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From [IT::IT]History of Baltimore City and County, MD[IT::IT] by J.
Thomas Scharf, page 583.
The Starr Methodist Protestant Church
This church is called after Wesley Starr, who being ardently attached
to old Methodist usages, and finding that they were being abandoned by
most of the Methodist Churches, determined to perpetuate them as far
as he could by the erection of a church, the charter of which should
require their observance.
Accordingly, in the spring of 1863 he commenced the erection of the
present edifice at the corner of Poppleton and Lemmon Streets, but
after having made considerable progress the work was suspended. In
March 1864, the property was formally donated in its unfinished
condition to the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist
Protestant church, with the understanding that the recipients should
finish and furnish the basement, which was completed and dedicated
June 12, 1864. Mr. Starr completed the audience-room at his own cost,
and it was dedicated December 11, 1864.
The ground on which the church and parsonage stand was the gift of Mr.
Starr, who also left the church an annuity. In 1865 Starr Church was
made a separate charge, and Rev. W. M. Hopkins became its pastor. | Starr, Wesley (I1736)
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Garden LN, Section 26, Lot 0, Space 3005. | Crane, William Earnest (I8179)
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Garden LN, Section 26, Lot 0, Space 3663. | Asman, Anna M. (I8203)
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Garden LN, Section 26, Lot 0, Space 749. | Crane, Infant (I9190)
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George is reported to have died from dyspepsia which is defined as indigestion. This may have been a non-specific cause of natural death of the era.
Obituary - The Greenbrier Independent, Volume XXVII, Number 11, August 11, 1892
Died - On Tuesday, July 19th, 1892, at his home in Meadow Bluff district, this county, Mr. G. W. Crane, aged 34 years. | Crane, George Washington Jr. (I51)
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Geralds was a retired Rainelle, WV businessman in laundry and dry cleaning and a Scottish Rite Mason. | Garner, Gerals Remington (I4596)
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Glen E. Coulter
SMOOT - Glen E. Coulter, 72, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, at his home
following a short illness.
Born Oct. 17, 1929, at Quinwood, he was the son of the late John and
Idella Shawver Coulter.
Mr. Coulter was a farmer and of the Methodist faith. He served in the
U.S. Army.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Debora
Lynn Coulter and a sister, Hilda Coulter Branson.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys McClung Coulter of Smoot; a son,
Michael Coulter and his wife Rhonda, of Canton, N.C.; three sisters,
Mildred Golden of Clintonville, Iona "Blackie" McClung and husband
Lee, of Rupert and Donnia Hill of Clintonville; a granddaughter Amy
Coulter Ledwell of Greenville, N.C.; two grandsons, Adam Coulter of
Los Angeles, Calif., and Alex Coulter of Canton, N.C.; and several
nieces and nephews.
Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home,
Rainelle, with the Rev. Charles Stevens officiating. Burial will
follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle. | Coulter, Glen E. (I835)
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Grave 109, Plot U, Range 71, Block 1, Section 60. | Gubas, Maria Antoinette Mae (I5482)
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Grave 109, Plot U, Range 71, Block 1, Section 60. | Rector, Harold Laurel (I5483)
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Greenbrier Independent, Lewisburg, WV; Friday, March 24, 1922, page 5
Roscoe L Crotty, infant son of Mr and Mrs Sumner Crotty, died at Meadow Bridge, Fayette County, March 3, 1922, aged 2 years, 7 months and 4 days.
He got out of bed and in some unknown way his night clothes caught fire from an open grate while his mother was in the yard and his father had gone to his work. Before his mother could extinguish the fire he was so badly burnt having inhaled the flames, that he died at 7 o'clock that evening.
The remains were taken to the home of his grandmother, Mrs Mary Crotty, at Vale, W Va, and funeral services were held on Sunday conducted by Rev A M Frantz in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing friends after which the little body was tenderly laid to rest in the family cemetery nearby. Little Roscoe was a fine, healthy boy, smart, kind, loving and loveable, and will be greatly missed by his heart-broken parents, who have our sympathy in their dark hour of bereavement. | Crotty, Roscoe Lynn (I2091)
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Hailed from Irish Mountain: Audrey Simms | Twohig, Richard (I852)
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Hannah died from Dropsy which is defined as edema, an abnormal collection of fluids in a serous cavity. This could have been the pleural or lung cavity or the pericardial cavity where the heart is located. | McClung, Hannah (I59)
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I met Forest shortly after the first trip Diane and I made to Greenbrier in 1999. He was a quiet man, and as I ultimately learned, the perfect foil to his wife Audrey.
At the many Simms reunions we attended together, Forest always seemed to find a circle of family he could chat with. You could see that he understood the importance of the hulabaloo Audrey created with the reunion and he supported her in his indomitable way.
I recall so very fondly Forest insisting that Diane and I come to the house for steaks. It was a gorgeous early fall day as I recall, and the cast was Forest and Audrey, their daughter Sarah and her marvelous husband Denzil, Diane and I and Miss Prudence Piercy.
After a sumptuous lunch, we watched Forest get out his ATV and take Aunt Pru for a ride arund the yard. I then learned how vital the simple things in life are. Family, a solid meal and playtime no matter your age. I am honored to have been with, talked with and shared a meal with Forest.
Michael Pavesi, September 13, 2013 | Simms, Forest Holland (I842)
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In the 1930 census, Summer states he was 22 years old when he was married; Georgia repeats that claim causing the calculated date of their marriage as 1916. | Family: Henry Sumner Crotty / Georgia Thelma Deitz (F642)
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Information about William's father Wesley. From History of Baltimore City and County, MD by J. Thomas Scharf, page 583.
The Starr Methodist Protestant Church
This church is called after Wesley Starr, who being ardently attached to old Methodist usages, and finding that they were being abandoned by most of the Methodist Churches, determined to perpetuate them as far as he could by the erection of a church, the charter of which should require their observance.
Accordingly, in the spring of 1863 he commenced the erection of the present edifice at the corner of Poppleton and Lemmon Streets, but after having made considerable progress the work was suspended. In March 1864, the property was formally donated in its unfinished condition to the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant church, with the understanding that the recipients should finish and furnish the basement, which was completed and dedicated June 12, 1864. Mr. Starr completed the audience-room at his own cost, and it was dedicated December 11, 1864.
The ground on which the church and parsonage stand was the gift of Mr. Starr, who also left the church an annuity. In 1865 Starr Church was made a separate charge, and Rev. W. M. Hopkins became its pastor | Starr, Rev. William McKendrick (I440)
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Interview with John McLean, 409 Highview Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 with CMP conducted Wednesday, January 17, 2001 via telephone and notes in possession of DCB and CMP. | Source (S281)
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Ira N. Scudder
RAINELLE -- Ira N. Scudder, 76, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996, at home following a short illness.
Born May 11, 1920, at Rainelle, he was the son of the late William and Mary Hoke Scudder. Mr. Scudder was a retired mechanic, was a World War II U.S. Air Force veteran and was a 37-year member of Sewell Valley Baptist Church, where he served as deacon, choir member, and Sunday School teacher.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Jane Scudder; two sisters, Margie Barrett and Lola Elliot.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Dozier Scudder; a son, Jimmy Scudder of Rainelle; a daughter, Janet Martin and her husband, Frankie, of Rainelle; a brother, Roy Scudder of Ashland, Ky.; three sisters, Oleta Wozniak of Baltimore, Md., Mae Cooper of Renick and Mary Frances Harmon of Hominy Falls; and two grandchildren, Joshua and Sheena Martin.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sewell Valley Baptist Church with the Revs. James Yearego, Nolan Jackson and Roger Thornton officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Smathers Funeral Home Chapel, Rainelle, and one hour before the services Tuesday at the church.
Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle.
Dec 30 1996, Monday, The Register-Herald, Beckley, WV | Scudder, Ira Napoleon (I5874)
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It is possible the Rebecca's correct surname is Prince and that she hails from East Milford, CT. | Prince, Rebecca Lamson (I5457)
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It is said that Evans left home one day and never returned. Alverda
had 4 sons with Evans. | Family: Unknown Evans / Alverda Gabella Jane Crookshanks (F2406)
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J. H. Tisdale's Body Cremated
The body of John Henry Tisdale, who died at his home, 338 East Eighteenth Street, on Wednesday, was cremated at the Fresh Pond (L. I.) Crematory Thursday in accordance with his wish.
Mr. Tisdale was born in this city seventy-two years ago. Early in his life and for upward of twenty years he was purser on one of the Charleston line of steamers. Later, under the firm name of Tisdale & Sweeney, he carried on a banking and commission business at Broadway and Ann Street, and afterward was cashier for the druggists, McIntyre & Son.
Mr. Tisdale's grandfather, William Scudder, was an officer under Gen. Washington, and his family was connected with the Haights, Anthonys, Arthurs, Kips, and others bearing old New-York names. His brother, William Scudder Tisdale, now living in this city, was the Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixty-Second Regiment, New-York Volunteers.
He was a member of the St. Nicholas Society.
There was no religious ceremony either at the house or at the crematory. Antonio Nattes, Dr. Charles H. B. Brown, William H. Webb and Col. Tisdale accompanied the remains to Fresh Pond.
Mr. Tisdale was unmarried. | Tisdale, John Henry (I5334)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I159)
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James was murdered at a "Pie Supper" at the age of 25. No one was ever charged with his death. | Sims, James William Lee (I6021)
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JAMES WILLIAM PIERCY
I was born on July 22, 1933 at Clintonville WV to Jesse and Liuba Prue Piercy. I attended Central Grade school in nearby Lewisburg (the school is no longer standing). In the 8th grade I won the Golden Horseshoe Award (only two are awarded in the county) based on knowledge of geography and government of the State of West Virginia. I got to go to Charleston to get my award which is the first time I was ever out of Greenbrier County.
I attended Lewisburg High School from 1947 to 1951. Mom would not let me play football for my first two years. I was a fair athlete, but got no offers for college and I really was too small.
After graduation, Mom and Dad moved to Livermore, California where I worked as a plumber’s apprentice.
We came back to WV in May 1952 after the farm caretaker moved off the farm. Mom and I drove all the way from Livermore in 4½ days to Clintonville.
I always wanted to go to college so I started at West Virginia Tech in the summer of 1952 and graduated in 1957 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. I went to work on May 27, 1957 at Union Carbide Corporation.
I bought my first real car on June 7th and got married on June 14th all in 1957. I had met Leona at a singing convention in early 1952, but I never saw her again until 1954. We hooked up again when she entered nurses training at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery.
After a year and half at Union Carbide I was about to be drafted, so I joined the West Virginia Air National Guard, and they sent me to pilot training at Mission AFB in Texas and Craig AFB in Alabama. Brian, my first son, was born at Craig AFB in Selma, Alabama.
I returned home in February of 1960 with my USAF wings and started flying with the ANG. I spent 28 years in the guard and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. I was blessed to be able to fly all over the world from East Berlin when the wall was still there to New Zealand. I retired from the guard in 1987 with 5200+ flying hours in C-130s.
After 1 year at Yeager airport as the Manager of Maintenance, I was offered a position in the community college at my old school, WV Tech. I taught full-time from 1986 to 2003 when I retired. I now teach math to disadvantaged men and women who do not have a high school education and want a GED.
I had a radical prostatectomy in 2009, some radiation in 2013 and a shoulder dislocation in 2015. Otherwise I am in reasonably good health.
As you will read, all the kids have done very well, have good jobs, great families and I have had no problems whatso ever from any of them which I credit to their mother. Thank God, they came along before drugs got rampant in WV. I am so proud of Leona and the job she has done in raising the kids while I was working, flying and trying to make a living. I am currently teaching math to disadvantaged men and women who want GED’s. I don’t know how much longer this will last, but I am ready to move on. We just got back from Costa Rica for a week and had a great time. Thanks for the summary of mom, it was great. I sleep under one of her quilts every night and look at her picture every morning when I got up.
Correspondence from James William Piercy; June 10, 2017
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Jannetje's surname has been spelled PARSELL, PERCEL and PERCELL in various research sources. DCB and CMP have selected the first spelling and use that for both Jannetje's ancestors, but also as the spelling of her son Richard's middle name. | Percell, Jannetje (I4920)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I160)
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Jewssie's mother Elizabeth reported her birth and there is no listing of her father in the Birth Register. | Scudder, Jesse Truman (I7744)
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John Mack Martin, was born in old Virginia...[and] was a circuit rider
of the Methodist Episcopal Church...[He] carried on his work in many
of the mountain communities of Western Virginia, where he was widely
known and greatly beloved. He died at Hurricane in 1900. His first
wife and the mother of Martha Martin was a Miss Crane, a native of old
Virginia, who died in Greenbrier County. [IT:SOURCE: The History of
West Virginia, Old and New; Published 1923, The American Historical
Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pgs. 368-369.:IT] | Martin, Rev. John McClung (I326)
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John Norris Myers son of Rev. Thomas Myers D.D. and Sarah Ann Norris...was born November 17, 1842 at Lewistown, Pa. where his father was stationed at that time.
He married in Baltimore, Maryland, May 30, 1876 Laura Virginia Starr (b. July 15, 1850 - d. Sept. 24, 1894) daughter of Wm. McKendry Starr (b. Dec. 13, 1813 - d. Nov. 11, 1860 - m Sept. 19, 1839) and Mary Jane Crane...(b. 1821 - d. Oct. 26, 1850). Wm. McKendryStarr was a son of Wesley Starr, founder of the Starr Methodist Protestant Church, Baltimore.
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Mr. Myers has been a resident of Baltimore, Md., Newville, Pa., Ashville, N. C., Carlisle, Pa. and at present resides at Lansford, Pa. | Myers, John Norris III (I944)
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John Range was of Dutch descent; a letter is extant in Dutch from a sister, while his own letters show an excellent hand and education in English. [IT:Dodd & Folson, Page 63.:IT] | Range, John (I4888)
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John Ray attended McComas high school and was employed by the American
Coal Company in McComas, Mercer Motors in Princeton and Hardeman
Motors in Atlanta, GA | Sigmon, John Ray (I6657)
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John's will, as recorded with the Greenbrier County Courthouse, left his land to his son George, intentionally leaving no land to his other children. He left a life estate to his wife with the remainder of his estate going to George. If Mary Charlotte survived George, the estate would then revert to her. | Scudder, Mary Charlotte (I5694)
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Joseph and Catherine were married by Reverend Kurtz of the Zion Lutheran Church as reported by the October 27, 1808 edition of the Baltimore Whig newspaper. | Family: Joseph S. Crane / Catharine Zopp (F10)
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Joseph is listed in the 1903 death register as being 65 years old at the time of death. | Crane, Joseph Steven Sr. (I53)
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Joseph S. Crane and Catherine Sopp , both of Balto., were wed by Rev. Kurtz. | Zopp, Catharine (I35)
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Julius attended McComas High School and worked for the Thomas Company
Store, Sagamore Coal Company Store and the Sagamore Coal Mines. | Sigmon, Julius Lowell (I6658)
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June Shawver Lindner - "Mike and Pat married on New Year's Eve on a
dare." | Family: Walter Fenton Shawver / Margaret Lenora Rippeth (F625)
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Junior and Nellie had no issue. | Family: Junior T. Eagle / Nellie Jane White (F2322)
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Justus was a musician and singer. He used to have singing schools in and around Caldwell, New Jersey. He helped to build the road up over Orange Mountain. There was one place near the top of the mountain where the road made quite a turn. There were immense boulders here that they could not get out of the way. Mr. Burnett was given the contract to clear the way. He blasted the rocks and removed them so that the road could be completed. | Burnett, Justus (I4892)
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Kermit was a veteran of World War II, pastor of several Baptist churches for 26 years, and moderator of the Hopewell Baptist Association, on the ordination committee, a retired coal miner and farmer. | Hunter, Kermit Allen Sr. (I3449)
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Kip - The Right Reverend William Ingraham Kip, Bishop of California,
died at San Francisco, on Thursday, April 6th, 1893, in his
eighty-second year, having been born in New York City, October 3d,
1811. He was the eldest son of Leonard Kip, for many years president
of the North River Bank, who married, December 12th, 1809, Maria,
daughter of Duncan Ingraham of Greenvale, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
and was a descendant in the seventh generation (Leonard6, Leonard5,
Isaac4, Jacob3, Isaac2, Hendrick1), of Hendrick Kip, who settled in
New Amsterdam prior to 1643. He graduated from Yale College in 1831,
in the class with president Noah Porter and Professor Lyman H.
Atwater, studied law for a short period of time and then entered the
ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, receiving his theological
education in Alexandria Seminary, Virginia, and the General
Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained in 1835, and
was successively rector of St. Peter's, Morristown, N. J., assistant
minister of Grace Church, New York City, and rector of St. Paul's,
Albany, N. Y. In 1853 he was elected missionary bishop of California,
and in 1857, on the organization of California as an independent
diocese, he was made diocesan bishop. In 1835 he married Maria
Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Lawrence of New York City, by whom he had
two children, Lawrence, b. September 17th, 1836, who became a
lieutenant-colonel in the regular army and who married, April 23rd,
1867, Eva, daughter of Peter Lorillard; and William Ingraham, b.
January 15th, 1840, who married February 28th, 1865, Elizabeth
Clementina, daughter of Hon. William B. Kinney.
Bishop Kip was a man of wide reading and deep knowledge in his chosen
profession. He possessed a keen literary instinct, was the author of
a number of religious works, and made some important contributions to
the genealogical history of his native state. | Kip, Rev. William Ingraham (I6484)
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LACY B. PUCKETT
Lacy B. Puckett, 80, of Rainelle died Wednesday, Jan. 7 in a
Lowmoor, Va., hospital after a long illness.
Born Sept. 30, 1906, at Rainelle, he was the son of the late Ezra
and Juniebelle Simms Puckett.
Puckett was a retired employee of Meadow River Lumber Co., chicken
farmer and a member of the Soule Chapel Methodist Church at Meadow
Bluff.
Survivors include his wife, Lola Mitchell Puckett of Rainelle; one
daughter, Christine Bryant Rickman of Ronceverte; two sons, James and
Eugene Puckett, both of Fort Myers, Fla.; three sisters, Reba
Mitchell, Myrtle Hedrick and Lucille Harrah; one brother, Dan Puckett;
one step brother, O. G. Puckett, five grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
The body was at the Smathers Funeral Chapel in Rainelle. | Puckett, Lacy B. (I4754)
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Laura is living with her husband and some of Williasm's children. | Family: Rev. William McKendrick Starr / Laura Marie Rearny (F1100)
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Leaving a Legacy by Heather Ziegler; The Intelligencer - Wheeling News-Register, September 26, 2009
I can't imagine what it would be like to live to be 102 years of age. But I've read a number of obituaries lately involving people who have lived to be 100 or maybe older.
While the sheer number of years intrigues me, I think it's more interesting to know what someone can do with 100-plus years of living.
Take prudence Piercy, for instance. Prudence died this past august at 102 years of age in Smoot, W. Va. It's not really important where Smoot is, but I sure wish I had had the opportunity to know this woman.
Why, you might ask. Judging from Prudence's obituary, she must have been a pretty neat lady. For one thing, Prudence worked a number of jobs and was listed as the "primary breadwinner" for the family as her husband had been hurt in the mines years before.
As her husband kept up the family farm, Prudence worked as a waitress, a clerk in a hardware store, and spent another 15 years working as a correctional officer at the federal women's prison in Alderson, W. Va.
Prudence managed to do all that and raise four children. They will tell you that her life wrapped around them with the love only a mother can offer. She made quilts for all her children and many grandchildren. dozens in fact. She also made her own soap and raised vegetables which she then canned. No one went hungry around Prudence. It's safe to say Prudence's small-town living was not overwhelmed with modern-world trappings but more with family and friends.
Growing up with a brother and four sisters (she was the youngest), Prudence was the first in her family to graduate high school. However, her education was in life, not books. She attended church, sewed, cooked and crocheted, sharing all of her talents with her family and neighbors.
Prudence's life was not measured in dollars and cents, but more in her generosity of human kindness. What a wonderful legacy she leaves her family.
Reading about Prudence gave me pause. Would I be remembered for kind acts? Will someone believe me to be a good wife, mother, daughter and sibling? Have I given more than I have taken?
It's never too late to think about what we can do with our lives that maybe will leave an imprint - not so much on a plaque - but on people's hearts.
We all have talents even if it comes in the form of reading books to kindergarten kids or baking a nice plate of brownies for a neighbor. Prudence didn't erect a skyscraper but she did buid a strong family foundation on which her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren can grow.
I'm sure Prudence was not perfect. Are any of us? Perhaps she was what people simply refer to as "a good person." Don't be dismayed by the bad news of the day. We have plenty of those good people in the world. Sometimes you just have to look into the hollows and on the hilltops to find them. | Crane, Liuba Prudence (I103)
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LEESON D. SIMMS
Leeson D. Simms, age 68, of 1405 Shelton Road, Virginia Beach, Va.,
died on Saturday, Jan. 26, at this residence. He was a native of
Rainelle.
He was the son of the late Samuel H. and Eva Simms of Rainelle.
Mr. Simms was a retired carpenter with Door Engineering Company and
a member of the Bayside Baptist Church of Virginia Beach.
Survivors include his wife Mary Helen Simms of Virginia Beach, a
son Roger Simms of Denver, Colo., a sister Lucille Walker of Rainelle,
a brother Larry Simms of Norfolk, Va., and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m. at Kellum
Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Floyd E. Greene officiating. Burial
was in Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach. | Sims, Leeson David (I822)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I152)
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Letter from George Densil Deitz, August 16, 2002
"You may notice that Hallena's father is Martin V. Bonner. Here is why: Hallena's mother left her first husband, Mace Davis. She started living with M. V. Bonner. She got with child (Hallena) before she got her divorce. Hallena was born before her mother got her divorce, so that is why she goes by Davis. But Hallena's father is Martin V. Bonner." | Davis, Hallena Belle (I2096)
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Letter from Pamela Simms Osborne to Audrey Lynn Simms dated May 17, 2004
Dear Audrey:
Just dropping you a few lines to say thanks for the invite to the reunion. I have told all my brothers about it and so far we are all coming! Not sure if you had heard, but Mom passed away on April 2, 2004. I'm sorry not to have written you sooner, but Danny called Clydene & Donna and told them.
I really miss her. She was in me and my husband's care for 20 years. This house is not the same! Not a day doesn't go by where my tears flow down. I know she is in a better place. I miss her singing her hymns at 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning. Coming to the reunion this year will be tough without her, but I will treasure my memories forever. I'm enclosing her death notice; if you would put it in the obituary book I would appreciate it so much. I look forward to seeing all again; if there is anything you need to help get the reunion together, please let me know and I'll be glad to help. Hope all is well with you & your family. Well, gotta go for now, see you on June 19th. Love always to all, Pam | Dillon, Eunice Alice (I7669)
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Levin Dorsey "...was killed by a grape shot in an engagement near Vienna in Dorchester County, Maryland, about twenty miles from his home, where he had gone to assist in repelling the English, who were ravaging the surrounding country for supplies during the Revolutionary War. The ball that caused his death was extracted and remained in [the] posession of his family for many years. When his son reached the battlefield to recover his body, it was being buried with military honors, and the commanding officer reluctantly surrendered it to the boy..." | Dorsey, Levin (I10309)
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License #5583. | Family: Rudolph Klecar / Caroline Ann Gubas (F4302)
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Life, anniversary full of music
By Debbie Schwarz Simpson
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- "Music hasn't been part of life, it has been all of our life," Prue Piercy said with a twinkle in her eyes. Sitting beside her husband in his room at the White Sulphur Springs Family Care Center, the Clintonville resident looks back over sixty years of marriage. The event was marked with a wedding anniversary celebration hosted by the couple's family as well as the staff at the nursing home on Sunday.
Like the Piercy's life, the afternoon gala was filled with melodies. The couple's youngest son, Pete Piercy and his sister Barbara Stone, founders of The Believers, a well-known gospel quartet which also includes Frank Hampton and Sterling Morgan, performed as did two of the honoree's grandchildren. Curtis and Christine Piercy are members of the Kingdom Heirs, singing with Jack Hicks and Susie and Valerie Harvey. V. Trout of Rainelle played several selections on the banjo while Garland Walkup of Hines performed on the French Harp.
Tracing her family's love of music to her husband, Mrs. Piercy recalls that it was a half century ago when Jesse Piercy played banjo with the Woodchoppers, a group that was featured on Roanoke, Va. radio for a number of years. "Our son, James, played barbershop piano," noted Mrs. Piercy. She added that her other daughter, Jane [sic] McNeel, also is adept at the piano.
The former Prudence Crane, daughter of the late W. S. and Mary Crane of Rupert and Jesse Piercy, son of Andrew J. and Mattie Piercy of Clintonville, were married on Nov. 30, 1929 by the Rev. G. A. Winebrenner at the Baptist parsonage in Rupert. With the exception of one year in Livermore, Calif., the couple has resided on the 189 acre farm at Clintonville for their entire married life. "We had a small filling station and convenience store near
Clintonville," Mrs. Piercy said, whose husband was a mechanic and farmer until ill health forced his retirement. "I was a correction officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Alderson for 16 years, but I retired due to my husband's health," she said.
Staunch members of James Chapel United Methodist Church at Clintonville, during the reception [for] the Piercys listened as two former ministers of the small church, Rev. B. B. Mitchem , of Asbury and Rev. Sterling Morgan of Rupert, as well as a former neighbor, the Rev. Leroy Crane of Lewisburg, gave anecdotes regarding the couple's long life together.
Active in the rural community which has been home since her marriage, Mrs. Piercy was a founder of the Clintonville Home Demonstration Club and, with Blanche Whitlow, of the Clintonville Senior Citizens. "We've had a wonderful life together," Mrs. Piercy said of the long-time union which she maintains has been as harmonious as an old fashioned tune. | Family: Jesse James Piercy / Liuba Prudence Crane (F27)
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