Obituary notices from Beckley area list many deaths
Obituaries and funeral notices from Beckley and surrounding areas list Ralph Akers 67 and others with services at Rose Quesenberry and related homes, detailing survivors including spouse and children, plus numerous other locals such as Ollie Allen, John Arter, Lawrence Bothwell, William Buster, Staithel Carpenter, Nora Combs, Claude Connolly, Charles Flowers, Belva Fout, Dominica Gentile, Evelyn Hudson, Charles Knight, Aaron Lindsey, Fred Lipscomb, James Livesay, Mickey Iner, Lillian Tooman, Elzie Morris, and Elza Morris with service times, burial plans, and memorial details in multiple churches and cemeteries.
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Akers
Ralph Percy
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Methodist Church
Wilcoe
Miner
Agnes Terry Akers
John Henry
Modesto
Calif
Carl
Bellingham
Wash
Erma Foster
Union Lake
Mich
Ruth Crawford
Bill
Newport News
Katherine Hampton
Edith Swetnam
Roderfield
Anna Griffin
Hampton
Evelyn Humphries
Waverly
Ohio
Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home
Taeger Memorial Cemetery
Rederfield
Transplant Patient Dies In Canada In Montreal
Ludger Venechal 56 of Lauzon Quebec died at the Montreal Heart Institute two months after receiving a replacement heart. He was Canada s youngest heart transplant patient and had returned home to his wife and two children weeks earlier. He died after rejection symptoms appeared last Friday as part of the Montreal Institute s nine heart transplants led by Dr Pierre Grondin.
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Montreal-P
Ludger Venechal
Lauzon
Que
Montreal Heart Institute
Canada
Montreal Institute
Pierre Grondin
Funeral notices and service times listed for many area families
A compiled list of funeral arrangements with names and details across multiple towns. Services include dates and times for Abbott John Erakine Jr, Beasley Gemene Gray Beckley, Saling Isabelle Isgheile Tib lite Run a County, Fink Sitas Cherleston, Ilmore Vaerna Arinton, and others at churches such as First Christian, Mountain View, and Vandale, plus cemeteries including End of the Trail, Spring Hill, and Forest Lawn.
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Abbott
John Erakine Jr
Yolyn
Bes County
Yolyn Christen
Spring Hill
Cunningham Funeral Home
Ilmore
Vaerna
Arinton
Makinton United 1St Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Gor
Enna O
Clendenin St. Cusningham
Sorina ‘Ath
Higginbotham
Robert Abraham
Point Pleasant
Chapmen-Wilcoxen Fue
Kirklend Ft Memorial Gardens
IBM Office Manager Taylor Dies in Charleston
Boyd W. Taylor, branch manager of the Charleston IBM office, died Friday at Charleston General Hospital after an injury. A native of St Albans, he played sports at Morris Harvey College and served as a lieutenant in World War I. Surviving are his widow Vivilian Huntt Taylor, daughter Mrs. James E. Welch Jr., parents, and several siblings. Donations are suggested to Morris Harvey College scholarship fund. The body lies at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home for viewing after noon today.
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Flowers
Charles W
Blundon
Elkview
Charleston General Hospital
Antioch Advent Christian Church
Clemit
Juan
Emory
St. Albans
Hayward Moles
Henry Moles
Mamie Tignor
Jacob O'Dell
Frame
Andy Tignor
Big Chimney
Laura Taylor
Dunbar
Roy
Matt
Charleston
Antioch
Advent Christian Church
View
Baxter Cemetery
Aarons Fork
Myers Funeral Home
IBM
Boyd W. Taylor
Ajry Hills Country Club
Lexington
Royal Order of Jesters
Taylor
Morris Harvey College
Navy
Vivilian Huntt Taylor
James E. Welch Jr
Arlington
Charles H. Taylor
McCorkle
Page
New York
Kenneth
Charles JC
Carter
Morris
Harvey College
Barlow - Bonsall Funeral Home
First US Bone Marrow transplant patient dies
Baltimore physician Sherings reports a 3 year old housewife who received a bone marrow transplant from her brother at City Hospitals on Oct 14 died Thursday from pneumonia and a viral infection. Doctor Albert H. Owens said there was no recurrent leukemia and the transplanted cells remained alive but caused rejection.
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Menrietta
Ina
Sur Baptist Church
Ave
Spring
Baltimore
Harden Harden
Albert H. Owens
State Court Clerk Hines Dies at 68 in Charleston
Kenneth E. Hines long time clerk of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals died at Charleston General Hospital after a coronary attack. He was 68 and a Sutton native who practiced law, served as Braxton County prosecutor, and joined the state attorney general staff before becoming court clerk in 1950. He attended Washington and Lee University as basketball captain, survived by his widow Mabel Floyd Satterwhite and a son and daughter. Burial is planned in Sutton after services at Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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Kenneth E. Hines
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Charleston General Hospital
Hines
Sutton
Braxton County
Mines
Charleston
Supreme Court
Washington & Lee University
Mabel Floyd Satterswhite
William E. Hines II
Rockville
Mabel Hines Parks
Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church
Summit Dr
Meadowbrook Country Club
Grandparents Club
Former Truman Aide Lowe Dies at 83 in Maine
Maj. Gen. Frank E. Lowe USA Ret president Truman’s personal representative in Korea died Friday at the Veterans Administration facility in Tagus Maine He was 83 Lowe served in both world wars and left active duty to take the Korea assignment during his 60s
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Harrison
Maine
Frank E. Lowe
USA
Harry S. Truman
Korea
Veterans Administration
Tagus
Lowe
Truman
Soldier Harold Highley Service Scheduled Sunday
A memorial service for 21 year old Pfc Harold Highley, killed in Vietnam, is set for 11 am Sunday at Koontz Funeral Home. Survived by mother Stella Tighley Williamson and father Walter Highley Cleveland Ohio, a sister Jeanetta Gail Highley. burial at Johnson Cemetery.
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Hamlin
Williamson
Viet’ Nam
Lam
Koontz Funheral
Harold Highley
Lincoln County
Stella Tighley
Walter Highley
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Jeanetta
Gail Highley
Johnson Cemetery
Miner Killed In Slate Fall In Omar Mine No 19
Logan County resident James Lynn 59 died in a slate fall at Omar Mining Company mine No 19 near here. Survived by widow Emora and sons Freddie and Theodore plus siblings in Indiana Ohio and North Carolina. Body at Pond Funeral Home Logan.
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Logan
James Lynn
Omar
Logan County
Emora
Lsons
Freddie
Chicago
Theodore
Dayton
Ohio
Joseph Richardson
Greensboro N. C
Mabel Poole
Indianapolis
Ind
Pond Funeral Home
Funeral details for Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens event
Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope announces callers after 5 p m today. Body to be taken to the church an hour before the service.
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Puntigan
Freda Mets
Price Hill
Raleigh County
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Price Hill Freewill Baptist Church
Frank
Oxon Hill
Carl
Glen Burnier
Frances Totton
Detroit
Rose Trent
Severn
Beatrice Puntigan
Barbara Shumate
Richmond
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Tyree
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Mount Hope
Apparent Low Bids Open For Ohio Gilmer Projects
Apparent low bids totaling 133 292 for Ohio County near Wheeling and a 167 78 proposal by Elkins Asphalt Co for Gilmer County Fairfield project were selected by the State Road Commission. The Gilmer bid covers 1296 feet of new Gilmer Route 53 in Glenville.
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Ohio
Gilmer Counties
State Road Commission
Savage Construction Co
Elm Grove
Ohio County
Wheeling
U.S. 40
Gilmer
Elkins Asphalt’Co
Elkins
Gilmer Rt. 53
Glenville
County to Swear New Officials In Monday Rite
Kanawha County prepares a Monday oath ceremony for new officials all Democrats. Frank Taylor will serve in the circuit court, W. H. Belcher in the common pleas court, and Herbert W. Richardson in the juvenile court. Also taking office are Patrick Casey as prosecutor, Jack L. Pawlpey as county clerk, Jack Kinder as circuit clerk, E. M. Pete Johnson as sheriff, Lee Kenna as assessor and Dewey E. Kuhns as bounty court member.
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Kanawha County
Frank Taylor
Circuit Court
W. H. Belcher
Common Pleas Court
Herbert W.richardson
Patrick Casey
Jack L. Paw “Fey
Jack Kinder
Bircuit
E. M. Pete" Johnson
Lee Kenna
Dewey E
Kuhns
Bounty Court
Goldfine Estate Debts Surpass 3 Million After Death
In 1967 Bernard Goldfine died deeply in debt with more than 3.3 million dollars in probate claims including a 3.3 million Internal Revenue Service demand and 30 000 for loans. His gifts to government figures like Sherman Adams sparked a White House dismissal.
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Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
Goldfine
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
White House
Adams
Federal Trade Commission
Suffolk County
Internal Revenue Service
Charlotte
Akron Gitt Raises Mine Disaster Aid
The Citizens No 9 Disaster Fund received a 2500 check Friday from the Akron Beacon Journal collected since the Nov 20 disaster. Funds totaling 97807 will be deposited for emergencies and an educational trust for the children of 78 dead miners. Each family also received a 15450 Christmas check from a New York bank.
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Farmington — i
Citizens No. 9 Disaster Fund
Akron Beacon Journal
Journal
Donovan McClure
Sec
John D
Jay” Rockefeller IV
Philip Gango
Farmington
Jess Boroski
Irving
N.Y
Defiance of Miniskirt Ban Prompts Arrest Threats
Iraqi interior ministry vows arrests for girls who defy a ban on public exposure of the female thigh. The ministry says the policy is not against decency but aligns with Islamic teachings, amid protests over the rule.
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Baghdad
Interior Ministry
Kidnap Suspect Added to FBI Most Wanted List
The FBI placed Ruth Eisemann Schier on its ten most wanted list, the first woman listed. She is linked to the Barbara Mackle kidnapping case along with co defendants Misa Eisemann Sehler and Gary Krist. Schier is described as 5 feet 10 inches, 110 pounds with green eyes and blonde hair.
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Washington
Ruth Bisemann
Schier
Mackle
Johnson Rarik
George NS. Price
Misa Eisemann-Sehler
Gary Steven Krist
Barbara Jene Markle
Decatur
Coral Gables
Fra
Punta Gorda
Fla
el Hatillo
Honduras
Eisemann-Schier
National University of Mexico
Pan American ‘Union
Washington, D.C
Carmen Raymond Gagliardi
FBI
Medford
Mass
Des Moines lynching threats loom over accused slayer
In Des Moines authorities report threats against Henry Williams an accused killer linked to the Pamela Powers murder. Police say Williams surrendered in Davenport after leading officers to Powers body. The case includes an alleged agreement with a minister and defense claims of constitutional rights violations.
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William J. Eberline
Des Moines
Iowa
P— A
McKnight
Williams
Pamela
Wendell Nichols
Polk County
Wilbur
Hildreth
Leaming
Nelson
Antho
YMCA
Davenport
Leo Luka
Whr
Henry T. McKnight
Cap
Cleatus J. Wallace Nelson
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Youth
A 19-year-old Webster County youth, Jesse William Long of Gauley Mills, is charged with manslaughter in a Christmas day death at Opal's Place near Richwood. He surrendered to state police and waived preliminary hearing with bond set at $1,000. The victim, George Crawford, 45, of 1831 Clyde Court, died after a head injury from a beer bottle during the tavern melee.
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Webster County
Charleston
Nicholas County
Jesse William Long
Gauley Mills
Richwood
Long
Justice of the Peace
Fred Winns
Summersville
George Crawford
Clyde Court
Charleston General Hospital
Crawford
Opal's Place
Diamond Inn
Oe. Va
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richard
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Ini Eaay Saee
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Grameladea
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