Deaths and Funerals in West Virginia Towns
Death notices for Mrs. Irene Webb 68 of Glen Daniel and Sgt. Dale Richard Schultz 30 of Poitiers France outline funeral services. Webb will be buried in Cook Cemetery after noon Saturday at Mattsville Community Church Rev Tom Marion presiding. Schultz’s final rites are Sunday at Peterstown Methodist Church with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. he died in a France U S Army hospital and is survived by sister Virginia Bodnar Beckley.
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Irene Webb
Glen Daniel
Mattsville
Tom Marion
Cook Cemetery
Webb
Posey
Sidney
Bolt
Ted
Hubert
Jamnita Richmond
Beckley
Pansey Phipps
Harper
May Scarbro
Mabscott
Rosa Simpson
Armstrong
Whitesville
Dale Richard Schultz
Poitiers
France
Peterstown Methodist Church
Leslie Garten
Charles Potts
Peterstown
Schultz
U. S. Army
Robert
Virginia) Bodnar
28Th Transportation Battalion
Mrs Agnes Fisher Final Rites Held in Charleston
Mrs Agnes M Fisher 82 formerly of Beckley died Thursday in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Saturday at J E Johnson Funeral Home Charleston with Rev James R Kennedy in charge. Cremation will follow in Portsmouth Ohio. She resided with daughter Doris L Fisher at 3704 Veneble Ave SE Charleston. Widow of Samuel N Fisher a Beckley merchant she is survived by two sons H J Fisher of Columbus Ohio and Robert of Charleston two brothers Richard Turner Whitman and John Turner Phoenix Ariz six grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes M. Fisher
Beckley
J. E. Johnson
Charleston
James R. Kennedy
Portsmouth
Ohio
Final rites for Otha Robertson and others in local obituaries
Final rites for Otha Robertson 61 of 507 Sylvia Street will be held Sunday at Central Street Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died after a long illness in a local hospital. Final rites for James William Alberty 63 of Stotesbury will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of his niece Mrs Clara Owens with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He died en route to a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include sister Maggie Kordes and half brother John Melton. The body will be moved to Mrs Owens home at 5 p.m. Pallbearers named. Mrs Myrtle Massey Henson 74 of Bradley died today at a local hospital after a long illness. She was born July 5 1889 in Amherst County Virginia and was a member of Bradley Presbyterian Church. Survivors include husband Arthur Vaughn Henson three sons and daughters and many grandchildren. The Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Orin
Martha) Vines
Vine St
Keyser Bryant
Walter H. Griswold
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Raleigh County
Henry W
Mary Jane Cole Thompson
First Christian Church
Gladys
W. W
Buckington
J. C
Warren
Ohio
Kyle
Barboursville
Orin Jr
Glen Morgan
Donald
Beckley
Herbert
Portsmouth
Leonard
Moravian Falls
N. C
Lewis
Jane Ann
Kenneth
Tolbert St
Frank
Marcella) Pitzer
Oak Ridge
Otha Robertson
Sylvia
James William Alburty
Stotesbury
Clara Owens
Dewey Wilson
Oak Grove
U.S. Army
John
Betty Kordes Alberty
Pocahontas
Maggie Kordes
Cleveland
John Melton
Williams Funeral
Owens
Tony
Joe Parker
Steve Agee
Bobby
Jake Matthews
Bobby Doss
Cris Copley
Myrtle Massey Henson
Bradley
Amherst County
Richard and
Mary Massey Smith
Bradley Presbyterian Church
Arthur Vaughn Henson
W. A
Sprague
Hubert
Eldridge
Pontiac
Mich
Nathan
Ethel) Commer
Final rites for John Edward Bailey at Melton Mortuary
John Edward Bailey 45 of 202 East Prince Street dies at home Thursday evening after an apparent heart attack. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Gerald Morgan. burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors: sister Lillian Martin of Pikeville Ky and brothers Russell Mabscott and Donald Beckley. Pallbearers named. Friends may call after 5 p m today.
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John Edward Bailey
Prince St
Melton
Gerald Morgan
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Grandview
Dixie Kirtley Bailey
Edward Bailey
Crandon Coal Co
Bradley
The
Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors Lodge
W. A
Lillian) Martin
Pikeville
Russell
Mabscott
Donald
Beckley
Paul Gunter
Joe Trail
Lonnie Trail
Donald Martin
Tony Merrick
Clifford Stone
Roy Welch
Ella Belle Lilly Funeral Services in Flat Top Church
Funeral services for Ella Belle Lilly 75 of Flat Top will be held at 2 p m Sunday at the Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Charles E Walker in charge Burial will be in a Tom Lilly Cemetery near Sheap Wilmington Ohio Hospital hospital at 6 a m Thursday after a short illness She was a member of the Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church The body is at McDougal's Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville Also complete arrangements for Leon T Spencer 41 of Washington DC formerly East Park who died in a Washington hospital Wednesday afternoon after a long illness He is survived by his father Frank D Spencer and two sisters Clemintine Gray and Lorraine Stinson funeral arrangements are in progress
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Ella Bell Lilly
Flat Top
Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church
Charles E. Walker
Tom Lilly
Wilmington, Ohio
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Leon T. Spencer
Washington, D. C
East Park
Washington Hospital
Frank D. Spencer
Broadway St
Clementine Gray
Derry Hale
Lorraine Stinson
Wilmington
Del
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Adkins Child Thomas Adkins Dies in Portsmouth Area
Thomas Adkins aged 14 months, son of Mr and Mrs J T Adkins of Portsmouth Virginia formerly Prosperity, died at 5 am Thursday after an illness since birth. Survived by paternal grandparents Jesse Adkins Prosperity, maternal Bill Tony Dothan, a sister Donna at home, and mother Glenda Tony of Dothan.
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Thomas Adkins
J. T. Adkins
Portsmouth
Prosperity
Thurst
Jesse Adkins
Bill Tony
Dothan
Donna
Glenda Tony
Bedford Toler Dies After Brief Illness at Home
Bedford Toler 57 of Sun Hill died Thursday at 8 14 p m at his home after a brief illness. Born January 2 1906 at Sun Hill he was the son of Pete and Mary Toler. He was a disabled miner and a member of Freewill Baptist Church Reedy Creek and Local Union 7970 UMWA Coal Mountain. He was a lifelong Wyoming County resident. Survivors include his wife Mrs
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Bedford Toler
Sun Hill
Pete
Mary Toler
Freewill Baptist Church
Reedy Creek
Union
Umwa
Coal Mountain
Wyoming County
Exiles claim Kennedy backed second Cuban invasion
Exile leader Miro blames Kennedy for approving a second Cuban invasion at a 1962 White House meeting. He cites October tensions over missiles, refugee forces ready to invade, and a US crackdown on exiled raids that disrupted plans to free Cuba from communism.
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Kennedy
White House
Caribbean
Cuba
Miro
U.S
Khrushchev
United States
Cuban
Mrs Sol Steffan Rites Held in Williamson
Final rites for Mrs. Sol Henia Steffan of Williamson will be at 2 p m Saturday in Williamson. She died Thursday morning at Williamson hospital after a two months illness. Her husband is a past district governor of Rotary International and prominent in the area.
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Sol
Henia) Steffan
Williamson
Williamson Hospital
Rotary International
Missing Youth Found After Large Rural Search
A 17 year old Woodrow Wilson High student believed to be just walking was found on Route 3 near Eccles after more than 200 people searched the hills around Crab Orchard from dusk Thursday to midnight. Sonny Meador had left Green Valley Church around 2:30 pm after getting off his bus and did not return home for supper. Mrs. Meador notified the Raleigh County Sheriff's office, and sheriff deputies Beaver Volunteer Fire Department and Raleigh County Civil Defense Unit joined the search. He reported he was just walking when found.
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Crab Orchard
Woodrow Wilson High School
Eccles
Sonny Meador
Curtis Meador
Green Valley Church
Meador
Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Raleigh County Civil Defense Unit
Spelling Bee crowns winners in Tri County event
The district spelling bee awarded the champion and runner up prizes funded by local banks. Thomas Brown of Maxwell Hill earned honorable mention as nervous students misspelt words amid crowd reactions. Pronouncers and judges from local schools and towns oversaw the event with districts including Town, Slab Fork, Trap Hill, Clear Fork, Shady Spring and Marsh Fork represented.
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M. K. Austin
Thomas Brown
Maxwell Hill
Haz . Garland
Edith Jar
Queen Madison
Mary Abbott
Marion Brooks
Lincoln Library
Tri-County
Bank of Raleigh
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley National Bank
Robert Rhody
Institute
Sandra Russell
Montreal
Stickney
Ronnie Cox
Daniels
Sandra Worley
Fairdale
Town
Slab Fork
Trap Hill
Clear Fork
Shady Spring
Marsh Fork
Julian Williams
Macel Mills
Blohn Godal
Mary Jackson
Wanda Simpkins
Kennedy says no invasion despite Latin American tensions
Kennedy outlined policy aims to deter aggression in Latin America and prevent use of Russian troops to quell uprisings on the island while stating the United States does not plan an invasion. He emphasized noninvasive approaches and regional stability.
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Latin America
U.S
Two Raleigh County men fined for moonshine possession
Henry Griffith of Cool Ridge and Willie McBride of Pax were remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of $100 fines each on moonshine charges. Griffith also faced a drunkenness charge with fines and costs.
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Raleigh County
Joe Rodriguez
Henry Griffith
Cool Ridge
Willie McBride
Pax
Griffith
Shrewsbury
Odd
Willie Alton Robinson
Rocky Mount
N. C
Rodriguez
Turnpike
Robert Lee Kelly
Navy
Howard R. Taylor
Sandstone
W. A. Burke
Shady Spring
Frank Memeth
Rhodell
William Chester Roberts
Robert C. Hargis
Wendell C. Lusk
Cyclone
Leo Moore
Arthur Lee Blake
Charleston
West Virginia
Oakey Bateman
Gatewood
Burke
Route
Second Wheeling Declaration to be signed in Capitol ceremony
During the morning session the Legislature will adopt the Second Declaration of Wheeling. The event mirrors the 1861 Wheeling Convention action that helped spur West Virginia’s founding. The ceremony features legislators Barron, Julius W. Singleton Jr., and Howard W. Carson with a Lincoln silhouette as Hal O’Leary reads the historic statement. Markers will honor the Old Custom House Medical Arts Building and Washington Hall site at a town event ending with a Governor’s Ball at Wilson Lodge.
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Wheeling
Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia General Assembly
United States
Barron
Capitol Theater
House
Julius W. Singleton Jr
Morgantown
Senate
Howard W. Carson
Fayetteville
Lincoln
Hal O'Leary
Volunteers To Have SOP Session Monday
A Stamp Out Polio SOP meeting will acquaint volunteers with county clinics for April 28. Dr. Grover C. Hedrick Jr. chairs and outlines operation details for 20 clinics. Doctors nurses dentists pharmacists and school leaders are urged to attend at Woodrow Wilson High School at 7:30 p.m. to meet coordinators and learn the locations beforehand.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Grover C. Hedrick Jr
Local Recruiters Get Five New Automobiles
The Army Recruiting Main Station Beckley received five 1963 Plymouths to replace aging 1957 cars used for recruiting in Beckley and surrounding areas Charleston Pineville Lewisburg. The new cars, driven from Fort George G. Meade by Specialist 4 Carlos Mann and four sergeants, will help expand recruiting efforts and replace vehicles with over 100000 miles.
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Beckley
William R. Bonneau
Charleston
Pineville
Lewisburg
Bonneau
Ft. George G. Meade, Md
Carlos Mann
Gerald Burba
Clarence Snyder
John Snyder
Harry W. Coates
Bond Forfeitures Hit $89 In Police Court
Bond forfeitures totaled 89 dollars in City Police Court Thursday night. Two area residents and a Beckley juvenile forfeited bonds on unrelated theft charges. Kelly Milam and Ellen Milam of Otsego forfeited 25 dollar bonds for shoplifting, Bill Lester of Pike Street forfeited a 30 dollar bond for petit larceny. The youth was certified to police court by Juvenile Judge Harry L. McCreery. One person forfeited a 19 dollar bond on an intoxication charge.
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Beckley
Kelly Milam
Ellen Milam
Otsego
Bill Lester
Pike Street
Harry L. McCreery
Three Divorces Granted In Court Here
Judge Norman Knapp signed recent orders granting three divorces and two recovery cases while dismissing one suit. Divorces granted include Diana Rae Black Sexton from Roy Sexton with name restored to Diana Rae Black, Paulette June Wills from Rondell Wray with name restored to Paulette June Farley, and Lula Faye Toney from Cecil Edward Toney with custody of six children. Recovery judgments: A C Morris Co to recover 3147.95 from Ermel C Bennett and M M Lononsy. Edward Wallace Odd Grocery to recover 440.33 from Archie Meadows Jr and Rachael Meadows. Dismissed: William Herbert v George Sparks et al.
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Norman Knapp
Diana Ray Black Sexton
Roy Sexton
Diana Rae Black
Paulette June Wills
Rondell Wray
Paulette June Farley
Lula Faye Toney
Cecil Edward Toney
A. C. Morris
A. C. Morris Co
Five Beckley Officers to Attend FBI Session in Charleston
Beckley area law enforcement officers will attend a Charleston meeting of the Federal Bureau of Investigation focusing on bank robbery. City Police Chief M. E. Tyree and Lt. Earl Ballengee will serve on a panel with Sheriff deputies Wes Thompson and Kenneth Larabee and Cpl. K. J. Neely of the Beckley State Police Detachment. The Charleston session is one of three planned in West Virginia.
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Beckley Area
Charleston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
M. E. Tyree
Earl Ballengee
City Police Department
Wes Thompson
Kenneth Larabee
Cpl
K. J. Neely
Beckley
West Virginia
Hughes Ordered To Court After Prince Street Crash
John Hughes of Sprague, 40, must appear in City Police Court Monday on improper registration following a two car crash at 9 30 a m today at Prince Street and Valley Drive North. Hughes 1959 model car was hit by Barnes E Cheek 32 of Pocahontas Va driving a 1963 station wagon. Damages about 75 dollars. No injuries reported.
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John Hughes
Sprague
Prince Street
Valley Drive North
Hughes
Barnes E. Cheek
Pocahontas
Revival to be led by Rev Lawrence Hearn at Shady Spring Church
The Rev. Lawrence Hearn of Mabscott will conduct a revival at the Shady Spring Pentecostal Church starting at 7 30 p m Sunday. The Rev M T McBride invites the public to attend and hear gospel messages during the event.
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Lawrence Hearn
Mabscott
Shady Spring
Lobbyist funding tied to Philippine claim bill probe
Disclosures show up to $750,000 in lobbying income linked to foreign interests and private gain. The Senate committee weighs amendments to bar those who interfere in government processes from benefits, after open hearings on private lobbying for foreign interests. Receipts included checks to Humphrey, Miller, Zabrecki, McCormack kin, and others, with GAO lists showing broader payments to many lawmakers and aides.
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House
Senate
Fulbright
O’donnell
Justice Department
Justice
General Accounting Office
O'Donnell
Hubert Humphrey
Minn
William E. Miller
R-N-Y
GOP
National Committee
Clement J. Zabrecki
D-Wis
Far East
Philippines
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Edward McCormack
Attorney Genral
Massachusetts
John W. McCormack
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Mrs. Orin Vines
Elsie Dillon
Harper Heights
Melton Mortuary
William Richardson
William S
Bill) Richardson
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Wildwood
Lexington
Richardson
Katherine Richardson
Myra Webster Richardson
East C. St
Agnes Fisher
James W. Alburty
Myrtle M. Henson
Ella Belle
Lilly
Martha Ona Toler
Victor
Benny
Simon
Lois Hughes
D. Fay Hedrick
Worchester
Mass
Shirley Ruth Hedrick
Johnny
Annie
Aaron
Squire
Hughie
Arthur
Eric Hutchinson
Vida Tilley
Lynce
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Sears Monument CO
Harper Rd
Universal Corporation
S. Kanawha St
Sol Steffan
Raleigh
Vocational Technical Center
Amabile Milano
Hazel Garland
FBI
Philippine ‘Sugar
Hoose
GAO
J. Allen Frear Jr
D-Del
Security and Exchange Commission
Miller
Jennings Randolph
D-W
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Humphrey
Eugene . McCarthy
D-Minn
Clifford P. McIntyre
R- le
John Dingell
D-Micn
Robert Levering
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Early Hogan
Dind
Stanley Prokop
D-Pa
Albert Quie
Eugene J. Keogh
D-N.y
Soho
Daniel J. Flood
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
E. L. Barrett
Alaska
George S. McGovern
Ds.d
Joseph W. Martin
Rmass
Paul H. Doulgas
D-Ill
John O'Keefe
George A. Smathers
Dfla
W. Pat Jennings
D-Va
James J. Delaney
Thomas P. O'Neill
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
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