Obituary notices from West Virginia area region
Obituary notices and death notices list multiple individuals with brief biographical details, including ages, former employments, memberships, survivors, and funeral arrangements across Dunbar, Elkview, Charleston, Spencer, Lewisburg, and surrounding communities. Notable entries include Ramsey, Robinson, Cottle, Roy, Mullins, Scherr, Schwender, Sheppard, Strickland, Staten, and related family details and funeral plans.
Mineral County Prosecutor Byron Athey Takes His Life
Mineral County Prosecuting Attorney Byron T. Athey, 38, of Keyser, was found dead Monday in his father's law office basement near the courthouse. Officials said death was a personal safety related wound to the head. Elected in 1964 at 26, he was finishing his second term and unopposed for a third. His father Herndon R. Athey and brother Gary Athey are attorneys in Keyser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser
W. Va
Mineral County
Byron T. Athey
Athey
Herndon R. Athey
Gary
Rite Slated Wednesday For Mrs Virginia Call Teacher
Funeral service for Mrs Virginia Call a Roxalana Elementary School teacher of 20 years will be at 3 p m Wednesday at Keller Funeral Home Dunbar with the Rev Donald Gatewood officiating Burial will follow at Spring Hill Cemetery She died Sunday at her Dunbar home after a long illness She was 56 and a lifelong Kanawha County resident who lived in Dunbar 24 years and attended Morris Harvey College She was a member of the West Virginia Teachers Education Assn Kanawha County Teachers Assn Mount Calvary Baptist Church Charleston and the Pioneer Women's Club She is survived by her brother William A Taylor of Huntington and sisters Mrs Charlotte Bowers Dunbar Mrs Pauline Sawyer Naples Fla and Mrs Margaret Nate Charleston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Edwards
Hurricane
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Putnam County
Edwards
Providence Primitive Baptist Church
Lurecy
Elaine Howell
Virgil
Henry
Elsie Buzzard
Bryan
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Weldon Lynn
P.N. O'Neal
Allen Funeral Home
Lewisburg
Grace V. Freeman
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Clifton Presbyterian Church
Maxwelton
James A
Susie Lightner
Lucy Greene
Dumfries
James
Baltimore
Eugene
Omer
Iowa
W. A. Arrington
Hinton
D. O. Freeman
R. “ Neal
Frankford
Spencer Hamrick
Paul VanHorn
Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home
du Pont
Belle
Ramsey
C&o Railway
Ramhelle
Humphreys Memorial United Methodist Church
Moose Lodge
Modern Woodmen of America
Dunbar
Charleston
Rainelle
Pocahontas County
Orea Erskine Ramsey
Doris Ann Richardson
Cross, Lanes
Paul
Madge Anderson
Columbus
Ohio
Keller Funeral Home
Robert Johnson
Mac Thommason
Riverview Cemetery
Heart Fund
Virginia Call
Roxalana
Donald Gatewood
Spring Hill Cemetery
Hypnosis Course Planned July 1 At Greenbrier Hotel
White Sulphur Springs editors announce a four day post graduate course on Successful Treatment of Sexual Disorders to begin July 1 at the Greenbrier Hotel. Dr. William J. Bryan Jr. will instruct with laboratories lectures films and workshops on sexual problems related to analysis occupation family and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
The
American Institute
Greenbrier
William J. Bryan Jr
State Woman Killed In Truck Accident
Minnie Cathey Loy age 54 of Shanks Hampshire County West Virginia died in a truck crash on U S 50 in Loudoun County Virginia Monday. State Police said the truck she rode in lost control and overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Minnie Cathey Loy
Shanks
Hampshire County
W. Va
U. S. 50
Loudoun County
Three WV students join Phi Beta Kappa honor society
Athens Ohio reports that three West Virginia students have been initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the national academic honorary. The new members are Jane Lynn Craddock and Joyce Ann Vessey from Charleston and Patricia Carol Patten of Nitro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, Ohio
West
Mrs. Palausky Dies at Age 70 in Pittston
Mrs Ade laide Schultz Palausky 70 of Pittston died Monday in a Belleville Michigan hospital after a long illness. Surviving sons include Robert S of Falls Church Virginia Maj Edward Palausky of Charleston West Virginia and Bernard Palausky of West Virginia with 10 grandchildren. The Louisiana State University annual service will be Friday. The Mid South Executive Development program is at Seites Funeral Home. He is sponsored in Pittston by Industrial Gas Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palausky
Pittston
Adelaide Schultz Palausky
Belleville
McElfresh
Robert S
Falls Church
Maj. Edward Baton Rouge
Ed J. Palausky
Belleville Afb
Charleston
Bernard
W. Va
Strip Fees Motion Filed to Block Suit in Kanawha County
A motion was filed Monday in Kanawha County Circuit Court to block a lawsuit challenging state laws on surface mining. Over 500 individuals and Citizens to Abolish Strip Mining Inc. seek to intervene against the suit filed in June by strip mine operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County
Strip Mining Inc
John L. Boettmer Jr
Charleston
Ray E. Ratliff Jr
Sepelachian Research and Defense Fund
Boettner
Grand Jury Orders Held For Two In Gens Pyee Action
Two men were ordered held for grand jury action. Percy A. Hudson of Meects faces robbery by violence charges and William Angram of South Charleston faces three counts of felonious assault. Judge John Charnock also charged Hudson with brandishing a deadly weapon. Roy Wayne Ep lin of Goshgrn Street Roane County involved in a separate delinquency charge. Other items include Roane Boy Hurt In Car Accident and various misdemeanor counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Percy A. Hudson
Meects
William Angram
South Charleston
John Charnock
Fountain of Cart Street
Roy Wayne
Eplin
Goshgrn Street
Reopening hoped for two Quarrier Street eateries
The Char House at 923 Quarrier St plans to reopen June 29 after fire damage, with a larger seating area for 70 and a redesigned kitchen at the rear. The Hub on Quarrier, damaged by fire earlier in spring, faces an uncertain reopening as owner Frank Veltri holds a $6,000 lien on its equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarrier Street
Quarrier St
Frank Veltri
Holley Hotel
Bub
Veltri
George J. Jacobs Jr
Quarrier
C. K)ayne
Jacobs
Charles H. Berkley Jr
Erator
Berkley
Youth Pleads Guilty in 1971 Drive-in Robbery
A former Charleston youth, Gary Willis Young, pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery in Xanawha Intermediate Court. Indicted last year after the local drive-in robbery, Judge George Wood set sentencing for August 4. Young, now an Elkins resident, faces sentencing in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Xanawha
Gary Willis Young
Elkins
George Wood
Young
Breakin Incident Ignored by Nixon Says White House
The Florida White House on Monday said President Nixon would not get involved in the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters asserting the incident had not been discussed with anyone including Attorney General Mitchell and the head of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Sime Fis
Florida
White House
Democratic National Committee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Toemar Atty
John N. Mitchell
Kentucky Finds Sex Bias Two Way Street
Louisville AP reports Kentucky Democrats concluded sex discrimination can be a two way street after naming four women and two men to the platform committee. The party will replace one of the women with a man to avoid bias against men at the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Washington
Platform Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Combs
Elizabeth W. Combs
21St Street
Dunbar Nursing Home
Leon
Mason County
Donald Maul Combs
Carl Z. Combs
St. Albans
Pauline Smith
Nitro
Iva Durst
Clarence Lines
John Bradley
Grandview Memorial Park
Dunham
Mrs
Grace Freeman
Walter Hacker Smithers
Walter Cecil Hacker
Smithers
Fayette County
Montgomery General Hospital
Hacker
Mary Elizabeth Conley
Huntington
Helen Steede
Martinez
Calif
Robert A
Air Force
McGuiire Afb
N.J
Charles E
Dover
Everette
Woodbridge
Don .E
Walter C. Hacker Jr
Alaska
Pearl Hacker
Montgomery
Perry
Richard
B. C
Laura Harmon Hurricane
Laura Cummings Harmon
Miami
Fla
Randall Hodges
Lyda Neuhart
Eva Wigman
Ernest Cummings
Hurricana
At Buth
Valley View Memorial Park
Ernest Hill
Point Pleasant
Rt. 2
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kenton
Marietta Manufacturing Co
John
Ernest “Sonny” Jr
Sally Wollingbarger
Virginia Stickler
Jo Ann McDonald
Ravenswood
Mary Lockadoo
Porter
Shirley Capehart
New Haven
Nancy Hill
Wilma Hill
Gallispolis
Sheldon B. Hill
Gallipolis Ferry
Myrtle Schultz
Crow-Hassell Funeral Home
William DeMoss
Lone Oak Cemetery
Hollie King
Racine
Hollie R
Skeet’ King
Boone County
McMillan Hospital
UMW
Maggie
Freeman
California
Hollie Jr
Sidney
Illinois
Lucille 'Pegues
Charlotte McNamara
Ilinois
Any Casto
Chris
Willie
Alliol
Leonard Johnson
Marmet
Harding Lowry
Kinder Cemetery
Brushton
Allen Mullins
Allen “Kaye Mullins
Glen Ave
Charleston General Hospital
E. I. du Pont
Mullins
Judson Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Surviving
Elva
Donald
Cottageville
Marie Wills
Oreda Henry
Fayetteville
Ervin
Coal Fork
Emory
Clendenin
Vernon
Rand
Ober
Cinco
Verna Hudnall
Blakeley
Mattie Ramsey
Bessie Sheets
Eastern Star Service
Fidler-Frame Funeral Home
Dorothy Robinson
Dorothy Myrtle Robinson
Elizabethtown
Elkview
Larry
Brandenburg
Richard “Dick
Texas
Lewis ‘E. Estep
Ruby Roth
Kay Oberer
Greenville
Mabel Anderson
Bernie Huffman
Mary Nida
Marvin Estep
Russell Estep
Gene Estep
Bell
Hafer Funeral Home
Hoy Rowan Cottle
Hoy
Edgar Rowan
Cottle
Nicholas County
Helen Powers
B&o Railroad
Camden-on-Gauley
Rowan
Margaret Shanfield
Seals Beach
Betty Kyer
West Palm Beach
Valparaiso
Ind
Mable Rowan
Fort Worth
Tex
Arthur Rowan
Conneaut
Bernard Thomas
Blacks Chapel
Goldie Roy
Rt. 6
William
Louisa Staley
William E. Roy
Jack Lee Roy
Cleo Mullins
Proctorville
Alberta McDonald
Mary Cooper
Kenova
Harlan Thacker
Prichard
Ernest Thacker
Leo Thacker
Chio
Wilson Funeral Home
Russell Mullins
Russell W. Mullins
Knight-Young Funeral Home
Homer J. Foster
Holly Rider
Hayes Memorial Cemetery
Reather
Maxie
Brooks Mullins
Guam
Karen Smithers
Surrey
Ida Michaelmother
Betty Mullins
Scherr
Merle Charleston
Roscoe
S. Scherr
Dovieler
Sam
Norfolk, Va
Kennedy
Wavie Mullins
Hern
Shaw
Goletta Harvey
Barlow-Bonsailt
Chicago
Lester
Sam 1
Cantrell
Ira Mull
Sins of
Louis Scherr
Louis I. Scherr
Virginia St. E
Wohlmuth Clothing Co
Silver Strand Clothes
Temple Israel
Elks Lodge
United Commercial Travelers
American Nep B’nai Brith
Brotherhood of Temple Israel
Thursaday
Ramsey Hurricane
Milan Clyde Beard Ramsey
Johnson
18Th St
B'nai Israel
Cemete
Tod
Charlie Schwender Spencer
Charlie W. Schwender
Spencer
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Ralph
Oris
Nellie Greathouse
Parkersburg
Alice Dougpe
Clarice Davis
Evansville
Jennie Davis
Colorado ‘Springs
Colo
Ella Fisher
Richmond
Deso
Line Walker
Ella Conley
Amy «Price
West Liberty
Oliver
Vandale Funeral Home
Egypt Cemetery
Ethel Sheppard
Ethel A. Sheppard
Fort Lauderdale
Robert Persinger
Robert Allen
Phyllis Overton
Betty Morris
George
Leo
Bessie Moody
Thomas Strickland
Thomas A
Tommy” Strickland
Rt. 5
Tuppers ‘Creek
Union Valley Gospel Saber
Nts
Markelena
Hubert
Goldie McVey
Beulah Burdette
Rosie Carpenter
Cunningham Funeral Home
Shirley Hammack
Ray Humphrey
John Beane
Sissonville
Staten
Eva Senter
First Baptist Church
South Man
Wallace York
Highland Memory Gardens
McNeely Funeral
Man
J. Staten
Davin
Logan County
Man Appalachian Regional Hospital
Spring Hill
W.L. Tennant
Hearing Aid
W. Vo
Hearing Aid Society
Mako mi Heagoncad Center
Medical Arts
Mineral County ‘Prosecutor
Charnock
Roane
William D. Cottrell
Walton
Roane County
U.S. 119
Falling Rock
James Jones
Gant
Dbi Jr
Seventh Avenue
Jack Lightner
William Higginbotham
James R. Cook
Doroey
Aindge Peiprin
William ‘A. White
Charles Townsend
Mission Hollow Road
John H. Burkett
Sunset Memorial Park Services
Annie A. Morris
Beltone Haring
Hall’s Hearing Aid
Virginie
Zenith
Living Sound
Evens
Hes
Evans
Evans Lumber CO
Neaily Pass
Alwaval
Pat
L Cavalls
Virginia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!