Deaths and Funerals in Southern West Virginia Area
Obituaries list Myrtle Spears, Christie Pettrey, Vercil Looney, Otis White, Forrest Foley, Margaret Dudley and many others with details of their ages, origins, survivors, church affiliations, funeral homes, and burial sites. The column includes service times, callers, and locations across Bluefield Princeton Welch and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Spears
Myrtle Brooks Spears
Perry, Ga
Montcalm
Coalwood
Atlanta
Lillie B. Owens
Ashland
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
Ralph Malcomb
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Christie Pettrey
Christie Dawn Pettrey
Buddy Lee
Mary Martin Pettrey
Ron
Christopher
Buddy Lee Pettrey Jr
Rachel
Lisa Pettrey
Pettrey
Vercil I. Looney
Vercil Ida Deel Looney
Oakwood
Grundy
Buchanan County
Dry Fork
Roger Paul Looney
Lorton
Warren Looney
Nashville
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain
Teddy Ball
Franklin Viers
Elmer Brown
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Lois A. White
Janice Gail BeCraft
Rockville
Anna Lee Key
Winder
Connie Kay Cole
Villa Rica
Otis Hensell White Jr
Bluefield
Alfred Wayne White
Palm Harbor
Fla
Madeline Dooley
Alfred
Eddie White
Curtis White
Gene White
Catawba
N.C
Bobby White
Lincolnton
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Brad Henderson
Tom Brown
Rick Bradley
Forrest Foley
Rock
Mercer County
Violette Phalen Foley
Sargeant Forrest Foley Jr
U.S. Air Force
Germany
Charles A. Foley
Sumpter
S.C
Bernard Foley
Beeson
Christine Dillon
Reva Harrison
Matoaka
Crystal Williams
Wadley
Ala
Blanche Shrewsbury
Lashmeet
Cena Walker
Anna Meadows
Williston
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Earl Lovell
Earl Lewis
Resthaven Memorial Park
Margaret Dudley
Welch
Welch Hospital
Elbert
AME Zion Temple Church
Sam Dudley
Alva Reeves
Columbus
Ohio
Margaret Pulliam
Detroit
Mich
James Dail
Brooklyn
N.Y
Samuel B. Patterson
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Page Funeral Home
Ora L. Howell
Ora Looney Howell
Burkes Garden
Durham
Bland County
Thomas M. Howell
Gary Howell
New Bern
Merle Howell
Tazewell
Norman Howell
Celia Osborne
Webber City
Elizabeth Boling
Roanoke
Raymond M. Harvey
Raymond Manuel
Dinkey
Harvey
Keystone
Elkhorn
Hattie Harvey Dennis
Carswell
Jim Harvey
McDowell County
UMWA
Arlene Harvey
Coston Harvey
Lawrence Dennis
Northfork
Hastine Haskin
Red House
Richardson Funeral Home
William Ponder
Princeton Road
Chamber notes and Middle East tensions summarized
The West Virginia chamber joins the West Virginia Business Foundation and reports over 500 attendees at its annual dinner with George Gallup as keynote. A safety program aids children after school while vandals damage Bluefield plants. In Beirut, Amal leader Berri forecasts an end to the hostage crisis within days with U.S. help, amid talks on freeing Lebanese and Western hostages. Israeli and American discussions hinge on prisoner releases and embassy relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Business Foundation
Ammar
Mountain State
al F. Marra
George Gallup
Mercer County
Lena French
Make the
Frazier Miller
Chamber
Pipestem State Park
Governor’s Office of Economic and Community Development
Lysander Dudley
Gov. Moore
West Virginia
Randel O. Bond
Bond
Hostage says most captives sympathetic to captors cause
Americans held since June 14 in Lebanon amid the TWA 847 hijacking express sympathy for Amal and Lebanese aims. Allyn Conwell Ralf Traugott and Rev. James McLoughlin appeared on ABC News from Beirut and reported good health. Traugott’s brother Axel said invitations to visit may come soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berri
Beirut
U.S
NBC News
Amal
TWA
Athens
Rome
U.S. Navy
Jimmy Dell Palmer
Little Rock
Ark
Israel
Atlit
Lebanon
New York
Allyn Conwell
Ralf Traugott
Conwell
Traugott
Axel
NBC
McLoughlin
Carol Jacklin
Illinois
Father Jim
America
Niki Assimakoupoulos
Fitchburg
Mass
Ralf
Olgas
Corfu
Greece
Firing controversy draws mixed comments from lawyers and officials
Bluefield and Princeton lawyers react cautiously to Neely's action. Some call the issue overblown while others urge facts be known. State leaders weigh potential new rules and a day care proposal at the Statehouse surfaces amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGinnis Hatfield
Princeton
Kevin Wade
Bluefield
G. David Brumfield
Welch
Wade Watson
Neely
Lane O. Austin
Feuchtenberger
Associated Press
House
Joe Albright
Dwood
Chuck Chambers
D-Cabell
Phoebe Trost
Albright
Chambers
Statehouse Complex
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Otis H. White
Otis Hensel White
Box 40
Old Bluefield
Coppinger Machinery Company
Midway Church of Christ
Johnson
Paul L
Bluewell Manor Apartments
West Jefferson
Badger Funeral Home
Johnson Cemetery
Warrensville
Billips
Carl Edward
Dial Rock Church of God
Alex Day
Mudfork
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Rowland, Viola
Spanishburg
Bailey Funeral Home
Charles Wilson
Whitt
Sarah Elizabeth
Fayetteville
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Raymond Bishop
Thompson Cemetery
Big Jenny
J.E. Morgan
Ikes Fork
Helen Morgan
Jerry
Peggy) Justice
Bernice Long
Jack
Josephine) Trail
Charleston
J.C. Morgan
Saeger
Frank Morgan
Savannah
Herbert
Linzie
Lille
Elmer Morgan
Hanover
Jaeger
Norman Lester
Clyde Robertson
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Joseph W. Gause
Joseph Williamson Gause
el Paso
Texas
Taiwan
Spain
Mary Allen Davidson Gause
Nemours
Jo Allen Gause
Houston
Joseph Davidson Gause
U.S. Army
Ted Kittredge
Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Catalina St
Martin Funeral Home
Rozella Thompson
Landgraff
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
San Felipe
Mexico
Charles A. Peters
Washington
Victor Harel
United States
Marcel Langel
Langel
Jean-Paul Kauffmann
Michel Seurat
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Nuclear Armaments
Omaha
Frank Birk
Wellesley
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Verne Orr
Zorinsky
Rockwell International
One
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
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