Links to Images of Newspaper Clippings, PDFs, Text From Newspapers & Obituaries from Local Funeral Homes

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This gathering of 29,808 obituaries and articles about local deaths came from various area newspapers. 
Some are from 'The Bridgeport Index', some from 'The Wise County Messenger', and others are from sometimes unidentified local newspapers. 

Many newer obituaries that were not in the papers came from 
the Hawkins https://www.hawkinsfuneralhome.com/ or Hudson-Torres Funeral homes https://hudsontorres.com/ Go to their web pages for the very latest obituaries.

The Wise County Heritage Museum has obituaries available from local newspapers (1980-2023) 
Check with them for obituaries that may not be on these pages. 
A list of their obituaries is on page https://wisehistory.info/obituaries.htm 

Thank you to Keith Bridwell and the staff at The Bridgeport Index 
for letting us photograph their old newspapers.
Thank you to The Wise County Messenger for letting us copy the obituaries
 from their paper and online since 2000. https://www.wcmessenger.com/obits/ 
Thank you to the local funeral homes for letting us include their obituaries making our lists and data more complete for family research.
Thank you to David E. Pitts for 'mining' all of the older obituaries out of the newspaper pages.

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