Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
Leonard Collins 62 of Churchville Va formerly of Montcalm died Monday in Staunton Va hospital. Army World War II veteran coal miner Salvation Army Church member survived by wife Leatha and numerous stepchildren and grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Salvation Army Church Staunton with burial Oak Lawn Memory Gardens. Call Henry Funeral Home Staunton 7 to 9 p.m. today.
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Leonard Collins
Churchville
Montcalm
Staunton
Eggleston
Walter M. Collins
West Virginia
Salvation Army Church
Leatha A. Collins
Dewitt Taylor
Richmond
Bruce Williams
Oak Lawn Memory Gardens
Henry Funeral
Wesley Callahan
Wesley
Mary Elizabeth) Callahan
Annapolis
Gary
Baltimore
Bernice Johnson
Kimball
Samuel Cannaday
Wilcoe
Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Morell Scruggs
Robert Shields
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Page
Welch
William Reece
Annapolis, Md
Luke Worrell
Luke
Victoria S.) Worrell
Toms Brook
Greenville
Monroe County
Hillsville
Cloyd M
Cristia Ann Jennings Shockley
White Oak Primitive
Carrie Whittington
Woodlawn
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Norvel Mann
Shockley
Omey J. Estep
Panther
Bluefield
Little Dove Regular Baptist Church
Guesse Fork
Delbert Justice
Hurshell Hurley
John R. Justice
David Lester
Noah Justice
Mud Fork
Hurley
Josh
Lillie Lester Justice
Rosie Stanley
Sylvia Roberts
Lessie Bailey
Alice Johnson
Grovertown
Willie Estep
Saeger
Junior Estep
Clarendy Hall
Justice
Florence Roberts
Iaeger
Elbert Justice
Mohawk
Fanning Funeral Home
Herman Edward Poff
Shattalon Drive
Winston-Salem
N.C
Maybeury
Forsythe County
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Bluewell
Bob Williams
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Pilot
John
Elsie Poff
Cannelton Coal Co
Superior
United Mine Workers Local 6029
Willie Childress Poff
Mark Poff
Julian
Shirley) Dunford
Somerset
Jennings
Rita) Dooley Jr
Sanford Houck
Elloree
S.C
Elmer
Mary) Weaver
Lindside
Stanford
Allie) Falls
Curtis Sneed
Curtis Combs Sneed
South Center St
Richlands
Russell County
Emory
Celia Rogers Sneed
Edith Tiller Sneed
Jean Salvatore
Tennessee
Barbara Horton
Short Gap
Patricia White
Monroe Pruett
Obituary notices from Bluefield paper list locals and services
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Names include Mrs. Victoria Worrell of Toms Brook, Mrs. Omey Estep of Panther, Billy Cole of Pocahontas, Frank Ward of North Tazewell, and others with service times at various chapels and cemeteries in Virginia and West Virginia.
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The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Florida Man Dies In Wreck In Bluefield
A 54 year old Fort Lauderdale man Charles L. Chaffin died after a two vehicle crash on U S 460 at the Washington Street interchange in Bluefield. A car driven by Carol A. Frederick failed to yield, crushing Chaffin between the van and the wheel. Frederick was not injured and faces possible additional charges pending investigation.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Washington Street
Bluefield
E.L. Harvey
Charles L. Chaffin
Chaffin
U.S. 460
Carol A. Frederick
Forrest St
Harvey
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frederick
Gas Rate Hike Debate Draws Industrial Backing
Wise, who sponsored ads urging attendance at the hearing, warned that Columbia's proposed gas rate increase would burden unemployment and fixed incomes. A coalition of major industrial customers has intervened to limit the rise in their gas bills.
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Wise
Columbia
Bluefield Man Charged With Sexual Assault of 2 Year Old
Ronnie Wayne Harless, 25, of 110 Charleston Terrace, is jailed in Mercer County on $3,000 bail on a warrant accusing him of sexually assaulting a two year old girl on October 6. Police say he lured the woman with a TV sale ruse, forced her from her car, and assaulted her while threatening her and her two children. The incident followed a trip up Wyoming Street to a dirt road, with officers Prater and Trooper Dean involved in the investigation and arrest.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Ronnie Wayne Harless
Charleston Terrace
Harless
Princeton
Wyoming Street
D.J. Prater
W.A. Dean
Four gunmen rob Bronx armored car crew at dairy payroll
In New York four robbers opened fire with a machine gun on two guards carrying 35 000 dollars to an armored car at Hermany Farms in the Bronx. A bystander was critically wounded as one guard died. Two other guards were wounded. police chased getaway cars. Investigators ruled out terrorism.
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New York
Jesse James
Kenneth Walton
FBI
Bronx
Hermany Farms
Walton
Terrence McKeon
McKeon
Executive Session Yields No Action On Two Town Issues
BLUEFIELD Va An executive session of the Town Council after the regular meeting produced no action on two items. One involved a citizen’s complaint over a fine tied to police enforcement and a threatened lawsuit to meet with the council without the press present. The other was an undisclosed land acquisition offer presented by Town Manager Art Mead.
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Bluefield
Art Mead
Mead
Tazewell Approves Decal Ordinance
Tazewell Town Council approved on second reading a decal ordinance requiring residents to buy a $10 annual sticker by March 1. Town and county fee differences will keep revenue in town. council also moved to hire an additional police officer and approved minor budget and zoning actions.
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Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Harris Hart
Conley
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Murray
James Overby
Fourway
Town Planning Commission
James Ramey
Tazewell Avenue
Drosick and wife placed on medical leave
Welch McDowell County officials announced Robert I. Goosens was named acting superintendent as John R. Drosick Jr. and his wife Janis Drosick, a longtime guidance director, were placed on indefinite medical leave. The district will not fill Mrs. Drosick’s position this year. The board also seeks a full safety assessment of Mount View High School after structural concerns and plans a special session with the contractor and engineer for full details.
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Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Robert I. Goosens
John R. Drosick Jr
Drosick
Janis
Benny Cassady
Saeger
Board of Education
John
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
Mount View High School
Mount View
Ing
Zando, Martin and Millstead
Corte Construction Co
Cassady
EPA Cuts Called Sethack
Charleston AP reports West Virginia officials challenge EPA plans to cut staff. David Callaghan says EPA regional director Peter Bibko notified of eliminating a liaison officer position in West Virginia and a state program officer on Region Three staff in Philadelphia.
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Charleston
W.va
Natural Resources Department
David Callaghan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia
Callaghan
EPA
Peter Bibko
State of Plans
Region Three
Philadelphia
Bomb Factory Discovered Connected to Halloween Plot
In Allentown Maryland two Army privates Pfc John G Freeman 22 and Pfc Corridan Butler 19 were arrested after four explosive devices detonated near a civic haunted house run by the Maryland Cooperative Arts Forum. Police found a large home bomb making setup and eight undetonated devices in Oxon Hill. No injuries were reported and the Army will take no action pending civilian charges.
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Allentown
Maryland Cooperative Arts Forum
Jaycees
Prince George’s County
Fire Department
James Mundy
Mundy
Pfc
John G. Freeman
Corridan Butler
Fort McNair
Arlington National Cemetery
Oxon Hill
Ward Caddington
Caddington
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Telegraph
Charles McClanahan
Charles A. McClanahan
Grundy
Grundy Hospital
Mary Ling McClanahan
Reece McClanahan
Harman Mining Co
UMWA
Mary Tuttle
Sycamore
Ohio
John C. McClanahan
Blanche
Evelyn McClanahan
June Wynn
Laurel
Burke McClanahan
Oakwood
Emerson McClanahan
Salem
Grundy Funeral Home
Jack Mutter
Clarence Greenleaf
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Ting Co
Ting Oo
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Landon
Omey Estep
Billy Cole
Billy W. Cole
Box 402
Pocahontas
Rodriguez-Pocahontas
Frank Ward
Railroad Ave
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Keys
Andrew
Orpha
Spanishburg
Memorial
Athens Road
Fred Kinzer
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Ruble
Roy C
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Floyd Davis
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Jesse
Lula
Davy
H.E. Thornsbury
Eunice Davis
Asco
Davis
Mort
Gertrude Henderson
George W. Seaver
Ruth Young
Oakwood Park
Herman Poff
Florida
Ginsberg
Works Progress Administration
Daniel Green
West Virginia Coal Development Authority
Reagan
Green
Tom Mason
Fayette County
Charles Hodge
U.S. Steel
Hodge
B&o
Wyoming County
Frank Blackwell
Blackwell
Ernest Moore
Fauntroy
House Committee On Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
Jose Velez
Anthony Locicero
Renaldo Roman
Salvatore Zappala
Susan Mueller
Jacobi Hospital
William Conroy
Gdansk
Solidarity
Baltic
Szczecin
Gdynia
Urban
Solidarity Underground
Buddy Blevins
Lockard Conley
County Sheriff's Department
Danforth Insurance Agency
Roller Floral CO. OF
Bluefield, WV
Charles Flynn
Ramsey ST
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