Obituary notices batch includes many WV deaths
Obituaries list James Flavell Adkins 51 of Sissonville with service at Long Fisher Funeral Home and burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Diana, WV. Also Leonard Johnson and others. Frank A Bailey 69 of Diamond. Linda Brock of Salt Rock. Maxwell V Eddy of Alderson. Rev BF Ferguson of Lester. Celia B Gibson of Van. William Harrold of Loudondale. Franklin Boffman of Charleston. Amanda Lee Leftwich infant. Madeline Vance Lidle of Washington DC. Noatt Ashby McCourt of Webster Springs. Mantle Mullins of Bomont. Virgil Pennington and wife killed in head on crash near Princeton. Granville Pierson 82 of Two Mile. Funeral homes include Long Fisher, Albert Myers and Son, Cunningham, Dodd-Hurt, Seaver, Fidler-Frame, Maple Hill. Surviving spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren listed. Body arrangements and cemetery details vary by case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkins
James Flavell
Morecott Drive
Sissonville
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Maxine
James G
Eliza Drake Adking
Nelsen
Audrey Walker
Ethel Adkins
Gauley Bridge
Bertha Legg
Cleveland
Ohio
Bobby Adkins
Asheville
N. C
Long Fisher
Odd Fellows
Diana
Webster County
McCourt
Noatt Ashby
Dodd- Hurt Funeral Home
Webster Springs
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Odd Fellows Lodge
Moose Lodge
Norman
Ravenna
Leroy
Carl Smith
South, Bend, Wash
Barbara Hanning
Mantua
Rosella
Pennington
Virgil Phararil
Ahleah Dobbins
Seaver Utneral
Princeton
Sequapchie Valley
Jasper
Tenn
MacCorkle Ave
Mason Dixon Trucking Lines
Robert L. Wood
Princeon
Christina M. Dobbins
Nashville, Tenn
Charles C. Sterry
Joelton
Donald R. Godby
Smyrna
Tina Dobbins
Nashville
W. A
Jackson
Point Pleasant
E. H
Belle
Lilly Adkins
Columbus
Maple Hill Baptist Church
Pittman Cemetery
Fidler-Frame Funeral
Funerals Today A List From West Virginia Towns
Readable funeral notices list services for many individuals across counties including Nitro Mingo Lewisburg Elkview Logan Beckley and Huntington. Details show church names times and cemeteries with funeral homes such as Cooke Payneley Nighbert Brill and Stump.
Mingo Court Denies Motion to Void One Precinct Votes
Mingo County Court sitting as a canvass board refused to void the returns from a Williamson precinct where 41 votes were cast though only 206 signed poll slips. County spokesman Harry Artis said the motion to void the ballots by three candidates was rejected during a weekend meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharncliffe
Camper
John
Pat’ Fanning
Glenn D. Hatcher
Fanning
McDowell
Mingo
Hatcher
Wharnccliffe
Mark Russell
State Attorney General’s Office
Artis
Arlis
Nun to Attend Kansas Institute
Sister M. Maurice Huebsch of Charleston West Virginia will join 39 other elementary geography teachers at a National Defense Education Act Institute at the University of Kansas from June 10 to August 2. The event gathers educators for advanced study in geography and related subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
M. Maurice Huebsch
Virginia St. E
Charleston
W. Va
University of Kansas
Huebsch
Sacred Heart School
Soldier’s Rites Slated For Lincoln County Soldier
A 20 year old Lincoln County serviceman Corporal Bob Wheeler was killed May 28 in Vietnam. His funeral is set for 11 a m Thursday at Central Big Creek Church with burial at Harveys Creek Cemetery. He was a Chicago native and survived by his parents Alvin and Lola Wheeler and several siblings. The body is at Tyree’s Oak Hill funeral home with viewing after 7 p m today.
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Hamlin
Big Creek
Lincoln County
Vietnam
Bobby L. Wheeler
Bowles
Cpl
Wheeleer
Chicago
Woods
Lola Montz Crotty
Oak Hill
Alvin Wheeler
Hama Huntington Nursing Home
Lin
Alvin Jr
Oak Hill Methodistsfithsville
Roger Allen
Dana Church
Royce
Orville J
Samuel
William A. Woods
Hunting Jall
Joyceton
C. Woods
Richlat
Daniel Toppingmond
Lof
Riley IL
Bennett
Brent Burgal
Armed Forces Reach 3.5 Million in April
Pentagon figures show 3,492,793 men and women in the Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Forces as of April 30. With a 550000 troop ceiling in Vietnam the total force should soon exceed the Korea era peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Korea
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Forces
Johnson Schedule Busy Today
President Johnson returns to Washington for a slate of foreign affairs meetings and a luncheon with his diplomatic, military, and intelligence team. Costa Rica’s President Trejos Fernandez arrives for talks and a possible Glassboro State College commencement address may be delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Washington
Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez
Costa Rica
White House
Ings
Glassboro
N. J
State College
Former Official Pleads Guilty in Bribery Conspiracy Case
Former City Water Commissioner James L. Marcus pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy in a U S District Court trial. The Marcus case was severed from the trial of other defendants including reputed Mafia figure Antonio Ducks Corallo and labor lawyer Herbert Itkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James L. Marcus
U. S
Gan
Marcus
Labor
Herbert Itkin
Antonio
Tony Ducks
Corallo
Record 628 Killed Over Memorial Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports a holiday period death toll of 628 during Memorial Day weekend surpassing 488 for a recent similar stretch. The tally includes fatalities from the holiday period but some were not reported until later. A man from Milwaukee, Wis., arrested in East Berlin, remained jailed for nine months without trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
East Berlin
Oxford’s First Violent Protest Stuns University
Five hundred Oxford University students smashed high campus gates and clashed with police in the school’s first violent demonstration. The protest targeted proctor rules banning left wing leaflets at a local automobile plant, escalating campus tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
Oxford University
Proctors
Velasco Ibarra bids for fifth term in Ecuador race
Former Ecuadorian president Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra led with a 15,000 vote margin over his nearest rival as results neared completion in the presidential elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leac
Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Exoneration Claim Shifts Focus in Spock Trial
Michael Ferber testified that a Boston draft turn-in for the October 16 1967 demonstration was planned without consultation with Dr. Benjamin Spock Yale chaplain William Coffin Marcus Raskin or Mitchell Goodman. He said he was not in touch with the defendants before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Michael Ferber
Ferber
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Marcus Raskin
Mitchell Goodman
Hope for Scorpion Dwindles as Search Extends
NORFOLK Va. hope to locate the 99 men aboard the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion dwindled on Monday as the eighth day of the search continued without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Protest at Justice Department draws large Poor People’s Campaign crowd
About 350 demonstrators gathered at the Justice Department on Monday in one of their longest protests. Protest leaders pressed for a meeting with Attorney General Ramsey Clark and rejected an offer to meet 20 immediately and 100 on Tuesday, threatening an all night vigil if not accommodated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ju Washington
Justice Department
S Tice Department
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Ex Raleigh Principal Dies
Fredricksburg Virginia obituary notes former Mark Twain High School principal near Beckley West Virginia Dr Carroll Quenzel died Monday at home after a heart attack. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at St George Episcopal Church with survivors including wife Lula Ashworth Quenzel. Body at Wheeler-Themson Funeral Home Fredricksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredricksburg
Mark Twain High School
Beckley
W. Va
Carroll Quenzel
Martha Washington College
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Lula Ashworth Quenzel
Wheeler-Themson Funeral Home
State's Military Contracts Drop
Washington reports a decline in West Virginia military contracts over four years. 1967 prime contracts totaled 142 million, placing WV 34th nationally, down from 162 million in 1963. The study notes a surge in the early 1960s tied to FMC’s South Charleston plant and JFK era policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Defense Department
Congressional Quarterly
T Ie
Washington-based
Information Service
Ken Hechler
John F. Kennedy
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
FMC Corp
FMC
North American Aviation
Princeton
Kanawha Valley
Vermont
California
Texas
WVU Dormitory Case Refused by State Supreme Court
The State Supreme Court rejected a Beechhurst Avenue Joint Venture petition seeking to force WVU to require all students to live in university approved housing and to fill Campanile dormitory before Twin Towers. The four partners claim losses from alleged unmet 1962 housing agreements and accuse WVU officials of failing to restrict substandard housing. Anne Dawson Potterfield, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Pattersonfield, graduates from Dunbarton College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
West Virginia University
High Court
Beechhurst Avenue
William F. Dixon
Harry Meeks
John Junking
Robert H. Law
Supreme Court
WVU
James G. Harlow
Campanile
Morgantown
WVII
Board of Governors
Washington
Anne Dawson Potterfield
Thomas G. Patterfield
Virginia Ave. SE
Charleston
W. Va
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross
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Juanita Fleck
Marmet
Nancy Stanley
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William
Clinton, Md
Aubrey Griffith
Hernshaw
Oza Beckett
Parkersburg
Malcolm
Church of God
Audry Baker
Tyler Mountain
Vesta Riffe
Opie Painter
Given
Oudrey Nightingale
Brock
Linda
McGhee Funeral
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McCoy Cemetery
Branchland
Salt Rock
Cibell County
Brothers
Paris
Monaville
Yommy
Chesapeake
Eddy
Maxwell V
Servier
Lobban Funeral
Alderson
V. A. Hospital
Richmond
C&o Railway
Vivian Goodman
Fistil Meadows
Staunton
Russ
Huntington
Cecil
Harlem Heights
Nebe
Charles Nebill
Martha Tucker
Alice Nebill
Willy Nebill
Ritchie Johnson Funeral Home
Gibson
Celia B
Van
Boone County
Boone Memorial Hospital
Ribson
Harrold
Loudondale
Charleston Memory Hospital
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
The
Moose
Almason
Gilbert
Wallace Miller
Cupertine
Calif
Robert Miller
Gene Miller
Canton
Barbara Goff
Landover T Hills
Patty Harney
Las Vegas
Nev
Mary Miller
James
Delfield Harrold
Jewell Lyons
Nitro
Normadean Chandler
Elizabeth Bailey
Cunningham Funeral Home
Boffman
Franklin
Tim
Burdette Funers
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Hoffman
Central Ave
South Charleson
the Gazette
Amanda Lee
Pratt Cemetery
Robert L. Leftwich
Pratt
Hillside Clinic
Charlton Heights
Amber Dawn
O’dell
Montgomery
Lidle
Madeline Vance
D. C
Callaghan
Presbyterian Church
Artie Vance
Lynchburg
Billy L. Vance
Manassas
Jimmy D. Vance
Knoxville
Phyllis Shelton
Carol
Shanklin
White Sulphur Springs
Hoke
Ogres Creek
Mullins
Mes
Mantle & Service
Queen Shoals
Hafer Funeral Home
Elkview
Roserberry
Dora Ellen
Evans
Jackson County
Leon
Lovell
Mary Fox
Airs
Mamie Wamrick
Charles
Looper
Clarence
Armour Road
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Teays Valley
Church
Cooke-Payley Funeral Home
Bailey
Dalle G
Arnoldsbury
Calhoun County
Stop Point
Big Run
Orme
Slump Funeral Home
Grantsville
Blaview
Elk Hills Memorial Park
Aqunson Charles
Mit
Camp Chepal
Tunnelton
Halle Pharr
Lewisburg
A.m. McCraw
Horce
Rose Cemetery
Frank W
Stricklen
Morrison RI
Emery
Angi Vite
Raleigh County
Freewill Baptist Church
Pecksville
Naomi
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Irowning
T. Re — Logan
Nighbert ‘Memorial Methodist Church
Forest Law
Pecks Mill
Honaker-Morris Funeral Home
Logan
Gillies
Jessie Shearer
Roosevelt Ave
Winburne
A.m. Meek
Richland Cemetery
J.E. Johnson
Hall
Earl Cecil
Union
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Hardman
Guy
Hall St
Westey Methodist Church
Masonic Miles
Turner
Anita Lyi
Burnsville
Braxton County
Stumptown
Turner Cemetery
Lack
Ney
Stump Funeral Home
Whitt
Eugene L. — Beckley
Powellton
Fayette County
Powellton Methodist Church
Montgomery Memoria Park
London
Keyser Bryant
Meee Williams
Parey
By E. W. Lee
Kansas Institute
Creston Methodist Church
Creston Cemetery
Rodge Church
Vail Funeral Home
Ripley
Wayne
Clara Elizabeth
Upper Glade Presbyterian Church
Upper Glade
Cowen
Sacred Heart
Arch
Kermit
Lacon
Groton
Vinita Blanche
Maysel Baptist Church
J. P. Wayne
Valleyfork
Clay County
Spencer
Wilson Funeral Home
Clay
Weed
Pauline Cobb
Snodgrass Funeral Home
Cunningham Memorial Park
Kanawha Turnpike
St. Paul Methodist Church
Isabelle Bennett
Margaret Williams
St. Albans
Lewis Cobb
Wilson
Fred L
Frame
Martha
Herbert
Alaska
Owen
Chelyan
Phyliss Jean Wilson
Albert Myers and Son Funeral Home
Lincoln
Dr. Spock
Raleigh
Hall’s Hearing Aid
Zenith
Living Sound
Cereer Coreege
Virginia St
IBM Machines
Gazette
Washington Bureau
John M. Slack
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Kennedy
West Virginia University Board of Governors
WC Simpson-Chandler
Shiffman Bros. Mattress
Fielder Bros
West Wash
Frea
Capitol Lawn
Government
Vernon Lyons
Seventh Avenue
Charleston, W. Va
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