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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1973
Page
3
Multiple obituary notices from Clay and surrounding areas report deaths including Ira Carte 57 of Wadsworth Illinois former Clay County resident and WWII veteran. Lillian Morgan High of Charlotte North Carolina. Jeanne Virginia Hoblitzell 56 Marmet. and Fisher, 11 from Point Pleasant. Services and burial details listed with funeral homes and churches.
Olen F. DeGruyter Spencer 85 retired jeweler and charter Rotary Club member died Thursday at Roane General Hospital Spencer He leaves sons Ford Paul Conrad daughters Elizabeth Turner Doris Giersch Roberta Conley Margaret Russell sisters Eunice Monroe Iona DeGruyter a service 2 pm Sunday at First Baptist Spencer with B Breitenhirt officiating burial in Spencer Cemetery donations to Rotary Club Foundation may be given in Friends call after 3 pm today Vandale Funeral Home Spencer
Gertrude Emma Fredericks 70 of Rt 1 Fayetteville died Friday in Charleston General Hospital. Survived by husband Fred. sons Fred Jr Michael Benjamin Gerald James. brothers Bob Ted Ben Rilat. sisters Martha Gebensleben Lillian Havlik Harriett Ainslie. 11 grandchildren and 6 stepgrandchildren. Service Sunday 2:30 pm Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call 6:30 to 9 pm today.
Mrs. Mattie Coffee Catus Goodall of Princeton and formerly of McAlpin died Thursday at a Beckley hospital. Survived by sons Richard Catus Norfolk VA Joseph Catus Columbus OH Robert Goodall Baltimore MD. daughters Kathrine and Clara Cox Baltimore and A C Stevens Princeton. brother Roy Coffee Rogersville TN. sisters Florence Easley Ardelia Brown Amonton VA. Service 1 PM Monday New Century Methodist Church Princeton. Burial Greenwood Beckley. Body from Lugos Funeral Home Bluefield moved to church at 6 PM with 7-9 PM calling Sunday.
David L Hampton 60 of 1713 Rolling Hills Rd Charleston district manager of the Industrial Products Division of Anheuser Busch Inc died on arrival at Charleston Memorial Hospital likely from a heart attack. Survived by wife Anna and children David Jr Carol Alita, sister Violet, brothers Pat and William. Memorials to West Virginia Heart Association. Service 3:30 today at Wilson Funeral Home with ministers officiating. Entombment Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens Mausoleum.
Mrs. Iona Jones of Beckley dies Friday at home. Widow of Rev. B L Jones, she belonged to First Baptist Church, Kings Daughters, Women’s Temperance Union and Calloway Heights Church circle. Survived by sister F S Patton and brothers Kessler Pumley and Clifford Plumley. Funeral 2 30 p m Sunday at Calloway Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Swank and Rev Donnelly. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call 5 to 9 p m today Melton Funeral Home Beckley.
Mrs Emma Keeling 73 of 35 Russell Dr St Albans dies after long illness. Daughters Loriene Loretta Opal Naomi. sons James Arthur Ralph. brother Everett Johnson. Calling 6:30 9:30 p.m. Caldorph Curry Funeral Home. Service 1 p.m. Sunday Rev Ted Walls. Burial Mount Moriah Cemetery. Hampton Lester 87 of 315 Michigan Ave dies after short illness in St Francis Hospital. Retired superintendent Matthews Printing. Member Baptist Temple Moose Lodge and printers union. Surviving son Robert. sister Nell Shephard. one grand and one great grand. Service 11 a.m. Monday Funeral Home Rev John J Wilkes. Burial Cunningham Memorial Park. Ernest McClellan 55 of Oak Lawn Ill former West Hamlin resident dies Tuesday in Oak Lawn from heart attack. Surviving wife Nellie. son Frederick of Huntington. father Charlie McClellan. sisters Verlier Saunders East Lynn, Kate Albright Branchland, Edna Swiney McConnell, Irene McClellan West Hamlin. brothers Verlin West Hamlin Sebert Oceana Jerre McConnell. Service 1 p.m. today Liberty Baptist Church Four-Mile Creek with Revs Argy Davis Cody Phelps. Burial Watson Cemetery Branchland Rt 2.
John Morris 37 of Poca died Friday in Spencer Hospital after a long illness. A retired Chessie System engineer he is survived by his sister Bernice Morris of Poca and several nieces and nephews. Service 2 p.m. Sunday at Gatens Funeral Home Poca officiated by Rev Don Myers. Burial Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens Hometown. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
Mrs Roxanna Severt age 79 of Jeffrey Boone County dies at Boone Memorial Hospital Madison She was a member and retired minister of the Jeffrey Church of God Surviving half sisters Nina Stewart Scott Depot Lottie Harris Cincinnati Florence Mc Callister Yucca Ariz Funeral by Hunter Hunter Madison with services at the Jeffrey Church of God Burial in Memory Gardens Madison The body lies at the church.
Mrs Loutisha Sleath Shaffer of 1872 Sugar Creek Dr died Thursday at Charleston General Hospital after a brief illness. A Charleston resident for 50 years she belonged to First Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survived by daughter Virginia Bradshaw, sister Nettie Rucker, six grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Burial in Glendale Cemetery, South Charleston. Friends may call Bartlett Bardette Funeral Home. Rev D W Durst officiating.
Benjamin Smith 70 of Rt 1 St Albans died Friday in Charleston General Hospital. A retired 45 year mine foreman at Truax-Tracr Coal Co Acme he lived in St Albans two years and was formerly of Charleston. Surviving brothers James Franklin and Bart J both of St Albans. sisters Katie Martin Buckhannon Margaret Pickle Cleveland Ohio Virginia Hill Cross Lanes Georgia Smith Winfield Helen Wright Nitro. Funeral arrangements Chapman Funeral Home Teays Valley with Rev Kendall Rule officiating graveside Leach Cemetery Lake City Tenn Monday at 1 30 p m. friends may call after 4 p m.
Evelyn Smith 68 of Arlington Virginia formerly of Kingston and Oak Hill died Thursday in Oak Hill. She leaves daughters Louise Fleshman Ruby Smith and Sandra Smith sister Leora Jones half siblings James Priddy and Ernestine Morris Virginia Bure and more. Service at 1 pm Sunday Oak Hill with Rev William D Slates. burial High Lawn Memorial. May call 6 to 9 pm today. Benjamin Stone dies at 68 in St Francis Hospital long illness retired salesman World War II veteran. Survived by sister R E Plot of Charleston. Service at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home Cunningham Memorial Park.
Miss Margie Helen Thompson 65 of Aracoma Logan County dies Wednesday and is to be buried at Highland Memory Gardens Godby. Services at James Funeral Home Logan with Rev Fred Whisman officiating. She worked 18 years at Watsons Department Store in Logan and was a lifelong Logan resident. Survived by niece Patricia Turner of Aracoma.
Andy J. Vance 79 of Lake Logan County dies en route to Logan General Hospital. Service 11 am today at James Funeral Home Lo gan. The Rev Thomas Jones will officiate with burial at Walker Cemetery Ferrells burg. Survivors include Von Kitchen Stallings Mrs Lucy Jones San Diego Calif Mrs Louvernia Ball Lake and Mrs Daisy Brewster Big
The service for Joe H. Bonsall co owner of Charleston s oldest funeral home is at 11 a m today at First Presbyterian Church Reverend J Harrell Harper and Dr William A Benfield Jr will officiate Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Bonsall 69 of 4205 Staunton Ave died Thursday at Charleston Memorial Hospital He joined the business in 1927 took ownership in 1941 and died while still owner with his son Joe E Bonsall He was active with the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and Charleston Stalwarts Baseball Boosters Club He is survived by a brother Marion L Bonsall of James town Pa The body is at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home
William G. Barth known as Bill Barth died at his home in Charleston after a short illness. He was 51 and a World War I veteran, with a wife Ivalou and son Gregory at home. Surviving siblings include Eleanor Ann Heistand of Shreveport and Charles "Buzz" Barth of Charleston. Friends may call after 6 p.m. at Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home.
Obituaries list Julia Workman of Logan Inez Smith of Phelps Ky and multiple relatives. Also noted are death of 74 year old Curtis White of Dunbar, Walter A. Williams 70 of Detroit formerly Charleston, and Simeon L Bennett 62 of Beckley with service details. Joseph Franklin Hoffman Sr 83 Mobile Ala formerly Charleston with service and burial plans. Survivors and arrangements note various relatives and funeral homes.
Fayetteville reports a civil suit against a Montgomery dog owner and carnival operators after a boy was bitten at a Thomas Joyland Show appearance in Smithers on May 21. The case seeks 350000 in damages with claims the dog’s owner and vaccination status were undisclosed.
Fayetteville man Charles Everett Connelly paid two fines totaling 50 dollars plus costs for reckless driving after a chase with a Fayetteville trooper. Police Chief T M Hunsaker said one payment was to the town and the other to Justice of the Peace Dillard Inge for the out of town portion of the pursuit.
American Motors Corp. said prices on its 1973 Jeeps and imports will rise by an average of $59 starting June 30, about 1.5 percent. The increases exclude cars already in dealer inventories and orders placed before June 30.
William Jennings Oates, 68, father of State Sen. William J. Oates of Hampshire, died in Burlington after about two weeks in hospital. He is survived by another son and his wife. Funeral services are set Monday in CaponBridge nearby.
A Blackfoot court this week changed the Idaho Falls resident Clyde Charles McIn to Captain Charles Midnight. Midnight was unavailable for comment about the name change.
A 35-year-old Raleigh County man, Frank Garrettson of Rhodell, died after a roof fall at Itmann No 3 coal mine near Mullens. He had been operating a continuous miner when the roof collapse occurred. no other injuries reported. The same Consolidation Coal Co. mine previously saw five deaths in a December explosion.
Baxter C. Prescott has been elected president of the Charleston Symphony Orchestral board of directors. Other officers include Robert E. Magnuson vice president Robert M. Cowden secretary and William E. Wright treasurer. Newly elected board members are John Greenwald Dr. William J. L. Wallace and Dalton L. Anderson.
Logan County man Richard Lee Simmons 26 of Mount Gay was captured about 8 p.m. Friday after a four hour police chase following reports of abduction and a knife point incident involving a 15 year old girl near Boone County. Simmons allegedly stole two trucks during the pursuit and fled toward US 119 before being cornered. In a separate incident a two seat private plane crashed near Knottsville, Taylor County, killing 26 year old Fred Foreman Jr. who was the sole occupant.
Deputies and state police cornered the suspect and took him into custody. Simmons faces two counts of auto larceny kidnapping and rape and is lodged in Boone County jail.
Shepherd College in Shepherdstown begins search for a new academic dean to replace Dr. A G Slonaker who moved to Potomac State College. President James Butcher seeks candidates to broaden offerings in public administration allied health public services and business administration.
Ripley voters will see three women on the June 5 ballot the most in the Jackson County town's history. Mrs Ollie Harvey runs as an independent for council Mrs Edith Poling is a Citizens Party candidate for recorder and Mrs Orva Lee Wines seeks the recorder post as an independent candidate.
Ross Abrams of Charleston West Virginia earned a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
The Route 60 West Volunteer Fire Department will officially open its new building between St. Albans and South Charleston next month. They moved from their former site in DuPont after lease nonrenewal and are now quartered on Chessie System land. The squad numbers 19 volunteers.
Richard Harold Freeman formerly of Charleston has been named mental health coordinator of the Roanoke Valley Mental Health Services in Roanoke. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Freeman of Oak Hill, formerly of Charleston.
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