Deaths And Funerals In Beckley And Front Royal
Funeral services for Charles R Woody Jr 18 of Jacksonville Fla formerly of Beckley will be 2 pm Thursday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Park Palatka Fla where he died from injuries in a Saturday car crash Born August 10 1953 in Beckley son of Charles R and Irene Cooper Woody of Jacksonville He was a rental consultant for Royal Auto Teasing Co and a member of Southside Estates Church of God He also belonged to the Demolay Chapter in Tinley Park Ill Survivors include his paternal grandfather Rich Woody of Jonben a sister Melissa and two brothers David and Brian Friends may call at the funeral home 4 pm to 9 pm Wednesday Funeral services for E J Caudill 53 Front Royal Va formerly of Sophia were to be conducted at 2 pm today in Front Royal Burial followed He died Sunday He was born February 16 1919 in Sophia son of Calvin Caudill of Smyrna Fla and Mrs Lamia Taylor of Crab Orchard In addition to his parents he is survived by his wife Sylvia at home one daughter Phyllis one son Eddie one brother Charles Chamberlin of Buff Iowa and seven sisters Mrs Cleo Jennings of Josephine Mrs Rosemary Elliot of Beckley Mrs Annabelle Anders of Baltimore Md Mrs Gwinn Caudill of Abington Va Mrs Billie Hutchens of Whitby Mrs Tommy McCulloch of California and Mrs Thelma June Gwinn of Crab Orchard
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Charles R. Woody Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant_ Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Palatka
Charles Rand
Irene Cooper Woody
Royal Auto Teasing Co
Southside Estates Church of God
Woody
Demolay
Tinley Park
Ill
Rich Woody
Jonben
Melissa
David
Brian
Feneral
E. J. Caudill
Front Royal
Sophia
Calvin Caudill
Smyrna
Flo
Lamia Taylor
Crab Orchard
Sylvia Caudill
Phyllis
Eddie
Charles Chamberlin
Buff
Iowa
Cleo Jennings
Josephine
Rosemary Elliot
Annabelle Anders
Baltimore
Gwinn Caudill
Abington
Billie Hutchens
Whitby
Tommy McCulloch
California
Thelma June-Gwinn
Charleston
Vincent Legg
Fayette County
Legg
Clifty
Hazel William and
Matilda Caroline Crookshanks Legg
Fayetteville
Cumberland University
Lebanon
J.B. Yoak
Funeral services for Mrs Erma Virginia Chapman
Mrs Erma Virginia Chapman 52 of Shady Spring died from injuries received Daniels at 9 15 p m Saturday. Funeral 1 p m Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Revs Gene Hall and George Speck officiating. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survived by daughter Ethel V Chapman at home and eight grandchildren. Friends may call 5 to 9 pm today. nephews to serve as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Virginia Chapman
Shady Spring
Melton
Gene Hall
George
Speck
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Daniels
Ethel V Chapman
Funeral notices from Saulsville and Mullens in West Virginia
Final rites for James Kelly Cozort six of Saulsville will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Saulsville Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. He died Monday at his home after a long illness. The body will stay at Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens. friends may call Wednesday 4 to 9 p.m. Final rites for A O Perry 64 Mullens will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Mullens with Rev William R Nelson in charge. Burial will be Ridgelawn Cemetery Huntington. Death attributed to heart attack. Perry owner of Perrys Service Station Mullens, member Mullens Masonic Lodge. Survivors include wife Rubye Harrold Perry a daughter Mrs Sweetsie Davis of Scottsville Arizona four brothers Luther Ray Logan Francis Arden San Diego Calif James Earl and Harry Ernest Barboursville four sisters Mrs Lora Byrd Huntington Mrs Eva Hill Huntington Mrs Virginia Bell Logan and Mrs Rena Halley St Albans three grandchildren. Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens in charge. Church services and arrangements noted.
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James Kelly Cozort
Saulsville
Saulsville Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Lowell
Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
A. O
al) Perry
First United Methodist Church
William R. Nelson
Ridgelawn
Huntington
Perry
Mullens Hospital
Elijah A Holbert rites set for Shady Spring man
Final rites for Elijah Amos Holbert 67 of Shady Spring will be at 11 a m Wednesday in Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J W Berry officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity follows. He died in a local hospital about 2 a m Monday after a long illness. Funeral home after 6 p m today.
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Elijah Amos Holbert
Shady Spring
Webb and Neal
J. W. Berry
Blue Ridge ‘Memorial
Gardens
Prosperity
Four Die In Jail Cell Fire In Florida Prison
In Stuart Florida four prisoners were killed in a jail cell when mattresses were set ablaze with magazines Sheriff Robert L Crowder said the incident occurred Monday night at the Martin County jail He offered no explanation for the fire and the cause remained under investigation by authorities.
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Stuart, Fla
UPI
Martin County
Robert L. Crowder
Crowder
Charges urged against coal mine owner after fatal fire
Federal authorities are urged to consider criminal charges against Consolidation Coal Co. owner after nine miners died at Blacksville No. 1 mine in Monongalia County. Arnold Miller cites circuit-breaking failures, oil accumulations, coal dust violations, and a pattern of safety law breaches as grounds for prosecution under the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. He accuses union leaders of protecting managers and says the tragedy prompts a broader push for accountability.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Monongalia County
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers Lynion
Consolidation Coal Co
Blacksville
Miller
Consol
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boylei
Coal Mine ‘Health and Safety Act
Senate Labor Committee
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Boyle
Statler
Patrick
Hatch Act Ruled Unconstitutional for Vagueness
A three judge panel held the 1939 Hatch Act vague and unconstitutional noting it chills First Amendment rights. The ruling centers on enforcement ambiguity by the Civil Service Commission and questions about what constitutes active political involvement by federal employees. The decision follows appeals history dating to 1947.
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Washington
Gerhard A. Gesell
Barrington B. Parker
George E. MacKinnon
U.S. Appeals Court
Gesell
PSC approves limited gas service for Columbia Gas
The Public Service Commission approved restrictive gas service policies for Columbia Gas citing a West Virginia gas shortage. The order delays the effective date to October 1 and bars serving new commercial or industrial applicants unless ready for initiation, while honoring pre March 24 1972 commitments for service to any customer regardless of class.
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PSC
Columbus Gas
Columbia Gas System
Commission
Columbia
Expansion Planned By Klaus Company
Klaus Office Equipment Co. Inc on McCreery Street bought a 40.3 foot Valley Drive North frontage lot for 15000 from Jean F Watters Taylor and Donnie Taylor. The firm plans expansion at a future date including an office and shop at 1015 Valley Drive North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klaus Office Equipment Co. Inc
McCreery Street
Valley Drive
Jack Klaus
Office Equipment Company
Jean F. Watters Taylor
Donnie Taylor
Valley Drive North
Cities Vs Union Hassles Employees At Fairmont And Charleston
About 1200 union members walked off midnight Monday in Fairmont West Virginia and Charleston. Fairmont strikers from District 50 Allied and Technical Workers pressed for higher wages while Charleston workers sought recognition for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees leading to reduced city services and picket lines at garages and incinerators under police escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Fairmont
West Virginia
District 50
Charleston
American Federation of State
Pital
Jeinson
Hutchinson
Prison couple's escape attempt ends in double tragedy
Walter Elliott, serving a life term for murder, allegedly used two handguns smuggled by his wife to shoot two guards and trigger a prison breakout. Mrs. Elliott died at Norwood Hospital after the incident at the medium security prison. Autopsies were ordered to determine bullet causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Robbins
Norfolk
Mass
Walter
Elliott
Norwood Hospital
George [Burk
John O. Boone
Boone
Melvin
Bernstein
State Department ‘of Corrections
Elliotts
Helicopter Gunships and Bombing Push in North Vietnam
U S Army units including the 361st Aviation Company Pink Panthers flew AH1 Cobra helicopters in raids against Communist positions then dropped leaflets claiming aggressor kills. Saratoga pilots hit surface to air missile sites near Haiphong while Kitty Hawk aircraft caused explosions at a Vinh repair facility. Bombers dropped over a million pounds near Quang Tri as South Vietnamese forces press to retake the northern provincial capital. A US adviser warned of intensified shelling and bombardment of Communist strongholds around Quang Tri.
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Pink Pan
361St
Pink Panthers
Saratoga
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Vinh
Quang
Trie
Vienmese
Quang Tri
UPI
Ted Kurrus
Bremer case notes and juror remark spark questions
Bremer's arrest occurred eleven weeks ago amid debate over evidence in the shooting case. Lipsitz cites three reasons why ballistics and paraffin tests failed to link Bremer to the gun and describes the defendant in highly critical terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
Lipsitz
FBI
Dros
Contractors Back West Virginia School Bond Amendment
The Contractors Association of West Virginia urged support for a November ballot measure authorizing up to 200 million dollars in school bonding. Speaker Lewis N. McManus highlighted funding gaps in poorer counties, while the group urged members to aid voter education campaigns and advocate passage to improve educational facilities across the state.
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Contractors Association of
West Virginia
McManus
Contractors Association of West Virginia
Eugene
H. "Brown
Association
Contractors 'Association
Nform
County Receipts and Expenditures Reported for Fiscal Year
County funds receive federal and state aid totaling 9 048 924.75 for schools with miscellaneous board of education receipts 1 177 649 and last settlement balances 2 545 188.98. Total receipts reach 17 764 842, up from 15 854 445.95 last year. net balance 1 876 606.97. General fund shows 717 752.49 in total assessments and 647 866.41 net tax collections after 69 886.08 in delinquent taxes. additional public utilities taxes 153 157.15 and other receipts bring total to 1 327 276. Outstanding orders unpaid 86 054.70. Sheriff payments to state and municipalities total 305 205.25 and to the state sinking fund commission.
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Board’ of Education
State
McGovern Eagleton episode clouds campaign plans
The piece notes McGovern from a border state with 12 electoral votes could have shifted Democratic hopes. Eagleton disclosures during a Black Hills vacation near Custer South Dakota disrupted the campaign and the vice presidential ticket. Aides fear the affair could hurt McGovern but some strategists think it may fade by November.
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Eagleton
McGovern
Black’ Hills
Custer
S. C
McGovern J
Missourian
Vecellio & Grogan Inc Honored in Public Ceremony Report
A corrected public notice clarifies Vecellio & Grogan Inc involvement in a ceremony program. It states Vecellio’s dedication was misreported and the firm should be recognized as invaluable to the project as presented by the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vecellio & Grogan Inc
Ecorder
Vecellio
Oacay Vecellio
Picket protests over new disability rules and black lung benefits
Picketers from BLA denounce SS x ray standards and the amended law defining total disability as too restrictive. They fear regulations will erase gains and seek clearer disability criteria for miners under 55 and older workers. A delegation planned to meet SS officials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLA
Congress
Eustace Clay
Arnett Ok
John Darling
Gilbert
Graham
Sophia
Claude ‘Richards
Midway
Richards
Beckley SS
Dwight Billings
Billings
Landlord Law Court Hears Tenant Rights Question
A court refuses to rule on whether the seizure of property violates the tenant’s right to protest and defense. The case centers on whether the constable’s entry and seizure, triggered by indigency, constitutes unlawful action against the tenant.
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Charles Woody Jr
Erma Chapman
James K. Cozort
Mrs
Evelyn Blake
Evelyn J. Blake
Beckwith
Dodd-Payne
Allen Ledford
Blake
Elijah A. Holbert
Fred X. Williams
Sophia Area
Paul H. Henegen
Sophia Ph
Ronsie Statler
United Mine Worker’s
Blacksville No. 1
Harry Patrick
Supreme Court
Gas Service
Klaus
MR. Cash
Beckley National Bank
Meckley, West Virginia
FDIC
Witc
Self
Vietnam
Atal
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