Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and Wise Counties
Obituary notices list deaths across multiple Virginia towns including War, Welch, Grundy, and Bluewell. Survivors span spouses, numerous children and grandchildren, with services at Douglas and Fanning funeral homes, Beeson Chapel Church, and local cemeteries. Presidents, teachers, veterans, and clergy named among the deceased, with memorials to the North Madison United Methodist Charge and community churches.
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Madison County
New River, Va
Thomas
Amanda Sutphin Long
Radford High School
Radford State Teacher's College
Tazewell
McDowell County
Retired Teachers Association
National Education Association
West Virginia Education Association
McDowell County Teachers Association
The
Council of Exceptional Children
War Woman's Club
War United Methodist Church
Douglas Funeral Home
War
Milo Keen
Detroit
Mich
Keen Mountain
Flint
Buchanan County
Reece
Rosa Hagy Keen
Randy
Shiela) Looney
Grundy
Larry
Danny Keen
Clintwood
Raymond Rachel) Profitt
Charlie
Mazie) Wilson
Lynchburg
Cash Blanch) Dexter
Ohio
Keith
Alice ) Stiltner
North Tazewell
Elmer
June
Lee
Burlin
James E. Keen
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen
Jack Keen
Essen Rife
Charles Stacy
Charles
Edna Pearl) Stacy
Roderfieldlaeger Road
Welch Hospital
Blackie
Harrison and
Lidia Blankenship
Roderfield Jaeger Road
Roderfield Church of God
Big Sandy
Agnes) Phillips
Charles Stacy Jr
Quincy
lLome
Noah Blankenship
Hurley
Mary Carter
Francis
Joe Banes
Andy
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Chamber Endorses Road Bond Issue for Bluefield area
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce board endorses Gov John D Rockefeller IV s proposal for a 730 million road bond issue. The endorsement reflects support from local business leaders for the statewide infrastructure plan.
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Chamber
Greater Bluefield
Funeral notices and county chamber actions in Bluefield area
Obituaries and funeral details for Mrs. Conley D. Hall Dr. William Wesley Gillespie Lawrence E. Butcher Mrs. Robert L. Billips Myrtle Sheets and related Bluefield chamber of commerce actions on funding Route 52 corridor and March luncheon plan with state and power company reps. Belgian population note appears as fragment.
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Christopher Lottito
Dan Pochick
George H. Gillespie Jr
R.L. Raymaker
John Robinson
J.G.W. Gillespie
P.P. Ferraraccio
Sam Mitchin
Edward Bernette
Frank Melcher
H. Edward Steele
A.O. Bishop
Charles Gilmore
Walter Joyce
Roy Brooks
Danny Pruett
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Billips
Robert L
Lala J. Arbaugh
Rt. 1
Mud Fork
Mud Fork Church of Christ
Johnny Elmore
Horsepen
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Chamber
al Modena
West Virginia
Bluefield Sheraton Inn
John C. McKinney
Governor's Office of Economic Development
Appalachian Power Company
Industrial County
Cumberland Road
Hlurfield Daily Telegraph ad lists delivery rates and bureau info
The fragmentary notice from Hlurfield Daily Telegraph shows a delivery and advertisement note including address 412 Bland Street Bluefield WV and mentions the Telegraph Press and rates. It references Bluefield delivery and Audit Bureau membership with monthly rate details to other zones available on application.
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Iegragh Pro. i. Tang Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
TED Press
All News
Eee
Audit Bureau of
Pote 2
Baceted
Vom Agvertiaieg Bh
Reagan cites crisis roots and plans policy shift
Reagan says no need for a constitutional abortion ban if life begins at conception and compares drug smuggling efforts to carrying water in a sieve. He outlines a White House drug policy to divert users from crime and notes he inherited the crisis from Carter. He denies starting the El Salvador involvement and quips about not firing a shot in six weeks.
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White House
Reagan
Carter
el Salvador
United States
Polish Authorities Suppress Dissidents Amid Tense Poland-US Rift
Western observers in Warsaw report troop movements as Poland faces a Kremlin line on its troubles. Dissident Jacek Kuron is detained on slander charges after a five hour hold, while Adam Michnik resists summons with union protection. PAP reports Robert L. Moczulski and three KPN members indicted for acts against basic political interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Poland
Kremlin
Warsaw
Wroclaw
Adam Michnik
PAP
Robert L. Moczulski
Confederation of Independent Poland
KPN
Cronkite Leaves Air After 19 Years at CBS Evening News
Walter Cronkite bid farewell to CBS Evening News after 19 years as anchor. His final broadcast drew about 18.5 million viewers as work began to replace his beige backdrop with a new blue gray set for Dan Rather. Walter Cronkite Day was proclaimed in Houston on Friday.
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New York
Walter Cronkite
CBS’ “Evening News
Cronkite
CBS
ABC
NBC
Rather
CBS’ Research Department
Evening News
Houston
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Bee Beavers
Deacom
Ruth Jones
Ruth Lewis Jones
Walnut St
Princeton
Miami
Fla
George W Seaver
Prin
William Lane
William Franklin Lane
North Central Ave
Chicago
Chicago Veterans Hospital
Douglas Mortuary
Beeson Chapel
Versie Hamm
Bernard Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Beeson
Bailey Funeral Home
Allie McClanahan
Alle F. McClanahan
Grundy Hospital
Lewis and
Josie Colley
Myrtle Ray McClanahan
Eura Stiltner
Arthur Darnell
Mouth Card
Thelma Hurley
New Cumberland
Kenneth Roosevelt
Lafrage Chambers Lafrage
Johnie Chambers
Harvey
Robert
Viola Walker Chambers
VFW
Darrell Coffey
Florida
James L. Coffey
Peery and
St. Clair
Howard W. Wilson
David Gentry
Ermal Stacy
Donald Hash
Raymond Coffey Jr
Chester J. Hayes
Robert Woods
Jack Puckett
Herman Billips
Herman J. Billips
Tip Top
Tazewell County
Wiliam Graf
Lula Billips
Air Force
Helen Renee Billips
Lon Billips
New Mexico
Daniel Billips
Massachusets
Mary H. Billips
Evelyn Goins
Fayetteville
N.C
Ruth Corvin
Wytheville
Betty Ison
Berdine
Margaret Hans
Wilmington
Del
Manon Billips
California
West Virgiinia Black Lung Association
Logan
Logan County
Willie Anderson
Anderson
Washington
Sigma Phi Sorority
Vernon Catherine Dunn
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ronceverte
David Swords
Wallace and Wallace Funeral
Gladys Quesenberry
Gladys Cleo Quesenberry
Bastian
Gead
Greever Funeral Home
William Morrison
William
Virginia) Morrison
Tazewell Hospital
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Butcher
Lawrence E
Possum
Hartwell
Berwind Revival Center
Belgium
Hlurfield Baily
Troy
Eagles
U.S
Bluefield Monument CompAny
Jacek Kuron
Air
Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Europe
Toledo-Lucas County
Cast Shipping Services of
Montreal
CAST
Hugh Macfarlane
Dorman
Bluefield Sanitarium Clinic
Bluefield Sanitarium, Inc
Federal Street
W. Va
Pilgrim’s Progress
John Bunyon
Vanity Faw
Mr. Obstinate
Worldly Wiseman
Evangelist
of Christ
New Hope Road
Glenn A. Tabor
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