Obituary Notices From The Charleston Gazette 1968
Obituary notices list multiple Charleston area residents with dates of death, ages and funeral details. Recurring names include Winnie May Burdette of Hix Summners County and Henry Ivan Carney of Tornado, with services scheduled at E. M. Meadows, Cunningham, Rose Quesenberry, and other local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette
Winnie May
Hix
Summiers County
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Jesse
Josephine
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Hinton
Obituary Notices and Funeral Services Across West Virginia
Local notices list numerous funeral services and burial arrangements for residents of Clay, Kanawha, Greenbrier, Raleigh and surrounding counties. Names include Clarence Sylvester Anderson Hugh E. Anderson Mary Agnes Beard Eva Louise Brasseur and others with service times set at 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at churches and funeral homes, and burials planned in various cemeteries.
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Nderson
Clarence Sylvester
Quck
Clay County
Hardman Baptist
Nebo
Anderson
Hugh E
Ft. Worth
Tex
Elkview
King’s Funeral Home
Allison Park
Bays
Willam A. — Kenna
Shepherd
Homer Charleston
Bays Chapel
South Charleston
Beard
Mary Agnes
Ronceverte
Ronceverte Baptist Church
Riverview
Brasseur
Eva Louise
Kenn Hames
Van of Toys to Reach Children of Miners
A furniture van will be sent to miners children with toys after the Christ mas party was canceled. Proceeds from the Greenwood Memorial Park Memorial contribution fund will be used to buy more toys. The drive is coordinated by Western Auto Mackovic Family Store in Barberton Ohio and local volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S.C
Bess Bennett
John
Cowen
Lindal
Waybright
Mason
Mountaineer
Julia Sniseck
Barberton
Ohio
Mary
Western Auto/Mackovic
Culver City
Calif
Betty Schaible
Ak- Theemnra
Christ Ave
Jordanians foresee new Mideast crisis after failed peace push
Amman reports Premier Talhouni says Jordan lost faith in U N peace mission led by Gunnar Jarring and expects further Middle East crisis. He says Israel’s stance blocks progress, while Jarring’s talks in Nicosia continue with Saudi Arabia Egypt and others urging implementation of the U N plan.
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Amman
Jordan
U.S
Gunnar V
Middle East
Bahrat ‘Talhouni
Israel
U.N
Ters
Sad Taldan
Egypt
Talhouni
King Hussein
Arabia
Kuwait
Iraq
Lebanon
Fayette teacher Thelma Mann Carter dies at 62
Thelma Ada Mann Carter of 111 Singer Street Oak Hill dies at Oak Hill Hospital aged 62. She taught at Glen Jean Elementary and belonged to Scarbro Baptist Church Red Bud Garden Club and state and national teachers associations. Survivors include husband Leonard F. Carter Sr and son Leonard F. Carter Jr. Services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Callers after 4 PM today.
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Ting
Eva B
Central Avenue
Jackson
Mich
Elizabeth Gollihugh
Oak Hill
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Thelma Ada Mann Carter
Singer St
Fayette County
Glen Jean
Scarbro Baptist Church
Red Bud Garden Club
Léonard F. Carter
Leonard F. Carter Jr
Russ[sell, Ky
Clyda Copeland Mann
Barthers
Basil Mann l
Scarbro
Kenneth
Wardens-Swille
Willard A. Mann Jr
Tyree Funeral Home
High Lawn ‘Memorial Park
Ex Kanawha Soldier Dole D. Lanham Dies in Crash
The body of Army Sgt. Dole D. Lanham 39 Radcliff Kentucky formerly of Big Chimney is returned to Myers Funeral Home Elkview after a car wreck killing him Friday night near Radcliff. Lanham an 18 year career serviceman is survived by widow Hedwig son Grant daughter Patricia mother Mrs Lillian Powers sisters Mrs Mary Ellen Cavender and Mrs Genevieve Clemmer and brother Harry Powers.
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Kanawha County
Myers Funeral Home
Elkview
Army
Dole D
Jack” Lanham
Radcliff
Big Chimney
Hedwig
Grant
Patricia
Lillian Powers
Mary Ellen Cavender
Rt. 3
Genevieve Clemmer
Roanoke
Harry
Powers
Fishing Vessel Fenwick Island Sinks with 14 Drowned
A Virginia port fishing boat Fenwick Island capsized in 95 foot waves off Beaufort. Seven men drowned and seven survived after being rescued by the fishing vessel W T James. The Chilala with six bodies recovered, found by civilian and military search planes and Coast Guard crews.
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Beaufort
Fenwick Island
Virginia
Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Atlantic
W. T. James
Chilula
Morehead City
Youth Trains Pigeon For Extortion Scheme
In Ebersberg Germany Ludwig Kitzinger a 19 year old farm hand trained a carrier pigeon to deliver an extortion note demanding 5000 marks. The farmer Ludwig Ernst alerted police who tracked the pigeon home to the youth, who ended up jailed without the money or the bird.
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Edersberg
Germany
Ludwig Kitzinger
Igeons
Hitzinger
Ludwig Ernst
Ebersberg
Ernst
Brisk Winds Cold Eastern Half With Snow and Frost
The Associated Press reports brisk northwest winds keeping bone chilling temperatures across the eastern half of the nation. Hard freeze warnings extend to Alabama, Georgia, and central Florida. Snow accumulates in the Great Lakes region with five inches in South Bend and two inches in parts of New York and Ohio. Flurries dot the Appalachians as rain gives way to snow in the West with sun in the Rockies and Midwest. Miami reaches 74 degrees while International Falls drops to 10.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Great Lakes
South Bend
Ind
Cleveland
Watertown
N. Y
Appalachians
Pacific
San Francisco
Idaho
Rockies
Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Miami
Accident kills Clarksburg man
A 31 year old William Morrison of Clarksburg a glass factory worker died in a head on crash on U S 50 two miles west of Clarksburg. Three others were injured and hospitalized with one in critical condition another in serious and the third in satisfactory condition.
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Clarksburg
U.S. 50
Here
William Morrison
Nat Hiken Dies Television Writer Producer at 54
Hollywood mourns Nat Hiken a nine time Emmy winning writer producer of comedy shows He died Sunday night at his home of an apparent heart attack He created the Phil Silvers series Youll Never Get Rich Sgt Bilko He is survived by his widow Ambur two daughters Dana and Mia and his mother Minnie Hiken Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Mt Sinai Mortuary Hollywood Hills with interment at Mt Sinai Memorial Park
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Hollywood
Nat Hiken
Saturn
Hicken
Fred Allen
Phil Silvers
Sgt. Bilko
Hiken
Ambur
Dana
Mia
Minnie Hiken
New York
Mt. Sinai Mortuary
Hollywood Hills
Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
Fire damages home of Walter Lane in St Albans
Firefighters battled a blaze at 1101 Pennsylvania Ave in St Albans Sunday afternoon 2 58 pm destroying a bathroom and causing an estimated 500 in damages. The cause was not immediately known.
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Walter M. Lane
Pennsylvania Ave
St. Albans
Crews Jump Safely as 3 Planes Crash in Greenland
Three U.S. Air Force T33 jet trainers crashed near Sondre Stroemfjord Air Base after running out of fuel during a snowstorm. Four crewmen parachuted to safety. five accompanying F5 jets landed without incident. One crewman suffered a broken arm, others unhurt. names were not released.
Kennedy Center Dedication Set for Morgantown Event
A dedication ceremony is planned with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and other officials, aiming to honor the Kennedy Center in Morgantown. The schedule includes remarks by local leaders and a formal unveiling of the new cultural center's centerpiece.
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Kennedy Center
Morgantown
Kay Ges
Naey Cuaal
Edward M
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