Obituary notices from Bluefield area deaths and services
Pauline Brewer 63 of 116 Jefferson St Bluefield Va died after a long illness at a Bluefield hospital. Surviving family includes husband Howard H Brewer three sons a daughter a brother and two sisters. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Va. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery. Also Charles Powell 60 Thornton Ave Charleston died after a long illness in a Charleston hospital. Survived by wife Nina H Powell two sons a daughter three sisters six grandchildren. Services at Johnson Funeral Home Kanawha City Charleston. Also Mrs Guy Copeland 79 of Greenville died after a short illness. Survives include one grandson two granddaughters and two great grandsons. Services Wednesday 11 a.m. Greenville United Methodist Church. Burial Keaton Cemetery. Also Paris Shrader 75 of 325 Old Bramwell Road Bluefield dead on arrival after a long illness. Survived by wife Mary A Shrader two sons a daughter a brother and two sisters seven grandchildren one great grandchild. Services Wednesday p.m. Cravens Shires Funeral Home Chapel Bluewell. Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Several other local obituaries follow for Emory Starling Douglas Mortuary names and details listed. Also notes on several other local deaths including Earl Clayton Davis, Harold Eugene Woodard, Arvel Madison Blevins, Thomas French Lilly, Enva Thornton Noonan, and more with service times and burial locations. An indicting note mentions an Alderson prisoner Gladys E Haynes facing up to five years if convicted. Princeton notice by Jackie Southern clarifies misidentification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Brewer
Pauline Peery Brewer
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Giles County
Abraham and
Verona Medley
Graham Christian Church
Howard H. Brewer
Eugene Tom Peery
Edward E
Dewey R. Peery
Peggy Ann Peery
Bennett Medley
Staffordsville
Mary McDaniels
Radford
Dewey Peery
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Evelyn Thomas
Herbert Hicks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bill, Devor
Clarence Smith
Eunice Fields
Jimmie P. Compton
James Bassett
Frank McDonald
Warren Evans
Glen Hager
Charles Powell
Charles E. Powell, Jr
Thornton Avenue
Charleston
Princeton
Edgewood
Charles and
Ida Thompson Powell
du Pont Chemical Corporation
Belle
Nina Hatcher Powell
Chuck Powell
Florida
Danny Powell
Georgia
David
Jane) Bateman
Huntington
Bruce
Beth) Johnson
Edwin
Ruth) Rice
Polly) Lafon
Gassaway
Johnson Funeral Home
Kanawha City
Resthaven Memorial Park
Guy Copeland
Guy L
Ruby Ellis) Copeland
Greenville
Summers County
Maine
Perry
Edna Goddard Ellis
Greenville United Methodist Church
Methodist Women
Gavin Copeland
Union
Gleda Thomas
Gayla Copeland
Paul L. Copeland
Greenville United
Paris Shrader
Paris H. Shrader
Old
Bramwell Road
Mercer County
William R
Maudie Hambrick Shrader
Virginia Foods Corp
Brushfork Baptist Church
Mary A. Shrewsberry Shrader
Orville Shrader
Providence
R.J
Albert Shrader
William
Dorothy) Belcher
Elzetta Martin
Hoge Shrader
Bessie Mitchell
Thelma Proffitt
Bluewell
Claude Conn
Hurley
Grundy
Buchanan County
Floyd
Jane Conn
Old Regular Baptist Church
United Mine Workers
Sadie Conn
Edward Conn
Short Gap
Hattie Hurley
Annie Charles
Fenton, Mich
Pauline Conn
Meadowsview
Grace Mathew
Dayton
Ohio
Lonnie Dotson
Newcomerstown
Kelso Chapel
Britt Jackson
Elbert Justus
Conn Family
Grundy Funeral Home
Jerry Dotson
Howard Dotson
Lonnie Estep
Homer Jackson
Kenny Jackson
Bruce Jackson
Emory Starling
Emory M. Starling
Route 4
Dan
Della Starling
Ida Jefferies
Baltimore
Edith Hager
Route 1
Robert White
Arthur Lester
Paynesville
Hensley
Lydia Blankenship Lester
Ida Lester
Johnny
Dennis
Deliver Lester
Jolo
Alice ‘de Isey
Estep Ridge
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Albert Lunter
Albert M
Edna Bethel) Lunter
Oakwood Dr
Westwood Estates
Abingdon
Ted Munsey
Richfield
Clinton Amick
Columbus
Edward Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
David Lunter
Alexandria
Farris Funeral Chapel
Harrison Marshall
Forest Hills Memory Gardens
David Buck
Michael Stevens
Dwight Alley
Levi Vaught
Paul McGlothlin
Bill Hawkins
Ned Johnson
Ned
Ada B.) Johnson
P.O. Box
Pocahontas
Franklin County
William and
Nora Lee Vie Jones
First Baptist Church
Heroins of
Jericho
Roxey Brooks
First Methodist Church
Ronnell Lockett
Sandy Dudley
Mae Moore
Crider
Restlawn Memorial Cemetery
Route 20
King Hiram Lodge
Bramwell
Frinds
Rodriguez-Pochahontas
Prison escape report disputed by inmates and jail logs
Two inmates in the A Block contradict claims of checks during the escape. Logs show 30 minute checks by guard Gills and scene details indicate the three convicts were still in custody at 10 p.m. Hare relies on inmate tips for timing while Baughman questions the World Series claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gills
Hare
Baughman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead and publication details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893 and publishing details. It notes address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701, circulation, postal handling, and postmaster changes to P O Box 208.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Tele Poting Co
Bland Street
Bet
P.O. Box
Bluefield
W. Va
Buchanan County Fails To Fund Hurley Whitewood Schools
Buchanan County supervisors adjourned without action on a $3.1 million request to fund new Hurley middle and Whitewood high schools. Citizens crowded the meeting, urging safer, adequate facilities amid overcrowding and deplorable conditions at D.A. Justus Elementary. Officials say current $17.1 million budget is insufficient to complete four new schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Hurley
Whitewood
D.A. Justus
Garden and Council
Doug Lewis
Hurley High School
Ernest Raines
Raines
Lewis
Virginia
Bill Mills
Gary Rose
Murder Trial Set In Child Killing in McDowell Court
Ralph Lawson Justice 20 of Premier faces first degree murder charges in the suffocation death of three year old Millie Jean Ratliff of Premier. The case coincides with a prior murder conviction of William Cecil III of Welch. A separate assault case against Floyd Jones was dismissed for nonappearance.
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Welch
McDowell County
Ralph Lawson Justice
Premier
Millie Jean Ratliff
William Cecil III
Greenbrier
Kyle
Shirley Pickett
Floyd Jones
Town of War
Rick Jessee
War
Jessee
Judy Decker
Pickett
Gemayel Blames Delegates for Loud Encouragement
Gemayel said that Israeli and hard line Arab delegates in the audience heard only encouragement. He cited competing ideologies in the Arab world, Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon, and Israeli invasions and incursions as factors feeding a continuing state of war in Lebanon since 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gemayel
Lebanon
Mrs. Truman Dies After Illness and Hospital Stay
Former first lady Bess Truman died after a three week hospitalization for internal bleeding from an intestinal ulcer. Flags in Independence and Kansas City were lowered to half staff as tributes poured in from officials and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Independence
Kansas City
Mrs. Truman
Rufus Burrus
Truman
Bess Truman
Richard Berkley
Georgia Neese Gray
U.S
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Arkansas Superior Court
Edward McFaddin
Harry S. Truman
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The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Oscar Burks
Oscar
Ruby) Burks
Big Sandy
Matewan
William and Minerva Milam England
Mountain Top Baptist Church
Anderson
Imogene) Matney
Estes
Betty) Mullins
Swords Creek
Ralph
Carol) Bass
Elkton
Auldy Burks
Charles E. Burks
Leavenworth
Kan
Jimmy L
Dennis J
Kenneth W. Burks
Michael S. Burks
U.S. Army
Hanau
Germany
Della Tolliver
Aurora, Ill
William Brown
Ethel Bishop
Larry Reagan
John Witt
Belcher Mountain
Douglas Mortuary
Blevins
Arvel Madison
Anawalt
Long Point Missionary Baptist Church
Donnie Farmer
Johnny Buchanan
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Lilly
Thomas French
Saratoga, Ark
College Ave
George W. Seaver
Morris Taylor
Oney
Ingleside Road
Davis
Earl Clayton, Sr
Rolling Hills Dr
Wytheville
Union St
Roger McGuire
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Robert Earls
Robert
Bob” H. Earls
Bishop, Va
Tazewell, Va
Tazewell County, Va
Frances Earls
Bishop
Endwell Methodist Church
Rosie Hunt Earls
Lois Irene Earls
Charles
Darlene) Waddell
Ryburn
Donna) Anderson
Yards
Oma Waddell
Tazewell
Bernard E. Earls
Charles E. Earls
Rex “Buck” Earls
Sherman Earls
New Jersey
Andy Earls
Detroit
Mich
Jim
Randall Earls
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Chapel
Leon Yost
Stanley Dillon
Bobby Waddell
Phillip Maines
Richard Atkins
Tommy Tester
Tony Burkett
Itson Hairston
Powhatan
Gilliam
Edd
Helen Henderson
Richardson Funeral Home Chapel
Keystone
David L. Smith
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Reagan
Federal Women’s Prison
Alderson
Gladys E. Haynes
United States
Washington
Larry Ellis
Haynes
Jackie Southern
Vermillion Street
Athens
Jack Southern
Warrenizing Cleaners
Princeton @ Bluewell
Northfork
Hlitton
Halls Ridge
Buchanan School
Danforth Insurance Agency
Actine
Roller Floral CO. OF
Bluefield, WV
Bluewell Public Service District
Mladen
Viigiuts
the Bluewell Public
Service District