Obituary notices for several West Virginia residents.
Obituaries and funeral notices list Jesse C. Bell Jr of Arnett Raleigh County dying after a long illness in Beckley. Velma Litton Clawson of Andover Ohio, formerly of Jackson County, dies. service in Ripley with burial in Gay Parson Cemetery. Devona Knutson of Beckley dies. service in Beckley with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Edgar Cleveland McNeely of Foster Boone County dies. survivors include five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. service in Danville with burial in Memory Gardens. John James Millar of Cambridge Mass dies. service in Cambridge with burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery. his son is Rev. William Millar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnett
Jesse C. Bell Jr
Raleigh County
Pinecrest Hospital
Beckley
Armstrong’ Funeral Home
Whitesville
Ripley
Velma Litton Clawson
Andover
Ohio
Jackson County
Gay United Methodist Church of
Gay
Henry
Charles Clawson
Middlefield
Ollie Litton
Parkersburg
Ovel Rhodes
Grover Litton
Clyve Litton
Edgar McNeely
Handley Funeral Home
Danville
Memory Gardens
John Millar
Cambridge
Mass
John James Millar
William Millar
Judson Baptist Church
Belle
Belle Millar
Hurbert
Watson Funeral Home
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Jimmy Cook 38 of St Petersburg Dies in Florida
Jimmy Jerry Cook 38 formerly of Hurricane Putnam County died Friday in Florida He was a Hur ricane High School graduate and a member of the Baptist Church in Hurricane Surviving: mother Buck and Edward Chapman half-siblings Leroy Boggess Grady Asbury brothers Foster Carl J D Gary Lindy all listed He will be buried in Florida with services at R Lee Williams Funeral Home in St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Jimmy
Jerry” Cook
Foster
San Jose
Calif
Carl
Brockport
J. D
Gary
Lindy
Akron
Ohio
Obituary notices from Scarbro and Spencer areas
Obituaries report the deaths of Bessie Coy Parrish Scarbro 67 of Scarbro Fayette County and Paul Lee Davis 45 of Charleston and Ralph W Plunt Green 59 of Cedar Grove, plus Edith Henthorn 65 of Spencer. Services are planned at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope Cook Funeral Home Cedar Grove and Roane General Hospital listed with survivors and calling hours.
Death notices from Milton to Camden on Gauley
Obituary notices from Milton, Athens, Charleston, Indore and Camden on Gauley. Details include ages, places of death, churches, surviving relatives and burial plans with specific funeral home and cemetery names. The notices list multiple individuals with connections across Cabell, Mercer, Kanawha, Clay, Webster and surrounding counties.
Obituary Notices for Martha Haves and Florence Ray
Martha Haves of Charleston and Mrs Florence Ray of Crow Raleigh County died after long illness. Services by Rev Ernest Barley at Crow Methodist Church with burial in Hunt Cemetery Tablerock. Survivors include stepchildren Grace Miller Grafton and sister Blanche Sommerville Crow. Call after 5 p.m.
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Florence Ray Crow
Florence Ray
Crow
Raleigh County
Raleigh General Hospital
Methodist Church
Grace Miller
Grafton
Blanche Sommerville
Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home
Beckley
Ernest Barley
Hunt Cemetery
Tablerock
Obituary notices for Herbert Smoot and John Sokos
Herbert Smoot 55 of 2245 Wilson Ave. Huntington died Saturday at Huntington V A Hospital. Employed by Libby Owens Ford Glass, Baptist, Moose Lodge member and WWII veteran. Survived by wife Elizabeth Holmes Smoot and several relatives. Services at Snodgrass Funeral Home with burial in Graceland Memorial Park. John Sokos 48 of Richwood died Sunday after a long illness. Machinist and WWII veteran. Survived by wife Stacy and son Jim. Services at White White Funeral Home Richwood with burial in Richwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Smoot
Wilson Ave
Huntington V. A
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Baptist Church
Moose Lodge
St. Albans
Elizabeth Holmes Smoot
Donald Hoffman
Indianapolis
Ind
Woodrow and
Sullivan
Charleston
Bobby
South Charleston
Ellen Smoot
Melba Hackney
Wanda Rinaldo
California
Virginia White
Bonnie Wade
Detroit
Mich
Snodgrass Funeral Home
Leroy Keeney
Graceland Memorial Park
John Sokos Richwood
John Sokos
Richwood
Nicholas County
Stacy
Jim
Danville
Sarah Sokos
Helen Christian
Montgomery
White-White Funeral Home
Thomas McFadden
Elden Cuippett
Richwood Cemetery
Kissinger and Lee Kuan Yew Hold Private Southeast Asia Review
Kissinger met Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at Kennedy International Airport for about an hour Saturday to review Southeast Asia amid U.S. aims to halt bombing in Cambodia next week. White House deputy press secretary Gerald Warren provided no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kissinger
Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
New York
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Southeast Asia
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Kennedy International Airport
Southeast
Asia
United States
Cambodia
Obituary Notices for Oakes and Thayer in Multiple States
Mrs. Oakes aged 77 of Chelvan died Saturday in Harrell Nursing Home after a long illness. Burial in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens after viewing from 1 p.m. Friends may call. Ellis Jack Thayer aged 59 of Bradenton Florida died Friday in Florida after a short illness. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at GraceLand Memorial Park with Rev. Edwin G. Thomas officiating. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bank
Ray Whiteman
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Oakes
Chelvan
Harrell Nursing Home
Thayer, Ellis “Jack
Snodgrass Funeral Home
South Charleston
Edwin G. Thomas
Graceland Memorial Park
Thay‘er
Bradenton
Fla
Florida
Journalist Keeney Dies in New London at 87
Joshua B. Keeney a retired marketing and research manager for Editor and Publisher magazine died at the age of 87 in New London Connecticut He began his journalism career as a carrier for The Day of New London and later worked in advertising for several papers Keeney was associated with Editor and Publisher for over 30 years before retiring in the mid 1950s Funeral services were set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Joshua B. Keeney
Editor
Keeney
Day of
New York
The
Rocchia Dies New York AFP Chief Editor at 64
NEW YORK Albert Rocchia chief editor of the New York Bureau of Agence France-Presse died Saturday at his home of a heart attack. He was 64 and had led the bureau since 1946. Survivors include his widow Yvonne Rocchia and a sister in Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert' Rocchia
Agence France-Presse
Rocchia
Agence Havas
Columbia Broadcasting System
Europe
Yvonne Rocchia
Belgium
Justification for U S Role In Vietnam Still in Question
The piece examines whether U S combat involvement in Indochina, especially the Vietnam War and Cambodian actions, was constitutional. It notes a Supreme Court split on bombing Cambodia, debates over Article I and II powers, and executive versus legislative authority amid ongoing U S military actions without formal declarations of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vietnam
New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court
Indochina
William C. Douglas
Cambodia
Congress
Army
United States
William P. Rogers
United Nations
Lebanon
Dominican Republic
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
GE executive urges balanced energy program for 1980s and beyond
Dr. Thomas C. Paine of General Electric argues against an expensive crash program. He calls for a balanced effort combining speculative research with practical aims and supports exploring hydrogen economy and long term energy solutions. Paine favors nuclear derived hydrogen for future fuels and widespread clean energy potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times Service
New York
General Electric Co
Thomas C. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
General Electric
Paine
NASA
Tempo
Santa Barbara
Calif
Tropics
Los Angeles Basin
Pentagon Pushes New Family of Arms
Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements Jr. described Washington plans to develop a broad range of cruise missiles outside the SALT framework. The weapons would launch from planes ships submarines or land bases with ranges near a thousand miles and high maneuverability at various speeds and altitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
United States
Soviet Union
Defense
William P. Clements Jr
Clements
Ohio Woman Injured In City Cycle Wreck
A Columbus woman Karen Gallagher was admitted to Charleston General Hospital with head injuries after a motorcycle crash on southeast MacCorkle Avenue around 10 30 p m She was transferred from Charleston Memorial Hospital Ronnie Hatcher also of Columbus was treated for bruises at Charleston Memorial and released
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Charleston General Hospital
MacCorkle Avenue
Charleston General
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Karen Gallagher
Ronnie Hatcher
Columbus
Charleston Memorial
Ex City Man Killed in Ohio Gas Explosion
Barberton Ohio Hans ford Doresy Painter 66 formerly of Charleston West Virginia was killed Saturday in a gas explosion at his home He was a World War II veteran and a retired miner He lived in Barberton 14 years Surviving wife Mathalles sons Lonnie of Barberton and one of Northampton Ohio daughters Donna Baily of Clinton Ohio Dinah McKinney of Akron sisters Ola Jordan and Beulah Landers Charleston eight grandchildren Body taken to Cunningham Funeral Home Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lee Davis
Seventh Ave
Charleston General Hospital
Long Fisher’ Funeral Home
Charleston
Barberton
Ohio
Hansford Doresy Painter
W. VA
Painter
Mathalles
Lonnie
Northhampton
Donna Baily
Clinton
Dinah McKinney
Akron
Ola Jordan
Beulah Landers
Cunningham Funeral Home
Accident Claims Life of Kincaid Near Swiss
Dixie Granville R. Kincaid, 58, died Sunday near Swiss after his vehicle left West Virginia 39 and plunged into a creek. State police reported he was fishing and apparently suffered a heart attack before the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Granville R. Kincaid
Swiss
Summersville
Kincaid
W. Va
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Jesse Bell Jr
Mrs. Velma Clawson
the Gazette
Vandale Funeral Home
Spencer
John Bowen
Spencer Cemetery
Devona Knutson
Arthur AV
Dixie Seamen
Minnie Miller
Ida Luzier
Rose-Quesenberry
Fred Dion
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Jimmy Cook
Bessie Coy Scarbro
Bessie: Parrish Coy
Scarbro
Fayette County
Beckley Hospital
Scarbro Baptist Church
Victor
Clarence
Kilsyth
Franklin
Betty Ramplewich
Polly Ramey
Mount Hope
Wanda Pennington
Zweibrucken
Germany
William Parrish
Clark Parrish
Lonnie Parrish
Lookout
George Parrish
Forestville
Mahala Hamilton
Cora Wotring
Letha Edwards
Tyree
Henry Loving
Lawrence LaPrade
Paul Davis
Ralph Green
Ralph W. Plunt” Green
Cedar Grove
D&d Motor Sales
Smithers
Glasgow
Elzena Ann
Delmar
Reba Cochran
Helen Frame
Cook Funeral Home
Alfred Bowe
Ward Cemetery
Ward
Edith Henthorn Spencer
Edith Marie Henthorn
Roane County
Roane General Hospital
Alexander Baptist Church
Ovie
Kenneth L. Peal
New Shrewsbury
N.J
Dorman
Spencer and Lakini
Garnet Walker
Williamstown
Pearl Miller
Jean Lowther
Alma Batten
Edna Jane McDade
Fresno
Earl Ballard
Josie Mitchell Milton
Josie Mitchell
Milton
Cabell County
Huntington Hospital
Milton Baptist Church
Levi
Lee Benford
Robert
Shrevesport
Mattie Allen
Alum Creek
Charles Gillenwater
Hurricane
Heck Funeral Home
James Cunningham
White Chapel Gardens
Barboursville
Ruby Neely
Athens
Ruby A. Neely
Mercer County
Princceton Community Hospital
Willard, Ky
Nancy B. Allen
Earl Allen
Stella O'Gorman
Virginia Edwards
Athens United Methodist Church
Maurice Miller
T. J. Goldston
Athens Cemetery
Tenor Funeral Directory
Princeton
Lucy Parsons
Lucy Alberta Parsons
Route 5
Parsons
Westley Chapel Church
Elbert B
Leslie T
Robert J
Pearl Guthrie
Beulah’ King
Gail Allison
Ridge Manor
Moskie Burford
Claudine Byrne
Naomi Huston
Chester
Mona Presley
Titusville
William Harper
Hollie Harper
Carrie: Coffman
Mazie Hard
Marcus Pope Jr
Marcus Kadore Pope Jr
Thompson St
Old Garnet High School
W.va. State College
Army and Navy Club
Shiloh Baptist Church
Hazel White Pope
Eleanor Reynolds
Carolyn Pope
Donna Pope
Marsis Pope
Sendra Ope
Joyce Pope
Odie Tanner Jr
Indore
Odie J. Tanner, Jr
Clay County
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Clench Lumber Company
Kathleen
Joseph
Jerry
U. S. ‘Navy
Scotland
Wanda Bartley
Cheyenne
Wyom
Julie Ann Tanner
Janet Lynn Tanner
Cottageville
Calvin
Melvin
Virginia Beach
Paul
Racine
Wisconsin
Crystal Holcomb
Sylvia Nader
Warren
Naomi Hewitt
First Baptist Church
Richard Thurston
Tanner Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Clay
Lillie Williams
Camden-On-Gauley
Lillie Ellen Williams
Webster County
Gleasons
Ercel
Eddie
Shirley
Larry
Lawrence
Craigsville
Marie Cox
Wavelene Ramsey
Opal Chrislip
Lizzie ‘Starcher
Mary Mullins
Camden-on- Gauley
Hubert Russell
McFarlane
Adams Funeral Home
Cowen
Beatrice Mabell
Tudsay
Pryor Funeral Home
Pope I l
Martha Haves
Tkton
Leroy Haves
Preston Fisneral Home
Berlin
West Germany
Germany Democratic Republic
Sofia
Bulgaria
Broadway Central
University Hotel
Paris
Western
Air Safety
Tel Aviv
Benjamin C. Davis
U. S
Israel
Davis
Lancaster
Secretary of Agriculture
William G. McCoy
Lancaster Stockyards Inc
Phnom Penh
Hanoi
Albany
State Police
State Police Academy
William E. Kirwan
State Police Division
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Japan
Organization
Heikal
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
Libya
Egypt
Cairo
al Ahram
L’express
ABA
Harry A. Blackmun
Blackmun
Bar Assa
Kenney
G.E
By Orr Kelly
Washington Star News
Bookkeeping
MACH
Letterheads Jones Printing CO
Pickup and Deliver
Penna. Ave
Memorial Park
Kerstein
Westinghouse
Kerstein’s
Les Sures
Carrier
Fedders
I Bryant
Banka Nericord
Kerstein Engineering CO
Tennessee Ave
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