Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area reflect long illness
Ralph Vernon Blankenship 67 of Gap Mills died in a Fairlea nursing home after a long illness. He left six sons, four brothers, five sisters and nine grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Crimson Springs Baptist Church near Zenith, burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Also: James Albert Pauley 67 of Mullens died at home after a long illness. graveside rites Thursday at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Multiple other obituaries listed with service details and cremation/burial plans.
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 Pauley
James Albert Pauley
Mullens
Highland Avenue
Vickie Lewis
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
Thomas P. White
Baltimore
Bluefield
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 unopposed Democratic race
Incumbent Gary mayor Charles D. Hodge was renominated with 128 votes in an unofficial tally. Unopposed Democratic and Republican primaries produced no opposition. Other totals include James A. Wilkerson 124 votes for at large council, Ward I 30 for R L Robinson, Ward II 38 for H Andrew Dillon, Ward III 21 for Jesse J Williams Jr, Ward IV 34 for Charles L Clark. Executive committee tallies show Ed ward Wade 31, Rose Cure 19, Jarrell C Alford 34, Vicki C Hodge 37, Joe Nogosky 22, Debbie Law 22, Don Ferguson 32, Sue F Stone 29.
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 Publication Information
Bluefield Daily Telegraph data lists publication details including USPS number, address in Bluefield West Virginia, association membership, and subscription rates for West Virginia zones. The notice notes postal class, appraisal bureau membership, and changes to mailing addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily T Printing Co
Bland Street
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Coleet
Audit Bureau of Tion
P. Box
Bluefield, W
Landon Associates
Woman Faces Murder Charge in McDowell County
Shirley K Knight 23 Jaeger woman is charged with the Monday shooting death of Ethel Mae Fitch 35 of Jaeger after a domestic argument at Myrtle s Place tavern near the city limits. Fitch died en route to Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch, with Trooper W F Martin leading the investigation. Knight is jailed in McDowell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Clinic
Welch
W.F. Martin
Knight
McDowell County
Combs Death Investigated in Virginia Motorcycle Crash
State police say 22 year old William Lee Combs of Honaker, Virginia died late Sunday when his motorcycle left the road, struck a fence, eight miles northeast of Lebanon. The death, not reported immediately, is under investigation by Trooper D R Mosier. Funeral services by Honaker Funeral Home with Rev H G Musick Jr and Rev Larry Burton will be held, 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 Budget Moves Fail To Shift Defense Funds
Senate votes blocked attempts to move 1.8 billion from defense to social programs. Riegle's bid to reverse cuts in Social Security benefits failed 81 to 17, and another push to boost two farm programs by 400 million failed 59 to 39. House and Senate plans remain guidelines for later action.
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 Talk by Legal Services Group
Striking miners and residents attended a Tuesday evening session at the UMWA hall in ABBS VALLEY hosted by the Virginia Poverty Law Center and Client Centered Legal Services. Attorneys outlined rights under public benefits laws, especially food stamps, and offered guidance on challenging Department of Social Services decisions while warning that public aid may tighten as government priorities shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Cecil
Abbs Valley
Virginia Poverty Law Center
Legal Services Division
Tazewell
UMWA
Greg Lucyk
Richmond
Lucyk
Department of Social Services
Wampler
Human Services
Rick Cagan
Castlewood
Middle-America
Tazewell County
Cagan
Eva Catron
Legal Services Office
Noted McDowell Citizen Dies
Mrs. James A. French 92 of Matoaka dies in Charleston hospital after a life of civic work in McDowell County. She led the McDowell Woman's Club and West Virginia Federations of Women's Clubs divisions. She received a national GFWC citation, wrote poetry and plays, directed Welch theater, won tri color awards with the Welch Garden Club, and earned the 1970 McDowell Outstanding Citizen Award. Survivors include daughter Edyth Martin of Charleston and son James A. French of Miami with four grandchildren and three greats. Funeral at First Baptist Church Welch with Rev. C W Barker. Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton. Douglas Funeral Home Welch in charge.
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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
Douglas Funeral Home
Bluefield Man Dies In Wreck
A 55-year-old Bluefield man, Thomas E. Fife, was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash about six miles south of Lebanon at the Rt 19 and Rt 58A junction. Fife, in a 1979 Chrysler, collided with a 1969 Plymouth around 3 20. Russell County Trooper C W Orr investigated. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Dudley.
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Lebanon
Bluefield
Here
Thomas E. Fife
Wytheville
Fife
Russell County
C.W. Orr
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
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Abbey Ray
Elkton
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
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
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
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
Combs
Roger Tompkins
D-Kanawha
Judiciary Committee
Joseph P. Albright
Dwood
Rockefeller
Tompkins
SSI
Albright
Lee
McDowell
National Guard Armory
G.H. Frey
M.D
Parkview Professional Building
MEW
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