Deaths and funerals span several towns in region
Long list of obituaries from THORPE MATOAKA BIG ROCK MARVIN PRINCETON ISaban and other communities. Notables include John Paris Hayes a retired miner, Vesta Hamm, Virgil Lester, Herman Greene, Bessie Burke, LeGree Hairston, Lulu Pyrtle, Glady Litteral and many family survivors. Services set in Bluefield Welch Princeton and surrounding areas with burials at Woodlawn Roselawn Mountain Valley and other local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorpe
John Paris Hayes
Bluefield
Filbert
William
Ada Hash Hayes
UMWA
al Hayes
Claude Hayes
Wiley Hayes
Georgia Presley
Amanda Myers Hayes
Kenneth Hayes
Newport News
Johnny Hayes
Roderfield
Eldon
Wanda) Hunter
New Meadows
Idaho
Jim Hayes
Pearl Mitchem
Pauline Dillon
Anawalt
Thomas
Teresa) Peake
Ronald
Sandra) Finley
Kenneth W. Hayes Jr
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Thurman Hoback
River City
Ronald McDonald House
17Th St
Huntington
W.va
Fanning
Reynolds Rufford Emile obituary notice
Rufford Emile Reynolds, 80, of Big Rock Virginia, died recently. Services today at 2 p.m. at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel in Grundy Virginia. Burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park in Big Rock, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rock
Virgil Lester
Richlands
Baileysville
Icy Marie Miller Lester
Abingdon
Lacy Lester
Buchanan County
Big Rock Freewill
Doug
Judy) Clevinger
Vernal
Nadine) Clevinger
Harold Lester
Grundy
Denver Lester
Clinton Lester
Vansant
Dallard
Jean Lowe
Ruth Ann Smith
Bristol
Leroy Lester
Lebanon
Howard Lester
Baltimore
Ed Lester
Paul Lester
Big Stone Gap
Thurman Lester
James Earl Lester
Oakwood
Ralph Lester
Stafford
Big Rock Freewill Baptist Church
Britt Jackson
Willie Daugherty
Jimmy Kerr
Mike Casey
E.C. Honaker
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Union 7025
Grundy Funeral Home
Pocahontas
John Sabo Sr
Maple Grove St
Tazewell
Rodriguez-Pocahontas
Buchanan
Roy J
Parkway
Bluefield
Christ Episcopal Church
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
SummerFest 1992 Opens With Spaghetti Contest and Festivities
The 1992 SummerFest in Princeton area begins with a 1 p.m. spaghetti eating contest at Roma Ill followed by a bake sale and a 2 30 p.m. duck race. The grounds near Princeton High School host exhibits, live radio, crafts, pets, antique cars, puppet shows, a human chain prayer, balloon, motorcycle display, and family activities culminating in a 8 p.m. Sweethearts of the Rodeo concert. Sunday continues with pie bake off, a 3 p.m. Redbud 4 H Cloggers, and a gospel finale before the 6 p.m street dance. Major sponsors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma Ill
Knights of Columbus
Princeton High School
Hillbilly Cycles
WAEY
WCIR
Mountain State Street
Princeton Fire Safety House
Mercer County Humane Society
Princeton Radio Control Society
Veterinary Associates
Southern Hills
Northwestern Mutual
Buddy Bob Denver
Bob Denver
Cracker Barrel
Honaker Virginia
Princeton Christian Fellowship
Fred Brown
Harvest Outreach
WBDY
Fancy Free
Corrections on Cumberland Care Center photo outline
The June 20 edition printed an incorrect attribution for Cumberland Care Center, Inc. The center has not changed its name and this error is being corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Care Center, Inc
U N gives Serbs 48 hours to halt Sarajevo offensive
United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali warned the Serb forces to end the assault on Sarajevo within 48 hours or face unspecified consequences. The Security Council weighed military action or intensified sanctions to ensure humanitarian relief, with calls for limited air action and UNPROFOR oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
U.N
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Sarajevo
Council
Boutros-Ghali
Security Council
Serbia
Muhamed Sacribey
Bosnia
Paul Noterdaeme
Nigeria
Unprofor
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
State Department
Milosevic
Margaret Tutwiler
U.S
Croatia
Tourists stranded as French farmers blockade Euro Disney
Thousands of tourists with children were stranded outside Euro Disneyland when farmers blocked roads with about 300 tractors to protest EC farm subsidy cuts demanded by the United States. Riot police stood by as buses from across Europe turned back, including handicapped children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne-La-Vallee
France
Euro Disneyland
United States
Paris
Disney
Daniel Deswarde
National Federation of Agriculture Syndicates
Robert Fitzpatrick
England
Germany
Bluefield area police plan and 1987 ordinance notes
Five years ago in 1987, QC Parkersburg City Council allowed police to carry 9mm pistols on duty, but Bluefield Princeton Mercer County and State Police said they would not adopt the measure. The item highlights regional law enforcement stance amid the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vesta Betty Bare Hamm
Matoaka
Vesta
Betty Bare Hamm
Poca
Ed Bare
Ted Hamm
James Bare
Nora Campbell
Hampton, Va
Bernice Cherette
Norristown
Betty Colobro
Charlie Hamm
Glenn Hamm
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bailey Funeral Home
Herman M. Greene
Marvin
Raven
Charles Preston
Mary Frances Horton Greene
Russell County
Marvin Area
Hershel Greene
Willard Greene
Donald Greene
Emma Mae Owens Boyd Greene
John
Ruth) McCoy
Grand Rapids
Mich
Amos
Shirley) Compton
Velma Lawson
Emyle Wells
Pauline Plaster
Raleigh Greene
Andrew Greene
Tacoma
Wash
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Jessie Miller
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Bessie L. Burke
Village Green
Joseph E
Mattie Stoots Evans
Friendship Presbyterian Church
Miami
Fla
James W. Burke
Richard Evans
Marion
George W. Seaver
Mrs. LeGree
Janie) Hairston
Isaban
LeGree
Janie) Gilchrist Hairston
Winston-Salem
N.C
Robert Porter
Sally Fewell Gilchrist
Isalian Baptist Church
Eastern Star
Robert Gilchrist
Charlie Gilchrist
LeGree Hairston
Irene Cunningham
Warsaw
Ind
LeGree Hairston Jr
Clarksville
Four Pole
Mohawk
Lewis
Francis) Brant
Max Meadows
Jaeger
Roanoke
Fanning Funeral Home
Kaeger
Lula Belle Pyrtle
Ripplemead
Lulu Belle Pyrtle
Giles County
John W
Sarah Hensley Pyrtle
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Edgewood Methodist Church
American Red Cross
American Legion Post 68
Glady
Ethel
Ivanhoe
Ethel Litteral
Wytheville
Carroll County
Abselant
Martha Dannelly Williams
Arnold B
Faye Smythers
Basil Litteral
Johnson City
Tenn
Lewis Litteral
Hairston
Terry J
Gilliam
Mt. Ebenezer Baptist Church
Algoma
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Tilley
Robert Lee
Wesley St
Church of God
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Leeper
Frances Burns
Fairmont
Mt. Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Hemphill
Restlawn Memorial Mausoleum
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
J. Stanley Warren
Thomas A. Colley
Donna Clayton
Patsy Malamisura
Rhonda Watson
Carl H. Meade Jr
Mgr
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
P. O
National
Cresmer, Woodward, O'mara and
S Bee
The
Daily Telegraph
Daily-Sun
Daily Only Sun
ALL Areas
Andy Clark Ford
Hardees
Dermax Corp
First Community Bank
One Valley Bank
Waby 96
Pepsi Cola General Bottlers Inc
West Virginia Water Company
Lowes of
West Virginia
Virginia
Susan Lackey
Lackey
Athens
Ripley
C.R. Scott
Betsy Ross Bakeries Inc
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Scott
Betsy Ross
Coles
USO
C.L. Shufflebarger
W.L. Sexton, Jr
Lillian Roten
Channel 7
Wdbia Virgina Lol
NT Am
Ideadize Dance Theatre
Electrolux
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