Discount Firms Seek Declaration Against West Virginia Sunday Laws
Three discount firms led by Heck's, Joe's Bargain Fair, and Leeds discount house in Beckley plan a Kanawha County suit this week to declare West Virginia Sunday closing laws unconstitutional before June. They argue potential irreparable harm and cite alleged improper passage after midnight.
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Charleston
UPI
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Stanley Presser
Charleston Jorney
Heck's Discount Store
Joe's Bargain Fair of
Leeds Discount House
Beckley
Hancock Tax Deputy Placed Under Arrest
Hancock County sheriff E W Mayhew, longtime chief tax deputy since 1933, was arrested on charges of embezzling 537,797 over more than 20 years. He is jailed pending a hearing. the investigation began after office workers failed to balance the Aug Sept statement. audits traced shortages back to 1941.
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Weirton
UPI
E. W. Mayhew
Hancock County
Mayhew
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Bellance
Joseph Manypenny
Floyd R. Tarr
Manypenny
Tarr
State Tax Department
Multiple Local Court Actions Include Drunkenness and Fines
Raleigh County Magistrate remanded Dallas Wayne Ransom to jail on a drunk driving charge after arrest on Route 19 21. Army personnel at Fort Knox and Fort Gordon released to Military Police on AWOL charges. Minnie Lee Suttles and others fined or released on various traffic and larceny charges.
Thief Steals Range Washtub Fridge And More In Louisiana
Mrs. Elizabeth Landry found her home in Alexandria Louisiana ransacked after a theft that stole a gas range a washtub a refrigerator a power mower an auto motor and the kitchen sink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
UPI
Elizabeth Landry
Drunk Driving Case Opens In Court Today
The State’s case against William Franklin Edmonds, indicted for a second drunk driving offense, opened in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Prosecutor Thomas Canterbury outlined how Edmonds allegedly drove on the wrong side of Valley Drive, sped toward Princeton, and was arrested after a late night pursuit. Jurors and other court actions followed, with additional pleas and sentencing in related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin Edmonds
Raleigh County
Thomas Canterbury
Earl Miller
Thomas Durrett
Valley Drive
Sprague Hill
Canterbury
West Virginia road plan review prompts land reimbursement case
The West Virginia State Road Commission faces a show cause order to reimburse an Upshur County couple for land used in relocating Route 20 after the state Supreme Court considered Ira and Mildred Tomblin’s motion. They allege SRC blocked access to their garage and cut part of their property.
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West Virginia State Road Commission
Upshur County
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Ira
Mildred Tomblin
French Creek
Tomblins
SRC
Public Service Commission
Charleston
C. & O. Railway
Greenbrier
Bartow
Pocahontas County
Mannington
Wheeling Downs
Yowling
Jiueg D. Peron
Madrid
United Press Internationa
Argentina
Latin America
Mamie Var Doren
Bo Belinsky
Los Angeles Angels
Basebaer
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Romney
East
John M. Symes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Huntington
East Lynn
Wayne County
Huntington District
U. S. Engineers
Wyoming Youth Wins Freedom
The West Virginia State Supreme Court ruled that only a juvenile court holds jurisdiction for criminal charges against under 18s, except cases with possible death penalties. The decision, written by Judge Red H. Caplan, releases Roger Slatton, who was 15 when charged with breaking and entering and later linked to a $613 theft, confirming continued juvenile court jurisdiction.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Red H. Caplan
Roger Slatton
Wyoming County
Moundsville
Slatton
Clicui Court
President argues danger of Communist threat end ends not near
President contends the internal or external Communist threat cannot be ended in the foreseeable future. He says some military aid programs could be terminated, but others, including aid to India, must be expanded.
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India
Brush Fires In City Fire crews tackle two small blazes in Beckley
The Beckley Fire Department responded to a brush fire at 134 Wilkes Street at 10 20 a m today and later extinguished a grass fire at 236 Westwood Drive. Firemen said T G Honaker set trash ablaze and debris spread to a nearby lot with no reported damage.
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Beckley Fire Department
Wilkes St
Harold McRoberts
Westwood Dr
T. G. Honaker
State agency eyes funding for aged medical aid plan
Pace stated that the Medical Assistance for the Aged and General Medical and Hospital programs serve over 150000 eligibles. He noted a forthcoming $% million MAA GMH funding for the next fiscal year starting July 1, well below the $10-11 million needed to maintain current levels. The MAA program has remained within budget, but GMH draws down the pooled fund due to more recipients. Pace added the MAA program, begun in 1960, has never faced financial trouble.
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General Medical and Hospital
Pace
MAA
GMH
West Virginia
Pike Policeman Slightly Injured in Turnpike Crash
K. H. Ellis of the Turnpike Division, West Virginia State Police, sustained cracked ribs when his car struck a bridge abutment at Milepost 2 on the Turnpike at 9 04 a m today. Circumstances under investigation. Ellis resting at home in Princeton.
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Set. K. H. Ellis
Turnpike Division
West Virginia
Delinquent Taxes Soar as Sheriff Reports $283,717 Due
Unpaid real estate and personal property taxes total $283,717, with sheriff's office noting extra hours Monday to accept late payments. Collections reached $5,543 on the final day before the penalty deadline, bringing total receipts to $16,283.25 as officials extended Monday evening hours since delinquency fell on a Sunday.
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Sheriff's Office
Hero York Endures Illness Returns Home To Pall Mall
World War I hero Sgt Alvin C York, 75, recovering at St Thomas Hospital in Nashville, was listed in fine condition and scheduled to leave for his Pall Mall farm after a brief hospital stay for a slight heart condition and bruised chest from a bed accident.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Alvin C. York
St. Thomas Hospital
York
Pall Mall
Commodities to be distributed at Stotesbury Mine Office
Commodities will be given out from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Stotesbury Mine Office per Mrs. Sam Leslie, the agent. Everyone is asked to bring their own containers.
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Stotesbury
Stotesbury Mine
Sam Leslie
Alleged Casino Operators Continue On Trial In Federal Court
In Wheeling West Virginia three men remain on trial as others were dropped from charges on day one after an FBI raid on the Jockey Club in Chester. The defendants, from Ohio Pennsylvania and Florida, faced accusations of operating a gambling casino across state lines. Judge Charles Paul Jr directed acquittals for five and dismissed charges against five more. Remaining defendants include Charles Teemer Joseph Pecora and Domenic Caputo.
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Wheeling
W. Va
UPI
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Florida
Jockey Club
Chester
Charles Paul Jr
Paul
Charles Teemer
Hollywood
Fla
Joseph Pecora
Pittsburgh
Domenic Caputo
Youngstown
Abraham Silverhart
Peter Short
White Oak
Domenic Bieno
Joseph Rizzo
Glassport
Louis Anzelone
Sidney Bahm
McKeesport
Joseph Tamburro
Paul Bello
Michael Simera
Alex Zrinyi Jr
Steubenville
Teemer
Bello
Mayor Will Not Be Mediator In 125 Day Strike
Cleveland news reports no immediate plan for Mayor Ralph Locher to intervene in the 125 day strike between striking machinists and publishers. An all day session yielded no progress. another meeting was set. Union leaders said ratification of a 26 month pact retroactive to October 1 is likely, with a $5 wage increase each year and benefits including vacation after 20 years, pension, and insurance. A separate Teamsters dispute over vacation credits and Sunday Plain Dealer payments was nearly resolved, with a further contract language meeting slated for Wednesday.
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Cleveland
UPS
Ralph Locher
Locher
Clifford Hilpert
International Typographical Union Local 533
International Printers Union
Hilpert
Teamster
Anthony DePalma
Plain Dealer
Press
DePalma
Final rites held for Miss May Calloway 69 Huntington
Final rites for Miss May Eunice Calloway, 69, Huntington, were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Garten with Rev. Edward Abram in charge. She died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday in a Huntington hospital after a short illness. Surviving are four sisters Minnie Shipp, Huntington. Alice Bockersdale, Atlantic City. Ella Leach and Callie Tankard, both of Fayetteville. three brothers Willie, Grover, and Sam Calloway, all of Garten. The body was to be taken from Williams Funeral Home in Huntington to the church one hour before the service.
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May Eunice Calloway
Huntington
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Garten
Edward Abram
Miss Calloway
Huntington Hospital
Whitefield
Nancy Calloway
Minnie Shipp
Alice Bockersdale
Atlantic City
N. J
Ella Leach
Callie Tankard
Fayetteville
Willie
Grover
Sam Calloway
Williams
Funeral arrangements announced for infant Jacqueline Jones
Jacqueline Jones eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Jones of Chicago died at 6 am Monday in Chicago. The body is being returned to the Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Jacqueline Jones
Jack Jones
Chicago
Jones
Florence Bennett
Piney View
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Callie Jackson and Pete George
Mrs Callie Jackson age 72 of Glen Jean died after long illness in a local hospital. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Pete George age 48 of Maxwell Hill Road Beckley died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his vehicle. Funeral services set for Beckley Presbyterian Church with Masonic rites by Beckley Lodge 95. Surviving family includes wife Betty Gardner George, a daughter Carol Jean, a stepson Danny, two sisters and other relatives. Body to be moved from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to church prior to services.
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Callie Jackson
Glen Jean
Sewell
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Pete George
Maxwell Hill Road
Beckley Presbyterian Church
James W. Witherspoon
Stamford
Julia Miller George
Johnstown Rd
Alex George
Beckley
Beckley Masonic Lodge 95, Beni Kedem Temple of
Charleston
Beckley Elks and Moose Lodges
Presbyterian Church
Greyhound
Pete and
Bob
Pete Jr
Danny McGrady
Earl
Mary) Parker
Stanley
Elsie) Zukowski
Staten Island
N.Y
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Keyser-Bryant
Kirk Hurst 76 Dies After Illness in Welch Hospital
Kirk Hurst of Crab Orchard died at 7 30 am in a Welch hospital after a three month illness. Born April 27 188 in Climax Springs Missouri he was a retired coal miner who last worked for Winding Gulf Coal Co at Resaco and belonged to Local Union 6147. He was a Besoco Methodist Church member. his wife Laura Jones Hurst died in 1952. Survived by daughters H D Lilly Crab Orchard and Ralph Sanders Prosperity a brother Porter Hurst Henrietta Okla and nine grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Kirk Hurst
Crab Orchard
Welch
Climax Springs
Thomas
Amanda
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Resaco
Union
Besoco Methodist Church
Laura Jones Hurst
H. D. Lilly
Ralph Sanders
Prosperity
Porter Hurst
Henrietta
Okla
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs Pauline Davis Funeral Service Friday at Hilltop Church
Funeral services for Mrs Pauline A Few Davis 64 Hilltop are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Hilltop Baptist Church with Rev A L Witten officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park after services. She died at Oak Hill Hospital at 10 30 p m Saturday after a long illness. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor will transport to the church one hour before services.
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Pauline A. Few Davis
Hilltop
Hilltop Baptist Church
A. L. Witten
Greenwood Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Ritchie and Johnson
Yancey brothers drown in Shenandoah River boating accident
Charles E Yancey 31 of Front Royal Va and his brother Lewis 23 drowned in a Shenandoah River boating accident Sunday. Charles body unrecovered. Survivors include wife Barbara and daughter Barbara Ann plus several siblings. Body at E M Meadome Funeral Home in Hinton.
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Charles E. Yancey
Front Royal
Summers County
Shenandoah River
Lewis
Everett Yancey
Elk Knob
Charles
Barbara Yancey
Barbara Ann
Edna Portia
Hamilton
Ind
Violet Harvey
Chicago
Ill
Ethel Painter
Dorothy Lilly
Beckley
Jack
Oceana Boy Held On Two Charges
A 13 year old Oceana boy was lodged in the Juvenile Quarters of Raleigh County Jail at 12 15 a m today on trespassing and run away from home charges. Charles A Jones 24 Antonio Avenue was jailed at 12 40 a m today by City Police on an assault charge. He was released at 10 a m after paying a 5 fine and costs to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. DAVID McBRIDE no address paid a 10 fine and costs to Magistrate Rodriguez Monday on no operator s license. He was arrested Saturday on Route 41 by State Police. Louise Hosea Beckley paid a 20 fine and costs for illegal burning to Magistrate Rodriguez Monday. She was arrested Friday. Curtis Quillen no address paid throwing glass on the highway. He was arrested Saturday by State Police on Route 16.
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Dallas
Wayne Ransom
Mount View
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
James R. Shadrick
Ft. Knox
Hugh Allen Thomas
Ft. Gordon
William Delano Moore
Crab Orchard
Minnie Lee Suttles
Beckley
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Marlinton
Sam Berillo
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Rodriguez
Berillo
Jonah Redden
Beaver
Burke
U. S
Robin Berry Lawson
Lester
W. Va
Frank Meadows
Paul Belcher
State Olice
Ruth C. Woody
Welch
West Virginia
Turnpie
John R. Pettit
Mullens
Joyce Linda Bratton
Draper
Oceana
Raleigh County
Charles A. Jones
Antonio Avenue
David McBride
Louise Hosea
Curtis Quillen
Life Insurance Bill Aids Veterans
The House passed a bill to create a new life insurance type for about three million veterans who hold nonconverting national service term policies. It offers level premiums for life, with policy face value halved at age 65, allowing purchase of ordinary life insurance to replace lost protection.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Final rites for William Mack Ashley to be held at Tyree Funeral Home
William Mack Ashley 76 of Thurmond died at home after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Wednesday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery Hilltop. Body remains at the funeral home for visitation this afternoon.
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William Mack Ashley
Thurmond
Tyree
Pallbearers named for Phillip Fama service at St Francis de Sales
Pallbearers for Phillip Fama age 76 of 380 Mankin Ave include Sam Sparacino Jim Sparacino Andrew Sparacino Joe Sparacino Anthony Sparacino Joe Rodriguez Frank Barone and Bob Lowery. A requiem high mass at 9 am Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Church with Father Sylvester Stand in charge. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Phillip Fama
Mankin Ave
Sam
Jim
Andrew
Joe
Anthony Sparacino
Joe Rodriguez
Frank Barone
Bob Lowery
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Father Sylvester
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral services for Teresa Lee Sadler
Teresa Lee Sadler seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elwood Sadler of Charlotte NC formerly Mabscott was to be buried but services were held at Glen View Baptist Church at 2 p m conducted by Rev J A Richardson.
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Teresa Lee Sadler
Beckleyan To Graduate From Fairmont State
Miss Mary Ann Bolton of Beckley will graduate with 141 seniors from Fairmont State College this spring. She earns a bachelor of arts in education and will join May 31 commencement where Gov. W. W. Barron delivers the address. Senior Week activities and other state leaders are slated to participate.
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Mary Ann Bolton
Edna Bolton
Burgess St
Beckley
Fairmont State College
Bolton
W. W. Barron
Eston K. Feaster
FSC
Death ruled accidental in Pete George case
Coroner ruled Pete George died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. The 48 year old was found dead in his 1961 station wagon in a closed garage at 1405 Maxwell Hill Road. Police noted a gas residue under the car and the ignition key on but engine not running. Blood tests showed poisoning. no autopsy. George had recent illnesses and hospital treatment for pancreatitis and leg circulation issues.
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Pete George
Maxwell Hill Road
Raleigh
Ross P. Daniel
George
Robert Long
C. A. (Slim) Thompson
Daniel
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Russell E. Dunbar
Mankin Ave
Khrushchev Not Crowned In Danger Or Crisis
Khrushchev vacationed at the Black Sea with no sign of political danger. Western observers doubt claims of a Kremlin leadership fight, noting ongoing policy adjustments rather than a power struggle. Italian and other reports cite internal debate on economics culture and politics, but Moscow sources describe vigorous bargaining rather than a removal threat.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Black Sea
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Unita
Red China
Washington
U.S
A.R.I
Agenzia Italia
Paris
Aurore
Paese Sera
Rome
U.S.S.R
Ancient Negev Town Unearthed by Israeli Archaeologists
Beersheba Israel authorities said a 4000 year old town ruin was found in the Negev. The site features an altar a cemetery copper tools and ingots and an unusual ax. Researchers call the find among the most exciting in years and say it reveals a highly developed culture.
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Beersheba
Israel
UPI
Negev
Spain denies Sahara atomic test ground claim
Madrid government denied reports cited by the United Arab Republic that Spain allowed France to use the Spanish Sahara as an atomic testing ground. A government spokesman said there is absolutely no truth to the reports.
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Madrid
UPI
France
Spanish Sahara
United Arab Republic
Senate approves bill curbing tractor night driving
The Senate passed a bill to keep farm tractors off public roads from sunset to sunrise. The measure notes tractors are not subject to standard night driving equipment inspection rules for motor vehicles.
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Trenton
UPI
Senate
Moonshine and gambling charges lead police court forfeitures
Bond forfeitures totaled 488 dollars in City Police Court. Frances Dillard Harbin and Rosa L. Neal each lost 100 and 125 dollars on moonshine and gambling charges. Beckley men McCulloch and Bowling forfeited five dollar bonds on dog violations, Junior Powell sixteen on gambling, Joseph E. Stewart fifteen for failure to yield, John P. McCarron and John Haggerty seventeen for public drinking, Larren Lee Wilson twenty for speeding, Roger Woods fifteen for four persons in front seats. Nine others forfeited a combined 164 dollars on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Dillard Harbin
Rosa L. Neal
Beckley
John Howard McCulloch
E. C. Bowling
Junior Powell
Joseph E. Stewart
Woodlawn Ave
Second Avenue
John P. McCarron
Atlantic City
N. J
John Haggerty
Larren Lee Wilson
Crab Orchard
Roger D. Woods
Sophia
Hodges To View Area Projects
United States Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges visits Beckley Raleigh County areas Thursday with State Commerce Commissioner Hulett Smith. He will tour Stephen's Lake Melpar Beckley Madnar city hall and garage Grand View State Park to inspect progress from federal aid programs, arriving by plane at 2 30 p m at Raleigh County Memorial Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County
United States Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Hulett C. Smith
Stephen's Lake
Melpar-Beckley, Inc
Madnar, Inc
New City Hall
Grandview State Park
Harrison Ash
New Kanawha Industrial Corp
Raleigh County Memorial
Daley Favored To Win Chicago Mayoral Race
Chicago voters poised to reelect Mayor Richard J. Daley as his political machine faces Benjamin Adamowski, a Democrat turned Republican and former state's attorney who charged vote fraud in Cook County. Most observers expect a light turnout near one million of 1.72 million registered voters despite sunny 80 degree weather. A Daley win would not match his 1959 margin but could yield a smaller plurality. a Daley loss would rank among historic upsets.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Benjamin S. Adamowski
Cook County
Adamowski
Harry S Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Illnois
Timothy P. Sheehan
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Fiioel Aeru
Cabell
State Retail Merchants Association
Preiser
House of Delegates
Joe Levenson
Joe's
Levenson
Mr. View Man
Bell-ans
Posta
Orangeburg
N. Y
Acres Drive
Princeton
Edmonds
Warren
Joseph Luchini
Leo Birci
Howard Daniel
Roger Sharp
Hope Shrewsbury
J. S. Larrick
Edith Kobelia
Thelma Fisher
Ralph Starkey
E. V. Bowman
Lyonelle L. Lilly
Robert G. Smith
C. F. Block
D. B. Shumate
Allen Spencer Dunbar
Willard Edward Lilly
Davis
Dunbar and Lilly
Amoco
Thomas Brown
Leo Brich
Harry Smith Jr
State Penitentiary
George L. Ballard
Smith
Royal Crown Bottling Co
Raleigh Coca-Cola
Carl Dewey Meadows
Nolo Contendre
Wyoming
Write Beckley Loan CO
NeviLle
Hero
Miss May Calloway
Ella Hall
Ella Taylor Hall
Broyles Funeral Home
Billee S. Mick
Green Hillis
Hall
Minden
Paxton Taylor
Salt Sulphur Springs
Ethel Dellen
Ne Oe
Glen
Lavell
N. C
K ‘Ine Sue
Debra Kay
Ricky Marvin
Ruby Sadler
Camerton
Clarence Farrow
Glen White Road
Caffee Funeral
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Oceana Boy
Beckleyan
Fairmont State
Nikita
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