Nannie Jane BARNES
- Born: 11 Jun 1877, Greenbrier Co., WV 36
- Marriage: Charles Edward HUNTER on 30 Dec 1908 in Greenbrier Co., WV 34
- Died: 4 Sep 1956, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 79 36
- Buried: 6 Sep 1956, Hillcrest Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV 36
Cause of her death was third degree burns & suffocation.
General Notes:
Beckley Post-Herald, 5 September 1956
Aged Woman's Body Found After White Sulphur Fire
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Sept. 4 (RNS) - Mrs. Nannie Jane Hunter, 79, died early today in a fire which destroyed the four-room home where she lived alone on the outskirts of White Sulphur Springs.
The victim's body was found by volunteer firemen near the kitchen door of the dwelling. It appeared she had died of suffocation while trying to escape.
The fire, cause of which was not determined, broke out about 2 a.m.
Mrs. Hunter was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the widow of Charles Edward Hunter, who proceded her in death on July 2, 1948.
Her only survivor is a brother, Dave Barnes of Marlinton.
The funeral will be held at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Thursday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Marvin Richardson. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
The body will remain at the Shanklin Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
Active pallbearers will be John Traynor, Myles Bittinger, Charles Long, Karim Hamood, Alfred Bennett, Jr., and Kenneth Fogus.
Nannie married Charles Edward HUNTER, son of Matthew Arthur HUNTER and Lucinda ZIMMERMAN, on 30 Dec 1908 in Greenbrier Co., WV.34 (Charles Edward HUNTER was born on 16 Jul 1885 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV,16,35 died on 2 Jul 1948 in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV 35 and was buried on 4 Jul 1948 in Hillcrest Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV 35.). The cause of his death was coronary artery thrombosis.
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