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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1998
Page
1
A long list of obituaries and death notices from Beckley and surrounding towns, naming Addie Lee Allen Bailey of Sophia and dozens of others including Lorraine Christian, Grace Hatfield Cline, Emogene Covey, Beulah Walker, Lura Bell Young, and more. The notices cover birthplaces, family survivors, service times, and funeral details across multiple counties and funeral homes.
Obituary notices recount multiple deaths with names ages and locations including Addie Lee Allen Bailey of Sophia 84 died Oct 12 with services at Melton Mortuary Chapel Beckley burial Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Robert Thomas Tom Farley 75 Crab Orchard service 1 p.m. at Clifftop Missionary Baptist Church burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Beckley arranged by Blue Ridge Funeral Home. Frank L Jr Jones 49 Mount Hope service 1 p.m. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Carlisle burial Meadow Haven Ingram Branch arranged by Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley. Mary Jean Lilly 72 Beckley died Oct 12 service 11 a.m. Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Beckley. Doble Grey Coulter Reed 86 Beckley formerly Alder.
Marie Mildred Rave Sheaves 71 Rainelle died October 12 services 11 a.m. Wallace Memorial Mausoleum Clintonville with Rev Leroy Crane entombment follows. Eva Blanche 80 Fireco died October 11 services 1 p.m. Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Beckley burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Brenda Faye Strok 47 Florence Kentucky formerly Naoma died October 11 services 1 p.m. Armstrong Funeral Home Chapel burial Dickens Family Cemetery Pine Knob Naoma.
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The Raleigh County Black Business Association and SBA West Virginia sign a memorandum of understanding at the RCBBA annual banquet in Glade Springs Resort. Attendees include SBA district director Jayne Armstrong, RCBBA president John Johnson, and RCBBA president/COO David Moten. Senator Byrd to keynote. The MOU aims to expand information, programs, and services to minority entrepreneurs and improve access to capital, technical help, and contracting assistance.
The West Virginia Farm Bureau PAC endorsed Republican challenger Tom Fast for state Senate in the 10th senatorial district covering parts of Fayette Summers Monroe and Mercer counties. Fast won three of four county endorsements with Fayette Monroe and Mercer farmers backing him while Summers County did not endorse either candidate.
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