Roy Garland NICELY
- Born: 17 Feb 1928, Smoot, Greenbrier Co., WV 250
- Marriage: Edna Mae WALKUP on 16 Oct 1948 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 250
- Died: 9 Aug 1963, Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV at age 35 74
- Buried: 12 Aug 1963, End Of The Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
Cause of his death was logging accident.
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 12 August 1963
Falling Tree Kills Cutter
EAST RAINELLE - Service will be conducted Tuesday for a Greenbrier County man who died in Bluefield Hospital Saturday from injuries received in a wood cutting accident Friday.
Roy Garland Nicely, 35, of Crawley, was working on Clear Creek near Rupert with Meadow River Lumber Co. when a falling tree struck his head.
Surviving are his widow, Edna; two sons, Lonnie and Dwight, both at home; his father, Owen of Smoot; three sisters, Mrs. Loren Walkup of Glen Burnie, Md., Mrs. Mildred Lewis of Annapolis, Md., and Mrs. Evelyn Brown of Gettysburg, Pa.; and a brother, Coy of Baltimore.
Rev. Leroy Crane will officiate at the 2 p.m. rites in Beaver Creek Baptist Church where Mr. Nicely was a member. Burial will be in End or the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville.
The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle and will remain until an hour before service.
Roy married Edna Mae WALKUP, daughter of George Fostie WALKUP and Evelyn Nadall SUTTLE, on 16 Oct 1948 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV.250 (Edna Mae WALKUP was born on 23 Apr 1930 in Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV,238 died on 18 Jan 1988 in Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV 66 and was buried on 20 Jan 1988 in End Of The Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 66.)
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