Deaths and Funerals From Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Obituary notices list Wilbert C Jackson 94 of Princeton died after short illness born Buffalo son of Lee A Jackson and Martha Oldaker Jackson retired Tri City Traction Co member of First Baptist Church Princeton Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Masonry. Survivors include seven daughters two sons, fourteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 11 am George W Seaver Funeral Chapel Princeton burial Resthaven Park Cemetery. Masonic Lodge No 134 to conduct graveside rites. James Edgar Brant 53 Jaeger died in Welch hospital after long illness born Dan son of Ben Brant Pearl Beavers Brant construction operator survived by wife Cricket Brant daughter-in-law Oma Brant and multiple children and siblings. Funeral Thursday 1 pm Fanning Funeral Home Saeger burial Brant Family Cemetery at Beartown. Mrs Margaret Waldron 55 Red Ash died Sunday in Richlands hospital after lengthy illness born Whitewood daughter of Cora Ann White Delong and late James Howard Delong lived in Buchanan County area, later Red Ash. Survived by husband Elmer Columbus Shorty Waldron daughter Irene Stilwell step-daughters and sons, sisters and brother, step-grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands burial Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Mattie Williams Hospital orderlies served as pallbearers. body at funeral home.
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Buffalo
Lee A
Martha Oldaker Jackson
Tri- City Traction Co
First Baptist Church
Princeton
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Princeton Masonic Lodge No
Rhoda Brown Jackson
Mahala Jane Maxey Jackson
Ruth Richmond
Don
Mary Jane) Borrer
Woodrow
Martha Lee) Hardin
Charleston
Julian
Helen) Bailey
Betty Davis
David
Billie Jean) Thomas
Bluefield
Ann Jackson
Wayne
Roy
Rhoda) Williams
Matoaka
W.C. Jackson Jr
Simi Valley
Calif
William B. Jackson
Tampa
Fla
George W. Seaver
Douglas Helland
Resthaven Park
Princeton Masonic Lodge No. 134
James Edgar Brant
Jaeger
Welch
Dan
Ben Brant
Pearl Beavers Brant
West Virginia
Cricket Brant
Iaeger
Oma Brant
Raysal
Kenneth
Joyce) Powell
Julie Brant
Edgar Allan Brant
Jake Brant
Bill Brant
Avondale
Louis Brant
Beartown
Raynelle Wall
Bristol
Tenn
Onzie
Nancy) Blevins
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Saeger
Ernest Gardner
Booker Riffe
Brant Family
Fanning Funeral Home
Margaret Waldron
Margaret
Kathleen) Waldron
Red Ash
Richlands
Whitewood
Cora Ann White Delong
Pilgrim Knob
James Howard Delong
Buchanan County
Richlands First
Marie Mullins
Pulaski
Helen Boyd
Chicago
Ill
Elizabeth Brannock
Galax
Joyce Swearingen
Albany
N.Y
James Bobby Delong
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Clarence G. Dishman
Dannie D. Short
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Mattie Williams Hospital
Grundy Miner Still Serious After Mine Accident
A 37-year-old Grundy Virginia coal miner Eddie Hutchinson remained in serious condition after a Monday head injury at a non union Buchanan County mine. He was flown by helicopter to Johnson City Medical Center from Buchanan County General Hospital, where his status was updated as not yet critical but serious.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Grundy
Buchanan County
Johnson City Medical Center
Eddie Hutchinson
Rt. 2
Buchanan County General Hospital
Funeral for Mrs Ned Johnson of Pocahontas Va
Mrs Ned Johnson aged 76 of Pocahontas Va dies. Funeral at 1 p m today in First Baptist Church Pocahontas with multiple ministers officiating. Burial in Restlawn Memorial Cemetery Bluewell. Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home handles arrangements.
Obituary and funeral notices from Bluefield area
Today at 2 p.m. in Cravens Shires Funeral Home Chapel Bluewell Rev Clifford Compton and Rev John John Witt to officiate burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell Pauline Peery Brewer 63 of 116 Jefferson St Bluefield Va funeral at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Va with Evelyn Thom and Dr Herbert Hicks Maple Hill Cemetery Welch burial in Bluefield. Mrs Oscar Ruby Burks 59 of Big Sandy funeral 11 a.m. Mountain Top Baptist Church Premier Rev Larry Reagan Rev John Witt officiating burial Belcher Mountain Cemetery Welch Douglas Mortuary Welch handled arrangements.
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Brewer
Pauline Peery
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Evelyn Thomas
Herbert Hicks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Burks
Oscar (Ruby
Big Sandy
Mountain Top Baptist Church
Larry Reagan
John Witt
Belcher Mountain
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
Absentee Ballots Ready In Mercer County
Mercer County residents may vote absentee in the Circuit Clerk's Office or by mail. Circuit Clerk Wilma Grubb said ballots are available until 12 noon October 30 at the courthouse. Call 425-9571 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for details.
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Mercer County
Wilma Grubb
Circuit Clerk's
Mercer
Circuit Clerk
Circuit Clerk's Office
Missing Adopted Brother Sought in Bluefield Area
Castlewood resident Mrs. Lou Chandler seeks her husband Mitchell's long lost adopted brother, Freddie, born several years ago and once the child of a Bluefield police officer. Mrs. Chandler says Freddie was adopted after birth and the family has no current details on his whereabouts. Anyone with information may contact the Chandlers at 1-703-762-5435 or in Castlewood.
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Castlewood
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Lou Chandler
Mitchell
Route 1
Box 74
Freddie
Mrs. Chandler
Mennonite student fined for draft refusal in Cleveland
Mark Schmucker, a Mennonite student, was fined 4000 and ordered to two years at a home for mentally retarded adults. Judge Ann Aldrich declined a registration order, noting it would insult his religious conviction. Schmucker received three years probation, two as staff at the home, with conviction under a youth correction act to allow eventual expungement.
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Cleveland
Mark Schmucker
U.S
Ann Aldrich
Schmucker
Cecil Implicates Justice In Trial Of Slain Girl
Key witness William Cecil III testified in the McDowell County murder trial that his third confession named Ralph Lawson Justice as an accomplice in the August 30 1981 killing and sexual assault of three year old Millie Jean Ratliff. Cecil described how they restrained the girl with a pillow and hid the body in a trash bag under his bed. He had previously confessed differently, and Justice was arrested September 22 for involvement. Medical evidence noted a foreign pubic hair and signs of handling but no penetration. The defense resumes hearings at 9:30 a.m.
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Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
Welch
William Howard Cecil, III
Greenbrier
Millie Jean Ratliff
McDowell County
Cecil
Ralph Lawson
Ratliff
Justice
Gir
Millie Jean
Thomas Seay
Sean
Seay
Pennsylvania
Watson
Sheersarger
South Charleston
Harold Wolfe
Eddie Beverly
Tylenol Murders Spark Halloween Fear and Countermeasures
The Tylenol cyanide murders prompt bans on trick or treating in some communities and calls for stricter Halloween safety. Illinois officials warn of copycat poisonings as authorities increase patrols and inspections while educators and parents are urged to supervise and screen treats.
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David L. Langford
Associated Press
Chicago
Jane Byrne
Louisiana
Muncie
Ind
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Illinois
Tyrone Fahner
Road work contracts approved for Mercer and Upshur counties
Gov Jay Rockefeller announced highway contracts worth 1 425 765 dollars to Branch and Associates of Roanoke Virginia for 1 56 miles of Cumberland Industrial Park access road in Mercer County and 869 707 dollars to M H Concrete Structures of Ivydale for 0 22 mile Post Mill bridge and approaches in Upshur County.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Department of Highways
Mercer County
Branch and Associates
Roanoke
Cumberland
Upshur County
M&h
Ivydale
Post Mill
Truman Funeral Will Be Private
Bess Truman dies at 97 after congestive heart failure. Private funeral in Trinity Episcopal Church with a public service at First Presbyterian Church nearby. Burial beside Harry S Truman at the library grounds. Rosalynn Carter to attend. Independence observes half-staff as city honors her record as the nation’s longest living former first lady.
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Independence, Mo
Bess Truman
Harry S. Truman
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bess Wallace
Harry Truman
First Presbyterian Church
Truman
Rosalynn Carter
Jimmy
Carter
Moore
United States of America
Independence
Reagan Campaign Visit Ties To Illinois Jobs Woes
President Reagan tours Peoria and Chapin in Illinois 18th District visits highlighting unemployment at 15.1 percent as he campaigns with Rep. Robert Michel. An event at the Peoria Civic Center features Charlton Heston and Pat Boone while Michel trails Democratic foe G Douglas Stephens by about 10 points in polls with 50 40 and 10 undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Reagan
Caterpillar Tractor Co
U.S
Illinois
Robert Michel
House
Chapin
Michel
Charlton Heston
Pat Boone
Peoria Civic Center
G. Douglas Stephens
Stephens
Snowstorm Belts Nebraska With Heavy Snow and Outages
A coastal October snowstorm dumped up to a foot of snow from central Colorado to western North Dakota, closing schools and snarling traffic. In Nebraska Panhandle Hay Springs reported 12 inches, Hemingford 8 inches causing power outages for 1000 residents. The storm, driven by a Kansas low and a western high, brought sharp temperature drops and forecast freezes across the region.
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Associated Press
Colorado
North Dakota
Nebraska Panhandle
Hay Springs
Hemingford
National Weather Service
Upper Michigan
Texas Panhandle
Fort Collins
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Weather Service
Federal Judge Blocks Zeigler Execution in Florida Case
A federal judge in Jacksonville granted a reprieve for William Zeigler Jr. amid ongoing appeals over a Florida death penalty process. The ruling cites a key issue about the state Supreme Court’s use of psychological reports without defense knowledge in death appeals. Zeigler was condemned for a Christmas Eve mass killing at a Winter Garden furniture store that killed four.
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Tallahassee
Fla
William Zeigler Jr
U.S
Susan Black
Jacksonville
Zeigler
Atlanta
Florida Supreme Court
Winter Garden
De Lorean Arrested Over Cocaine Conspiracy at LAX
Automobile executive John Z De Lorean was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport arriving to collect 220 pounds of cocaine valued at 24 million dollars. He faces charges with two others for conspiring to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute.
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Los Angeles
John Z. de Lorean
de Lorean
Los Angeles International
FBI
Richard Bretzing
Ventura
General Motors
Belfast
Northern Ireland
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