Area Deaths And Funerals In Region Report
A lengthy obituary column lists deaths and funeral plans in Welch Bluefield Princeton and surrounding areas. Eliza Lane 78 of North Welch dies after long illness with services at Elkhorn Baptist Church burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Thedford Christian 60 of Dry Fork Va dies of apparent heart attack. Frank Blankenship 72 of Paw Paw Ky dies in Grundy hospital. Garland J Hoops 42 of Bridgeton N J funeral at Boissevain Va. Miss Ruby Alexanderia Mitchell 70 of Chatham Hill Va dies. services at Chatham Hill Union Church. Woodrow Wilson Keiser 56 of Salem Va dies. burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Clyde Stamper 65 of Big Stone Gap Va dies after long illness. services later. Paul Cecil Stowers 68 of Bland Va dies. burial Stowers Cemetery near Bland.
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Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of CirsSulation
Mathews, Annon & Cullen
Mrs Lydia Grizzle of Conaway Dies after Illness
Lydia Grizzle 71 of Conaway Virginia died Sunday night in a Grundy hospital after a short illness. She leaves eight sons all of Conaway two daughters Hazel Blankenship of Chicago Loretta Stiltner of Conaway two sisters Winnie Grizzle and Coon Taylor two brothers George Taylor and Paris Taylor and 26 grandchildren. The funeral is set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at State Line Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev Ralph Taylor Rev Don Stump and Rev Erne Cantrell officiating. Burial will be in Big Hackney Creek Cemetery Conaway. The Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy handled arrangements.
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Frank Blankenship
Paw Paw
Grundy, Va
Margaret Blankenship
Lydia England
Feds Creek
Kester Blankenship
Ocala
Fla
Elijah Blankenship
Clell Blankenship
Willard Blankenship
Woolford
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Lydia Grizzle
Conaway
Hazel Blankenship
Chicago
Ill
Loretta Stiltner
H. A. Grizzle
Hobart Grizzle
Harvey Grizzle
Glen Grizzle
Denny Grizzle
Willie Grizzle
Oliver Grizzle
Dewey Grizzle
Winnie Grizzle
Nicholsville
Coon Taylor
George Taylor
Gate City
Paris Taylor
Kingsport
Tenn
State Line Pentecostal
Hackney Creek
Virginia
Funeral planned for Mrs. Connie Edwards of Keystone
Funeral services for Connie Edwards who died Friday after a brief illness at a Welch hospital will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sinkford Richardson Funeral Chapel Keystone with Rev. Robert Morris officiating. Interment follows at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. She was born in Montgomery daughter of the late Willis and Gracie Lee Thomas and had lived in McDowell County 25 years. Surviving are her stepfather William Isaac McGhee of Beese one brother James Lewis of Cleveland Ohio and one nephew Robert Lee Lewis of Raleigh. Pallbearers are Harold Cooper Robert Brown Curtis Webb Richard Williams Ward Ceaser and Ossie Wilkins. Flowers may be sent to the funeral home. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Lane
Eliza Green Lane
North Welch
Bluefield
Welch
David and
Arvilla Workman Green
Jay Hugh Lane
Elkhorn Regular Baptist Church
Belcher Mountain
James
Elsie) Booth
Princeton
Charlie
Jessie Lane
Drew Roby
Archie
Elmer
Sammy
Lawrence
Bud) Lane
Lee Green
Pineville
Ed Sizemore
Northfork
Elkhorn Baptist Church
E. C. Belcher
H. A. Slane
Melvin Lane
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Fanning Funeral Home
Thedford Cecil
Ted) Christian
Dry Fork
Bandy
Seaboard
George and
Minnie Ward Christian
Tazewell County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Amonate
UMWA
Lillian Cline Christian
Nancy Ann Brewster
Blountville
Tenn
Doris Christian
Lynchburg
Donald E. Jones
Marion
Nancy Ratcliff
James K. Christian
George W. Christian
Cedar Bluff
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Leon Yost
Charles Dillon
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
John Lambert
Jack Lambert
Harvey Osborne
David Pruett
Carl Pruett
Joe Christian
Newt Asbury
Berton F. Debusk
Abingdon
Bristol
Pleasant View United Methodist Church
E. E. Wiley
Marvin S. Kinchloe
C. H. Boudy
Wiley Neal
Carl Looney
Knollkreg Memorial
John A. Bobbitt
Pittsburgh
Gary
Page Funeral Chapel
F. H. Hairston
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Carl Bobbitt
Conley Ame Zion
Maurice Bobbitt
Baltimore
John A. Bobbitt Jr
Philadelphia, Pa
Rodney Bobbitt
Keystone
Leedis Cloyd
Harman Bobbitt
Donald Bobbitt
Columbus
Ohio
Connie Edwards
Sinkford- Richardson
Robert Morris
Oak Grove
Montgomery
Willis
Gracie Lee Thomas
McDowell County
William Isaac McGhee
Beese
James Lewis
Cleveland
Robert Lee Lewis
Raleigh
Harold Cooper
Robert Brown
Curtis Webb
Richard Williams
Ward Ceaser
Ossie Wilkins
Ora Lillian Tate
Worth
Welch Hospital
Ed Blankenship
Abbie Pugh Blankenship
United Methodist Church At
John ‘Tote
Ann Tote
Woodrow Ilankenship
Fenton, Mich
Gertrude Milam
Crumpler
Beulah Bailey
Coal City
Death of Ira Sam Addison in Baltimore
Ira Sam Addison 55 of Baltimore Maryland formerly Richlands Virginia died Monday in a Baltimore hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Mullins Funeral Home in Richlands pending arrival of the body.
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Ira Sam Addison
Baltimore
Richlands
Mullins Funeral Home
Freeman man John W. Spivey dies after long illness
John W. Spivey 79 of Freeman died Monday afternoon en route to a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. The body is at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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John W. Spivey
Freeman
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Richard Kay Adkins
Las Vegas News
Belcher Child Dies After months of illness
Thomas Lee Belcher Jdr. three year old son of Thomas and Barbara Mullins Belcher of Detroit formerly of Northfork died Monday after a several month illness. He is survived by parents a brother and sister and grandparents. Funeral set for 2 pm Thursday at Rolfe Pentecostal Holiness Church with calling hours Wednesday 6 to 9 pm at Bennett Funeral Home Northfork.
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Thomas Lee Belcher
Rolfe Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Hart Berger of Ohio formerly Richlands dies at 57
Mrs Merle Kathryn Hart berger 57 of Cleveland Ohio and formerly Richlands Virginia died at home Sunday She was daughter of the late Miles and Blanche Harold Wingo Her body will be returned to Mullins Funeral Home Richlands where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Merle Kathryn Hartberger
Cleveland
Ohio
Richlands
Miles and
Blanche Harold Wingo
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richard Kay Adkins Dies En Route to Las Vegas Hospital
Richard Kay Adkins aged 44 formerly of Bluefield died Sunday while being transported to a Las Vegas hospital after a long illness. No additional details were provided about the circumstances or location of the death.
Dinger Blanche Bell Died at 69 with Funeral Today
Blanche Bell Dinger 69 of New Hope Road Princeton dies. Funeral today at 2 p m Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton with Rev Paul Hall officiating. Burial at Gardens. Pallbearers Ira Profitt Randy Profitt Ward Dinger Raymond Dinger Fred Dinger Donnie Dinger. Gilbert W L Byrd 66 of Columbus Ohio formerly of Richlands and Wardell Virginia dies. Funeral today at 2 p m in Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Rev S A Luke Rev H D Hampton officiating. Burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands. Pallbearers Wayne Buford Mike Curtis Wayne Rufus Marc Donald and Gray Gilbert Jody Sparks.
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Gilbert
W.L
Byrd
Columbus
Ohio
Richlands
Wardell
Hurst“Scott Funeral
S. A. Luke
H. D. Hampton
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Wayne
Buford
Mike
Curtis Wayne
Rufus
Marc
Donald
Gray Gilbert
Jody Sparks
Stunned Swimmer Saved After Dive in Levisa River
A 24-year-old Charlie Green of Buchanan County Va. was pulled from the Levisa River near Big Rock after a dive about 13 feet deep. Companions and Claude Brown performed resuscitation. Green was taken to Grundy Hospital with potential paralysis from a cerebral injury and then moved to Bluefield Sanitarium for further assessment.
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Levisa
Big Rock
Charlie Green
Buchanan County
Claude Brown
Green
Brown
Paul
Grundy Hospital
Robert F. Baxter
Bluefield Sanitarium
Elisberg antiwar critic remembered as Vietnam warrior
Elisberg, once a keen war advocate and top Pentagon staffer, wore unmarked fatigues on secret missions in Vietnam to avoid being labeled a spy. His dismay grew as civilians were shut out of policy decisions, leading to his controversial pursuit of change and his later critique of the war.
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Elisberg
Vietnam
Ellsberg
McNamara
Pentagon
Battle ends bid for Virginia lieutenant governor race
William C. Battle of Charlottesville announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Virginia. The move opens the field for six or more potential candidates while Battle cites personal and professional reasons after a history of campaigns.
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Richmond
William C. Battle
Charlottesville
Virginia
Battle
Charlottesville Democrat
Australia
Kennedy
Democratic State Central Committee
Edward L. Breeden
Senate
Edward E. Willey
Breeden
Willey
Central Committee
J. Sargeant Reynolds
Bluefield Girl Struck by Car Suffers Hip Fracture
Twelve year old Jan Spangler of 312 North Street Bluefield was hospitalized with a fractured hip after being struck by a car driven by Ethel Younger 51 of Logan Street Bluefield at 453 p m Monday police reported Eyewitnesses said the girl jaywalked while leaving the terminal crossing Bland Street into northbound traffic with southbound traffic halted at the scene.
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Jan Spangler
North Street
Bluefield
Ethel Younger
Logan Street
Spangler
Bland Street
Bear William auctioned after custody dispute in Virginia
Hale bid five dollars at the Tazewell County Courthouse auction for William the bear. The Virginia Game Commission refused to issue a custody permit, citing the animal as wild. The Roanoke SPCA planned legal action to prevent Hale from owning the bear as it gained weight at the shelter.
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Hale
William
Beartown
Tazewell County
Wilson
Virginia Game Commission
Roanoke
Tazewell
Lacie
Game Commission
Commission
SPCA
Virginia Side Stands Firm on Pending Town Suit
Bluefield Virginia officials say the town will not drop the pending lawsuit against the town and Bank of Tazewell County over a $42000 lot sale. Bank seeks clear title and a $300000 new facility. Huffard filed the suit in April.
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Bluefield
Bank
Tazewell County
Hudson Huffard Jr
Clinton Lewis
Jack Litz
M. Crockett Hughes
Hughes
W. L. Sexton
Huffard
James Harman
Tazewell
Lewis
Planning Commission
James Jones
W. N. Lambert
Cole Motors
Charlie Madison
Madison
Frank Crockett
A. K
Chip) Harvey
Montgomery Street
West Virginia Boys State governor backs strip mining ban
Donald Copenhaver, West Virginia Boys State governor, said he will carry a nationwide strip mining ban measure to Boys Nation. The mock legislature approved a bill calling for a state ban on all surface mining with fines up to 50 000 and 2 to 10 year penalties, delegating enforcement to the State Department of Mine.
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
Boys State
Boys Nation
Donald Copenhaver
Washington
West Virgina
State Department of Mine
Copenhaver
Bluefield Area Development Corp elects new president and board
R W Wilkinson was re elected president of the Bluefield Area Development Corp. at an organizational meeting in the Chamber of Commerce Building. Five new board members were elected for three year terms and five associate directors were named for one year terms. The group urged speeding up construction of a one mile gap in Interstate 77 between Rocky Gap and Bland Virginia to attract new industry.
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R. W. Wilkinson
Bluefield Area Development Corp
Chamber of Commerce
Wilkinson
George
Buddy) Evans Jr
J. L
al) Morgan
Fred Langenheim
A. A. Modena
M T. Meachum
Logan
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