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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1965
Page
2
Obituaries outline services for Sarah Nickelly Childs 69 of Clifton Forge Va burial at New Lebanon near Union. Also listed are funerals for Jack Grose 59 Tams Dee Lusk 78 Cyclone Bud Bailey 53 Indianapolis and Lillian Brown 58 Scarbro with details on death, churches, burial sites, and survivors.
Mrs Evelyn Early aged 65 of 220 Mills Street died on arrival at a local hospital at 7 45 this morning after a period of illness. Born October 18 1899 in Pulaski Virginia she was the daughter of the late Paul and Annie Lambert. Survived by husband the Rev Maceo Early son Maceo Edward Early Langley Air Force Base Virginia three daughters Natalie Holland Columbus Ohio Bernice Savage Hampton Virginia and Johnnie Mae Robertson Roanoke Virginia two sisters Alice Watkins and Bertie Hooker Bluefield seven grandchildren. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
Kecia Irene Simms, day-old daughter of John R. and Betty Abshire Simms of MacArthur, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday in a local hospital. She is survived by her parents, two brothers Michael and Ernest, a sister Jon Kim, maternal grandmother Mrs. Bertie Abshire, MacArthur, and paternal grandmother Mrs. Alfred Simms, Rainelle. Graveside rites will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park with Rev. B. L. Moss officiating. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Ernest A. Large 65 of Eunice will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Pettus Baptist Church with Rev. Leonard Maddy and Rev. Wade Webb presiding Burial will be in Miller Cemetery Rock Creek Large, a retired Raleigh County deputy assessor and former Marsh Fork District magistrate, died Monday night in a Beckley hospital after a long illness He was a member of the Whitesville Odd Fellows Lodge He is survived by four sons Alva and Carl of Cleveland Ohio Clif ford in Hawaii and James of Whitesville and four daughters Addie Shannia Susie Mowell both of Cleveland Ohio Glenna Jarrell Beckley and Gloria Dickens of Eunice a sister Ruby Osborne of Montreal and 19 The body remains at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville where friends may call this afternoon
Mrs Flora Browning Hodge 82 of Mullens dies in local hospital from pneumonia. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at First Church of God Oceana with Rev William Lusk and Rev K D Pickens. Burial in Jackson Cemetery Pineville. Born Pineville Oct 17 1882 daughter of James and Susan Browning. Husband Chester Hodge predeceased. Survivors include nephews and nieces. Evans Funeral Home Oceana to aid in church service Burying one hour before service.
Mrs Eula B Wood 63 of 604 Johnstown Road died at 8 10 am in a local hospital from burns suffered at her home on Jan 15 Born February 21 1902 in Swords Creek Va she was a daughter of H T Belcher and the late Mary A Cox Belcher Survivors include two daughters Velma Perdue of Daniels and Joyce Lopez of Longwood Fla two sisters Billie Beavers and Ted Herndon of Beckley two grandchildren The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Graveside services for Kenneth Kay Bennet three month old son of Paul and Marie Nutter Bennet will be at 2:30 p m Friday at Layland Cemetery Jacksonville Florida with Rev Ernest Barley presiding He died in Jacksonville Monday Survivors include brothers James and Luther a sister Anita grandparents John Nutter Brooklyn and Mr Mrs L W Knight and Paul Bennet Stamford The body will leave Webb and Neal Funeral Home Thursday at 5 p m to Luther Milans Stanford residence
Funeral services are planned for David C Hatcher 51 of Orlando formerly Blue Jay at Blue Jay Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Thursday with Rev Art Carter officiating Burial will be in Blue Jay Cemetery He died in an Orlando hospital Sunday night Friends may call at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 6 p.m. today and will be moved to the church an hour before services
Jesse C. Carthen, 56, of 101 Segmon Street, died this morning at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his widow Georgia A. Carthen. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
Rufus Toler, age unknown, died Tuesday morning at a Beckley hospital. The body remains at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville as authorities prepare arrangements.
President Johnson will meet with reporters in the next two or three days, the White House said Tuesday. The exact time and place were not determined and will be announced later. His last news conference was February 4.
Kellogg Sugar Smacks boxes misstate that Huckleberry Finn had an Aunt Sally. Jack Bliss, a Grand Rapids announcer, flagged the error after reading the box. Kellogg races new plates to fix the mistake and revise the folklore on the back of the packages.
London based United Press International reports Mao Tse tung’s health is “not too good” at 71 as exhaustion from a long struggle wears on him. The Royal Institute for International Affairs notes Peking’s move to bring in younger blood and prepares for a post Mao era while reaffirming staunch Maoist policy and aims.
Princess Margriet of The Netherlands age 22 is engaged to Dutch law student Pieter van Vollenhoven 23. He studies at Leiden University, plays piano and led a Dixieland band. The engagement makes her the first Orange princess to marry a commoner.
Bonn's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard won broad support from his Christian Democrats and the opposition Social Democrats led by Willy Brandt to extend the statute of limitations on Nazi crimes. The Bundestag planned to debate Wednesday as world pressure mounted to push beyond May 8 the window for new prosecutions.
Four men died when a Hope Natural Gas Co. Beechcraft crashed on takeoff in a snow shower near Benedum Airport, 14 miles south of Clarksburg. Victims were Jose Haught of Clarksburg, Frank Croghan, pilot Elmer Cummings, and co pilot Everett Moore, all from Bridgeport except Haught. Cause under investigation. Rescue crews found the wreckage about an hour after the 8:30 a.m. crash.
Washington reports rising momentum in Congress for federal voting rights laws driven by Selma violence. Democrats blame Alabama authorities over voting practices. Republicans fault Johnson administration delays. Justice Department drafts bipartisan bill while Johnson aims to send measures to Congress soon. Bellwether House priority signals potential 1960s civil rights push.
In Newcastle Wyoming Clay Hollister a man living a double life as a cowboy remains on the Kenneth Adkins ranch after turning up nearly five years after a Troy New York reservoir "drowning." Briggs’ wife now remarried and expecting a baby said she would return $120,000 life insurance and has no interest in reconciliation while the ranch employer guards newsmen from access.
Mary Mason age 68 of 1701 South Kanawha Street was arrested at 2 35 p m Tuesday on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a child per a warrant issued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez A 14 year old Beckley youth was arrested at 5 05 p m Tuesday on a grand larceny charge for stealing a bicycle from a Park Street residence.
Gov. Hulett C. Smith signed bills changing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission name and approving measures on Poverty Act programs. Other actions authorize labor dispute mediation, funding for Cedar Lakes facilities, and insurer agent commissions.
Senate investigations chairman McClellan plans to question comptroller James Saxon on the closures of three western banks in San Francisco Brighton Cole and Marlin Texas The panel studies a string of national bank failures and web of possible involvement by sharpies and fast back artists The case that sparked scrutiny was the January failure of San Francisco's $40 million National Bank and broader DOJ and House inquiries are underway
Democrats condemn the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee for sending district press releases that label lawmakers who voted against funding HUAC as subversive. The 359 to 29 vote on a 370000 budget for HUAC prompted GOP notices accusing critics of backing subversive groups aiming to abolish the committee.
Washington columnist Dick West mulls finkship definitional roots from finch to stool pigeon and strikebreaker. He traces etymology to Pinkertons and the 1892 Homestead strike, noting fink now covers many meanings while urging a smile when using the term.
A note taking system used to record speeches of Cicero and Seneca in the Roman senate was taught in schools for centuries. Public stenographers stationed around the senate captured verbatim accounts during Catiline era, under Cicero's arrangements.
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