Mary S. "Mollie" HUNTER
- Born: 22 Jun 1882, Greenbrier Co., WV 4643
- Marriage: Lemuel E. RIDGEWAY on 3 Feb 1927 in Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV 4642
- Died: 27 Jan 1953, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 70 4643
- Buried: 1 Feb 1953, Walkup Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 4643
Cause of her death was severe exposure & impending coma, frozen hands and feet.
General Notes:
The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 January 1953
Death Bring Long-Separated Couple Together
EAST RAINELLE (AP) - A man and wife who had lived apart for the past 20 years were together again today - in death - at a mortuary here, attendants said.
Mrs. Mary Ridgeway, 70, died yesterday at 2 a.m. in a Ronceverte hospital. Lemuel Ridgeway, her 73-year-old husband from whom she had been separated died four hours later in East Rainelle.
Mrs. Ridgeway was found unconscious on the floor of her home at Charmco, Greenbrier county, Sunday by neighbors. A physician said she apparently had suffered a stroke, possibly as long as four days before.
Her husband, who had been ill for several months, lived with a daughter by a former marriage. His death was attributed to a heart attack.
Mollie married Lemuel E. RIDGEWAY on 3 Feb 1927 in Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV.4642 (Lemuel E. RIDGEWAY was born on 7 Mar 1882 in Monroe Co., WV,32,4644 died on 27 Jan 1953 in McRoss, Greenbrier Co., WV 4644 and was buried on 30 Jan 1953 in Rosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV 4644.). The cause of his death was myocardial infarction.
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