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| 201 | Beckley Post-Herald, 20 July 1973 Bessie L. Hunter Succumbs at 79 CHARMCO (RNS) - Mrs. Bessie Lee Hunter, 79, died Thursday morning in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness. Born in Braxton County, May 30, 1894, she was a daughter of the late George and Mary Heater Lipps. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lorene Crow of Charmco and Mrs. Vergie Gilkerson of Rupert, and two sons, Paul of Charmco, and L. H. of Columbus, Ohio. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Smathers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. P. E. Orndorff in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today. | Lipps, Bessie Lee (I26503)
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| 202 | Beckley Post-Herald, 20 November 1958 Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Walton WHITE SULPHUR, Nov. 19 (RNS) - Mrs. Lillie Walton, 74, of White Sulphur Springs died at her home this afternoon after a long illness. Born in Greenbrier County, Feb. 15, 1884, Mrs. Walton was a daughter of the late Arthur and Lucinda Zimmerman Hunter. She was a member of the Church of God on Tuckahoe Road. Her husband, Asa F., died Oct. 6, 1958. Survivors include three brothers, John P. of White Sulphur, and George and Hubert Hunter, both of Dawson; and two sisters, Mrs. Lula Jones of Meadow Bridge and Mrs. Sadie Arbaugh of Ronceverte. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Shanklin Funeral Home with the Rev. Houston Hall in charge. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Michael Weikle, James Lucas, John Church, Jonas Sparks, Pat Feury, and Osee Miller. Ladies of the church will carry flowers. | Hunter, Lillian L. "Lillie" (I10056)
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| 203 | Beckley Post-Herald, 22 April 1971 Mrs. Highlander Dies In Virginia ALDERSON (RNS) - Mrs. Glenna Phillips Highlander, of Woodbridge, Va., formerly of Alderson, died Tuesday at her home. Survivors are two sons, William and Rodney, both of Alderson; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Thompson of Alderson; her mother, Mrs. Sally B. Phillips of Alderson, and five brothers, Murrell of Northeast, Md., Roy and Carl, both of Alderson, Garland of Charleston and Harland of Ashland, Ky. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Nazarene Church on Muddy Creek Mountain. Burial will be in the Phillips Cemetery. The body is at the Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. | Phillips, Glenna Clifton (I36681)
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| 204 | Beckley Post-Herald, 22 August 1977 LEWISBURG (RNS) - Services for Garland R. Clingman, 69, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Lewisburg United Methodist Church with the Rev. Harold Elmore in charge. Burial will be in Rosewood Cemetery. Clingman died Saturday in a Fairlea hospital after a long illness. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Monday and the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to services. | Clingman, Garland Rosewell (I27838)
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| 205 | Beckley Post-Herald, 22 July 1959 Rachel Williams Succumbs At 80 RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Mrs Rachael Kelly Williams, 80, died Tuesday morning at her home here after a long illness. She has been a resident of Ronceverte for the past 15 years and was a member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church at Hughart. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Mattie Williams of Lewisburg, Mrs. Veo Loomis of Caldwell, and Mrs. Lucille Bland and Miss Io Williams, both of Ronceverte; six sons, Ray and Clarence, both of Ronceverte, W.A. of Lewisburg, Cecil of Sinks Grove, Clyde of Caldwell and Charles H., stationed at Columbus, Ohio, with the Air Force; 29 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Sinking Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. David Harper, the Rev. Alvin Hancock, and the Rev. Theodore Carte. Burial will be in the End-of-the-Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. The body will be taken from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte to the residence at 4 p.m. today. | Kelly, Rachel Tabitha (I19741)
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| 206 | Beckley Post-Herald, 23 May 1975 Robert Myers' Rites Set RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Robert (Tuck) Myers, 56, died Wednesday in a Fairlea hospital after a short illness. He was a World War II veteran, was a lifelong resident of Ronceverte, member of Trinity United Methodist Church, American Legion Post No. 69 of Lewisburg, Ronceverte Volunteer Fire Department and was owner and operator of Fyr-Fyter Sales and Service in Ronceverte. Survivors include his wife, Mary; one son, Bobby G. of Ronceverte; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Myers of Ronceverte; one brother, Charles of Colorado Springs, Colo., and two grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev. William Price and Rev. James Sell in charge. Burial will be in Coffman Cemetery. Friends may call at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte after noon today and at the church one hour prior to services. | Myers, Robert S. "Tuck" (I36322)
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| 207 | Beckley Post-Herald, 24 December 1970 Fred H. Plumley Dies In Hospital Fred Huston Plumley, 73, of 128 Smith St., died at 2 p.m. Wednesday in a local hospital following a long illness. Born April 13, 1897, at Abraham, he was the son of the late Hazzard and Lucinda Cook Plumley. He was a retired coal miner and member of UMWA Local 7086. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose No. 1606 of Beckley and the Knights of Pythias of Beckley. He is survived by his wife, Bessie Berry Plumley; three sons, Carlos, and Thomas F., both of Beckley, Russell D. of Columbus, Ohio, two daughters, Mrs. Wetzel (Ruby) Brammer of Beaver and Mrs. Wendell (Nina) Lilly of West Jefferson, Ohio; a brother, John of Hinton; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Marion and Mrs. Ida Meadows, both of Hinton; twelve grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. The body is at the Rose and Quesenbeny Funeral Home pending completion of funeral arrangements. Beckley Post-Herald, 25 December 1970 F. H. Plumley's Services Slated Funeral service for Fred H. Plumley, 73, of 128 Smith St., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Franklin in charge. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Plumley died at 2 p.m. Wednesday in a local hospital following a long illness. Pallbearers will be Lee Burn, Leonard Pack, Kelso Lilly, Earland Bowman, Harold Painter, and Walter Walker. Friends may call at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. | Plumley, Fred Houston (I10733)
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| 208 | Beckley Post-Herald, 24 January 1972 Greenbrier Man Dies In Hospital LEWISBURG (RNS) - William Carl Patterson, 72, of Lewisburg died in a Ronceverte hospital at 4:15 p.m. Sunday after a short illness. Born Nov. 11, 1899, he was a son of the late Andrew Jackson and Emma Jane Kelley Patterson. He was a member of Sinking Creek Baptist Church, a lifelong resident of Greenbrier County and was retired from West Virginia's Department of Highways. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Patterson of Lewisburg; three sons, Carl A. of Fairlea, Warren K. (Red) of Lewisburg and Jimmy Dale of Hocksteyer, Germany; a brother, J. C. of Clintonville; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body is at McGraw Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Beckley Post-Herald, 25 January 1972 Funeral Wednesday For Greenbrier Man LEWISBURG (RNS) ? Funeral services for William Carl Patterson, 73, of Lewisburg will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at McCraw Funeral Home Chapel in Lewisburg with Rev. Leroy Crane in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. Patterson died in a Ronceverte hospital at 4:15 p.m. Sunday after a short illness. The family will receive friends from 7 ? 9:30 p.m. today. | Patterson, William Carl (I14203)
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| 209 | Beckley Post-Herald, 25 April 1968 Rites Incomplete For Mrs. Hunter WHITE SULPHUR (RNS) - Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Hunter, 71, of White Sulphur Springs died Wednesday in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness. Born Aug. 9, 1898, at Muddy Creek Mountain, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Sally Quick Crane. She was a member of Jane Chapel Methodist Church at Muddy Creek Mountain and a lifelong resident of Greenbrier County. Survivors include her husband, John P.; two sons, John V. of Lewisburg and Ralph P. of Columbus, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Pickering of While Sulphur Springs and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Myers of Ronceverte; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Carter of Alderson; a half sister, Mrs. Willie Moody of Ronceverte; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Roy M. Hunter. The body is at McCraw Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. | Crone, Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" (I24930)
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| 210 | Beckley Post-Herald, 25 February 1953 Miss Betty Phipps Is Wed Friday To Joseph Briscoe ALDERSON, Feb. 24 - The Johnson Memorial Methodist Church was the scene Friday evening of the marriage of Miss Betty Phipps, daughter of Mrs. Clara Phipps McVey of Quinnimont and the late Enoch Phipps, and Joseph H. Briscoe, son of Mrs. Alma Coffey Briscoe of Charleston. Greenery, baskets of white gladioli and lighted tapers formed the background for the double ring ceremony performed by the Rev. Charles W. Ambrose, Jr. before an altar banked with ferns. Given in marriage by her brother, Robert E. Phipps, of Fairfax, Va., the bride wore a ballerina length gown of white Chantilly lace over satin fashioned with an off-shoulder neckline with inserts of lace and an overskirt of telle. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a headdress of Chantilly lace and seed pearls. Her only jewelry was a single strand of pearls, a family heirloom. She carried a white prayer book with marker of white orchids and ribbon streamers. Mrs. Robert E. Phipps, sister-in-law of the bride, was her only attendant. She wore a ballerina length gown of French blue fashioned with a lace bodice and skirt of nylon tulle and a matching stole. A juliet cap of matching lace with short veil completed her costume. She carried a nosegay of yellow rosebuds. William R. Dixon of Charleston served his brother-in-law as best man and ushers were Lewis B. Withrow, of Charleston and William T. Simmons of Alderson. Just before the ceremony, Mrs. Richard Lirgo sang "Because" and at the end of the ceremony, "The Lord's Prayer." She was accompanied by Mrs. Ossie Keadle at the organ, who also played the traditional wedding music. The bride, a graduate of Alderson High School, attended Capital City Commercial College, Charlestonm and is a member of Alpha Iota Sorority and Order of Eastern Star. The groom, an alumnus of Stonewall Jackson High School studied at University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Okla. When the young couple left for an undisclosed wedding trip the bride was wearing a beige suit, with black accessories and a mink scarf. On their return they will establish a residence in Charleston where both are employed by the Esso Standard Oil Company. Immediately following the ceremony, a buffet supper was served to the bridal party and out of town guests at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bare, Jr. When Mrs. Bare and the bride's mother, Mrs. McVey, received their guests, Mrs. McVey was wearing a costume of navy blue faille with white accessories and a gardenia corsage. Mrs. Bare wore a costume of navy blue with black accessories and a gardenia corsage. Assisting were Mrs. C. N. Hogsett, Mrs. Herman Foster of Alderson and Mrs. Wylie Asbury of Charleston. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Withrow, Mrs. Wylie Asbury, all of Charleston, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phipps of Fairfax, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Carl McVey of Wuinnimont. | Family: Joseph Hamilton Briscoe / Betty L. Phipps (F7090)
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| 211 | Beckley Post-Herald, 25 February 1977 RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Mrs. Josie Italy Kelley, 91, died Thursday in a Fairlea nursing home after a long illness. She had lived in Ronceverte 20 years and was a member of the First Church of God. Born Aug. 31, 1885, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Virginia Janiney Kelley. Her husband, Virgil Kelley, preceded her in death. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Pansie Dunbar of Connersville, Ind., and one sister, Mrs. Sallie Phillips of Alderson. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte. Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, WV, 26 February 1977 RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Services for Mrs. Josie Kelley, 91, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home at Lewisburg with the Rev. Braze Bowersox in charge. Burial will be in Kelley Cemetery on Muddy Creek Mountain. She died in a Fairlea nursing home Thursday after a long illness. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday. | Kelly, Josie Italy (I14078)
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| 212 | Beckley Post-Herald, 25 July 1973 Rites Scheduled For Fayette Man MEADOW BRIDGE (RNS) - Hubert L. Hunter, 76, of Meadow Bridge died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He had lived in, Meadow Bridge for the past 12 years and was a retired coal miner. Survivors include one brother, John Preston Hunter of Hematiate, Va., and one niece, Mrs. Elmore Pomeroy Jr. of Meadow Bridge, with whom he lived, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace and Wallace Chapel in Rainelle with Rev. Ernest Barley in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today. | Hunter, Hubert Leslie (I26491)
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| 213 | Beckley Post-Herald, 26 November 1974 Mrs. Burgess Dies In Fairlea LEWISBURG (RNS) - Mrs. Rhoda Morris Burgess, 85, of Lewisburg died Monday morning in a Fairlea hospital after a long illness. A Lewisburg resident most of her life, she was a member of the Shuck Memorial Baptist Church in Lewisburg. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Louise) Zicafoose and Mrs. Hamilton (Hilda) Beall, both of Lewisburg; one son, James E. of Lewisburg, five grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Lewisburg. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery at Richlands. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today and the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. | Morris, Rhoda May (I14155)
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| 214 | Beckley Post-Herald, 26 October 1972 Greenbrier Man Has Fatal Attack WHITE SULPHUR (RNS) - Robert Clarence Burgess, 54, of White Sulphur Springs died at The Greenbrier Wednesday. Death was attributed to an apparent heart attack. Born at Frankford, Sept. 11, 1918, he was a son of Mrs. Rhoda Morris Burgess of Lewisburg and the late John E. Burgess. He was a member of the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, veteran of World War II and was employed by the security department at The Greenbrier. Survivors include Ms wife, Mrs. Edith V. Burgess; one son, Stephen Robert at home; two daughters, Mrs. Norma B. Harrah of White Sulphur Springs and Mrs. Nancy Burgess Wiseman of Lewisburg; one brother, James E. of Lewisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda B. Beall and Mrs. Louise B. Zikafoose, both of Lewisburg, and three grandchildren. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Emmanuel United Methodist Church at White Sulphur Springs with Rev. Richard L. Crickard in charge. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Richlands near Lewisburg. Friends may call at Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs from 7-9 p.m. today. Security department workers at The Greenbrier will serve as pallbearers. | Burgess, Robert Clarence (I20895)
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| 215 | Beckley Post-Herald, 27 October 1953 Marshall Arbaugh Is Death Victim LEWISBURG, Oct. 26 - Marshall H. Arbaugh, 76, of Lewisburg, died Saturday night at his home following a long illness. He was employed as a gardener. Surviving are his wife, Sadie Hunter Arbaugh; one daughter, Mrs. Ora Sarver of Beckley; one step-son, Otha Fisher of Ronceverte; four sisters, Mr. Laura Crone of Lewisburg; Mr. Willie Arbaugh of Ronceverte; Mrs. Sue Persinger of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Mollie Flack of Alderson; one brother, Charles Arbaugh of Staunton, Va.; two grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral rites will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Shuck Memorial Baptist Church at Lewisburg with the Rev. David Harper officiating. Burial will be in the Crone Cemetery on Muddy Creek Mountain. The body is at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home and will be taken to the church at the funeral hour. | Arbaugh, Marshall Harvey (I36317)
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| 216 | Beckley Post-Herald, 27 October 1960 Clyde Patterson Has Fatal Attack WHITE SULPHUR (RNS) - Clyde Fredrick Patterson, 60, of White Sulphur Springs died suddenly at his home Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He was born April 5, 1900, at Hughart. A member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church at Hughart, he was a farmer. Survivors include his wife, Meda Henson Patterson; three daughters, Mrs. Carl Bryant of Clintonville, Mrs. Julia T. Fawcett, Jr. of Lewisburg, and Miss Violet Patterson, at home; nine sons, Carl, Willard, and Marion, all at home, Basil of White Sulphur Springs, Sandy of Columbus, Ohio, Nelson of Clintonville, Orval of Alderson, Jessie of Talcott, and Charles Patterson of Huntington; two brothers, Douglas C. of Lewisburg and J. C. Patterson of Clintonville; and 14 grandchildren. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Arrangements are incomplete. Beckley Post-Herald, 28 October 1960 Funeral Set Today For C. Patterson WHITE SULPHUR (RNS) ? Funeral services for Clyde Fredrick Patterson, 60, of White Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the James Chapel Church with the Rev. Hobert Quesenberry and the Rev. Eskar Groves in charge. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Patterson died in his home Wednesday morning of a heart attack. The body will remain at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg and will be taken to the church at the funeral hour. | Patterson, Clyde Fredrick (I14204)
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| 217 | Beckley Post-Herald, 28 January 1963 Mrs. O'Brien,77, Dies In Hospital RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Mrs. Pansey Ethel O'Brien, 77, died Sunday morning in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness. She was a resident of Ronceverte for 35 years and a member of the First Church of God. Survivors include a daughter, Miss Virginia O'Brien of Ronceverte; six sons, Earl, Cecil, Joe, Mike, and Melvin, all of Ronceverte, and Paul of Massillon, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. James Phillips of Alderson and Mrs. Josie Kelly of Ronceverte; a brother, Lewis Kelly of Belleview, Fla.; 17 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Church of God with the Rev. James Raines in charge. Burial will be in the Hanger Cemetery near Fort Spring. The body will remain at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte and will be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral. Pallbearers will be Mike, Melvin, Bill, Charles, Newton and James O'Brien. Nieces will carry flowers. | Kelly, Pansey Ethel (I14065)
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| 218 | Beckley Post-Herald, 28 October 1968 G. Hunter Dies; Funeral Tuesday DAWSON (RNS) - George W. Hunter, 81, of Dawson died Sunday in a Summersville hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Dawson Methodist Church. Born Sept. 1, 1887, at Lewisburg, he was the son of the late Arthur and Lucinda Zimmerman Hunter. Survivors include six sons, Calvin of Dawson, Willie of Marysville, Ohio, Walter of Columbus, Ohio, Robert of Plain City, Ohio, Leslie of Bluefield and Clarence of Nettie; two brothers, Hubert of Beelick Knob and John of Lewisburg; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Dawson Methodist Church with Rev. Rex Ball in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. The body will remain at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle and will be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral. | Hunter, George Washington (I26492)
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| 219 | Beckley Post-Herald, 29 September 1960 Rosa M. Hunter Succumbs At 62 DAWSON (RNS) - Mrs. Rosa Myrtle Hunter, 62, of Dawson died Tuesday in a Weston hospital after a long illness. Born Dec. 15, 1897, in Summers County, she was a daughter of the late Will and Laura Nicely Witt. Survivors include her husband, Hubert Hunter; and a sister, Mrs. Ada Strouse of Washington, D. C. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p m. Friday in the Dawson Methodist Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. L. E. Milam in charge. Burial will be in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. The body will remain at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in East Rainelle and will be taken to the church one hour prior to services. | Witt, Rosa Myrtle (I26511)
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| 220 | Beckley Post-Herald, 3 May 1962 Mrs. Patterson Dies In Virginia RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Mrs. Alramae H. Patterson, 34, of Ronceverte died Tuesday night in a Charlottesville, Va., hospital. She lived in Ronceverte four years, where she was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church. She was employed at the Greenbrier Bank in Lewisburg 15 years. Survivors include her husband, Warren K. Patterson; a daughter, Deborah Jean, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Hines of Hines; two sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Patterson of Charmco and Mrs. Margaret Hines of Charleston; and two brothers, Ordie of Hines and Robert of Covington, Va. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte. Arrangements are incomplete. | Hines, Arlamae Pansy "Arla" (I19133)
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| 221 | Beckley Post-Herald, 30 December 1968 Mrs, Lula Craft Dies; Rites Slated RUPERT (RNS) - Mrs. Lula Craft, 65, of Silver Spring, Md., formerly of Rupert, died Sunday morning in a Silver Spring hospital after a short illness. Born Oct. 10, 1903, at White Sulphur Springs, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Clara Hunter Crane. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Shelma Lerch of Hyattsville, Md., Mrs. Annabelle Osborne of East Orwell, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Lou Harris of Ormond Beach, Fla., Mrs Lillion Bryant of Silver Spring, Md., and Mrs. Dorothy (Dollie) Hendrix of Edgewater, Md.; four sons, Robert, Richard, Carl and Roger, all of Silver Spring, Md., and 20 grandchildren. The funeral will he at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Wallace and Wallace Chapel at East Rainelle with Rev. Lee White in charge. Burial will be in the End-of-the-Trail Cemetery at Clintonville. The body will remain at the Funeral home where friends may call Wednesday. | Crone, Lula Lilly (I36325)
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| 222 | Beckley Post-Herald, 5 September 1956 Aged Woman's Body Found After White Sulphur Fire WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Sept. 4 (RNS) - Mrs. Nannie Jane Hunter, 79, died early today in a fire which destroyed the four-room home where she lived alone on the outskirts of White Sulphur Springs. The victim's body was found by volunteer firemen near the kitchen door of the dwelling. It appeared she had died of suffocation while trying to escape. The fire, cause of which was not determined, broke out about 2 a.m. Mrs. Hunter was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the widow of Charles Edward Hunter, who proceded her in death on July 2, 1948. Her only survivor is a brother, Dave Barnes of Marlinton. The funeral will be held at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Thursday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Marvin Richardson. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The body will remain at the Shanklin Funeral Home until the funeral hour. Active pallbearers will be John Traynor, Myles Bittinger, Charles Long, Karim Hamood, Alfred Bennett, Jr., and Kenneth Fogus. | Barnes, Nannie Jane (I18136)
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| 223 | Beckley Post-Herald, 6 September 1968 Wife Held In Slaying LEWISBURG (RNS) - Mrs. Margaret Pickering, 44, of White Sulphur Springs has been charged with murder following the fatal shooling of her husband, Robert E. Pickering, 53, Thursday afternoon, according to Sheriff Eugene Spence. Spence said the shooting occurred about 3 p.m. at the couple's home on Alvon Road and apparently stemmed from a family argument. Mrs. Pickering is in the Greenbrier County Jail at Lewisburg and a preliminary hearing is scheduled today. Pickering's body is at Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs. Register and Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 7 September 1968 Robert Pickering Dies Of Wounds WHITE SULPHUR (RNS) - Robert Eugene (Bob) Pickering, 53, of White Sulphur Springs died Thursday afternoon at his home. Born near New Market, Va., July 9, 1915, he was a son of the late Thomas and Polly Jane Reed Pickering. He attended the Methodist Church, was a veteran ot World War II, and was employed by the Neilhouse Hotel in Columbus, Ohio and previously had been employed by the Greenbrier Hotel. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hunter Pickering; four sons, Randolph Stephen, Gary Lee, Danny Ray and Robert Eugene II, all at home; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Pickering Miller of Covington, Va., and Miss Margaret Sharon, at home and two brothers, John Richard of Lewistown, Mont., and William R. (Pete) of Lewisburg. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Emmanuel Methodist Church at White sulphur Springs with Rev. Douglas Sheppard in charge. Burial will be in Rosewood Cemetery at Lewisburg with military rites. The body will remain at the Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Pete Alderman, Bill Wilson, James (Bud) While, Earl Rumyon, Robert Burgess, Gary Fitting, George Kattis, and Charles Vallandingham. | Pickering, Robert Eugene I (I36321)
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| 224 | Beckley Post-Herald, 7 December 1965 Ronceverte Man Succumbs At 68 RONCEVERTE (RNS) - Ray James Edward Williams, 68, died Monday morning in a Ronceverte hospital after a short illness. He was manager of the Ronceverte Branch of the Kanawha Valley Vault Co. from 1944-1963. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams. Survivors include his wife, Glenna; a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ann Holley of Ronceverte; two sons, Leo of Alexandria, Va., and Ray of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; five brothers, Clyde of Caldwell, Cecil of Pickaway, Clarence of Ronceverte, William of Lewisburg and Charles of Alderson; four sisters, Mrs. Io Phipps of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Veo Loomis of Caldwell, Mrs. Lucille Bland of Ronceverte and Mrs. Mattie Williams of Lewisburg. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home Chapel at Lewisburg with the Rev. Julian Grubb in charge. Burial will be in Rosewood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1:30 until 9:30 p.m. | Williams, James Edward Ray (I14225)
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| 225 | Beckley Post-Herald, 7 June 1977 LEWISBURG (RNS) - Mrs. Louise B. Zicafoose, 63, died Monday in a Fairlea hospital after a long illness. Born Feb. 9, 1914, in Richlands, she was a daughter of the late John and Roda Morris Burgess. She had lived in Lewisburg nine years and was a former resident of Staunton, Va. Mrs. Zicafoose was a member of the Shuck Memorial Baptist Church in Lewisburg. Survivors include her husband, Raymond J.; one sister, Mrs. Hilda Beall of Lewisburg, and one brother, James Burgess of Lewisburg. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. | Burgess, Louise Virginia (I20892)
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| 226 | Beckley Post-Herald, 7 October 1958 Asa Walton Dies; Rites Wednesday WHITE SULPHUR, Oct. 6 (RNS) ? Asa Forrest Walton, 67, of White Sulphur Springs died at his home this morning. Born in Greenbrier County, Dec. 12, 1890, he was a son of the late Thomas F. and Martha Perkins Walton. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillie Hunter Walton; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be conducted in the Shanklin Funeral Horn Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Houston Hall in charge. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home. Active pallbearers will be Michael Weikle, James Lucas, John Church, Jonas Sparks, Pat Feury and Osee Miller. Ladies of the Church of God on Tuckahoe Road will carry flowers. | Walton, Asa Forrest "Acie" (I36315)
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| 227 | Beckley Post-Herald, 8 January 1974 Rites Set Today For F. M. Dowdy FORT SPRINGS (RNS) - Forrest Marshall Dowdy, 54, of Fort Springs was dead on arrival Sunday morning at a Ronceverte hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Fort Springs and was a member of the Baptist Church. Dowdy was a foreman for the Acme Limestone Company. Survivors include his wife, Beatrice; a daughter, Mrs. Joann Conner of Flint, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Lovilla Holcomb of Alderson and Mrs. Marylin Barger of Waterloo, Iowa, and five grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Ronceverte with Rev. L. L. McDaniel and Rev. Nathaniel Johnson in charge. Burial will be in Greenbrier Memorial Gardens in Lewisburg. | Dowdy, Forrest Marshall (I21002)
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| 228 | Beckley Post-Herald, 9 April 1969 Fire Takes Man's Life MEADOW BRIDGE (RNS) - Bobby Lane, 27, died in a house fire early Tuesday morning near here. Meadow Bridge firemen discovered Lane's body while sifting through ashes of the house. They said neighbors informed them the house had been occupied. The house was located near Crickmer, off U.S. 19 near Danese. Born March 8, 1942, at True, he was the son of Robert and Elsie Fox Lane of Danese. Other survivors include his wife, Kendall Blagg Lane; a son, Bobby Darrell, Jr., at home; four sisters, Mrs. Maxine Cox of Meadow Bridge, Mrs. Dora Fleshman of Columbus, Ohio, and Delia Gale and Robin Gale, both at home, and two brothers, William of Layland and Phil of Pontiac, Mich. He was a coal miner. The body is at the Don Smathers Funeral Home Chapel in East Rainelle. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. | Lane, Robert Darrell Sr. (I18516)
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| 229 | Beckley Post-Herald, 9 March 1970 Calvin Hunter, 49, Takes Own Life DAWSON (RNS) - Calvin Hunter, 49, of Dawson died Saturday at his home of gunshot wounds. State Police said the wounds were self-inflicted. Born Feb. 11, 1921, at Dawson, he was a son of the late George Washington and Lucy Witt Hunter. He had been lifelong resident of Dawson and was a disabled painter for the Greenbrier County Board of Education. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Merlene Houchins Hunter and five brothers, Leslie of Bluefield, Clarence of Nettie, Willie of Marysville, Ohio, Walter of Columbus, Ohio, and Robert, address unknown. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Wallace with Rev. Rex Ball and Rev. Leroy Crane in charge. Burial will be in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. The body will remain at the funeral home where friends may call after 5 p.m. today. | Hunter, Calvin (I26515)
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| 230 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 10 January 1973 Beckley Resident Feted At Dinner PAX (RNS) - PAX (RNS) - Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kelly of Pax were among the ones who honored her grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Lucas of Beckley, with a dinner Sunday in observance of her 75th birthday anniversary which was Jan. 5. Born at lower Willis Branch, Mrs. Lucas is the daughter of the late Jim and Ida McVey Shephard. To this union Mrs. Lucas and a brother, Grover Shephard, were born. Mrs. Lucas has two half sisters, Mrs. Gertie Maynor of Willis Branch and Mrs. Ivory Hamilton of Miami, Fla. Mrs. Lucas was married to Henry Haley. She has daughter, Mrs. Goldie Cook of Baltimore, Md.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was married second time to C. L. Lucas and lived at Glen Daniel. He died Feb. 8, 1967. Also honoring Mrs. Lucas Sunday were her stepchildren and families, Mr. and Mrs. Acie Stewart of Pineville, Mrs. Emma Stewart of Jesse, Mrs. Lillie Dillon of Mount Tabor, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lucas and son of Beckley and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dillon and daughter, Lori, of Bradley. Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 26 June 1994 MRS. MINNIE HALEY LUCAS, 96, OF PAX died June 24, 1994, at Hilltop Nursing Home after a long illness. She was a former restaurant owner and a homemaker. She was a member of Calloway Heights Baptist Church, Beckley. Surviving: daughter, Goldie H. McGown of Pax; stepdaughter, Lillie Dillion of Mount Tabor; stepson, Claude Lucas of Beckley; four grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Long Branch United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bill Parker, the Rev. James Reed and the Rev. Gerald Lanham officiating. Burial will be in Pax Community Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley,and one hour prior to service at the church. | Sheppard, Minnie Margaret (I16351)
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| 231 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 10 September 1963 Rites Incomplete For A. McClung THURMOND (RNS) - Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Allen Roscoe (Britches) McClung, 67, Thurmond, who died at 12:20 a.m. Monday at his home after a long illness. Born at Mt. Lookout, Feb. 22, 1896, he was a son of the late Amos McClung, and Mrs. Lucinda Evans McClung, Summersville, who survives. A Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. brakeman at Thurmond, he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Oak Hill Moose Lodge No. 1664. Surviving are four sons, Phillip and Oather, both of Thurmond, Donald, Columbus, Ohio, and William, Cleveland, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Dicy Skaggs, Beckley; two brothers, Everett, Summersville, and Noah, Mt. Lookout, and 18 grandchildren. The body is at the Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill. | McClung, Allen Rosco (I29340)
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| 232 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Grover Leslie "Jimmy" Jones / Patricia Ann Berry (F14637)
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| 233 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 11 Oct 1946, p. 5, col. C MRS. JOSIE O'DELL DIES ON THURSDAY Mrs. Josie O'Dell, age 71, of Carl, Nicholas County, died yesterday morning at her home. Surviving are the follow: husband, Emory C. O'Dell, of Carl; one daughter, Mrs. Annie May Harman, of Wilson, Pa.; one son, the Rev. Arnold E. Tulloh, of Barbersville. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday morning at the Baptist Church at Carl. The body will remain at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home until the funeral hour. | Hayslett, Josephine L. "Josie" (I46191)
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| 234 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 15 August 1956 Minnie Hughart Dies In Virginia FAIRLEA, Aug. 14 (RNS) ? Mrs. Minnie Tuckwiller Hughart, 78, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ray Miller of Covington, Va. She was a former resident of Fairlea. She was born June 24, 1878, at Asbury a daughter of the late John and [Ellen] Dietz Tuckwiller. She was a member of the AR Presbyterian Church at Fairlea. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. A. K. Piercy of Fairlea and Mrs. Pauline Sheppard of Lewisburg; three brothers, Will Tuckwiller of Springfield, Mo., Homer Tuckwiller of Asbury and Frank Tuckwiller of Clintonville; one sister, Mrs. J. E. Via of Alderson; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. K. Piercy of Fairlea by the Rev. A. K. Whitesides and the Rev. Ronald Casto. Burial will be in the Clifton Cemetery at Maxwelton. The body will be removed from the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg to the Piercy home at 9 a.m. Wednesday. | Tuckwiller, Minnie A. (I145)
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| 235 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 15 Jun 1949 JOHN CALL DIES AT AGE OF 73 EAST RAINELLE, June 14 - Mass will be celebrated Thursday June 16 at 2:00 at Nickell Mortuary for John Bernard Call, 73. Father Edward R. Belanger of St. Catherine's Catholic church in Ronceverte will officiate. Mr. Call died early Monday at the home of a foster-daughter, Mrs. C. M. Harrigar at Rupert where he had been removed following hospitilization and after a long illness. A son of Jesse and Annie Houchins Call, he was born at Smoot May 4, 1876. He was a member of St. John's Catholic church at Smoot, and was a former farmer. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nola Shaver Call of East Rainelle, a brother, Pat Call of Smoot, a sister, Mrs. Mae Rea of Loveland, Ohio, and his foster daughter, Mrs. Arthenia Harringer of Rupert. The body is at Nickell Mortuary in East Rainelle. Interment will be in Somerset cemetery at Smoot. | Call, John Bernard (I21742)
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| 236 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 15 Jun 1964 Charles Houchins Succumbs At 86 EAST RAINELLE (RNS) - Charles Clayton Houchins, 86, died Sunday morning in a Marfrance nursing home after a three-month illness. Born at Dawson, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Houchins. He was a retired carpenter and miller. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Bostic of Dawson; six sons, James R. and Ralph E., both of East Rainelle, Philip of Dawson, Tom of Hampton, Va., Melvin of Dawson and John, address unknown; 20 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Nickell Funeral Home Chapel in East Rainelle with the Rev. Henry O. Loving in charge. Burial will be in the Somerset Cemetery at Smoot. The body will remain at the funeral home. | Houchins, Charles Clayton (I21634)
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| 237 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 15 Sep 1961 Rites Set Today For Mrs. Bishop SCARBRO (RNS) - Mrs. Eleanor Hepler Bishop of Scarbro died in an Oak Hill hospital Wednesday. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Born at Meadow Bluff, she was a daughter of the late John Moore and Olive McClung Hepler. She was charter member of the White Oak Presbyterian Church at Scarbro, member of the Borderland Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, past regent board chapter N. S. DAR, member of the Fayette Study Club, Scarbro Garden Club, West Virginia Historical Society and was state chairman of the Good Citizen Committee. Survivors include her husband, W. C. Bishop; two sons, Maj. W. C. Jr. of West Point, N. Y., and Paul Bishop of Birmingham, Ala.; two daughters. Mrs. W. A. Thornhill III of Beckley and Mrs. R. D. Griffith of Charleston; a brother, Paul Helper of Eau Gallie, Fla.; and six granddaughters. The funeral will be conducted the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill at 3 p.m. today with the Rev. Otis McNeill in charge. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill. The body will remain at the funeral home. | Hepler, Eleanor E. (I21918)
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| 238 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 17 March 1954, p. 1 Elmira Lucas, 90, Claimed By Death Ninety-year-old Mrs. Elmira Lucas left 142 survivors when she died at 12:05 p.m. yesterday at he home of her son, French Lucas, at 806 Woodlawn Ave. Mrs. Lucas, who suffered a stroke about a week ago, had been in ill health for six months at her son's home where she resided. Born March 11, 1864, she was a member of the Saxon Baptist Church. Survivors include three other sons, Charley Lucas and Alfred Lucas, both of Glen Daniel, and Aden Lucas of Maplewood; five daughters, Mrs. James Godbey of Harper, Mrs. F. L. Daniel of Oceana, Mrs. E. H. Manning of Milton, Mrs. R. E. Westmoreland of Glen Daniel and Mrs. R. R. Dillon of Beckley; 54 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church in Beckley. Officiating ministers will be Dr. A. H. Wilson, pastor of the church and Dr. Alvin J. Cook, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Roy Lucas, Chester Lucas, Ivan Daniel, D. K. Daniel, Herbert and Dawson Lucas, W. W. Lucas and French Manning. Granddaughters will be flowerbearers. The body will be removed from Keyser Funeral Home to the church one hour before the services. | Milam, Elmira (I18306)
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| 239 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Thompson, Mildred Estela "Millie" (I15241)
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| 240 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 19 November 1962 Rupert Boy Dies Following Wreck RUPERT (RNS) - Arnold Gene Crookshanks, 17, died en route to a Ronceverte hospital Sunday morning from injuries received in a car accident at Hines about 1:30 a.m. He was a student at Rupert High School. Born Feb. 24, 1945, at East Rainelle, he was the son of R. B. and Thelma Ramley Crookshanks of Rupert. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Nelda McClaskie of Rupert; two brothers, Dale, stationed with the Army in France, and Delbert of Rupert; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Remley of Rupert; and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Cleo Dillon of Rhodes, Mich. The body is at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Chapel in East Rainelle. Arrangements are incomplete. Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 20 November 1962 Funeral Thursday For Rupert Youth RUPERT (RNS) - Funeral services for Arnold Gene Crookshanks, 17, will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Rupert High School Gymnasium with the Rev. J. H. Quesenberry and the Rev. Leroy Crane in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Ciintonville. Crookshanks died en route to a Ronceverte hospital Sunday following a car accident at Hines. The body will remain at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in East Rainelle and will be taken to the gymnasium one hour prior to the funeral. Friends may call at the chapel after 7 p. m. today. | Crookshanks, Arnold Gene (I21368)
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| 241 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 20 Jul 1956, p. 5, col. H Rev. Tulloh Dies; Rites Set Today SUMMERSVILLE, July 19 (RNS) - Rev. Arnold Edgar Tulloh, 63, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church in Grafton, died Monday in Grafton City Hospital after a four-day illness. He formerly lived in Nicholas County when his father was a pastor here. After his father's death his mother married the late Emory O'Dell of Carl. His wife if the former Miss Lelia Trent King of Mount Nebo. A native of Virginia, he served as pastor of Milton Methodist Church, Keystone Methodist Church, Bethany Methodist Church at Parkersburg, First Methodist Church in Barbousville and Trinity Methodist Church at Point Pleasant. Rev. Tulloh was a graduate of Morris Harvey College, Emery University at Atlanta, Ga. and and [sic] Vanderbilt University. He was secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the West Virginia Conference. He had been in the ministry since 1916 and had moved to the Grafton church less than a month ago. Besides his wife he is survived by a son, John Calvin at home; a sister, Mrs. K. F. Harmon of Clairton, Pa. Service was conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Bartlett Mortuary at Grafton by Dr. A. A. Angle, superintendent of Fairmont District and Rev. Chester G. Steyer. Additional services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Gilgal Methodist Church at Mt. Nebo by Dr. A. A. Angle and Dr. L. H. Burns, superintendent of the Bluefield District. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. | Tulloh, Rev. Arnold Edgar (I46423)
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| 242 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 20 July 1964 Everett McCarty Dies Of Cancer CRAWLEY (RNS) - Everett Leslie McCarty, 67, died at his home in Crawley at 4 p.m. Sunday after a short illness. Death was attributed to cancer. He was a calendar salesman. Born at Sinks Grove, he was he son of the late John and Dora Kessinger McCarty. Survivors include two brothers, R.M. of South Charleston and Clyde of Minden; a sister, Mrs. Edith Ellis of Sinks Grove; and four sons and a daughter, addresses unknown. The body is at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 20 July 1964 McCARTY, Everett Leslie - 67, of Crawley died at his home Sunday after a long illness. He was a calendar salesman. He was born at Sinks Grove in Monroe County. He is survived by his widow, Margie; four sons, Earl, Merle, Herman and Butch, addresses unknown; one daughter, Louise, address unknown; two brothers, Ira of South Charleston and Clyde of Minden; and a sister, Mrs. Edith Ellis of Grove. The body is at Nickell Funeral Home. | McCarty, Everett Leslie "Mack" (I39435)
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| 243 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 21 Feb 1963, p. 15, col. B Isaac Sizemore Succumbs At 97 MABEN (RNS) - Isaac Sizemore, 97, died at his home at noon Wednesday. Born at Pineville, June 7, 1865, he was a son of the late Marion and Millie McKinney Sizemore. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nettie Lambert Sizemore of Maben; four sons, Conley of Maben, Ed of North Fork, Gene of Garfield, N.J., and John of Matheny; six daughters, Mrs. Lucy Green of Spanishburg, Mrs. Doris Wood of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Katherine Hall of Alpoca, Mrs. Lilly Dixon of Pierpoint, and Mrs. Grace Beverly and Mrs. Janie Sizemore of Garfield, N.J.; and a brother, Ned of Wolfpen. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Baptist Church on the Welch-Pineville Road with the Rev. James Bowers in charge. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens at Matheny. The body will remain at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana. Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 22 Feb 1963, p. 14, col. E Services Saturday for Isaac Sizemore MABEN (RNS) - Funeral services for Isaac Sizemore, 97, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Matheny Methodist Church instead of the Baptist Church on the Welch-Pineville Road which was previously stated. The Rev. James Bower will be incharge. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens at Matheny. He died Wednesday at his home. The body will remain at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana. | Sizemore, Isaac "Ike" (I681)
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| 244 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 23 Apr 1976, p. 6, col. C Yesterday And Today - Confederate Deserter's Execution Revived by Shirley Donnelly At a meeting at White Sulphur Springs recently, who should I run into but Dr. Maggie Ballard, the Monroe County sage. The minute she laid eyes on me she asked where she could get a copy of the column which was printed in the Post-Herald on Aug. 17, 1957. She wanted the story about William Britt, a Confederate army deserter, who was executed at Red Sulphur Springs during the Civil War. In Aug. 1957,I journeyed to Red Sulphur Springs to get the story direct from Charles A. (Bud) Dunn, who, up until that day, had lived at Red Sulphur Springs 67 years. He was a World War II veteran whose army discharge was signed by his battalion com-mander, Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who became a five-star general in World War II. IN BRIEF, that story is as follows: It seems that Bill Brltt had deserted the Confederate Army and had been scandalously carrying on in the Red Sulphur Springs area. He was captured, tried, found guilty, and shot to death by musketry. Britt was stood against a large sugar maple that overshadowed the bandstand when Red Sulphur Springs was in flower. Bud Dunn told me that Capt. William Adair of the Confederate army had five sons; James, Walter, John, Cassaday, and William Jr. Those boys used to show Dunn the bullet holes in the tree holes made by the Minie balls that crashed through Bill Britt's body. BRITT WAS buried on the knoll southeast of the present Campbell Cove Park, which was sponsored by the Ballard Ruritan Club. That grave was about 100 feet above the old Giles, Fayette, and Kanawha Turnpike that runs by there. Bud Dunn, 72 in Aug. 1957, took me to the grave site. After the Civil War ended, relatives of Britt exhumed his remains and took them to New York State for reburlal. The grave where he was burled had become a sunken place in the earth when Dunn and I visited the location. LITTLE of Britt's history was written at the time and was passed on my word of mouth. However, I have unearthed some of it and now know some of his descendants. When Bill Britt was shot to death his wife witnessed the execution. At the time she was nearing a period of maternity. When she travailed, shortly after her husband's execution, she gave birth to a baby boy. The boy was named Powhatan Britt. His was the misfortune to be a mute - could neither hear not talk. He is buried in Hill Top Cemetery near Oak Hill. Maybe Dr. Ballard can explain why Powhatan Brltt was thus "marked?" POWHATAN Brltt had a brother named Henry. When I was teaching In Oak Hill High School, Miss Pauline Brock, a grand-daughter of Henry Britt, was In one of my classes. She subsequently married a man named Huddleston and bore him a number of children. One of their children is Thom Huddleston, a painter, who is on my payroll a good bit of the time. His mother is now a patient in Pine Lodge Nursing Home in Beckley. Henry Britt. grandfather of Mrs. Huddleston, was the father of my long-time friend, Denny Britt of the Wriston community. Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 28 Apr 1976, p. 4, col. C Yesterday And Today - Son Of Monroe's Britt Sired 15 Children by Shirley Donnelly When Ralph Britt of Route 1, Danese, read in this column about the untimely Civil War death of his grandfather, William "Bill" Britt at Red Sulphur Springs in 1861, he came to fill me in on some of his family's history. In 1861 the whole nation was engulfed in civil strife; needless to say, the nerves of people everywhere were "on edge." "Bill" Britt had joined the Confederate Army in Monroe County. Not finding army discipline to his liking, Britt deserted and returned to his home community, Red Sulphur Springs. There he got into some trouble and was captured by the Confederate forces. HE WAS SHOT as a deserter and for anything else he had done as a transgressor. He was executed and buried at Red Sulphur. Some time later the body was exhumed and taken to New York State. Still later on, his remains were dug up in New York and brought to Peterstown in Monroe, where he was reinterred, and is now. MRS. WILLIAM BRITT was carrying a child at the time of her husband's execution. Shortly after her husband's death she gave birth to a baby boy in 1861. The child was named Pohatan Britt. He was "marked" by the sadness of hs father's death - marked as a mute. That boy grew up and married a mute girl who had studied at Romney, the location of the school where blind, deaf, and mute people in West Virginia are educated. She died later and Powhatan Britt remarried another mute woman. Twice married to mutes, he sired 15 children. THE SON OF the ill-fated Bill Britt found his way to Fayette County. He lived in the hollow op-posite the location now of the television station south of Oak Hill. There he worked in the mine shop of the Red Star Coal Company. He died In 1924, following a heart attack, and was buried in the Hill Top Cemetery. His grave is marked there. It was In April of 1924 that he succumbed. Ralph Britt of Danese was born Feb. 28, 1908. His brother, Leroy, lives at Oak Hill. Their cousin, Denny Britt, lives in the Wriston community in Fayette County. AFTER TOILING in the coal mines 38 years, Ralph Britt retired and now rests from his labors. Another brother, Charley Britt, died in the old McKendree Hospital of yellow jaunlce In 1939. He, too, is burled in Hill Top Cemetery. Their father was Powhatan Britt, who was born early in the Civil War period, died in 1924 at the age of 63. Powhatan Britt was a great Bi-ble reader. His Bible Is now owned by Ralph. The children of Powahatan Britt attended the Methodist Church at Hill Top. THE MOTHER of Ralph Britt, Mrs. Maggie Vass Britt, died in 1956 and Is burled at Low Moor, Va., near Clifton Forge. While Powhatan Britt and both of his wives were mutes, none of his 15 children were so handicapped. Following the heart attack suffered by Powhatan Britt, he was attended by the late Dr. S. W. Price, of Scarbro. When he died, C. B. Collins, a Thurmond undertaker, held his funeral. The hearse was drawn over the mud road to Hill Top Cemetery by four horses, Ralph avers. Powhatan's mother, Mrs. William Britt, is buried at Hinton. The late Joe Arilla of Beckley was a brother-in-law of Ralph Britt. | Britt, William (I19196)
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| 245 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 23 Dec 1947, p. 2, col. E DEATH CLAIMS R. F. SIZEMORE MULLENS, Dec 22 - Richard Felix Sizemore, 84-year-old Wyoming County farmer, died at 11:30 a.m. today at his home on White Oak, near Herndon. He had been bedfast the past six weeks. The Rev. O. A. Sparks will officiate at funeral and burial services Wednesday. The time and place for the funeral were not definite tonight. Burial will be made in the Fairview Cemetery, Pinnacle Creek. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ellen Hill Sizemore; two brothers, Ike Sizemore of Pineville and Ned Sizemore of Welch; one sister, Mrs. Harriet Morgan, Pineville; six sons, Emmett and Sherman Sizemore of Northfork, Eli and Fred Sizemore of Pineville, Freeman Sizemore of Herndon, and Wirt Sizemore, Marianna; three daughters, Mrs. Ozie Byars, Herndon; Mrs. Lizzie Ball, Marianna; and Mrs. Elsie Green, Big Four, McDowell County. The body will be removed to the home from the Robertson and Foglesong Mortuary at 2 p.m. Tuesday. | Sizemore, Richard Felix (I670)
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| 246 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 23 Nov 1976, p. 3, col. D Nealia Moore MARLINTON (RNS) - Mrs. Charles (Nealia) Moore died Friday in a Williamsport, Pa., hospital after a long illness. Born in Marlinton, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hayslett of Marlinton. Besides her husband and six children, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Floyd C. Meadows of Hinton and Mrs. Elsie Withers of Marlinton, and one brother, John Hayslett of Marlinton. The Pocahontas Times, Marlinton, WV, 25 Nov 1976, p. 1, col. E Deaths, Mrs. Charles Moore Mrs. Nealia Hayslett Moore, 76, of Cogan Station, Pennsylvania, near Williamsport, departed this life, Friday, November 19, 1976. She was the daughter of the late John W. and Martha Jack Hayslett, of Marlinton; She is survived by her husband and six children; also surviving sisters are Mrs. Elsie Withers, or Marlinton, and Mrs. Floyd (Hettie) Meadows, of Hinton, and a brother, John Hayslett, of Marlinton. Her Funeral Service on Monday was attended by John Hayslett and Mrs. and Mrs. Meadows, who went to Cogan Station Saturday. | Hayslett, Nealia Ruffner (I46411)
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| 247 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 25 Jun 1953, p. 5, col. A Robert G. Smith, 77, Is Taken By Death Robert G. Smith, 77, of the Green Valley Addition, Crab Orchard, died at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a four-year illness, attributed to a kidney condition. He became seriously ill Tuesday. He had resided in Raleigh County the past 44 years. A retired coal miner, he was employed for 23 years at Eccles. Born Nov. 19, 1875, in Monroe County, he was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Lester and United Mine Workers Local 5770. His parents, Jiles Henry and Mary Hall Smith, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Willard Quindora Smith, three brothers, Wilson, Piney View; French, Miami, Fla.; and Morris, Princeton; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Weatherford, Oak Hill; Mrs. Della Dillon, Princeton; Mrs. G. W. Keatley, Bozoo; Mrs. Mae Severn, Miami; and Mrs. Minnie Smith, New York. The body will be removed to the residence at 4 p.m. Thursday from the Calfee Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 Friday in the Mt. Tabor Baptist Church by the Rev. Alvis Jacobs and the Rev. B. C. Jennings. Burial will follow in the Calfee Cemetery, Mt. Tabor. Pallbearers will be: W. S. Carter, Ralph Bolen, Walter Pendry, Ira Hurt, William Lawson, and Virgil Wood. | Smith, Robert Girard (I25857)
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| 248 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 26 September 1962 Wiseman Funeral Plans Unfinished Tillen Wiseman, 61, Deerfield, Fla., formerly of Piney View, died Monday at his residence following a sudden illness. Born at Cirtsville, Aug. 21, 1901, he was a son of the late Erastus E. and Hattie Phipps Wiseman. He was a resident of Florida for the past four years, employed as a body man in an automobile garage. Survivors include his wife, Edith Wiseman; three sons, Tillen, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., Harrison, Rexford, N.Y., and Lawrence, Piney View; one brother, Earl Wiseman, MacArthur; five sisters, Mrs. Sylvia Fleshman and Mrs. Alice Haga, both of Crab Orchard, Mrs. Lola Kessler, Powellton, Mrs. Bessie Berry, Eccles, and Mrs. Flossie Martin, Sun; and 10 grandchildren. The body will arrive at the Calfee Funeral Home Friday for completion of arrangements. | Wiseman, Tillen Wayne Sr. (I25726)
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| 249 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 30 December 1965 Frank Tuckwiller Dies In Hospital CLINTONVILLE (RNS) ? Frank F. Tuckwiller, 80, died Wednesday in a Beard hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of the James Chapel Methodist Church near Clintonville. Survivors include a son, Earl of Clintonville ; two daughters, Mrs. Metta Faye Perry and Miss Frances Tuckwiller, both of Clintonville; a brother, Homer E. Tuckwiller of Asbury; a sister, Mrs. Lou Via of Alderson; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the James Chapel Methodist Church with the Rev. C. H. Martin and the Rev. Clarence Pierson in charge. Burial will be in the End-of-the-Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. The body will be taken from the Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home in Alderson to the funeral home chapel at 7 p.m. today and will be placed in the church one hour prior to the funeral. | Tuckwiller, Frank Sidney (I149)
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| 250 | Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 31 March 1971, p. 13 Emma J. Daniel Dies In Oceana Mrs. Emma Jane Lucas Daniel, 84, of Oceana and Sophia, died at her Oceana residence Tuesday at 12 noon, following a long illness. She was born at Saxon, Sept. 13, 1886, the daughter of the late William Clark Lucas and Elmira Milam Lucas. She was married to Franklin Leslie Daniel who preceded her in death April 17, 1963. She had been a resident of Oceana for the past 29 years and prior to that time had lived in Sophia. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Sophia and a member of the Eastern Star Chapter 110 of Pineville. Surviving are two sons A. K. of Mullens and Ivan of Oceana, two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Hammond and Mrs. Miriam Burns of Sophia; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Godby of Harper, Mis. Citie Manning of Milton, Mrs. Betty Fitzgerald and Mrs. Rosa Patton, both of Beckley; two brothers, French Lucas of Beckley, and Adam Lucas of Layland; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, [sic] great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Melton Mortuary Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be James Lucas, Dawson Lucas, Roy J. Lucas, French Manning, Chester Lucas, French Westmoreland, Cody Daniel. The body will remain at Melton Mortuary where friends may call from 5 until 9 p.m. today. | Lucas, Emma Jane (I18616)
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