BENNETT Joseph obituary notices excerpt
Obituary notices list Joseph Bennett of near Abraham, Raleigh County, 84, with funeral at Bluestone Baptist Church Jumping Branch Summers County. Details include other obituaries: John Benson 73 Mount Hope, Homer Cox of Blue Jay Raleigh County, George Davis Sr. 65 Broomall PA, Leola Friend 2 p.m. Beckley, Nellie Gregory 71 Webster Springs, Ruth Yon 72 Ashland KY, Okey Nichols 65 Belle, Mack Sanders 71 Charleston, Lucy Thompson 87 Alkol, Diana Tillman infant Roanoke VA, Ida Walker 75 Parkersburg, and Wils where noted, plus funeral homes and cemetery references.
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Bennett
Joseph OC
Bluestone Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
Summers County
Parley Ceetery
Mr. Bennett
Near Abraham
Raleigh
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Recluse Son Linked to Texas Double Murder Case
Houston police described Charles Frederick Rogers as a recluse after his elderly parents were found slain. Investigators say the couple were dismembered with a hammer, saw, and straight razor, with skin fragments recovered from a sewer and a 22 caliber bullet found in the mother's brain. A nightstand pistol and other weapons were located in the home as officers seek suspects for questioning. The family’s nephew alerted authorities when the aunt failed to answer calls for days.
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Houston
Tex
Thiel
Fred Christopher Rogers
Charles Frederick Rogers
San’s
L. D. Morrison
Rogers
Beret
Jin
Ex-Miner and Legislator Fite Dies at 74 in Kentucky
MAYSVILLE Ky A former McDowell County West Virginia miner and salesman who served four years in the West Virginia House of Delegates died Friday morning at Hayswood Hospital Lewis Fite 74 a native of Lewis County Kentucky was a mine foreman living in War West Virginia when elected a Democrat in 1934 He later returned to Kentucky Surviving are his widow daughters Mrs S Richard Pursglove of Suffern New York Mrs Fred L Matthews of Anderson Indiana and Mrs Frank F Butner of Baltimore Md sons Lewis E Jr of Vine Grove Ky Capt Dennis with the Air Force in Athens Greece Peter Thomas of Suffern sisters Mrs F W Martin of Cincinnati Ohio and Mrs Harold Bennett of Warwick New York Service will be held 3 pm Sunday at Mount Tabor Methodist Church Ribolt Ky burial in the church cemetery
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Maysville
McDowell County
W. Va
West Virginia House of Delegates
Hayswood Hospital
Lewis. Fite
Lewis County
Community of War
Kentucky
Marie Logan Fite
S. Richard Pursglove
Funeral notices list services across multiple towns with dates
A long list of funeral services and burial arrangements across West Virginia counties includes names such as Clare Allen, James Boggs, Henry Crawford, Mrs. Jonathan Crabban, Ezra Calloway, Rev Lucien Kontay, Charles Crawley, Mrs Cora Rotson, Charles Durfee, Lucy Epling, Emma Fitzpatrick, Harry Garrett, George Gibson, John Holliday, James McRowell, Wanderson Miller, Jasper Richmond, Capt Jack Sanford, Hattie Scales, Joseph Shiller, William Surface and Birdle Stroud. Services occur at churches including White Pilgrim Baptist, Cowen Baptist, Sunset Memorial Park, Blue Slate Baptist, and others with graves at Holley or local cemeteries. times shown as 2 p.m., 1 p.m., and varying weekday slots.
New Rocket Phoebus 1A Test at Jackass Flats
The Phoebus 1A nuclear rocket reactor at the Jackass Flats station operated at full power for 11 minutes with a bright exhaust plume. Los Alamos scientists ran the test as part of Project Rover for deep space exploration and reported thrust above 50,000 pounds. A successor Phoebus 2 is planned for 1966 to deliver 250,000 pounds of thrust for Nerva, the next Rover phase.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Jackass Flats
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Phoebus
America
Three Arrested in Liquor Raids Face City Hearings
Three persons were arrested early Friday and charged with liquor law violations. Bernetta Yeager of 805 Oakland Walk faced illegal possession and sale of taxpaid whisky at the Bamboo Room on Patrick Street. Gary Riddle, 25, of 302 McDonald Street, and mT Lambert, 21, of 503 Slack Street, were charged with aiding and abetting in illegal sale and sale respectively. Raids were led by Detective Capt. George Nunley with a team including Roy Cavedon, Don Wandling, and Dewey Cyatt at the Bamboo Room and Top Hat Club.
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Bernetta Mae Yeager
Oakland Walk
Bamboo Room
Patrick Street
Lax
Gary Laverne Riddle
McDonald SL
South Charleston
Mt. Lambert
Slack Sr
Top Hat Club
George Nunley
Twolubs
Roy, Cavedon
Don Wandling
Dewey iCyatt
Truck Mishap: Ralls Driver Dies In WV 14 Crash
A dump truck overturned Friday afternoon on West Virginia Route 14 near Alm Creek killing the driver Cecil Totnes 65 of Roxalana Road The vehicle slipped off the highway sending asphalt over the roadway. The body is at Lang and Fisher Funeral Home.
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Roxalana Road
Bihway
Alm Creek
Hiolme
Alina Mae Boggs
Charleston
Dilite Holmes
Leetie Stareher
Rath Cadhe
Laktehimd
Iva Garrett
Kentuck
Bran Wally
Victor
Doe
Edward
Al 4
Shiney Cavender
Sissonville Ra
Lang and Fisher Funeral Home
World Elks Open State Meet Begins in Parkersburg
The World Elks of the World hold their state convention in Parkersburg with Temple 71 as host. State President Lee Houston from Charleston will oversee business. events include a concert, memorial service, and civil liberties program. Officers to be elected Tuesday. Emma M. Keys of Wellsburg will preside over the Women of the Elks.
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Ihade Dendyon ‘Temple 71
Lee Huston
Purple Cross One
Busi‘al Inns
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Emma M. Keys
Wellsburg
Women of the Elks
Doctors Win Cash Prizes For Papers At Charleston Memorial
Charleston Memorial Hospital honored residents and interns with cash awards at Educa tion Day dinner at Edgewood Country Club. Retiring chief resident Dr Frank Medford won 200 for a cardiac resuscitation paper. Interns Dr Thomas Dotson and Dr Spencer Lee Bivens earned 100 each for work on a rare pneumonia and a disease affecting pregnant women, respectively. Six residents and six interns attended the dinner.
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North Carolina
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Summersville
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Charleston
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Bivens
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Joblessness Hits Record Low Mark in West Virginia
FAIRMONT AP Gov Hulett Smith announced May figures show 562,300 in the labor force with 35,200 unemployed, an unemployment rate of 5.9 percent, down from 6.8 percent in April as the state economy improves.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Hulett Smith
Smith
Youth May Misa Appointment To Academy In Jeopardy
Rep Morris Udall says Craig Gillaspie of Teson has now been accepted for the Naval Academy but a recent disqualification over a slight visual defect threatens his spot. Udall plans to locate him along the East Coast. A letter from Wilmington, NC arrived this week. Willy Pasadena, Md dateline.
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Freedom Party Denies Deal Confronting Five Congressmen
Mississippi Freedom Democratic party executive chairman Munday denied a Jackson newspaper report that the group might relax its challenge to five congressmen. Lawrence Guyot called the report “absolutely unqualified” and dismissed the suggestion as unfounded.
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Miss
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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Lawrence Guyot
Jackson
Bill Hilliard Park Trophy honors and mystery
The Charleston Park and Recreation Commission awards the Bill Hilliard Park Trophy for playground spirit each year since 1955. Officials, unfamiliar with Hilliard, sought to identify the boy who embodied sportsmanship and leadership and learned he drowned in Elk River near Coonskin Park amid Reynolds Street youth.
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Charleston Park and Recreation Commission
Istie
Campion
Hillard
Commission
Reynolds Street
Boys and Girls
By. Com
Young Hilliard
Elk River
Coonskin Park
Charleston
State Warns About Candy Fireworks
State Fire Marshal Lewis E. Myles warned West Virginia parents and retailers Friday against a candy looking impact type firework known as cracker balls. He cited nine oral injuries from explosions and stated these items are imported from Japan and Formosa, sold in clear envelopes, and seized if found. Retail sale and use remains illegal outside supervised displays.
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Lewis E. Myles
West Virginia
Myles
Japan
Formosa
B&O Ordered to Resume Use Of Rear Flagmen
The Public Service Commission ordered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to reinstate rear flagmen on all trains to protect the public interest after the carrier had removed them earlier in the year following an automatic block system install. The move followed a Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen complaint. In a separate action the PSC allowed Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to close its Cotton Hill agency station in Fayette County, permitting freight handling in carload lots only.
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PSC
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cotton Hill
Fayette County
C&o
Winfield Youth Ends Ministry Trend Studies
Danny Hazlett of Winfield Baptist Church completed a week long study of new trends in Ministry of Youth at the American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake Wisconsin. The conference ended Friday and was sponsored by the Christian Education Division of the American Baptist Board of Education and Publications.
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Green Lake
Wis
Winfield
W. Va
American Baptist Assembly
Danny Hazlett
Winfield Baptist Church
Christtian Education Division
American Baptist Board of Education and Publications
Smith to Describe West Virginia Economy at State Planning Meet
Gov. Hulett Smith will outline West Virginia's economic situation at the Association of State Planning and Development Agencies convention in Jackson Wyoming. The event runs from Sunday to July 2 with Smith speaking July 1 and State Commerce Commissioner Koder Collison also attending.
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Jackson
Wyo
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Association of State Planning and Development Agencies
Smith
Koder Collison
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