Obituary notices for Brooks Caplan Conrad and others
Obituary notices list Charles Samuel Brooks 74 of Mullens died Friday in Johnson City Tennessee with service 11 a.m. Tuesday at James L. McDougal Funeral Home and Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Fayr Caplan 57 of Morgantown died Thursday with service 11 a.m. Tuesday at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home and B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery. Jesse James Conrad 52 of Orlando killed in a two car collision near Sutton with service 1 a.m. Tuesday Kanawha Chapel Church and Quickie Cemetery. Surviving Edith and Brenda Kay. Other notices include Samuel Everett Groves 54 of New Castle Pennsylvania formerly Clendenin, Eulah Harper 76 Walton, James Daniel Johnson Sr. 72 Charleston Spring Hill, Benjamin Harrison Jones 76 Beckwith, Lisa Marie Kidd infant daughter of Frank and Kidd, Fred Middleton 86 Dayton, Amanda Elsie Morgan 75 Ronceverte, Danube Morrison 73 Sutton, Arthur Price 97 Charleston, Edward Eugene Ev 21 Minden, Luther Roop 44 Greenwood, Betty Mae Sample 33 Tyler Mountain, Rebecca Eden Hepard 42 Wilmington, Dahlia Thomas 76 Lake Oak, Earl Victor Williams 70 Fayetteville, Lula Maggie Eager Hatfield 65 Branchland. Further details include survivors, locations, and funeral home assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Charles Samuel
James L. McDougal
Mullens
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Veterans’ Hospital
Johnson City
Tenn
Conrad
Jesse James
Kanawha
Chapel Church
Burnsville
Quickie
Orlando
Lewis County
Sutton
Farmer
Edith
Carolyn Biffle
Brenda Kay
Delbert
Stockert Funeral Home
Flatwoods
Mamie Hughart
Laura Campbell
Elkview
Dodd-Payne Funeral
Fayetteville
Funeral services for Mrs. LACK in Brookside Drive area
Funeral arrangements list Mrs. Goal M. Lack, 49, of Brookside Drive. Services set for 3 p.m. at Cunningham Funeral Chapel with burial at Percy Walker Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lack
Goal M
Brookside Drive
Cunningham
Percy Walker Chapel
Butalo
Mrs Grant Dies GOP Ward Worker Doris Parker Grant
Doris Parker Grant longtime Republican ward official for the Eighth Ward and widow of a city police officer died at her home 607 Christopher Street. Survived by son John Charleston and daughters Loretta Daviess France and Frances Grant Charleston. Funeral held at Harden and Harden Funeral Home with Elks Lodge American Legion Auxiliary and St Paul AME Church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Parker Grant
Eighth Ward
Christopher St
George W. Grant
Elks Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
St. Paul Ame
John
Charleston
Loretta Daviess
France
Frances Grant
Harden and Harden Funeral Home
345 Attend Air Guard Fire School
Firefighters from across the state gathered at Air National Guard headquarters for a one day crash-rescue school. About 345 civilian firefighters attended, far more than the 75 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Guard Fire School
Air National Guard
W. T. Stewart
Eastern Panhandle
Stewart
State Fire Marshal's Office
Fire Extension Branch
West Virginia University
Guard
Mothers and Daughter Attend Vassar Graduation Moment
Poughkeepsie reports a family milestone as Mrs Janice Green Rodman of Pittsburgh receives an AB at Vassar College for her daughter Jennifer Rodman a 1964 graduate who left in 1938 then returned to study music. The ceremony contrasted with a separate incident involving tensions and violence between youths from Poca River and Red House Hill areas at a tavern. One fighter Dickerson of Manila Creek died from a deep knife wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poca River
Red House Hill
Thrap Care
Negger Wees
Dickerson
Manilla Creek
Poca High School
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. i —l
Rodman
Vassar
Parkins
Gatens
Jennifer Rodman
Janice
Green Rodman
Pittsburgh
Vassar'c
Chatham College
TRW Space Technology Laboratory
Redondo Beach
Calif
St Albans residents plan community celebrations and events
The St Albans party lists a series of memorials and gatherings at churches and cemeteries in Kanange, Walnut Street, and Barboursville with figures like Perry Sutchers and Averil Alloway noted. After a knife incident two young Negro men from Ashland and McDowell County were jailed in Putnam County. a murder charge was filed against David Coleman and Billy Joe Bagley was held as a material witness. Deputies escorted a caravan of trailers and pickup trucks to the county line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Winfield
David Coleman
Ashland
Billy Joe) Bagley
McDowell County
Cole Nan
Bagley
Stone
Fragmented obituary notices include multiple names and services
A jumble of names and service details appears from a newspaper clipping. Entries list individuals with ages and addresses, followed by funeral homes, cemeteries, and times, spanning towns such as Utien, Nitro, Charleston, and Hurricane, with various dates and locations.
Pearl Buck Tourist Site To Open In Hillsboro
Hillsboro sees the P watahontas County birthplace of Pearl Buck opened to visitors. Publisher Jiny Comstock bought the house last March to honor the author who he says has been neglected by the state. Buck promised to attend a dedication next summer. Buck was born in the county and raised in the Orient where she wrote many works. She won the Nobel Prize in 1938 and the Pulitzer Prize six years earlier for The Good Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsborow
Pavahontas County
Pearl Buck
Richwood
Jiny Comstock
Comstock
Miss Buck
China
Orient
Far East
Burgess Dies at 91 Noted Child Author Jon Burgess
Hampden Massachusetts aunticelike obituary notes Jon W Burgess died Saturday night at age 91. He wrote 15000 short pieces for syndication and more than 100 books featuring Peter Rabbit Reddy Fox Danny Meadowmouse and Laughing Brook characters. His work began with The Bride's Primer in 1905 and included The Old Briar Patch Along Laughing Brook and Old Mother West Wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampden
Mass
Thorn
Jon W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit
Reddy Fox
Briar Patch
Jimmy Skunk
Old Man Coyote
Danny Meadowmouse
Laughing Brookland
Little Brown & Co
Mrs. Snapper
Burgess
Thornton W. Burgess Jr
Chicago
Little Brown
Old Briar Patch
Laughing Brook
Governor and Officials Plan Berkeley Visit
Gov Hulett Smith and a delegation from four state departments will visit Martinsburg for the second Government to the People program at the Air National Guard hangar. The event runs 1 30 p m to 7 p m with Bailey and Mrs Smith in attendance along with five Public Works members. Citizens from Barbour Berkeley Grant Hampshire Hardy Jefferson Mineral Morgan Pendleton Preston and Tucker counties may speak with officials on a first come basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett Smith
Martinsburg
Smith
Panhandle
Air National Guard
West Virginia
Robert Bailey
Mary Alice Smith
Board of Public Works
Gus R. Douglass
John Kelly
Rex M. Smith
Bailey
Barbour
Berkeley
Grant
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Mineral
WV Students among UVA graduation class
West Virginia graduates figure in University of Virginia ceremonies led by John Reishman of Charleston earning an M A in English and David Selove of Martinsburg with a B S in physics. Others include Michael McNeer Hinton and Robert Steptoe Martinsburg B A, Steven Jarvis Madison civil engineering, Donald Wade Marmet electrical engineering, Walter Witschey Charleston MBA, Fletcher Arritt Fayetteville education, Carolyn Copp Wheeling education, Barbara Hindson Scarbro nursing, Harry Tennant Core MD, Talfour Kemper Bluefield, Phillip Watson South Charleston law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
West Virginia
University of Virginia
John Reishman
Staunton Ave
Charleston
David Selove
Martinsburg
Michael McNeer
Hinton
Robert Steptoe
Steven Jarvis
Madison
Donald Wade
Marmet
William Calliott
Bar
Six Injured in Two Car Collision
Six persons were injured early Sunday in a two car accident at the cutoff of Kanawha Boulevard and the Patrick Street Bridge. Damages were estimated at 3000 dollars. Clarence D. Rigsby 19 of 380 Main St St Albans driver and Richard Adkins 19 of Rt Winfield Willard Stinson 19 and Alvin Stinson 23 both of St Albans were released from Charleston General Hospital after treatment. Kenneth R Walker 22 of 1832 Sugar Creek Dr was driver of the other car and was released after treatment as was Annis Teel 26 of 206 Vala St. All were taken to the hospital in a Cunningham ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha’ Boulevard
Patrick Street
Chrleston General Hospital
Clarence D. Rigsby
Main St
St. Albans
Richard Adkins
Winfield
Willard Stinson
Alvin Stinson
Kenneth R. Walker
Missing Air Force C119 Plane Vanishes Over Sea
Sea search begins for a missing Air Force C119 cargo plane with ten aboard between Florida and Grand Turk. Coast Guard Air Force and Navy planes cover over 2 000 square miles seeking the aircraft believed down at sea amid overcast weather and 2 to 3 foot seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Air Force
Florida
Coast Guard
Navy
Grand Turk Island
Cricketsland
John Pilling
Panel to Hear Birth Control Testimony
A legislative interim subcommittee will hear testimony from representatives of various groups on proposed birth control clinics. The inquiry stems from the 1965 legislature and will report to the next session. Invitees include State Health Director N H Dyer Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith Kanawha County Health Director Dr Page Seckford and Rev H C Cann. The two-day session also reviews conflict of interest legislation and the state’s tax structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Dyer
W. Bernard Smith
Kanawha County
Page Seckford
H. C. Cann
Wheeling
Itax
Mrs. Martufi Elected President of WV Association for Retarded Children
Mrs. Theodore Martufi of Huntington was elected president Sunday of the West Virginia Association for Retarded Children. Other new officers named at the annual meeting include Ralph Flanagan of Parkersburg as first vice president Mrs. Frank Butts of Charleston as secretary and O. W. McGhee of Huntington as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Theodore Martufi
Huntington
West Virginia Association For Retarded Children
Ralph Flanagan
Parkersburg
Frank Butts
Charleston
O. W. McGhee
Bus crash near bridge kills youths in Spain incident
Eleven youths died and 42 were injured when a bus veered off a road and rolled over a bridge in Spain. Police said the Sunday accident involved the vehicle carrying young travelers and prompted an AP report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logrono
Spain
Trafficpolice
State Bank Assets Rise to 980 Million in West Virginia
At year end 1964 the 79 national banks in West Virginia held total assets of 980 million, up from 894 million a year earlier. Deposits reached 87 million, compared with 790 million the previous year. Nationwide assets for 4,773 national banks in the U S and territories totaled 190.1 billion, up from 170.2 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
United States
District of Columbia
The
Virgin Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goff
Hoy
Spencer
Spencer Roane
Ellis Lodge
Greenbrier Military Academy
Hardman-Conrad
Groves
Samuel Everett
New Castle
Clendenin
Myrtle
Florence
Roy
M.s. John Keaton
Robert L. Calhoun
Fred
Spring
Hill
Spurgeon
Albert Myers and Son
Harper
Eulah E
Cotton Tree Community Church
Walton
Ray
Falling Rock
Blaine
Coy Noel
Mabel Jackson
Clio
Minnie Payne
Beatrice Coleman
Scarbro
Camma Armstead
Ripley
Ruby Coe
Myrtle Armstead
Freda Schoolcraft
Looneyville
Knight and Young
Johnson
James Daniel Sr
Vandalia First Baptist Church
Spring Hill Cemetery
Mr. Johnson
Mountain Ave
Charleston General Hospital
Kidd
Lisa Marie
Frankie Kidd
Amity Dr
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Mount Joy Cemetery
Cunningham, Funeral Home
Middleton
Fred H
Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery
Greenmont Oak Park Community Church
Coal Valley Masons
Henry
Ruth Hanley
Marie Williams
Falls View
Tobias
Morgan
Amanda Elsie
Ronceverte
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Mount Zion Primitive Baptist
Lavoyd
Marvin
Ralph
Layton
Larry
Carrie Morgan
Wade Morgan
Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Morgan Cemetery
Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home
W. Baxter
Oberlin
Anna Rusmisell
Radford
J. D. Keehn
Valpariso
Ind
Christ Church
Sutton Cemetery
Robertson Funteral
Price
Arthur
Highland Rd
the Gazette
Sever
Temple Israel
Masons
Julius Hoss
Myron Price
Baltimore
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home
B'nai Israel Cemetery
Edward Eugene
Minden
Fayette County
Eugene Reed
Bobby
Billy
Richard
Patty
Jimmy Tompkins
Delores Davey
Columbus
Jane Canterbury
Oak Hill
Tyree
Roop
Luther Alton
Greenwood
Boone County
Boone County Board of Education
Greenwood Freewill Baptist Church
Mary
James Walter
Mary Susan
Ormie
Charles
Dothan
Edward
Belle
Nellie Aliff
Esta Painter
Tella Campbell
Marie Armstrong
McDougal Funeral Home
Oceana
Sample
Betty Mae
McKinnon Presbyterian Church
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Big Tyler Rd
Cunningham Funeral Home
Hepard
Rebecca Eden
Wilmington
N. C
Wilmington Hospital
George W
Leroy Eden
D. C
Clyde
Jacksonville
Fla
Lydia Mohn
Lila Peterson
Ann Meadows
Creole
Ogden Community Advent
Christian Church
Mountain View
Thomas
Dahlia
Lake Oak
First Advent Christian Church
G. E
Ronald
Aurora
Ill
Joyce
Mendota
Arcadia
Seattle
Wash
Dora Good
Lora Summers
Millie Elmore
Daisy Lucas
Big Chimney
Wilson Funeral Home
Feager
Lula Maggie
Hatfield
Branchland
Linegln County
Mildred Baptist Church
Kathleen Perkins
Hubert and
Paul
L. D
Denver
Cledis
Geneva
W. D
Peach Creek
Danny
West Hamlin
Albert Hatfield
Rand
Fred and
Howard
Nitro
Eva Terry
Minnie Wilson
Rosa Oliver
Mildred Baptist
Franklin Cemetery
Koontz
Hamlin
Commission I
Aanee
Joseph Gatens
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Outh Charleston
Winfield Bridge
Sheriff Stone
Coroner Gatens
Sutcher
Perry
Logan
Mount Gay Freewill Baptist Church
Kanigne-Cemeterys
Mud Fork
Peoples Party of
St. Al-Torfman
Stella
Walnut St
Kong
Fianer
DANS
Aye Bunty
Ceve Baptist Church
Miss Hahn
U.S
Virginia ‘Ct
Rosier
Dennis Farie
Union
Monroe County
Mount Hadding Church
Lillydale
Ioneoe County
William P
Utien Hoy
Fletcher
Alderson
Mason Johnson
Meadows Funeral Home
Restwood Memorial Estates
Duncan
Sheila Christine
William Duncan
Ennington
Loudendale
Dunn
Charles E
Afuftald
Walker Chapel
Muacladist Church
Putnam — County
Chew Ramebaets
Grogan
Pame McKeny
Sixth Ave
Albans
First Baptist Church
Toays
Hall
David C
Benedict Circle
Bartlett Funeral Home
Heaster
Michael Let
Kintter
Groondrier County
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
peThe Ae I
Steubenville
Sunsi Ann T. Hahn
W. Va
College of ‘Steubenville
Clintonville
Braxton County
Beech Grove Baptist Church
Noffflinger
Iona
Black Betsy
Gatens Funeral Home
Poca
Havre of Rest Memorial Gardens
Homatown
Snodgrass
Lloyd R
S35
Second Ave
South Charleston
Pine Gurr
Gracaland Memorial Park
Westfall
Forrest
Jackson
of Exchange
Stocker Funeral Home
Flatwood
Lonnie Harper
Nashville, Tenn
MaRety Young
Reddy
Peter
Homestead Air Force Base
Homestead
Grand
Call Mountain Mission
Walter W. Kramer
Virginia St
WCNS
Stephen Mollett
McCoy Air Force Base
Ala
William
Aqua Velva
Williams
Sheraton Hotel
Motor Inn
Enterprise
Hawaii
Canada
Sheraton
Sheraton Os Hotels & Motor Inns
RED Circle
New York
B&o
C&o
Pullman
Thrift
Chessie System
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Gm10 Railroad
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!