Deaths and Funerals in Grundy and Nearby Areas
Obituary notice lists Mrs. Sam Lane 80 of Grundy Virginia and Mrs. Frank Keen 77 of Bellville Ohio among others, detailing survivors, church affiliations, and burial plans. Multiple family members across Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio are named with funeral arrangements at local churches and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lane
Sam
Sarah L.) Lane
Rt. 2
Grundy
Kingsport
Tenn
Margie Bish
Ethel Wilson
Tennessee
Mary Kirkpatrick
Baltimore
John Lane
Willard
Burton
Burnis
Allen Lane
Carrie Lane
West Virginia
Benton Lane
Ohio
Lydia Foster
Nancy Deel
Mary Deel
Harman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details and rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes each morning from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. Member of the Associated Press with news dispatch rights and local wire. Subscription rates by mail WV $58.80 per year. home delivery $4.90 per month. Postmaster address and advertising rep listed.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefiea
West Virginia
Audit Bureau
P.O
Landon Associates
McComas Man Dies In Creek. Autopsy Planned
An 85 year old McComas man, John Taylor Spencer, was found dead Tuesday morning in a creek in front of his home. Officials said no foul play is suspected and an autopsy will determine the cause of death. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park with services at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel in Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cameresi
James Roger Cameresi
Rt. 1
Box
Sandlick Road
Bluefield
Princeton
McComas
Carl and
Minnie Sparks Cameresi
Bailey's
Pruett
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Don Hare
John Taylor Spencer
Box 59
Shawsville
Tom
Betty Bryant Spencer
Bessie Spencer
UMWA
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Archie Bowling
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Oliver to Remain on Bluefield City Board
Bluefield city board member Paul Oliver Sr. has decided to continue serving after discussing resignation with family. Oliver cited duty to voters as his motivation. The board also amended a tax on retail alcohol to align with state increases and proclaimed June 6 as Homecoming 81. A leash law ordinance was introduced with a second reading planned for May 26, and Paul Chryssikos was appointed liaison to the US Council for the International Year of Disabled Persons.
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Bluefield
Paul Oliver
Oliver
The
Daily Telegraph
Fred P. Burton
Princeton-Mercer County
Paul Chryssikos
United States Council For the International Year of Disabled Persons
IYDP
Area Theft Ring Suspects Arrested
Four Princeton area men linked to two Giles County break ins and a Mercer County incident were arrested. Donald Lindsay 26 Oakvale Jeffrey Tilley 19 David Rubel 20 and Clarence St Clair 28 of Princeton face multiple charges. Bonds set at 45000 16000 16000 and 8000. Police aim to recover remaining stolen items.
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Pearisburg
Giles County
Mercer County
Tom Lawson
Princeton-area
Mercer
Donald Ray Lindsay
Oakvale
Jeffrey Tilley
David Rubel
Clarence O
St. Clair
Princeton
Lawson
B&h
Bane
Staffordsville
James Spicer
Fordsville
S.A. Lester
Virginia
West Virginia
Cheasy Creek
Lindsay
Rabel
Tilley
Three Men Arrested In Vehicle Theft And Bluefield Chase
Police arrested Teddy Ray Farmer 18 Ward D Proffitt 18 and James K Hambrick 27 after they stole a 1974 pickup from Farmers Used Cars Bluefield Avenue and fled in a high speed chase ending when the truck crashed into a Shoney's pole and the building entrance.
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Shoney’s
Bluefield
Teddy Ray Farmer
Ward D. Proffitt
James K. Hambrick
Bluefield Avenue
Roman Farmer
P.O
Farmer
R.M. Poe
Sheraton
Michael E. Anderson
Rt. 1
Sheraton Inn
R.L. Boone
Mount Taal Erupts With Gas and Ash Not Lava
The Philippine volcano Mount Taal has a history of death and destruction but has emitted no lava. It spews noxious gas steaming mud ash and white hot rocks rather than lava.
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Taal
Philippines
Lunchrooms Face Closure Across Districts Warned by Officials
Washington AP article reports Agriculture Department official warning that federal cuts to school nutrition could force some districts to close lunchrooms and end free meals for needy children. Hoagland cites risk of closures, while one official estimates 35,000 to 40,000 schools affected. Stockman is urged to reconsider if dropout risks emerge.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
G. William Hoagland
the Department
Food and Nutrition Service
House
Hoagland
Stockman
David Stockman
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
Education and Labor Committee
Consol bargaining team led by Consol president Bobby Brown
UMW protests outside union mine sites as talks with BCOA stall over subcontracting. Daisey Niehous says Brown is not negotiating realistically while miner Ron Stipanovich warns of starvation. Sam Church calls a Thursday meeting of the union’s 3 percent bargaining council in Washington to seek guidance. The dispute centers on non union subcontractor hiring and job security. Paul Lemmon of District 5 emphasizes firm stance on contract language.
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Consol
B.R
Bobby” Brown
Bobby Brown
Daisey Niehous
Ron Stipanovich
Washington
UMW
Sam Church
BCOA
Brown
Paul Lemmon
Pennsylvania
District 5
Giles Deputies Locate Dynamite After Cave Find
Giles County sheriff deputies recovered 110 sticks of Trojan Dynamite stolen about two weeks earlier. A 14 year old, Randy Duncan of Hidden Meadows near Pearlsburg, found the explosives in a cave along the Norfolk and Western Railway right of way and reported them. The dynamite was taken from a Pearlsburg town building. no arrests have been made as the investigation continues.
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Pearisburg
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Tom Lawson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Lawson
Randy Eugene Duncan
Hidden Meadows
Pearlsburg
Duncan
Sheriff's Department
Welch City Patrolman Jailed Over Expired Plates
Patrolman Dwight Mask of Welch City pleaded guilty to using expired California license plates for about a year. He was jailed 48 hours, fined $5 and costs for failing to update his address on the operator's license, and faces release late Thursday after arraignment before Magistrate David N. Hunt.
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Welch
Welch City
Dwight Mask
California
Mask
David N. Hunt
Jaeger
Browning Mulls 1984 Governor Run in Bluefield
State Attorney General Chauncey Browning said in Bluefield he is considering entering the 1984 gubernatorial race but will not decide until after the 1982 elections. He urged supporting Democratic candidates and warned against government health care intervention while endorsing cost containment and health maintenance organizations. He also noted the office faces many consumer and hospital complaints and praised St Luke's Hospital staff amid awards for long service.
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Karen Kaplan
Daily Telegraph
Chauncey Browning
Bluefield
Browning
St. Luke's Hospital
Sheraton Inn
Attorney General's
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Myrtle Proffitt) Keen
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Jane) Green Sizemore
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Shirley) Lane
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Mary) Lafferty
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