Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Notes
Obituaries from Bluefield Daily Telegraph list many local residents: Graham of Welch Eckman, Mitchem families of Connersville Cambridge City and North Welch, plus McClung and Deel families in Virginia. Funeral services at Bennett-Fanning in Northfork and Broyles-McGuire Union, with Woodlawn Park burial plans and calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Graham
Joseph Bethel Lee Graham
Hobert St
Welch
Eckman
North Carolina
Landgraff
Claude Franklin
Laurie Mitchem
McDowell County
Floyd Graham
Billy Joe Graham
Billy Ray
Shirley) Graham
McDowell
George
Betty) Luster
Danny Earline Moffitt
Hagerstown
Ind
Roy Mitchem
Connersville
Randolph Mitchem
Cambridge City
David Mitchem
North Welch
Ralph Mitchem
Kimball
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Chapel
Northfork
Harold Simpson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Lucy Ann Carlock
Bluefield
Powhatan
Julia Griffin Franes
James Franes
Patty Nisbet
Huntington
Mary Keiser
Tony Francs
Princeton
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Matthew Rough
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Judge refuses to lift gag order in Haiti case
Miami AP A federal judge, U S District Judge Eugene Spellman, refused to remove the gag order on lawyers in a case that found 1 916 Haitians were wrongly held in facilities across the United States and Puerto Rico He issued the ruling Friday and released details of planned Haitian releases to the attorneys but barred public discussion until Monday at earliest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
United States
Puerto Rico
U.S
Eugene Spellman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publishing Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 in Bluefield West Virginia details home delivery rates and contact information. The notice lists publication practices AP affiliation, circulation, postal rates, and address for changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Cme Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Member Audit Bureau of
I i
P.O
Landon
Funeral for Helen Aldene SHUFFLEBARGER
Mrs Helen Aldene Shufflebarer 81 of 1123 Highland Ave Bluefield dies. Funeral today at 2 pm Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield officiated by Dr D Keith Clark and Rev Helga Hallett. Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Dillow
Douglas Leon Dillow Sr
Bland
Mildred Dillow
Denise Eaton
Douglas L. Dillow Jr
Michael Dillow
Rocky Gap
Stanley Dillow
Bastian
Johnny Dillow
John Dillow
Marybelle Repass
Janie Pauley
Nannie King
Helen King
Betty Sadler
N.D. Dillon
Jacksonville
Fla
Newberry Funeral Home
Dale Johnson
Temple Hill
Shufflebarger
Helen Aldene
Highland Ave
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
D. Keith Clark
Helga Hallett
Maple Hill Cemetery
Be Happy Shop owner first to obtain WV paraphernalia license
Charleston area reports the Be Happy Shop in Parkersburg as the only retailer to secure a drug paraphernalia license under a new law effective June 11. Law classifies items as paraphernalia and imposes a $150 license plus customer-name records, with penalties for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Parkersburg
James Markley
Markley
William Gilligan
Gilligan
Tyler County
Greg Campbell
Campbell
State Tax Commission
Tax Department
Districtwide UMW Credit Union Opens For Coal Miners
Miners in northern West Virginia can turn to United Mine Workers District 31 for financial help as the first districtwide credit union. Since getting a state charter on June 2 it has attracted over 220 members and $130,000 in assets, funded largely by a $100,000 district investment. The union plans to hire staff later and connect to the West Virginia Credit Union League computer to cut overhead while expanding membership beyond the 20,000 eligible miners and retirees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W.va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers District 31
Gene Conner
Credit Union Board
Conner
West Virginia Credit Union League
Parkersburg
Turnpike plan and traffic gains outlined by officials
Charles Peters of Philadelphia described the turnpike project noting about 88 bridges and a single mile between bridges at times. The Four Mile Fork Bridge was then the highest highway bridge in the nation as the commission projected completion in 1985 with two years of federal funding left. Traffic grew from 300k–325k vehicles monthly in 1977 to about 585k in May. Toll revenue rose from 300k–500k monthly prior to four lanes to 1.6 million. deaths dropped from six in 1981 to two in early 1982, with 86 accidents in 1981 and 55 in 1982 through May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Peters
Philadelphia
Four Mile Fork
United States
Turnpike Commission
James Ward
Beckley
Tom Trottino
Alan Susman
Charles L. Miller
Princeton
John P. Anderson
Anderson
Cherenko
Reagan Nominates Shultz as Secretary of State
Officials say Shultz would not change foreign policy and could work with colleagues, contrasting with Haig who often clashed with aides. The Bechtel Group president accepted the post after a call from Reagan, with Senate consideration likely the week of July 12. Haig’s resignation followed by Haig’s policy stances on pipelines and Israel in Lebanon are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haig
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
George P. Shultz
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Habib
Elias Sarkis
Baabda
PLO
West Beirut
Arafat
Paul Marc Henry
Aley
Beirut
Damascus
Bekaa
Beirut- Damascus
Bhamdoun
Shultz
White House
London
Bechtel Group, Inc
Bechtel
Reagan
Speakes
Siberia
Europe
Israel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Lucy Carlock
Mrs
Mary Hicks
Mary Proffitt Hicks
Route 2
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Colden McClung
Colden
Hattie Clarkson) McClung
Portsmouth
Union
Norfolk
Paint Bank
Calvin Lee
Esta Wolf Clarkson
Union United Methodist Church
Sarah Walski
John McClung
Davis
Calif
Lula Holden
Edith Matney
Glen Lyn
Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home
Dallas Forren
Frankford
Perry Deel
Perry
Emma Lee) Deel
Vansant
Grundy
James R
Martha Owens Childress
Old Regular Baptist Church
Billy C
William Jackie
Thomas Gary Deel
Jerry Donald
Jimmy R. Deel
Prater
Sandra Kay Epling
Patricia Gale Sliger
Betty Jean Deel
Hasys
John
Hettie) Horton
Tazewell
Cleo Brown
Gathersburg
Roy
Ruby) Street
Lundy Childress
Ellis Childress
Haysi
Emmitt Dillon
Route 1
Matoaka
William and
Jane Carter Dillon
Turkey Gap Coal Company
Dott
UMWA
John Taylor
John Warneke Taylor
Lynn Haven Lane
St. Louis
Howard Jarrett
Washington St
Taylor
Jarrett
Mercer Funeral Home
Rosa Vandyke
Rosa Katherine Vandyke
Pilgrim Knob
Richlands Hospital
Buchanan County
Dewey
Polly Osborne Vandyke
Church of God
Otis
Ira
Roosevelt Vandyke
Aletha Stanford
Oakwood
Delva Cantrell
Pilgrims Knob
Joe Wheeler Vandyke
Ethel Hayes
Nokesville
Lettie Vandyke
Manasas
Crystal Block Church of God
Bill Honaker
Charles Hubbard
Vandyke
Keen Mountain
Onnie Canterbury
Onnie
Sarah) Canterbury
Shopview Avenue
Mercer County
J.C. Canterbury
Hardy
Raymond
Donald
Ambers Canterbury
Nina Terry
Dover
Ralph Butt
Redding
Mass
Bailey Funeral Home Chapel
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Nancy Pruitt
Nancy Jane Hagerman Pruitt
Jolo
Grundy, Va
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Roller Floral CO. OF
Bluefield, WV
David Pope
Pope
John Ruby
Excise and
Ruby
Preston County
Jim Liller
Liller
West Virginia Accessories Trade Association
First
UMW Credit Union International Executive Board
Webber
National Credit Union
UMW Credit Union
Steve Webber
Columbia
Page
Abrahamson
Alfred D. O'Hara
Glynn Lunney
Johnson Space Center
Houston
James Vanderploeg
R.K. Krishnan, M.D
C.P. Vasudevan, M.D
Fredrick St. Bluefield, W.va
The
Elberton
Bluefield Monument Company
Virginia
Mickelbury
Rent Rinsenvac
Rinsenvac
Graham
Virginia Ave
Danforth Insurance Agency
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
Hearing Aid Service
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