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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 2016
Page
3
Anna Pearl Nesbit 91 formerly of Matoaka died Friday March 18 2016 at Glen Wood Park Retirement Village Princeton. Arrangements by Bailey Kirk Funeral Home Princeton were announced.
Joseph E Hedges of Blacksburg Virginia died March 15 2016 at age 91 after a life rooted in family and forestry. He earned a Virginia Tech mining degree in 1949 and worked for DuPont Boxley later retiring to run Precision Eyewear. He is survived by his wife Nancy, sons David and Steve, grandchildren and great grandchildren. A memorial service is planned March 22 2016 at Blacksburg Christian Fellowship. Memorial gifts may go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation or the church. Frances Marie Moody of Princeton WV died March 16 2016 born May 15 1922 in McComas WV survived by sister Betty Moody and many cousins.
Leave condolences at bdtonline obituaries for a musician and educator honored by students colleagues and friends. She earned a BA from Concord College in 1944 and a MA from Columbia in 1948, directed Princeton High School Madrigals, taught at Fairmont State College and served in multiple choral and church roles. Funeral details set for Princeton WV with memorial gifts to the Princeton High School Madrigals.
Funerals today include Lonnie Carlos Baker at 2 p.m. in Tazewell with burial at Hartwell Cemetery. Paul Barbery holds a 3 p.m. service in Bluefield with entombment at Grandview Memory Gardens. Jason Alan Church service time unknown at Church Family Cemetery on Burke Mountain. Edith Faye Yates Compton attends at noon in Richlands with entombment at Greenhills Mausoleum. Peggy Joyce Cromer memorial at 2 p.m. in Princeton. Margaret Ann Simmons at 3 p.m. at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Bluefield Bluewell.
Local notes list staff roles including Randy Mooney Samantha Perry Aes Rhonda Watsor and Henry Meade with titles Publisher Editor Advertising Director Production Director Circulation Director and Finance Director. Aes Rhonda Watsor appears alongside others in a staff directory entry noting organizational responsibilities and a dated term of one year six months three months.
In New York and South Carolina lawmakers propose refugee registry laws. The South Carolina bill would hold sponsors financially liable if refugees commit crimes, while New York would require refugees to register, be fingerprinted, and be monitored for up to a year or until residency. Opponents say the measures target Muslims and clash with hospitality values. The proposals come as fears rise after Paris and California attacks and amid ongoing Syrian refugee flows.
SeaWorld will halt its killer whale breeding and traditional shows under pressure from animal rights groups and ticket declines. The 29 orcas, aged 1 to 51, will stay in captivity for new natural encounters as parks seek new signature attractions. The move follows Ringling Bros and McDonald’s shifts and raises questions about SeaWorld’s branding without Shamu.
Freedom Communications agrees to sell the Orange County Register to Digital First Media for 45.5 million after a judge blocked Tribune Publishing 56 million bid. DoJ antitrust suit prompted restraining order. sale awaits bankruptcy judge approval Monday. Digital First owns nine SoCal papers including Los Angeles Daily News.
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