cofer
Ralph Thompson
Roanoke Methodist Home
Walter Cobb
Walter J. Cobb
Elkhorn
Welch
Richardson
Keystone
Court Refuses Appeals in Sexual Assault and Murder Cases
The West Virginia Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals of Roger L. Clemins, convicted of first degree sexual assault of his 7-year-old stepdaughter, and Donald Woodrum, convicted of first degree murder for a Fayette County bluegrass festival shooting that killed Bobby Lane. Woodrum faces life with parole eligibility after 10 years.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Roger L. Clemins
Clemins
McDowell County
Fayette County
Donald Woodrum
Bobby Lane
Woodrum
Lane
Correction clarifies Athens couple and child names
The Daily Telegraph corrects an Athens family story misnaming Bob and Brenda Smith as Bob and Brenda White and their son Brian Jason Smith as Brian Jason White. The correction acknowledges the error and states the proper names for the couple and their son.
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Athens
Bob
Brenda Smith
Brian Jason Smith
Brenda White
Brian Jason White
The
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell Officials Tight-Lipped on Capital Murder Indictment
Bluefield postal worker Charles P. Winfrey is named in a two count indictment charging attempted capital murder and attempted to solicit another to commit a felony. He is held on $25,000 cash or $50,000 property bond. The offense date is around June 23. The second count targets solicitation to commit a felony. The maximum penalties are 20 years for attempted capital murder and five years for solicitation.
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Bluefield
Charles P. Winfrey
Gary Steele
Winfrey
Bill Osborne
Osborne
Buster Smith
Smith
Postal Service
Anthony T. Cannarella Jr
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Jerry Webster
Tazewell Commonwealth
Robert Galumbeck
Galumbeck
New Contract Approved By FMC Bluewell Workers
Employees in the FMC mining equipment division at Bluewell voted 16 to 9 to approve a new contract granting a 15 percent wage rise over three years with enhanced benefits pension and insurance. The old pact faced opposition over wages and wording but a strike was deemed unnecessary as hard times persisted.
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FMC Mining Equipment Division
Bluewell
Dave Baker
Baker
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Address Line
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead lists the newspaper's postal and printing details. It notes association with the Associated Press and provides office address and postmaster contact information.
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Daily Ti Printing Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Yin
Landon
County borrows 1 million for school costs in Buchanan
Buchanan County supervisors authorized county administrator Wayne Horne to seek a 1 million short term loan from a local bank. Funds will cover costs exceeding the school budget, including property acquisition and development for a new high school at Whitewood and a middle school at Hurley, plus routine bills.
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Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Wayne Horne
Horne
Whitewood
Hurley
Argentines Pressure Quick Return to Civilian Rule in Argentina
In Buenos Aires the head of Argentina’s second largest party and other civilian leaders pressed President-designate Gen. Reynaldo Bignone to accelerate the return to civilian government by 1984 After the Falklands defeat they warned the military regime may collapse. Contin demanded restoration of the constitution ending 1976 policies and lifting the state of siege to ease recession and debt while the Multipartidaria coalition urged steps to reestablish political life and stability.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Reynaldo Bignone
Bignone
Congress Building
Isabel Peron
Navy
Air Force
Leopoldo Galtieri
Falkland Islands
Radical Union
Carlos Contin
Peronists
Falklands
Contin
Integration and Development Movement
Intransigents
Christian Democrats
Radio Mitre
Robert Alemann
Jose Maria Dagnino Pastore
Guillermo Anaya
Trial For Three-Year-Old Murder To Begin Tuesday
The Greenbrier County Circuit Court will hear the case against William Howard Cecil III and co defendant Ralph Lawson Justice in the August 1981 suffocation death of Millie Jean Ratliff. Cecil, 19, of Welch, denied solicited murder while awaiting trial.
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Lewisburg
McDowell County
Greenbrier County
William Howard Cecil III
Edmoor Park
Welch
Greenbrier
Frank Jolliffe
Cecil
Ralph Lawson Justice of
Hensley
Millie Jean Ratliff
Ratliff
Pennsylvania
Wade Watson
Reader tips sought for Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph invites story suggestions from readers. Call after 2 p.m. to reach city desk and request Garret Mathews or Ward Morgan for story ideas or to suggest a photographer.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs
James Riffe
James H
Patsy) Riffe
Jolo
Maple Grove Church of Christ
Compton Mountain
Freddie Dobbs
McGinnis Rife
Hubert Kennedy
Goodman Family
Bradshaw
John
Raymond Combs
Rosedale
Lebanon
Russell County
Thelma Smith Combs
Rt. 2
Cleveland
Paris Combs
L&r Mining Co
Mavisdale
Madeline Sims Combs
Rita Hess
Cedar Bluff
Regina Robinson
Ray Combs
Castlewood
Ronnie Combs
Randall Combs
Pauline Wallace
Nadine Musick
Lottie Musick
Carl Ed Combs
Alexandria
Paul Combs
Harless Hess
Combs
Combs Valley
Jerusalem
PLO
Beirut
Israel
Nuss
Philip C. Habib
Elias Sarkis
Baabda
Habib
Fitzgerald
Nixon
Supreme Court
General District Court
William Wade Johnson
Pocahontas
Alfonzo Jones
Box 434
Wayne Allen Lawson
Freddie Raymond Odell
Wayne Ward Wilt
John George Ketchum
Milburn Rahman
James Ira White
Terry Lee Taylor
Phillip Ramsey
Spencer Burks Jr
Ronnie W. Smith
New Water Softners
Lindsay Water Cond
Princeton, WY
Buchanan
Worlds Fair
Bluefield, Virginia
Cole Slaw
Danforth Insurance Agency
Bluewele
N.S. Bovenizer
James L. Arnold
Farming County
Cherry Street
W.va
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