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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1956
Page
1
Daniel Burks 59 of Pineville dies after a heart attack while returning from Welch. funeral set for New Richmond Chapel with burial in Bluefield. Survivors include wife Marie and seven siblings across several towns. unusual blend of obituaries and accident notes from Pineville and Mullens area.
Earl M. Curry Jr. resigns from Baileysville High School faculty to serve with the Army Reserve in Indianapolis. He plans to enter the University of Pennsylvania upon his return.
Stanley Skeens of Boone County West Virginia coal miner and son of Rev Harmon Skeens spoke at the Oak Hill Rotary about his NY visit for the '$64,000 Question' show where he answered Bible questions and won 32000 dollars. He plans to extend his leave from mining while continuing on the show. Also present were C R Beurland of Mount Hope, president of New River Co.
Charles E. Painter, 36, of Lochgelly, admitted to Oak Hill Hospital at 8:30 m for a fractured right leg from an accident at New River Coal Co mine. Dempsey V. Hendricks, 40, of Ansted, injured at New River and Pocahontas Complicated Coal Co mine at Kay-Yoor.
Funeral services for Amos Shumate 93 Glen Fork will be at 1 a m Saturday at Russell Baptist Church with Rev Elbert Hill officiating. Burial follows at Pine Grove Cemetery Ravencliff. He died Wednesday at home. Body to be moved to residence at 5 p m today.
Funeral services for Lawrence W. Blake 64 of Oak Hill will be at 2:30 p m Sunday at Hill Top Methodist Church with Rev W R Turner officiating Burial will be in Hill Top Cemetery Blake a C O Cleaners solicitor died at home He was a World War I veteran Survived by wife two brothers Noah J and Nelson T Blake and sister Mrs Elizabeth Williams Funeral arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill
Funeral services for Allen T Farley 62 of Layland will be at 2 p m Saturday at Cook Chapel Pipestem. Farley died at home after a long illness with burial in Pipestem Cemetery. Nickell Funeral Home to convey to his residence at 4 p m today.
N Nelson Berry 55 of Layland dies in his sleep at a brother's home in Fayette County. Funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton with Rev Hackney officiating. Burial Meadows Cemetery opposite Brooks. Survivors include brother Sampson of Hinton two sisters Mrs Lottie Williams Warrington Ky and Mrs Minnie Walker Moundsville W Va Haslam Mount Hope vice president for Winding Gulf Coals Inc Also named Fred Craig John Hill Police Chief H E Janney and Walter Brown all residents or connected to Oak Brows.
In Mullens Virginia a Virginian Railway engineer, Tom Elswick, 59, escaped serious injury after leaning from a locomotive door while checking brakes and tumbling to honeysuckle ground as the train sped toward Roanoke. He suffered only minor bruises and a nose scratch. fireman Kent Womack was by his side when the mishap occurred around 4 20 pm.
Mary Brown dies of a heart attack while en route to Oak Hill Hospital. Born August 15, 1893 in Buckingham County Virginia she lived in Thurmond 17 years and was a Mount Zion Baptist member. Survived by husband Herbert Brown two sons two daughters two brothers six grandchildren four great grandchildren funeral Saturday at Thurmond First Baptist with burial in Buckingham Virginia.
Julia Irvin of Oak Hill died in Oak Hill Hospital Thursday night. The body is at Wright Funeral Home Beckley pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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