Deaths and funerals in the Beckley area
Virgil John Taylor 79 of Beckley died Friday after a long illness. Survivors include Bertha Taylor and three sons and three daughters. Lendall O. Boice 71 of Ormond Beach died after a varied career including Bluefield Lions Club and Reid Boice Tire. Lake E. Kanode 72 of Gahanna Ohio formerly of Athens died after a long illness. Elder Floyd Marrs 57 of North Welch, a minister and former miner, died after a short illness. Numerous relatives and funeral details follow. Municipal notices reference board resignation and election implications for Oliver amid a June 2 general election.
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Virgil John Taylor
Beckley
Norton
Isaac M. Taylor
Nannie Taylor Thompson
Layland Coal Co
First Church of God At
Garland Taylor
Howard Taylor
Bertha Taylor
Lloyd G
Roger D. Taylor
Edward L. Taylor
Newport News
John
Gertrude) Cawley
Willowby
Ohio
Tommy
Juanita) Jones
Antioch
Ill
Myrtle Groseclose
Winter Park
Fla
Elsie Bundy
Molly Doss
Tazewell
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lendall O. Boice
Ormond Beach
Bluefield
Camp Creek
Harry and
Oney Eppling Boice
Otis E. Reid
Lotis Boice
Edgemont Baptist Church
Boice
Reid- Boice Tire and Tread Co
Raleigh St
Busines
Bluefield Avenue
General Tire Co
Audrey Lusk Boice
Lewin Lendall Boice
Leslie
Benny
Marty) Boice
Ralph E
Marlene) Gills
Lena Jennings
Princeton
Melrose Avenue
Lake E. Kanode
Gahanna
Athens
Gahanna Hospital
Mary Blevins
Bethel E. Green Marrs
Douglas W. Marrs
Christiansburg
Everett B. Marrs
Powhatan
Delores A.) Hall
Hardy, Ky
Terry Lee
Carolyn S.) Williams Sr
Nathan
Rachel S.) Morgan
Pineville
Ray Marrs
Seville
Ralph Marrs
Olymphia
Wash
Frank Marrs
Santa Clara
Calif
Edith Selsor
South Lake Taho
Dolly Thipp
Indianapolis
Ind
Sylvia Lambert
Chester
Helen Belcher
Welch
Opal Tucker
North Ridgefield
Robert Covington West
White Gate
Roanoke
A. Vest
Julia Warner Vest
Tazewell Administrator Bill Hawkins May Resign
Reports say Tazewell County Administrator W J Bill Hawkins prepared a resignation letter and the Board of Supervisors may accept it. Templeton named as potential successor while supervisors discuss the matter. Ballard notes the letter was circulated at Wednesday's meeting and Hawkins has indicated plans to resign by month’s end.
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Tazewell
W. J
Bill’ Hawkins
Board of Supervisors
E. R
Rocky” Templeton
Hankins
Joe Peery
Leslie Ballard
Templeton
Hawkins
Ballard
Peery
Sam Crockett
Roger Mullins
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Admits Subscriptions and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph advertises subscription rates by mail in West Virginia at 58.80 per year and home delivery at 4.90 per month. It lists mailing address, classification as a member of the Associated Press, and advertising representative details.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
W. Ww
Landon Associates
Keith Hare Named Mercer Chief Deputy
Keith Hare son of Sheriff Don Hare graduated first in his class at the West Virginia State Police Academy and was named Chief Deputy of the Mercer County Sheriff's Department. He will serve after returning from graduation ceremonies and holds a B S in business administration with options in management and computer science from Bluefield State College. Hare previously worked at Princeton Bank & Trust and joined the sheriff’s office as a deputy on February 13.
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Princeton
Keith Hare
Don Hare
West Virginia State Police Academy
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Hare
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Institute
Hare
West Virginia State Police
Governor's Committee On
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
State Police Academy
Sheriff's Department
Princeton Bank & Trust Company
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
Brushfork Church of Christ
Search reveals no plane crash near Vansant Virginia
A joint air and ground search for a downed aircraft found no wreckage and suggested a tree may have been struck by lightning. Deputies aided by Paul Elswick in a helicopter and a Tri-Cities Airport check found no missing planes. In Tazewell Virginia, two 16 year old suspects were arrested for grand larceny auto after a stolen 1979 Subaru was recovered near Honaker in Russell County.
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Vansant
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Paul Elswick
Tri-cities
Tazewell
Honaker
Russell County
Bluefield
G. Breeding
Virginia State Police
Bob Miller
Subaru
Mideast Tension Mounts as Diplomacy Continues
Prime Minister Begin said he will give U S envoy Habib more time to pursue a diplomatic solution to the Syria Lebanon missile crisis. Syria warned it is ready for battle if war breaks out as Soviet warships move toward Lebanon. Habib stays in the area as talks resume with Saudi and Damascus on the missile standoff.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Syria
Lebanon
Habib
Israel Radio
Saudi Arabia
Damascus
Middle East
Reagan
Idaho Abduction Foiled Near Burley Farm
The 29-year-old son of Idaho’s governor was briefly kidnapped but the abduction was foiled when his pregnant wife climbed from a bedroom window and alerted a neighbor. Three young men were arrested as police closed in after the 25 minute incident at the governor’s rural home.
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Idaho
Burley
John Evans Jr
Karen
Evans
Moore speaks at Welch banquet urges government pullback
Former West Virginia Governor Arch Moore told about 450 at the 28th Industrial Banquet in Welch that the nation should let the private sector lead. He praised Reagan era restraint and called for government to stop intruding on private lives and decisions. The event at McDowell Vocational Technical Center, chaired by Robert Turner, included welding scholarships awarded by Pocahontas Welding Supply Co. to four seniors Jim Christian Jaeger Gregory Farmer Mount View Cecil Workman Northfork with Allan Adams Seager as alternate winner.
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West Virginia
Arch Moore
Welch
Reagan
Moore
McDowell Vocational Technical Center
Robert Turner
Big Creek High School
Pocahontas Welding Supply Co
Walter L. Sowers
Jim Christian
Jaeger
Gregory Farmer
Mount View
Cecil Workman
Northfork
Allan Adams
Seager
Fire Quelled at Matoaka Hotel by Quick Fire Dept Action
Firefighters from the Matoaka Volunteer Fire Department contained a blaze at the Matoaka Hotel on Friday evening. A juvenile suspect reportedly set kitchen curtains in a fourth story apartment, causing about 250 dollars in damage. the youth, unnamed due to age, confessed after custody by the Matoaka Police Department.
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Matoaka
Matoaka Hotel
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Birefield Daily Telegraph
Virgil Taylor
Lendall Boice
Kanode
Elbert Kanode
Athens High School
Concord College
Ohio State University
C. H. Kanode
Ann Crum
San Bernardino
Jenne Reynolds
Jeff Kanode
Worthington
Romaine Robertson
Bethlehem
Eloise Julian
Heber Springs
Ark
Raymond Kanade
Detroit
Mich
F.E. Marrs
Floyd Everett Marrs
North Welch
Welch Hospital
Fall River
Malley Matthews Marrs
Fred Dudley Marrs
McDowell County
U.S. Steel
Gary
Little Vine Regular Baptist Church
McDowell
Wyoming Counties
Superior
Harold Burkes
Morgan Belcher
Robert Lane
Belcher Mountain
Little Vine
Fanning Funeral Home
Mrs
James Estep
James
Nettie Church) Estep
Hurley
Flint, Mich
Buchanan County
Cord and
Elizabeth Estep Church
Ruby Lester
Juanita Hurley
Fenton, Mich
Betty Waynick
Stopover
Amos, Clyde
Ervin
Virgil Estep
James Ervin Estep
Lydia Blankenship
Cretie Tester
Hulda Helton
Lillie Griffith
McKinnley Church
Fed's Creek
Church of Jesus Truth
Ezra Estep
Richard Ferrell
Estep
Popcorn Hollow
Grundy Funeral Home
Luther Lyons
Luther Jackson Lyons
Jacksonville
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Madison Ball
Madison P
Matt”’ Ball
Thornton Ave
Athens Road
Ernest Barber
Ernest Glenn Barber Sr
Ashland
Hitchens
Oscar
Emma Barber
VFW
Fraternal Order of Police
Geneva Shaffer Barber
Glenn Barber Jr
Jerry
Richard
William Barber
Bertha Brown
Wilma Wellman
Oscar Barber
Montgomery
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
R.C. Browning
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Jackie Fredericks
Bobby Martin
James McGraw
Glenn Carver
Jimmy Sheban
Dale Miller
Robert West
Buford Collins
Buford Cecil Collins
Freeman
George Claude Collins
Belle Collins
Irene Isaac
Alma Gills Collins
Steve
Jeffery
Kevin
David Collins
Melinda
Belinda Collins
Chester Collins
Lynchburg
Junior Collins
Wilmington
Del
Jack Collins
Wilma Poe
Radford
N.C
Esther Howard
Falls Mills
Giddens-Griffith Funeral Home
Oliver
Dora Hendrick
Elec
J. Spencer Thompson
Lambert
Claudia C
Twila M
Athens Star
Burns Wornal Chapel
George Kelly
Gene Harman
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Mullins
Jessie McClure
Coon Branch
Church of God
G.W. Powell
Tom Sparks
Paynesville
Bowman
Morris W
Bud
Hobart
Abbs Valley
Abbs Valley Church
Rt. 1
Ted Cook
Philip Hall
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Funeral Home
Gregory Bowman
Diane Bowman
Donna Christian
Debra Crigger
Wilburn Maxley
Wayne Talley
Erby Talley
Paul Cranfill
Jack Parton
Jack Chapman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mercer
Mideast
Washington
Pentagon
Moskva
Independence
Norfolk
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Forrestal
Eagles Club
The
Spruce Run
Honolulu
Marianas
Pagan
Los Angeles
Fire Department
Ed Reed
Michael Reagan
Bess Truman
Kansas City, Mo
Las Vegas
Nev
Roy Williams
Teamsters
Justice Department
Frank Fitzsimmons
Hell
New Hope Road
Mountain Mission School Junior Choir
Grundy, VA
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