Obituary notices list many family survivors in Beckley and beyond
Obituary notices for John Cornell Anderson age 42 of Beckley and Fred S Burdette in Jackson County with multiple survivors including wives, children, siblings and extended relatives. Other notices list funeral details for Vessie Cain, Charles Campbell, Marvin Casto, Virgie Christy, Elsie Susan Crane, Louise Carter Davis, Troy De Haven, Ames Dempsey, Thelma Jones, Charles Lewis, Winfield McCormick, James Ridemore, Ollie Anna Rhodes, Joe Scalf, Thelma Sealf, Joseph Shaffer, Lee Shaver, William Sparks and Mabe Tully with death dates, service times, and burial locations.
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Christy
Virgie Lee
Mill Creek
Charleston
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Hayes V
Charles
Buffalo
James
North Ridgeville
Ohio
Hayes’ C
Caracas
South America
Nadine Page
Carol Johnson
Quincy
Anna Mae Jewell
Cleveland
Twila Jo
James H. Simmons
Pineville
John Simmons
St. Clairsville
Charles Simmons
Otsego
Robert Simmons
North Hollyswood
Calif
Dave Simmons
Brea
Harold Simmons
F Hampton
Mildred Quick
South Charleston
Maxine Gardner
Louisville
Gertrude Forrew
Mullens
Wstrey Grimm
Margaret Heath
Lester
Louise Wontack
Oceana
Hafter Funeral
Elkview
John Beane
Sissonville
Grapevine Boy Drowns In Pocatalico River
Youth named Baldwin, a Grapevine resident and Sissonville High School junior, drowned in the Pocatalico River near Sissonville. Fire Chief Jess Fisher said three companions reported he went under without shouting. His body was recovered after about 45 minutes. He was 17 or 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emzy Baldwin, with siblings spread across Sandyville Nitro Tyler Mountain and Charleston. The item also lists obituaries and funeral notices for several individuals, including Lee Roy White of Russell Kentucky and James Wilson of Robson, Fayette County, with service details and surviving relatives.
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Pee Gee Ayaa Clemet Baldwin
Pocatalico
Sissonville
Jess Fisher
Baldwin
Emzy
Pat” Baldwin
Grapevine
Sissonville High School
Howard
Sandyville
Aundel
St. Albans
Jessie
Tyler Mountain
Woody
Nitro
Pauline Patton
Bonnie Legg
Low Ann Baldwin
Charleston
Lenora Shamblin
Norma June Price F
Mill Creek
Funerals Today Across Numerous Communities
Today several funerals are scheduled across West Virginia and nearby towns. Services span First Baptist studios, Methodist chapels, and local cemeteries from Blue Knob to Mount Hope, with many ceremonies at community churches, funeral homes, and cemetery plots. Participants include families like Nichols, Arnold, and Wallace, with churches such as Blue Knob Methodist, Sam Black Methodist, and Mount Hope facilities hosting rites.
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Facle
Mra
Elizebeth Jae — Dieyar
Blue Knob Methodist
Two More State Soldiers Killed In Viet Action
Washington reports two more West Virginia servicemen killed in Vietnam. The latest victims identified as Army Spec. 4 John H. J. Ray Blankenship of Clay County and Sgt. Nile D. Shumate of Ashford County. details note the broader war toll and ongoing casualties amid routine reports from Cleveland Clinic and Beckley.
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Washington
West Virginia
Vietnam
Defense Department
S. 60
St. Albans
Cleveland
Ohio
Antis
Army
John H.jray
W. Va
Nicholas Charlton
12Th Dixon
Rupert
Greenbrier
Cleveland Clinic
Charleston
Nile D. Shum
Thomas
Howard
Beckley
Virgil Lucka
Surg V. Shumate
Ashford
Boonel Ia
Princeton
Hereley Hospital
William
Blankenship
Maysel
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Eastern Gas State Police
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Key Jen
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Worldstone
Wa Terrace
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Roy Hon
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Marsha Kays
OF Illinois
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Ijdra
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Ray
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Clendenin
Jean Church
Dencil
Gerald
David
James
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Detroit
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Sun
Wilson
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Robert F. Kennedy
Dan Duryea Dies at 61 in Los Angeles Home
Veteran character actor Dan Duryea, famed for sneering villains in 1940s cinema, died Friday at his Mulholland Drive home after a battle with cancer. He was 61. Born White Plains New York, Duryea appeared in more than 150 stage film and TV roles, later taking varied parts such as China Smith and Flight of the Phoenix. Funeral set for Forest Lawn at 12:30 p.m. Monday. survived by wife Helen Bryan and sons Richard and Peter.
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The
Los Angeles Times
LOS Angeles
Dan Duryea
Hollywood
Mulholland Drive
Duryea
Léol ‘Hubbard
Lillian Hellman
Little Fox
Gary Cooper
China Smith
Eddie Jacks
Pyelon Place
White Plains
Cornell University
Woman Dies After Heart Transplant at Parkland Hospital
Ester Matthews 41, wife of laborer John Matthews, died four hours after becoming the first woman heart transplant recipient at Parkland Hospital Dallas. Donor Bobby Wayne Blocker 26 of Euless died in an auto crash that killed three others. Blocker’s widow spoke briefly saying he would help save lives. Coverage notes timing from 5:45 pm start to about 7:30 pm donor body removed. Matthews’ daughter Alice Faye 19, an operating room aide, gave statements.
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Dallas
Tex
Parkland Hospital
Ester Matthews
John Matthews
Bobby Wayne Blocker
Euless
Fort Worth
Blocker
Matthew
Alice Faye
Bobby
Aft
Alice
Newsmen
Thomas
Wilee
Rite Sunday For Beckley River Victim
Service for Charles Robert Dunley a 30 year old Beckley fisherman who drowned Thursday night will be at 2 p m Sunday in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home. Dunley fell from a boat in the New River near Thayer and formerly baker for Purity Maid Bakery. He was employed by J L Keefer Construction Co of Beckley and survived only by his mother Wanda Richardson Dunney who resided with him. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitors to the funeral home after 4 p m.
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Beckley
Charles Robert Dunley
Keyser-Bryant
Dunley
New River
Thayer
Woodrow Wilson High School
Purity Maid
J. L. Keefer Construction Co
Wanda Richardson
Man Jailed in Shooting Of Woman
Eugene Burger of Rand was jailed in Kanawha County after being charged with felonious shooting of his wife. Alice Virginia Burger, 28, was treated at Charleston General Hospital for a 22 caliber bullet wound. surgery followed at the abdomen. The shooting occurred at about 6:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the couple's home on 5134 Church Drive. The weapon was a 22 caliber pistol.
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Eugene Burger
Rand
Kanawha County
Charleston General Hospital
Alice Virginia Burger
Justice of the Peace
Larry Asbury
Church Dr
Asbury
Burger
Five Die in Mine Explosive Blast at Iowa Plant
Five workers were killed when mine ammunition exploded in a storage warehouse at the ToWo Army Ammunition Plant seven miles west of Burlington Iowa. The blast damaged tile walls and roof while four identified victims were named Gary Wayne Lawrence Gary Raymond Young Robert L Walker and Willis Bogan Henson. The plant operated for the Army by Mason and Hangar Mason Co Inc of Lexington Ky, and this was the third explosion at the plant in under a year with prior blasts in June 1967 and May 1968 injuring people. Authorities sealed the 20000 acre site and investigated the cause. The fifth victim’s name remained withheld pending kin notification.
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Burlington
Iowa
Towa Army
Georg Mathes
Mathes
Gary Wayne Lawrence
Lomax
Ill
Gary Raymond Young
Keokuk
Robert L. Walker
Willis Bogan Henson
Stronghurst
Mason and Hangar
Silas Mason Co., Inc
Lexington
U S Acts to Stem Stocks Speculation
The Federal Reserve tightened margin requirements on stock and convertible bond purchases to curb speculation. The move raises margin to 80 percent for stock purchases and 60 percent for bonds, affecting brokers and lenders and marking the first change since 1963. Chairman Martin cited worries about speculative trading by some institutions.
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Washington
William McChesney Martin Jr
French Tourist Trade Drops to Ten Percent of Normal
Paris reports tourism in decline due to strikes and student turmoil with arrivals at about 10 percent of normal. A Pentecost weekend produced no inquiries at the tourist welcome office and Eiffel Tower visits fell from 35 000 last year to 8 000 this year.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
McDowell Rail Worker Killed On Capes Trestle
Connard A. Christian 53 of Roderfield McDowell County was struck and killed by trains while working on a trestle near Capes. State police said he apparently tried to avoid an oncoming train and was hit by another.
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Capes
Mayor Yorty Travels to New York for Kennedy Funeral
Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles arrived in New York to attend Senator Kennedy's funeral as LA's official representative. He was joined by several City Council members amid reports Mrs. Kennedy preferred he not greet the family, a point later clarified by press aides.
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Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Yorty
Sander Vanocur
NBC
Kennedys
Frank Mankiewicz
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Jin
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Robson
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Mary
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William Allen
Copenhaver Dr
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Dennis
Wesley
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Maybeury
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James Maston
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James — Bradley
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Comaine
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Buningham M
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Moore
Luther H
Clay County
Bickmore Freewill
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Cohningham
Pugh
Genevieve
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Emmit Richards
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Archie T
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Jarvis St
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Paul
Clarksburg
Fairmont
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