Obituary notices from multiple West Virginia towns
A batch of obituaries from Henderson Mason County to Charleston include Reba Anthony Williams, 51, dead on arrival after a heart attack. Julia Ann Aaron, 12, a Baltimore native formerly of Oak Hill, died after a long illness. Sidney Cook 7%, Ottawa. plus James Walter Guy of Rainelle. Otis Fisher of Sissonville. O H Pete Garred of Spencer. Sallie K Keffer of Hinton. Madilee H Laird of Sutton. Charles Mason Peck Mason. Betty B McDonald of Nitro. He rsey Milam of Dry Branch. Jesse Healbert. Esther Nearman. Charles Norman Jr. James Petry. Surviving family lists and funeral arrangements span numerous including Handley, Sinnett-Weaver, Knotts Baptist, and Bartlett Funeral Homes.
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Reba Anthony Henderson
Reba
Williams Anthony
Henderson
Mason County
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant
Robertson
Ronnie
Garnet Smith
Scott Depot
Julia Aaron
Baltimore
Julia Ann Aaron
Oak Hill
W. Va
James P. Bibb
Beckley
Jack G
Richmond
Carl
Dewey
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas
Carey
N.C
Mary Bibb
Hampton
Doris Kincaid
Betty Peloquin
Portsmouth
N.H
Ada Bibb
Tyree Funera
Dramaneus
Harlow
Donald Keffer
Winchester
Robert
Ravenswood
Ross
St. Albans
Spencer—M
Mildred Litsinger
Ray Parsons
Cheshire
Chinenswood
Betty Starbuck
Calhoun County
Clendenin
Norma Schradt
Holzer Medier
Rupert
Frances Wilcal
Gallipolis
Nadine Keffer
Imogene Keffer
The
Ton
G. C. Norman
Knotts Baptist Church
Orma
Charleston
Ronald Mean
Hinton
Lester B Pearson Dies in Ottawa at 75
Former Canadian prime minister Lester B Pearson died at 75 after cancer treatment in Florida. He will lie in state at Parliament Saturday, with a state funeral Sunday at Christ Church Cathedral. He earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for promoting postwar peace and served as prime minister from 1963 to 1968. He will be buried in Wakefield, Quebec, near the prime minister’s summer home.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Wake Geld
Que
Canada
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral
Florida
Maryon
William P. J.rogers
Editor 100 Dies in Arkansas Gazette Leader John Heiskell
John Netherland Heiskell editor of the Arkansas Gazette since 1902 died at 100. The obituary notes his long tenure and influence in Arkansas journalism. Also listed are several other obituaries including Grace Rankin of Kenna and Dewey Everett Sparks of Craigsville with details on services and burial locations.
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Little Rock
Ark
John Netherland Heiskell
The
Arkansas Gazette
Ministers Rites Set for Ansted Pastor in Kentucky
The Rev Milton S Lambert 67 of Ansted W Va died after a long illness in Charleston. A service is planned Sunday at Yellow Creek Baptist Church Middleboro Ky with burial at Hurst Cemetery. He was a retired coal miner and held church affiliations in Gauley Bridge and Victor. Surviving wife daughter son mother and siblings are named. Funeral rites by Reverends Hatfield LaBelle.
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Anna Swisher
Parsons
Millard
Grave City
Ohio
Wilbur
Pasadena
Neme
Parkersburg
Florence Kraus Jr
Kutalah Bennett
Vinton
Florence Kraus
Ruth Chenoweth
Grant St
Pecos
Tex
Ruby Craw
Charleston General Hospital
Ford
Columbus
George Keith
Grove
Bream City
O. D
Memorial Presbyterian Church Iions
Gallinalichin
Lillian Kraus
Charleston
Sarasota
Fla
Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Gotoday
Sinnett and Weave Run
Funeral Funeral
Spencer
Madilee Laird Sutton
Madilee H. Laird
Sutton
Ang Run
Robert Glenn
Danny Ray
Martha Jane
Ralph Barnett
Mary Belknap
Exchange
Marple Funeral Home
Jack Dobbins
Nig Run
Herald
Charles Mason
Charles “‘Peck” Mason
Kanawha Blvd
Riverside Nursing Home
Kanawha County
Mason Cemetery
Mason
Betty McDonald
Betty B. McDonald
Nitro
Cross Lanes
Gatens Funeral Home
W. David Lett
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Hersey Milam
Dry Branch
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Milam
Idella Milam
William
LeRoy
Charles
Cabin Creek
Jesse Healbert
Paul R. Milam
Cleveland
Marshall
Clar- Middle
Clar- Middle Dr., Died Thursday Injence, Junior and Willis Milam
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Bloomingrose
Violet Jackson
Libbey
Owens-Ford Co
Stoat
Gracey
Pryor Funeral
Hast
Bank, Nazarene
South Charles- der
Marie Thompson Healbert
Phyllis Raines
Healbert Albans
Dorothy Becker
Saddle Brook
N. J
Goldie Kirk
St. Albans
Betty Holley
Cincinnati
Robert Thompson
New Jersey
William Thompson, Jr
Air Force
California
Snodgrass Funeral Home
South Charleston
Harold Runyon
Buria
Mount Zion Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Grace Rankin
Kenna
Jackson County
Perry Nursing
Stone Lick
Steele
FMC
Goldie Kirkman Steele
Bobby
Dwain
Ripley
Robert Kirkman
Parhersburg
Morton Estep
Cunningham Memorial Park
Ross Roy
ST. Petersburg
Fran Ross E. Roy
Bergeo
Webster County
Maj
Barbara Jean Roy
Washington, D.C
Francis Roy
Katherine Smalley Brown
Helen Lusk
Chattanooga
Robert Tomblin
Buckhannon
Perry Wright
Mount Union Cemetery
Ansted
Milton S. Lambert
Yellow Creek
Middleboro
Freewill Baptist Church
Gauley Bridge
J. Masons
Josephine
Donna K. Jones
Lookout
Wallace Keith
Dover
Laura Lambert
Victor
Joe Thomas
Ray
Hamilton
Paul Hatfield
Donald LaBelle
Hurstemetery
Wallace Bluefield
W. Va
Wallace Funeral
Mary Osborne
Cawood 66
Bluefield
Brood
First Church of God
Neville Mozingo
Warts on 7 Stab Wounds Trigger 15 Warrants
Thomas J. Cox, 29, of Marmet recovered from seven stab wounds at Charleston Memorial Hospital and signed 15 warrants against Chesapeake men. Larry Hill, Terry Browning, and Benjie Browning face charges including assault with intent to kill and weapon offenses after a December 16 shooting outside MacCorkle Avenue. Hill surrendered a .357 pistol and others posted bonds of 2000 and 500.
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Thomas J. Cox
Marmet
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Cox
Chesapeake
Larry. Hill
Browning
Ha ‘Red
Larry Hill
Terry Browning
Hill
Benjie
Justice of the Peace
George Warner
Warner
Chesapeake Police
Grandj Gazette
MacCorkle
Avenue
Benjie Browning
Hil’s
MacCorkle Avenue
Autopsy Due in S C Man's Death
Kanawha County coroner says autopsy is underway to determine Stanton O Donahue 58 of South Donahue died after being found lying beside his bed multiple relatives recall a fall and head injury He worked 39 years at FMC Organic Chemical Co and was a South Charleston resident Survivors include sons Hershel James daughter Ruby Mae Szonyi mother Myrna Lacy sisters and nine grandchildren The body rests at Good Shop Funeral Home in South Charleston
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Man Jr
Mantua
Ohio
Worldeer
Licinda Mullens Norman
Donna Wilson
Tallmadge Ohio
Gary D
Michael G
Charles Norman
Margaret Beverly
Columbia
William Norman
Chapmanville
Theodore Norman
Ayers
Mass
Jack Norman
Florida
James Norman
Brunswick
Dewey Sparks
Craigsville
Dewey Everett Sparks
Nicholas County
Summersville Memorial Hospital
James
Ray
Barberton
Tillis
Kimberly
Doris Ann Beathe
Richwood
Lora Harris
Cragisville
Alice Baileys
Akron
Lola Hammonds
Grafton
Willard
Cowen
Sherman
Detroit
Mich
Simons-Coleman Funeral Home
Brant
Seacrst
Burn
Kanawha County
al Shepard
Stanton O. Donahue
South Charleston
Fmchorganic Chemical Co
Sportsman Club
Thomas
Faye
Marie Dent
Gladys Turkley
Dexter
Arbutus Lacy
Chesaleave
Bypeake
Georgia Lacy
St. Albans
Terry Browning
Hill
Cox
Montgomery
Fayette County
Adre Payosathi
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
WCHS
Charleston
I ’ Crntiestot
WSAZ
Seth
Huntington
Ton Co
Alley
John Trons
West Tion
Cooper
Truman Rise Tied to City Discussion on Armament Watchdog
A long fragment discusses Harry S. Truman rising to national prominence through his role in early watchdog efforts on armaments, tied to a Kennedy gathering in Huntington and a 1941 Washington inauguration. It recalls Truman’s later chairmanship of a committee that presaged his rise and public respect.
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Truman
Kennedy
Neely
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Attendants Note Possible Spinal Injuries After Incident
Attendants reported he was listed in satisfactory condition with possible spinal injuries following the incident.
Sissonville Road Man Served With Pollution Warrant
Harold F. Whittington of Sissonville Road was served with a pollution warrant on Thursday for an alleged bad septic system. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department obtained the warrant. A preliminary trial date was set for 11 a.m. January 3.
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Sissonville Road
Harold F. Whittington
Justice of the Peace
George Warner
Kanawha-Charleston
Warner
Whitington
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Casdorph-Curry Funeral Home
Ralph McCornick
Sidney Cook
Sidney Holly Cook
Boone County
Boone Memorial Hospital
Laurel City
Free-will Baptist Church
UMWA
Veda Pauley Cook
Faye Green
Sharon Bias
Atlanta
Max
Emil
Indianapolis
Ind
Dixie Snodgrass
Racine
Reba Turner
Dunbar
Jesse Bank
James Deavers
Chester
James Waller
Guy
Rainelle
Merry of
Philadelphia
Alma
Jimmy
Susan
Norma Jean Rose
Otis Fisher
Sissonville
Ruth
Janet. Payne
Lucy Miller
Long and Fisher Funeral Home
Pocatalico
O. H. Garred
Pete” Garred
Gordon Memorial Hospital
West Virginia Department of Highways
F. Laurel Luopardis Garred
Betty Davis
Barbara Seaman
Springfield
Burldena Eppling
Marguerite Turkelson
Sinnett-Weaver Funeral Home
Lawrence LaPrade
Evertide Cemetery
Sallie Keffer
Sallie K. Keffer
Ravenswood Re Hara
James Funeral
Logan
Dingess
Airport Road
First Christian Church
Brotherhood of Railway Panther
M. D. Parsons
Chester Lemley
Esther Nearman
Esther Sylvia Nearman
Spencer Clinic
B'nai Jacob Synagogue
Gerald Nearman
Framingham
B'nai Jacob
South Hills
Samuel Cooper
Benjamin Samuels
Charles Norman Jr
Mantua, Ohio
Charles Iior
James Petry
James Ernest Petry
Pleasant Dale Methodist
Riffle
John R. Campbell
Skidmore Funeral Home
Gassaway
Liberal Party
St. Laurent
Liberals
Diefenbaker
Woods Cemetery
Jowen
Clarence D. Whitlock
Clarence David Whitlock
Cobb
Orval Esiel
Rucker
Jerdons Creek
Mr. Cobb
South Park Rd
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Hancock
Weirton
Hancock County
Lydin Bixler
Tof
Tel Aviv
Statistics Bureau
By Andrew Gallagher
S.C
Donahue
Sunset
Mie
Teal
Homer White Warren
Carter
Federal Savings
Federalty and Loan Association
Hale ST
Fayette
Reo A Etgber
U.S
Matthew M. Neely
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Claude Pepper
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
Harley Kilgore
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette
S&p
Virginia
City
Gateway Shopping Center
Thera
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Bank of
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