Alberta HOLLIDAY
- Born: 1932, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
- Marriage: Alva William "Bill" SHAWVER Jr.
- Died: 28 Oct 1966, Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., VA at age 34 74
- Buried: 1 Nov 1966, Shawver Cemetery, Corliss, Fayette Co., WV 74
Cause of her death was auto accident.
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 31 October 1966
Joint Rite Slated for 2 Car Victims
CORLISS - Joint service will be here Tuesday for a former Greenbrier County mother and her 14-year - old son who were fatally injured about 8:50 p.m. Friday in a three-car accident at Oakdale, Va.
Mrs. Alberta Shawver, 34, of Verona, Va., formerly of Corliss, died en route to Roanoke Hospital after receiving initial treatment at a hospital in Clifton Forge, Va. The youth, David, died soon after the accident in a Clifton Forge Hospital. The father and two other children are patients in two Virginia hospitals.
Virginia State Police said the Shawvers were en route to Corliss to visit the husband's parents when the accident occurred. They said a car struck the Shawver vehicle in the rear, knocking it into the path of a truck.
The husband, Alva, is in C&O Hospital at Clifton Forge. The daughter, Becky, 16, and six-year-old Jeffery, are patients at Roanoke Hospital.
Other survivors of Mrs. Shawver include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holliday of Rt. 60, Rainelle; sisters, Mrs. Francis Shaffer of Charleston, Mrs. Betty Anderson, Mrs. Barbara Hall, both of Rt. 60, Rainelle; Mrs. Hope Dunbar, Mrs. Pamela Townsend, both of Alexandria, Va., Debbie and Janet, both at home; brother, Harold of Washington, D.C.
The service will be at 2 p.m. at Minnie Bell Baptist Church. Burial will be in Shawver Cemetery. The bodies will be returned to Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
Alberta married Alva William "Bill" SHAWVER Jr., son of Alva William "Red" SHAWVER Sr. and Hazel Grace RIDER. (Alva William "Bill" SHAWVER Jr. was born in Aug 1927 in Fayette Co., WV 359.)
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