Grover Garner HUNTER Sr.
- Born: 20 Nov 1916, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV
- Marriage: Margie Lee CROOKSHANKS on 2 Dec 1939 in Clifton Forge, VA 708
- Died: 4 Feb 1970, Jetsville, Nicholas Co., WV at age 53 74
- Buried: 7 Feb 1970, Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
Cause of his death was slate fall in mine.
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, Friday, 6 February 1970
Slate Fall Victim's Rite Is Saturday
RAINELLE - Service has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday for a 53-year old Greenbrier County man who was killed Wednesday in a slate fall.
Grover Garner Hunter, of nearby Rupert, was killed at Browns Creek Coal Co. mine near Jetsville in Nicholas County.
He was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Margie; daughters, Mrs. Patricia Bika of Rupert, Mrs. Maxine Holliday of Troy, Ohio; son, Ernie at home; mother, Mrs. Mary Crane Hunter of Rupert; sisters, Mrs. Louise Corsaro of Athens, Greece, Mrs. Hattie Remley of Rupert, Mrs. Mary Deitz of Kessler; and brothers, James of Rupert, Earl of Hyattsville, Md., and Lewellyn of Hampton, Va.
Service will be at the Don Smathers Funeral Home here with the Rev. Leroy Crane and the Rev. Henry O. Loving officiating. Burial will follow in Burns Cemetery at Kieffer.
Friends will be received at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today.
Grover married Margie Lee CROOKSHANKS, daughter of Ernest Russell CROOKSHANKS and May Tresia CRANE, on 2 Dec 1939 in Clifton Forge, VA.708 (Margie Lee CROOKSHANKS was born on 12 Feb 1920 in Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV,68 died on 31 Jul 2000 in Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV 68 and was buried on 4 Aug 2000 in Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 68.)
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