Deaths and funerals across North Carolina and nearby states
Claude Junior Hank Boothe known as Claude the Doorman of Reidsville North Carolina died June 28 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital. Funeral services at Sharon Baptist Church Reidsville at 2 p.m. Burial at the church cemetery. Brooke Funeral Home Stokesdale in charge. Rosalene Houston Boothe 87 of Princeton died June 28 at a Princeton hospital. Arrangements incomplete at George W Seaver Funeral Home Princeton. Charles Fleenor 83 of Bluefield died June 28. Arrangements incomplete at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Melanie Beth Cornwell Vilacha 22 of Tazewell Virginia died June 26 at home. Arrangements incomplete at Peery and St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell. Melvin E Brown 62 of Brooklyn formerly Worth died June 27 in Brooklyn. Arrangements complete at Richardson Funeral Services. William Bill Demasters Princeton Memorial Funeral Directory 3 p.m. Entombment Wildwood Mausoleum Chapel Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Elizabeth Betty Gent Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Virginia. Bertha Ann Hubbard Spring City Baptist Church 2 p.m. Burial Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon. Funeral Home Lebanon VA in charge. Alma Lee Hearn Roselawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum 11 a.m. Bertha Ann Hubbard Spring City Baptist Church 2 p.m. Burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Funeral Home Lebanon VA in charge. Joseph Joe Meek Sr Central Lutheran Church Burkes Garden 11 a.m. Burial family cemetery Home Tazewell VA in charge. Jesse Jackson Pennington Princeton 1 p.m Meets at Princeton by 12:30. Elbert James Yates Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell 11 a.m. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton.
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Claude Junior
Hank’’ Boothe
Claude
Dolly Lane
Reidsville
N.C
Hansonville
Moses Cone Memorial Hospital
Sharon Baptist Church
Burigk
Brooke Funeral Home
Stokesdale
Rosalene Houston Boothe
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Charles Fleenor
Bluemont Drive
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Melanie Beth Cornwell Vilacha
Tazewell
Peery and St. Clair
Melvin E. Brown
Brooklyn
N.Y
Worth
Richardson Funeral
Wildwood Mausoleum
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Elizabeth “Betty
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Honaker
Alma Lee Hearn
Bertha Ann Hubbard
Spring City Baptist Church
Joseph “Joe’’ Meek Sr
Central Lutheran Church
Burkes Garden
Family Lot
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Jesse Jackson Pennington
Elbert James Yates
Cravens- Shires Funeral
Bluewell
Fight at The Bar Jefferson Street reported
Daily Record police blotters note a June 27 fight at The Bar on Jefferson Street with an arrest and investigation by all units. Other entries report loud music on Walton Avenue, a Giles Street parking citation, an alarm at Paper Supply Company, vandalism at Kingbridge Apartments, a suspicious subject on Cherry Street, removal from a Bluefield Avenue apartment, and a concealed weapon on Bluefield Avenue investigated by Patrolman Harmon.
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Jefferson Street
Police Department
Walton Avenue
R.S. Mason
Giles Street
Paper Supply Company
H.L. Harmon
Kingbridge Apartments
B.W. Copenhaver
Cherry Street
Bluefield Avenue
Murder conviction upheld in Greenbrier case
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously affirmed Marybeth Davis 44 of Uniontown Pa formerly of Lewisburg for killing her 3 year old daughter with caffeine pills and poisoning her infant son with insulin. Sentence includes life without parole for the daughter's 1982 death and up to 18 years for the 1981 poisoning.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Greenbrier County
Marybeth Davis
Uniontown
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Mark Burnette
Davis
Kosovo KLA turns in weapons as refugees return to Kosovo
Ethnic Albanian rebels handed over their weapons to NATO guarded storage as part of a June 21 demilitarization accord. NATO said the first convoy of 335 Kosovo refugees returned home, while violence and reprisals continued in Pristina amid the uneasy peace.
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Pristina
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
NATO
United Nations
Shpresa Mirena
Kosovo Liberation Army
KLA
Wesley Clark
Europe
Clark
British Broadcasting Corp
Bluefield Board to Meet on Demolition Bid and Policy
The Bluefield Board of Directors will hold a special called meeting at 4 p.m. today in the municipal building board room. On the agenda are a demolition bid award a personnel policy update and an executive session for litigation matters.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Man Falls 40 Feet to Death in Giles County Overlook
PEARISBURG Va A 24 year old Virginia Tech graduate Michael Barry Wagner of Blacksburg died at the scene after falling from a 30 foot overhang at Kellys Knob on the Appalachian Trail in the Jefferson National Forest. The state police say he appeared disoriented. The accident happened around 4 am Sunday. Several friends were camping nearby and most were Virginia Tech students. The investigation continues with state police and the U S Forest Service. Rescue squads faced rough terrain as they reached the site about an hour later.
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Pearisburg
Giles County
Michael Barry Wagner
Blacksburg
Scott Clark
Virginia State Police
Wagner
Kelly’s Knob
Jefferson National Forest
Newport
Clark
Virginia Tech
U.S. Forest Service
Giles County Rescue Squad
Newport Volunteer Rescue Squad
Post Office Open House Planned at Bluefield Center
Postmaster Garnett Webb announces an open house at the Bluefield Sectional Center located at 3010 East Cumberland Road in the Bluefield Plaza Shopping Center. The event runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday July 10 and will showcase mail processing and delivery for Bluefield and a five county area including Mercer and McDowell counties in West Virginia and Tazewell and Buchanan counties in Virginia. Postal staff will lead tours and offer guidance on using postal services.
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Luefield - Bluefield
Garnett Webb
Cumberland Road
Webb
Center
Bluefield
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming Counties
West Virginia
Tazewell
Buchanan
Virginia
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield Plaza
No bail for dad who allegedly killed own baby for revenge
Ronald Lee Shanabarger, 30, told police he fathered his wife’s child to exact punishment after she refused to cut short a cruise after his father’s death. He admitted smothering 7 month old Tyler with plastic wrap, hours after the infant’s funeral, and was ordered held without bond on a murder charge with an Nov 30 trial date. Prosecutors consider possible death penalty. public defender appointed. wife named Amy Shanabarger.
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Franklin
Ind
Ronald Lee Shanabarger
Shanabarger
Tyler
Indianapolis
Amy Shanabarger
Richard Tandy
Tandy
Indiana
Lance Hamner
Randy Maynard
Franklin Police
Maynard
Underwood names campaign manager in bid for governor
CHARLESTON AP A former Republican delegate Marc Harman was appointed campaign manager for Cecil Underwood's gubernatorial bid. The governor's campaign site Team2000Underwood.com was unveiled Monday by his family.
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Charleston
Cecil Underwood
Marc Harman
Bill and Karl to perform at Music in the Square Princeton
Bill Archer and Karl Miller will headline Music in the Square at Princeton Town Square at noon Wednesday. The duo will debut a new program at the weekly event sponsored by Daily Telegraph and Princeton Times. They tour Bluefield and Four Seasons Country. Women of Pisgah United Methodist Church handle concessions with door prizes and free balloons for children. admission is free.
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Princeton
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Princeton Town Square
Bill and Kar
Daily Telegraph
Princeton Times
Main Street
Bluefield
Church of Pisgah United Methodist Church
Justice reunion canceled at Camp Creek due to low attendance
The Justice reunion for families including John Albert and Allison Justice and others usually held the second weekend in July at Camp Creek has been canceled because of insufficient attendance and lack of contributions.
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Justice
John
Albert
Allison Justice
Camp Creek
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Reye
Seth
Franklin Cleckley
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Tom Colley
Terri Hale
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Henry Meade
Nent
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Vickie
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