Obituaries from Charleston Gazette June 1963
Obituary notices span many Kanawha County residents with details on services, burial sites, and survivors. Names include Bertha Adcock, Bernie Adkins, Pearl Allinder, Harold Bowley, John Cunningham, Archy etc. Churches, funeral homes, and cemeteries across Gauley Bridge, Dawes, Buffalo, Spencer, St Albans, Nitro, Belle, and Charleston are listed with dates and funeral arrangements.
108 Descendants Survive Woman in Liberty
Mrs. Lottie Jeffries, 78, of Liberty, died Friday at Thomas Hospital South Charleston leaving 108 descendants. Survived by three daughters, four sons, two stepdaughters, a stepson, a foster daughter and son, a sister, two brothers, 54 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. Funeral Sunday at Barnett Chapel Church near Putnam County with burial in family cemetery. Raynes Funeral Home notified for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkins
Bernie B
Dawes
Pure Oil Co
Cora
Bernie Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Earl
Alberta Yeager
Effie Gillenwater
Comfort
Albert
Dawes Methodist Church
Carl Burrows
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Pryor Funeral Home
East Bank
Allinder
Pearl
Buffalo
Putnam County
Buck
Buffalo Church of Christ
Perry
Delbert
Larry
Nitro
Decima Scott
Joel Scott
Buffalo Memorial Park
Raynes
New Smyrna Beach
Leslie Bowley
Montreal
Canada
Constance, Masceline
New York City
Hardman-Conrad Funeral
Spencer
Leon Strickland
Gibson Cemetery
Altizer
Calhoun County
Jesse Rutherford Sr
Branch Road
Belle
Chesapeake
Lockwood
Fayette County
Kanawha County
Ezra Pack Lumber Co
Marmet
Naoma
Spring Hill
Joseph
Witcher
Virginia Boggs
Columbus
Ohio
Shirley Palmer
Minnie Pullen
Ida Legg
Summersville
Ethel Llewellyn
Florida
Virgie Eichle
Dayton
Seymour
Fidler and Frame Funeral Home
Milton Albert
Los Angeles
Calif
Salvation Army Citadel
Maj
Burchett
Hep~ Pler
West View Cemetery
Atlanta
Bartlett Funeral Home
Charleston
Keeney
Minnie Marshall
MacCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Bethel Baptist Church
Elizabeth Caudill
Graceland Memorial Park
Alley
Caldorph
St. Albans
Myrtle Reibekah
Ronceverte
Roy
Philip
Rev. C
Donnally
High Lawn Memorial Park
Runion
Betty Ann
Cecil Runion
Maiden
Patty
Linda
Sue
Charles
Bruce
Myrtle Covert
Red House
Oscar Union
Malden
Shiloah Baptist Church
Artist Covert
Raynes Funeral Home
Skidmore, Okey
Gassaway
Gassaway Hospital
Skidmore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Ocie
Joe
Dallas
Tex
Carl
Ronald Beatty
Reata Adams
Macksville
Kan
Maxine Jackson
Midland
Clyde
Frametown
Raymond
Parkersburg
Lena Heaton
Grafton
Gay Cole
Weston
Opal Rader
Myrtle Brown
Martinsburg
Blanche Wallace
Akron
Bessie Cutlip
New Jersey
Sugar Creek
Snyder
Marguerite Dole
Carroll Rd
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Langford
N.Y
St. Francis Catholic
Frederick
Patrick
Michael
Roberta Snyder
Leo Dale
Claudia Lewis
Suzanne Geiser
North Collins
David Dale
Eden, N.Y
Snodgrass Funeral Home
Strobel
Henry George
Ches
First Avenue
Nitra
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Dunbar
Beulah Ann
Chester
Richard
Rex
Yvonne Bateman
Pauline Lovejoy
Phyllis Steele
Fealey
Winfield Scott
Kanawha Ave
Margaret Williams
Marmet Baptist Church
Acme Coal Co
Lens Creek
Lester
Celveland
Mildred Powers
Cleveland
Mirl Scraggs
Arthur Tomlinson
Lucille Middleton
Victor
Lena Bay Wade
Pleasantsville
Old Glory
Free- Will Baptist Church
Winifrede
Forrest Cooper
G. A. Giles
Sawmill
Cocke and Pauley Funeral Home
Liberty
Lottie Jeffries
Jeffries
Thomas Hospital
Amy Scott
Martha Baroett
Namie Rumson
Robertsburg
Floyd Jeffries
Lloyd Jeffries
Wil Ne Kessel
Quincy
Harold Raines
Brusston
Fletti
Shirley Fowler
Shrewsbury
Carl Long
Dora Tribble
Eleanor
Millard
Henry Biffle
Barnett Chapel
Luther Higginbotham
James Davis
Obituary Notices and Funeral Schedules
Funeral services are listed for multiple individuals with service times and locations. Scheduled at Coal Fork Methodist Church, Beckley First Christian Church, Forest Lawn Logan, Sunset Memorial Park Beckley, Summers County Clayton Baptist, Greenbrier Rainette, Dunbar Coal Fork Cemetery, Alum Creek, St. Albans, Kincaid Methodist, Mountain View Chariton, and more. Names include Phillip Armstrong, Irenee M. Baien, Jacob Eichelberger, Leslie Hoffman, Walter Honaker, Mintie Yons, Anthony Middleton, Ruby Mae Mogre, Roy Lee Pattison, John Plumley, Herman Quffner, Lannie Hires, Deborah Tricker, Mell Thayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichelberger
Jacos G
Blaine Blvd
Long
Fisher
Hore
James Rice
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
Logan
Leslie
Jackson
First Presbyterian
Robert Kirkpatrick
Bar- Mountain View
Honaker
Walter F
Rainette
Greenbrier
Clayton Baptist Church
Summers County
E. Ward
Church
Alum Creek
Bruce Hays
Virgil Chapman
Midkiff
Pattison
Roy Lee
Park St
St. Albans
St. Andrew's Church
J. F. B. Yoak
Sunset Memorial Park
Plumley
John M
Liberty
Putnam County
Kincaid Methodist Church
James Davis
Orville McMillign
Kincaid Cemetery
Labor Chief Starts Civil Rights Probe in Federal Projects
Secretary W. Willard Wirtz announced a 50 man on site inspection force to crack down on job discrimination in federally financed construction projects nationwide. He expects a report on 500 to 1000 projects within a week and warned of full sanctions including contract cancellation if discrimination is found and not corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Rouse Labor Committee
Kennedy
U.S. Employment Service
Slate Fall Fatality at Mary Ann Coals Mine
A Raleigh County man died Friday in a slate fall at Mary Ann Coals Inc Mine 3 near Mullens Wyoming County. Jesse O Dell Ashley 51 of Crab Orchard is survived by his widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Jesse O'Dell Ashley
Mary Ann
School Planned For Credit Union Officials
A training institute for West Virginia credit union officials will be held June 15 to 21 at Mont Chateau State Lodge near Morgantown. Sponsored by the West Virginia Credit Union League, the Kanawha Valley chapter is also planning a picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Mont Chateau State Lodge
Morgantown
West Virginia Credit Union League
Kanawha Valley
Duly IL
Judge Harry B. Watkins Rites Planned in Fairmont Church
Funeral services for U.S. District Judge Harry B. Watkins will be held Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church in Fairmont. The 54 year old jurist died Thursday night from an apparent heart attack after addressing the Marion County Bar Association banquet. He was once the youngest federal judge, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 at age 38, and will be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
U. S. District Court
Harry B. Watkins
First Presbyterian Church
Watkins
Woodlawn
Marion County Bar Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tribute Paid By Judge Field At Watkins Memorial
Judge John A. Field Jr. paid high tribute to Judge Harry W. Watkins at the opening of the U S District Court. Field called Watkins irreplaceable to both West Virginia and the federal judiciary and recalled his assistance when Field joined the federal bench. He praised Watkins as a discerning judge and advocate of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Watkins
John A. Field Jr
U. S. District Court
Watkins
Fairmont
West Virginia
Field
Bridge Painting Pact Awarded on KaNawha River Bridge
The State Road Commission awarded a $15,600 contract to W. Q. Wallers Co. of Charleston to clean and paint the Kanawha River Bridge at St Albans. Another $14,964 contract was given to Anderson's Black Rock Inc. of Charleston to resurface 13 miles of Secondary 605 in Barboursville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha River
St. Albans
W. Q. Wallers Co
Charleston
State Road Commission
Frey Day
Anderson's
Black Rock Inc
Barboursville
Taylor Winner Confirmed Mayor In Poca Recount
A Friday recount of Poca city results shows Joseph Taylor elected mayor over O L Westfall by confidence in the official tally. James Miller also wins a council seat, with Brewer trailing. Carruthers and others receive smaller totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Taylor
O. L. Westfall
James Miller
Shell Brewer
Westfall
Taylor
Westsfall
Craddock
Russell Carrier
James Carusthers
Douglas Spalding
Burdette Lloyd
and Miller
County students named to Alderson-Broaddus dean's list
Three Kanawha County students earned dean's list honors at Alderson-Broaddus College. Phillip Gillispie of Clendenin Wanda Peters Dann of Charleston and Betty Norman of Dunbar are the honorees for the second semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
Kanawha County
Alderson-Broaddus College
Phillip Gillispie
Clendenin
Wanda Peters Dann
Charleston
Betty Norman
Dunbar
Washington Gas Light seeks 2,000 acre storage gas field in West Virginia
Washington Gas Light Co. plans to acquire a 2,000 acre area in Hampshire County West Virginia for underground gas storage. Donald S. Billinger president says permission will be sought from the District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission and the West Virginia Public Service Commission. Field is estimated to hold at least 7.5 billion cubic feet of gas and could replace a storage site formerly sought in Prince Georges County Maryland. The company views the Hampshire County field as its main potential development for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Gas Light Co
West Virginia
Donald S. Billinger
Hampshire County
W. Va
Sta
District of Columbia Public Utilities’ Commission
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Prince Georges County
Washington Gas Light
Forged Credit Slips Charged to Charleston Youth
A Charleston youth about 14 years old was arrested Friday on forging credit slips to steal 190 dollars in goods from the Diamond department store. Detective W K Blackhurst said the boy used his stepfather’s Jeredit card to obtain clothing vaping lighters and records over the past six weeks. He was held in detention awaiting Juvenile Court determination. Det R K Gordon assisted in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Diamond Department
W. K. Blackhurst
Blackhurst
R. K. Gordon
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Bernice
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Beckley
A. Oma Beckley
Christian Church
Walter 4. Griswold
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunset Mermorial Park
Quffner
Herman
St.of Cincinnati
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home
Paul A. Chesney
Mountain View Cemetery
Ihires
Lannie Green
Peterstown
Gap Mills
Carmel Presbyterian Church
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A. B. Shifler
Billee Mick
Carmel
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Clark Rambler
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