Obituary notices from Branchland Point Pleasant and Dunbar
Wetzel Bias 67 of Branchland dies at home Surviving wife Susie Adkins Bias daughter Esther Bias of East Lynn brother Lestie Bias four grandchildren two great grandchildren The body to home 2 pm today from Kapantz Funeral Home Service 11 am Thursday at home Rev Don Adkins officiating Burial Brown-Sear Cemetery in Branchland William Leslie Bright 70 of Point Pleasant dies in Pleasant Valley Hospital Surviving daughter Rosemary Bright sons Harold M Bright brothers Aaron and Gerald M Bright Service 1:30 pm Wednesday Wilcoxen Funeral Home Burial Forest Hill Cemetery Letart Friends may call after 7 pm today Charles B Gilmore 72 of Dunbar dies Sunday in St Frances Hospital Surviving wife Oma Webb Gilmore son Benjamin daughter Charlene Bennett brother George V Grandchild Service 3 pm today Keller Funeral Home Dunbar Burial Grandview Memorial Park Dunbar
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetzel
Branchland
Rt. 1
Lincoln ‘County
Susie Adkins Bias
Es‘ther Bias
East Lynn
Lestie Bias
Kpantz Funeral Home
Hamiin
Don Adkins
Brown- Sear Cemetery
Branchand
Point Pleasant
William Leslie Bright
Rt 2
Pleasant Valley Hospital
S Teamfitters Union
Brighton United Methodist Church
Rosemary Bright
Columbus
Ohio
Harold M. Bright
Georgia
Aaron
Rt. 2
Gerald M
Springfield
Wilcoxen
Keith Thomas
Forest Hill Cemetery
Letart
Charles Gilmore
Charles B. Gilmore
Dunbar
St. Frances Hospital
First Baptist Church of
Spring Hill
Putnam County
Oma Webb Gilmore
Benjamin
Chicago, Ill
Charlene Bennett
St. Petersburg
Fla
George V
Piney View
Keller Funeral Home
George Pauley
Grandview Memorial Park
Gilbert
Montgomery
Waitman
St. Gh
Bertha Quick
California
Caldorph-Curry Funeral Home
St. Albans
Frank Russell
McAdoo Russell
Teays Hill
Opal Saylor
Gallagher
Mary Campbell
Louisville
Dorothy Burn
Hurricane
Anna, Bryant
Whittaker
Pat Ball
Judy Hill
Poca
Nancy Priddy
North Ridgeville
Harry Rucker
East Bank
James
Burnwell
Clarence
Charleston
Franklin
Martha Bishop
Chicago
Ill
Ethel Hicks
Albert Wall
Bill Wall
Oak Hill
Gatens Funeral Home
Joseph Phillips
Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens
Hometown
Tos P.m
Obituary notices for Hobart Crist and Oliver Hughes Jr
Hobart Crist 46 of Hico Fayette County dies in River ane Nursing Home He was a Kesler Memorial Presbyterian Church member and a 24 year Air Force veteran Surviving daughters Maryland K Crist Kimberly Flood sons Brooks Allen Flood Gregory Flood John Henry Flood mother Mrs Flossie Crist sister Mrs Carol Carte brothers Luther Marion Galen Robert one grandchild Service 2 pm Thursday Kesler Memorial Presbyterian Church Hico with Rev Charles McNutt burial in the church cemetery Friends may call 6 to 9 pm Wednesday Wallace Funeral Home Anst ec body to church an hour before service Oliver Basil Hughes Jr 45 of 100 Idleman Dr Pinch dies Monday in Memorial Division CAMC Charleston from apparent heart attack Korean War veteran First Baptist Whitesville member production manager for True Temper Corp Charleston Mason Lodge Shrine son David at home mother Mrs C Basil Hughes Whitesville sisters Mrs Betty June Weikle Mrs Jewell Dean Stine Sylvester Service 1:30 pm Wednesday First Baptist Whitesville burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley Friends call 6 to 10 pm at Armstrong Whitesville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HICO
Hobart Harold Crist
Fayette County
Riverane
St. al
Kesler Memorial Presbyterian Church
Air Force
Maryland
K. Crist
Kimberly Flood
Yuma
Ariz
Brooks Allen Flood
Charleston
Gregory Flood
John Henry Flood
Flossie Crist
Oliver Basil Hughes Jr
Pinch
Memorial
Charleston Area Medical Center
First Baptist Church
Whitesville
Hughes
True Temper Corp
Mason‘ Lodge
Shrine
David
C. Basil Hughes
Betty June Weikle
J. Roy Price
Manhattan
N.Y
Mount Hope
W. Va
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Lincolln
Mingo
Kanawha
West Virginia
Union Carbide Corp
Plastics
U.S
Pauline
Ellen Askuraitis
New York City
John Jr
Oma Parrish
Summerfield
N.C
Fred Cavendish
South Charleston
H Curtis Price
Seibert Price
Leslie Price
William Price
Delray Beach
Fla
Congregational Church
Sheraton
Town
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Beckley Woman Rosalie Dow Beckley Dead on Arrival
Mrs. Rosalie Dow, 60, of Beckley, died on arrival at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Survived by sister Dorothy Wilson of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services held Wednesday at Ritchie Johnson Funeral Home Beckley with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Dow Beckley
Rosalie Dow
Beckley
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Dorothy Wilson
Dayton
Ohio
Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood Memorial Park
Obituaries gathered from Eastgulf Letart and nearby towns
Multiple family notices report deaths in Eastgulf Raleigh County Letart Mason County and Charleston area. Mary Fortune 55 of Eastgulf died at Beckley hospital daughter and son survivors listed with siblings and grandchildren. Taylor Fridley 90 of Letart died at home with many children grandchildren and great grandchildren listed. William Miraglia 72 of Charleston area died at home after heart attack. body to be taken to Cleveland. Frank Morris 87 of St. Albans died in CAMC Memorial. numerous relatives in Indiana and West Virginia listed. Burial plans and funeral home arrangements noted.
Mrs Lola Honaker Ronceverte Dies After Illness
Lola Etta Honaker 79 lifelong Ronceverte resident died at home after a long illness. She was a Gold Star Mother and member of Greenbrier Regular Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Edna H. Arthur of Covington Virginia. sons Carl L. of Augusta Georgia Norman E. and Donald R. of Fairlea. sisters Nellie Holliday Ilo Morgan of Ronceverte. Service 2:30 p.m. today at Greenbrier Renewal Church. Rev Earl McGuffey officiating. Burial Riverview Cemetery, Ronceverte. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Honaker
Ilo Morgan
Ronceverte
Greenbrier
Earl McGuffey
Riverview
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Weston-Russell F. Matthews 89 Weston obituary
Weston Russell F. Matthews 89 of Weston died Sunday at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital. A retired B&O Railroad conductor with 46 years of service, he was a member of First Baptist Church Weston and a Mason. Survived by wife Lilly. children Wana Hildebrand of Woodstown NJ Earl Canvass Dana Grafton Dennis Clarksburg David Philippi. sister Addie Hamilton of Pennsylvania. 15 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at Floyd Funeral Home Weston with Rev. F J Waldrop and Rev. Lloyd Hildebrand officiating. Burial Heayner Cemetery Buckhannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Russell F. Mathews
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital
B&o Railroad
First Baptist Church
Lilly
Wana Hildebrand
Woodstown
N.J
Earl of
Canvass
Dana
Grafton
Dennis
Clarksburg
David
Philippi
Addie Hamilton
Pennsylvania
Floyd Funeral Home
F.J. Waldrop
Lloyd Hildebrand
Heayner Cemetery
Buckhannon
Family notices list Moss C E family and service in St Albans
The obituary notes William Hubert Moss 53 of Daniels Raleigh County dies at Beckley Hospital. Surviving wife Frances Redden Moss and children, nine grandchildren, siblings and mother listed. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Beckley. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. services 1 p.m. Wednesday in Caldorph Curry Funeral Home St Albans. Teays Hill Cemetery. Two pastors preside.
Gift in memory supports lasting community gifts
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation accepts memorial gifts. The nonprofit invests donations, spending only earnings on community projects. Contributions in memory of relatives or friends can be sent to Greater Kanawhan Valley Foundation Box 3041 Charleston West Virginia 25331.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Greater Kanawhan Valley Foundation
Charleston
W. Va
Mrs Rosie Richards Ameagle WV Rites Set
Rosie Blanche Richards 70 of Ameagle Raleigh County died Monday at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Survived by husband Fred C daughter Margaret Angelona son Boyd Elkins brother Boyd Dotson half-brother Hubert Lovely half-sister Myrtle Ramey three grandchildren four great grandchildren. Service noon Wednesday Church of God in Dorothy Rev Carl Wingo officiating. Burial Estep Cemetery Ameagle. 10 p.m. today Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Richards
Ameagle
Rosie Blanche Richards
Raleigh County
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Fred C
Margaret Angelona
Oak Hill
Boyd Elkins
Boyd Dotson
Clendenin
Hubert Lovely
Ohio
Myrtle Ramey
Hugheston
Church of God In
Dorothy
Carl Wingo
Estep Cemetery
Ameagie
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Mrs Lillian Rucker of Poca Dies at 76
Mrs Lillian Irene Rucker 76 of Poca Rt 1 died Monday in General Division of Charleston Area Medical Center. She had lived in Poca 19 years and was a member of Burnwell Nazarene Church. Survived by Julia Trult of Arlington Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Rucker
POCA
Lillian Irene Rucker
Poca, Rt
Charleston Area Medical Center
Rucker
Burnwell
Obituary notices for Janet Taylor and Edsel Dale Vickers
Janet Taylor 39 of St Albans died Saturday at home from a self inflicted gunshot. Survived by husband, son and several daughters and relatives including H.H. Brown of South Charleston and Helen Gunnoe. Service 11 a.m. today at Casdorph Curry Funeral Home with Rev. Hoskins. burial Buffalo Memorial Park. Edsel Dale Vickers 50 of Sweetland Monroe County died Sunday at home. Owner of V G Slaughter House, WWII veteran. Surviving include wife, one brother Billy Vickers, other relatives. funeral at Koontz Funeral Home Hamlin with Rev. Hall. burial Miller Cemetery Sweetland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Taylor
Janet Gail Taylor
St. Albans
Terri Harlan
Ishpeming
Mich
Cheryl Trimble
Deborah. Rouse
Winifrede
Donald Tint
H.H. Brown
South Charleston
Phyllis
Sweetland
Edsel Dale Vickers
Monroe County
V&g “Slaughter House
Beards Fork Man Edgar Wade 75 Dies in Montgomery General
Edgar Wade of Beards Fork Fayette County died Sunday at Montgomery General Hospital aged 75. He was a retired 49 year employee of Eastern Gas Fuel and lived in Beards Fork 31 years. Survived by wife Lillian Huddleston Wade and many children, including Sue Saylor in Hamilton Ohio Betty Hanshaw in Bickmore Shelly Thompson Ann Silver in Hayward Wanda Sparks in Norfolk Carolyn Comer Sharon Lowery Kay Bennett and sons Charles Wade in Hamilton Earl Wade in Woodbridge Brothers Merill and Ray in Scrabble Creek and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral service held Wednesday at Beards Fork Church of God officiated by Rev Bill Raynes with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Visitation 4 to 9 p.m. today at B C Hooper Funeral Home Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis. Wade
Wanda Sparks
Norfolk
Carolyn Comer
Sharon Lowery
Beards Fork
Kay Bennett
Summersville
Charles Wade
Hamilton
Ohio
Earl
Woodbridge
Merill
Ray
Scrabble Creek
Beards
Fork Church of God
Bill Raynes
Frank family victim in Pocahontas County crash
William Cordell White 44 and his daughter Teresa Diana 12 of Frank Pocahontas County died from injuries after a Saturday automobile accident. William died at University Hospital Morgantown while Teresa died at Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins. Surviving relatives include wife Effie Ellen White daughter Ruth Eton Smith of Ravenna Ohio sons David Arnold of Lansdale Pennsylvania and Michael Cordell of Frank and mother Wilma White Nelson of Lansdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
William Cordell White
Teresa Diana
Pocahontas County
White
University Hospital
Morgantown
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Mr. White
Effie Ellen White
Ruth Eton Smith
Ravenna
Ohio
David Arnold
Lansdale
Michael Cordell
Wilma White Nelson
Pothole Damage Claims Sued Against State Highways
Roy E Brassfield Jr news director at WCHS TV filed a claim with the Court of Claims seeking 60.2 for repairs after his car hit an eight inch pothole at WV 65 and Whitman Road Holden on May 16. His wheel bent tire blown hubcap lost and realignment needed. He cited Logan County roads full of potholes. Dr Richard D Kitching also filed a 405 claim against Vocational Rehabilitation for group psychotherapy in fiscal 1973 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E.brassfield Jr
Wchs-Tv
State Department of Highways
Logan County
Court of Claims
W. Va
Whitman Road
Holden
Brassfield
Richard D. Kitching
Allied Artists Bazaar Set for Sunday Craft Show
Allied Artists will sponsor a sidewalk arts and crafts bazaar from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Guaranty Bank on Washington Street East. Prizes for first to third place and exhibits of oil, watercolor, sculpture, and crafts. Artists manage their own sales with no commissions. no admission charged. If rain occurs, the event will move to the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Artists
Guaranty Bank
Washington St. E
Democrats to Meet in Dunbar Club Session
The Dunbar Democratic Club plans a 7 30 p m meeting on Thursday at the city building on 12th Street Dunbar Pa. The notice lists several members and relatives across Hightown Cherry Grove Parsons Souderton and Arbovale with a joint service for a deceased person slated for Wednesday at Wallace Funeral Home Arbovale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar Democratic Club
City
12Th Street
Dunbar
Obituary notices for Sullivan Mann and Summers families
Obituaries list services for Clara Belle Sullivan of Kanawha City 2 p.m. Wednesday at Morris Memorial United Methodist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Elizabeth Pearl Mann of Talcott dies in Huntington hospital. service 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rollinsburg Baptist Church, burial Talcott Cemetery. Streeter Summers of Elkview dies Sunday. service 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hafer Funeral Home, burial Summers Family Cemetery. Friends may call today at respective funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Clara Belle
Morris Memorial United Methodist Church
Kanawha
Larry
Greenwood
Sunset Memorial Park
South Charleston
Staunton Ave
Stevens-Grass Funeral Home
Malden
Summers, Streeter
Hafer Funeral Home
Elkview
Bobby Sizemore
Summers Family
Summers
Charleston Area Medical Center
Eaton alleges CIA asked him to spy on Russians
Cy Eaton 91, veteran industrialist, claimed in Cleveland on Monday that the CIA once asked him to spy on the Russians. He said he refused to join any spying effort, offered to share observations with official agencies, and criticized the CIA for abuses and harassment. Eaton cited past trips to the Soviet Union and other Communist countries to foster better U.S. relations. He accused the CIA of spying on U.S. citizens and called for its abolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Cyrus Eaton
Soviet Union
Central Intelligence Agency
Eaton
Washington
CIA
Toronto Star
the Star
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
William Rogers
Rogers
Hanoi
Cuba
Miami News
Canada
Cleveland
United States
Chile
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Band Boosters Carnival Saturday at Charleston High
The Charleston High School Band Boosters Club sponsors a carnival at the school on Saturday to raise funds for the band's trip next spring to the Hawaii Arts Festival. Band parents will run booths and conduct a rummage sale from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston High School
Hawaii
Appreciation Rites Slated at Allen Chapel AME Church
A series of appreciation services for the Rev. G W Favors begins at 7 p m Wednesday at Allen Chapel AME Church 169 Wertz Ave Services continue nightly through Friday with a final service at 4 p m Sunday Rev Winton Hill of St Paul AME Church will participate along with its choir and members of that congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.W. Favors
Allen Chapel Ame Church
Wertz Ave
Winton Hill
St. Paul Ame Church
Fairhaven Christian School Seeks Applicants for Registration
The Fairhaven Christian School on Campbells Creek invites applications for permanent registration until classes fill. Registration occurs every Wednesday and Saturday from 1 to 7 p.m. The private school serves children from prekindergarten through 6th grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhaven Christian School
Campbells Creek
Pasta and Puccini Event Sells Out at West Virginia Opera
The second performance of Pasta and Puccini by West Virginia Opera Theater at 7 p.m. Sunday is sold out. Theater manager Edward Beulcke urged patrons to confirm reservations by Wednesday and those needing standby seats to call 346 6475. The Italian night features dinner wine and singing waiters performing famous arias in a cabaret setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Opera Theater
Edward Beulcke
Seventh-day Adventist Convention Opens in Parkersburg
Several hundred Seventh-day Adventist church members in the Kanawha Valley are expected to attend the 74th state convention opening Friday in Parkersburg. Keynote speaker will be Dr Col in Standish president of Columbia Union College at Takoma Park Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha Valley
Parkersburg
Colin Standish
Columbia Union College
Takoma Park
Poison Gas Forces Evacuation Near Munich
A poisonous cloud from a fertilizer shed in Heimstetten caused evacuations of thousands near Munich on Monday night. About 30 people were hospitalized, seven with gas effects, as the gas drifted toward Feldkirchen and Hausen. Evacuees sheltered in schools, gymnasiums, and at Munich-Riem airport while seriously ill risk was reported low and release expected later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
West Germany
Heimstaetten
Feldkirchen
Hausen
Munich-Riem
City Man Elected Postal Group Chief
W. Grose Harper of Charleston was elected president of the West Virginia chapter of the National Association of Postal Supervisors at its annual meeting. Others named include Charles H. Smith Jr. of Huntington as first vice president, Richard Kidd of Parkersburg as second vice president, H Edward Spenc ey of Huntington as secretary, and Ray Gill of Clarksburg as treasurer.
Data on assassination plots comes under Ford review
Washington Ford weighs how to handle NSC minutes from 1959 to 1963 on assassination plots not tied to Rockefeller inquiry. Material covers Cuba and Castro with talks of direct actions and provocations, some crude proposals, but officials warn raw data could harm national image if released out of context. Ford plans briefing for Congress and aims to turn material over to Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas M. Hlorrocke
New York Times Service
Washington
Ford
National Security
Council
White ‘House
Senate
Select
Committee
Nelson Rockefeller
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Caribbean
John F
Kennedy
Castro
Senate Select Committee
Department of Justice
White House
Fidel Castro
Capitol Hill
CIA
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaulle
National Security Council
Congress
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William Bright
the Gazette
Hobart Crist
Oliver Hughes, Jr
Mary Fortune
Eastgulf
Mary M. Fortune
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Tabernacle Baptist Church
David G
Donnie
Keith
Kenneth
Melanie
Brenda
Alice Hairston
Samuel Buckner
Huntington
Taylor Fridley Letart
Taylor N. Fridley
Mason County
Fridley
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Raymond Workman
Lena Jones
Della Rice
Stella Smith
Nimrod
Oldia
Hubert
Ripley
Don
Bloomingburg
Willy ‘Gardner
Crow-Hassell Funeral Home
Marlin
Wilbur Baxter
Mount Zion Cemetery
William Miraglia
Rt. 8
Box
Belgium
Holland
Good Shepherd Funeral Home
Frank Morris
Holley St
Memorial Division
Nettie, Darby
Virginia Mullins
Betty Jo Moore
Elkhart
Ind
Rozella Harper
Belle
Mary Jane Means
Roy
Delbert
Delmer
Carlos
Russell Mathews
William Moss
Daniels
William Hubert Moss
Tablerock Church
Moss
Second Creek
Frances Redden Moss
William Hobert Jr
Gary Dean
Grandview
Robert Wayne
Delia Mae Erskine Moss
James Edgar Moss
Geneva
Euphia Ewing
Cranberry
Beulah Fances Shirkey
Canton
Carol Perry
Joyce Combs
Charles Town
Blue Ridge Funeral Home
E.R. Tyree
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Paul Sawyers
Huntington Veterans Hospital
Stevens Funeral
Cecil McMillion
Lone Oak Cemetery
Edsel Vickers
Billy Vickers
Ger Vickers
Koontz Funeral Home
Hamlin
Burskel Hall
Miller Cemetery
William White, and
Teresa White
Allied Artists Bazaar
Alicé Moyers
Hightown
Daisy Arbogast
Cherry Grove
Karén' Cadlé
Parsons
Lois Warner
Cherry
Grove
Merlin
Jamesburg
Henry
Grand Rapids
Robert
Randall
Arnold
Souderton
Bartow
Perea
Daisy Mullenax
Durbin
Wallace- Wallace
Arbovvale
David Rittenhouse
Arbovale
Christian School
7Th Day Adventist Convention
Bae Banquet
Shley's Mae Lobster House
MacCorkle Ave. S.cv
Security Council
Bee
Sunset Teas
Walesa Oy
Andrew
K. Nomar
Mary T. Vardianos
Summers Street
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