Obituary Notices from Yolyn and Nearby Areas
Obituaries list multiple local figures, including John Erskine Abbott Jr.,Emma Gray Beasley and Paul Everett Briggs. The notices name survivors, churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes, with service times and burial details in West Virginia communities.
Third Held In Theft Of Liquor
FBI agents arrested a third man, Cyrus Lemale Jr., 53, of Pittsburgh, in the theft of more than $100,000 of liquor from a Charleston garage destined for West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Commission stores. The case involves two tractor trailer trucks taken from a private garage. A separate report says Eaton, previously tied to the case, traveled to Cuba amid speculation he may attend Fidel Castro’s 10th anniversary celebration.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
George J. Washington
Cyrus Lemale Jr
Sae
Eaton
American Industri Ft Me 5 Sree
Department
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Soviet Union
John Arter dies at 75 circuses devotee in Charleston
Arter, longtime West Virginia businessman and ardent circus fan, died at 75 after a long illness. Born in Charleston he owned Arter Paint and Keslers Cross Lanes, and supported the Circus Fans Association and Circus Historical Society. Survived by widow Kathryn and a list of children. funeral arrangements by Barlow-Bonsall.
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Suvarte Hee Ese
Bal
Baird Funera
Fort
Souder
Lula B
Raturdas
Beckley
Pax
Charleston
Virginia Kings
Elsie Meadows
Loretta Smith
Mabel Slemp
Maxine Whitlow
St. Albans
Clyde
Sophia
Jack
Pikeville
H. C
Mount Hope
Eugene
Fred
H Hendrickson
Long Branch
Arter
Circus Fans Association of America
The
Circus Historical Society
Dan Rice
Hale Street
John Arter
Elks
United Commercial Travelers
First Presbyterian Church
Kathryn
Barlow-Bonsall
Arrest Due In City Man's Brawl Death
A 45 year old Charleston man George Crawford died after a Christmas Day brawl at the Diamond Inn north of Richwood. He was struck with a beer bottle and died at Sacred Heart Hospital. Fourteen people were involved in the fight which began around 7 30 p m. An arrest was expected this morning. Crawford is survived by a widow two sons and several relatives. The body lay in state at Elk Funeral Home after six p m.
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Richwood
Charleston
Here
Sheriff's Office
George Crawford
Clyde Court
Sacred Heart Hospital
Diamond Inn
W. Va
Richard Crawford
Worth
John Daniel Crawford
James Loftis
South Charleston
Rt. 7
Crawford
Vivian Gill Crawford
Francis Keith
Air Cavalry
Vietnam
Sandra Jean Church
Canton
Ohio
Valerie Gail
Edna Crawford
Morgantown
Virginia Lee Tonkovitch
West Brownsville
jPa.s
Daniel
Elk Funeral Home
Goren on Bridge Facing a Failed Slam in Spades
A bridge analysis recounts South failing to make a six spade contract after a three heart force and Blackwood inquiry. Declarer could have improved by better use of ruffs and heart management, while West’s misdefense allowed the slam to collapse despite favorable diamond distribution.
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South
Altho
North
Sce
Blackwood
West
Trump
Transplant Patient Dies in Houston Hospital
Andrew 5 Perhacs, 55, of Hempstead, Texas, died at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital after a heart transplant on November 8. Death attributed to bacterial pneumonia. heart showed no rejection, but lung infection resistant to meds. Donor was a woman. operation led by Dr. Denton Cooley. lungs and kidneys also transplanted into others.
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Houston
Tex
Andrew
Perhacs
Hempstead
St. Luke's Episcopal Hosital
Denton Cooley
McDaniel's Rite Slated On Saturday
Service for Phill A. McDaniel, head of Dr Pepper Bottling Co. and Seven Up Bottling Co. of Beckley, is set for 2 p m Saturday at First Christian Church Beckley. McDaniel, 70, died Wednesday at Appalachian Regional Hospital. He held multiple local posts and business roles, with family farewell planned at Melton Funeral Home and Sunset Memorial Park.
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Briggs
Paul Fverett
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home
Sunset
Memorial Park
Lewis St
Mountain State Hospital
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Charleston
Dorothy Holland Briggs
Daniel B. McNicol
Greenbush
Mass
Buster
William
Besaco
Raleigh County
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
New Cannon Baptist
Pickshin
Enda
William of
Holland
Boston
Robert
First Christian Church of
Phill A. McDaniel
Dr Pepper Bottling Co
Seven - Up Bottling Co
Mr. McDaniel
Lowmoor
Alleghany County
West Virginia
Batelan
Willuw
Acu
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Nickel
Brady D. Sr
Ripsey
Eatwtew United Netneaisk Dhucer
Ohn Howell
Manila
Mew
United )Methodist Cemetery
Pari
Paul Hook
Greee Fredericksburg
Gins
Nellie L
Alexandria
Van
California
Melton Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Holley
Anna Evelyn
Seventh Ave
Smartin
John Hampton
Central Baptist Church
Becking
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wright
Anderson Funeral Home
Mason
Goldie Leone
Cleveland
Ohio
Hernshaw
Leonard Johnson
War
Arthur Cemetery
Melton Funeral
Blaze Destroys Vacant House on Pansy Drive
A vacant house in the 1800 block of Pansy Drive was destroyed by fire shortly before midnight Thursday. Two fire trucks were dispatched but the structure was engulfed in flames on arrival and declared a total loss.
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Pansy Drive
Wayne Receives Federal Aid for Water System Upgrade
Federal funds totaling 557,000 have been awarded to Wayne to expand its municipal water system. The Economic Development Administration will provide a 4 year loan of 263,000 and a 9394,000 grant for the project.
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Wayne Washington
Wayne
Economic Development Administration
Lincoln Woman 106 Descendants Honorary Rites Saturday
Mrs Annie Laura Miller 86 of Hamlin died in Huntington hospital after a fire at Hurricane. Rite for 11 am Saturday at Koontz Funeral Home and burial in Miller Cemetery at Sweetland. Survived by daughters Beulah Torres Ruth Miles Bessie Vance Mola Richmond sisters Carter Smith and Lee Miller brothers Ezra and Albert. 98 grandchildren 53 great and great great grandchildren. Fire confined between ceiling and roof. firemen fought blaze about half hour.
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Hamlin
Annie Laura Miller
Miller
Huntington
Hurricane
Central Methodist Church
Beulah Torres
Santa Cruz
N. M
Bessie Vance
Blair
Ruth Miles
Griffithsville
Mola Richmond
Lee
Albert
Sweetland
Barl
Ohio
Ezra
Ravens
Wood
Carter Smith
Koontz
Miller Cemetery
Fire damages estimated at queen street blaze
Fire damage on Sixth Avenue caused by a blaze resulted in losses estimated between 2500 and 3000 dollars. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the incident.
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Sixth Avenue
Athans Thien
Fire Calls Reported Across Town In Short Skews
Fire crews responded to multiple calls including an abandoned house on 1401 Gilbert Dr at 4 24 pm a false alarm at 1908 Lewis St at 4 42 pm a car fire at Court and Donnelly Streets with no damage at 7 43 pm and a vehicle fire on the 5800 block of Macys Ave causing minor damage estimate at 10 53 pm.
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Amepharesian Pire Rene
Gilbert Dr
Lewis St
Court and
Donnelly
Macys Ave
Funerals Today for Local Residents Held
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Salty Arnety at Mount Zion and for Lewis Calhory Michaels MacArthur in Belelah County. Gracious remembrances follow at Roseuasen Funeral Home in Beckley and Sunset Cemetery.
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Arnety
Salty ReMount Zion
Ump Funeral
Grantsvile Blackanire
Callopi
Lewis Michaels
MacArthur
Belelah County
Roseuasen
Beckley
Sunset Memorial Park
Declarer Down In No Trump After Passive Defense
In a bridge hand played with South as declarer in a no trump contract the defense kept South from establishing a safe reentry. West led spades, dummy played clubs, and East avoided giving away tricks. Declarer finally cashed eight tricks, two hearts, two diamonds, two spades, and one club, and went down.
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Declarer
South
East
West
Southath
Hearts
Heart
Udall challenges McCormack for House Speaker
Rep Morris Udall, a 48 year old Democrat from Arizona, announced candidacy to unseat John McCormack as Speaker. Udall hopes a first round anti McCormack vote will open the way for others to challenge. McCormack draws solid support from city machines, Southern Democrats and committee chairmen as caucus nears.
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John Beckler
John W
McCormack
Udall
Stewart L. Udall
House
Hughes Expands Las Vegas Empire With 60 Acre Plot
Industrialist Howard Hughes reportedly spent 11 million dollars for about 60 acres on the Las Vegas strip opposite the Sahara Hotel. He plans a 2000 room hotel and shopping complex. Hughes has invested heavily in land, casinos, and hotels since arriving in 1966.
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New York Times
Vegas
Howard Hughes
Belden Katleman
Las Veas
Katleman
Hughes
Las Vegas Strip
Sahara Hotel
Las Vegas
The
Sands
Desert Inn
Castaways
Frontier
Silver Slipper
Landmark
Justice Department
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Abbott
John Erskine Jr
Yolyn Christian Baptist Church
Frye
Yolyn
Logan County
Guyan Valley Hospital
Miner
Evana Frye Abbott
Inez Southers
Woodrow
Orville
Alfred
Hutchinson
Dennie
Flint
Mich
Paul
Cocoa
John
Wallace
Sherman
Ferrellsburg
James Funeral Home
Logan
Beasley
Emma Gray
Beckley Hospital
Memorial Baptist Church
James
Robie Basham
Mary Sullivan
Mabscott
Beatrice Ingale
Coal City
Beulah Beasley
Highland Park
Elsie Stimson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Geneva Bellamy
Texas City
Stella Beasley
Rose- Queserberry Funeral Home
Wildwood Cemetery
Bowling
Isabelle Tibitha
Runa
Nicholas County
Addie Greer
Gilead Baptist Church
Mount Nebo
Ruby Moses
Hester Morris
Mary Huffman
Maplewood
Leslie Bowling
Baltimore
Noah C
Quinwood
Lawrence F
Pontiac
Lonnie J
Peninsula
Laura Amick
Sandfork
Myrtle Darnell
Gilmer
Ray Starling
Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
End of the Trail Cementery
Clintonville
Carpenter
Slathel Charles 77
Arnoldsburg
Calhoun
Summersville
Sinnett Funneral
Spencer
Gilmore
Verna
Marlinton
Mountain View
Greenbrier County
Eunice Campbell
Staunton
Doris Pifer
Dublin
Ruth Lockhart
White Sulphur Springs
VanReenen Funeral
Goff
Leonard C
Clendenin St
Charleston General Hospital
Margert
Charles
Blanch Board
Helen Liptrap
Clifton Forge
Pauline Hughes
Virginia Wright
Hughes Browning
Buster Browning
Paul Browning
Wilmington
Del
Jessie Miis
Stella Henderson
Cunningham Funeral Home
Hildreth
Eleanor
Otto
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
C&o Telephone Co
John Robert
James Edward
Debra Ellen
Brooks Simmons
Tariff
Anna Kay Friend
Mildred Hunt
Jeanette Meadows
Savannah
Vandale Funeral Home
Bartlett
the Gazette
Sylton
Leslye Akers
Morris St
Linda Rose Fry
Vanetta Hyton
Mary Hylton
Walnut Cove
N. C
Joseph
Jamaica
N. Y
King and
Stuart
Ida Hylton
New York City
Eliza Avent
Inwood
Magdalene Cox
Lynch, Ky
Ella Bell
Eula Hylton
Crutz
Pearl Hughes
Detroit
Preston Funeral Home
Moody Funeral Home
Stuart, Va
Knight
Charles E
Altamont Ave
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Diamond Department Store
Thelma
Charles Jr
Jeffrey
Cheryl
Pamela
Patricia
George Knight
Sutton
Calvin
Santa Clara
Calif
Leon Knight
Aldie
Hester Singleton
Tularosa
Geraldine Barker
Delores Knight
Betty, Murphy
Aida Robinson
Georgetta Knight
Alley-Caldorph Funeral Home
Awson
Marilyn Rae
Robert Lee Lawson
Toney
Kevin
Michael
Alfee
Uivesay
James P
Pete
Boomer
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Union Carbide Metals Co
UMW
Pertsons
James C. Livesay
Marine Corps
Thomas E. Livesay
Charles R
Newport News
Ray
Lockwood
Smithers
Bertha Summers
O'Dell Funeral Home
Pauley
Ralph H
Union Carbide
Clarence Pauley Sr
Ronald Clark
Eugene Hall
Carl Johnston
Belle
Freeman
Rockville
Clarence Jr
Youngstown
Curry Funeral Home
Alum Creek
Lena Scarberry
Lillie Wooten
Nitro
Velsie Means
Delsie Tolbert
Velma Clark
Poca
Ottie Morris
Lattes
Elbert Morris
James Morris
Ralph Morris
Eugene Morris
Columbus
Airey-Caldorph Funeral Home
Robinson
Annie
Trent - Durgan Funeral Home
Rust
Kermit W
Costa
Boone County
Spencer Hospital
Elsie
Harvard
Elizabeth Long
Annabelle Vanderlen
Ill
Netie V. Rust
Nellis
Katherine Walker
Josephine Kinder
Marmet
Kinder
Brushton
Ranthama Howarth
Orpha Hughes
Archie E
Fenwick
Simons + Coleman Funeral Home
Macedonia Methodist Church
Fenwick Mountain
Vassar
Eugene E. U
Waugh
Lydia Ann
McConnell
Guyan Valley
Beulah Spry
Pecks Mill
Ethel Dingess
Chapmanville
Prindle Jones
Ashland
Glenn Potter
Huron
Cline Cotten
Sam
Russell
Forest of Gracen
Estil
Denton
Goldie Danico
Clarence Childers
McConnell Tabernacle
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Cotton
Honaker-Harris Funeral Home
Wilson
Henrietta May
Shiloh
Spring Hill Cemetery
Fourth Ave
Young
Emma
McKee Ave
Riverview Baptist Church
Harden-Harden
Goren
McDaniel
Graham
Jomh Paul
Point Pleasant
Davies Grove Baptist Church
le' Art
Leon
Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home
Olcomb
Leftie Man
Myrtle Epling
Corry Funeral Home
Greceland Memorial Park
Wiluis
Lemon Robert
Pins Alley
Casdorph
Hore
Teays Hih
Woods
Tam
Tyree
OK HI
Blaze
Lincoln
Aki
Oueries
Ukia Oaki
Associated Press
Ction
Hominy Falls
Robert Kennedy
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Nixon
Martin Luther King
Apollo
the World
Charleston Gazette
Virginia St. E
Beltone Hearing Aid Center
Tomer R
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