Obituary notices from an active Charleston area page
Obituaries and notices list Frank Burdette and Frances Burgess among others with service times at Bartlett Burdette and Rose Quesenberry funeral homes. Also listed are multiple deaths including Harold Clark, Ethel Dudley, Otho Jarrett, Carrie Long and others with memorials at local churches, crematories, and cemeteries across Charleston and surrounding counties.
Wreck Claims Three in Braxton Incident
Three people died in a Braxton County wreck, as juniors at the Boys State event in Jacksons Mills participated in campaign activities and daily elections. The program included primary elections, talks from county officials, and an evening assembly with WVU football coach Jim Carlen present. Inauguration for state officers was set for Wednesday with Justice Chauncey Brown ing Sr. to administer the oath.
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Jacksons Mill
West Virginia
Boys State
West Virginia University
Jim Carlen
State Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning Sr
Funeral notices from West Virginia counties in scattering listings
A dense list of funeral services, memorials, and burial arrangements across multiple counties. Names include Anderson Nellie Scarbro Fayatie Arnan Gauley Webster, plus many others, with times, churches, and cemeteries such as Oak Hill, Sunset Memorial Park, and Burnsville United Methodist noted across Beckley, Huntington, and nearby towns.
Supreme Court ruling leaves garnishment in West Virginia untouched
The U S Supreme Court decision does not apply to West Virginia where wage garnishments require a prior court judgment. Former State Sen Paul Kaufman notes wage assignments were outlawed in West Virginia years ago and that creditors must obtain a judgment before garnishing wages.
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Edward Peeks
U.S. Supreme Court
Rulig
High Court
West Virginia
Paul Kaufman
Garland Autopsy Pending After Judy Garland Death
Police doctors conducted an autopsy on Judy Garland on Monday with organs sent to the forensic laboratory for further examination. A formal inquest is planned at Westminster Coroner's Court on Wednesday.
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London
Judy Garland
Setoland Yard
Westminister
Tornado Lions State Meeting On Water Safety
A community meeting on life saving and water safety will be held at 7 30 p m today in the Andrews Heights School for Tornado residents. Robert Handley, president of the Tornado Lions Club, said the meeting is cosponsored by the club and the Tornado Volunteer Fire Department. The meeting follows two drownings at Upper Falls on Coal River in Tornado two weeks apart this month. Emil Sullivan, an instructor with the Red Cross, will speak. Both adults and children are urged to attend.
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Andrews Heights
Robert Handley
Tornado Lions Club
Thhe Club
Tornado Volunteer Fire Department
Coal River
Handley
Emil Sullivan
The
Red Cross
UMW Creates National Occupational Health Unit
The United Mine Workers of America establish a new department of occupational health, the first such unit by a union. President W A Boyle urges labor to push effective health programs in all industries. Boyle also becomes trustee and chairman of the UMWA welfare and retirement fund.
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Washington
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Department of Occupational Health
W. A. Boyle
UMW
American Labor Movement
America
Boyle
Re Union
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Fund
John L. Lewis
Mrs Conley Rites Set for Wednesday
Mrs Nancy Jane Ellis Conley a retired teacher who served in Logan and Mings counties in her early career dies at 36. Funeral services are planned for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Honaker Harris Funeral Home with burial at Ellis Cemetery, Yuma. Surviving are daughters Mrs James A Fisher Sr and Mrs Mildred Smith Dickerson a son Robert Sr both of Cora a sister Mrs Grace Riffe of Verdunville and brother Harry Ellis of Logan.
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Butcher
Hatlie
Pitt Branch Freewill Baptist Church
Chambers Cemetery
Chapmanville
Logan County
St. Marys Hospital
Huntington
John F. Sr
Irv Crum
Mitchell Heights
Phyllis Bias
Paul Thomas
Merritt Island
Fla
Wheeler Smith Jr
Switzer
Ronald May
Stirrat
Warnie Chambers
Lon Chambers
James Funeral Home
Logan
Donohue
James Devan
Walker Chapel
Robertsburg
Robert Donohue
Point Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Raynes Funeral Home
Buffalo
Garrett
Rubin P
Hawthrone
Calif
Charleston
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Arnold
Hawthrone, Brothers
Rockwell
South Charleston
Shelbe
Santa Ana
Doute
Portsmouth
Pierce Brothers-Deliox
Lawdale
Inglewood Park
Jarrett
Otho Lee
Blue Creek
Painters’ Union
John
Betty Vezees
Louisville
Alonzo Jarrett
Herman
Bobby G
Elkview
Velma Rucker
Falling Rock
Dorothy Ryder
Beatrice Mahoney
Mary Newhouse
Elizabeth Taylor
Hafer Funeral Home
Elkeview
Keaton
Long
Carrie Betty Hudnall
Robitt Ave
East Bank
Cedar Grove
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Church of God At
Riverside
Marshal
Cook Funeral Home
Woodland Cemetery
Ohse
Nellie
Wilson Funeral Home
Clay
Ivydale
Clay County
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Little Laurel
Emogene Wolcomb
Shreve
Ohio
Jesse
Tariff
Everett
Loudanville
Fred
Akron
Vesta Bowen
Cinta Ellen ‘Nicholas
Herville
Angie Cooper
Eriscnpa
Marmot Cemetery
Orgas
Fonda Nester
Florida
Emery Cottrell
Roscoe Cottrell
Cheebeed Wah Aalane
Hopkins Funeral Home
Ithro
Honaker-Harris
Nancy Jane Ellis Conley
Logan Jand Mings
Ellis
Yuma
Conley
Guyan Valley Hospital
James A. Fisher Sr
Mildred Smith Dickerson
Robert, Sr
Cora
Grace Riffe
Verdunville
Harry Ellis
Former State Boy Drowns in Chesapeake Bay
In Maryland a 16-year-old former Marfrance, Greenbrier County West Virginia youth drowned while swimming in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore. Identified as Robert Smith of Baltimore he was a Baltimore High School student and Baptist Church member. Survived by Rexford and Margie Stokes Smith and brothers Charlie Glen Rex Jr and twin Richard all at home. Body returned to Wallace Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Baltimore
Marfrance
Greenbrier County
W. Va
Chesapeake Bay
Here
Robert ‘Smith
Wallace‘Wallace
East Rainelie
Charlier
Glen
Rex Jr
Richard
Wallace-Wallace
East Rainelle
Dr. Phillip Caplan Rites Held in Oakland California
Dr. Phillip Caplan a Charleston born theater figure and former Kanawha Players assistant director died of a heart attack while vacationing in California. Services were held in Oakland and he was 52. He taught dramatics at Marshall Huntington Morris Harvey College and Manatee Junior College. He held a Yale master’s and Colorado PhD and received a Fulbright to Ethiopia with later work in Paris. Survived by widow Vranves a daughter Missy and his Charleston listed father Benjamin and brothers David Milton.
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Phillip Caplan
Kanacha Players
California
Oakland
Calif
Caplan
Florida
Marshall
Huntington
Kanawha Players
Morris Harvey College
Yale
University of Colorabo
Manatee Junior College
Bradenton
Fla
Ethiopia
Paris
Vranves
Missy
Benjamin
Charleston
David
Milton
Morris Harvey College Receives Education Grant for PE Building
The U S Office of Education awards Morris Harvey College a grant of 83950 for a new addition to the physical education building in Charleston West Virginia. Announcement comes from Senator Jennings Randolph Senator Roberts Byrd and Representative John Stack all Democrats from West Virginia.
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Washington, D. C
U.S. Office of Education
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
Roberts C. Byrd
John M. Stack
D-W
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Frances Marie
Rose-Quesenberry
Beckley
Stanaford
Ernest and
Velva Johnson Burgess
Glen Morgan
Raleigh County
Appalachian Regional Hospital
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Leslie
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William P. Clark
Charlotte Anderson
Even Hager
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Northrup
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Long Fisher Funeral Home
Grandview Memorial Park
Dunbar
Dudley
Ethel
St. Albans
Washington Center Hospital
Trent- Smith Funeral Home
Hamon
Mary Catherine
Zion Primitive Baptist Church
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Tioga
Nicholas County
Vacailanna
Craypsville
Leona Stareher
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Rufus Hamon
Joe Hamon
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Richmond
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Humphries Memorial United Methodist Church
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Alum Creek
Arbogast
Victoria Mahalia
Comfort
Ronny County
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Lesa Dawn
MidkKiff Cemetery
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Roger Dale Scites
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Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
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Dick” Ridgeway
Cleveland
Tenn
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Steele
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Niiro
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Gatens Funeral Home
Paca
Wills
Charles Oliver
Quinwood Baptist Church
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Helen Wills
Quinwood
Rainelle
Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home
Weston
W.va
U.S. 19
Raymond McCoy
McCoy
Braxton County
Gladys Peart
Murphy
Nora Pearl
Lewis
Newville
Arthur
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Paden City
Robert Gray
Carlos Gray
Marietta
Elden D. Gray
Calvin C. Gray
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Ela Kimble
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Lucille Finley
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Sarah Schnider
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Hazel Alvereze
Burgettstown
Barbara Berindo
Los Angeles
Ward Marlow
Frametown
Morrison United Methodist Church
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Melena
Jee
Crescent Ridern
Cynrinanam Funeral Home
Spring Hill
Porter
Hunter
Kanawtiaet
Barigw-Bonsal Funeral Home
Cynenghan
Si Alnané
Powell
Edward Ghenn
Manos County
Palewine Baptist Church
Ashton
Pete Meadows
Reed
Janet Charies
Clay Funeral Home
Reed Cemetery
Scott
Willie Smithers
Fayette County
Supreme Court
Garland
Tornado Lions
Scotland Yard
Miss Garland
Mickey Deans
New York
Phillip Lebon
Harley St
Judy
Stephen P. Meyer
Wisconsin
Edwin McClelland
Charleston Legal Aid Society
Legal Aid Society
Ile
Cummon Pleas Court
Circuit Court
McClelland
Tricounty Community Action Against Poverty
Cevers
Kanawha, Boone and Jainam Eminties
Lisa Minnelli
Lorna Lwt
Joey Lull
MacClennand
Mrs. Conley Rite
Maryland
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Zenith
Simpson-Chandler
AT Ly Shine and Loan Company
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Appalachian Power CO
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