Deaths and funerals in several towns across region
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices for June 28 1995 in Matoaka Worth Richlands Narrows Raven Crumpler Narrows and surrounding areas lists Lora Blankenship 98 of Matoaka widow How ard Blankenship and other kin. Gordon Swanson Agnew 77 of Worth a former McDowell miner and WWII veteran. Rudy Glenn Whitt 48 of Richlands a real estate owner. Janie Cunningham Frazier 78 of Narrows. Macie Horton 86 of Raven. Robert Lee McKinney 68 of Crumpler. Theresa A Grinsell 76 of Charlotte. Ray Belcher 73 of Freeman. multiple other deaths with service details and burial arrangements in local churches and cemeteries. Numerous survivors named with services at Rowland H Bailey Funeral Chapel Bennett-Widener Funeral Home Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel and local churches. Memorials suggested to Ashworth Memorial United Methodist Church Matoaka and other local institutions.
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Matoaka
Lora Blankenship
Raleigh County
William Hamilin
Alimenta Rosabell Cole
Ashworth Memorial United Methodist Church
Howard Blankenship
Claude Blankenship
Charles Blankenship
Thelma Cole
Texie Baldwin
Odd
Fern Jones
Fort Mill
S.C
Elsie Spradling
Moneta
Rowland H. Bailey
Princeton
Michael Curtis
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Gordon Agnew
Worth
Gordon Swanson Agnew
McDowell
Bluefield
Switchback
Samuel A
Clara Asper Agnew
McDowell United Methodist Church
Eastern Associated Coal Keystone 1
Union
Keystone
Armour Meat Packing Company
Northfork
U.S. Army
Rudy Glenn Whitt
Richlands
North St
Welch
Sam G
Hazel B. Burgess Whitt
Cedar Bluff
Richlands High School
Southwest Virginia Community College
Clinch Valley College
Electronic Technical School
Rudy G. Whitt
Winchester
Singleton Funeral Chapel
Buddy Herald
Stafford Compton
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Casey Shortt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tazewell County
James W
Minnie Cunningham
Narrows
William M
Bill) Frazier
E.K
Eddie
Rathma) Johnson
Blue Ridge
Grover
Nedra) Huffman
New Castle
E. Dean
Janice) Cockerman
Mims, Fla
W.W
Bill
Peggy) Price
Grantham
Funeral
Giles Rescue Squad
Wenonah Ave
Pearisburg
Macie Horton Raven
Macie V. Stilwell Horton
Raven
Buchanan County
Sylvester
Mandy Osborne Stilwell
Dietary Department
Mattie Williams
New Hope Assembly
Emory D. Horton
Audrey H. Null
David
Peggy) Plaster
Shirley Coe
Allen
Ellen Lorraine) Akers
Killarney
Fla
al Horton
Ronnie Horton
Danny Horton
Rosie Davis
Oma Osborne
Mamie Messick
Maggie Breedlove
Tazewell
Artemas Stilwell
Baptist Valley
Hurst-Scott
Claudie Throgmartin
Tom Chambers
Davis Mountain
Shortt Gap
Robert McKinney Crumpler
Robert Lee McKinney
Crumpler
Basin
Samuel M
Allie Cornette McKinney
Bell Coal Company
Church of Jesus
United Mine Workers District 29
Mary F. Bailey McKinney
Zella Booker McKinney
Barbara J. Mullins
Jenny L. Mitchem
Beartown
Robert W. McKinney
Raymond McKinney
Sabine
Conley McKinney
Martinsville
Frances O’neal
Mullens
Ruth Grogan
Baltimore
George W. Seaver
Eugene Smith
Mitchell/McKinney Family
Thompson
Charles
Bug), Jr
Box
Lorton Lick Road
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Sparks
Reva Agnes
Douglas Chapel
Underwood
Warriormine
Thomas
Walter Ledford
Haysi
Mack Colley
Vansant
Turner
Kenneth Vernon
Givens
Pearlsburg
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rich Creek
Ganoe
Nancy Mae
Peterstown
Broyles-Shrewsbury
Joyce
Royce Kim
West Hills
Calif
Singleton
Greenhills
Neice
Keith Everett
Birchlawn
Quesenberry
Raymond Allen, Jr
Route 1
Peery & St. Clair
Maplewood
Millsaps
Edwin
Hood Circle
Soddy Daisy
Tenn
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Rumburg
Elector E
Halls Ridge Road
Burns Wornal
Athens Road
New Zion
Pritchard
Virginia L
Oakwood Place
Parkersburg
Wayside United Methodist Church
Vienna
Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens
York honored for top SAT verbal score in East
Elizabeth Anne York daughter of Lynn and William York of Serona received top verbal SAT score in the eastern United States. She will enter PikeView as a freshman this fall after a May ceremony at West Virginia State College.
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York
Elizabeth Anne York
Lynn
William York
Serona
John Hopkins University
United States
PikeView
West Virginia State College
O'Dell sentenced to confinement for embezzlement
Tamara E. O'Dell former Princeton City Police arraignment clerk pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of embezzlement in Hardy County The judge sentenced her to three years of home confinement and ordered repayment The case stemmed from missing police fines totaling about 40 000 found during an audit The investigation covered three periods from 1992 to 1993 and the case was moved from Mercer to Hardy County for trial safety concerns
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Princeton
Princeton City
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tamara E. O’dell
Police Department
Hardy County
Barbour County
Gary Morris
John Hamilton
O’dell
Morris
Hamilton
O'Dell
Mack Hatfield
Bluefield
Hatfield
Mercer County
Inmate confesses to slaying at Mount Olive prison
Mount Olive Correctional Center inmate Thomas Brock, 22, of Oak Hill, confessed to strangling Michael Blankenship, 28, of Bluefield, found beaten and strangled in his cell last Sunday. Authorities, including state police, continue to investigate possible involvement by other inmates. Brock, held in a super maximum unit, says he acted alone and has not yet faced charges.
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Mount Olive
Mount Olive Correctional Center
Howard Painter
Painter
Thomas Brock
Oak Hill
Brock
Michael Blankenship
Bluefield
Gauley Bridge
Old West Virginia
Moundsville
Irvin Sopher
Blankenship
Bill Whyte
Sun- Blankenship
West Virginia
Fayette County
Virginia approves Route 693 improvements at Breaks
The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved location and design plans for a 0.77 mile Route 693 segment near Breaks Community Center in Buchanan County, including replacing the Middle Fork Creek Bridge. Construction starts in fall with no displacement. J&J Contractors won 293,886 for Route 604 work in Buchanan County. Maymead won 39,702 for resurfacing Routes 640 and 1227 in Tazewell County. Barbour Company won 443,967 for snow plowable markers across Southwest Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Virginia
Commonwealth Transportation Board
Breaks
Buchanan County
Breaks Community Center
Brenda Waters
Virginia Department of Transportation Public Information
Middle Fork Creek
Waters
J&j Contractors, Inc
Vansant
Tazewell County
Maymead, Inc
Mountain City
Tenn
Barbour Company
Lebanon
Ohio
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Rodney Agnew
Hickory
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Glen
Sybil) Cornett
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Omar Helms
Courthouse Road
Janie Frazier
Janie Cunningham Frazier of
Theresa Grinsell
Charlotte
Theresa A. Grinsell
Hazelton
Francis Eugene
Mary Mahar Kennedy
St. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Edward J. Grinsell
Richard
Pat) Akers
Proctorville
Dale
Terry) Boyd
North Tazewell
Frances Milam
Edward J. Grinsell Jr
Busby
Mont
John Grinsell
Ramsey
N.J
Patrick J. Grinsell
Ft. Carmel
Ray Belcher
Freeman
Coaldale
Cravens-Shires
Editors
Thomas A. Colley
Melody Kinser
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Teddy Paynter
Barbara Hawkins
W.va
Jim Terry
Samantha Perry
Bill Archer
Richmond
Tammy Richardson
Randy Sanger
Rhonda Wade Watson
Bobby English
Steve Smith
Mastercard
Visa
Daily Telegraph
Mail Daily Sui
National Advertising Rep
Cresmer, Woodward, O'mara
Orsbee
Dan Aune
Bluefield Monument Company
Eddie-Lee Isom
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Mt. Olive
Charles Owens
Bluefield Dance Theatre
Ladies & Mens Rings
Raleigh Street
Bluefield, WV
Clear Water Company
Restlawn Memorial Gardens