Obituaries from Hinton and surrounding areas
Daisy Iddingto Cody of Hinton died after a long illness at Hinton Hospital. Surviving are five sons, two daughters, a brother, three sisters, nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Service Saturday at New Hope Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Bower V Harrah of Meadow Bridge died en route to Beckley Hospital from an apparent heart attack. Surviving are his wife, four daughters, a son, mother, four sisters and two brothers. The body is at Nickell Funeral Home. Mrs Helen Horme Hobson of White Sulphur Springs died. Service Saturday at Shanklin Funeral Home. Burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Ruth Bounds Hockenberry of Ripley died after a long illness. Service Saturday at Epworth Methodist Church in Ripley. Burial in Pine Hill Cemetery. Ruby Ellen Hubbard of Glace, Monroe County, died after a long illness. Surviving include husband Ton E Hubbard, three sons, a daughter and two stepdaughters, nine brothers, a sister and five grandchildren. William Kidwell of Mount Hope died after a long illness. Retired state mine inspector and Masonic member. Surviving include wife Lena, three sons, two daughters, three brothers, two sisters and five grandchildren. William Duck Rowe of Scarbro died after a long illness. An agent for Southern Greyhound Corp. Surviving are wife Senith, daughter Barbara, and mother Joan. Ella Talentine of Mount Hope died after a long illness. Service Sunday at Glorious Church of God. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Mrs Valentine of Glen Jean, died after a long illness. Surviving are husband Professor and two foster children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrah
Bower
Meadow Bridge
Fayette County
Beckley Hospital
Courte Construction Co
Beckley
Betty
Sandra Kay
Bellwood
Mitzy Lane
Connie Sue
Kathy Diane
Jimmy Darrell
Lucy Harrah
Hildred Eichner
Hester Hayden
Baltimore, Md
Helena McKinney
Rhodell
Helen Thompson
San Angelo
Tex
Hensley
Harold
Cleveland
Ohio
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Vail Funeral Home
Ripley
Ralph
Carol
Lucille McDowell
Grace
Ruth Horton
Washington, D. C
James
Ashby
Melvin Dowdy
Charlie Dowdy
White Sulphur Springs
Otis
Raymond Dowdy
Fair‘Jea
Eugene Dowdy
New London
Nelson Dowdy
Ranceverte
Orby Dowdy
Kidwell
William
Mount Hope
Zollie
J. B
Crossville
Tenn
Sid Kidavel
Quebec
Beulah Hodge
Nancy Holmes
Russabear
Tyree
Rowe
Duck
Scarbro
Southern Greyhound Corp
Montgomery
Senith
Barbara Deal
Joan Rowe
Tyree Funeral Home
Talentine
Ella
Church of God At
A. Wilson
Allen
M. Ellis
Reenwood Memorial Park
Trent - Durgan Funeral Home
Valentine
Glen Jean
Professor
Laura Smith
Ted Valentine
Walker Gray
Harlen Heights
Truck Hits Pole in S C Power Outage
A truck skidded into a pole on MacCorkle Avenue in South Charleston injuring the driver Earl Adkins 32 of Charleston and cutting power to hundreds. He was treated at Thomas Memorial Hospital and discharged. The crash near FMC ordnance plant at 1 pm knocked out WCHS and police radio briefly and cut electric service to Spring Hill Davis Creek and nearby areas. restored by 2 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacCorkle Avenue
Charleston
Earl Adkins
O'Dell Ave
Thomas Memorial Hospital
FMC Corp. Ordnance Plant
Spring Hill
Davis Creek
Hill
Kanawha Turnpike
Trucker Injured After Jump From Loaded Coal Truck
Franklin Johnson 33, of Chesapeake, was injured Thursday when he jumped from a loaded coal truck on a steep Dawes Mountain road in Cabin Creek. He was admitted to Charleston Memorial Hospital with a fractured left arm and other injuries. condition reported as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake
Dawes Mountain
Cabin Creek
Franklin Johnson
E. M. Fredericks and Associates
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Lewis
Bridge
Jack A. Nuckols
Showman Fritz Bruggen Dies at 94 in South Charleston
Fritz Bruggen a showman who toured with Buffalo Bill Tom Mix and Buster Crabbe died at 94 in Southern Hills Hospital. He lived at 57 Kenna Dr South Charleston and retired from show business six years ago. Born in Amsterdam he came to the United States in 1894 and worked as a chef on the Santa Fe Bar. Survivors include his widow Anna Mitzi and a niece. A broken windshield incident from 1954 is noted in a memorial report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Bruggen
Buffalo Bill
Tom, Mix
Buster Crabbe
Southern Hills Hospital
Mr. Bruggen
Kenna Dr
South Charleston
Gene Aniry
Mr. Briggen
Amsterdam
Netherlands
United States
Anna
Mitzi
Ee Ae Antiore
Cent Lewis
Jeep
Snodgrass
Charleston
Memorial Park
Marmet Plans Death Vehicle Display For Labor Day
Marmet town and police department will place a demolished car on Mac Corkle Avenue to warn motorists about reckless driving. The display marks the death of two Kanawha County youths and includes warning signs. This annual safety promotion emphasizes caution on the busy highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac
Corkle Avenue
Marmet
Mahmet Town
Two Young Men Sentenced in Gas Theft Case
Two Charleston men William Williams age 23 and Gerald Bentley age 20 were sentenced to up to 30 days in county jail after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to petit larceny of gasoline. They were linked to a gas theft investigation on Jane Street with cans and siphon hose found in their car. Eleven others forfeited bonds for playing cards in public after failing to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William Williams
Gerald Bentley
Avon Street
Ie Veel Willmul
Otis Stover
Glen Craige
Tom Webster
Ben Brown
RossCog Crockett
Irene Fridley
Care
Jane Street
Service Station Robbed for Seventy Three Dollars
A Charleston service station operator reported $173 missing from his office when opening Thursday. Police noted no vehicle fire and no forcible entry at 7 Spring Street and 1005 Lee Street East. Several suspects were listed in the theft investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Snyder
Charleston
Ashland
Spring St
Lee St. E
South Charleston Man Charged With Assault and Rape
A 25 to 30 year old South Charleston man was charged Thursday by state police with statutory rape after a 15 year old girl’s parents filed a complaint. He appeared before Justice of the Peace Felix Candy, was held to the grand jury, and booked at Kanawha County Jail. The assault allegedly occurred while the girl was parked on a rural road near South Charleston. A medical exam confirmed abuse. Investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
Justice of the Peace
Felix Candy
South
Charleston
Kanawha County
An Candy
Wen Ye
Blast Closes Mines Again In Tennessee Strike Fallout
In southeast Tennessee for the second time this week blasts knocked out power poles, forcing Grundy Mining Co to close while TVA lines are repaired. About 600 United Mine Workers have been on strike since December 26, 1954 seeking higher wages and welfare benefits amid ongoing anti picketing orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oigna
Tenn
Nina
Tennessee
Grundy Mining Co
Sequatchie Valley Electric Cooperative
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Palmer
Grundy
United Mine Workers Union
Two South Charleston Cops to Resign This Fall
Two South Charleston patrolmen G. R. Dodd and James N. Cox will resign in September. Dodd, on the force since 1961, leaves Sunday to join the Du Pont plant in Belle, while Cox resigns Sept 30 to study economics at Morris Harvey College as a fulltime student. Cox plans to tender his resignation this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
Police Department
G. R. Dodd
James N. Cox
Dodd
duPont
Belle
Cox
Morris Harvey College
Printers Convene in Wheeling for West Virginia Convention
Commercial printing plant operators gather in Wheeling from September 12 to 14 for the West Virginia Printing Industry Inc annual convention. Dr. Perry E. Gresham of Bethany College will speak at a September 15 dinner with Harry Hamm of Wheeling News Star present. Register will speak at the banquet September 14. The program includes management workshops and election of 1964 officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
West Virginia Printing Industry Inc
Perry E. Gresham
Bethany College
Harry Hamm
Wheeling News
Register
Funeral notices list numerous services across West Virginia towns
Funeral notices for Bertha Angle Tom Bearfield Albert Sash James Cawley Johnny Fisher Jacob Flack Paris Ford Dewall Gallas pie Jack Hancock Oral Hyer Clamie Jackson Lee Mehlhorn Mildred Tinney Mildred Williams Beverly Williams Schultz Young and Maltio Young list service times and locations at churches and cemeteries in Mc Ross Dry Creek Buffalo Buffalo and Beckley Beckley Hinton Glen Morgan Davis Creek Ingram Branch with multiple pastors and burial sites noted across March dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sash
Albert
Guffalo
Raynas
Buffalo
Tommy Farren
A. A. Smith
Buffalo Memorial Park
Cawley
James Ronnie
Christine Williams
Rich Creek
Rich Creek Methodist Church
E. &. Chatin
Birch Lawn
Pearisburg
Fisher
Johny
Ashford
Mahone Chapel
Rumbie
Exe
Perry Cemetery
Ashfard
Flack
Jacob Harvey Jr
Jacob
Ronceverte
Highland Park
Lily Mick
Church
Ford
Paris
Duffy
Oak Forest Rd
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Tally Hanna
John
Winters
High Jawn Memorial Park
Gallaspie
Dewall
Alten
Hurricane
Homer Curry
Morlaly
Hancock
Jonn
Lee St
A.m
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home
Beye Elwynn Peace
Sunset Memorial Park
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S.C
F. Bruggen
Joseph Thomas
Voxie Harrick
Glen St
Edward
Man
Mountain Mission
S.C. Cops
Angle
Bertha East
McRoss
Greenbrier
Marfrance
Henry Withrow
Aitte
Samblen Wallace Memorial
Clintonville
Bearfield
Tom
Dry Creek
Raleigh County
Airs
da Petry
Fd Seablock
Shumate
Hyer
Oral Otis (Buck
O'Brian
Clay County
O'Brien Methodist Church
Paul Hickman
Myer
O’brien
Jackson
Clamie Dunlap
Hinton
Fla
Carnegie
Huntington
James Cox
Woodmere Cemetery
Abbey of Remembrance
Tinney
Mildred Maddy
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quasenferry Funeral Home
HW. WU
Thompson
Heather Twit
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