Obituary notices from Beckley and surrounding areas
Beckley area obituaries report Paul Earl Ballard 48 a Westmoreland Coal miner and WWII veteran dies in Raleigh General Hospital. Survived by wife Edith, children Patsy and Larry, siblings and grandchildren. Service at Calfee Funeral Home, burial at Mount Tabor. Also notices for Ann Lynn Cyrus 17 and Clarence Hamilton 64 among others with funeral details and survivors.
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Paul Ballard Beckley
Paul Earl Ballard
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Westmoreland Coal Co
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Daisy Cassity
Mabscott
Carl
Salt Lake City
Utah
James
Calfee Funeral Home
Ernest Keller
Eugene Smith Offiating
Calfee “Cemetery
Mount Tabor
Clarence Hamilton
Whitesville
Long Creek
Presbyterian Church
Colcord
Bricy Emogene Hamilton
Clarence
David
Donnie Lee
Roger
Naoma
David Stover
Fort Hood
Tex
Cathy Anne Stover
Doug
Sadie Row
Alexandria, Va
Ruby Garfield
Rose Hamilton
Merritt Island
Fla
Presbyterian
Hazel Simpson
Mount Olive
Hazel Everatt Simpson
Fayette County
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Stella Tucker
Simpson
Marhenia
Bobbie Brown
Elyria
Ohio
Lillian Brown
Everett
Cannelton
Donald
Alexandria
Dale
Fonda Fleming
Dixie
Ruth Kester
Anaheim
Calif
Marjorie Cuthbertson
Baltimore
Burman
Rufus
B. C. Hooper Funeral Home
Montgomery
Paul Morris
Clench Cemetery
Summers Man Charged In Fire Death In Summers County
A Summers County man Hunter R. Carter died after a fire at his home Friday morning police found him in bed after arriving at 11 am. No cause given. Body at E M Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton. Other notices list Union and Mount Olive deaths with funeral details and survivors.
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Elton
Summers County
Hunter R. Carter
Carter
Judy Willey
Charleston
W. A
Forest Hill
Ralph
Hinton
Kenneth
Norfolk
Everett
Colorace Isters
Pauline
Chesapeake, Va
Fred
Newport
Nixon Blasts Busing Bill Amid Campaign Strain
President Nixon condemns a proposed busing bill as flood and education issues loom in his re election bid. Aides signal more hearings and possible constitutional action pending Congress action on school transport and federal disaster response.
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Robert C. Toth
Moore
Los Angeles Times
Fed
Washington
Nixon
John D. Ehrlich
Pittston |Co
Buffalo Mining Co
Nequel
Buffalo Creek
Congress
92Nd
Mason County hearing on Buffalo Creek disaster and coal mine safety
The commission held hearings on the Buffalo Creek flood and coal industry safety, hearing from Pittston Co. officials and experts. Topics included responsibility for the disaster, emergency spillways, and legislative needs. Survivors’ claims have been settled for about 500 cases. the panel calls for a single agency to guide the coal industry and for technical research to prevent future floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Weedfall
West Virginia
Camicia
Commission
Pittston
Gray Staker
Jay Hillary Kelley
West Virginia University School of Mines
Belfast clashes test ceasefire as troops fire on rebels
In Belfast soldiers and guerrillas exchanged over 1000 bullets amid tension over a ceasefire due next week. Most intense fighting occurred in Andersonstown where the army says it hit three gunmen after midnight. Provisional IRA's ceasefire pledge hinges on reciprocal British actions.
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Trish
Belfast
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Andersonstown
Irish Republican Army
Prison Term Given Man In '71 Holdup
Kanawha Intermediate Court Judge George Wood sentenced 22 year old Jerry Hardy of 1550 Garfield Ave to five to eighteen years at the West Virginia Penitentiary for an earlier guilty plea to a robbery charge. Two others were placed on probation under two years.
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Kanawha
George Wood
West Virginia
Jerry Hardy
Garfield Ave
Robjerac
Mercer Man Crash Victim and Local Robbery Accusations
Douglas M. Minnix, 19, of Free man Mercer County was killed in a late night one car crash on U S 52 near here on Thursday. The crash report notes Minnix lost control of his 1958 GMC pickup and died at Bluefield Sanatorium Rand after being pinned under the vehicle. Separately Hardy and two others were accused of a December 28 1971 robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken on Rebecca Street and Seventh Avenue. Hardy allegedly pointed a pistol at an attendant during the robbery. Other alleged incidents include a Nitro woman credit card fraud case involving a 17 year old and a 15 year old with convictions and a petty larceny tied to Buddy's Place incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy
Rebecca Street
Seventh Avenue
Princeton
Douglas _ M. Minnix
Freeman
Mercer County
U.S
Minnix
Jack Martin Jr
Dunbar
Jerry Leon
Bluefield Sanatorium
Rand
Martin
Curly
Summers St
Stewart
Buddy
Third Avenue
Dream Street
State buys Jet Ranger II police helicopter
Gov Moore announced the Department of Public Safety will acquire a five place Jet Ranger II helicopter for highway safety programs and medical evacuations. The $160,000 craft is federally funded through the Governor's Safety Administration and will be operated by Public Safety personnel in conjunction with the Select Traffic Enforcement Program mobile enforcement squad.
Mine Foreman Dies in Roof Fall at Ohio Valley Mine
Jarry Heckathorn of Clarington Ohio, 40, was killed Friday in a roof fall at Consolidation Coal Cameras McElroy mine rear in Moundsville West Virginia. Heckathorn served as a foreman at the McElroy mine within Consol's Ohio Valley Division.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Jarry Heckathorn
Clarington
Ohio
Consolidation
McElroy Mine
Heckathorn
McElroy
Consol
Ohio Valley Division
Ex Boone Man Killed by Auto in Ohio Walkway Incident
Charles F. Stone, 58, of Madison in Boone County, was struck and killed by a car while walking around 10:30 p.m. Thursday in East Liverpool Ohio. Dawson Funeral Home in East Liverpool is handling arrangements.
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Charles F. Stone
Madison
Boone County
East 1
Ohio
Dawson Funeral Home
East Liverpool
Ohio man killed in crash near Bethlehem West Virginia
A Canton Ohio man identified as Jack Master, 48, was killed when his car overturned near Bethlehem in Otto County and struck a fire hydrant. Passenger Raymond Heed, 42, of Wheeling, was treated and released at a local hospital.
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Bethlehem
W. Va
Canton
Ohio
Otto County
Jack Master
Raymond Heed
Wheeling
Mercer Countian reports fatal crash in Welch area
John Peter Swanson aged 33 of Bluefield was killed when his truck left the road and plunged 400 feet Friday near War, West Virginia. The body rests at O J Douglas Funeral Home Welch. Ebenezer Baptist Church hosts a 4 pm Sunday concert by Bell Davis and the Davis Ensembles.
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Flossie Durst
Cottageville
Pete Durst
Ravenswood
Emma Hunt
Charleston
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Lillian Eskins
Lillian K. Eskins
Chelyan
New Hope Baptist Church
Beckley
Wil‘Shie
Wardell
aColumbus
Ohio
Mary Costner
Martha “Gray
Julia Horton
Detroit
Lena Batey
2Columbus
Corene ‘Price
Glen White
wEddie
Elzenia Nance
Columbus
sMiss
John Dorsey Payne
Biggs
James Hershel
John Dorsey
J.D." Payne
Dunbar Ave
Dunbar
Rose-Quesenberry
Dunbar City
St. Franz L. A
Garten
Cis
Blue Ridge Memorial
Mr. Biggs
Beck
State Ley
West Virginia
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Dunbar First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Edmonds
Roselee
Beni Kedem
Eastern’ Star
Elks
Anderson-Hairston
I Lodge
Montgomery
George
Hurricane
John
Parkersburg
Dave
General Hospital
Anna
Lee
Pensacola
Fla
Ruth
P.m
Luandis
George W. Payne
Guthrie
Sherry Lynn
Baptist Church
Trout
G. W. Payne
Terry Lyon
Jack Dunbar
H. R. Payne
Calgary
Bills Creekson Barracks
Canada
Roy
Morgantown
Putnam County
Foster
Albert
Ansted
Garfield Wheeler
Dessie Nicely
Ray Workman Dent
Kat
Ella Hancock
Crossl
Curtis Foster
Lanes
Ella Foster
Eastern Star Service
Isjbert Guthrie
Curtis Jr
Joseph
Chicago
Cunningham Puneyal
Charleston General Hospital
Welch
Bluefield
John Peter Swanson
Rt. 4
W. Va
War
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Ann Lynn Cyrus
Clarence Cyrus
Massey Circle
South ‘Charleston
South Charleston
the Gazette
Anna Pearline Farmer
Delores Henry
Lily Ferrguson
Institute
Joseph Keleie
Dallas
Preston Funeral Home
Ruby Derrick
St. Dunbar
H. G. Heath
Dunedin
Riverside
Red House
LeRoy! M
Louanaj McCracken
St. Albans
Conrad Pruden
Jessie Linville
Eva Pooier
Ormond Beach
Fila
Keller Funeral Home
Valu
C & O Railway Co
Rae Miller
Jeath
Martha Lively
Palm Beach
Mabel Heath
Mirs
Minnie Rapp
Hill
Sally Heath
Ammett Heath
Scarbro One
John Gray Beckley
John S Gray
Beck Rey
Alice Fischer
Alice. Fischer
Kanawha Blvd
St. Francis Hospital
St. .Paul's Lutheran Church
John Crecca Jr
Granville
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
John Hendricks
Sunset ‘Memorial Park
Wilson Funeral Home
Charles Johnson / ECCLES
Charles Bethel Johnson
Cleveland
Eccles
Raleigh County
Assexibly of God Church
Cleveland and Steel Workers Union
Charles Wayne
William Bethel
Roy John
Goldie Ballengee
Melton
Freddie Steel
Sunset Memorial Park
Matilda Munsey
Matilda Jane Munsey
Washington Ave
Nitro
Thomas ‘Memorial Hospital
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Ethel Marks
Edna Jarrett
Radford
Frances Edwards
Ella Brotherton
Washington, D. C
Evan Watson
Bill Cook
Buck
Tannord
UNION
Leonard Cecil Railiff
Hogan
Mount Pleasant
Missionary Baptist Church
Maxine Welkle Ratliff
Sharon Jackson
Darlene Caldwell
Hazel Jane Allman
Lewisbury
Larry Franklin
Huntington
Battle Creek
Mich
Rebecca "Jackson
Gertrude Canterbury
Gap Mills
Lewis Slater
Lewis Venton Slater
Baier St
Chemical
FMC
Slater
First Baptist Church
Martha
Charles
Richard
Wilmington
Del
Beulah Gillenwater
Alum Creek
Mildred Hudson
Scott Depot
Julia Dodd
Gertrude Allen
Scott
Grove City
Sam
Jim
Dewey
Renee Wallace
Caldorph-Curry Funeral
S. Robert Weaver
Teays Hill
Lillian Ward Spencer
Lillian R
Mary Oakley
Letha Pratt
Herman Farm
Vandale
Spencer
Carl Dod
Rill
Jin Harden-Harden
Forest Lawn
Cir- Home
Paul
Bill
Mary Wallon
Mason Girl's Rite
Agen Fus
Dtg
Congressional
Ehrlichman
Southside
Tva
Jeannie
Harold Bush Jr
Mason County
Troy Huffman
Charles Hull
Field Ton
Logan Ban
Usiner
Pittston Co
Holzer General Hospit
Gallipolis
Harmony Baptist Church
Point Pleasant Junior High
Deborah Ann Nowlin
South+ side
Connie Lynn
Susan Kay
Lewis Edward
Wyoma
Wyoma Cemetery
Wilcoxen Funers
Point Pleasant
Nichol
Dallas T. Camicia
Arron
Mpany
La|gan
Ovally ‘Damron
Camilia
New York
First National City Bank
First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co
Philadelphia
Quang Tri
Saigon
Agency For International Development
White House
Col
Thon
Khien
Danang
Eimil
Mosbacher Jr
Oben
Mosbacher
Pat
Boston
John McCormack
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Mercer
Boone
Auto
Countian
Parkervices
Denner J. Ben
Alice &, Fischer
Beltone
Homer Waterort
A. Berffod
Cratini and Greubedar
Mary
City National Bank Ane MaxCarhte
Harlan
Skip) Wilson
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