Obituary notices from West Virginia papers list multiple deaths
Walter L Atkinson died at veterans hospital after a long illness. Surviving are his widow Bessie two sons three daughters and siblings. Bodies at Harris Funeral Home. Harrs A Bowen 46 of St Albans died Thursday funeral Monday at Bartlett Home with burial at Cunningham Memorial Park. Donations to Heart Fund. Surviving Wanda five daughters three brothers and a sister. Ruth Adell Cooper 38 of Smithers died at a sister’s home former beautician at A W Cox Department Store. Service Sunday at First EUB Church. Burial Grandview Memorial Park. Hedgeman T Faber 80 of Kenna died Friday long illness retired farmer. Surviving widow and several relatives. Service Sunday Watts Chapel Church. Burial Warren Chapel Cemetery. Fizer infant son stillborn at Charleston Memorial Hospital. Body at Cook Funeral Home. Rosalee Cobb Sibson 69 of Tampa formerly Charleston burial Mountain View Cemetery. Bertha Cooper Jordan 73 of Orgas Boone County died at home. Service Sunday Coopertown Church. Burial Pine View Cemetery. Daniel Locke 95 of Dunbar died Friday nursing home. Surviving two sons two daughters and extended family. Body at Keller Funeral Home. Amy Nisbet 71 of Beckley died Friday six month illness. Surviving husband and four children. Body at Keyser Bryan Funeral Home. Ray A O'Dell 73 of London died after heart attack. Service Sunday River Side Church of God. Burial Montgomery Memorial Park. James Arthur Shaver 78 of Richwood died after short illness. Service Sunday Richwood First Baptist Church. Burial Shaver Cemetery. Lew Smales 31 of Rainelle died after stroke. Service Sunday Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home.
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Atkinson
Walter L
Logan
Cork Friday Inn
Veterans Hospital
Christie Church
Bessie
Oxer L
Lee Mac
Luther Adkins Jr
Sidney
Mary J. Lilly
Nimitz
Noah Levine
Dunbar
Harris Funeral Home
Methodist Church
American Legion
Wanda
Jane
Judy
Jean
Mary Ann Bowen
Charlotte Ann Stultz
Martinsville
W. L
St. Albans
M. E
Christiansburg
James G. Bowen
Detroit
Lorraine Overman
Abilene
Tex
EUB Church
Clarence Edman
Grandview Memorial Park
Keller Funeral Home
Hattie
Proctor
Coolville
Ohio
Clair Wanting
Phyllis Jean Lxne
Keana
Ona Slaughter
Kenna
Linnie Vickers
Elkview
Hauntie Bird
Charleston
Countt
Dovener
Watts Chapel
Clifford Miler
Warren Chapel
Long and Fisher Funeral Home
Jordan
Bertha Cooper
Orgas
Boone County
Coopertown Church
Elias Michaels
Pine View
Orsas
Sylvia
Bonds
Prenter
Myrtle Bearfield
Keith
Naomi Petry
Glen Daniels
Hazel Taylor
Ewell
Seth
Lonnie
J. C
Isam Cooper
Nora Hunter
Naoma
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Ilocke
Daniel
St. Marys
Hubbard Nursing Home
Zear Baptist Church
Pleasants County
R. P. Locke
Crooksville
Ada Bills
Big Bend
Edna Brammer
Namon
Grankdchildren
Ruttencutter
Ralph Young
Nisbet
Amy
Beckley
Pine Lodge
New Castle
England
Nishert
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Beckley Order of Eastern Star and White Shrine
Mount Hope
Richard H
J. C. Tutwiller
Huntington
Earl Swango
Mary Ann Pelter
John Pelter
Walter Pelter
Sharples
Rebecca Pelter
J. F. Dean
Mary Rogers
Jack Gallian
Midland
Keyser-Bryan Funeral Home
Q'Dell
Ray A
Riverside Church of God
Jack Fields
W. G. Moore
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Mr. O'Dell
Don Combs
Montgomery
Shaver
James Arthur
Richwood
Nicholas County
Sacred Heart Hospital
Baptist Church
Allen McKinney
L. E. Howard
Sutton
Pearl
Evelyn Artrip
Fenwick
Joan Krogel
Edna Cooper
Cumberland. Md
Carolyn Kay
James
William
Simons Funeral
Todd
Charis Lewis
Fifth Ave
Friay
C&o Hospital
Homing
Scottish Rite
Charles_ton
First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Madison
Mamie
J. H. Ballard
White’ Sulphur Springs
Esta Jarrell
Kimberly
Fayette County
Laird Memorial Hospital
Kimberly Church of God
Willard
Donald
South Bend
Ind
Marvin
Elk Ridge
Frances’ Abbott
Christina Scallions
Edna Price
Cleveland
Ruth Price
Lima
Thelma West
Annie Nunn
Barbara Freeman
New Boston
Beulah Brown
Chicago
Clemen
Marmet
Enis
Charles
Basil Jarrell
B. C. Hooper Funerals
Warner
Grace
Buffalo
Putnam County
Lee Thornton
Otis Whittington
Nitra
Zebedee
William Jr
Portsmouth
Vella Maser
Paul Atkinson
Dist
Herman Mook Marks
Ross
A. H. Young
Yforris Harvey College
Buffalo Memorial Park
Raynes
Ohio State
Taumon
Funerals Today in Brief Local Notices
A jumble of obituaries lists funerals and memorial services across several towns. Names include John H Burford Minnie Mae Broyles Willie Evans Rosales Gibson Cora Virginia Hammonds Manehn Hill Charles Burns Lunsford Mackie Lepma Perry and others with service times, churches, and cemeteries noted.
Democratic candidate for mayor in To my neighbors in SOUTH CHARLESTON
A candidate writes as a business man not a politician. He emphasizes serving the community, independence from slates, and voters choosing their representatives. He pledges to work for people and offers free transportation to the polls on Tuesday, urging supporters to call Ri 4 2542.
Appointments at SRC Post Spark Public Info Push
Public information specialist Harmon H. Marks named to new SRC post joining Samuel G. McEwen as executive secretary. Marks, 30, previously AP writer in Charleston and broadcaster for WCAW. He holds a BA in social science from Morris Harvey College and an arts degree in radio from Ohio State University.
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Burl A. Sawyers
Harmon H. Marks
Charleston
Associated Press
Samuel G. McEwen
Commission
Marks
The
WCAW
Charleston Daily Mail
Morris Harvey College
Ohio State University
WTIP
Caretta Man Fatally Shot in Domestic Incident
Freeman Twitty, 56, of Caretta, died after being shot in the stomach by his wife Nannie Mae in their home near Caretta. He died at Grace Hospital after admission early Friday. Surviving are two sons, two brothers, and a sister.
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Freeman Twitty
Caretta
Grace Hospital
Paul Gyke
State’ Police
Twitty
Frank C. Haymond
Nannie Mae
Fairmont
Page Funeral
Agsten Bids Low for Kanawha County Elementary Project
Kanawha County Board of Education opened six bids for the Webherwood Elementary School in the Ft. Hill area. R E Agsten Inc submitted the lowest base bid of 139000 plus contingencies for a six classroom building with multipurpose room administrative suite and kitchen. Haymond has served as judge since 1945 and hints at a possible 1964 Democratic renomination.
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R.E. Agsten Inc
Jowest
Kanawha County
Protest Over $1.8 Million Union District Sewer Plan
More than 400 residents signed a petition opposing a proposed 1.8 million dollar sewer project in Union District. James Phillips of Tyler Mountain said the rate of 6.50 dollars monthly is too high and construction is premature for the less populated area. The system would serve 40th Street Road to Rock Fork and include Cross Lanes and nearby communities.
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Union District
James Phillips
Tyler Mountain
Public Service Commission
Cross Lanes
40Th Street Road
Nitro
Rock Fork
Lake Chaweva
Flatwoods
Tyler Heights
Walnut Valley Acres
Father Named In Divorce Suit
A 36 year old man Arthur Francis Duffin cites his 62 year old father Arthur Percival Duffin as co respondent in a divorce action against his wife Constance Duffin 36. The petition lists no grounds for divorce. Also notes a Staunton Elementary science fair and band/French Club demonstration at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
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London — i
Arthur Francis Duffin
Constance Duffin
Duffin
Arthur Percival Duffin
Staunton
Record High in Production Hit in March
The Federal Reserve Board reported March marked a record high in the nation’s industrial output at 116 percent of the 1957 average. Gains spread across consumer goods, business equipment, and materials with production highs in industrial machinery and commercial equipment. Farming machinery output rose sharply and freight and passenger equipment also increased.
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Washington —.P
Federal Reserve Board
Two Coal Cars Jumped Tracks on Railway Line
In Panam County a Cresapeate and Obie Railway train derailed near a town on Friday. No injuries were reported as four accompanying cars bypassed the wreckage and crews worked to clear the main line. Officials said the cause would be determined after an investigation.
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Taokeeea
Cresapeate and Obie
Panam
Noun
Railway
Dr. Miller to Address Kanawha County Council Meeting
Dr. Delmas F. Miller director of WVU High School Morgantown will address the spring meeting of the Kanawha County Council for the Social Studies. The session is at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the West Virginia Education Association building. He will discuss social studies in secondary schools.
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Delmas F. Miller
West Virginia University High School
Morgantown
Kanawha County
Charleston High senior cited for outstanding school record
Patricia Ruth Huggins of 1417 Lee Street East, a senior at Charleston High School, was cited for an outstanding school record by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company 1962 Scholarship Awards Program. She is one of 12 students nationwide to receive a certificate of merit and savings bond.
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Patricia Ruth Huggins
Lee St. E
Charles Lton High School
Firestone Tire and Rubber ‘Company
Miss Huggins
Giant Military Budget Okayed by House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 47.84 billion defense bill for the next fiscal year. It funds 2.68 million active personnel across Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force and maintains 1.0 million Reservists. The measure includes six Polaris submarines and 37 new ships plus advanced weapon procurement and defense construction.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Kennedy
House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Robert $. McNamara
Polaris
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Jackson County
the Gazette
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Albert Fizer
Sharon
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Cook Funeral Home
Cedar Grove
Sibson
Rosalee Cobb
Gibson
Tampa
Fila
Bartlett Funeral Home
Earl G. Hissom
Winifred Dawson
Mountain View Cemetery
Burford
John H
Morning Star Baptist Church
Desowater
Thomas Pryor
Meadow’ Haver Aismarial Park
Broyles
Minnie Mae
Falcon Dr
Cunningham
Marion Mullins
Lattes Cemetery
Hammonds
Cora Virginia
Sential
Cecil Burns
Todd Smith
Hill
Manehn
Alderson
Aldersom Presbyterian Church
Woo
Ott Greenbrier
Hughes
Emmi
Militec
Fay
Fiest Repiini
Ashley Leon
Hiliteo
Lunsford
Charies Bs
Sath Cherteston
Seaggrats
Makieh
Lepma E—o
St. Anthory Catholic Church
Cuthbert Bonsoret
Weery G GarSers
Perry
Thomas
Sout
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A. Ae
Sloak
Wipesene
South Charleston
Compants
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Sates
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Barbmurshie
Brethers
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Hemer
Bamete
SRC
Scott Depot
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IV. Steele
Smith
West Virginia University
Enile
Welch
McDowell
Iil Steele
Morris
Harvey
West Virginia State of College
Counwill Be Haressett Morage Preh
Agsten
Haymond
Clarence W. Meadows
Marion County
PTA
Mayor's Post
Mark Young
Clendenin
John C. Kennedy
Young
Verreer
Barre
McAdams-Fleshman —Monument Company
Carter Court & Quarter Sts
Federal
Andy
Switzerland
Earl Brink
United Fuel Gas Co
Kappa Alpha Psi
William H. Greene
Washington, D.C
Om Valley
Washington W. Lt
Charleston Printing CO
New York
and Jr
Lili Ann
Oberlan
Parnsies
PHLOX
Foxglove
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