Homicide charge considered in Fields double shooting
Wyoming grand jury may indict Larry Fields for the fatal shooting of his brother Tommy Fields 15 in Mullens. State officials say the incident at the Fields home, described as accidental by investigators, involved rifles given as early Christmas presents. Larry Fields remains hospitalized with non life threatening injuries as prosecutors decide whether to seek an inquest.
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W. C. Hersman
Tommy’ Fields
Bailey
Jered
Wyoming County Grand Jury
Lloyd Rice Dies Rites Saturday in Mount Hope
Lloyd Rice 59 of North Sand Branch died at home after a five month cancer illness. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Saturday at North Sand Branch Baptist Church with Minister Clifton Inman officiating. He was a World War I veteran and construction worker born May 10, 1897 in North Carolina. Survivors include his wife Ora Smith Rice, mother Fionia Bradley, four sisters, two daughters Jean Armstrong and Betty Scott, two sons Robert L and Lloyd Rice Jr, and three grandchildren. Police investigated a double shooting at the Rice home with two rifles found in the bedroom and a cartridge fired. investigators considered accidental discharge as a possible cause.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Funen
Addie¢lal
Lloyd Rice
Fields
North Sand Branch
Clifton Inman
Oak Hill
Rice
Church of Christ At Prosperity
North Carolina
Ora Smith
Fionia Bradley
Nora Feazell
Montgomery
R. M. Rhodes
Mount View
Violet Tabor
Charleston
Evelyn Foster
Beckley
Jean Armstrong
Sprague
Betty Scott
Chicago, Ill
Robert L
Lloyd Rica Jr
U. S. Navy
Norfolk, Va
Allen Junction
Patricia Clay
Soulsville
Itmann
Mullens Hospital
Men's Fellowship of the
Pineville
Buster McKinney
Okey Cooper
Methodist
Oceana
Jack
Payne
Bob Wilson
D. Robertson
Mullens
BSS Resstial Virginian Railway
Wasj Fellowship
Wil G
Rie Rae Mae
Boose
Homer Foster
Quick
Johnston
Joseph Johnston
Church of Christ
Eva Brown Johnston
Edward
Nelson A
Russell Jr
Effie Neal
Indore
Laura Nottingham
Violet Nottingham
Cannelion
Earl A. Johnston
Joseph
Cedar Grove
May Shaffer
Eight People Treated At Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens and Kopperston reports detail eight patients treated for finger injuries, arm and hand fractures, and a minor head injury at Wyoming General Hospital and related events. Names include Roger Brown Ravencliff and Amos Lusk Allen Junction, with others from Itmann and nearby towns. The motion note mentions a toy car incident and a church dinner event at Mullens.
Circle No 2 Women’s Society met in Friendship Hall
Pineville Circle No 2 of the Women’s Society of Christian Service met Tuesday night at the First Methodist Church with Mrs. Clarence Long presiding. Mrs. Charles Waddell led the program and refreshments were served to members and two guests. Engagement announced Whitesville couple Rhoda Haish to William Edward Clark will wed in December. The NAACP to meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sumnerlee Baptist Church with a guest speaker.
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Pineville
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Friendship Hall
First Methodist Church
Clarence Long
Charles Waddell
Woodrow Rutherford
Long
Waddell
A. J. Shannon
Mildred McKinney
H. E. Crews
Albert R. Young
James G. McDermitt
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Penney
Atedium
Jorge
Dacron
Penney’s
Japan
Penney’s Sugar & Creamer
China
Priscilla
Penney’s Holiday Gift Linens
Dacron-Marquiseite
Prisciflas
Penney's
Greyhound
Wyoming
Larry
Tommy
eCnhaven
Tyree
RIVE
Barrack’s Auto
South Kanawha St
iMen
Pineville Circle
Neville St
1St Baptist Church
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