Funeral Arrangements Listed for Several Notables
Obituary page lists today ceremonies for Virginia Auricchio at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton at 10 AM. Nila Griffith Baldwin at Singleton Chapel Cedar Bluff Virginia at noon with burial at Jewell Family Cemetery Chicken Ridge. Mont P. Branham Jr. 2:30 PM at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery Stella Ellen Davis 2 PM at Bailey Kirk Princeton with interment at Roselawn. Arlie D. Foley 2 PM Lerona United Methodist Church with burial at Athens Cemetery. Carl Keyser 11 AM Fanning Funeral Home Saeger with burial at Roselawn Princeton.
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Virginia Auricchio
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Nila Griffith Baldwin
Singleton
Cedar Bluff
Jewell Family
Chicken Ridge
Mont P. Branham Jr
Stella Ellen Davis
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk
Arlie D. Foley
Lerona United Methodist Church
Lerona
Athens Cemetery
Athens
Carl Keyser
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Bluefield Hopefuls Debate City’s Future And Taxes
Hopefuls outlined plans to boost Bluefield’s economy and cut taxes while praising city staff. Candidates pressed for grants, job security, and accessible government as they defended roles and clarified past remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modena
Perkinson
Garry Moore
Bluefield
Richard Dillon
Dillon
Jim Bailey
Deborah Sarver
Donnie Turner
Bill Turner
Wisdom Group
J.E. Gillespie
Danny Hampton
Betsy Kersey
National Guard
Louisville
Andrew Bauer
Telegraph
Ron Crabtree
Acken
Reading Bee Support Boosts Mercer and Tazewell Counties
Paul Cole presents a $1000 check to Mercer County Schools Superintendent Debra Akers for the first annual reading bees in Mercer and Tazewell counties. The Mercer bee occurred May 17 at Concord College. the Tazewell event is set for Thursday at Bluefield College. Each student receives a certificate T-shirt and a Dr. Seuss book. Dr. Akers chairs the Mercer bee and Cookie Johnson chairs the Tazewell bee. The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce literacy committee organized the program.
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Reading Bee
Paul Cole
Cole Automotive
Mercer County
Debra Akers
Mercer
Tazewell
OxyContin meeting set in Bluefield for June 4
A public meeting in Bluefield Virginia on June 4 at Graham Middle School will discuss OxyContin use and abuse. Virginia officials and lawmakers will headline a questions session with multiple health and law enforcement groups providing information and personal accounts.
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Tazewell
Bluefield
Graham Middle School
Tazewell County
Dennis Lee
Lee
Virginia
Phillip Puckett
Tallest Town approves water plan to boost pressure
Bluefield Virginia council on May 14 approved submitting a Capital Improvements Plan for a 4.2 million water project to the Virginia Health Department. Anderson & Associates will design two higher tanks and related upgrades to provide safe drinking water and better fire protection, with a 375000 contingency and a June 11 final report pending health department approval.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Franklin Wagner
Anderson & Associates
Virginia Health Department
J.C. Higginbotham
Higginbotham
Health Department
Duck Pond
Rotary members prepare for new Bluefield club
Twenty seven prospective charter members are preparing for the Thursday meeting of the newly organized Rotary Club at Shott Hall Bluefield College. The fourth meeting will nominate officers elect a board of directors and vote on the Standard Rotary Club Constitution and local bylaws. Past District Governor Thomas W. Dodd will present the program following Bill Deskins and Fred Combs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Rotary Club
Shott Hall
Bluefield College
Rotary District
Thomas W. Dodd
Bill
Henry Nickels
W.va
Charlie Scott
al Modena
Puck’ Kiser
Primitivo Delgado
Bev Blaylock
Dwight Moore
Jim Godwin
Princeton
Bob Schumacher
Rotary
Charles Thomason
Virginia GOP unity at risk at contested convention
Virginia Republicans face pressure to unite behind a single governor candidate at the upcoming GOP convention. Lt. Gov. John Hager and Attorney General Mark Earley vie for the nomination amid deep rifts, with Earley backed by Virginia’s Christian right and facing off against Gov. Jim Gilmore’s faction. Mark Warner leads Democrats with no challengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Stephen Farnsworth
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Jim Gilmore
National Republican Party
Mark Warner
John Hager
Mark Earley
Earley
Ings
Gilmore
Senate
Hager
New Jersey
Mark Rozell
Catholic University
Washington
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Eric Dinovo
Jackie Stump
Attorney General’s Task Force
Cumberland Mountain Community Services
Narcotics Anonymous
Mike Dye
Rick Sparks
Governor’s Office
Virginia Attorney General’s Office
Virginia State Police
Virginia National Guard
Purdue Pharma
Perdue Pharma
Stamford
Connecticut
Council
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Larry Hypes
Corky Sarver
Don Scott
Charlie Stacey
Kathy Tabor
Mary Thomason
John Tresch
Charles ‘Eemapeoey
Daniel E. Speilman
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Lewisburg
Surgery.com
Speilman
Ctory Direct
Davco Steel
Davco
P.O
Danville
Kentucky
Roland’s, Inc. Greenhouses & Nursery
Glenwood
New River Wall
Tate le Ores
Dublin
Reirk
Eae
Dublin Lions
P.O. Box
Dublin Lions Club, Inc
Yamaha
Ana Ay
ATV
Otter
Ric Fings
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