Death notice for Gilbert E Heatherly 34 Beckley resident
Final rites for Gilbert E Heatherly also known as Gin will be held 2 pm Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Dr. Ross Evans presiding. Burial follows at Rest Haven Cemetery Princeton. He died at his brother in law Tommy Hale's residence Route 4 Princeton after a brief illness. He was born August 3 1935 in Chattanooga Tennessee the son of William Marshall Heatherly and Matilda Smith Heatherly. Survived by wife Ruth two sons Frank and Cody and three grandchildren. The body remains at Melton Mortuary with viewing after 5 pm today. Brothers in law will pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert E
Gin) Heatherly
Hargrove St
Melton Mortuary
Ross Evans
Rest Haven
Princeton
Heatherly
Tommy Hale
Route 4
Chattanooga
Tenn
Aus
William Marshall
Matilda Smith Heatherly
Ruth Davis
Beckley
Broughton Dairy Co
Beckley- Raleigh
Funeral notices list Lilly and Dufour deaths in Virginia and Ohio
Richard P. Lilly of Jumping Branch died Thursday in Salem Virginia after a long illness. His body is at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton. George Dufour age 77 of Minden died Wednesday after a long illness and will be buried at Oak Hill in a service at noon. He was a former coal miner born in Ironton Ohio with a large family and 22 grandchildren. The body lies at Vance J Jackson Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill awaiting calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Lily
Jumping Branch
Veterans Hospital
Salem
J. F. Lily
Beckley
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
George Dufour
Minden
Vance J Jackson
Oak Hill
Bill’ ‘Menefee
Mm the Odd Fellows
Dufour
Bilsop
Ironton
Ohio
Mary Duford
Marsi McCormick Dufour
John
George
Kingsville
Harold
Depue
James
Charles
Frank
Jack
Joe
Ashtabula
Miss Clarice Evelyn Church Dies at 29 in Bud
Funeral services for Miss Clarice Evelyn Church 29 of Bud will be held at 1 p m Saturday at Bud Alpeca Methodist Church with Rev E E Smith officiating. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. She died Thursday at Mullens hospital after a short illness. Born August 23 1941 in Bud she was a daughter of A B and Lena Hash Church. Surviving are a brother E L Church of Clarksburg. Body moved from Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens to home at 2 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarice Evelyn Church
Bud
Bud-Alpeca Methodist Church
E. Smith
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Mullens Hospital
A. B
Lena Hash Church
Rua
E. Lb
Church of
Clarksburg
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Funeral services for Charles Wallace McClary in Ansted
Charles Wallace McClary 65 of Ansted died after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with Rev. A E Bostick officiating. Burial will follow at Rest Haven Memory Gardens Victor. He was a brother of Raymond McClary of Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wallace MecClary
Ansted
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
A. E. Bostick
Rest Haven Memory Gardens
Victor
McClary
Charleston’ Hospital
Raymond McClary
Fayetteville
Curtis R Jennings Funeral Service Held for Sophia Veteran
Funeral services for Curtis R. Jennings of Sophia were held at 11 a.m. in Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. C Shirley Donnelly officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park. Jennings, 53, a retired Army sergeant first class, died at the Soldier's Home in Washington DC after a long illness. He served with Company A of the 2nd Airborne 54th Infantry in WWII and the Korean War until retiring in 1962. Survivors include three sisters, one brother, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis R. Jennings
Sophia
Melton Mortuary
2Nd Airborne
54Th Infantry
Irene Richmond
Ioie Mae Mikesell
Coranta Fu
Louisville
Isaac Jenings
Sochia
Kyle Richmond
Edward Meyer
Thomas Mikesell
Russell and
Kemmeth Jennings
Obituary of Robert W. Flack Oak Hill executive and community leader
Robert W. Flack 61 of 705 Central Ave Oak Fall died Thursday at 2 45 PM of an apparent heart attack in his office. He served as manager of Oak t Finance Co for 26 years and was a United Methodist Church of Oak Hill trustee and Oak Hill Lions Club member. Born May 30 1908 in Greenbrier County he was the son of Napoleon and Addie Miller Flack. He is survived by wife Mary Burns Flack three daughters Betty Blake Ann Bowman and Linda Morgan one brother Carl and one sister Vergie Taylor. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM in the United Methodist Church of Oak Hill Rev Tally Hanna officiating. Burial at Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Friends may call Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill 7 PM to 10 PM Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Id. Lewis
Route 1
Mount Hope
Tyree
Harmon Davis
Shirley Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
United Mine Workers of America
Packs Branch Missionary Baptist Church
Kanawha County
Leonard
Phoebe Craddock
Bulah Hall
Parkersburg
Phoebe Kirk
Fayetteville
Goldie F. Neal
Ansted
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
A. E. Bostick
Lansing
Samuel
Rachel Tackett Christian
Orva Brewer
Wallace and Wallace Funeral
Robert William
Bob” Flack
Central Ave
Oak Fall
Flack
Oak T Finance Co
United Methodist Church of
Oak Hill
Lions Club
Meddow Binnf
Greenbrier County
Napoleon and
Addie Miller Flack
Mary Burns Flack
Betty Blake
Huntington
Ann Bowman
Vienna
Linda Morgan
Enumclaw
Wash
Carl
Smoot
Vergie Taylor
Quinwood
Tally Hanna
Highlawn Memorial Park
Frederick Grant Shelton funeral services set in Alderson
Frederick Grant Shelton 52 of West Palm Beach Florida formerly of Alderson died Wednesday morning in a Palm Beach hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p m Saturday at Old Greenbrier Baptist Church Alderson with Dr Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial at End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Body arrives Lobban Funeral Home Alderson today after 4 p m for calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Grant Shelton
West Palm Beach
Alderson
Old Greenbrier Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
Oak Hill
Final rites for Miss Elizabeth Propps in Mount Hope
Miss Elizabeth Ann Propps 86 of Mount Hope will have funeral services Saturday at 10 a.m. in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev. Melvin Dolin presiding. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Monday in a Fayetteville nursing home. A retired telephone company employee and a member of the Mount Hope Church of God. Surviving nieces and nephews. Visitation tonight from 7 to 9. (RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Ann Propps
Mount Hope
Tyree
Melvin Dolin
High Lawn ‘Memorial Park
Oak Bill
Fayetteville
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Telephone Pioneers of America
Beulah Kidwell Final Rites Set in Raleigh County
Beulah Kidwell 73 of Table Rock died Wednesday at 4 30 am after a short illness in a local hospital. Born March 25 1893 she was a lifelong Raleigh County resident and a Methodist. Survivors include daughter Ferne Richmond Beckley and sisters Boris Bright James Calif Mildred Large Daniels. Funeral at 2 30 pm Sunday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev B L Moss and Rev Leon Dutha officiating. Burial will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Kidwell
Table Rock
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
B. L. Moss
Leon
Dutha
Sunset Memorial Park
William and
Mary Bennett Kidwell
Raleigh County
Methodist Church
Ray
Ferne) Richmond
Beckley
Andy
Boris) Bright
James
Calif
Oliver
Mildred) Large
Daniels
Influenza Cases Reported in Raleigh and Nearby Counties
The State Department of Health logs week ending Feb 21 with 677 influenza like illness cases in Raleigh County along with 10 strep infections, seven mumps, three each of German measles and measles, two chickenpox, and single tuberculosis and animal bite cases. Fayette and Wyoming counties show additional influenza like disease and related illnesses. Diarrheal disease totals include Raleigh County thirty cases and Wyoming County eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Department of Health
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Raleigh County
Foundry Fire Wrecks Six Buildings in Chester
A massive fire at Penn Steel Castings Co in Chester Pennsylvania injures 33 firefighters and damages six buildings. Fire chief calls it the city’s worst blaze. flames raged four hours amid Delaware River winds. No serious injuries. victims treated for smoke, exposure, and minor wounds. A deliveryman found the blaze at 6 p.m triggering rapid spread to multiple structures. A mobile hospital served 35 firefighters. others treated at Crozer and Sacred Heart hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
UPI
Penn Steel Castings Co
Joseph Landino
Delaware River
Delaware County
Crozer Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital
Court Awards Four Judgments in Raleigh County Circuit
A default judgment of 5750 dollars was awarded Felix Edgar Lee and Leona Lee in an action against Jack R. Bolen of Ury for injuries from a collision on Tams Mountain. Other default judgments were entered for Arnett Lilly of Harper, the Al Fradkin Co. and Island Creek Coal Co. Lilly sued John K. and Patricia Ann Kopec of Harper to recover 932.40 for damages when the Kopec car struck the Lilly grocery building. Island Creek was ordered to recover 213.71 from Isaac Jennings of Eccles, and the Fradkin Co. was awarded 462 against Robert and Patty Winston of Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Edgar Lee
Leona Lee
Jack R. Bolen
Ury
Raleigh
Tams Mountain
Lilly
Island Creek
Isaac Jennings
Eccles
The
Fradkin Co
Robert
Patty Winston
Mount Hope
Car Crash Triggers Two Lawsuits in Raleigh County
Glen Arlen Chapman seeks 30 000 total from Danny Meador and Patrick McLaughlin for injuries and punitive damages after a collision on U S 21 at Bradley on April 20, 1968. He claims intoxication. James McLaughlin faces separate suit for 2 500 in damages to Hoskins car after the same McLaughlin vehicle struck it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Ray Meador
James J. McLaughlin
Beaver
McLaughlin
Patrick
White Sulphur Springs
Raleigh County
Glen Arlen Chapman
Meador
Patrick McLaughlin
Chapman
U. S. 21
Bradley
James McLaughlin
Howard Hoskins
Weapons Cache Discovered After Philippine University Raid
Manila police seized firearms, homemade bombs, and documents from China and the Soviet Union after raiding the Philippine College of Commerce. The operation followed anti government demonstrations that began near the U.S. Embassy, with 39 arrests and 56 injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
UPI
China
U.S
Philppine College of Commerce
Doung
Hilton Hotel
French President Pompidou Tours San Francisco Atom Smasher
French President Georges Pompidou tours Stanford University’s 114 million dollar two mile long atom smasher to study atomic cores. He flies by helicopter from Stanford to San Francisco to address the Commonwealth Club and visit Chinatown amid protestors outside his hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPD
Georges
Pompidou
Stanford University
France
Commonwealth Club of California
Chinatown
Legion of Honor
Paris
Cape Kennedy
United States
Dallas Man Gets 1 000 Year Term
Dallas jurors sentenced Joseph Franklin Sills to 1000 years for holding up a dry cleaning store and stealing 73.10 dollars. Sills had more than 20 prior felonies including forgery burglary theft robbery and narcotic paraphernalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Joseph Franklin Sills
Texas
Sills
Henry Wade
Three Raleigh County Divorces Granted This Week
The Raleigh County Circuit Court issued decrees divorcing three couples this week. M Phillip Carnes and Karen S Carnes had the Carnes surname restored to Carr. Delmar Thomas Darnell Jr. and Barbara Marie Cook Carnell separated. Zella Mae Ward and Ralph Harless Ward were divorced with custody of four children granted to the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
M. Phillip Carnes
Karen S. Carnes
Carr
Delmar Thomas Darnell’ Jr
Barbara Marie Cook Carnell
Zella Mae Ward
Ralph Harless Ward
Mrs Nelson in Fair Condition at Beckley Hospital
Julia Nelson of 216 Church Street Beckley is listed in fair condition at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital admitted Thursday. A spokesman said she is being moved into the coronary care department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Nelson
Church St
Beckley
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Nelson
12 Year Old Drug Addict Testifies to Albany Panel
A 12 year old described his drug descent to a joint legislative committee in Albany. He said he started with glue and pot, moved to heroin, sold drugs to peers, robbed, and even faced hepatitis. Officials urged mandatory school drug testing while citing tens of thousands of youthful addicts in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Legislative Committee
Ralphie
Odyssey House
Judianne Denison- Gerber
Albany
Bronx
Manuel Ramos
New York City
Prince Marries Princess With Oriental Splendor
Nepal's crown prince Birendra Bir Bikram and Princess Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana wed in Katmandu amid grand displays. The lavish ceremony drew 300 foreign guests including nine heads of state and leaders Nixon and Chou Enlai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katmandu
UPI
Imi
Nepal
Birendra Bir Bikram Sheah Deva
Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana
Himalayas
Nixon
Chou Enlai
China
Ohio
Paul Reineke
Reineke
Profullo Mondel
Indian Airlines
Wapakoneta
Mandel
William B. Saxbe
Julie
Birendra
Royal
Singha Durbar Palace
Browning Refuses Move of Tax Case Attorneys
Charleston report says Attorney General Chauncey Browning Jr will not vacate the space used by 10 attorneys and eight secretaries in the Tax Department by April 1. He says 400 tax cases remain in court between April 1 and June 30 1970 and should not be disrupted. Browning offers to assist the Tax Department with future case distribution on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Charles Haden
Chauncey Browning Jr
Browning
Haden
Tax Department
Brown
Taxi
Byrd Calls for Disclosure on Laos War Involvement
Senator Robert Byrd urged the Senate to reveal the extent of U S involvement in Laos before casualty figures rise. He said about 100 American pilots were lost and at least 25 killed, with 15 000 tons of bombs dropped this month, warning of a possible new front in the Vietnam war. He questioned why American lives should be risked without sound public justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Laos
Robert C. Byrd
D-W-Va
Senate
Byrd
La‘otain
United States
Moore May Announce 1 64 Route Tonight
About 700 guests at the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce dinner may hear Governor Moore announce the routing of I-14 between Charleston Beckley and Bragg School. Speculation favors Turnpike to Beckley and east to Bragg School and White Sulphur Springs. The final decision may come at the Washington conference with a Thursday answer possible. Greenbrier and Fayette counties oppose the Turnpike route urging a U S 60 corridor return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh County
Greenbrier
Fayette
U. S. 60
Moore
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Governors Form Crime Pact For Fast Criminal Fingerprints
Washington governors from six Mid-Atlantic states form a crime pact to speed fingerprint sharing with police within minutes. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is named chairman and the group aims for a practical approach to crime pollution and transportation issues as part of the National Governors Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Mid - Atlantic
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Russell W. Peterson
Delaware
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
William T. Cahill
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Quints Taken Off Oxygen at New York Hospital
Five premature newborns were removed from oxygen at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Doctors expressed guarded optimism for the quintuplets survival after birth to Mrs Margaret Kienast. Names tentatively chosen include Amy Sarah Abigail and William Gordon, though not official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Kienast
William Kienast
Amy
Sarah
Abigail
William Gordon
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Alli
Margaret Kienast
Pozzuoli Faces Slow Earthquake Fallout and Evacuations
In Pozzuoli Italy the ground has risen 28 inches since September in a slow earthquake. A 60 patient hospital was evacuated and a school college and about 100 homes were evacuated or damaged. The harbor offices and U S Navy servicing areas have been abandoned as the bradyseism continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pozzuoli
Italy
UPI
Naples
U.S
6Th Fleet
Mt. Vesuvius
Helli
Laos War Flying Support for Laotian Defense
Washington said no U S ground troops in Laos but warplanes support the Laotian defense amid North Vietnamese probing from the Plain of Jars. North Vietnamese battalion about 600 men took positions near Ban Hin Tang and Phasay threatening the San Thong enclave as fighting expands northeast and west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Laos
South Vietnam
Plain of Jars
Ban Hin Tang
Phasay
San Thong
Buoam Long
Suit Settled in Becktley County Court Case
John S. Persinger vs Francis De Soto Blaney of Beckley dismissed as settled in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Suit arose from a November 7 1969 automobile accident at the intersection of West Virginia Route 54 and U.S. Route 16 near Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Persinger
Francis DeSoto Blaney
Beckley
Raleigh County
Persinger
W. Va. 54
U. S. 16
Sophia
New Labor Laws and Rail Dispute Near Nationwide Stoppage
The labor conflict between railroads and four shopcraft unions pushes toward a nationwide shutdown as injunctions delay action. The current 80 day cooling off period looms after pending orders expire Monday at 4 p.m. EST, highlighting ongoing tensions with Taft Hartley provisions under discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Suit for Remodeling Costs May End Today
Beckley Glass Co seeks 1826 87 against a Myers Avenue home owned by Alonzo E Hunter Jr and wife in Raleigh County Circuit Court The firm claims the work was proper and liens its claim while the Hunters say the remodeling was defective and negligent Trial began Thursday with judge jury Myrtle Nace Carrington Lewis Ollie Hamilton remaining jurors and Alex N Breckinridge as Beckley Glass president represented by W H File Jr and Paul J Fourney for the Hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Avenue
Alonzo E. Hunter Jr
Raleigh County
Beckley Glass Co
Hunter
Beckley Glass
Beckley Glass’Co
Alex N. Breckinridge
W. H. File Jr
Paul J. Fourney
Myrtle Nace
Carrington Lewis
Ollie Hamilton
Roy Baz‘garre
Ernest Mitchell
Marshall Jarrell
John Lonker
Students Strip for Campus Skinny Dip at Chicago Pool
James W. Vice of the University of Chicago described about 147 nude students participating in a mass skinny dip at the campus swimming pool. He noted the event was good natured with no incidents after the group, Students for Violent Non Action, asked permission to use the pool and then dispersed after a couple of hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPS
James W. Vice
University of Chicago
Vice
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Gilbert Heatherly
Richard P. Lilly
Walter D. Lewis
Charles McClary
Robert W. Flack
Frederick Shelton
Miss Elizabeth Propps
Colomel Sandere
Valley Drive
Sun
Philippine
Mrs
Nelson ‘Fair
Iad
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