Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
Obituary notices for Walter Cobb Jr., 43, a McDowell County teacher, and William Fink, 69, a retired miner, plus multiple death notices from Keystone to Bluefield. Services, burial plans, and survivor details outline community members and local funeral homes.
Israelis Capture Large Collection of Weapons
At a base in northern Israel soldiers assemble a large collection of Soviet weapons seized after Lebanon invasion. Weapons abandoned by Palestinian guerrillas and Syrian troops litter southern Lebanon as troops haul items including a 130 millimeter artillery piece and five Soviet T42 heavy tanks along a coastal highway near Jezzine, creating a logistical burden.
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Israel
Lebanon
Jezzine
PLO
Meir Nitzan
Nitzan
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
China
Vietnam
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Retired Grundy Merchant Dies in Virginia Hospital
H Clinton Sutherland 88 a Grundy Va merchant died in a Johnson City Tenn VA hospital after a short illness Born in Dickenson County Va he owned the Ben Franklin Grundy Department Store and the Western Auto Store He was a WWI veteran and member of Shady Valley Lodge AFAM No 17 and Kazim Temple Surviving are five daughters three sons and nine grandchildren Services held at Buchanan First Presbyterian Church burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cobb Jr
McDowell County
Elkhorn
Welch
Gospel Tabernacle United Holy Church
Keystone
LeRoy C. Parson
Aluester McConnel
Barry Early
John Faucett
Virginia Johnson
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Caretta
Rosa Lee Cobb Proffitt
Coalwood
Walter Cobb Sr
Excelsior High School
McDowell County Vocational School
Welch Junior High
Sandra K. Cobb
Gerald Cunningham Jr
Reginald Cunningham
Rocille Nina Cobb
Candace Irene Cobb
James Proffett
Coolwood
Larvain Cobb
Wheeling
Joseph Cobb
Bronx
N.Y
Harry Cobb
Evergreen
Ala
Novella Cobb
Richardson Funeral Home
William Fink
William Wilson Fink
Summerlee
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
William S
Lydia Allen Fink
New River Company
Mount Hope
UMWA
Christina Thompson Fink
William S. Fink
Mullens
Fred Fink
New Waterford
Ohio
Janet
Nancy Pruitt
Nancy Jane Hagerman Pruitt
Jolo
Grundy
Old Samaria
James Pruitt
Bartley
Gracie Roberts
Bradshaw
Abby Winborne
Columbus
Hattie Aronold
Bristol
Mealie Hicks
Paynesville
Mary Kennedy
Jewell Ridge
Nora Kennedy
Pebble Day
Clara Clark
Elva Rowe
Oma Proffitt
Samaria Baptist Church
Groundhog
George Baker
Phillip Estep
Puckett
Raysal
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
H. Clinton Sutherland
Johnson City
Dickenson County
Richard D
Unicy Powers Sutherland
Ben Franklin
Western Auto
Shady Valley Lodge Afam No. 17
Verna Bowman
Dayton
Buchanan First Presbyterian Church
Murphy Miller
Robert F. Baxter
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Grundy Funeral Home
Bluefield Va Man Victim Of Drug Overdose
A Bluefield man, Wesley H. Yost, 59, was found dead at his home from an apparent seconal overdose. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body sent for autopsy. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Bluefield
Jack Asbury
Wesley H
Jack) Yost
Virginia Ave
Radha K. Krishnan
Bluefield Community Hospital
Roanoke
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Columbia crew back from orbit amid space policy hype
Columbia finishes STS 4 with a near perfect flight and a flawless reentry. President Reagan expected to unveil a new US space policy including possible manned station and a fifth shuttle. Astronauts Mattingly Hartsfield share capsule with four Soviet cosmonauts and a Frenchman aboard Salyut 7.
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Columbia
Edwards Air Force Base
Reagan
Mattingly
Hartsfield
Soviet Union
America
O'Hara
Space
Mission Control
Cape
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Information Card
Public notice lists mailing details and publisher information for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Includes address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and post office box for address changes, with audit bureau and advertising notes.
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The
Daily Thing Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Seaialge
Bluefield
W.va
Omer Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Bar
London Advertising
Community tips story tip line at Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Readers are urged to share story ideas with the Bluefield Daily Telegraph city desk after 2 PM. Contact Garret Mathews or Ward Morgan, or request the photo department at 327-611 ext 230.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
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Charles Brooks
Charles M
Ruth Mae) Brooks
South Wickham Ave
Princeton
Mercer Funeral Home
Linnie Lindsey
Gilliam
Beckley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
William
William M
Virgie Bell
Union St
Stewart
Felix
Mary Hagy Halloway
Robert
Lucille Marie) Hamill
Norfolk
Eilene Kessinger
Jess Halloway
Maybeury
George Stamper
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
John Hicks
John Clyde
Mary Lucy Proffitt
John
Ellie Brown Proffitt
Jeffie
Steve Hicks
Cedar Bluff
Randy Hicks
Chicago
Ill
Fred Hicks
Statesville
N.C
Doug Hicks
Pennsylvania
Johnny Hicks
Opal Ramey
Randy, Va
Johnny Proffitt
Pounding Mill
Canterbury
Onnie
Sarah
Shopview Avenue
Bailey Funeral Home
Paul Hall
Graham
Joseph
Bethel Lee
Hobert St
Eckman
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Harold Simpson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
John Taylor
John Warneke Taylor
Lynn Haven Lane
St. Louis
Howard Jarrett
Washington St
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Jimmy Hill
Buffalo
William and
Clarabelle Warneke Taylor
General Foods
Gloria Franquiz Taylor
Douglas
Janice) Hartman
Mary Clark
Kathleen Taylor
Orangevale
Calif
Roy Asbury
Roy Elbert Asbury
Abbs Valley
Gratton
John and
Mary Sawyers Asbury
Jenkin Jones
Helen Cartwright Asbury
Paul Asbury
Pocahontas
James
Joyce) Powers
William S. Asbury
Belle Sopthin
Maryland
Georgia Short
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
John Buck
Maplewood Cemetery
Tarnewell
Beirut-Damascus
Grundy Merchant
Bluefield, Va
Donovan
Page One
Schiavone
Labor Department
New Jersey
White House
Silverman
Long Island City
Louis Sanzo
Blasters Union
Mario Montuoro
Montuoro
Schiavone Company
FBI
la Cosa Nostra
Senate Labor Committee
Anthony Adamski Jr
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
NASA
Mark Hess
Defense Department
Pentagon
Navy
Air Force
Space Agency
Shultz
Middle East
Bechtel
U.S
Europe
Latin America
Haig
NATO
Treasury
Nixon
Great Britain
Falkland Islands
Organization of American States
Argentina
Washington
Margaret Thatcher
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
American Cancer Society
Warrenizing Cleaners
Fairmont Hearing Aid Service
East Cumberland RD
Blue
Danforth Insurance Agency
William Edmondson
Linda L. Edmondson
William Edmondson li
D.D
Lowe Street
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