Quarry Rock Fall Kills 2 Ronceverte Workers
Two Ronceverte men, John Brown 45 and Robert Davis 58, died after rock collapsed at Acme Limestone Plant quarry in Fort Spring. They were crushed while scaling a rock pile beside a diesel shovel. Davis unmarried, survived by half sister Lydia Minter. Brown survived by wife. Joint funeral services set for Sunday at Wallace Funeral Home chapel.
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Alderson
Acme
Fort Spring
John Brown
Robert Davis
Ronceverte
E. T. Cobb
E. R. Roush
Davis
Lydia Minter
Brown
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Harrison
Links Grove
Trails End Cemetery
Huddleston Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services for Georgia Carden Huddleston 80 will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Enon Baptist Church with Revs. Joel Brown and Ray Crum officiating. Burial in Carden Cemetery Enon. She died Tuesday in Oak Hill hospital. Born Mount Nebo Nicholas County Feb 17 1873, she lived in Fayetteville. Survived by husband Joseph R. Huddleston, foster daughter Opal Jones Grundy VA, step-daughter Jesse Price Lochgelly, sister Erma Eye Summersville. Active pallbearers listed. Body to church at noon from Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Georgia Carden Huddleston
Enon Baptist Church
Joel Brown
Ray Crum
Carden Cemetery
Enon
Huddleston
Oak Hill Hospital
Mount Nebo
Nicholas County
Joseph R. Huddleston
Opal Jones
Grundy
Jesse Price
Lochgelly
Erma Eye
Summersville
Carl Morrison
Burris Carden
Monte Carden
Truman Light
Alden Huddleston
James Bragg
Dodd- Payne Mortuary
Second Daughter Born to Cook Family in Welch
A second daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Cook on Thursday November 12 at the Stevens clinic in Welch. The newborn weighs five pounds four and a half ounces. Mrs. Cook is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Harry L. Stevens of Boomer, formerly of Pineville. Mr. Cook is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cook of Pineville, and the family resides with their older daughter Mere Annette, four, at Crozier Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.
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Pineville
Paul E. Cook
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Cook
Harry L. Stevens
Boomer
Charles W. Cook
Crozier Seminary
Chester
Mere Annette
Cooper Services Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Oakley Oswald Cooper 44 of Windom will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cooper Memorial Baptist Church with Reverends Sparks and Naff officiating. Burial will follow in Cooper Cemetery. Cooper died Monday after four years of declining health. A retired miner, he last worked for Red Jacket Coal Corp. at Wyoming. Born October 20 1909 in Brenton he was the son of Phillip Rush and Nancy Jane Thomas Cooper. Survived by wife Mamie Marie Stewart Cooper a son Lloyd a daughter Shelby six siblings and a sister. Body to be moved to the Cooper home from Robertson and Foglesong mortuary at 4 p.m. today.
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Brenton
Mamie Marie Stewart Cooper
Lloyd
Shelby
Alva
Joe B
Windom
S. E. Cooper
Otsego
Rush
Bluefield
James Bake Cooper
Pilot Mountain
N. C
William Wright II
Anderson
Ind
Cooper
Robertson and Foglesong Mortuary
Bard of Wales Plans Six Month Pineville Visit
Thomas Davis of London, an 80 plus year old Englishman once dubbed the Bard of Wales, arrived in New York Sunday and will spend six months with his daughter Mrs. Fred Box in Pineville before driving home. Sidney C. Box, Beckley, identified the poet title as the state's poet laureate equivalence.
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Pineville
New York City
United States
Thomas Davis
London
Fred Box
Turkey Dinner Planned by Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Laurel Rebekah Lodge No. 207 announced a turkey dinner for Saturday November 21 at 6 pm at the Knights of Pythias Hall. Tickets are $1.50 per plate. All Past Noble Grands are urged to attend the next meeting to form a Past Noble Grands Club.
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Oak Hill
Laurel Rebekah Lodge No. 207
Knights of Pythias Hall
Plan Gift Exchange At Oak Hill Church
Plans by the T. H. Fitzgerald Mission Group of Oak Hill Baptist Church call for a covered dish dinner a Christmas party and a gift exchange Thursday December 10 at 6 p.m. The group has sent three boxes of clothing to Korea and one box to Bacone College in Oklahoma.
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Oak Hill
T. H. Fitzgerald
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Korea
Bacone College
Oklaoma
Funeral Rites Planned for C. H. Arthur in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Charles Horton Arthur 78 will be held at Dodd-Payne Chapel Fayetteville at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. William Se crist presiding. Burial follows in Baughan Cemetery at Dempsey. Arthur a Beckwith native and retired merchant died Tuesday at his Beckwith home. Surviving are his wife Carrie Baughan Arthur two daughters Mrs. Rucell Tamplin of Fayetteville and Mrs. Louise Cottle of Fayetteville Route 2 three sisters Mrs Mintie Arthur of Charleston Mrs Ada Eary of Fayetteville and Mrs Ella Akers of Fayetteville Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckwith
Charles Horton Arthur
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
William Secrist
Winona
Baughan
Dempsey
Arthur
Carrie Baughan Arthur
Rucell Tamplin
Louise Cottle
Mintie Arthur
Charleston
Ada Eary
Fayettevile
Ella Akers
King and Queen Named For Draft Examinations Set
Mullens selective service registrants from Local Board 21 ordered to report for pre induction physicals Thursday. List includes Arley Carter Washington DC former of Simon. Tommy Johnston Brenton. Arthur McKinney Herndon. Robert Gilbert Pineville. Bradford Looney Coal Mountain. Herbert Morgan Fannock. Eugene Adams Columbus Ohio former Pineville. Jerrold Stevens Boomer former Pineville. Gene Jackson Harris Itmann. Shelby Brown Kopperston. Walter Richardson Sabine. Also Arnold Compton Marianna transferred from Local Board 82 Pineville Kentucky. Stephenson carnival proceeds total 503.08 from Iroquois school event. carnival king Sammy Barton and queen Connie Milam crowned by Elbert Cook. profits support playground equipment library books teaching aids and piano refinishing.
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Mullens
Imogene M Lilly
Arley Ancil Carter
Washington, D. C
Simon
Tommy Noel Johnston
Brenton
Arthur Frazier McKinney
Herndon
Robert Harold Gilbert
Pineville
Bradford Donald Looney
Coal Mountain
Herbert Lee Morgan
Fannock
Eugene Lee Adams
Columbus
Ohio
Jerrold Wilbur Stevens
Boomer
Gene Jackson Harris
Itmann
Shelby Thurmond Brown
Kopperston
Walter Randolph Richardson
Sabine
Arnold Compton
Marianna
Elbert Cook
Sammy Barton
Sar Barton
Iroquois
Connie Milam
Perry Milam
Troquois
Clark Walker Dies in Bluefield Hospital at 48
Clark Walker 48 of South Mullens died at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital after a yearlong cancer illness. Survived by his wife Sadie and a step-daughter, Mrs. Wallace Thomas of West Mullens. Funeral at 1 p.m. Thursday at Penecostal Holiness Church South Mullens with Rev. B. E. Underwood and Joseph Thompson officiating. Burial in West Haven Cemetery Princeton. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home from 3 p.m. today until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Mullens
Clark Walker
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Itmann
Bluefield
Sadie
Wallace Thomas
West Mullens
Penecostal Holiness Church
B. E. Underwood
Joseph Thompson
West Haven Cemetery
Princeton
Robertson and Foglesong
Worrell Rites Held Today in Princeton
Funeral services for Alonzo Worrell 66 were to be held at 2 p.m. at the Church of God on Straley Avenue Princeton with Rev. George Mitchell officiating. Burial would follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Worrell died Monday in Bluefield Sanitarium. he was a World War I veteran and a painter by trade.
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Princeton
Alonzo Worrell
Church of God
Straley Ave
George Mitchell
Oakwood
Worrell
Bluefield
Gilbert Rites Thursday
Funeral rites completed for Reginald Hartley Gilbert 62 of Carlisle who died Monday at Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley. Services will be held Thursday at 2 30 p.m. in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R J Chenoweth Mullens officiating. Burial in Highland Lawn Memorial Park. Body to remain at the funeral home.
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Carlisle
Reginald Hartley Gilbert
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Tyree Funeral Home
R. J. Chenoweth
Mullens
Highlawn Memorial Park
Fayetteville Local Board names 14 inductees for December
Fayetteville Local Board No 3 released the names of 14 boys who will leave on December 1 for induction. Listed are John Calvin Nealé of Montgomery Elmer Glenn Johnson of Deep Water Hillard Bedford Toney of Dothan Shirley Thurston Newman of Smithers Kenneth William Black Sruthers Thomas Leon Grubb of Mount Hope William Matthew Luenas Layland William Henry Wolford of Landisburg Wilbert James Watkins of Beards Fork Henry Brown Jr Lookout Franklin Delano Adkins of Oak
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Fayetteville
Dee. 1
John Calvin Nealé
Montgomery
Elmer Glenn Johnson
Deepwater
Hillard Bedford Toney
Dothan
Shirley Thurston Newman
Smithers
Kenneth William Black
Sruthers
Thomas Leon Grubb
Mount Hope
William Mathew Luenas
Layland
William Henry Wolford
Landisburg
Wilbert James Watkins
Beards Fork
Henry Brown Jr
Lookout
Franklin Delano Adkins
Oak
Sue Scott of Oak Hill Named WV Student Council Executive Secretary
Mrs. Sue Scott of Oak Hill was elected executive secretary of the West Virginia Association of Student Councils. The vote confirms her leadership role within the state student council community and advances student governance efforts across Virginia?
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Sue Scott
Oak Hill
The
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Scott
G. L. Righter
Roosevelt Wilson High School
Clarksburg
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
Civic League
Rhododendron Girls' State
West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs
Fayette County
Services Friday For Mrs. Perry
Funeral services for Laura Huffman Perry 71 Alderson will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Johnson Memorial Methodist Church with burial at Riverview family cemetery. She died Tuesday in a Charleston hospital after eight weeks illness. Surviving: two daughters, four sons, three sisters, three brothers and 10 grandchildren. The body will move from Barker Funeral Home Charleston to Lobban Funeral Home Alderson and be taken to the home Thursday morning.
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Alderson
Laura Huffman Perry
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Charles Ambrose
Riverview
Perry
Charleston
Mother’s Club
United Daughters of Confederacy
George P Perry
Lawrence E. Carter
Dudley Walker
George P
Dick Perry Jr
Roger W
Staunton
Curtis H
Covington
Houston G
Los Angeles
Calif
Florence Huffman
Ruth Taylor
Margaret Huffman
Nitro
Harry Huffman
Mr. Hope
Cary
A. G
Barker Funeral Home
Lobban Funeral
McGraw School Spaghetti Dinner by Milam Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Milam Methodist Church will serve a spaghetti dinner at John McGraw School on Saturday November 21. Adults 1.00, children 0.50. Tickets at the door. Serving from 5 to 7 30 p.m.
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Quarry Rock Fall
Good Housekeeping
Stanback
Cooper Services
Bard of Wales
Richmond Cleaners
Jean Morris
Louise York
Carolyn Thrasher
Elinor Hall
Roselyn Duncan
Mary Catherine Powell
Marie Lowe
Emsdall
C. H. Arthur
Mullens High School
Pat Dooley
Emma Pomeroy
Janet Backus
Judy Bal
Andrew Tolley
Connie Milan
Carnival Nets
Stephenson
Iroquois + Stephenson
Homeroom Mothers’ Club
Parents Teacher Association
Gilbert Rites
Dean
Arbuckle
Bourbon
National Distillers Prod. Corp
N. Y
Legion Auxiliary
Eastern Star
Pythian Sisters, Methodist Church
New River Family Concert Association
Youth Safety Council
Mrs
WSCS
Raleigh
Brand Names Foundation
West 57 Street
New York
N.Y
Beckey Post-Herald
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