Obituary notices from The Gazette feature many names and deaths
The Gazette lists obituaries for Rebecca Blankenship 83 of Lockwood, and others including Robert David Campbell, Annie Mae Brooks, Alvy Buckland, Elizabeth Burdette, Cora Kesler Casto, Wesley Connell, Ovid Graham, Hobson Day, Jack Arretty, Nellie Haugh, Nettie Harris, Skinny Harrah, Enfield Hicks, Ollie Hill, John Higginbotham, Roe Humphreys, James Ernest Kessler, Robert Kestner, Edna Martin Waugh, Nolan McMillion, Flossie Milligan, Claude Winor, Nancy O Brien, Mary Reynolds Pauley, and more. Entries note ages, residence, service times, cemeteries, churches, and funeral homes such as Combs, Bartlett Bartte, Wallace Wallace, Melton, HanDley, Harden, and Turtle Creek. Many are from Kanawha and surrounding counties including Charleston, White Sulphur Springs, Ronceverte, Beckley, Martinsburg, and London.
West Virginia United Methodists grant 35000 for Service Corps
West Virginia's United Methodist Church approved a 35000 emergency grant for the stranded West Virginia Service Corps after the Fund for Reconciliation committee backed rapid action. Bishop J D Wertz announced the united church moved to honor the corps' request, despite a pending July meeting decision. The Buckhannon conference had earlier supported the corps and urged Gov. Moore to reconsider a veto.
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West Virginia
United Methodist Church
West Virginia Service Corps
JD. Frederick Wertz
United Church
eMarch
Fund For Reconciliation
United Methodist Conference
Buckhannon
Gev. Moore
Service Corps
Peace Corps
West’ Virginia Council of Churches
Moore
Church Council
Office of Federal State Relations
Governor's Office
Heat Might Delay Reopening of Mine
Heat from a decade of fire and explosions at Mountaineer No. 9 mine near Mannington may delay body recovery for months. John Ashcraft warns hot rock and rising methane risk complicate reopening plans, with cooling and atmosphere tests ongoing as Consolidation Coal Co outlines proposed steps for recovery operations.
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Associated Press
Mannington
John Ashcraft
State Department of Mines
Mountaineer No. 9
Coal
Ashcraft
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Consolidation Coal Co
Mountaineer Coal Co
John Corcoran
Consolidation
Tax Chief's Aide Dies In Beckley
Edward Charles O'Day assistant state tax commissioner died at 60 in V A Hospital Beckley He lived in Swiss Nichol ing County He was Catholic World War II veteran and VFW member Survived by widow Mary Lou brother Leonard of San Francisco sister Velma Connlley of Goodland Kan Services set for 11 am Thursday at Combs Funeral Home Swiss Cemetery burial follows Friends may call after 2 pm
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Gauley Bridge
Edward Charles O'Day
V. A. Hospital
Beckley
O'Day
Swiss
Nicholing County
VFW
Mary Lou
Leonard
San Francisco
Calif
Velma Connlley
Goodland
Kan
Combs
Swiss Cemetery
Successor To Rush At Union Carbide Named President
F Perry Wilson has been elected president of Union Carbide Corp. Board Chairman Binny Mason Jr. announced the change on Tuesday. Wilson succeeds Kenneth Rush as chief operating officer. Rush became ambassador to West Germany. Wilson, 54, joined Carbide in 1941 as a Bakelite division salesman and rose through Canadian operations to president of Union Carbide International Co. He has most recently been group vice president in charge of all chemicals and plastics operations in the United States and Puerto Rico. The management overhaul also includes Kenneth H. Hannan elected vice president of the board and Wilson named a director alongside William S. Sneath and Adger S. Johanson, who plans to retire. Warren M. Anderson becomes group vice president in charge of chemicals and plastics, replacing Wilson.
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New York
F. Perry Wilson
Union Carbide Corp
Binny Mason Jr
Wilson
Kenneth Rush
Carbide
Rush
Nixon
West Germany
Union Carbide Canada Ltd
Union Carbide International Co
United States
Puerto Rico
Mason
Kenneth H. Hannan
William S. Sneath
Adger S. Johanson
Warren M. Anderson
Fayette Wreck Victim Magsie Fox-Eiren Kincaid Identified
A 40 year old Fayette County man Magsie Fox-Eiren Kincaid died in a two car collision on West Virginia 51 about five miles west of Charles Town around 6 pm Monday. His wife Joyce Ann Kincaid 43 of Mill Creek is in critical condition at a local hospital. The couple planned to view a house near Charles Town. Kincaid worked for Maryland Cast Stone Co. in Rockville and was a Korean War veteran. He is survived by a daughter Diane and several sons and siblings. Burial arrangements were pending with Combs Funeral Home Gauley Bridge.
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Charles Town
Fayette County
W. Va
Here
Mes
Magsie Fox
Eiren
Robert Willis Kincaid
Gauley River
Nicholas County
Mare Bridge
Joyce Ann
Stery
Mill Creek
Kincaid
Maryland Cast Stone Co
Rockville
Diane
Gene
Eddie
David
Neal
Mike
Jeffery
William
James
Joe Allen
Danny Ray
Gauleys Bridge
Maxine Sowers
Taylorsville
Naoma Holmes
Bryan, Tex
Trene Hudnall
Anna Harmon
Brenda’ Prather
Gauley Bridge
Combs Feneral
Funerals Today Obituaries and Services Listed
Amos Margaret M at 2107 Chapel Hill Charleston California McCoy Funeral Home Wheeling Greenwood Cemetery Wheeling Barnette Auiene Marie Fair Plain Jackson 2 p.m. Giver United Methodist Church Cemetery Given cemetery notice
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Amos
Margaret M
Chapel Hill
Charleston
M. McCoy
Wheeling
Greenwood Cemetery
Barnette
Auiene Marie — Fairplain
Jackson
Giver United Methodist Church
Cemutiry
Troop redeployments leave 16000 in Pacific region
The Pentagon said about 16000 soldiers and Marines will be repositioned in the Pacific, with 8000 joining Okinawa and Hawaii units and a 40-man Marine squadron to Japan. The move pairs with 8000 Army troops flown home to disband, plus 1200 Navy personnel spread in the Pacific Command and the United States.
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Washington
Vietnam
Okinawa
Hawaii
Japan
Far East
Pentagon
Pacific
Yth Marine
9Th Infantry Division
Wakuni
Autugust
United States
Pacific Command
Boy Drowns In Tygart Valley spillway ledge accident
Stephen Moore a 15 year old from Elkins drowned Tuesday while slipping on a spillway ledge at a Tygart Valley River flood control facility He was swimming with four other boys including a younger brother when the accident occurred and his body was recovered about an hour later Elkins Fire Dept units found him The victim’s father Frank Moore is the Elkins fire chief Also Athens Ohio Tom Wednai of 1029 Valley Rd Charleston WV was named to Ohio University dean's list for spring quarter academic excellence.
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Elkins
Stephen Moore
Tygart Valley River
Frank Moore
Athens
Ohio
Tom Wednai
Valley Rd
Charleston
W. Va
Ohio University
Body of Drowning Victim Returned
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Miller, 45, of Palatka Florida, a former Crown Hill resident who drowned Tuesday at St. Augustine Florida, is being returned to Pryor Funeral Home at East Bank. Her survivors include her husband Clayton, sons Jackie, David and Danny Hughes of Indianapolis Indiana, Frank Hughes of Florida, mother Jeane Seacrist of Freeport New York, sisters Mary Beam of Camden South Carolina, Martha Sammens of Freeport New York, brothers John Seacrist East Bank, Tommy of Columbus Ohio, Roy Seacrist of Crown Hill.
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Elizabeth Hughes Miller
Palatka
Fla
Crown Hill
St. Augustine
Pryor Funeral Home
East Bank
Husban
Clayton
Jackie
David
Danny Hughes
Inianapolis
Ind
Frank Hughes
Florida
Jeane Seacrist
Freeport
N. Y
Mary Beam
Camden
Martha Sammens
John Seacrist
Tommy
Columnus
Ohio
Roy Seacrist
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Appalachian Regional Hospital
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Glenville
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Parkersburg
Freda Munday
Winor
Claude C
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Phoebe Hoskins
Berkley Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Vbrien
Nancy Morris
Handley Baptist Church
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
O’brien
Handley
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
B. C
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Midway
Archie
Everett
MacArthur
Ona Ayers
Buckhanton
Linda Sue Pauley
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Russell Nuckuls
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Bellone Hearing Aid Center
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Bayeronde Bel Syme
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Fayette
Burke
Charles Arthur
Tyree
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Fidler- Frame Funeral Home
Belle
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
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Albert Lee
Statford
Vee
Pontregstal
Lanham
Winnie G
Raymond City
Lanham Church of Te Rlare
Thomas Cemetery
Pocaiver
Mace
Mabel Strow
Huntington
Ketingel- Carpenter Funeral Home
Odell
Bernice T
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White White Funeral Home
Richwind
Mountain View Memorial Parks
Adkins
Museo Sr
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