Obituary notices condense multiple local deaths in Beckley area
A string of obituaries from Beckley and surrounding towns notes deaths and funeral plans. Irene Brown aged 68 of 114 Deegans Street dies after a long illness. services Saturday at 2 p.m. in Ritchie and Johnson Chapel Beckley. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Leala Colvin 82 of 207 Sterling Street funeral Saturday 1 p.m. at St Matthew AME Beckley. burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Andrew Wayne Graham 80 dies in Bluefield hospital. funeral Friday 11 a.m. Fayetteville Baptist Church. Morris Carlin Keaton 69 of Fayetteville, retired Union Carbide worker. service Friday 11 a.m. Fayetteville Baptist Church. Floris Minnich 55 of Mount Clemens formerly Oak Hill. body at Tyree Funeral Home. Mattie Elizabeth Stevenson 98 of Princeton. services Saturday 2 p.m. at George W Seaver Mortuary. burial Resthaven. Bertha Elizabeth Wiley 91 of Petrey. service Saturday 2 p.m. Burns-Wormal Chapel Princeton. burial Phillips Cemetery Lerona. Mary Workman 60 of Cameron dies. body at Melton Mortuary pending arrangements.
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Irene Brown
Deegans St
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Beckley
Luther Hairston
Greenwood Memorial Park
St. Matthew Ame
Leala M. Colvin
Sterling St
Abner Wright
W. M. Carter
James Bly
G. W. Favors
Avourn Staples
Andrew Wayne Graham
Odd
Bluefield
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Fayetteville Baptist Church
Morris Carlin
Ernie) Keaton
Fayetteville
David Sneed
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Keaton
Beckley Hospital
Milton
Opie Arnold
Rebecca Jane Jack Keaton
Union Carbide
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Frank Henson
Douglas Webb
Jack Webb
Hayden Shawver
Louis Hannan
Harold Jones
Floris Minnich
Mount Clements
Mich
Tyree
Mattie Elizabeth Stevenson
Thorn St
Princeton
Tazewell Co
Rush
Carolina Brewster Brown
Hartwell Methodist Church
Camp Creek
Rutha Nell) Cassay
Callie Hawkins
Bradshaw
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Orville Harvey
Resthaven
Bertha Elizabeth Wiley
Petrey
Lerena
Ballard Preston
Cleo Shorter Phillips
Wiley
Methodist Church
Clarence Walker Wiley
Otis T
Athens
Ira D
Serena
Laura Ball
Stanford
Fla
Liona Brammer
Crownsville
Billy Phillips
Ellicott City
Memorial Funeral Directory
Paul Hall
Phillips Cemetery
Lerona
Mary M. Workman
Cameron
Melton Mortuary
Auto Sales Fall Below Target Amid Winter Slowdown
The harsh winter slowed U.S. auto sales with January deliveries 6 percent above 1976 yet 30 000 below internal targets. Four automakers posted 601 325 cars for January 1977, the best start since 1973, while imports led by Toyota and Datsun with 33 percent gains.
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East
U.S
Coffee Prices Soar as FAO Warns of Long Run
The FAO reported ongoing coffee price spikes with prospects of higher costs through year end. Folger Coffee Co. hiked ground coffee 20 cents to 3.28 a pound, delayed at retail due to a 60 day lag, while instant coffee remains unchanged. The FAO foresees prices staying extreme for years as Brazil recovers, with output at 3.6–3.7 million metric tons and export supply 600,000 tons below demand.
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United Press
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
America
Folger Coffee Co
General Foods
Folgers
Rome
Beckley Group Presents Condensation of Spoon River Anthology
CC To Perform In Charleston at the Community Theatre Festival February 18 20 at the Science and Culture Center in Charleston. Directed by Margo McMillen the Spoon River cast includes Marcia Schultz Chris Ambrose Phillip Duncan Dick Bradford Margo McMillen and Bill Rainey. Micki Maley serves as stage manager and Theatre Arts of West Virginia promotion director.
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Beckley
Community Theatre Festival
Science and Culture Center
Charleston
Margo McMillen
Spoon River
Marcia Schultz
Chris Ambrose
Phillip Duncan
Dick Bradford
Bill Rainey
Micki Maley
Theatre Arts of
West Virginia
Ford and Agnew to be neighbors in Palm Springs
Gerald Ford and Spiro Agnew plan homes across the street in Palm Springs California He will live on the Thunderbird Country Club 13th fairway while Agnew builds at the Springs Country Club Their courses are separated by Country Club Drive and both homes are near each other Prices cited show local homes ranging from 128 000 to 146 000 with Agnew's Maryland home listed over 150 000.
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Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Ford
the Springs Country Club
Maryland
Thunderbird Country Club
Knievel Undergoes Bone Graft for Arm Injury
Evel Knievel had a successful bone graft to repair his right forearm after a Monday break during a practice run for a motorcycle leap over a pool of sharks. The operation was performed Thursday at a Chicago hospital with United Press International reporting.
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Evel Knievel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Myrtle Armbrister
Myrtle Richmond Armbrister
Ghent
Leala Colvin
Andrew Graham
Morris
Mrs. Mattie Stevenson
Bertha Wiley
Mrs
Mary Workman
Toyota
Datsun
Ford Motor Co
Italy
Consumer Confederation
Palm Springs, Calif
Knievel Repaired
United Press Internati
Chicago
RCA
Valley Drive
B&w TV
NDOOR
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