Obituaries from Norfolk and nearby areas mark several deaths
Bertha Ann Abshire aged 69 of Kilsyth formerly of West Virginia dies in Norfolk care center. Graveside service set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at En Memorial Park Lon-n. Arrangements by Smith and Williams Funeral Home. Lucille Anderson Harvey dies natural causes in Beckley hospital. Easter Irene Gates 88 dies. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rowland H. Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton. Ethel May Griffith 70 dies. Leona H Hopson of Beckley dies after long illness in Beckley care center.
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Norfolk
Bertha Ann Abshire
West Virginia
Robert E. and
Ioie L. Hudson
Abshire
Harvey
Lucille Anderson
Beckley Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley
Leona H. Hopson
G St
Princeton Man Charles Powell 81 Dies. Services Set
Charles Kerner Powell 81 died Friday September 4. Services planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Burns-Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. today. Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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Princeton
Charles Kerner Powell
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Funeral notices for Blake Effie E and others in West Virginia region
Effie E Blake of Kincaid died Sept 5 with 1 pm service at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Beckley. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Billie Blankenship 65 of Frankfort formerly Wyoming County died Sept 3 service 10 am Pentecostal House of Prayer Lynco. Hattie W Burton 92 of Union died Sept 4 service 11 am Groves Funeral Home Chapel Union. Vivian Marie Garrett 72 Ravenswood died Sept 4 service 1 pm Roush Funeral Home Chapel Ravenswood. Ardith Spearen McKinney 52 Fayetteville died Sept 4 service 2 pm Dodd-Payne-Hess Chapel Fayetteville. Ronald E Jr Thompson 73 Beckley died Sept 3 graveside 2 pm Eventide Cemetery Spencer. Edith M Winsor 72 Fayetteville died Sept 4 service 11 am Dodd-Payne-Hess Chapel. Burial Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blankenship
Billie
Frankfort
Wyoming County
Pentecostal House of Prayer
Lynco
Firg Proffitt
Palrn Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Evans and
Evans Funeral Directors
Oceana
Burton
Director Akira Kurosawa dies at 88 in Tokyo
Akira Kurosawa, the renowned Japanese director famed for Rashomon and The Seven Samurai, died at home in Tokyo at 88 from a stroke. Survivors include son Hisao and daughter Kazuko. wake today and funeral Tuesday.
Albert G. Ross RAINELLE obituary
Albert George Ross of Rainelle died September 5, 1998 in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Born December 4, 1918 in Layland, he was the son of the late Charles Albert and Bertha Smith Ross. A retired miner and World War II U S Army Air Force veteran, he was of the Protestant faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainelle — Albert George Ross
Beckley
Layland
Charles Albert
Bertha Smith Ross
Ross
U.S. Army Air Force
Obituary notices for Ross and Mullins Zeller
He was preceded in death by a brother Charles Ross and a sister Lucille Ross. Survivors include his wife Wanda McCutcheon Ross, a daughter Ellen Patterson and husband Dennis, two sons David Wayne Ross and Guswell Lloyd Ross, two brothers John Ross and Samuel Ross, a sister Kathleen Lesnick, four grandchildren all of Rainelle, and Jason Scott Ross of Marion Illinois. Services were held at Smathers Funeral Home Chapel Rainelle with Pastor Joe Collins officiating. Entombment followed in Wallace Memorial Mausoleum Clintonville. Friends called 6 to 8 p m today at Smathers Funeral Home Chapel Rainelle. Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Home Rainelle. Carrie Mullins Zeller, 69, died Friday September 4 1998. Funeral mass will be 10 a m Tuesday at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Oak Hill no visitation. Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Charles Ross
Lucille Ross
Wanda McCutcheon Ross
Ellen Patterson
Dennis
Rainelle
David Wayne Ross
Guswell Lloyd Ross
Marion, Ill
John Ross
Irene
Bellwood
Samuel Ross
Kathleen Lesnick
Nicholas Brian Patterson
Jessica Kay Patterson
Sara Beth Patterson
Jason Scott Ross
Smathers Funeral Home
Joe Collins
Wallace Memorial
Clintonville
Fayetteville
Carrie Mullins Zeller
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Oak Hill
Tyree
Pikes Peak road paving clash with Sierra Club suit
Sierra Club sues Colorado Springs and the U S Forest Service over the 19 mile Pikes Peak road fearing environmental damage from gravel runoff. The city cites a $15 million cost and says sponsors of the Hill Climb oppose paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Colo
Pikes Peak
Old West
Sierra Club
Colorado Springs
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
America’s Mountain
America
Gail Snyder
Zebulon Pike
Katherine Lee Bates
Snyder
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Bertha A. Abshire
Thomas W. Abshire
Shane Salters
Thomas E. Abshire
Kilsyth
Sandra A. Zembower
Virginia
Carolyn D. Spickard
Arizona
Robert E. Abshire
Colorado
William B. Abshire
Maryland
Elizabeth Spencer
St. Albans
Marjorie Hudson
Ohio
Shirley Hill
North Carolina
Lonn
Smith and Williams Funeral Home
Norview Ave
Norfolk, Va
Lashmeet
Irene Gates
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk Funeral
Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home
Ethel M. Griffith
Ethel May Griffith
Morgan Funeral Home Chapel
Morgan Funeral Home
Lewisburg
Roush Funeral Home
Ritchie Ave
Ravenswood
Michael Curtis
Ravenswood Cemetery
McKinney
Akira Kurosawa
Tokyo
Japan
Kurosawa
Minoru Tabata
Kurosawa Film Production
Martin Scorsese
Jacques Chirac
Lionel Jospin
Naoko Kimura
George Lucas
Spielberg
20Th Century Fox
Serge Silberman
Dersu Uzala
Nagasaki
Richard Gere
Yoko Yaguchi
Hisao
Kazuko
Steven Spielberg
United States
Southern West Virginia Community College
DOT
CNA
Songer Insurance Agency
Robert C. Byrd
Beckley, WV
CNA Insurance Companies
CNA Financial Corporation
Albert G. Ross
Carrie M. Zeller
America the Beautiful
Dan R. Calfee
Oakwood Avenue
Price H. Calfee, JR
Jay Roles Floral, Inc
Teleflora
Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
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