Obituary notices from Beckley and surrounding areas
Beckley nurse Helen Marie Anderson 68 of Beckley and Goldie Dixon Dock 62 of Tice Florida die. Also Lucy Duckworth 78 of Cowen and Allie Duff 83 of Charleston die. Other notices include Emily Ellis 69 of Fayetteville, Muriel Long 76 of Clear Creek, George Finley 82 of Milton, Murlie Long George Finley and more. Burials planned at Sunset Memorial Park Gary Cemetery Handshumaker Cemetery and Spring Hill. services in Beckley Fayetteville Cowen and Charleston areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murlie Long
George Finley
Clear Creek
Mur-Milton
George Williamilie
Nancy Long
Clear Finley
Rt. 2
Milton
Creek
Raleigh
Huntington
Appalachian Retigional Hospital
Beckley
Alderson Mourns Dorothy Berkley Former Mayor’s Wife Dies
Dorothy Megowen Berkley 68 wife of Alderson mayor Earl E. Berkley died Thursday in McDowell Memorial Hospital Danville Kentucky while visiting a daughter She was Red Cross treasurer at Alderson Presbyterian Church Women’s groups civics club former St Louis teacher Survived by husband five children and 10 grandchildren Body at Lobban Funeral Home Alderson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson
Dorothy’ Megowen Berkley
Earl E. Berkley
American Red Cross
Alderson Presbyterian Church
Berkley
Alderson Civics Club
Women’s Club
St. Louis
Richard Earl Berkley
Vancouver
Canada
William E. Berkley
Tucson
Ariz
David Manton
Urbana, Ill
James E. Sullivan
Danville
Agnes Shank
Alton, Ill
Lobban Funeral Home
Walter Burns Hamlin native, Dayton resident dies at 73
Walter Burns, 73, of Dayton Ohio died Wednesday after a long illness. Survived by wife Flora Ashworth Burns, sons Stanley, Chester, Donald. daughters Christine Lucas, Nell Claywell, Sherman Mollette. sisters Dollie and Rosie Salmons. Service Saturday 11 a.m. at Harveys Creek Baptist Church near Hamlin. Burial Harveys Creek Cemetery. Calling hours 6 to 9 p.m. today at Koontz Funeral Home Hamlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Walter Burns
Dayton
Ohio
Logan
Flora Ashworth Burns
Stanley
Lundale
Chester
Donald
Christine Lucas
Barboursville
Nell Claywell
Sherman Mollette
Union
Dollie Salmons
Rosie Salmons
Harveys Creek Baptist Church
Claude Pack
Harveys Creek Cemetery
Koontz Funeral Home
Oak Hill resident Ora A. Simmons Bush longtime church member
Mrs. Ora Alice Simmons Bush 91 of Oak Hill died Wednesday at Oak Hills Hospital from a heart attack. She was a Virginia native and a member of First Brethren Church. Survived by son Alvah C. Bush of Hinton and daughters Celia Wolfe of Yuba City California Agnes Hodge of Oak Hill and Mrs Walter Pawlus of Euclid Ohio. seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services conducted by the Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with reverends Edward Schwartz Paull Taylor officiating. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Ora Alice Simmons Bush
Oak Hills
First Brethren Church
Virginia
Alvah C. Bush
Hinton
Celia Wolfe
Yuba City
Calif
Agnes Hodge
Walter Pawlus
Euclid
Ohio
Tyree
Mary Connie Carney former Army nurse dies in Charleston
Mrs. Mary Connie Carney 60 of 1798 Tolley Drive died Thursday in Charleston General Hospital after a long illness. A former Charleston General Hospital nurse for nine years and a former Army nurse she attended Catholic Church. Survived by husband Denver. Funeral held at Bartlett-Bardette with Rev. Edward Judy officiating. Burial in Shinn Cemetery at Fairplain. Friends may call after 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Duckworth Cowen
Lucy M. Duckworth
Cowen
Webster County Memorial Hospital
Hale United Methodist Church
Fannie Woods
Adams Funeral Home
Mary Connie Carney
Tolley Dr
Charleston General Hospital
Carney
Denver
Bartlett-Bardette
Edward Judy
Shinn
Fairplain
Liberty woman Avis G Crago 88 dies in Putnam County
Mrs Avis G Crago 88 of Rural Route 1 Liberty Putnam County died Thursday in Southern Hills Hospital. Survived by daughter Helen Kiesling of South Charleston sons Altha O Wiler 2 Paul E all of Red House Route Dewey L of Hurricane Kenneth C of Nitro sisters Judith Cobb of Clendenin Belle Blake of Eleanor 13 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren. Raynes Funeral Home Buffalo to have services with Rev William Davis Jr officiating burial in Parkins Cemetery Paradise Putnam County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Avis Garton Crago
Putnam County
Southern Hills Hospital
Helen Kiesling
South Charleston
Altha O
Wiler
Paul E
Red House
Dewey L
Hurricane
Kenneth C
Nitro
Judith Cobb
Clendenin
Belle Blake
Eleanor
Raynes Funeral Home
Buffalo
William Davis Jr
Parkins Cemetery
Paradise
Obituary News From Charleston And West Union Areas
Pecetal Isaac a longtime Charleston Chemical Co. worker and former CHS athlete dies aged status not given surviving wife Phyllis Smith Isaac sisters and brothers listed. Frane Knight of West Union dies at home wife of retiree G. Knight. daughter Betty Langfitt among survivors. Services planned at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home and Casto Spurgeon Funeral Home respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Chemical Co
Southern Machiners Co
Charleston High School
Ice Hockley
Charleston
Christ Church United Methodist
Kanawha Lodge
Scottish Rite
American Legion
Beni Kedem
Isaac
F.0.p. Lodge
CHS
W. Va
Mrs Ivery Cowen and Betty Steele Rainelle Obituaries
Two obituary notices describe the deaths of Mrs Ivery Leslie Cowen of Cowen and Mrs Betty Viola Steele of Rainelle. Cowen was a lifelong Webster County resident and retired merchant, active in Cowen Baptist Church, with surviving sons Fred Clyde William Edward and others in Albuquerque and Cowen. Steele, 92, died after a long illness. services by Rev Homer Albright at Wallace Funeral Home with burial in Sewell Valley Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frane L. Knight
West Union
Frane IL. Knight
G. §. Knight
West Union Baptist Church
Charles
Betty Jane” Langfitt
Casto Spurgeon Funeral
Fred T. Reid
West Union Masonic Memorial Park
Ivery Leslie Cowen
Ivery
Janet 42eSlie
Cowen
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Webster County
Leslie
Cowen Baptist Church
Edith Nardi
Madeira Beach
Fla
Madalyn Stewart
Bergenfield
N. J
Helen Harkness
Garland
Tex
Fred
Winfield
Clyde
Betty Steele Rainelle
Betty Viola Steele
Rainelle
Virginia West
Josephine Marshall
Manassas
Homer Albright
Sewell Valley Cemetery
Obituaries and funeral notices from West Virginia area
Multiple funeral services announced including Ottis Holliday 73 of Hurricane with service at St Timothy Episcopal Church and burial at Valley View Cemetery. Lura B Roush 88 of Bidwell Ohio dies. services and memorials at Yanger Chapel and Inner- Paden City. Lucille Tallman 53 of South Charleston to be buried at local cemetery after service at Al Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliday
Ottis M
St. Timothy Episcopal Church
Teays Valley Road
Hurricane
Peter’ A Schoen
Willle
Valley View Cemetery
Rt. 1
Lura Roush
Point Pleasant
Lura B. Roush
Rt. 2
Bidwell
Ohio
Mason County
Holzer Medical Center
Gallipolis
Yanger [Chapel United Methodist Church
Madeline Gibeaut
Emma Rollins
Chicago
Zyerimountain
Gar
Carrie VanSickle
Daydens
Eastern Star Service
Will
Irene Duncan
Joe Wooltinbager
Leon
Crow-Hassell Funeral Home
Homer Stephens
Herman Jordan
Yanger Chapel
Fueral
Pipefitters Accept Strike Settlement and FMC Pact
Pipefitters accepted a week-old strike settlement Thursday as contractors and iron workers plan a meeting. At FMC plants in three states the Textile Workers union approved a one-year contract with a 2 cent wage increase and improved benefits, while Nitro workers rejected a local portion 99 to 641. The agreement raises FMC wages to 4.45 an hour and adds holiday and pension enhancements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Nitro
Textile Workers of America Union
FMC
Elmer Fike
Fike
Kidney Fund Economics Due Probe
The American Kidney Fund, founded in 1971 to aid kidney disease patients, raised 779434 in its first year but spent under 39000 on patient care. In 1972 about 740000 went to administration and fundraising, with 604000 for a direct mail campaign. Chief claims no current link to Response Development Corp., founded by Sven A Larsen, who denies financial interest. The USPS is investigating possible mail fraud violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
American Kidney Fund
Sven A. Larsen
Response Development. Corp
Larsen
U.S. Postal Service
H. L. Stuart
Obituary notices for Grishaber Isaac and Sparks
Marian Grishaber 50 of South Charleston died after a long illness at home. Survived by son Eddie, daughters Catherine and others, plus relatives. services held at Good Shepherd Funeral Home with Rev. Pate. John Isaac 55 of Charleston died of a heart attack at Charleston General. Willard Sparks 65 of Chapmanville died in Beckley Hospital. retired miner. wife Betty. sons Willard and Jerry. sister Croash Wilson and brothers listed.
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Goldie Dock
Goldie Dixon Dock
Tice
Fla
Diamond
Florida
Luther
Patty McCassin
Rockford, Ill
Johnny Hardy
Charleston
Ella Magis
Powellton
John M. Dixon
Belle
Paul D. Dixon
Rand
Gentry Dixon
el Paso
Tex
Leo Englehart
Fort Myers
Igla
John Isaac
John Kingsley Isaac
Eliette Dr
Southern Machinery Co
Charleston Generals Hospital
Isaac
Willard Sparks
Chapmanville
iLogan County
Beckley Hospital
North Fork Community Church
Big Creek
Betty Johnon Sparks
Willard
Jerry Sparks
Germany
Croash Wilson
Yancey Oscar Jr dies from gunshot in Charleston
Oscar Yancey Jr 24 of 520 A Donnally St died Monday at Charleston General Hospital from chest gunshot wounds. Services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Metropolitan Baptist Church with Rev. Mother C. L. Lawrence and Rev. John D. Grey officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Family to receive friends today 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Preston Funeral Home. Survives include daughter Luisa Necha Yancey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie
Charleston
Bruce
Don
Beckley
Bonnie Lilly
Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home
Thomas Dunlap
Sunset Memorial Park
Yancy
Oscar Jr
Metropolitan Baptist Church
C. L. Lawrence
John D. Grey
South Charleston
Yancey
Donnally St
Charleston General Hospital
Luasa Necha Yancey
Preston Funeral Home
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Man Injured When Truck Strikes South Charleston Underpass
Leon Brogan, 57, of Superior Avenue South Charleston was treated and released at Thomas Memorial Hospital after his dump truck struck the Montrose Drive underpass. Henry E. Lanham, 46, an employee of Union Carbide, was thrown from the vehicle but uninjured. Crews freed the wedged dump truck after nearly an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Brogan
Superior Avenue
South Charleston
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Montrose Drive
Henson Trucking Co
Henry E. Lanham
Union Carbide
Clerk Training Program Slated at Charleston Job Corps Center
A clerical training program sponsored by the Brotherhood of Railway Airline and Steamship Clerks will open soon at the Charleston Job Corps Center. The facility at 117 Summers St will accept Job Corps enrollees who have finished basic education for keypunch typing filing railroad and union office practices and math courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railway
Charleston Job Corps Center
Summers St
Job Corps
Ex City Resident Killed In 1 Car Richmond Crash
A former Charleston resident, Larry Wayne Trueman, 22, died in a one car crash on I-64 near Richmond. Also killed were Donna McKinney, 24, and her three year old daughter Theresa, both of Richmond. Several others were injured and hospitalized. Police found four pipes and marijuana in the car. autopsy to determine DUI. Mrs. McKinney and Theresa lay at Cunningham Funeral Home in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charleston
Theresa
McKinney
Trueman
William N. Trueman
Iris Box
Aniko [Dobosh
Larry Trueman
R. A. Campbell
Financier Loeb Fined for Campaign Offense
New York financier John L. Loeb Jr. 70 was fined 3000 for contributing to Hubert Humphrey’s 1972 campaign in employees’ names. He was the first prosecuted under a new law banning political gifts via others. Loeb claimed innocence. judge Canella warned of possible prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L.loeb
Hubert Humphrey
Wall Street
Loeb
John M. Canella
Judge restrains grandmother over coal mine picketing
U S District Judge K K Hall issued a temporary restraining order against Betty Watkins 41 for picketing Pocahontas Fuels Turkey Gap mine in Mercer County that halted mining work. Watkins was free on 100 bond pending a June 15 hearing on obstructing traffic as she and her daughter and two grandchildren demonstrated. Watkins says her son in law Thomas Moretto was blacklisted by the company after quitting. the company denies the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U. S
K. K. ‘Hall
Mercer County
Betty Watkins
Pocahontas Fuel
Turkey Gap
Thomas Moretto
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Helen Anderson
Helen Marie Anderson
Johnstown
the Gazette
Allie Duff
Hendrix Ave
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Paul Smith
Chester Hugart
Arnold
Lewis, Curtis
O.B. Duff
Clarence
San Marcos
Albert
Tuscon, Ariz
Long and Poe Funeral Home
Charleson
Funeral
Spring Hill Cemetery
Emily Ellis
Fayetteville
Emily Elizabeth Ellis
Basil I. Ellis
Boge
WML
Veil Wiusdy
Clara Hamon
Mer
John Quigley
Charlie Mul
Collins Funeral Home
Pital
Columbia Gas System
Finley
Zearu. Baptist Church
Smort
Spruce Tabernacle Church
Creak
Husband
Ambcie
Clara Man
Virgil
King Finley
Summersville
Kenneth
Kathleen Sergeant
Harri
Carl
Kermit
Martha Minton
Kingsport
John
Mil!Tennton
Lula Dunn
Bradford
Heck Funeral Home
Millard Morrison
Brown Cemetery
Thomas Webb
Kangln—Mommas
G. Wenn
Ranger
Lincoln Couty
Chessie
Church of
Christ
Faye Webb
Mary Jo Dearaujo
Berwyn
Ill
Pearl Scoles
Columbus
James
Finley G
Alto
Ranger Church of Christ
Vernon Mullins
Adkins Cemetery
McGhee Funeral Home
West Hamlin
Simpson Funeral Home
Salem Col
Manchin
Hazel Foster Beckley
Hazel “Duckey” Foster
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
Dorothy Berkley
Ora Bush
Mary Carney
Avis Crago
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Roy Tyree
Blue’ Ridge Memorial Gardens
Parkersburg
Lewistown
Meadeville
Marcus Hook
Front Royal
Earl
Champanville
Glenn
New Lexington
Dallas
Franklin Furnace
Curtis Lawrence
Forest
Cape Craven Lawn
Pecks Mill
United Steelworkers
Kidney Fund Economics
Marian Grishaber
Marian Louise Grishaber
Fifth Ave
Kanawha County Assessor’s
First Presbyterian Church
Eddie Grishaber
Tampa
Catherine Oriole
Alliance
Marian Vandale
Frank Vandale Jr
Frankie Faye Vandale
Good Shepherd Funeral Home
Robert A. Pate
Weuncoudy
Clameston General Hospital
Larry Wayne Trueman
Donna McKinney
Judge
Grandma
Sunset Nil Ai
Nan Jones
Cunningham Memorial Park
Albans
Oasis
Dacron
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