Beckleyan And Ex-Countian Fatalities Turnpike Crash
Three men die in a head on crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley when Rex Edwin Johnson of Wilkesboro NC drives a southbound tractor trailer into a northbound auto. James Lilly 29 Canton Ohio, Harold Stafford 26 Beckley, and Roy Caldwell 18 Detroit die. Johnson faces involuntary manslaughter charges after release from Beckley Hospital. The truck owned by Mountain Trucking Co of Belington Alabama. Funeral notices for Lilly and Stafford outline services and survivors. The Turnpike deaths are part of seven highway fatalities reported statewide Sunday.
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Rex Edwin Johnson
Wilkesboro
N. C
Beckley Hospital
Roy G. Coen
State Police Turnpike Division
Johnson
West Virginia
Beckley
Mossy
Coen
James Tennyson Lilly
Canton
Ohio
Harold Lee Stafford
Roy R. Caldwell
Detroit
Mich
Caldwell
Lockborne Air Force Base
Columbus
Mountain Trucking Co
Belington
Ala
Lilly
Shady Spring
Stafford
McGinnis St
E. E
Lorene Runyon Stafford
Kyle Cleaners
Woodrow Wilson High School
First Christian Church
Korea
Larry
Wayne
Edwin
Clinton Treadway Jr
Maxwell Hill
Yvonne Stafford
Jimmy Lee
Calfee Funeral Home
A. H. Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Lucy Caldwell
Sprague
Elmer
Edna Atkinson Caldwell
Donna
Carolyn Caldwell
Glenn
Thomas
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Mahoning Valley Supply Co
Shirley
Skiles
Jimmy Evans
James McNeish
Bob Backus
Tex Williams
John Cree Rites Set for Tuesday in Charleston
Final rites for John Oliver Cree 63 of 3913 Virginia Ave SE Charleston will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Darlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. A registered professional engineer and state coal industry figure, Cree died Sunday of a heart attack at home. He was a World War I veteran and Iowa native. Survived by wife Callie Cree. services led by Rev Dr Truman Potter. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston.
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Cook
Rev
L. A. Garsten
John Oliver Cree
Virginia Ave
Charleston
Darlow-Bonsall
Cree
Beckley
West Virginia Engineering Co
American Mining Congress
Iowa State College
Centerville
Iowa
Callie Cree
Truman Potter
Sunset Memorial Park
South Charleston
Beckley Youth Attends United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth
William B. Barnard, a Woodrow Wilson High School junior, is in New York City for the 10th annual Odd Fellows United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth. Representing Greater Beckley Lodge No. 74 and Silver Star Rebekah Lodge No. 77, he joins 47 West Virginia students and four chaperones on a study tour of the UN, its councils, and headquarters. The trip includes visits to the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and a Broadway outing, with return planned for June 20 via Philadelphia Gettysburg and Washington, D.C.
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William B. Barnard
Hillpark Drive
New York City
Odd Fellows
United Nations
Barnard
Woodrow Wilson High School
Greater Beckley Lodge
Silver Star Rebekah Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
W. C. Barnard
Woodrow i
Boys State
Jackson's Mill
Trusteeship Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United States
U.N
West Virginia
Sheraton-McAlpine
Empire State Building
Manhattan Island
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall
Statue of Liberty
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Clarksburg
Charleston
Gift of Washington portrait memorial to Raleigh County Library
The Raleigh County Public Library receives a large framed George Washington portrait as a memorial to Mrs. W. H. Bryant from her son Traphes Bryant of Washington DC. The donor family includes W. H. Bryant and Norma Bryant, a Beckley teacher, with other relatives noted. The piece, once given by President Eisenhower to White House staff, will hang in a prominent library spot with a bronze plaque. Open house Friday 1:30 to 9 p.m. features include the new annex, herb arrangements, a Beckley Art Group exhibit, and displays linking reading to hobbies.
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Norma Bryant
C. D. Munson
Roy Millican
Raleigh County Public Library
George Washington
W. H. Bryant
Traphes Bryant
Washington, DC
Bryant
Trophes Bryant
Eisenhower
Stuart
Washington
White House
Beckley
New River State College
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Lillybrook Coal Co
Raleigh County
Norfolk
Hawaii
Saipan
Fort Mead
Maryland
Woman's Club of
Raleigh County Farm Women's Clubs
Dry Hill
Beckley Art Group
Barnes Rites Not Set
Funeral arrangements for George Barnes of Sprague are pending relatives arrival. He died Saturday at his residence and his body lies at C. D. Trent Funeral Home. West Virginia ranks second in grindstone and pulp stone production.
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George Barnes
Sprague
Barnes
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
West Virginia
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Beckleyan
St. Mary’s
W. Va
Reed B. Day
Taylorstown
Esther M. Day
Jimmy Day
U. S. 52
Williamson
Leonard Junior Mounts
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
John Cree
Wards
Tru- Cold
McLeena
President Eisenhower
Eddie Bryant
Roanoke, Va
Traphes L. Bryant
Ike
Beckley Ice & Feed
Prince St
Neville Street
DIAL
Appalachian
Appalachian Power Company
AEP
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