Obituaries continue with services and burial details
Obituary notices outline funeral services for Joe Culbertson at 2 p.m. Friday in Tazewell with Pastor Connie Bowles presiding, burial at Noah Steward Cemetery near Paynesville, and a Thursday 6 to 9 p.m. visitation. The Maybury resident, 71, born March 3, 1926 in Dickenson County, died April 29, 1997 after a short illness, survived by a large family including wife Doris Culbertson and 7 children, with 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Also listed are arrangements for Wilma Ida Jane Hull of Bastian, a former Princeton resident, died April 29, 1997. graveside service Friday at Clark Cemetery, Rocky Gap, with a Thursday 6 to 8 p.m. calling hour at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton. Friends may meet at the funeral home by noon Friday.
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Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Connie James Bowles
Noah Steward
Keen Ridge
Paynesville
Maybeury
Joe Culbertson
Gilliam
Bluefield
Dickenson County
William and
Carla M. Arnold Culbertson
Jesus Name Church
Eckman
McDowell County
Paul Culbertson
Daisy Mae Culbertson
Gracie Altizer
Gibb Hagerman
Doris Gay Clemons Culbertson
The
Home
David Daniel
Dorthy Culbertson
Willowton
Thomas Ray
Darlene Culbertson
Billy Joe Culbertson
Charlie
Mary Magadelene” Hill
Rosa Lee Clyburn
Kellysville
Judy Ann Stevenson
Coaldale
Elizabeth Mills
Kegley
Willie Clemons
Randy
Mary Clemons
Oakvale
Billy Culbertson
Baltimore
Mae Hicks
Ruth Snead
Jesus
Name
Jimmy Thompson
Bennett-Widener Funeral Home
Northfork
Bastian
Wilma Ida Jane Hull
Kegley Manor
Princeton
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Rocky Gap
Millard
Effie Bailey Hull
Mamie Hull
Gladys Thornhill
Dave
Arlie
Martin Hull
Pauline McGuire
Clark Cemetery
Charles Harris
Funeral services listed for multiple area residents
A list of funeral and memorial service times and locations is provided for Pearl Akers, Charlotte Carbaugh, Roger Fortner, Mary Caperton, Ethel Pruett, Joseph Stevens, Louise Jones, Vernon Darnell, and Viola Pyles. Services are at various chapels, churches, and cemeteries in Bluefield Princeton Honaker and surrounding towns, with burial planned in several local cemeteries.
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Charlotte Jane Carbaugh
Graham Christian Church
Bluefield
Maple Hill
Roger Lee Fortner
Burns
Cigarette Makers Appeal Ruling on FDA Regulation
Cigarette makers ask the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to reconsider U.S. District Judge William Osteen's ruling that the FDA can regulate tobacco. Attorneys updated the White House on industry peace talks in Dallas, with potential congressional action to codify any deal.
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Washington
North Carolina
Food and Drug Administration
White House
Dallas
Mississippi
Michael Moore
Congress
Moore
Florida
Robert Butterworth
Public Health
United States
U.S
William Osteen
FDA
U.S. Supreme Court
Osteen
High Court
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Philip Morris
R.J. Reynolds
Brown & Williamson
Lorillard
JonBenet Ramsey’s Parents Meet With Investigators
JonBenet Ramsey’s parents John and Patricia Ramsey met separately with Boulder police detectives and a district attorney representative to discuss the death of their six year old daughter. Autopsy indicated possible sexual abuse. no arrests have been made and officials had labeled the Ramseys as focus of the inquiry.
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Boulder
Colo
JonBenet Ramsey
JonBenet
John
Patricia Ramsey
Boulder Police
Boulder County District Attorney's Office
Tom Koby
Alex Hunter
Mrs. Ramsey
Ramseys
FBI
Sparkie Barber Keeps Richlands Growing and Barbering
Sparkie, a longtime Richlands barber, also serves on the town council and pastors a church. He runs Sparkie’s since the early 1970s, with a loyal clientele over four decades. He uses media to stay current, offers the high and tight cut, and plans future political moves while balancing family life in Richlands.
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Cally
Sparkie
Richlands
Richlands Council
Virginia official touts growth with 211k jobs and 11.5B investment
Skunda cites statewide and Southwest Virginia gains with 211000 new Virginia jobs and 11500 million dollars in committed investment. He warns about bubbles, emphasizes product plan and partnerships, touts 106 million in local commitments and 2200 jobs, and thanks Sen. Reasor for unemployment fund work. He hints at leaving cabinet after November.
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A-1
Skunda
Virginia
Skanda
Jackson E
Jack” Reasor, Jr
D-Bluefield
Reasor
West Virginia delegates push Four Seasons Country Summit
A 25 member delegation from West Virginia and regional groups gathered after a January inaugural summit to plan a July Four Seasons Country Summit aimed at helping at risk children. Local leaders Colley Beasley Ball Murray and Kelly urge collaboration with churches, educators and agencies as the program targets 2 million children by 2000.
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West Virginia
Colley
Jerry Beasley
Homer Ball
Michelle Murray
Missy Kelly
Coalfield
Philadelphia
Concord College
Tazewell County
Virginia
Ues
Sen. Ball
Concord
al Modena
Four Seasons
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Wilma Hull
Pearl N. Akers
Davis Funeral Chapel
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Mary Joyalene Caperton
Willowbrook Baptist Church
Willowbrook Road
Ethel Louise Pruett
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Joseph
Joe’’ Stevens
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Fife
Finney
Louise V. Jones
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Vernon V. Darnell
Reid Cemetery
Spanishburg
Viola “Tootsie” Pyles
Huntington
Freeman
Youngstown
Ohio
Youngs Ame
Marion Hawthorne
Williams Funeral Home
McConnell’s Funeral Home
Barber
Sparkie’s
Juanita
North Street
Mark
Grover
N.C
Larry
Kingsport
Tenn
Sue
Abingdon
Irma
Kitts Tire Service & Trailer Sales
Ingleside Road
Fred Gilbert
Corner Bland & Union
America
NEW Graham Pharmacy Inc
Forethought Life Insurance Company
Bailey-Shirk Funeral Home
Shirley Bailey Kirk
David Kirk
Garfield Kirk
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