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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1978

Page

3

Obituary notices for Nellie Spurling and others in local towns

Funeral service for Nellie K. Spurling 54 of Strasburg was held in Romney with burial in Indian Mound Cemetery. Mary L. Atwood 71 of Winchester died today with arrangements incomplete. Franklin G. Cameron 74 of Arco Harmony Hollow Warren County died yesterday. service Sunday at Maddox Chapel, burial Prospect Hill. Lillian V. Hutchison 73 formerly of Portland New York died. service tomorrow Ebenezer United Methodist Romney. Thomas H. Showers 67 Linden died. arrangements incomplete. James Julius Vance 59 Wardensville died yesterday. service Monday Wardensville United Methodist Church, burial Wardensville Cemetery.

Spurling Nellie K. Spurling Strasburg Romney W.va Schaffer Funeral Home Norman Landis Indian Mound Mary L. Atwood Rt. 4 Winchester Winchester Memorial Hospital Omps Funeral Home Franklin Guy Cameron Arco Harmony Hollow Warren County Warren Memorial Hospital Mr. Cameron Henry Mary Nancy Shipe Cameron Davie L. Cameron Maxie Cameron the Conservation Center Melvin Cameron Effie Cameron Deanna Grady Stephens City Juanita Haun Rivermont Drive Sandra Russell Fort Valley Edward Mumaw Nettie Willingham Front Oval Maddox Funeral Home Irving Johnson George Valentine Prospect Hill Cemetery Thomas H. Showers Linden Front Royal

Brilliant club ruff swing sinks two spade games

In a team match a defender executed a sharp ruffing club sequence to defeat a seem ing cast iron spade contract. With North signaling aggressive spade raises and West choosing different club continuations, one table allowed the declarer to discard and still make, while the other forced a decisive ruff and score.

South North East West Declarer

Winter storm immobilizes Virginia with snow and ice

A major winter storm left large parts of Virginia nearly immobilized with 10 inches of snow in Wise County and 5 to 7 inches elsewhere, while sleet and freezing rain froze streets and highways. About 80,000 customers lost power at peak, including 40,000 in Richmond, and hundreds of schools closed statewide.

Virginia Wise County U. S. 58 Clarksville Virginia Electric & Power Co Richmond Vepco James River South Hill South Boston Petersburg Farmville Norfolk

Obituaries for Hunter Hoover and Ernest Evans

Two local obituaries report the deaths of Hunter Hoover 77 of Winchester and Ernest Evans 91 of Baker West Virginia. Hoover born December fifth 1900 in Hayfield leaves sisters Mabel Triplett Audrey Purvis Ada Boxwell Mary Aice Braithwaite brothers Carter John and will be buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery Hayfield after a funeral at Jones Funeral Home. Evans born August fifteenth 1886 in Rio West Virginia was a WWI veteran and member of Rio Lutheran Church survived by a step son James Beam and several nieces and a nephew with services at Ebenezer Lutheran Church Rio and burial at Asbury Cemetery Baker. Friends may gather in Wardensville tomorrow evening from seven to nine for Evans memorial arrangements.

Hunter Hoover Rt. 2 Winchester Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr. Hoover Hayfield William A Flora Lewis Hoover Mabel Triplett Audrey Purvis Whispering Pines N.C Ada Boxwell Mary Aice Braithwaite Carter John Hoover Jones Funeral Home Mt. Olive Cemetery Ernest Claude Evans Baker W. Va Mr. Evans Rio George and Lydia Wise Evans Rio Lutheran Church James E. Beam Bertha Evans Ebenezer Lutheran Church Elmer Ganskoop Asbury Cemetery Loy Funeral Home Wardensville

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