September Court Docket Includes Murder Trials
Fayette Circuit Court docket for September lists two murder trials. Robert Clayton Davis faces trial for the Oliver Campbell murder at Meadow Bridge on Sept 27, Joe Hill is set for Sept 29 for Clyde Shockey’s murder. Gloria Vandall’s case remains unsettled as investigation continues. Jurors drawn for Sept 27, with numerous other criminal cases scheduled Sept 27 through Oct 8, and a long list of prospective jurors from across local towns.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Robert Clayton Davis
Oliver Campbell
Meadow Bridge
Joe Hill
Clyde Shockey
Howard Carson
Gloria June Vandall
Vandall
Kenneth Neal Moore
Charles Edward Summers
George Hazelwood
Donald Uhl
William LeRoy Nutter
Wayne Giles
Artie Layton Smith
Earl Emmett
Querell Ward
Ernest Mitchell
Howard Taylor
Bobby Lemon
Billy Lopez
Carl Jenkins
William John Jenkins
David Myers
Tommy
L. D. Legg
Raleigh Junk Co
Curtis Adkins
Howard Crist
Franklin Hale
Clayton Harrah
Reaford Hall
William Kurtz
Lewis Donald Hicks
Clarence Hicks
Cecil Smith
Henry Adkins
Beelick Knob
Howard Amote
Oak Hill
J. D. Anderson
Homer Akers
Long Branch
Elbin Barnette
Gauley Bridge
W. E. Bibb
Guy Bryant
Hilltop
Bevins Funeral Rites Wednesday
Johnstown obituary for William Jefferson Bevins 74 who died after a two year illness. Sermon at Quinwood Methodist Church with Rev. Parker and Rev. Henderson. Burial at End of the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. Survived by wife Henrietta and two dozen relatives including children, stepchildren, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
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George William Bevins
Henrietta Bevins
Charles Boone
Leslie
D. F. Puckett
Hugheston
George
Claude
Roy Bevins
Johnstown
T. H. Ellis
Stamford
Jacobs Funeral in Princeton for Walter A. Jacobs
Walter A. Jacobs, 52, of Princeton died in Memorial Hospital Saturday of a heart condition. Funeral services were to be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Mark Burke Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Clayton Sweet. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. A sign painter, he started his Princeton business in 1939. He married Cassie Fortner Huntingon in 1924. Survivors include wife Cassie, two daughters Mrs. John King and Donna Jacobs, two sons Walter and Robert, a brother Frank Jacobs of El Centro, Calif., and two sisters Mrs. George Ritter and Miss Jean Jacobs of Kansas City, Kan.
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Princeton
RNS
Walter A. Jacobs
Memorial Hospital
Mark Burke
John King
Donna Jacobs
Columbus
Ohio
Walter
Robert Jacobs
Frank Jacobs
Elsi
Calif
George Ritter
Jean Jacobs
Kansas City
Kan
Newlyweds plan Kentucky home after Mullens visits
Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Davis announce their marriage on Aug 20 at Huntington and say they will reside in Winchester Kentucky around Sept 12 after visiting her Mullens West Virginia parents and his St Louis Missouri family. The bride Sweetsee Cook Perry holds degrees from Concord College and Marshall College. He earned a BA in music at Marshall and served three years in the Air Force. They will teach and direct church youth and music in Winchester while he pursues a bachelor of divinity at The College of the Bible Lexington.
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Mullens
Robert Lee Davis
Winchester
St. Louis
Central Christian Church
Huntington
Joseph Garshaw
Sweetsee Cook
A. O. Perry
Moran Ave
Russel Davis
South Charleston
Jack W. Osburn
Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Davis
Concord College
Marshall College
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Marshall
Arizona State College
Tempe
Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity
Wayne Christian Church
Air Force
Puerto Rico
First Christian Church of Winchester
The
College of the Bible, Graduate Seminary of the Christian Church
Lexington, Ky
Trade School Classes Slated for Veterans
PINEVILLE Wyoming County Trade School will open classes for veterans on Wednesday. Director Claude Phillips said veterans may enroll in auto mechanics electricity machine shop or welding. Training options include full time three quarters or one half, with about 550 veterans to be trained.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Claude Phillips
Phillips
Two Nicholas Men Killed in Accidents
In Nicholas County West Virginia two men died in separate auto wrecks Sunday and Monday. French Luther Jarvis 70 Summersville died after being struck by a car while inspecting his damaged vehicle on Route 41 near Summersville. Flavia Hugh Ellison 40 Tioga died when Harvard Johnson 19 Morgantown struck him on a foggy dirt road near Craigsville as he walked toward a family reunion. Ellison leaves a wife and seven children. Jarvis leaves a widow, two daughters, a son, a stepson, and several relatives. Both men were buried or to be buried in local cemeteries with services planned. Authorities said Johnson did not stop after the initial impact and reported the incident upon discovering the body later. Johnson faces manslaughter charges. Bond for the driver was set at 2500 dollars but not posted.
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Summerville
ANS
Nicholas County
Luther Jarvis
Summersville
Flavia Hugh Ellison
Tioga
Jarvis
Charles Abner
Abner
Craigsville
Ellison
Harvard Johnson
Morgantown
Carroll Lay
Peters Creek Coal Co
Okey
Bill
Joe Ann Boggs Jarvis
United Mine Workers
Ida Belle Brannan Jarvis
Ethel Butler
Weston
Blanche Jarvis
Dove
Dry Creek
Luther
Hoke Jarvis
Speed
Charlie Nichols
Ivydale
General Nichols
Clay
Dye Nichols
Ohio
Herbert Nichols
Dotson
Lucien Legg
Waters
State Rt. 41
Denver
Police Probe Two Robberies At Skyline Drive In
State Police investigate two robberies at the Skyline Drive In Theater on Fayetteville road. Occurred Friday August 20 and Saturday August 28 in the concession stand. Missing items include a .25 automatic revolver, flashlights, car speakers, cigarettes, candy, chewing gum. Safe hinges damaged.
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Oak Hill
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Skyline Drive-In
Fayetteville Road
D. H. Jones
Jones
William McCutcheon Rites Held In Ronceverte
Funeral services were held today at 2 pm for William McCutcheon 70, a lifelong educator and former Greenbrier High School principal. Survived by wife Anna Williamson McCutcheon four daughters four sisters four brothers and four grandchildren. Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery after rites at Trinity Methodist Church in Ronceverte. He moved from Mercer County 14 years ago and retired two years ago.
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Ronceverte
RNS
William McCutcheon
Ronceverte Trinity
Trinity Methodist Church
Anna Williamson McCutcheon
Lewis D. Brown
Tacoma Park
Edward T. Rasmussen
Baltimore, Md
Stanley Farr
Morgantown
T. J. Cochran Jr
Rahway
N. J
Oak Hill Man Fined for Speeding at Magistrate Hearing
Harry Landis of Falling Waters West Virginia paid a fine of fifteen dollars and fifty cents for speeding at a hearing before Magistrate R C Godsey on Monday.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Harry Landis
Falling Waters
W. Va
R. C. Godsey
Theater Robbery Leads to Reward Offer
A $100 reward was offered by Jones for the arrest and conviction of the thieves who broke into the theater and for the return of part of the stolen goods. the safe was not opened during the break in.
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Jones
Brewster Rites Today at Dry Pond Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose E. Brewster 61 died Sunday night at her Red Sulphur Springs home scheduled for 2 p.m. at Dry Pond Church with Rev. Larry Lane and Rev. Morgan Belcher officiating. Burial in Orchard Cemetery. Survived by husband Frank Brewster four sons four daughters 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was born in Marion Virginia and lived 46 years in Red Sulphur. member of Red Sulphur Regular Baptist Church.
Mrs Sullivan Taken by Death
Mrs Sophia Skomin Sullivan 65 died at her Scarbro home after a heart attack. Survivors include husband John Sullivan. three sons John Sullivan Jr Vernie Sullivan in Germany George Franklin Sullivan in Alaska. six daughters Stell Vanisauchas Milan Jaksie Nadine Julie all of Cleveland Ohio Dan Hamilton Doroney Calif Phyllis Sullivan New York City. Body at Tyree Funeral Home.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Sophia Skomin Sullivan
Scarbro
John Sullivan
John Sullivan Jr
Vernie Sullivan
United States Army
Germany
George Franklin Sullivan
Air Force
Alaska
Stell Vanisauchas
Milan Jaksie
Nadine Sullivan
Julie Sullivan
Cleveland
Ohio
Dan Hamilton
Doroney
Calif
Phyllis Sullivan
New York City
Tyree Funeral Home
Polio Victims Rise to 13 in Fayette County
Fayette County reports polio cases totaling 13 for 1954 with the latest patient, 2-year-old David Miller Acord, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Acord of Mount Hope. He was admitted to Marmet Hospital August 24 and diagnosed two days later.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Frank Mauritz
David Miller Acord
Alfred Acord
Mount Hope
Marmet Hospital
Wyoming murder indictment void over wrong name
In Pineville Wyoming County authorities delay a second murder indictment after the grand jury listed the suspect as Bailey while the correct name is John H. Richards 40 of Rhodell. Richards used Bailey as a surname after his mother's remarriage and faces murder charges for the Aug. 7 shooting of Carl M. Armentrout at the Stag Pool Room Mullens. The same court also indicted Mrs Mae Bedwell for killing her husband Ed on June 9 and multiple men for various charges.
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Pineville
RNI
Wyoming
Robert Gailey
Wyoming County
Big John Bailey
John H. Richards
Rhodell
Richards
Bailey
Carl M. “Tuck" Armentrout
Stag
Mullens
Mae Bedwell
Bedwell
Marianna
Claude Harrison
Eckel Lester
Ceiley Murphy
Fred Shutt Jr
Arthur Leon Woods
Pineville-Welch
Robert Bernard Keaton
Jesse Staples
Staples
Keaton
Kenner Smith
Ernest Tilley
William Church
Mullens Grocery Co
Blankenship
Clifford Blankenship
Joe Massey
Manning
Glen Rogers
Paris Bailey
Terry Bailey
Tome Petri
Petric
Roy Sizemore
Frank Sizemore
Jesse Adkins
Ethel Halsey
Second Wreck Victim Succumbs in Hospital
A two car collision near White Sulphur Springs Saturday night caused the death of a second person. Mrs. Mary Sue Martin, 23, Brownsburg, Rockbridge County Virginia, died in a Covington hospital Monday from injuries suffered. She was among nine injured in the wreck, in which Madeline Fox of Aqua was killed. Two hospitalized children were released Sunday. The remainder were said to be improving in Cleveland, Ohio. The next term of court opens September 13 with divorces first day, followed by criminal court.
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White Sulphur Springs
Mary Sue Martin
Brownsburg
Rockbridge County
Covington Hospital
Madeline Fox
Aqua
Cleveland
Ohio
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Joan Seal
Joan Virginia Seal
William Morgan Blume
Memorial Auditorium
T. C. Ryan
Jennings Wilson
Ermel Wilson
Myron Renick
Ernest Amick
O. A. Tamplin
Elizabeth Darnall
Harry Allen
Edward Blume Jr
Bennett Blume
J. C. Blume
E. G Blume
Miss Seal
Nellie Stout
Lee Lively
Sally Shaw
Mary Ellen Allen
R.O Farmer
E. M. Darnall
Dennis Shockey
E. M. Norford
T. A Myles
D. H. Caldwell
F M. Arritt
Thelma Light
Frank Love
Orval Davis
J. E. Ryan
John T. Cashion, Jr
E. B. Eskew
Forrest Morris
John Lindley
E. R. Crouse
J. H. Allen
C L. Huff
G. H Jeffries
N. G. Stegall
S. M. Wolffe
Carl B. Vickers
Bland K. Hesse Jr
C. R. Bright
Chauncey Dodd
Alfred Bibb
Kathleen Crawford
Joseph Hodgson
Robert Woollard
W. O. Henderson
John Hilton
W. R. Seal
J. P. Atkinson
Alex Gray
Francis Bibb
L. A. Biggers
Cannelton
A. W. Burdette
Erwin L. Bennett
Nallen
D. D. Burkholder
Bernard Bloxton
Summerlee
William Campbell
Hico
James N. Cole
Kincaid
Jerome Cassidy
C. P. Calloway
Glen Jean
Ramond Campbell
Winona
W. F. Dalton
Alley
Earl L. Dunlap
Marting
Bevins
Jacobs
Carolyn Anita Hill
Juan A. Faria Jr
San Juan
White Oak Country Club
B. F. Puckett
C. E. Watkins
Puckett
Watkins
C. R. Hill
Kentucky
Missouri
Lou Lizut
Beverly Blake
Catherine Rosiek
Drema Wyant
Joyce Sluzas
Glenora Hilton
Nicholas
Opal Ellison
Ella Ruth
Phyllis Jane
Alice Marie
Franklin
Douglas
Phillip Ray
Nancy Ellison
Edward
Oran
Ida Adkins
Morris
Media Phillips
Agnes Phillips
Lower Methodist
Arnold Bickle
Simons Funeral Home
Richwood
Speeder
Mer
Ase St
Brewster
Mrs. Sullivan
Robert Worrell
Massey
Ernest Lee Anderson
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Anderson
ST Noe
Husband
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pacific
Canada
C&o
New York
C & O Ticket Office
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Andy Griffith
Anof Griffith
Iatee
Motorola
Suncrest
P.O
Atlanta
Georgia
SunCrest Orange
P. O. Box
National NuGrape Company
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