Deaths and Funerals Lead-Obituary Section Notes
Ralph Vernon Blankenship 67 of Gap Mills died after a long illness in a Fairlea nursing home. Survived by six sons, four brothers, five sisters, and nine grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Crimson Springs Baptist Church near Zenith, burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Also listed are James Albert Pauley 67 Mullens and MRS ABBEY RAY 68 Elkton Md with service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Blankenship
Ralph Vernon Blankenship
Gap Mills
Fairlea
Kegley
Henry C
Bessie Sturgill Blankenship
Andrew S. Brown
Sweet Spring
Alvin
Clark
Vernon Blankenship
Ted
Harold Blankenship
Huntington
Douglas Blankenship
Ronceverte
Crimson Springs Baptist Church
Zenith
Jimmy Rogers
Marion Ripley
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Broyles- McGuire Funeral Home
Union
James Albert Pauley
Mullens
Highland Avenue
Clayton
Ind
Jim Pauley
Thelma Green
Longmont
Colo
Howard Pauley
Hank Pauley
Sterling, Va
Spike Pauley
Kelly Pauley
Darrell Pauley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Clifton Gunnels
Longanacre
Abbey Ray
Elkton
McDowell County
Thomas
Sarah Puckett Hagerman
Miles Ray Jr
Charles Ray
Frank Ray
Yukon, Tenn
Garner Ray
Pottstown
Cecil Ray
Boston
Mass
Elizabeth Person
Florence Willard
Yukon
John Ray
Mindota
Earl Ray
Ernest Ray
Davy
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Grundy
Esaw Rife Cemetery
Keen Mountain
James Hale
James
Annie Mae Lawrence) Hale
Rt. 5
Box
Bluefield
Mercer County
Cephas
Alice Hennigar Lawrence
Elizabeth
Virginia Hale
Glaydes Taylor
Louise Howard
Steger, Ill
Mildred Saidler
Berlin
Bill Hale
Earnest Hale
Ervin Hale
St. Augustine
Fla
Bud Lawrence
Cecil Lawrence
Eden
Betty Lambert
Ollie Lambert
Hazel Lawrence
Michigan
Ida Lawrence
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Fred Mooney
Brushfork
F.L. Epling
Fredrick L
Vada Ann) Epling
Camp Creek
Spanishburg
Joseph and
Lucinda Houchins Maxey
Freewill Baptist Church
Dacy H. Epling
Dueward Eppling
Lustar Epling
James Epling
Titusville
Zona Setliff
Lorena Farley
Alda Grace Epling
Carla Farley
Leota Vandell
Meadowbridge
Carl Roseblock
Epling
Athens Road
Thomas P. White
Baltimore
Tazewell
John and
Mattie Proffitt White
Lola Ann White
Carl E. White
William White
Buford White
Judy White
Curtis
Margaret) Nicewander
Carl
Marie) Montier
Stewart R. White
James White
Buchanan
Leonard Repass
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Gary Election Ballots Counted in Democratic Primary
Incumbent Gary mayor Charles D. Hodge was unopposed in the Democratic primary and received 128 votes. Other unofficial totals include James A. Wilkerson 124 votes for council at large, ward results for Robinson, Dillon, Williams Jr., and Clark, and executive committee tallies by ward and gender across Wilcoe, Gary, Elbert, Thorpe, and Filbert communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Hodge
Gary
James A. Wilkerson
R.L. Robinson
Wilcoe
H. Andrew Dillon
Jesse J. Williams Jr
Filbert
Charles L. Clark
Edward Wade
Rose Cure
Jarrell C. Alford
Vicki C. Hodge
Joe Nogosky
Elbert
Debbie Law
Ward IV
Don Ferguson
Sue F. Stone
Thorpe
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Reader Classified Notice
Local newspaper masthead text and subscription rates details show Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishing logistics and subscription prices. No specific event or person is described beyond standard rate information and postal service notes.
Woman Faces Murder Charge In McDowell County
SAEGER A 23 year old Jaeger woman Shirley K Knight was charged with the Monday shooting death of Ethel Mae Fitch 35 at Myrtle s Place just outside the city. The event occurred about 655 PM and Fitch died at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. Trooper W F Martin continues the investigation and Knight remains jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Clinic
Welch
W.F. Martin
Knight
McDowell County
Combs Death Investigated In Virginia Motorcycle Crash
William Lee Combs, 22, of Honaker, Va., died when his motorcycle left the road and hit a fence eight miles northeast of Lebanon. State police said the crash occurred Sunday night. Trooper D R Mosier led the investigation started Tuesday. Funeral services were held at Honaker Funeral Home with Rev H G Musick Jr and Rev Larry Burton officiating followed by burial in the family cemetery near Finney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Wytheville
Honaker
William Lee Combs
Rt. 1
Here
D.R. Mosier
H.G. Musick Jr
Larry Burton
Finney
Senate debates defense cuts and Social Security funding
Senate action stalled on shifting 1.8 billion from defense to social programs as well as reversing reduced cost of living adjustments for Social Security retirees. A bid by Melcher and Burdick to add 400 million for two farm programs failed. House and Senate plans remain only guidelines for later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Riegle
D-Mich
Riegle
Senate
John Melcher
D-Mont
Quentin Burdick
D-N.d
House
Congress
Miners Hear Public Aid Session On Food Stamp Rights
In ABBS VALLEY Virginia a night meeting with Virginia Poverty Law Center and Client Centered Legal Services explained public benefit rules for food stamps to striking miners. Attorneys outlined rights and how to object to DSS decisions, urging use of fair hearings and due process amid concerns about cuts and policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbs Valley
Virginia Poverty Law Center
Legal Services
Legal Services Division
Tazewell
UMWA
Greg Lucyk
Richmond
Lucyk
Wampler
William Wampler
Department of Social Services
Human Services
Rick Cagan
Castlewood
Middle America
Tazewell County
Eva Catron
Legal Services Office
Noted McDowell Citizen Dies
Mrs. James A. French 92 of Matoaka died Sunday in a Charleston hospital. A McDowell County civic leader and poet, she served as a longtime leader in the McDowell Woman's Club and West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, received a national GFWC citation, led local campaigns, and was active in Welch First Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Edyth Martin of Charleston and son James A. French of Miami. services at First Baptist Welch. Douglas Funeral Home, Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A
Versa Walker) French
Matoaka
Charleston
Ira W
Lorna Carnes Walker
McDowell County
Citizens of
Eisenhower
McDowell Woman's Club
West Virginia
State Federations of Women’s Clubs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
First Baptist Church
Welch
the Missionary Society
Church Circle
Women’s Bible Class
McDowell County United Church Women
Bluefield Man Dies In Wreck
A 59-year-old Bluefield man, Thomas E. Fife, was killed in a two vehicle crash about six miles south of Lebanon Virginia at the Rt 19 Rt 938A intersection around 3 20 PM Tuesday. State police from Wytheville investigated with Russell County Trooper C W Orr. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Dudley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Bluefield
Here
Thomas E. Fife
Wytheville
Fife
Russell County
C.W. Orr
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
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James Pauley
Dewey Turley
Dewey
Kansas
Turley
Leemaster
Richlands
Buchanan County
Robert
Mary Jane Looney Yates
Tockland Pentecostal Church
Donald Hagg
Ada Haden
Ruby Modlin
Lewiston
N.C
Ada Murphy
Buford Smith
Dewey Ward
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Will
Ronnie Coleman
Virginia Funeral Home
Henry Reese
Henry H. Reese
Peterstown
Zionville, N.C
Marion
Mary Etta Wilson Reese
Cleveland
Ohio
Chrome Industries
Zionville Baptist Church
Virginia McGhee Reese
Jeffrey Allan Reese
Tom Reese
Wiley Reese
Lindside
Bessie Norris
Wiles, N.C
Maggie Wilson
Zionville
Alice Wickline
Broyles Funeral Home
W.F. Sampson
Broyles Cemetery
Dave
Dave (Beulah Mary) McNew
Rt. 3
Oakvale
F.E. and
Dora Cole Mateer
Duhling Community Church
David L. McNew
Ada Hurst
Reba Lowman
R.B. Pickett
Harold Goins
King Cemetery
Montcalm
Chester Foy
Jack Wall
Jim Shrader
Bill Belcher
Chester Workman
William Parcell
Yanis Gills
Gary Carrico
Elizabeth Bracy
Elizabeth Tiller Bracy
Murfreeseboro
Norfolk
Mack S. Wise
Mack S
Anie Lee) Wise
View Ave
Wards Cove
Samuel Lee
Ellen Caudill Carver
Trinity United Methodist Church
Robert Wise
Witten Wise
South
Belcher
Emanuel
Sarah Ann
Kimball
Elkhorn Baptist Church
Belcher Mountain
H.A. Lane
Harold Burks
Douglas Funeral Home
Chaffin
Walter (Lake
Wilmore
Jaeger
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Alton Richardson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Friends
Mactarnaghan
W. George
Alva Ritz
Mercer Funeral Home
C.H. Patterson
Monte Vista
Ceres
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daly Tetaregh Pry Daily T Ting Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
Apco
Audit Bureau of Postmaster
P.O. Box
Whating
Landon Associates
Combs
Roger Tompkins
D-Kanawha
Judiciary Committee
Joseph P. Albright
D Wood
Rockefeller
Tompkins
SSI
Albright
Lee
McDowell
National Guard Armory
G.H. Frey
M.D
Parkview Professional Building
VFW
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