Royce George "Monty" MONAGHAN

  General Notes:

The Charleston Gazette, 29 July 1975

Monty Died as He Wrote Memoirs

Some time ago, we asked Mrs. June Ann Shawver Lindner to send along some information on her uncle, former Morris Harvey College football star, Royce G. Monaghan, of Beaumont, Tex. Mrs. Lindner,
who lives at 8 Lawnview Dr., Charleston, contacted Monty at his home and he proceeded to put together some facts about his gridiron career, back in 1926-27-28, when he was a sensational end for the M. H. team, then called the Preachers. Monaghan was suffering from amyotrophis lateral scherosis (the Lou Gehrig disease) at the time and was slow getting all the facts set down. Indeed, he died on May 13,1975, before he had finished the report. But his widow sent along some of the things Royce had written before his death. "He worked on it 'til the last day," Mrs. Lindner writes. "He printed it all by hand, and was honored and moved by such interest on the part of the home folks. Monty played for the great M. H. Coach Brownie Fulton, having come to the school, then at Barboursville, in 1926 along with five other Texas boys - Hoot Gibson, Kelly Wilson, Stiles JohnIson, Irvin Giescke and Ed Smith. Some of the boys left school when no scholarships were available in 1927 but Monty stayed on, playing great football right up to the end of his
career. He married a Charleston girl, Miss Kathleen Shawver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Shawver, then of 228 Bradford St.

Monty married Kathleen O. SHAWVER, daughter of William Floyd SHAWVER and Annie B. AMICK, on 9 Jan 1930 in Ashland, Boyd Co., KY ⁹²³.^,4666 (Kathleen O. SHAWVER was born on 10 Apr 1905 in Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV ⁵⁵ and died on 1 Jan 1996 in Macon, Bibb Co., GA ^55,96.)

  Marriage Notes:

The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 January 1930

Marriage Announced

Mr. and Mrs. William Floyd Shawver, of Bradford street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Kathleen, to Mr. Royce G. Monaghan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Monaghan, of Mabank,Tex., which took place Thursday, January 9, at the First Presbyterian church, Ashland, Ky. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Samuel R. Curry.

Mrs. Monaghan is a popular member in the social set and has been actively associated with church work in connection with the First M.E. church, South, of which she was superintendent of the primary department. She received her education at Charleston high school, Maryland college for women, and Ohio State university. She was a senior in the university at the time of her marriage.

Mr. Monaghan is a graduate of Terrell college, Terrell, Tex. He is a member of the Theta Kappa Omega fraternity, and was prominent in sports. He is now associated with the Standard Oil company in the position of chemist, at Beaumont, Tex.

Immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan returned to Charleston, leaving soon for Beaumont, where they will reside. They are now at home in 303 Washington boulevard, Beaumont.