Obituary notices from Clendenin and surrounding areas
Obituaries for Bird of Clendenin age 54 killed in head on collision near home. Services set for Mrs Mary S Duffield of Tariff Roane Co born 1873. burial in Tariff Cemetery. William Richard Gibson 89 of Fola. Bernice E Griffith 81 of Danville. Homer Stuart Groves 72 of Ronceverte. Benjamin Wesley Kerns 32 formerly of Yawkey. Wootson McComas 76 of Midkiff. Elizabeth Rumberg 43 of Springfield Ohio. Todd Edward Stalnaker four. Clyde W Surgeon 52 Caldwell Greenbrier. Walter Dillard Cownley 86 Clifton Forge. Burial and funeral home details listed for each.
Young County Woman Killed In Hit and Run
Delores Sue Hall 21 of Campbells Creek was killed on U S 94 near Napoleon Indiana while hitchhiking back to Charleston with friend Patricia DiSciulio 22. The driver fled the scene. Her grandfather Robert Hall Sr 78 died in his sleep about dawn in Port Amherst. He was a retired laborer for Amherst coal and barge firms and survived by 2 sons 4 daughters 10 grandchildren. Services for the grandfather set for 2 p m Wednesday at Fibier and Frame Funeral Home Belle with burial Younger Hollow Cemetery. The accident victim's family includes mother Ora Hall and brothers Roy Billie and James. Both bodies to be at Fidler and Frame Funeral Home today.
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Sherman
William A
Marion
N C
Sherman A
Springfield
Ohio
Earl Wallen
Nannie Lavender
Decola
Lea Lavender
Prestonburg
Marvin Lavender
Decota
Kay Lavender
Flint
Mich
Ida May Cochran
Myrtle Gilmore
South Charleston
Kanawha County
Delores Sue Hall
Carter Rd
Spring Fork Drive
Campbells Creek
U.S
Napoleon
Ghia
Indiana
Chicago
Charleston
Patricia DiSciulio
Garrison Ave
Robert Hall Sr
Dana Dr. Port Amherst
Amherst Coal and Barge
Bill
Carl
Moundsville
Este] Chewning
Quinwood
Charles
Indianapolis
Clifford
Pratt
Fred
James
Port Amherst
Lillie Brown
Nitra
Helen Kinison
Freda Burke
Coal Fork
Maggie Blackburn
Midway
Alaska
Fidler
Frame Funeral Home
Ex-Pineville Man Wins Welfare Job
Miami Florida a former Pineville West Virginia man is Dade County s new acting director of welfare. He is R Rat Goode 26 youngest department head in Dade County Florida government Goode former administrative assistant to Governor David Lawrence moves up to the 9000 a year job from an administrative analyst post in the county manager s office. Goode earned a bachelor s degree from Morris Harvey College and a master s from Pennsylvania State University.
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Miami
Fla
Pineville
W. Va
Dade County
R. Rat Goode
Goode
Pennsylvania
David Lawrence
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Pennsylvania State University
Famed World War I Hero Alvin York Left Seriously Ill
Nashville veteran hospital reports Alvin York, famed World War I hero, is seriously ill after bed sores and a deterioration in condition following weeks of treatment. York, a Medal of Honor recipient, has been bedridden since a 1954 stroke. He is survived by widow Kathryn and daughter Mary with several sisters listed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alvin York
Charleston General
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Charleston Pess
Beta Sigma Mu
Fraternity of Auditors
Kathryn
Mary
Louise Beaman
Stantonsburg
N.C
Janie Pannil
Culpepper
Churchill Wright
Unionville
Edna Wright
Portsmouth
Brothers Winfred and Charles Simpson-Chandler Final Arrangements
Two brothers Winfred of Silver Spring Maryland and Charles of Unionville are mentioned. Simpson-Chandler Funeral Home will transfer the body today to Saint Just Orange County Virginia for final arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home Locust Grove Virginia.
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Winfred
Silver Spring
Charles
Unionville
Simpson - Chandler] Funeral
Saint Just
Orange County
Johnson Funeral Home
Locust Grove
Victim in Quinland Dies After Auto Collision Funeral Today
An elderly woman, Lina Bowles 82 of Robinson near Danville, dies hours after being struck on W V 79 while crossing the highway. Funeral service at Freewill Baptist Church Quinland Boone County at 2 pm Wednesday officiated by Rev Jimmy Ryan and Rev Ernest Barley with burial in Boone Memorial Park Madison. Survived by three daughters Edna Messer Myrtle Colin Virginia Darrell four sons Roy James Percy Cecil a sister Nora Dunlap and 29 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren. Body at Bradshaw Funeral Home.
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Tianville
Freewill Baptist Church
Quinsland
Boone County
Jimmy, Ryan
Ernest Barley
Boone Memorial Park
Madison
Mos
Lina Bowles
Robinson
Danville
Church l
W. Va
Quinland
Edna Messer
Ramage
Myrtle Colin
Akron
Ohio
Virginia ‘Darrell
Roy
Pittsburgh
James
Cleveland
Percy
Canton
Cecil
Nora Dunlap
Ashford
Bradshaw Funeral Home
Crash Kills Hinton Man
A fatal crash near Beckley claims several lives including Arthur J. Jones 45 of Hinton and others named in obituaries. Funeral services indicated at various churches and funeral homes across Boone and Greenbrier counties with multiple burials at Wallace, Forrell, Rosewood, and other local cemeteries.
Roane Tow Postmaster Nina dies at 69 after 44 years
Otto Hal McMillan 69 longtime Roane County postmaster who served 44 years died Monday at his home. He was WWI veteran. Service 3 p.m. Thursday at Otto Advent Christian Church with burial in Otto Cemetery. Survived by wife Lepha a son Gordon two sisters and two brothers and two grandchildren. Body at Sinnett Funeral Home Spencer then to residence at 7 p.m. today.
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Ivydale
Mary Paxton
Charleston
Ruey Nall
Anna Hunt
Reedy
Arch Hall
Sinnett Funeral Home
Spencer
Kerns
Benjamin Wesley
Yawkey
Columbus
Ohio
Lincoln County
Chillicothe
N&w Railroad
F. H. Black
Isaac Kitchen
Cadell Cemetery
Chapmanville
Mavis
Douglas and
Kelley
Kelly Kerns
Albany
Jane Williams
Bayton
Dorothy Kerns
Ralph
Madison
W.vai
James
Kenova
Arthur Aé Ripley
Koontz Funeral Home
Hamlin
Clyde W
Caldwell
Greenbrier County
C&o
Clifton Forge
C&o Railway
Pearl
Leon
Claud Weikle
Iris Jackson
Wallace Funeral Homesburg
Otto
Hal D. McMillan
Roane County
Otto Advent Christian Church
Lester Harper
Leon ‘Strickland
Otto Cemetery
Lepha
Gordon
C. &. Weltner
Guy Jordon
Dean
Akron
US Jets Fall in France In Fog Crashes Reported
Report from Vannes France says two Spirots survived while others were lost after jets from the US carrier Independence crashed in fog. One aircraft hit a house injuring three. A second crashed at sea and a third into the ground near Carnac.
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Vannes
France
Pour
U.S
Independence
Piouatney
Forthwest
Lane- Bihouee
French’ Naval
Carnac
Doctor Burns Self to Death in France
Dr Francois Klimek aged 32 reportedly killed himself Sunday by dousing with gasoline and lighting a match. His badly burned body was found beside a roadside by a motorist with a gasoline can nearby and a matches box in his hand. No witnesses saw the death. He had been seriously ill recently.
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Line
France
Francois Klimek
Rural residence fire destroys one room houses near South Charleston
Fire destroyed two one room frame houses on Upton Creek south of South Charleston Sunday night. Fire Chief Joe Eastwood said the blaze spread beyond saving the small homes. Harry Dowell, who lived alone in the houses, was away when the fire started. Cause not determined.
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Upton Creek
South Charleston
Joe Eastwood
Eastwood
Harry Dowell
Kanawha County Plans Cleanup to Target Shacks
Mrs. Howard J. Jackson says Kanawha County joins state cleanup efforts to remove 509 unoccupied dilapidated buildings along highways. A Tuesday meeting at 1 30 p.m. in the Civic Center will finalize a countywide program.
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Kanawha County
Howard J. Jackson
Jackson
Civic ‘Center
State Apple Crop Appears Short in WV Belt
In four west Virginia counties the apple belt expects a short crop starting in September. Processing plants in Berkeley Jefferson Morgan Hampshire counties hire 1500 to 2000 workers for six to eight weeks at peak. Prices not officially announced amid light stock carryover and below average yields. Disgraced former War Minister Pro fumo resigns as Summerfields trustee in Sussex. West Germans sign the London copy of the limited nuclear test ban treaty.
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Martinsburg
West’ Virginia
Berkeley - Jefferson - Morgan
Hampshire County
London
John D. Profumo
Exclusive Summerfields Preparatory School
Sussex
West Germany
County Has Few Gypsy Residents in Kanawha County
A U S Census study finds most Kanawha County natives were born in West Virginia and remained, while about 35 220 percent of residents came from other states. Within five years some 107 253 people moved within the county seeking different housing or larger families.
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U. S
Figeres
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Kanawha
United States
Payments Deficit Tops One Billion in Balance of Payments
The Commerce Department reports the United States balance of payments deficit for the second quarter exceeded one billion dollars. The gap grew despite a strong commercial trade surplus due to more bank loans, foreign securities sales, and higher U S grants and loans abroad. A proposed remedy includes an interest legalization pact and a tax on foreign stocks or bonds sold domestically.
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Washington
Commerce Department
U.S
Logan Man Re elected President of Islamic Associations Group
Logan man Charles Ingram of Cedar Rapids has been re elected president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of the U S and Canada at the organization annual convention. Frank Rushden of Logan West Virginia served as treasurer during the meeting.
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Toledo
Ohio
Charles’ Ingram
Cedar
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E. A. Hoffman
Louisville
Heber KE. Stalnaker
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E. &. Johnson
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Ledd
Joseph Anderson
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Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Imith
Lillie Mae
Daniel Boone
Roane
Nina
Les US
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Capitol St
Fifth Avenue
Iowa Street
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Herman Winter
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ABC
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Advertising Council
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