Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Surrounding Areas
Carl E. Billips 72 of Bluefield Virginia dies in hospital. World War II veteran and retired miner, survived by wife Pearl Stallard Billips and 13 other family members. Funeral at Dial Rock Church of God with burial at Billips Family Cemetery. Funeral home visitation tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Billips
Carl Edward Billips
Bluefield
UMWA
Pocahontas
Dial Rock Church of God
Pearl Stallard Billips
Garland
Rex
Clayton Billips
Martin Billips
St. Georges
Del
Merle
Janice) Kirshner
Cumberland
Roger
Charlotte) Mitchem
Wayne
Wanda) Wood
David
Margaret) Fowler
Edwin
Della) Hanks
Lawrenceburg
Lois) Ashworth
Gilmer
Texas
Alex Day
Billips Family Cemetery
Mudfork
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Funerals Held For Ernest W Harmon And Riley W Ball
Ernest W Harmon 84 of Village Green Bluefield Princeton Road formerly of Kegley died yesterday. Funeral today at 2 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Rev Wallace Smith officiating and burial at Reid Cemetery Spanishburg. Riley W Ball 56 of North Tazewell Va known as R W died. Funeral today at 11 a.m. at First Assembly of God Church with Rev Max C Linkous and Rev Curtis Christian officiating and burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road. Peery and St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Rowland
Beckley Road
Princeton
Bluefield
Bethel United Methodist Church
Basil Rowland
Hertha Rowland
Spanishburg
Gracie Rumburg
Grand Junction
Colo
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Charles Wilson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Myrtle Rigney
Myrtle Ellen Rigney
Box 214
Main Street
Bramwell
Paul
Dorothy) Bales
Bluewell
Peb
June
Jarrett
Globe
Ariz
Max
Betty) Reynolds
Cecil
Ethel) Mullins
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
C.H. Patterson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Beulah
Beulah Breeding
Abingdon
Grundy
Buchanan County
Buchanan Counties
Grundy United Methodist Church
Fred Long
Mountain Valley Memorial Park Mausoleum
Ocie T. Justice
Ocie Thompson Justice
Bristol, Tenn
Hibbert Justice
Lee
Faye) Hughes
Doran
Kenis
Paul Wayne
Ron Keith Justice
Thelma Indicott
Hattie Flaughers
Porstmouth
Ohio
Sam Thompson
Grundy Funeral Chapel
Buford Smith
Arville Collins
Randy Webb
Fletcher Cemetery
Home Creek
Earnest C. Black
Earnest Clay Black
Alum Creek
Abbs Valley
Charleston
Tazewell County
Garland Edward
Cynthia Edmonds Black
Union Carbide
South Charleston
Judy Black
William Clay Black
Don E. Black
William D. Black
Margaret Sue Black
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Titus Cox
Harmon
Ernest W
Village Green
Princeton Road
Kegley
Bailey Funeral Home
Wallace Smith
Reid Cemetery
Cyndi Lauper Recovering After Abdominal Illness Surgery
Grammy winning rock singer Cyndi Lauper fell ill with an abdominal ailment during radio promotions. A spokeswoman from Epic Records said the operation was successful and Lauper is recuperating at an undisclosed location for about three weeks. The illness details were not disclosed.
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New York
Cyndi Lauper
Epic Records
Cyndi
Susan Blond
Princeton Community Hospital board faces audit disputes
The hospital's leadership disputes a 23-page audit by HCCRA alleging lack of CONs, noncompetitive bids, and improper billing. Anesthesiologist Sheppard contends rates are not excessive, cites long red figures, and notes PMH helped fund PCH and the nursing home. A $2 million suit targets the hospital and four officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
PCH
de Sousa
Mercer County
HCCRA
Red
American Hospital Association
West Virginia
Princeton Memorial Hospital Corporation
Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Memorial Hospital
PMH
Princeton
State Certificate of Need
Western Pennsylvania Hospital Group
Bill Reaser
Rick Krout
Former editor Syd Barksdale dies in Florida
Syd Barksdale aged 76 died Tuesday at Fort Walton Beach Florida. A former editor of the Sunset News in Bluefield he also served as executive assistant to Senator Robert C Byrd. He retired a decade ago to Florida with survivors including wife Mary Hobson of Bluefield and sons Arthur and Edmund. Funeral and burial will be held Friday in Atlanta Georgia.
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Joseph Glenn Nease
Joseph
Joe) Glenn Nease
Route 1
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Letcher County
U.S. Army
Loretta Fields Nease
Teresa Sharon Bryant
Virginia Beach
Glenn Ray Nease
Charlie D. Nease
Gary Gene Nease
Kenneth Wayne Nease
Abingdon
Cora Dandy
Mildred Isom
Madison
Peggy Sams
Cupertino
Calif
Bercher Nease
Whitesburg
Ted Nease
Dublin
Texas
Hurst-Scott
Randy Broadwell
Carlton L. Cecil
Green Hills Memory Garden
Claypo
Hill
Ray E. Harman
Streetsboro
Richfield
Ohio
Princeton
Cleveland
Allen Harman
Glenwood Park
Mary Frances Byrd Harman
Yellow Freight Co
Walter
Allene) Leese
Barbara Doolittle
Huntsville
Ala
Robert
Steve
Duncan Harman
West Palm Beach
Fla
Burns Wornal Chapel
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Barboursville Veterans Home
Syd Barksdale
Fort Walton Beach
Sunset News
Bluefield
Robert C. Byrd
Florida
Mary Hobson
Arthur
Edmund Barksdale
Herbert
Frances) Liddle
Atlanta
Lawmakers push ideas to revive stalled budget talks
Washington lawmakers search for ways to restart budget talks. House Speaker O'Neill backs taxing Social Security recipients with outside incomes but rejects freezing benefits. Senate leaders float extending coverage and Medicare to raise funds as Reagan aides weigh impasse versus weak cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
O’neill
D-Mass
Senate
Reagan
Capitol
Robert Dole
Dole
William H. Gray III
D-Pa
House Budget Committee
House Votes to Renew Pen tagon ASAT Limits
The House approved 229 to 193 to renew final stage tests limits on the Pen tagon anti-satellite program if the Soviet Union agrees to a similar halt. The pact would replace an expired prior ban while the Senate weighs a three-test limit, as lawmakers push arms control in a broad Pentagon budget discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Pentagon
Senate
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Sarah E. Whitt
Sarah Elizabeth Whitt
Fayetteville
McDowell County
Amstead
Cecil Whitt
Fred Whitt
Winford Whitt
Stephenson
Ersel Whitt
Aberdeen
Myrtle Spears
Myrtle Brooks Spears
Perry, Ga
Montcalm
Atlanta, Ga
Cravens-Shires
Forrest Foley
Lake Shawnee
Rock
Charlie Mack VanDyke
Mountain Home
Tenn
Berwind Fuel Co
Berwind
W.va
United Mine Workers of America
Methodist Church
Ethel Johnson van Dyke
Harvey Reese van Dyke
Kingsport
John F. Autry
Claypool Hill
Harvie
George Barnes
Second Ave
Jewell Ridge Coal Co
Jewell Valley
U.M.W.A
Richads
Gethsemene Baptist Church
Paul L. Johnson
Bluewell Manor
West Jefferson
N.C
Radford
Dessie (Carter) Johnson
Newark
Ronnie Johnson
Arizona
James Johnson
Tulsa
Okla
Bonnie Katt
Janie Stewart
Pembroke
Conwingo
Claude York
Freeman
Jeff
Lillie) Hodge
Maybeury
Badger Funeral Home
Johnson Cemetery
Warrensville
Craven-Shires Funeral Home
Margaret Dudley
Welch
Welch Hospital
Page Funeral Home
Rayfield Hamby
Foxridge
Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church
Irlene Penn Hamby
Pearl Huff Hamby
Ozell Parks
Carrie Welch
Tinson
Wheeler
R.H. Hamby
Davis Funeral Chapel
Oakvale
T.M. Stevens
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Sabbath
Vermont
Miami
Arkansas
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland ST
Edwin M., Fri
Thomas A. Cou
Jim Terry
Linda M. Osborne
Lewis B. Spence
P. O
National Advertising Rep
London Associates
Scable W.va
Dusty Anderson
VPI
W.V
Grant's
Bluefield Ave
Westgate
Hampton's
Bluefields
Keystone City Limits
Arno
Papillion
Neb
Woodstock
Joyce Kinder
Peery
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