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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1981

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals in the region reported with multiple services

Funeral services are listed for several individuals including Menida Kathryn Wells of Swords Creek who died at home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Services are set Friday at 2 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home with burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery in Lebanon. The notice covers Eugene Peaks of Princeton, W. Carl Motley of Rocky Mount, and Larry Sheets of Waverly, among others, detailing ages, origins, survivors, and funeral arrangements.

Menida Kathryn Wells Swords Creek Honaker Funeral Home Thurman Honaker John Massie Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon, Va Richlands Jimmie L. Wells Honaker Evelyn Honaker Wells Eula Adkins Brown Oradell, N.J Princeton Oradell George W. Seaver

Funeral Rites Set for Accident Victim Charles Hicks

Funeral services for Charles Edward Hicks 23 of Berwind, who died from a timber accident near Newhall, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Living God in Yukon. Rev. Coy Baker will officiate with burial in Short Ridge Cemetery at Garland. Hicks, born in Welch, was a son of Reuben Hicks Jr. and his wife of War. He worked as a law operator at Graham and Hicks Construction and is survived by his wife Gloria Mae Lowery Hicks, two sons, two brothers, seven sisters, and numerous in lakes. Pallbearers are listed. Fanning Funeral Home of Jaeger is in charge.

Eugene Peaks Princeton Saeger McDowell County John Minnie Goodson Peaks Church of Christ Lillie Mae Peaks Dorsey Peaks Lincoln, Neb Bobby Peaks Elizabethtown Kenneth Peaks Roanoke Thomas Katie) Bailey Frank Herbert Peaks Big Four Jack Peaks Welch Hallie England Roderfield Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Vernon Adams Larry Hayner Odd Fellows Jimmy Ellison Willis Chaffin Bittle Steele Bill Blevins Jim Goff Cecil Pete) Gore Grady Howell D.H. Harold Larry Sheets Larry G. Sheets Waverly Richmond Bishop Albert C Mallie Allen Sheets U.S. Army Manapage Masonic Lodge Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Gloria Sue) Sheets Larry Dean Shanon Sheets Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel Tazewell Max Linkous Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield-Tazewell Road Charles Edward Hicks Berwind Newhall Church of the Living God Yukon Coy Baker Short Ridge Garland Reuben Hicks Graham and Hicks Construction Gloria Mae Lowery Hicks Charles Edward Hicks, Jr Jody Lee Hicks Rudolph Hicks Horsepen Ronald Hicks Escondido Calif Bobbie Millie) Hess David Wanda) Ford Columbia S.C Pat Fronie) Graham Bill Wilma) Adams Fred Kaylene) Adams Tommy Gail) Rutherford Howard Jackie) Mitchell Cucumber Creek Lonnie Dye Fritz Blakly Matthew Blakly Marshall Rasnake Frank Johnson Andrew Mitchell Joe Cooper William Keen

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details

Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes in Bluefield West Virginia. News service from Associated Press and local reporting. Bluefield postal and delivery rates listed with subscription options and advertising contacts.

Big Ae Ayting Co Bland Street Bluefield W. Va Associated Press W.va West Virginia Pahang Appate Audit Bureau of Circulation P.O. Box 208 Landon Associates

Man Arrested For Murder In Virginia Man Found Dead In Auto Near Ingleside

Timothy Lee Trimble of Charleston was arrested on a murder charge in the beating death of 72 year old Thomas Edward Doane of Arlington. Doane’s body was found in his car near Old Ingleside Road after he left his Arlington home the night before.

Princeton Kanawa County Virginia Ingleside Road Timothy Lee Trimble Charleston Thomas Edward Doane Arlington Doane Trimble Cpl. C.N. Blizzard W.A. Dean David E. Pedneau S.A. Lester D.B. Meadows Kanawha County Mercer County

Kleindienst Innocent On All Counts In Perjury Trial

A jury of seven women and five men in Phoenix found former U S attorney general Richard Kleindienst not guilty on all counts in his six week perjury trial after more than eight hours of deliberation. He sobbed and told his family he was OK.

Phoenix Ariz U.S Richard Kleindienst Kleindienst

Mercer County Courthouse Listed In National Register

Mercer County will receive a certificate marking the courthouse in Princeton as included in the National Register of Historic Places. County Commissioner Joe Coburn and County Coordinator Fred Parker will attend a Charleston ceremony at the Cultural Center this afternoon where owners of designated properties receive sealed certificates signed by state officials.

Princeton Mercer County Commission Mercer County Charleston Joe Coburn Fred Parker Cultural Center Department of Culture and History Historic Preservation Unit Rodney S. Collins

Mercer Day Promotes Mercer Merchants At Bland Fair

Bland County Fair and Horse Show in Bland Virginia hosts Mercer County Day on Thursday noon to 1 pm with hundreds of gift certificates for attendees. Dr James P Bailey chairs the Mercer County Day Committee, highlighting county residents and merchants from Bluefield Princeton and Mercer Mall. The Mercer caravan departs Princeton at 10 30 am with officials and merchants. Entries for farm crops eggs homemaking flowers needlework handicrafts and junior home economics run through 11 am Thursday. cattle and sheep judging continues until 9 pm. School children enter free through 6 pm.

Bland Mercer County James P. Bailey Mercer Bland County Bailey Bluefield Wytheville County Princeton City of Mercer Mall Princeton Municipal

Poland Struggles Over Soviet Aid and Solidarity Pressure

A nationwide Soviet broadcast questions whether to boost aid or limit ties with Poland as Moscow pressures Solidarity and hails economic support while Warsaw Plan talks in Warsaw and Gdynia set a response. Gromyko warned the West against undermining socialist Poland at the UN. Poland and Soviet delegates meet to discuss trade volumes for 1982 and beyond.

Politburo Stefan Olszowski Soviet Union Poland Olszowski Kremlin Solidarity Europe Union New York Andrei A. Gromyko U.N. General Assembly Alexander M. Haig Jr Gromyko Jozef Czyrek Reagan Berlin ADN East Germany Wolfgang Reinhld Tadeusz Krepski PAP Warsaw Nikolai Baibakov Wojciech Jaruzelski Leonid I. Brezhnev Communist Party Stanislaw Kania Jar Izvestia Gdansk Baltic

City May Tighten Building Permit Rules Over Drainage Woes

Bluefield officials weigh requiring permit applicants to install catchment facilities after a water drainage lawsuit. City Attorney Feuchtenberger cited a downstream bottleneck and possible City action, while fire and safety reviews noted prior incidents and hydrant knowledge. The board also discussed uniform speed limits on multiple streets, tabled Bland Street lane changes, approved three revenue shares, and heard library activity and funding details.

Daily Telegraph Bluefield J.W. Feuchtenberger Bluefield Board of Directors West Virginia Department of Highways Bland Street Ferndale Avenue Feuchtenberger Traffic Engineering Department State Department of Highways Virginia Line Genoa Street Grant Street DOH Looney

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