Obituary notices from West Virginia area
Obituary notices list multiple deaths in Greenbrier Raleigh and surrounding counties. Names include Eunice Bostic aged 65 of Ronceverte and Sylvia Ethel Cook of Naoma, with services planned in Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home and Adkins Cemetery. Other obituaries list Mary Jane Drake, Earnest Hughes, Alice Lawrence, Forest Lynch, Mary Gibson Oss, Oley Winter, Jesse Toney, Alfred Ray Gwinn, and many more with churches, towns, and burial places tentatively named.
Funeral Notices for Booth and Elkins with Graves
Funeral services listed for Shade Booth at Humphreys Methodist Church with burial at Tyler Mountain Memorial Gardens. Mamie Ellen Harper Elkins of Dunbar to be laid to rest at Nazarene Church of Dunbar with burial at Grandview Memorial Park. Frances Martha Sriffith of Danville Boone County funeral at Bradshaw Funeral Home with burial at Price Cemetery Rack Creek.
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Booth
Shade
Indiana
Humphreys Methodist
Lacy Burns
Tyler Mauntain Memorial Gardens
Elkins
Mamie Ellen Harper Young
Dunbar
Nazarene Church of
Arch Williams
John Hancock
Grandview Memorial Park
Sriffith
Frances Martha
Danville
Boone County
Bradshaw
J. A. Lares
Price Cemetery
Rack Creek
Wreck Victim Marilyn Barnes Rites Planned at 3012 Ohio St
A memorial service for 19 year old Marilyn Kaye Barnes is set for 3012 Ohio Street South Charleston following a fatal Sunday night crash on Coal River Road near Upper Falls. She was a Gravely Tractor employee and 1961 South Charleston High School graduate living with her parents Palmer and Mrs Barnes. Her fiancé Charles Lic hie, 24, of 5008 Kentucky Street South Charleston, was the driver. another passenger Patricia Haynes 20 of Dunbar escaped with minor injuries. Barnes died at Thomas Memorial Hospital. The body lies at Snodgrass Funeral Home.
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Marilyn Kaye Barnes
Ohio St
South Charleston
Coal River Road
Upper Falls
Miss Barnes
Charles Lewis Lichie
Kentucky St
Lichie
Patricia Haynes
Dunbar
Youth Group Forum Planned by St Albans Council
The St Albans Juvenile Council invites civic groups to a work forum at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Appalachian Over Co. Building to discuss a youth employment program. Gordon Jack of Charleston Youth Community Inc. will outline the teen job agency, a pilot project run by youth for summer.
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St. Albans
New York City
CYC
Chelyan Bridge Becomes One Way Today
A State Road Commission spokesman announced the Chelyan Bridge over the Kanawha River will carry one way automobile traffic starting today. The bridge load limit is reduced to 10,000 pounds from 22,000. SRO crews will begin repair work at 9 a.m. weather permitting, likely through Friday with Statehood Day on Thursday a holiday.
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State Road Commission
Chelyan
Kanawha River
Burl A. Sawyers
SRO
Young Democrats Plan Luncheon at Statehouse Rota
Kanawha County Young Democrats announce a statehood fest luncheon in the Statehouse rotunda between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesday. President Mario Palumbo says Gov. Barron will preside at the cutting of a 300 pound birthday cake. Mrs. Belly Tight is chairwoman for the event.
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Kanawha County
Youngs Democrats
Statehouse
Mario Palumbo
Gov. Barron
Belly Tight
City Youth Community Sets June 25 Election
Annual membership meeting of Charleston Youth Community set for 6:30 pm on June 25 at the New Sterling Restaurant banquet room Capital Street. Election of officers planned and repairs on activities to be discussed by Gordon St. Jaeck eye project director and Judge William J. Thompson president of the organization.
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City Youth Community
Charleston Youth Community
Sterling Restaurant
Capital St
Gordon St. Jaeck
Eye Project
William J. Thompson
Drunk Man Found Dead Beside Madison Street Tracks
Police were dispatched after a caller reported a body beside the railroad tracks on Madison Street. Detectives from Charleston were notified and located a man described as intoxicated. The body was taken to a funeral home in Rikview with Rev. Fisher presiding. city jail records indicate the death as reported.
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Madison Street
Tuttle
Morgan
Ite
Mrs. Brooks
Charleston
Albert Myers
Son Funeral Home
Rikview
Rev
Hensford Fisher
Cocket Grater Fisher
Reamer
Malaya Seeks 40 Volunteers for U S Returnees
Kuala Lumpur reports Malaya seeks 40 volunteers to replace a unit returning from overseas duty. Officials say the shortage of graduate teachers can be eased as about 170 volunteers currently serve mainly with Health Education and Rural Development ministries.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Joe Peace
United States
Health
Dunbar Enacts Housing Code and Zoning Review
Dunbar City Council unanimously adopted a housing code to enable correction of unsafe and substandard housing and to qualify for federal urban renewal and public housing grants. The council also changed stance on Gravely Tractor Company’s zoning request, scheduling a public hearing to consider reclassifying a triangular area near Charles and Lightner Avenues for industrial use. The mayor’s appointment to the Dunbar Bridge Commission was deferred for more information, and road paving plans for Roberts and Taylor Roads were directed without curbing or guttering, with most neighbors opposing such improvements.
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Dunbar
Counil
Dale Long
Williams Erskine
Dunbar Bridge Commission
Dunibar
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Dunbar Housing’ Commission
Lommission
Fate
Planning and Zoning Commission
Gravely
Charles Avenue
Lightner Avenue
State Road Commission
Roberts Road
Taylor Road
Berliners Chant The Wall Must Go On Anniversary
West Berlin crowds marking the sixth anniversary of East Germany’s uprising gathered Monday night toward the Berlin Wall near Wilhelm Strasse. Police, facing potential clashes, deployed patrols as around 600 demonstrators chanted that the wall should come down and pressed toward the barrier along the bombed-out former government sites.
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Berlin
Red Wall
Wilhelm Strasse
East Germany
Navy Fires Polaris A3 From Ship At Sea
Cape Canaveral Florida witnessed the Navy test firing of the longer range Polaris A3 from the US Observation Island. The missile traveled over 1500 miles down the Atlantic tracking range, marking a successful milestone after two prior April failed ship launches. The A3 had previously flown from land launchers three times.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Observation Island
Atlantic
Navy
Boone County Boy Hurt When Crushed by Car Door
A four year old Boone County boy, Charles A Bradley, was seriously injured Monday after being crushed between an iron post and a car door at his home in Bob White. He was semi conscious with chest and head injuries and taken to Charleston General Hospital. A Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home spokesman said the boy was caught by the car and pinned against the iron post of the carport.
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Boone County
Charles A. Bradley
Charles Bradley
Bob White
Charleston
Hunter and Hunter Funeral
Madison
Cottage Mayors Named by Girls
Jackson's Mill reports that 340 high school girls attending the annual Rhododendron Girls State training elected a mayor for each cottage. Candidates for governor and other state offices announced Monday. Primary voting is Tuesday afternoon and evening. general election Wednesday afternoon and evening. The citizenship training, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, opened Monday at the State 4-H Camp.
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Jackson's Mill
Anmual Rhododlendren
American Legion Auxiliary
Girl Injured Foot in Dunbar Auto Mishap
Five year old Kimberly Doss of Summersville was struck by a car on Ninth Street at Dunbar Avenue around 4 p.m. while visiting relatives. She suffered a foot injury, was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital by Keller ambulance, and released after treatment.
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Kimberly Doss
Summersville
Dunbar
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Keller
Ninth Street
Dunbar Avenue
Two Escapes Lead to Jail Terms in Charleston Court
In Charleston Municipal Court on Monday two men Ervin Skeens of Tadi and Leonard Frye of Marmet received 60 day jail terms for escape after police custody. Earlier arrests cited drunkenness. Other verdicts include Lester Hart of Young Street three days for petit larceny, Matthew Ossman of Elk View fined 27 dollars for plain assault and 17 dollars for drinks, and Ruby Miller of Third Avenue found guilty of larceny with a 27 dollar fine suspended.
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Charleston
Ervin Skeens
Tadi
Leonard Frye
Marmet
Lester Hart
Young Street
Matthew Ossman
Elk’ View
Anness
Ruby Miller
Third Avenue
Two Drowning Victims Found in New River
Oak Hill reports the bodies of Sammy Howington, 12, and his sister Elizabeth, 8, recovered Monday after drowning Sunday afternoon in the New River at Thurmond. Witnesses say Elizabeth fell in while playing with friends. Sammy jumped to save her. Dragging continued Sunday and all day Monday until evening. Parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Howington of Greentown, near Oak Hill, survive with brothers James and Billy and sister Carol Sue. The boy’s body rests at Ivrea Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Ross
Newton
Willie
Sinnett Funeral Home
Spencer
Sammy Hawington
Elizabeth
Sammy
Herbert
Howington
Greentown
Oak Hill
James
Billy
Carol Sue
Ivrea Fneral
Fire at The Litle Coffee Shop Damages Equipment
A Sunday night blaze at The Litle Coffee Shop 1215 Washington St E caused about 7500 dollars in damage. Fire officials said the fire began from a gas trailer and spread along a wall into the space between the ceiling and roof, with most losses occurring to equipment.
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Litle
Washington St. E
Boone County Miner Hospitalized With Mangled Hand
A Boone County miner, Janes Turner, 42, of Ri 2 Madison, was admitted to Charleston Memorial Hospital Monday after a severely mangled left hand injury. Turner, an employee of Y and O Coal Co in Van, underwent surgery and is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Boone County
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Janes Turner
Ri. 2
Madison
Y & O Coal Co
Van
Solemn Farewell For Pope John XXIII at St Peter's
Cardinals and leaders from many nations attend a Requiem Mass in St Peter's Basilica marking the solemn farewell to Pope John XXIII. Family and friends join locals as 500 villagers travel from Sotto il Monte for the last major tribute to the pontiff who sought Christian unity.
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Vatican City
Vice Press
Papet Dent
Lyndon B. Johnson - Allend
John XXI
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope John
St. Peter's
Giuseppe Roncaili
Sotto Il Monte
Rome
Leivasy Service for Davis at Methodist Church
Leivasy Service set for 2 p.m. Wednesday for Davis O Dell, 43, of Hominy Falls, shot Sunday during a family dispute in Camden on Gauley. Rev. Hertzé Mills to lead line service at Leivasy Methodist Church. burial at Hominy Falls Cemetery. State police still investigate the case. Davis owned Davis Machine Shop and was a World War II veteran. survived by his widow Dixie and children, along with mother Lena Davis and multiple siblings.
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Leivasy
Tor O'Dell Davis
Hominy Falls
Nicholas County
Camden-on-Gauley
Hertzé Mills
Leivasy Methodist Church
White and Coleman Funeral Home
Richwood
Davis
Dixie
Boyde
Ke Amick
Johonie Amick
Mervi Davis
Lena Davis
Hominy Fails
Harry
Glen
Webster Springs
Bobby Joe
Warren
Onin
Tommy
Quinwood
Mona Nutter
Margaret Nesslevalle
Bonnie Mace
Safe Job Thefts Near City, Police Say
Charleston police report three safe robberies over two weekends with about 9,450 in checks and 1,700 in cash stolen. Latest at Armour & Co. on Smith Street yielded 1,058 in cash and 7,198 in checks. Suspect pattern links three incidents to similar methods and possible same culprits. Detectives say several leads are active.
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Charleston
George Nunleyi
Armour & Co
Smith St
Capitol Paper Supply Inc
4Th Street
Aml
Lancaster Avenue
St. Paul's Lutheran’ Church
Lee and
Beauregard Streets
Nunley
Dunbar Youth Burned After Oil Can Explodes
An 11 year old Dunbar boy named Dayton Beard suffered burns when clothing caught fire while camping at Lake Chaweva. He was treated at a local doctor’s office then admitted to Thomas Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition after an oil can reportedly exploded while he poured oil on a barbecue pit. He sustained burns to both legs and the palm of his right hand.
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Dunbar
Lake Chaweva
Dayton Beard
Aif
Toj Thomas Memorial Hospital
Cooke and Pauley
Hospital Links Ambulances to Charleston General ED
A two way radio system connects local ambulances with Charleston General Hospital’s emergency department. Ambulance attendants receive patient care instructions and report patient numbers and conditions during disasters. Transmitter and receiver sit in the ED. ambulances have crystal sets.
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Charleston General Hospital
One Man Killed In Cuban Wreck
A passenger train collided with a freight train near Cardenas in Matanzas Province Cuba causing a fire. One man died and nearly 40 people were injured as Havana Radio noted this was Cuba's third wreck in under a month ahead of Prime Minister Fidel Castro's scheduled address.
Princeton Graduates Tite West Virginians
Two southern West Virginians were awarded bachelor degrees Tuesday at Princeton University's 216th commencement. Walter R. B. Witsachey of Charleston and Carl H. Bivens Jr. of Alderson received the degrees as part of the ceremony.
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Princeton
West
Dunbar 1938 Coin Club Reunion Meeting Today
Kanawha Valley Coin Club class of 1938 will hold its 25th reunion at Dunbar High School. The gathering starts at 7 30 p m with activities at Dunbar City Park after the business meeting. Teachers are invited as guests as the public attends the coin Sunday event at Jacob Synagogue.
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Dunbar Dunbar High School
Kanawha Valley Coin Club
Binai Jacob
Dunbar City Park
Ordination of Ex Nitro Man Slated
George Lamar Sublett, former Nitro resident, is to be ordained into the ministry at 8 p.m. today at Nitro First Baptist Church. Rev. Charles W. Duling will conduct the ceremony with Teays Valley Association ministers assisting. Rev. Warren F. Moyer will deliver the sermon. Sublett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Sublett of Denver, Colorado, a Nitro High School and Capital University graduate, is finishing at Crozer Theological Seminary and serves as assistant pastor at Calvary Baptist Newark Delaware. He will become minister of education at Second Baptist Wilmington Delaware and is married to Patricia Phelps of Nitro.
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George Lamar Subleit
Baptist Church
Niro First
Nitro
Nitro High School
Capitol
University At Columbus
Ohio
Crozer Theologicall Seminary
Chester
Calvary Baptist Church
Newark
Del
Second Baptist Church
Wilmington
Sublett
Patricia Phelps
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Eunice B
Wallace and Wallace
Roceverte
Greenbrier County
Billee Scott Mick
Cliftonville
Alta
Hazel Falkcuns
Port Orange
Mary
Cleveland
Blanche Kidd
Pickaway
Mildred Fox
Connersville
Ind
Betty Brooks
Silver Springs
Shirley
Miller
Fairlea
Patricia Neal
Alexandria
Ralph
Alta Jr
Port Grange
Nora Holcomb
Alderson
Effie Brooks
Fort Springs
Alvin
Horace Dowdy
Sylvia Ethel
Naoma
Raleigh County
Asong
Forest Cook
Forest Jr
Garnet
Janet Cook
Patty Dickens
Chicago
Jo Ann Cook
Beckley
Geraldine Dickens
California
Posy Cook
Denver
Harley
David
Cook
Sundial
Phyllis Cook
John Richardson
Jerrell Holly
Adkins Cemetery
Valley Funerary Home
Whitesville
Drake
Mary Jane
Clendenin
Gassaway Hospital
Advent Christian Church
Precious
George
Earl Drake
Gauley Bridge
the Burdette
Florida
Leman Burdette
New Castle
Tewis
Raymond
Dewey
Ted Burdette
Savannah Wilhite
Inverness
Flo
Hazel White
Bomant
Scott Fitawater
Clay
Sarah| Chapman
Knight and Young
Dunfee
Jeff Jefferson
Sharon Methodist Church
Carl Burrows
W. H. Sloan
Sharon Cemetery
Mr. Dunfee
Ansted
Pryor Funeral
Basii Bank
John Abshire
Sharon
Ennis
James Noel
Meadow Bridge
Fayette County
Della
Louie Goddard
Annie Gwinn
Andrew of Mahan
East Rainelle
Ernie Barley
Ennis Cemetery
Red Springs
Sever
B. C. Hooper Funeral Home
Montgomery
Lawrence
Alice
Ernest Greer
Pikeville
Orpha Craft
Mildred Banes
Sallia Lilly
Hil Top
Lora Moore
Hinton
Harold James
Rt. 2
Fayetteville
Maude Ferrell
Fort Adkins
Wis
Rosie Lester
OSS
Mary Gibson
Hurricane
Hurricane Women’s Club
Hurricane Eastern Star Chapter
Hurricane First Baptist Church
Homer
James Jake
B. L. Neely
Randolph Johnson
Eldon Waltz
Valley, View Memorial Park
Allen Funeral Home
Winter
Oley M
Ripley
St. Francis Hospital
Wayne
Dale
Mabel Winter
Bertha Staats
Akron
Vail Funeral Home
Vail Winter
Buria
Harpold Cemetery
Gay
Ratyn
Parsons
J Fields
Gwinn
Alfred Ray
Montgomery Memorial Park
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Reece W. Burns
London
Avsoteum
Herberlin
Charles
Springdale Estates
Wialter Griswald
Wildwood Cemetery
Lane
Roxie Lenna
Harrison
Clay County
Buffalo Valley Baptist Church
Carl Morris
Trippies Cemetery
Leadmon
Bernie H
Harri Kane
Forest Burdett Memorial Atethodist Church
Alien Parrish
Valley View Memorial Cemetery
Marks
William W
Sand Fork
Gilmer Couns Ty
Spurgeon Mortuary
Glenville
J. Smith Dye
Blackburn
Riffe
Kaard
Harts
Lincoln County
Shelton
Clifford
West Hamline
Center Point Baptist Church
R. P. Isaagk
Press Vance
Enon Cemetery
Sait Rock
West Virginia
Seaboard
Seaboard Finance Company
Quarrier
Roy Tully
Chelyan Bridge
Young Democrats
Chant ‘Wall
Boone Boy
Thesenetrews
New River
Thurmond
Payette Coun
Boone Miner
John
Christendom
Vatican
Connery Erection Company
Henry 8
Stewart
G. Erskine
Charles Martin Spainhour
Glyen
Oden F. Goshorn
Rosa N. Ward
Nis
Kanawha Counsy
Ooen F. Goshorn
West Vhina
Tat Athletic
W. Va. University
Curtis
Wike Gon
Mars
State Division of
Vision of Vocational Rehabilitation, Institute
W. Va
Wilson
State Division
W- Va
University Hospital
Division of Purchases
Curtis S$. Wilson
State Division of Purchases
Vocasional Rehabilitation
Lakin Stele Hospital
Lakin
Wo Va
Wilyson
TSRC
Curtis S.wilson
City Auditorium
Virginia Street
Trusten Street
City
City OF
B. J. Gentry
Billy John Holcomb
Daneise Evonne Holcomb
Louis R. Tabit
Washington Street
Lewis A. Hatcher
Woodward Woods Company
West Virginia Corporation
Union Building
S. B. Chilton
Woodrog
Clarksburg
Board of Education
Kanawha
Court of Common Pleas
Washington Senior High School
Eye
Marth
Charles E
County Court of
Kanawna
Vainia
Zama
J. H. Rust, Sr
DO. Boone
Toei
Pees Jource
Seba Ua
Cope
Kae
Tke Caun- Bat CaUaiyy
Rains
Qeeaty
Aran West Virginia
Fisartes
Claudia Etchison
B. G. Etch
Blade Ison
Glens
June
N. Barton Kanawha
Tronia
Flegar Motors, Inc
Chesapeake
James H and
Delores
Smalles
I T Sne Ui
Eannaneetan
Inla Fieger Motors
Re Fieger Lovenstein, Serra
Dunbar Youth
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