Death notices for Hardy Chilton Ratliff and many others in Bluefield area
Multiple obituaries from Bluefield area papers listing Isaac Hardy 85 of Pageton and other deaths including Mrs. Maxine Chilton Keystone, Raymond Ratliff 40 Haysi, Harry Milton 86 Bluefield, Myra Hale 18 months Martinsville, Hilda Turner Mullens and numerous other locals. Services set at Vivian Presbyterian Church Keystone St. Marks War and Monte Vista Cemetery with relatives named. callers advised at Bennett and Douglas Funeral Homes.
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Myra (Ladybird) Hale
McGinnis
Gertrude Dixon Hale
Martinsville
Bluefield
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carolyn
Mary Lou Hale
Michael
McGinnis Hale Jr
Charlie H. Caraugh
Virginia Ave
Dudley
Carrigan
Marie T
Cumberland Road
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
William F. Carr
Monte Vista Park
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication and rates notice
Public notice from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia outlines publication rights press affiliation and subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in WV zones with Audit Bureau of Circulation membership and advertising representation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associate! Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau
Ation
Kau Agency, Inc
Testimony Tells Davis Gunsmith Shot Three Slain
Ambulance driver Lester Hinkle and neighbor Ruth Shoemaker testified Collins shot Fred Cooper and Cooper's wife Bonnie in front of their Davis home. Collins fled in a jeep and was captured the next day in Oxon Hill Maryland.
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Parsons
W.va
Davis
Olin Collins
Fred Cooper
Cooper
Collins
Tucker County
Bonnie
Doris Lewis
Lester Hinkle
Hinkle
Oakvale Man Hurt At Tunnel Location
A 42 year old Oakvale man Oscar Collins of Sprague and Henwood Drilling Company Scranton Pa was injured at a tunnel construction site on Eastriver Mountain Tuesday night. He was struck in the face and shoulder by a drive hammer and treated at Bluefield Sanitarium with facial cuts and abrasions.
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Oakvale
Oscar Collins
Bluefield Sanitarium
Eastriver
Collins
Sprague and Henwood Drilling Company
Scranton
Pressure Charged At Women's Prison
Mrs Grace S Gose resigned as superintendent of the State Penitentiary for women after being told weeks earlier she would be replaced. Public Institutions Commission official Chauncey Browning Jr cited political pressure from the Summers County Democratic Executive Committee as a cause.
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Charleston
Chauncey Browning Jr
Grace S. Gose
Miner Wounded As Shot Attack Hits Coal Mine
In Harlan County Kentucky 16 to 18 shots were fired from a bush at Seagraves Coal Co mine in Highplint as workers prepared for shift. One miner was wounded in the hand. About 15 people including wives and children waited near the bath house when shots struck. Slugs indicated fire from multiple rifles from a nearby ridge. The mine operates without a union contract and had been hit by rifle fire three weeks earlier.
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Harlan, Ky
Seagraves Coal Co
Highplint
Harlan County
Convicted West Virginia youths seek new trial in Georgia slaying
An 18 year old West Virginia youth Woodrow Whitman seeks a new trial in Georgia Supreme Court for the murder of Billy Copeland. Roy Dale Chatterton, 21, of Huntington, may file an appeal later. Both men were convicted in Summerville for the Dec confession and killing after a hitchhike abduction near Rome. The case involves disputed evidence and a bailiff called as a state witness.
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Atlanta, Ga
West Virginia
Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Woodrow Whitman
Huntington
Roy Dale Chatterton
Summerville
Whisman
Billy A. Copeland
Chatterto
Whitman
Injured Bluefield Girls Released After Train Accident
Susan Gail Rodgin eight daughter of J L Rodgin Bland Road Bluefield Virginia was discharged from Bluefield Sanitarium Tuesday the last of three injured to be sent home. Vickie Stout six and Ramona Rebecca Misak five suffered critical head injuries but were already discharged earlier. The trio had been among 31 church day camp participants hiking a railroad trestle when a freight train appeared on the trestle and struck the group.
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Susan Gail Rodgin
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
J. L. Rodgin
Bland Road
Vickie Stout
Ralph Stout
Double Gates
Ramona Rebecca Misak
S. J. Misak
Jefferson Street
Misak
Stout
Rites Set Today For Bay Victim
Funeral services for David Balford White Jr. 16 of Baltimore Md drowned on Sunday while swimming in Chesapeake Bay will be held at 1 p m at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands Va Rev Carl Robinson to officiate Burial in Brown Cemetery on Brown Ridge He was born in Richlands Va son of David Balford White Sr and Cora Reedy White Sr of Baltimore Survivors include one sister Carol Jean White and maternal grandmother India Reedy Pallbearers were William V White E J Reedy Bill Reedy Hubert White Vince Reedy and Bud Reedy
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Issac Hardy
Pageton
Bluefield
Draper Va
Vivian
Vivian Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge No
Kimball
Bertha Ada Hardy
Bill Hardy
Herman Hardy
Virginia Beach
Jesse Hardy
James Hardy
Atwater
Calif
Thelma Roe
Crumpler
Forrest Wilson
J. E. Oblinger
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
Kimbal
Membe
Masonic Lodge
Harry Milton
Reese St
Christiansburg
John
Mammie Wright Milton
Mi. Zion Baptist Church
Irene Milton
Llysveta Hayes
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Carrolton Jackson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lugo
Virginia McCracken
Kimball Ave
Dudley Memorial Chapel
French Taylor
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Wytheville
McCracken
William K
Cynthia Pauley McCracken
Bluefield Sanita
Harry Sarver
Albert Sturdevant
Clarence Lawson
Reynard Frye
David Balford White Jr
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Carl Robinson
Brown Cemetery
Brown Ridge
David Balford
Cora Reedy White Sr
Jewell Ridge
Carol Jean White
India Reedy
William V. White
E. J. Reedy
Bill Reedy
Hubert White
Vince Reedy
Bud Reedy
Improvement Group Elects Ten Directors and Officers
The Community Improvement Association in Bluefield Virginia elected ten directors Delano Compton Roland Luther Howard Dean Murry Pope Don Harris Dale Christian Jimmy Barnett Erwin Rich Hudson Huffard Jr and Dr J G W Gillespie. Harris became president Christian vice president Dean secretary and Pope treasurer. The group discussed Appalachian Power shell building applications due July 2 and Bluefield is among 12 Virginia towns considered with 15 acres at Falls Mill available if chosen.
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Community Improvement Association
Barker's
Bluefield
Delano Compton
Roland Luther
Howard Dean
Murry Pope
Don Harris
Dale Christian
Jimmy Barnett
Erwin Rich
Hudson Huffard Jr
J. G. W. Gillespie
Harris
Christian
Dean
Pope
Appalachian Power Co. Shell
Virginia
Associaton
Falls Mlll
Fitzpatrick Named to Virginia Highway Commission
Richmond Virginia AP Earl A Fitzpatrick former state senator from Roanoke was appointed to the Virginia highway commission by Gov Harrison. He succeeds S S Flythe of Martinsville whose term expires Wednesday. Flythe could not be reappointed.
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Richmond
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
State Highway Commission
Harrison
Fitzpatrick
S. S. Flythe
Martinsville
Flythe
Head Start Begins Phase One Across Mercer County
Project Head Start directed by William E. Anderson launches in Mercer County with about 450 children enrolled as orientation of students and teachers continues. Centers in Athens Bluefield Princeton Matoaka Oakvale Bramwell Montcalm operate 10 am to 2 pm Monday through Friday for first graders from low income families and select higher income entrants.
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William E. Anderson
Mercer County
Anderson
Athens
Bluefield
Princeton
Matoaka
Oakvale
Bramwell
Montcalm
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Kentucky
U.S. Weather Bureau
Maxine Chilton
Maxine
Rochelli Chilton
Keystone
Keystone Methodist Church
Charles Yoho
Roselawn
Chilton
Richard D. Clinton
U. S. Air Force
Lockbourne
Bluefield College
Washington, D.C
Eckman
Joseph Rochelli
Jonathan Michael Chilton
Helen McCall
Abingdon
Annie Belle Shaw
Radford
Donald J
Raymond Ratliff
Haysi
Helen Ratliff
Joan Ratliff
Bill Ratliff
Yuma
Ariz
Kenneth Ratliff
Doraville
Bob Ratliff
Weber City
Ann Ratliff
Grundy
Hebert Ratliff
Haysi Presbyterian Church
Joe Morekraft
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon, Va
Virginia Funeral Home
Myra Hale
Hilda Turner
Hilda Wolstencroft Turner
Mullens
Mullens Hospital
H. M
Coalwood Woman's Club
Jack Turner
U.S. Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Roy J. Allen
War
Joe Buckberry
Moundsville
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Charles Mentzer
William Copenhaver
Oran Za
Bertha Graham
Bertha Grey Graham
Chicago
Ill
Inez Robertson
Ethel Lee Spence Brewster
Graham
Smyth County
James
Nancy Spence
William D. Graham
Catherine Onesti
Bertha Herbert
Nellie Sizemore
Knoxville
Tenn
Allyne Swim
Cleveland
G. L. Boothe
Beckley
Bessie Woods
Nancy Fox
Bluefeld
Marie Kelso
Hayden Lake
Idaho
Ray Spence
Katherine Kelley
Katherine Zella Kelley
Maplewood Cemetery
Kelley
Samuel L. Kelley
William H
Vina Louise Gillespie Myles
Kenneth Myles
Paul and
James Myles
Lewis E. Myles
Mercer Funeral Home
James. H. Hess
James H. Hess
Cedar Bluff
Lebanon
Maudie Sanders Hess
Fred Hess
Rosedale
Liza Sanders
Crocket Bishop
Nora Church
Welch
Lacy Hess
Beverly Hess
Billy Hess
Honaker
Earnest Pick
Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel
Cecil Ball
Fred Herendon
James H. Counts
Dickenson County
Earnest Counts
Troy
Mich
R. L&. Sutherland
Kingsport
Harry Koehler
Hendersonville
N. C
Kyle Poole
James Poole
American Saint Gobian Corp
Bristol
Patton-Crosswhite Vfw Post
Ralph
Gorman R. Poole
J. D. Poole
Sparta
S. C
Alice Pennington
Akard Funeral Home
Viola French
Lucille Fuller
St. Paul
Janetta Morris
Larry Fuller
Maxie Harvey
Chaleston
Della Mann
Dana Bailey
Barbara Jones
Frances Elliott
Arthur J. Turner
Wakenva
Carson J. Turner
Harrell
George E
Alder St
Midway Christian Church
Roselawn Memorial
Graham Funeral Home
Brewster
Ethel Lee Spencer
First St
Memorial Baptist Church
Maple Hill
Viola Kathryn French
Dearborn St
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Corley Lineberger
John and
Mary Swavely Weimer
Emerson Rohrer
George M. French
Wilmington
Del
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Essington
Clarence Weimer
Danny L. Estep
Faye Little Estep
Alexandria
Formery
Jaeger
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Ellis Estep
Robert Little
Patrick Springs
Wallace Estep
George Ailen
Crockett Hagerman
Josh Crouse
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Fanning
Mrs
Laura Skeens
Laura Ann Skeens
Castlewood
David E. Hale
Tandy Moore
Charles Anderson
Taves Si2ens
Gravel Lick Baptist Church
Carey Lane
Freeland Yates
John Hess
Huff-Cook Funeral Home
Bertie Hale
Bertie Lee Hale
Narrows
Riffe’s
Neal Williams
Fairview
Hale
W. C. Patteson
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