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Richlands - Impressive rites were conducted at the home of Sidney CLINE on Tuesday afternoon for Armister CLINE, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney CLINE, of Red Root Ridge, who met death under the wheels of an east bound freight train sometime between midnight and daylight Sunday. It has not been learned yet in just what manner he came to his death. He was seen at a filling station near the scene of the accident at 12:45 am Sunday and was found lying in the center of the track early Sunday by a citizen who was passing. It is thought that he sat down on the track enroute to his home and dropped off to sleep and train No 85 traveling east, ground him under the wheels. His body was horribly mangled.

Funeral and burial services were held Monday afternoon at Ward's Cove for Oscar LESTER, who died at the home of Henry RATCLIFF, in Bluefield WV. Mr. LESTER was 62 years of age and a lifelong resident of the Ward's Cove section of Tazewell County. While visiting in the home of Mr. RATCLIFF he was stricken with pneumonia, which caused his death. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles SHEPARD, of Bluefield, and by a brother of Washington County.