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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1965
Page
2
Deaths and funeral notices report Samuel Joseph Crouse 66 of Fayetteville with later services at Oak Hill Brethren Church and burial at Huse Memorial Park. Also listed are multiple obituaries from Oak Hill and Beckley areas including Lizzie Copney and Willie Mae Bird with church services, memorials, and funeral home arrangements.
Denzil Oren Allen 47 of Washington D C formerly Oak Hill died at 5 am Thursday in a Washington hospital of an apparent heart attack The body is being returned to Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill for burial and services through Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Ohio (RNS)
Emory Markum Whipple died at his Oak Hill home Thursday afternoon after a long illness. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
Mrs Eva Gertrude Underwood aged 58 of Bradley died at 10:45 AM today in a Baltimore Maryland hospital after an extended illness. Mount Hope for funeral arrangements.
J P Lee of Oak Hill died at 11 30 a m today at his home from a heart attack. Details of funeral arrangements are pending completion. (RNS)
Funeral services for Mrs Clora Ann Wilson of Harper will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the Methodist Church of Glen Daniel with Rev Ray Tyree officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Mrs Wilson died at 3 p m Wednesday in a local hospital after a long illness. Her son Ronald will host the body at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Funeral services for Jesse Carthen, 56, of 101 Segmon Street, will be announced by the family. Further details on date, time, and location are expected from the funeral home.
Mrs Evelyn Early 64 will have funeral services at 2 p m Sunday at Second Baptist Church with Rev J W Goins officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died on arrival at a local hospital at 745 a m Wednesday.
Mrs Irene Brockman 79 of Beckley dies after extended illness in a local hospital. Funeral services 3 p m Saturday at Central Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abrams officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation at the parlor one hour before services.
Mrs Mae Furrow 73 of Sabine dies after short illness in Welch hospital. Service at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sabine Baptist Church with Rev Virgil Shannon and Rev Frank Brooks. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery Ravencliff. Survivors include husband Grover Cleveland son Howard three stepsons four stepdaughters five grandchildren one great grandchild. Body stays at Robertson and Foglesong Inc Funeral Home Pineville after 3 p.m. Saturday.
Final rites for Fred B. Ratliff, 67, Fayetteville, will be held at 1 pm Saturday at the FE M Meadows Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with Rev. Fred Dillon officiating. Burial will be Greenbrier Burial Park. Ratliff died in an Oteen NC hospital at 11:15 am Thursday after a three month illness. He was a plumber and World War II veteran, born in Hinton on September 31, 1897, son of the late John Ratliff and Lucy Moten Ratliff. Survivors include two brothers Basil of Hinton and Clair of Beckley, five half brothers Roscoe of Madison, Orville of Hinton, Sherman of Montgomery, Thomas of Petersburg VA, and Shelby Ratliff, and a half sister Mrs. Robert Beasley of Hinton.
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross will sponsor a five night instructor course in Red Cross Home Nursing at Raleigh County Vocational School starting at 6 pm Wednesday. Miss Jane Dewin from Eastern Areas Headquarters Alexandria Va will lead, assisted by Mrs. Clarence Bloch Raleigh County Home Nursing chairman. The chapter plans a county wide home nursing program with graduates as instructors and there is no charge. registrations accepted Wednesday evening.
Willis O'Dell Dolinger, 30, of Sophia, was admitted to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital Thursday night with back injuries from a mine accident at Slab Fork. Hospital spokesmen report his condition as fair today.
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4500 of Hin ton will serve as pallbearers.
Samuel Harris Samuel known as Bingo Harris of Harlem Heights died in a local hospital at 8 15 p m on Thursday after a brief illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor where funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Col. Ray Cromley argues Viet Cong weaknesses slow U S and South Vietnamese gains in South Viet Nam. He cites rising VC desertions and captures, farmer disillusionment, rising VC taxes, insurgent terrorism, loss of experienced leaders, and green recruits. He warns against centralization in Saigon and urges underground and rural outreach.
The Senate passed a resolution to expand the constitutional convention delegate total to 106 after a late Thursday vote. House Rural supporters had pushed for 134 delegates, but an amendment by Del. William McCoy added six delegates. Debate centered on capital punishment with proponents arguing abolition is impractical and opponents contending statutes are adequate. Del. C. P. Marstiller shared a personal note about his grandfather’s murder by the first man hanged in the state.
Los Angeles reports a case of a physician couple where a wife endured long psychiatric treatment after years of perceived neglect. Dr George T Harding, at an Ohio hospital, cited 107 wives in a decade showing severe mental disorders linked to marital strain and professional detachment.
The House Ways and Means Committee continues to hammer out details of federally financed health care for the elderly. Chairman Wilbur Mills says final legislation will take longer than planned to prepare for a committee vote. Senator John L. McClellan notes urgent need for legislation to tighten national bank ownership amid investigations into recent bank failures.
Mabscott Police Chief H. V. Doc Hutchinson is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after surgery. He was admitted March 6.
Zebras escaped from a private zoo and roamed freely within the San Simeon State Historical Monument in California causing local disruption. Authorities began containment efforts and urged visitors to avoid the area while wildlife officers tracked the herd.
President Johnson expressed sympathy as disruptions spread from Selma to the White House and courts. Demonstrators faced ejecting in Washington while federal charges loom for state troops over Sunday violence. Reeb’s death sparks vigils, fund drives, and calls for continued marches led by Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and other civil rights figures.
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