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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
3
Obituaries list multiple local residents including Harlie V. Bennett Sr. and Virginia May Bolser with surviving relatives and funeral details. Other entries note deaths of Roy Willard Burns, Louie E Finney, Richard B Gill, Blackbur Halstead, Bessie Gertrude Harris, Mae Harris, Katherine Johnson and many more with service times, burial plans, and familial survivors across Charleston and surrounding counties.
Gov Hulett Smith said he will not rush to place more state workers under Civil Service before Arch Moore takes office. He noted many are seeking eligibility but some groups like liquor store clerks and county road personnel are excluded. Moore denies plans to purge Democrats. decisions on remaining staff rest with Moore after testing.
Thomas Richard Martin 32 of Cleveland formerly Charleston was killed Sunday night in a Detroit tavern. Surviving include widow Margaret and son Thomas Jr.. many relatives listed. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church. Burial at Samples Cemetery Bomont. Body at Snodgrass Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home for Mark C. King 66 owner of Kings Jewelry and Gift Shop who died Sunday of a heart attack at his home. He was a Mason member of Beni Kedem Shrine Charleston Scottish Rite Babes and is survived by widow Juanita Eakle daughter Sharon Settle son Mitchel H Webb sisters Mae Webb Anna Webb Martha Neal. Burial in Reed Cemetery Clay. Friends may call after noon today.
A funeral service for Mrs. Janet B. Hammond will be held at 11 a.m. today at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield. Hammond, former state president of the West Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in Virginia, also served as West Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution state librarian and Regent of John Chapman Chapter. She received a bronze memorial plaque in Washington DC. Survived by son Fredjarink Troy of Los Alamitos, California.
Edouard-Desrivieres 51 received a heart transplant Sept 26. died at 11 am Wednesday from infections and kidney complications. Wilson Daniel A 83 of 408 Crestwood Rd Charleston Memorial Hospital reported no bodily rejection of the new heart. Bardette Funeral Home Elk Hills Charleston Hilliney Cemetery.
Ellis Motor Sales owner Jeff Ellis dies after a long illness at Mason Hospital. A World War I veteran and Pinean County resident, he was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church. Survived by widow Kathryn, stepsons S C Bennett III and Richard, stepdaughters Sonya and Patti, mother Mrs Dora Ellis, brothers Roy, Chester, Otto, Dewey, Billy, and Arthur. service is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Chapman Funeral Home Teays Valley, burial Sycamore Cemetery.
Mrs Erna Hopkins Keeney 82 a retired Kanawha and Boone County teacher died Monday in Charleston General Hospital She was born in Boone County and her death comes after two family losses in three months Her grandson Mark E Dickinson 19 of Prenter was killed in the Piedmont airliner crash at Kanawha Airport on August 10 She is survived by a son Robert of Comfort daughters Ruby Coach Sylvia Pauley Maxie Preston Ruth Looney and Vannie Keeney all of Prenter Mazie Minotti of Charleston and Doris Garlington of Pecos Texas sisters Smith Harper of Harmony and Orla Hunt McCartney of Phoenix Funeral services set for 1 pm Wednesday at Prenter Presbyterian Church with burial at William Mountain Cemetery The body lies in J E Johnson Funeral Home Kanawha City and will be moved to the church an hour before services Friends may call after 10 am day of service.
Hugh K. Jones of the Internal Revenue Service says a tax education institute will meet Wednesday from 6 30 to 10 30 p m at Charles ton Federal Savings and Loan Co 1320 Kanawha Blvd East The program aims to provide pertinent up to date information to individuals who will aid taxpayers in preparing their tax returns.
Judge Charnock dismissed a destruction of property charge against Dennis Mangus of St Albans after testimony showed he kicked a garage door during a dispute over tow fees. Mangus owes about $69 including the door repair, an employee said. In other action, Wiley McCloskey and James Sanger waived to the grand jury on felonious shooting charges.
WVU College of Commerce hosts a new businessmen on campus program this week to link students with real world operations. James R. Albertson of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp and Robert Amesbury of General Motors Martinsburg will speak Thursday, organized by the WVU Graduate Business Assn.
A list of funeral services and burial arrangements for Pearl Louise Burkhalter Roméo Freer Cas to Everett Galford Walter Hyre Ebb Jarrell Carrie Frances Jaffel Lena Mitchell Willis Williams Joe Young and others. Services set at various churches and funeral homes with times and cemetery names in Rowlesburg Dunbar Fairplain Sissonville Nitro and Charleston.
About 800000 seedlings will be replanted on 80 acres of strip mined land in Kanawha County in coming weeks. Foreman Rupert Kearns of the Capitol Soil Conservation District says planting follows conservation planning to reclaim the land.
Senate investigators report that flat rate pay for auto repairs drives low quality and high costs. Mechanics rush jobs, may substitute new parts for repairs, as the antitrust subcommittee studies eight months in, with hearings led by Senator Philip A. Hart.
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