Rites Incomplete For Unloaded Gun Victim In West Virginia
Jimmy Hager a Chapmanville High School junior died from a self inflicted head wound after a pistol fired while he and three friends entered a watchman’s room to inspect an unsecured firearm. His brother Bruce is in Germany with the U. S. Army as services are pending. The shooting occurred as classes ended and the watchman’s room was reportedly unlocked. Survived by parents two sisters and six brothers and grandmother, with the body at Harris Funeral Home in Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapmanville
Rns
Jimmy Hager
Bruce
U. S. Army
Germany
Logan General Hospital
Chapmanville High School
Jimmy
Fred Hager
Big Creek
J. L. Tryall
Johnny Cabell
Jerry Rayburn
Gene Carper
Chapmanville High
Tryall
Naoma Vance
Columbus
Ohio
Johnny Vance
Orlando
Fla
Dean
Carl
Franklin
Cocoa
Jack
John
Ray
Mary Hager
Logan County
Harris Funeral Home
Logan
Glen Rogers Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Glen Rogers column lists Beckley Hospital patients and weekend visitors across towns. Names include Fred Dowdy and Jimmie Dezarn in Beckley, Betsy Gwinn in Beckley, plus the Robinsons, McClures, Buntings, and others visiting relatives in Huntington, Washington D C, and Ohio with notes on discharges and travel.
Admitted Patients At Mullens Hospital This Week
The Mullens hospital listed fifty five admissions for the week ending Saturday. Names span multiple towns including Mullens Glen Rogers Covel Itmann Rockview and Pineville with patients such as James Owens Bernard Thornton Norma Jean Wilson Barbara Ann Brooks and Ray Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
James Owens
Cleveland
Ohio
Bernard Thornton
Covel
Thomas Billings
Otsego
Hulda Milam
Helen
Sylvia Sisk
Bud
George Atkins
Lola Bell Walker
Clear Fork
Valera Hood
Brenda Eastham
Fallie Price
Itmann
Ethel Clerk
Varai Jones
Allen Junction
Norma Jean Wilson
Doris Sizemore
Marianna
Georgia LaBell
Nancy Belcher
Barbara Ann Brooks
Rockview
Leonard Thomas
Danny Miller
Tolley Cozort
Glen Rogers
Ruth Radford
Rhodell
Pearl Scott
Herndon
Harold Michael
Laura Marshall
Amigo
Darlene
Hurley Glen Fork
John Yocas
William Morgan
Howard McCoy
Pineville
Edward Hurley
Glen Fork
Elsie Martin
Clarence Lafon
Black Eagle
Dorothy Ellison
Irma Rhodes
Wyco
Nancy Robinson
Revival Planned at Oceana Free Will Baptist Church
The Rev. Moss Craddock of Henlawson will lead revival services at the Oceana Free Will Baptist Church starting Sunday. Special singers invited include the Maynard Quartet and the Murphy Trio. Pastor Rev. Kimbel Blankenskis encourages the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Moss Craddock
Henlawson
Oceana Free Will Baptist Church
Maynard Quartet
Murphy Trio
Kimbel Blankenskis
Lafferty Rites Incomplete In East Rainelle
Funeral services for John Wilburn Lafferty 67 are incomplete after his heart attack death at home Tuesday. A retired coal miner and UMWA Local 7086 member, he was born January 15, 1892 in Cittsville and survived by his wife, four sons, three daughters, a stepson, four sisters, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body is at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Rainelle
RNS
John Wilburn Lafferty
Lafferty
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
East Rainelle Baptist Church
Cittsville
Addison
Mary Bolen Lafferty
Mamie
Diamond
Hallie Williams
Julia McCoy
Mount Hope
Della Hambrick
Winston
Nickell Funeral Home
Coal River Personal Notices Highlight Artie Community
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Nelson Treadway included Artie residents Mr and Mrs Russell O Dell Madison. Rev Homer Hiser of Artie led Advent Christian Church services. Artie Advent youth meet Mondays at Log Church. Carolyn Stover leads the group. Nelson Treadway and Clowney Stover went turkey hunting in Greenbrier County. Edward Treadway, once an electrician at Truax Tracr Coal, was recalled to work. Lower White Oak School carnival netted about 175 dollars. fifth grader Rita Shea and third grader Gerald Duncan named carnival king and queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARTIE
RNS
Nelson Treadway
Russell O’dell
Madison
Homer Hiser
Quinwood
Advent Christian Church
The
Log
Carolyn Stover
Clowney Stover
Greenbrier County
Edward Treadway
Truax - Tracr
Colcord Social Roundup Hits Weekend Visits in Several Towns
Doris Fraley and William Butler visited her sister Linda Fraley in Charleston Sunday. Senior high group resumes winter meetings at Pattie C Stockdale Home at 7 p.m. Roy Withrow visited family in Colcord after spending the weekend away. Ona Austin of Colcord entered Beckley Memorial Hospital Tuesday for eye treatment. Mr and Mrs Ben Thompson visited the Austins and other relatives in Seth and Hibert Delaware Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
Doris Fraley
William Butler
Linda Fraley
Charleston
Pattie C. Stockdale
Ben Thompson
Howard Austin
Seth
Gene Austin
Hibert
Del
Delaware
Ona Austin
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Roy Withrow
Institute
Funeral Thursday for Ex-Wyoming Principal Blankenship
Funeral services for Lawrence Blankenship, 52, former Wyoming County teacher and principal, will be held at 1 p m Thursday at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens. He was found dead in a Pineville car lot back seat and will be buried at Laurel Branch Cemetery Baileysville. Blankenship taught 18 years in Wyoming County and previously led Oceana and Baileysville High Schools. He was born June 30 1907 in Baileysville and leaves a son Larry and daughter Judy in Oklahoma City plus four sisters and four brothers. An autopsy was planned though officials gave no definite foul play indication. The body remains at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Lawrence Blankenship
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Laurel Branch
Baileysville
Blankenship
Wyoming
Paul Goode
Lloyd Fender
Crichton High
Greenbrier County
Marshall College
Brenton
Mrs. Willie Moore Dies at 64 After Cancer Battle
Mrs. Willie Moore, 64, died of cancer at 2 30 a.m. in the New Richmond home of her son Walter Adams with whom she lived. Born February 3 1893 in McDowell County she was predeceased by two husbands the last William Moore in 1982. Surviving are three sons two step children two brothers and a sister. Funeral planned at 2 p.m. Friday at New Richmond Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluefield. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong to Adams residence Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
A. T. Conner
Steeles Undergoes Ankle Surgery After Weekend Fall
RNS reports 42 year old French England Steeles had fractures reduced at Stevens Clinic Welch following a weekend ankle injury while exiting a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeles
Rns
England
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Marianna
Samuel Dinkus
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Voices on RR merger in Mullens after ICC decision
The Interstate Commerce Commission sanctioned the Virginian and Norfolk and Western merger impacting Mullens WV with mixed local reactions. Proponents see faster Wyoming County coal development and improved regional progress while others fear economic shifts and uncertainty for workers and businesses along the line. M M Shumate of the Virginian New River division supports the merger as a catalyst for regional advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginian
Norfolk and Western Railways
Mullens
M. M. Shumate
New River Division
Wyoming County
N&w
Fayette Church Sets Men Only Services
Fayetteville Presby terian Church hosts a three day series October 23 to 25 for men of all denominations. Dr Andrew R Bird Jr Fort Huntington opens with Man and His Church, followed by Dr C R Thayer on Man and His Work and Dr Albert J Conley on Man and His Money. Music by Fayetteville High School Glee Club and a men s quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew R. Bird Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Huntington
C. R. Thayer
Department of
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Albert J. Conley
Highlawn Presbyterian Church of
Fayetteville High School
Lia Vaglio
Fayetteville
Walter Caldwell
J. Alfred Taylor
C. E. Mahan
T. E. Myles
Pioneer Fellowship Organized At Church
At Fayetteville Presbyterian Church an initial meeting formed a Pioneer Fellowship for junior high youths. Adult advisors are Mrs. Robert Honaker and Mrs. J Edwin Stanfield. The group formed committees for posters and refreshments, planned a telephone invitation campaign, and scheduled Sunday recreation after meetings. Attendance included Nancy Allen Charlene Hesse Sandra Dumitt Dawn Burnette Judy Penn ington Janet Hesse Diane Rennick Sandra Honaker James Hash Sam Hoye Steven King Woody Bradley and Wailes Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Robert Honaker
J. Edwin Stanfield
Ated
Nancy Allen
Charlene Hesse
Sandra Dummitt
Dawn Burnette
Judy Pennington
Janet Hesse
Diane Renick
Sandra Honaker
James Hash
Sam Hoye
Steven King
Woody Bradley
Wailes Morton
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Fred Dowdy
Beckley Hospital
Tom Dezarn
Mike O'Kane
Claude Robertson
Glen Robertson
Glenn Robinson
Julia Simpson
Harold McClure
Gary Beckley
Thomas Bunting Jr
Washington, D. C
Cheryl
Thomas Bunting
Bunting
U.S. Army
Don Nuckols
Lon Shumate
Soulsville
Edward Dempsey
John Harsar
Everett Guthrie
Michael
E. J. Daniels
Saxon
Lakie Manning
Matheny
Robert Sturgill
Lionel North
Montgomery
Hal North
Mullens Hospital
Kiplinger's Family Buying Guide
Kiplinger
Family Weekly
Coal River Personals
Ned C. Rogers
Robert Bailey
Goode
W. Moore
Fayette
Amos Pennington
Men of the Church
Pioneer
National Distillers Products Company
New York
Kentucky
Royal Loan
N. Heber
Puri
Mare
P.O. Box
Ford Division
Ford Meter Company
Detroit
Héchiga
Ford
U.S.A
Grady Whitlock
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