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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1961

Page

2

Obituary Notices from West Virginia area

Obituaries list multiple local deaths with service details across Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam and surrounding counties. Notes include Bumgardner of Liberty, Burch of Richwood, Dickerson of Ravenswood, Elswick of Nitro, Kinser of Kin caid, Murphy of Cowen, Hatcher of Coolridge, Rowley of Sandyville, and many others with funeral home, church, burial sites, and survivor details.

Rifle Victim Service Set for Margie Puckett Smith

Beckt Victim Service announced for Mrs Margie Puckett Smith 34 of Glen Morgan to be held at 2 pm Tuesday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Rev Owen Lilly to officiate burial in Sunset Memorial Park Surviving husband Azel Smith and parents Harry Puckett Laurel Fork Va and Gertrude Puckett Glen Morgan two sisters Juanita Smith Glen Morgan Loretta West Cleveland Ohio two brothers Joseph Glen Morgan Manville Puckett Navy San Diego Calif the boy is at the funeral home

Gillian Oliver Clyde Sandstone Sumters County Earl Ward Richmond Cemetery C&o Remona McMillion St. Albans Earl Riviera Calif Jack Tom Barrett Zora Hutsenpillar Bessie Johnson Hinton Mabel Lewis Cleveland Ohio Jess Russell, Ky Mechanicsburg Ida Wheeler Beckley Dave Cooper Oak Hill E. M. Meadows Funeral Home Juanita Smith Glen Morgan Loretta West Joseph Manville Pucketty Navy San Diego Calif

Service Sunday for Farmer Killed in Tractor Accident

Putnam County farmer Edward Thomas Glenn 33 of Star Route Hurricane died in a tractor rollover while trying to drive up a steep bank. He was a State Road Commission grader operator and left a wife Phyllis and seven children. Service at 2 p m Sunday at First Church of God Hurricane with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery Fraziers Bottom. Funeral details at Allen Funeral Home Hurricane.

Clendenin Methodist Church Amma Roane County United Fuel Gas Co Rosa Marceline Riley Nitro J. R. Elswick Jr Clendenin Harley Huntsville Ala Tony Julian Calvin Grant White Blue Creek Woody Helmic Amma Newell George Martin Glasgow Murl Samples Pinch Cook Funeral Home Rowley John BR Sandyville Jackson County Fred Rowley Ripley Ferman Gary Ind Oscar Rowley Irondale Ohio Verna Snyder Y Mt. Hope Church of God Lincoln Jones Parsons Funeral Home Fraziers Bottom Putnam] County Edward Thomas Glenn Star Route State Road Commission Glenn Phyllis First Church of God Hurricane Dana Eddie Jeddarin Deborah Rebecca Russell Glenn Clifford Bowling Green Larry G. Glenn Glorda McClellan Macel Hodges Huntington Betty Clark Sarahi McCallister Church of God J. 5. Bailey Pine Grove Cemetery Allen Funeral Home

Ex-Defense Secretary Quizzed in Dominican Republic

The Dominican investigation into Trujillo's assassination took a dramatic turn as Maj. Gen. Jose Rene Roman, once defense secretary, was held for questioning. Officials gave few details but noted he was near the scene the night of May 31. Two assassins remain at large as authorities pursue Luis Amiama Tio and Antonio Imbert.

Ican Republic 9 Rafael Trujillo Jose Rene Roman Leland Rosemberg Rafael Trujillo Jr Ciudad Trujillo Roman Luis Amiama Tio Antonio Imbert Jose Marti Otero Panion Pablo Miramar Whder 4 Jamaica Delio Gomez

Four Car Crash Injures Three At St Albans

A four car collision on U S 60 at St Albans east city limit sent five people to Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston Friday night. Three were treated for injuries. two were released after examinations.

St. Albans Thomas Memorial Hospital South Charleston Robert Brown Grant Ave Kyle Kinder MacCorkle Ave Sammy Cottrell St. Albana Bonnie Williams Third Ave Dwight Ilunt St. Nitro Brown Williams Iunt Kinder Cottrell Steve Dean Furlong St Passeners Edsel L. Huffman Bigley Ave Charleston Hunt Huffman

Sirens At Plant Signal Man Fainting Incident

Sirens at Carbide's South Charleston plant rang late Friday night after a workman on Blaine Island fainted. A company spokesman said alarms are triggered for any worker in distress and the unidentified man was not believed to be seriously ill.

Carbide South Charleston Blaine Island

Funerals Today in West Virginia Area Obituaries

Multiple local funeral notices list funerals in various towns and counties. Names include George Crawford Cade, Robert Las Egg, James Fred Lively, Velma Jean Lovers, John Calvin Munday, Albert Roby, Mary P. Smith, Ruby Gladys Spence, Joe Lowi Thompson, and others. Services held at several churches and funeral homes with burials at local cemeteries. Interments occur in Kirk, Triplett, Lone Oaks, Rea Warrior, and other cemeteries. ministers include P E Orndorff, Rev Barry Abbott, and Rev R Bean among others. Death notices reference Orient Hill Greenbrier, Sandyville, Frame, Hurricane, Ashford, and nearby communities.

Cade George Mwa —B Sandyville Independence Church Thomas Butterfield Engel Conger Independ Ry

Body Found In Packages In Portland

Police investigated dismembered body parts found in southeast Portland. A housewife, Mrs. Egtah Lilly, discovered a foot wrapped in newspaper in her yard, with nail polish, prompting search for a missing head and torso to identify the victim, believed to be a young woman slain within 24 to 48 hours.

Portland Ore Tor Egtah Lilly

Teacher of Deaf Awarded Degree

Sylvia Annette Jackson of Crown Hills, Virginia, has been awarded a Master of Science in Education at Gallaudet College, the world’s only college for the deaf. A search was under way for more parts found with the body, and officials said a preliminary examination suggested dismemberment by someone vaguely familiar with such work.

Washington Sylvia Annette Jackson Crown Hills Algree Gallaudet College Ross Woodward

South Charleston woman wins Randolph-Macon scholarship

Phoebe i Allison Skaff of 902 Woodland Ave South Charleston West Virginia has been awarded a Given Scholarship to attend Randolph-Macon Woman's College next year. The scholarship is the highest award the college presents to incoming freshmen.

Lynchburg Phoebe i Allison Skaff Woodlands Ave South Charleston W. Va Randolph - Macon Woman's College

Bloodmobile Visit Planned at Local Church Building

The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at First Presbyterian activities building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. All donors are asked to contribute to the bloodmobile.

Red Cross First Presbyterian Activities

Truant Officer Caudill Retires In Kanawha County

The Kanawha County Board of Education approves retirement for C. C. Caudill, longtime attendance director, after a career starting in 1924 as a teacher and advancing to principal, assistant superintendent, and transportation chief. Buddy Harvey named Leewood Junior High principal succeeding Herbert Kennedy. extensive personnel changes approved including numerous resignations and leaves.

Kanawha County

Missing C133 Flight En Route to Midway Island

The US Air Force reports a C133 turboprop cargo plane with eight crew missing while en route from Tachikawa to Midway Island. Japanese search vessels race 250 miles east of Tokyo as winds and fog challenge recovery efforts. The aircraft, carrying 47,000 pounds of cargo, last communicated 16 minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa near Tokyo.

Tokyo US Air Force Midway Island Japanese Maritime Safety Board Pacific Tachikawa Air Force Maritime Board

Sir Henry Royds Pownall Dies in London Home

British General Sir Henry Royds Pownall died in his London residence on Thursday night aged 70. He reorganized Britain's Home Guard after Dunkirk and commanded Far East forces early in World War II. He went to France in 1939 as colonel, was soon lieutenant general and chief of staff of the BEF, later led Home Guard, then Far East command, including actions in Malaya and Singapore. Cause of death not announced.

London Henry Royds Pownall Britain Dunkerque Far East Sir Henry France Malaya Singapore Hm Pastas Wee Lo

Engineer Graduate CINCINNATI OHIO Hawes Wins Degree

Marvin P. Hawes of 810 Park Ave Dunbar West Virginia has graduated from the Ohio College of Applied Science in Cincinnati with an associate in engineering.

Cincinnati Ohio Marvin P. Hawes Park Ave Dunbar, W. Va Ohio College of Applied Science

Scholarship Awarded to Peggy Roberts for WV State College

Peggy Jewell Roberts, a 1961 Washington High School graduate, wins a board of education scholarship to attend West Virginia State College next fall.

Peggy Jewell Roberts Washington High School Board of Education West Virginia State College

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G Manzie Mitchum Delaware Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Nearma Duncan Mark Wayne Julia Kincaid Kinser Kincaid Wilbur George Jr Kinaid Woodrow Detroit Mich Annie Johnson Dorothy Todorovich Opal Payne Ruby May Tyree Urphy Jessie Belle Trinity Methodist Church Down Webster County Constantine Metallides Odd Fellows Cemetery Cowen Mca. Murphy Webster County Memorial Hospital Webster Springs J. W Sar) Smalley Charleste and Dodd and Hurt Funeral Home Auk Fannie Cotton Butler S. J. Cotton Old State Street Methodist Church Christ Church, Methodist Pack R. E. Rinard Florence Dr James Alice Hanson Sydenstricker Joseph Guy Dunbar Ave Dunbar Dunbar Nursing Home Kanawha Valley Defense Dominican Juan Tomas Diaz Trujillo Po Davis Samuel G. Black Robert Reid Cabral Associated Press West Vic Gunta Diaz Blackman Gavi West Virginia Press Spe Castro Columbia Broadcasting Sys Fem Ciudad Trifillo Havana Cuba Cuban * Exile Committee Secret Service New York Kennedy First Nazarene Church Kenneth Dennis Dayton Irene: McCollum Dimple Daugherty Margaret Darnold Laura Gross Highland Springs Nellie Cox Keller Funeral Home Theodore Baltimore Woodrow Smith Lanz Beach Mt. Hope Degnan Funeral Home Harold Bunyan Spring Hill Cemetery Santos Melico Marte Pichardo John Abbes Garcia Europe Trufjillo Munday John Calvin Union Tuppers Creek Thompsons Cnapat Sissonville Clarence Lanham Joan Reane Shuonville Roby Albert Summeraville Rock Cove Upshur County E. Uw, Devito Charles Pugh Rock Cave Iompeom Joes Lowi Weveco Lithea Papins Cwich Esher R Obert Catloway Luvisia Woediene Cemetery Reer Latro Caudill Barbara Waddell Cedar Grove Joan L. Douglas Dunbar High James Thomas DuPont High Peggy Walthall East Bank Elizabeth F. Smith Caelyan Jr Lois Vah Lore Dunbar Jr Mary L. Lawson Grant Jr Mary G. Ferrell Horace Mann Jr Alice Nicolet Horace Mann Charles Chambers Lincoln Jr Joyce Arnold So. Charleston Adi Mary Carte Nitro High Richard Huffman Anne Chilton Bowers Jo Anne Vincent Doctor's Creek Marilynn Peabody Holt Mary J. McClure Parkway Opal Fay Roding Misa Alice V- Diamond Wiliam Layce Jey Martins Little Thompson Washington High Ira Warner Helen Rhodes Hers Albans Ann W. Craig Edi Acres Lian Wall Ruth Mary Ty Baughan Frandley Carl Lockhart Lower Ward Holley Ellis Pleasant Hill Clarica Vineyard Robins Fawntin Aten Sugar Creek Gypsie Vances Tiskelwah Roscoe Keeney Seder Grove High Carol Kellman Elkview High St. Albens Dari Wilmolt Elkwiew High Sunbar Graves Grant Coser Grove High Mes Mary High Cedar Grove High Virginia Meader Grant Mildred Montgomery Muriel Wullschlegore Aarts Fork Overbrook Erma Black iBelvil Pauline Cooper Bevil Ray Isaacs Anne Bailey Monoka Midkitt Belvil Mia Lillian Moore Shawkey Amy Saltinger Elizabeth Seering Wightean Shankes Mary Bolyard Dorothy Hocksteel Bakers Airs Kima Rosnowski Nitro el Baker Dorcas Davis Oakwood Edith Granams Pearl Jenkins Audrey Dividen Emmeline Justice Oversbrook Nancy J. 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