Deaths and Funerals in Rock Creek and Surrounding Areas
Funeral services and burials are announced for Benjamin Richmond 84 of Rock Creek Lewis Hornsby 31 of Bradley and Quincy Beverly 60 of Roanoke formerly Mullens. Richmonds service is at Rebecca Chapel Rock Creek with burial at Marshall Bradford Cemetery. Hornsby funeral at Tyree Chapel Mount Hope with burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Beverly's service at Fred X Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with burial Sunset Memorial Park.
Funeral set for Nora Toler 53 at Simon home
Funeral services for Nora Toler 53 of Simon will be held at 2 p m Thursday at her home with Reverends Lloyd Ferguson and Stanford Pierce in charge. Burial will be in Harvey Cemetery. She died Monday in Mullens hospital after a long illness. Born December 2 1914 at Simon she was the daughter of the late William C and Margie Kennedy Trent. Survivors include husband Namhan Toler three sons Freddie Gene of Simon and Larry Michael and Benny Darreil both of Cleveland Ohio nine daughters Deloris Ann Harvey and Corda Lee Toler both of Clear Fork Ophal Blankenship Charlotte Allen Porcha Gay Stefka all of Cleveland Ohio Patricia Ann Ellison of Lorain Ohio Alice Fay Hanshaw of Simon and Diana Lynn Toler and Aganda Toler at home a sister Susie Toler of Simon. The body will be taken from Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to the residence at 3 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Toler
Simon
Lloyd Ferguson
Stanford Pierce
Harvey Cemetery
Toler
Mullens Hospital
William C
Margie Kennedy Trent
Namhan Toler
Freddie Gene
Larry Michael
Benny Darreil
Cleveland
Ohio
Deloris Ann Harvey
Corda Lee Toler
Clear Fork
Ophal Blankenship
Charlotte Allen
Porcha Gay Stefka
Patricia Ann Ellison
Lorain
Alice Fay Hanshaw
Diana Lynn Toler
Aganda Toler
Susie Toler
Evans
Oceana
Carlos O Fleming Rites Held After Long Illness
Carlos O Fleming of Wilmington Delaware formerly Piney View died Monday in a Delaware hospital after a long illness. Born May 31 1924 at Royal he was the son of the late George and Nettie Smith Fleming. Survived by wife Mearl Combs Fleming one son Dennis four sisters Evelyn Cole Edith Fleming Dorothy Adams Josephine O Neal and two brothers Cecil and Harry. The body is at the McQuarry Home Concord Pike Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos 0. Fleming
Wilmington
Del
Piney View
Delaware
Royal
George and
Nettie Smith Fleming
Mearl Combs Fleming
Dennis
Evelyn Cole
Edith Fleming
Dorothy Adams
Crab Orchard
Josephine O'Neal
Salem
Cecil
Beckley
Harry
Maryland
McQuarry
Concord Pike
Deaf Man Perfects Midget Transistor Hearing Aid
An extremely small hearing aid using a tiny energized unit has been perfected by a hard of hearing inventor. A. W. Newell at 2616 W. 8th St. Erie Pa. offers full information at no cost or obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Newell
8Th St
Erie
Mrs Carrie Cooper Dies at 82 in Beckley
Carrie Cooper 82 of 214 West Wood Dr Beckley died Monday. Services Wednesday at 2 p m at First Baptist Church with Rev Jim Franklin in charge. Burial in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. She lived in Beckley 40 years and was a church member. Survived by three sons two brothers a sister and four grandchildren. Burial will follow at Caffee Cemetery. The body will be at the church an hour before services. Friends may call at Caffee Funeral Home after 5 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. Hornsby
Bradley
Tyree
Mount Hope
Elden Pauley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Hornsby
Helen Hornsby
Carl Hornsby
Carl Jr
Henry
Carrie Cooper
Westwood Dr
First Baptist Church
Jim Franklin
Mount Tabor
T. R. Cooper
T. Richard Cooper
John E. Cooper
Beckley
James R. Cooper
Middleburg
Valley Mitchem
John E. Mitchem
Lena Honaker
Final rites for Lloyd Baxter Pittman held in MacArthur
Lloyd Baxter Pittman 66 of MacArthur dies Monday at 4 50 am after a long illness born Fayetteville February 21 1902 son of Isaiah H Pittman and Sarah Ann Pittman disabled miner since 1948 member of Hollywood Baptist Church Survived by wife Leotha Mullins Pittman two brothers Earl and Ernest Pittman three sisters Charlotte Brown Violet Bostic Opal Neal two sons Lawrence Pittman Roy Pittman two daughters Daunty Smith Jewell Jones Joe Ann Bowyer 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral at Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home after 5 pm today and taken to church one hour before funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Baxter Pittman
MacArthur
Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church
Jackie Clark
Hollywood Baptist Church of MacArthur
Leotha Mullins Pittman
Earl
Ernest Pittman
Sprague
Charlotte Brown
Violet Bostic
Beckley
Opal Neal
Prosperity
Lawrence Pittman
Roy Pittman
Daunty Smith
Oak
Mrs Juanita Crawford Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Juanita Crawford of Prosperity died suddenly this morning at her home. The body is in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Crawford
Prosperity
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements for Arthur Peewee Duboise 20
Funeral arrangements are pending for Arthur Peewee Duboise 20 of Morris Avenue who died Monday in a local hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on July 13. Born June 11, 1948 in Layland and a Navy veteran, he is survived by his parents Roscoe and Francis Duboise of Beckley, four brothers James Nathaniel William Robert, three sisters Irene Miss Vickie Beverly, and paternal grandmother Estella M. Watts of East Beckley. Body at Richie and Johnson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Peewee) Duboise
Morris Avenue
Duboise
Layland
Navy
Roscoe Duboise
Beckley
Francis Johnson Duboise
James
Nathaniel
William
New York
Robert
Morganfield
Irene Merchin
Washington, D. C
Vickie
Beverly Johnson
Estella M. Watts
East Beckley
Richie and Johnson
Governors Back Most-Votes Candidate Resolution Faces Resistance
A United Press International report says the National Governors Conference backed a morally incumbent resolution to support the candidate with the most popular votes in November if no electoral majority exists due to Wallace's third-party run. The plan resembles Capitol Hill talks urging pledges to back that candidate to neutralize Wallace. Nixon favors the Capitol Hill plan, Humphrey denies any deal with Wallace, Rockefeller meets with North Carolina delegates, Reagan says no meeting with Rockefeller, Kennedy advisers discuss memorials, and Wallace heads to Des Moines for a dinner and rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
George Wallace
John Chaffee
Rhodes Island
National Governors’ Conference
White House
Wallace
House of Representatives
Chaffee
Capitol Hill
House
Republic
Richard M. Nixon
UPI
Cincinnati
Hubert H. Humphrey
New York
Gov. Wallace
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charlotte
North Carolina
Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
California
Frankfort
Reagan
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
John
Robert
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Des Moines
Iowa
Unique Leadership Conference Aims to Unite Jackson Youth
A two week pilot conference near Ripley, Jackson County, brings 30 top juniors and seniors from Ripley and Ravenswood high schools to learn leadership. Leaders from government, education and industry share talks while students face challenges such as escaping a flood swollen river valley. The program aims to close the generation gap, involve youth in planning, and foster future county decisions through student committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
UPT
Jackson County
Robert Herrmann
Herman
Jackson
Ravenswood
Jody Ritchie
Carl Glatt
State Human Rights Commission
Claude Davis
Bureau of Government Research
West Virginia University
Darrell McGray
Gov. Smith
N. H. Dyer
State Health Department
Steve Hyre
Human Rights Commission
Glatt
Improvement Association
Two Suits Filed in Raleigh Circuit Clerk Office
Walter J. Hatcher seeks 2500 dollars from Continental Casualty Co for total and permanent disability occurring while policy was active. E Carl Meadows represents P L Credit Corp in a 2640 17 dollar claim against Odessa Lee Moore on a promissory note dated March 31 1966, assigned by Modern Mortgage Service Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Walter J. Hatcher
E. Carl Meadows
Beckley
Continental Casualty Co., Inc
Chicago
Meadows
P.L. Credit Corp
Odessa Lee Moore
Modern Mortgage Service Co
Income Up In West Virginia in April Rise
West Virginia personal income jumped 8.8 percent in April from 1967, reaching a $371 million gain. The national April rise was 8.1 percent, while the year-to-date 1968 increase in West Virginia at 6.4 percent trailed the national 7.9 percent gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
West Virginia
Business Week Magazine
Honey in the Rock draws 12782 in Grandview State Park
Attendance for Southern West Virginia’s top tourist draw Honey in the Rock tops 12,782 after Sunday’s performance. The 89 member cast staged the Civil War musical drama at Clifftop Amphitheatre with 320 attendees including visitors from Germany and 15 of the 50 states. The show runs nightly except Mondays under starry skies, depicting statehood struggles of New River settlers with ballads and dances. Tickets via 253-8313 or Box 1205 Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Germany
United States
Mountain
Grandview State Park
New River Valley
Internova
Kermit Hunter
Beckley
Brass replica of Western Wall gifted to Harry Lewin
A sculptured brass replica of the Western Wall with tiny worshiping Jews stands in native wood and blue velvet. The inscription honors Harry Lewin for distinguished service in Israel’s economic development on its twentieth anniversary. The gift was presented at the Selden home on Mercer Street Beckley with about 40 guests entertained by Bob Cardell and Susie Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Harry Lewin
Israel
Holy City
Pope Paul VI to Reaffirm Birth Control Stand
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI prepared a 40 page document reaffirming the Catholic Church’s traditional opposition to artificial birth control. It was shortened after liberal objections but keeps the same teaching, with no major changes. The timing of publication remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Paul
Special Commission
Democrat Platform Hearing in Beckley
A public hearing on proposed platform planks for the Democratic Party in West Virginia will be held in Beckley at 1 30 p m Friday. Platform Committee Chairman Pat R Hamilton of Oak Hill said the meeting will take place in the Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom and all platform committee members were notified. Notifications also went to Democratic State Executive Committee Chairman Rudolph L DiTrapano of Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
West Virginia
Beckley
Platform Committee
Pat R. Hamilton
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
Democratic State Executive Committee
Rudolph L. DiTrapano
Charleston
Court shields Wallace petition signees list from press
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled the Charleston Gazette is not entitled to publish the names of individuals who signed George Wallace for President petitions. Chief Justice Caplan noted the petitioners failed to prove a clear legal right to the list amid a 3-2 decision with justices Browning and Calhoun dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
George Wallace
Secretary of State
Fred Caplan
Chauncey Browning Sr
Harlan Calhoun
Caplan
Alabama
Wallace
the Gazette
W. E
Ned) Chilton
Robert Bailey
Chilton
West Virginia
Bailey
Governor Will Greet Group At Church Confab
Buckhannon hosts the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church as Governor Hulett C. Smith welcomes delegates for the first WV meeting. Retiring bishops Hollo way and Corson will be honored with election of successors during the four day gathering. The conference draws representatives from twelve states the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with Corson delivering the Episcopal address and Holloway leading the Holy Communion service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckhannon
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
United Methodist Church
West Virginia
Fred G. Holloway
Fred P. Corson
Philadelphia
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania
Corson
Holloway
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
United States
Byrd Seeks More Research On Coal Pollution
In Ironton Ohio Sen Robert Byrd told a regional air pollution forum that more research is needed to clear up facts about coal combustion pollution. His remarks opening a tri state public hearing stressed regional air mass contamination crosses boundaries and cited 99000 tons of pollutants released annually in the Huntington Ironton Ashland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Ohio
Kentucky
Byrd
Huntington - Ironton - Ashlland
Beckleyans Jailed in Conn On Drug Count
Two Beckleyans Michael B. Snyder and Daniel G. Snyder and five other youths were jailed in Essex Connecticut on narcotics charges after a routine check of an out of state car led to an apartment party raid. Daniel Snyder arrested in the car. others held on possession charges. Bonds ranged from 500 to 1,600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
Michael B. Snyder
Daniel G. Snyder
Essex
Conn
Daniel Snyder
Michael Snyder
Thomas L. Eaton Jr
Centerbrook
Larry Orendorff
Powell
Wyo
Frank D. Puglici
Jamaica
N. Y
Nancy Coball
Queens
Barbara Loew
Sunny Weather Across Nation With Thunderstorms
Warm, sunny weather dominated much of the nation while the South and Mississippi Valley saw scattered showers. Tornadoes hit four states including Ohio, Arkansas, Kansas, and Florida, causing damage but no injuries. Severe winds and rain collapsed tents at Mount Vernon fairgrounds and a farmer died in Elyria from lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
South
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
Springfield
Ohio
Prescott
Ark
Jetmore
Kan
Sarasota
Fla
Mount Vernon
Elyria
Filley
Nebraska
Upper Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Lilly Failed to Appear in Raleigh County Court
Deputies were directed to bring Paul Lilly of Beckley to Raleigh County jail after he did not show for sentencing on a bad check plea. Lilly pleaded no contest to one charge on June 24 and was ordered by Judge Harry L. McCreery to appear today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Deputies
Paul Lilly
Beckley
Raleigh
Lilly
Harry L. McCreery
West Virginia Navy man aboard Pueblo linked to release hope
Darrell D. Wright, 23, a Navy volunteer and lone West Virginian aboard the captured USS Pueblo, spent Christmas at sea and his birthday in a North Korean prison. His family in Tyler County and relatives across West Virginia beg for crew release as the State Department and Congress say efforts continue. Wright, a Middletown High School and Tennessee trade school graduate, wrote and received letters that the family suspects were form letters. He is known locally as Dean and has a twin brother, Cheryl, in Clarksburg, with five married sisters in Weirton, Shinnston, Lost Creek, and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Gornalm
Alma
UPI
Darrell D. Wright
North Korea
Wright
Tyler
West Virginia
Darrell
Middletown High School
Tennessee
West
U. S
Vietnam
William Wilbur Wright
Pueblo
Japan
Stephen) Young
Ohio
State Department
Wrights
Middlebourne
Dean
Cheryl
Clarksburg
Phyllis Spencer
Vera Voley
Weirton
Edith Watson
Shinnston
Wilma Duty
Lost Creek
Velma Wilcox
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Benjamin Richmond
Rock Creek
Rebecca
Wade Webb
Marshall Bradford
Richmond
Montcoal
Julia Cantley Richmond
Nellie Borrer Richmond
Alva Cottle
Arnett
Oleta Legg
Albert
Quincy Beverly
Quincy Edward Beverly
Roanoke
Mullens
Wolf Pen
Anderson
Alice Morgan Beverly
Lorene Harvey Beverly
Howard Davis
Norfolk
Alex Lavis
Sophia
Howard
Fred X. Williams
Tom Eldreth
Sunset Memorial Park
Mrs
Carlos O. Fleming
Lloyd B. Pittman
McCall's
Vogue
Harpers Bazaar
Sports Illustrated
Mademoiselle
Esquire
Arthur Duboise
R. W. Copeland
R. Warren Copeland
Florida
Luther L. Copeland
Nannie Copeland
Lauvern Copeland
Patty
Cindy
Lowell
Cadiz
Luther
N. C
Bertha Bays
Titusville
Daisy Jarrell
Naoma
Vernice
Trimble
Faye Hanna
Valparaiso
Ind
Cape Kennedy
Main Street
MT. Hope
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W. Va
Bert Sales
Pittsburgh
Lewin
Beckleyan
Pope Paul
Lane
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