 1896 - 1984 (87 years)
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| Name |
Bessie Belle Viers [1] |
| Birth |
24 Jun 1896 |
Dickerson County, VA  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
26 May 1984 |
Humana Hospital [1] |
- Obituary of Bessie Belle Viers Crane
Mrs. Bessie Belle Crane, 88, of Renick, died Saturday in Humana Hospital, Greenbrier Valley, Fairlea, following a long illness.
Born June 24, 1896, in Dickerson County, Va., she was a daughter of the late Pleasant and Mineva Cochran Viers.
Mrs. Crane was a lifelong resident of Renick and a member of the Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church of Ronceverte.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Irene Cohenour and a brother, Walter Viers. Survivors include a stepmother, Ethel Viers of Lewisburg; three daughters, Ina Franklin of Dover, Pa., Christine Mills of Brookston, Ind., and Maycel Williams of Renick; five sons, Orville Crane of Renick, Alstin Crane of Clintonville, and Garland, Lanford and Harold Crane, all of Lewisburg; four sisters, Myrtle George of Baltimore, Md., Eva Price of Gallipolis, Ohio, Mary Viers of Abington, Va. and Edna Clemons of Bristol, Tenn.; four halfbrothers, Carl Viers of Hamstead, Md., Leonard Viers of Cockysville, Md., Russell Viers of Glenarm, Md. And John Viers of Lewisburg; five halfsisters, Nora Smith
of Roanoke, Va., Pauline Weldon of Cockysville, Md., Helen Cole of Charleston, Vandora Baldwin of St. Albans, Josephine Jarrett of South Charleston, Ohio; 26 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and some great great grandchildren.
Services will be today at 2 p.m. in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg with Elder Jerry Clifton, Elder Arvil Neeley and the Rev. Leroy Crane officiating. Burial will be in the McMillion Cemetery in Friars Hill.
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| Burial |
29 May 1984 |
McMillion United Methodist Church Cemetery [2] |
| Person ID |
I1080 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
8 Feb 2020 |
| Family |
Eddie Edward Crane, b. 8 Oct 1894, Renick, Greenbrier County, WV d. 30 Jul 1964, Renick, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
26 May 1915 |
Renick, Greenbrier County, WV [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Living |
| | 2. Irene Eva Crane, b. 28 Nov 1920, Renick, Greenbrier County, WV d. 11 May 1979, Emmett Memorial Hospital (Age 58 years) |
| | 3. Orval Marshall Crane, b. 26 May 1921, Morningside Cemetery d. 7 Jul 1994, Alleghany Regional Hospital (Age 73 years) |
| | 4. Alvin Bradford Crane, b. 8 Apr 1923, Greenbrier County, WV d. 27 Jul 1924, Trout, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 1 year) |
| | 5. Living |
| | 6. Garland Calvin Crane, b. 22 Aug 1927, Esty, Greenbrier County, WV d. 5 Nov 2004, Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (Age 77 years) |
| | 7. Alstin Oscar Crane, b. 25 Mar 1929, Friars Hill, Greenbrier County, WV d. 27 May 2001, Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (Age 72 years) |
| | 8. Jerald Eddie Crane, b. 20 Mar 1935, Friars Hill, Greenbrier County, WV d. 21 Mar 1935, Friars Hill, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 0 years) |
| | 9. Living |
| | 10. Living |
| | 11. Living |
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| Family ID |
F332 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Jan 2017 |
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| Sources |
- [S188] Author unknown, Obituary, Viers, Bessie B., (Newspaper article), 1 Sep 2013, 5047. (Reliability: 2).
- [S188] Author unknown, Obituary, Viers, Bessie B., (Newspaper article), 7 Mar 2001, 5047. (Reliability: 2).
- [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 14 Jan 2017, 15. (Reliability: 3).
Book 2, Page 252, Year of 1915.
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