John Edward "Pete" POMEROY Sr.

  General Notes:

The Charleston Gazette, 16 December 1990

JOHN EDWARD "PETE? Pomeroy, Sr., 73, of Petersburg [Va.], formerly of Quinwood, W.Va., died Dec. 14, 1990, in Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg, after a long illness. He was a retired electrician and emergency medical technician from Allied Chemical, Hopewell. He was a former coal miner. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Quinwood, Odd Fellows, a Ralph Nader consumer organization, and Petersburg Historical Society. Surviving: wife, Sue Smith Pomeroy; daughters, Carrie Gail Walker of Fort Washington, Md., Brenda Nunley of Lewisburg, W.Va., Virginia Lee Robinson of Lincoln Park, Mich.; sons, John Jr. of Petersburg, Sammy Jack of Fredericksburg; sisters, Hallie I. McMillon of Euclid, Ohio, Bertha Lucille Fox of Quinwood; nine grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Houston Boothe officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Pete married Susanna "Sue" SMITH, daughter of Charley Easton SMITH and Mattie Delora McCLUNG, on 13 May 1939.⁸⁵ (Susanna "Sue" SMITH was born in 1919 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV,⁶⁴ died on 2 Apr 1997 in Fort Washington, Prince George's Co., MD ⁷⁴ and was buried on 5 Apr 1997 in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV ⁷⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

The Charleston Gazette, 4 June 1989

Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Pomeroy of Petersburg, Va., formerly of Quinwood, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 13 at their home. He is retired from Allied Chemical of Hopewell, Va. She is the former Sue Smith. Their children are Carrie Gail Walker of Fort. Washington, Md., John E. Jr. in Japan, Brenda L. Nunley of Lewisburg, Virginia L. Robinson of Lincoln Park, Mich., and Sammy Jack of Alexandria, Va. They have nine grandchildren.