Orbet Wetzel WALKUP
- Born: 14 Nov 1913, McClungs, Greenbrier Co., WV 1125
- Marriage: Helen Irene HIZER on 24 Jun 1944 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 1125
- Died: 22 Jan 1991, Princeton, Mercer Co., WV at age 77 152
- Buried: 25 Jan 1991, Orient Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Orient Hill, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 24 January 1991
WETZEL WALKUP, 77, OF LESLIE, GREENBRIER County, died Jan. 22, 1991, in Princeton Community Hospital after a short illness. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a retired miner and a member of VFW. He was a Protestant. Surviving: wife, Helen Hizer Walkup; daughters, Sandra Bostic and Mary Jo Persinger, both of Sterling, Va., Sharon McClung of Lovetteville, Va., Shelby Salisbury of Manassas, Va., Debra Ailstock of Rupert, Joan Jupin of Franklin, Pa.; son, William Clarence of Sterling; sisters, Lucille Campbell of Canvas, Lolita Wilt and Louise Cale, both of Rainelle, Lenora Elmore of Los Angeles, Lynda Wyatt of Madill, Okla.; brother, Oswald of Statesville, N.C.; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Houston Boothe officiating. Burial will be in Orient Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Orbet married Helen Irene HIZER on 24 Jun 1944 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV.1125 (Helen Irene HIZER was born on 5 Jul 1921 in Bingham, Greenbrier Co., WV,1125 died on 20 Oct 2008 in Leslie, Greenbrier Co., WV 68 and was buried on 24 Oct 2008 in Orient Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Orient Hill, Greenbrier Co., WV 68.)
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