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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 20, 2016

Page

3

Death notices span Lenoir City to Richlands area

Obituary notices recount the May 2016 deaths of Nathan Rasnick of Lenoir City and Iva Piersall Smith formerly of Princeton, plus Clyde Griffith Jr. of Richlands V A, Mae Tabor of Gallipolis, and others, detailing births, family survivors, funeral arrangements, and burial venues across Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. The notices list multiple survivors, service times, and funeral homes including Hurst-Scott and Seaver Funeral Home, with locations in Richlands Princeton Bluefield and Gallipolis.

Judy Rasnick Phillips Sevierville James Aaron Phillips FrancOe Brittany Mae Harrison Lenoir City Anita Clevenger Grundy Jeanie Presley Wardell John Nathan Rasnick Hurst-Scott Richlands Clyde Griffith, Jr Virginia Richlands, Virginia

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notices and Corrections Policy

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph provides corrections promptly on the first pages of sections A or B. To report an error call any editor. The paper, established 1893, is published daily at 928 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield WV 24701 with standard mail and delivery payment terms.

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Myrtle Ruth Hanshaw dies at 91 in Princeton WV

Myrtle Ruth Hanshaw 91 of Cassell Board and Care Princeton WV formerly of Bluewell WV died May 17 2016 at Cassell Board and Care Born February 19 1925 to John W Evans and Mollie Belle Smith Evans lifelong Bluewell resident and last surviving family member Funeral service May 21 2016 at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Princeton with Minister Eddy Warden officiating Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Pallbearers listed The family will receive friends May 21 2016 from 10 00 to 11 00 AM at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluefield WV address listed

Sharon Marshall Bluefield Cravens- Shires Funeral Home West Virginia Doug McDaniel Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Cravensshires.com Coal Heritage Road Princeton Myrtle Ruth Hanshaw Cassell Board and Care Myrtle John W. Evans Mollie Belle Smith Evans Mt. Herman Baptist Church Elmer R. Hanshaw Harold Evans Robert Evans Blair Evans Roy Evans Annie Hall Susie Coburn Clarence Hall Junior Hall David Hall Freddy Hall Tommy Hall Charles Blevins Bettie Church Elizabeth Dillon Geneva Smith Helen Pruitt Christen Jennings Shirley McKinney Megan McPeak Eddy Warden Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bradon Jennings Mathew Jennings Kenny Erins

Giant Atlanta Peach Tower Removed After Leasing Ends

The peach topped a metal tower in Atlanta, installed in 1994 before the 1996 Olympics, and was unpopular with workers. Max Mount Jr of IBEW says the tower belonged to an ad agency and was taken down when the lease expired.

Atlanta Journal- Constitution Atlanta Max Mount Jr IBEW Wabe Radio

Bobby Knight 62 of Pipestem dies after long illness

Robert Bobby Knight age 62 of Pipestem passed away Friday May 13 2016 at home after a lengthy illness He was born April 12 1954 at Princeton son of Carol Lee Chapman Knight and the late William Franklin Knight He retired after 31 years with the Daniels Company and belonged to the United Steel Workers and United Mine Workers Association He loved fishing outdoors coloring Easter eggs watching Andy Griffith and spending time with grandchildren He is survived by his wife Cynthia Louise Knight three sons a stepdaughter five grandchildren one sister and three brothers The funeral will be held at 1 00 PM Friday May 20 2016 at Cooks Chapel Baptist Church with burial after cremation per his request Condolences may be sent to the family at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton WV

Iva Wiley Piersall Smith Sarasota Princeton Cass Robert K. Wiley Blanche Redding Wiley R.E. Redding Princeton Presbyterian Church Iva Logan High School First United Methodist Church Earl Piersall Olga Coal Company Coalwood Earl Logan Man Appalachian Regional Hospital Blaine Smith Caretta Blaine Quail Valley Betty Crawford Ruth Forest Lawn Cemetery Church of Gallipolis Ohio Ella Mae" Tabor Coaldale West Virginia Holzer Senior Care Mae McDowell County Ervin and Wancy Sells Lambert Pinecrest Nursing Home Robert A Tabor Darrell K. Tabor Culloden Wanda L. Theiss Steven Countess Harrison Salem Margaret Meade Radford Judy Tabor Bluefield Robert Bobby" Knight Pipestem Lord Carol Lee Chapman Knight William Franklin Knight Bobby Daniels Company United Steel Workers United Mine Workers Association Andy Griffith Cynthia Louise Knight Bobby Ray Knight Shala Bryan William Knight Megan Parkersburg Billy Paul Knight Alisha Spanishburg Cydnn Patton Timothy Brayden Makaila Colton Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ellen Pack Larry Melvin Knight Ronnie Knight Michelle Stevie Knight Angie Cook's Chapel Baptist Church Dallas Peyton Ronald Meadows Funeral Hinton Ronaldmeadowsfp.com

Obituaries notice batch from Princeton area May 2016

several local residents die in May 2016 in Princeton Bluefield Peterstown and nearby towns. Tony Dicker son Colleen Dowell Ruth Gearheart Norma Hamons Becky Millner Eva Richardson died in hospital or at home with funeral arrangements pending or announced by local funeral homes Cravens Shires Gregory Page Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center and others.

Dickerson Anthony Wayne Tony Athens Road Princeton Princeton Community Hospital Hamons Norma Lee Peterstown Summers Continuous Care Center Hinton Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home Millner Rebecca A “Becky Gary Gregory-Page Funeral Home Welch Richardson Eva Pisgah Road Memorial

Funerals Scheduled for Local Residents in Virginia West Virginia

Jimmy Ray Crockett known as Big Jim dies with funeral at 2 p.m. graveside at Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum Claypool Hill Virginia. Joseph Bennie Hodges to be laid to rest after 1 p.m. service at Cravens Shires Funeral Home, burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Jimmy Louis Mitchem to be honored at 2 p.m. Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton burial at Mitchem Family Cemetery Black Oak Mountain Princeton. William Cody Powell to rest at noon Jaeger Church of God burial at Powell Cemetery Coon Branch Mountain Jaeger. Clara Virginia Thompson 11 a.m. at Peery St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell Virginia burial at Necessary Cemetery Tannersville Virginia.

Crockett Jimmy Big Jim) Ray Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Mitchem Jimmy Louis Memorial Athens Road Princeton Black Oak Mountain Powell William Cody Jaeger Church of God Powell Cemetery Coon Branch Mountain Jaeger Thompson Clara Virginia Peery & St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell Necessary Tannersville

Stocks Fall as Fed Hike Worries Pull Markets Down

Stocks slipped after minutes from the Fed suggested a June rate increase. Major indexes dropped with banks and industrials among the hardest hit. Dow and S P 500 notching losses for the week, Nasdaq down as investors reassessed earnings and higher rates.

New York Federal Reserve Goldman Sachs Boeing Fed Bill Strazzullo Bell Curve Trading Standard and Poor Henry Smith Haverford Trust

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