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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1980

Page

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Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Buchanan County

Sidney Allen Hamilton 34 of Feds Creek Ky died after a long illness in a Buchanan County Va hospital. Survivors include his mother and three sisters. services at Mountain View Church of Christ with burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park. Several other obituaries follow including Mrs June Moore, Donald A Day, William Beavers, Mrs Pearl Brown, Frank McReynolds, Rev Hubert Bostic, Mrs Harry White, Quillen Stiltner, Carl Evans, Jay Mars Hetzel, James C Kingslow, Mrs Elizabeth Ferguson, Charles Bailey, and William Silcox with services and burial details listed.

Sidney Hamilton Sidney Allen Hamilton Rt. 1 Feds Creek Buchanan County Pike County Sarah Hamilton Romas Hamilton Roma Jean Aldridge Phillis Patty Edmonds Kemper, Ky Brenda Sullivan Douglas M. Hamilton North Little Rock Ark Frank Hamilton Mountain View Church of Christ Frank Crum Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock Friends Virginia Funeral Home Grundy June Moore Pineville N.C Bluefield Jenny Sink Sam Sink Anna Ruth Amburgy Joe Moore Bland Frank Moore Aurora Colo Theodore Spence Pamela Moore Fort Mill S.C Donald A. Day Donald Austin Day Oakland Terrace Princeton Salem Superior Samuel Betty Rash Day Hill Top Drive Pentecostal Holiness Church of Bluewell Marilyn Marcelle Miller Day Donald Austin Day Jr Ester June Day April Denise Day Clifford Dorcas) Eubank San Antonio Tex Tom Betty ) Michael Richmond Crain Glenna) Rigney Lakewood Ohio Daryll Day Cleveland Gene Sizemore R.L. Howard Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Road U.S. Army Henry Spangler Barry Helmindollar Paul Day Alec Day Greg Farrow William Bill) Ford Memorial Athens Road William Beavers Cedar Bluff Bandy Ocie Lynn Hurst- Scott Richlands Pearl Brown Havace Welch Nelson Red) Brown Frank McReynolds Springville Falls Mills Sherman and Mary Kirtner McReynolds Gladys Oveta McReynolds Graham Christian Church Harman Lodge Herbert Hicks Steve Buston Maple Hill Cemetery Sam Crockett Glenn Peery Glynn Carlock Jack Witten Bart Wynegar Wayne Shatley Mack Ratliff Ray Wimmer Harman Lodge No Dudley Memorial Mortuary Hubert Bostic Hubert William Bostic Swords Creek James and Ida Miller Bostic Bethel Chapel Swords Creek Mining Company Frank William Bostic Millie Justice Bostic Garland Madeline) Richardson Harlan Josephine) Perkins Benjamin Jean) Miller Salisbury Thomas Carol) Harless Dublin Carlos Mary) Carpenter Columbus Russell Bostic Thomasville Frances Houchins Max Meadows Shirley Harrison Baptist Valley Danny Nole Dewey Nole North Tazewell Bertha Smith Jettie Smith McVeigh Lola Whited Floyd Bostic Howard Bostic Odell Bostic Honaker Funeral Home Truel Brown Kyle Brown A.H. Dye Call James C. Kingslow James Claude Kingslow Hackensack N.J Plainfield William and Kate Ward Kingslow Ohio State University School of Pharmacy Scott Street Missionary Baptist Church of West Virginia Medical Society Pharmaceutical Society Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity NAACP Gussie Kingslow Scott Street Baptist Church James Davis A.R. Fleshman Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell Melvin Harris William E. Hebert Clarence Shelton P.R. Higginbotham Adolphus Young Aubrey Jackson J.C. Tonsler Marshall Harris Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter Southern Appalachian Pharmaceutical Association M. Richardson Funeral Home Elizabeth Ferguson Norfolk Street Newark Richardson Funeral Home Charles Bailey Charles Allen Bailey Seaton Dr Russell Ashland

Funerals for Snider Hurst Yost Ketron reported in Bluefield area

Obituaries list multiple services today including Mrs Alford Snider 77 at Cravens Shires Bluewell officiated by Rev Hall with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Mrs Mary Bane Hurst 71 to be laid to rest at Cravens Shires Bluewell. Vernom Laron Yost 70 of Bluefield Va to be buried at Dudley Funeral Home Chapel with pallbearers named. Robert Ketron Jr two day old son of Richlands Va to be interred at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill with Rev Carl Robinson officiating.

Harry White Harry Ellen Brown) White Rt. 1 Narrows Pearisburg Lyrich Lydia Kidwell Harry E Joe’ White Pulaski Riffe John A Snider Alford Clara Lee Rock Princess Wright Mountain Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Bluewell Paul Hall Woodlawn Memorial Park Richard M. Howell Arthur Cox Arthur Carroll Banks Jordan Alvis Keene Austin Mullin Lawrence Phipps David Phipps W.F. Oliver Elmer Billips Anil Agarwal Frank Wood III Carlos Crawford Frank Nungesser Ketron Robert Jr Robert Allen Wilma Lee Richlands Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Carl Robinson

Judge Won't Block Execution of Condemned Killer Potts

In Atlanta the federal judge refused to halt the execution of condemned killer Jack Potts. Potts told the court he had changed his mind again and wished to proceed with his Tuesday date in Georgia's electric chair. The note about the Panama Canal depth appears unrelated to the case.

Atlanta Jack Potts Potts Georgia

Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details

Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes local and AP news from Bluefield West Virginia. Second class mail status and subscription rates listed. delivery and circulation details provided. office address 412 Bland Street Bluefield WV 24701.

Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bland Street Bluefield Associated Press W Va West Virginia Audit Bureau of Circulation P.O. Box 208 Landon Associates

Mercer County Board Approves School Property Purchase

The Mercer County Board of Education unanimously approves buying land behind Bluewell School for 77,000 as part of a bond plan and grants time for Pennington heirs to vacate. It also approves purchasing Isenhour brick for Princeton Senior High School at 47,687.50 from Hamilton Parker Company.

Barbara Hawkins Daily Telegraph Princeton Mercer County Board of Education Bluewell School Allen Lackey Harold Wood Harold Tomchin Bonnie Hickman Jim Oxley D.L J. Pennington Wood John M. Hughes Trevor Hazelwood C.N. Kirby Realty J.L. Owen Owen Realty Company Hughes Pennington B of E Isenhour Hamilton Parker Company SEM Partners Ben Faulkner Howard Harvey

Sheriff Criticizes Jail Management and Civil Service Issues

Since taking office in 1976 Sheriff Kendrick complains of jail troubles despite appointing Cpl. G W Smith and later Capt. E L Fleming to oversee operations. The commission votes to restore Earnest to field duties and to nullify reassignments, warning to follow civil service rules. The mandamus hearing on Compton’s test eligibility is continued to allow presence.

Earnest Warden Kendrick Baughman McKenzie Commission Mercer County Howard M. Jarrett Compton Gibson Bruce Ambrose C.P

No Free Corn Stalls Rain Line At Ingleside Derailment Site

A Norfolk and Western Railroad spokesman denied reports of free corn at the Ingleside derailment site. He said guards protect spilled grain after 13 cars derailed en route from Linden Illinois to Norfolk. No injuries reported. wreck crews reopened the westbound track by 6 p.m. Thursday.

Daily Telegraph N&w Ingleside Norfolk Linden Ill Bluefield Roanoke

Rockefeller I to announce Princeton plant opening rise

The governor plans financial announcements during a Princeton visit as negotiations continue on a vocational technical project. Rockefeller is expected to announce an opening date at the Rockwell plant site after addressing the West Virginia Press Association. The Rockwell plant closed in 1979 after 18 years in Mercer County and has been vacant since.

Princeton Rockefeller Daily Telegraph Industrial Development Division Governor’s Office of Economic and Community Development Rockwell West Virginia Press Association Pipestein State Park Rockwell International Mercer County

Trial recounts questioned mileage vouchers and payments

Former Belcher testified he received his July 6 check after requesting it several times while sheriff notes other checks cleared on July 9 10 27 and 6. Lawson counters he submitted his voucher on July 10. Witnesses recount political pressure surrounding Boyd’s removal and tax increase objections as court prepares to rule with briefs. A Boyd Defense Fund committee collects donations to cover legal fees.

Belcher Lawson Matney Boyd County Commission Mathey Jacobs Judy Smith Welch Robert Edward Pete) Blair Wade Watson Lillian Fanning Marinari Matney-Lawson William Jacobs John Anderson Jerry Treole Boyd Defense Fund Keystone

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