Obituaries for Adkins Brogan Crook and More in Charleston Area
Multiple obituary notices from Charleston area papers. Julia Evonne Adkins, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Adkins of La Porte, Ind., previously Charleston, died Saturday in La Porte with surviving brother Marvin. Sebert Brogan, 54, Madison, died Sunday in Charleston General Hospital. survivors include wife Virginia and several children. service Tuesday. Theodore Arthur Crook, 30, Blue Jay Raleigh County, died Sunday at Beckley hospital. survived by widow Nora Alice and several sons and daughters. service at Ruth Gospel Tabernacle. Kyle Keith Cooke, 56, Beckley, died Saturday. service today at First Christian Church. widow Ruth Woods and daughter survive. Carter Sidney Dodson, 44, Charleston area, died Sunday. service Tuesday. Donna Ann Ewing, 88, Charleston area. service Tuesday. Narie Pack Hall, 77, Hamlin, died Sunday. service Tuesday at Harveys Creek Baptist Church. Charles Fenton Hytes, 60, Foe. service today. Arminia Ellen Kessler, 84, Ramp. service Tuesday. Olin N. Marshall, 66, Beckley. service Monday. multiple survivors including children and grandchildren. Ernest Jefferson Martin, 54, Charleston. found dead in Elk River. Wilkie E. Mollohan, 70, Richwood. service Tuesday. Marguerite Gillespie Morgan, 59, Charleston. service Tuesday. William Preston Runyon, 82, Racine. service Monday. Woodrow C. Shinault, 42, Charleston. service Tuesday. Blanche Yelfh, 22, Charleston. service Tuesday. Additional notes on survivors and burial locations.
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Brogan
Sebert
Madison
Charleston General Hospital
Westmoreland Coal Co
UMWA
Baptist Church
Virginia
Gail Jarrell
Barbara Jackson
Charles
Danny Lee
Grace Fletcher
Brounland
Flora Kirk
Seth
Otis
Powellton
Ruth Gospel Tabernacle
Forks of Coal Memorial Park
Curry Funeral Home
Alum Creek
Beckley
Caffee Fupera
Runyon
William Preston
Racine
South Charleston
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Union Carbide
First Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
New Market
Ruth
O. W. Lynch
Wheeling
Jack
Fannie Strickler
Harrisonburg
Elizabeth Neff
Baltimore
Martha Ensminger
Mount Crawford
Ira
Manassas
Racine Baptist Church
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Leonard Johnson Funeral Home
Marmet
Reverend Crowson to attend mid Atlantic mission school
Rev. L. E. Crowson, chairman of the state Methodist Board of Christian Social Concerns, will be in Williamsport Pennsylvania this week for a mid Atlantic regional school of Christian mission at Lycoming College.
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L. E. Crowson
State Methodist Board of Christian Social Concerns
Williamsport
School of Christian Mission
Lycoming Collas
Fire calls list for Sunday across Charleston area
Next Sunday morning Charleston firemen respond to multiple calls including a brush fire on Hutchinson Church Darlington Street and several non damaging incidents. Churches and streets listed include 112 Costello St 431 Elwood Fleming 1910 Kanawha Ave SE and 202 Westmoreland Dr United Church Alcohol Action Program.
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Charleston
State
United Church Alcohol Action
P.m
Westmoreland Dr
Comedian Ed Wynn Dies at 79
Obituary notes Ed Wynn born 1886 in Philadelphia rose from vaudeville to Broadway and radio. He faced late career doubt before a dramatic turn in film and TV earning high pay as a guest star. Wynn's bold, high pitched style made him a household name and he starred in Ziegfeld Follies and early talkies.
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Jennings
Galax
Bessie Chrisley
el Paso
Tex
Minnie Jamison
Baltimore
Nova
Shields
Lawrence
Kan
Keenan
Wynn
Edwin Leopold
Philadelphia
Thurber-Masher Repertory Company
Bangor
Leopold
Ed Wynn
Jack Lewis
the Palace
New York
Florenz Ziegfeld
Funerals Today Across Regions Include Multiple Cemeteries
Funeral notices list services for numerous individuals across Cabell, Fayette, and Kanawha counties. Services span churches and crematories with times from early morning to evening, at locations including Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Mount Olive Church, and Sunset Memorial Park. Named deceased include Frank Monroe-Danese Berry, Hazel Everett Blake, Joan L Greiser, Larry Douglas Hinkle, Ona Belle Johnson, John J Kovash Sr, Darryl Mcourt, Ernesto Moschino, George Parrish, George Patterson, Cread Simon, and Warren Thornhill among others.
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Kovash
John J. Sr
Lowen
Harris
Highland Memory Gardens
Leonard
Mrs
Parrish
George A— Lockout
Aount Cleve Methodist
Jennett Cemetery
Patterson
George—Beckley
Central Street Baptist Church
Greenoot Memorial Park
Simon
Cread
George—Nitro
Oand Snodgrass
Sunset M
Morial Park
Thornhill
Warren A. — Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
Sunset Memorial Park
Trial Dates Set for 17 In Slayings
Seventeen men accused in the 1964 slayings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney will face trials in federal court in Meridian on September 26 before U S District Judge Harold Cox. The cases concern charges under 1866 and 1870 Reconstruction era laws.
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Meridian
Miss
U. S. Dist
Harold Cox
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Supreme Court
Uiial
Cox
Lawrence A.' ‘Rainey
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Philadelphia
Richard W. Willis
Coal Conference Focuses on Atom Power Battle
Washington hosts the National Coal Association meeting as coal industry leaders warn that nuclear power, led by the Tennessee Valley Authority's new 2.2 million kilowatt plant, could erode coal’s share. Rep. Melvin Price will address the atom’s future.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
General Electric Co
Alabama
National Coal Association
Melvin Price
Price
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Linois
Intae
Watch Fixed For Funnels In Midwest Watch
The Associated Press reports a tornado watch posted for portions of Minnesota and the Dakotas as thundershowers moved through the north central states. Rain totals included 2.25 inches in six hours at McAllen and 1.25 inches in one hour at Houston, while Maine saw 80s temperatures and desert areas neared 110. Stampede Pass recorded the nation’s low at 145 degrees and Phoenix hit 103 at mid-day.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Texas
McAllen
Houston
Maine
Central Atlantic
Stampede Pass
Wash
Phoenix
Body Identified as American Student in Rhine Case
Police in Ludwigshafen announced that Eleanor Mae Friday, 24, from Escondido California, missing since June 9, has been identified as the American victim found in the Rhine. Investigators linked her death to a suspected sex killer who allegedly murdered three other hitchhikers along German autobahns.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Ude
Rhine
Cleveland
Eleanor Mae
Escondido
Calif
Switzerland
Austria
Siegfried Kastenholz
Kastenholz
Ann Petecser
Ohio
Karlsruhe Autobahn
Here
Gerda Och
Hedwig Saschnew
Augsburg
Munich
Karl
United States
Basel
Rene Mathieu
Basel- Karlsruhe
Waldsee
Youth Hiring Service Opens In South Charleston
The South Charleston Employment Bureau, operated by the Juvenile Council, opens at city hall to compile lists of youths for lawn mowing, chauffeuring, weed cutting, babysitting, typing, ironing, painting, window washing and other temporary work. Applications from teens will be accepted and matched with employers. wages are set by mutual agreement.
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South Charleston
Boulevard Wreck Continues Tragedies Across Counties
Sandra Smith of PhelpsKy perished when her car collided with another and plunged down a 100 foot bank near Thacker Mingo County. The other driver Jack Hickman of FreeburnKy was in serious condition at a Pike County hospital. Motorcyclist Robert Morgan 22 of Guyan Wyoming County died after a 50 foot embankment crash on Secondary 2. Joe Nugen 21 of Fayetteville drowned in the New River at Stone Cliff Fayette County while trying to swim across the 400 foot deep section. He attended Fayetteville High School. Surviving relatives include two brothers John of Milton and Pat with the Marines. Body at Dodd Payne.
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Sandra Smith
Phelps
Thacker
Mingo County
Jack Hickman
Freeburn
Pike County
Robert Morgan
Guyan
Wyoming County
Joe Nugen
Fayetteville
Stone Cliff
Fayette County
Nugen
Fayetteville High School
John
Milton
Pat
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
CHOOSE Hires Summer Director for Occupancy Project
CHOOSE has hired Diana Callard as office director for the summer. The project is funded by the Kanawha Valley Council on Human Relations, with volunteers available to help renters or buyers view listed properties at the Kennedy Center office on Donnally Street. Office hours vary to meet demand. In Moscow, tourists at Sochi were caught in a mountain snowstorm and rescued according to Komsomolskaya Pravda.
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Choose
Diana Callard
West Virginia State College
Kanawha Valley Council On Human Relations
KVC
Regnar
Ook
Kennedy Center
Donnally Street
Moscow
Black Sea
I Sochi
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Police Lodge Opens 22nd State Conference in Charleston
One hundred Fraternal Order of Police delegates are expected in Charleston for the 22nd state conference. Delegates from three state lodges and more than 1,200 officers arrived Sunday and will be officially welcomed by Mayor John Shanklin and Chief of Police Dallas Bias. Co chairmen Sgt. R. W. Spradling and Lt. I. C. Wiseman, Charleston lodge members, lead the three day event which ends Wednesday. It is Charleston's first FOP convention since 1954.
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Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Charleston
John Shanklin
Dallas Bias
R. W. Spradling
I. C. Wiseman
Road Workers Uncover Cannonball Near I-64 Dunbar
Workmen digging an underpass beneath I 64 at 10th Street in Dunbar unearthed a four inch cannonball. George Lyle of Campbells Creek, a state inspector, said the weapon will be considered for transfer to the state Capitol museum.
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George Lyle
Campbells Creek
SEF Coeamatinians
10Th Street
Dunbar
State
Capitol
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Cross Lanes School
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Richwood Cemetery
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Woodrow C
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Indiana Ave
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Elk Funeral Home
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Rev. Crowson
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Sunset Memorial Path
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Hinkle
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National Coal Policy Conference Inc
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