Deaths and Funerals in Pocahontas and Nearby Areas
Obituary roundup from Pocahontas and surrounding Virginia towns lists C H White Sr age 81, long time Pocahontas Fuel Co. chief mining engineer, plus George Lane 74, Estelle Boyd 60, Hugh Poff 88, Thomas Miles 56, John Worley Sr 91, Alex Williams 70, infant Kennith Hicks Jr 16 months, Ruben Pendleton 75, Oat Vance 74, Rosie Blankenship 70, and Mrs Bob Jones 72. Details include churches, families, services, burial sites, and local funeral homes.
Former McDowell County Commissioner Adrian Vance dies at 70
Adrian Ray Vance of Bluefield Roanoke Virginia died Friday at age 70. Born in Coalwood he was a former McDowell County court member and ex employee of People's Furniture and Appliance. Survived by wife Thelma L. Vance Vance daughter Nancy Osborne two sisters and a brother plus five grandchildren and a great grandson. Funeral at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with burial at Roselawn. Nephews named pallbearers. Friends may call today 9 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.H. White
Ted) White Sr
Pocahontas
Maybeury
C.W. White
Mary A. Moore White
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Pocahontas Masonic Lodge No
Dayton
Ohio
First United Methodist
Don LaSalle
First United Methodist Church
United Methodist
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Estelle Boyd
Estelle Beel Boyd
Richlands
Dickenson County
Benjamin and
Margaret Owens Beel
Tivis S. Boyd
Deborah Lynn Jackson
Billy Boyd
Prater
Phillip Boyd
Harman
Tivis B. Boyd, Jr
Fredrick Joseph Boyd
Clincho
Lona Hackney
Okae Boyd
Lula Church
Lucy Hackney
Birch Leaf
Dodie Hackney
Maxie
Lonnie Beel
Birchleaf
Jimmy Beel
Haysi
Virginia Funeral Home
Roger Freeman
Lee Rhodes
Burrial
Boyd Cemetery
Funeral
Grundy
C.H
Hugh) Poff
Rt. 4
Box
Bluefield
Huffville
Henry Poff
Emma Light Poff
UMWA
Gilliam Coal Co
Bluewell
Bluewell United Methodist Church
Carl Burrows
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Cravens-Shires
John Worley
John Wesley Worley
Athens Road
Princeton
James
Margaret Worley
Mercer County
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Princeton Lodge No
Advent Christian Church
Orville Harvey
Resthaven Memorial Park
Princeton Lodge No. 134
AM Friends
Davis Funeral Home
Oakvale
Thomas Alexander
Alex) Williams, Jr
Landgraff
Elkhorn
Thomas A
Sonia Lambert Williams
Keystone
Independent Missionary Baptist Church of
McDowell County
Sadie Ethel Sizemore Williams
Thomas A. Williams
Martinsville, Va
Landon Willams
Ronald Williams
Betty) Shepard
Welch
Charles
Lois) Pachella
Lawrence
Kansas
Wiliam Williams
Clyde
Blanche) Lambert
Arnold
Virginia) Pennington
Matoka
H.E
Goldie) Shaffer
Lela
Ruben Pendleton
Ruben E
Gene) Pendleton
Hatcher
George and
Matilda Blankenship Pendleton
Addison Brothers
Smith Produce
Department of Highways
First Christian Church
Florence Reed Pendleton
Harold Pendleton
Jerry Pendleton
U.S. Navy
Charleston
D.C
Billy Pendleton
Otie Pendleton
Burns Wornal Chapel
the Memorial Funeral Directory
Richard Flowers
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Oat Franklin
Gladys J.) Vance
Brown St
Carlyle
Oscar
Nora Cox Hayes
Oliver Avenue
Alice Pace
Muncie
Ind
Clarence Hayes
Lockbridge
Willard Williams
North Carolina
Oliver Avenue Church of God
Frank Meadows
Rosie Blankenship
Mullens
Mullens Hospital
Anice Lambert
Itmann
Oseph Stanley
Gilbert
Ida Turpin
Georgetown
Del
Emmiline Strickland
Chicago
Ill
Myrtle Caldwell
Huntington
Naoma Steel
Hanoverton
Sue Smith
Clarsie Crabtree
Wayne Blankenship, Jr
Walter E. Blankenship
Opsego
Leonard Mullens
Ypsilani
Mich
James Mullens
Cincinnati
Longanacre Funeral Home
Elbert Hudgins
Bob Jones
Bob
Lois) Jones
Tazewell
Virginia
Jessie
Annie Kinder Neal
Lillie Jones
Julia Surratt
Northfork
Frank Neal
Fairfax
Greever Funeral Chapel
Max Linkous
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Adrian Ray Vance
Rt. 2
Anawalt
Roanoke
Coalwood
Jessie Lee
Kate Lee Vance
People’s Furniture and Appliance
Greenview United Methodist Church
Green Valley
Bluefield-Princeton
Gideons International
Vance
Anawalt Kiwanis Club
Pageton Masonic Lodge
Ollie Vance
Thelma L. Vickers Vance
Nancy J. Vance Osborne
Layton
Utah
Don Vance
Urbana
Helen Tickle
Edith Hunter
Fort Myers
Fla
Dudley Memorial Chapel
William H. Wilson
John Lafferty
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Masthead and rates notice
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment in 1893 and lists publication details. It provides subscription and home delivery rates, addresses, and related notices for readers, including postal and circulation information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Eens
Landon
Davis Baliles Get Demo Nods for Virginia Offices
The Virginia Democratic Convention chose Richard Davis of Portsmouth for lieutenant governor and Gerald Baliles of Richmond for attorney general. They join Lt. Gov. Charles S. Robb, acclaimed for governor, in the November statewide slate. Davis led Ira Lechner and Dudley Emick in votes. Baliles narrowly outpaced Solomon in unofficial tallies across eight of ten congressional districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Richard Davis
Portsmouth
Gerald Baliles
Richmond
Charles S. Robb
Davis
Ira Lechner
Arlington
Dudley Emick
Fincastle
Baliles
Solomon
Lechner
Emick
Decomposed body found near Giles in Appalachian trail case
Unofficial reports say a badly decomposed female body was found by rescue crews near Walnut Flats in Giles County Virginia. The body awaits positive identification and will be sent to the state medical examiner for cause of death. No second body has been located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearisburg
Giles County
Here
Walnut Flats
Bangladesh President Killed in Chittagong Uprising
Reported by AP troops led by a major general killed President Ziaur Rahman in Chittagong and seized power amid clashes with rebel forces. Dacca officials declared emergency and curfew as India warned of possible refugee influx. Loyalist patrols reported in Dhaka as unrest spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Bangladesh
Ziaur Rahman
Chittagong
Dacca
United News of India
Trip
Absentee Ballot Filing Tips for Out of Town Voters
Voters away for the general election may file absentee ballots at the City Clerk’s office. Dora Hendrick oversees the filing location at Bluefield addresses including College Avenue Baptist Church and First Christian Church sites with listed facilities such as Cumberland Road Fire Station and the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue
College Avenue Baptist Church
Lake Place House
First Christian Church
Bland Road
Fellowship Hall
Cumberland Road
YMCA
College Avenue
Dora Hendrick
Ten Weeks After Crash John Paul Burnette Recovers
John Paul Burnette describes ongoing recovery after a severe winter accident that left him barely able to walk. He recalls pain, fear, and dreams of the incident while adjusting to summer school and financial strain from hospital bills after his father sold the family car. He hopes to outgrow fear and nightmares as he heals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul
Pennsylvania
Burnette
Amazon Tributaries Display Distinct Color Keys
Streams draining the Amazon show color zoning by origin. Northern tributaries run black from dense rainforest, southern ones stay clear and blue from pale sands, while western streams carry brown silt from the Andes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon River
McDowell Man Found Dead in Hurley Home
A 42-year-old McDowell County man, Henry Edgar Huffman Jr, was found dead in his bed at his Hurley home early Saturday. The body was sent to the state medical examiner in Charleston. Funeral services were held at Gospel Church in Wolford with pallbearers named. the case is handled by Jaeger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolo
McDowell County
Henry
Edgar) Huffman
Welch Hospital
Charleston
Chloe Rowe Huffman
Hurley
Gennette Huffman
Juanita Huffman
Henry Edgar Huffman Jr
Clifford Troy Huffman
Ricky Darrell Huffman
John L. Huffman
Grundy
Delmar Lloyd Huffman
Springfield
Ohio
Mike
Eula Mae) Welch
Dayton
Gospel Church
Knox Creek
Walford
Burton Mounts
Wolford
Donald Blankenship
Clyde Blankenship
Eli Lester
Claude Rowe
Junior Rowe
Lawrence Rowe
Henry Rowe
Boyd Rowe
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Cannon Backs Annexation Plan in Ward III Race
James L. Cannon voiced support Saturday for Princeton annexation proposal to be voted June 2 after consulting ward residents. He had previously been neutral on the issue. Cannon faces P D Williams in the Ward III contest, both seeking city office for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
James L
Jim) Cannon
Cannon
P.D. Williams
Mass Chapel hosts Bluefield speaker today in Vivian
Eldress Mrs. Hattie Bennett of Bluefield will be guest speaker at the Mass Chapel in Vivian today beginning until 3 am. At 3 pm there will be speakers by appointment. The event is sponsored by Mother Clara Bennett of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass Chapel
Eldress
Hattie Bennett
Bluefield
Mass
Vivian
Clara Bennett
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
W.va
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George Lane
George James Lane
Rt. 1
Bastian
Wytheville
Scott County, Va
Nath Lane
Ruth McPeak
Laura Kate Stacy Lane
Paul
Betty) Burton
Narrows
Franky Hayes
Washington, D.C
Lewis
Buck) Lane
George
Jimmy) Lane
Roger L. Lane
Harold E. Lane
Richard W. Lane
Harrisburg
Orbin Lane
Hubert Lane
Bastian Church of God
Frank Gupton
Rose Hill
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
C.H. Poff
Thomas Miles
Thomas
Buddy) Miles
Elkhart
Freeman
Elizabeth Miles Evans
Wanda Miles
Mary Miles
The
Home
Dolly Drain
Bridgeton
N.J
Margie Brewer
Orlando
Myrtle Butt
Dorothy David
Kissimee
Jack Miles
Robert Miles
Ed Miles
Bill Miles
Emory Miles
Warren Funeral Home
Thomas Williams
Hicks
Kennith Hicks Jr
Kennith Hicks
Whitewood
Saeger
L Iness Claims
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Don's TV
Spring Street
RCA
Peeee
West Virginia Funeral Directors Associations
Rowland H. Bailey
Michael K. Blankenship
Virginia Ave
Giles
Amazon Tributaries
Bluefield Monument Company
McDowell
Church News
Hearing Aid Service
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