Alice Faye "Shelvie Jean" Hunter
1941 - 1973 (32 years)-
Name Alice Faye "Shelvie Jean" Hunter Nickname Shelvie Jean Birth 17 Mar 1941 Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV 
[1] Gender Female Death 17 Oct 1973 Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Cause: self-inflicted gunshot wound (heart)/psychoneurosis Burial 21 Oct 1973 Old Amwell Cemetery, Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Person ID I21604 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 16 Apr 2025
Father Roy Marshall Hunter, b. 6 Mar 1917, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 4 Jan 2002, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 84 years) Mother Stella Retha Phipps, b. 29 Jan 1922, Oswald, Raleigh Co., WV d. 5 May 2010, Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 88 years) Marriage 7 Sep 1938 Covington, VA [2, 3] - Married by J. E. Cousor, Jr., a minister of the Presbyterian Church. [2]
Family ID F7836 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 James Edward "Pete" Pitsenbarger, b. 21 Apr 1936, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 1 Jun 2017, Anthony, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 81 years) Marriage 12 Dec 1958 Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV [4] Divorce 8 Apr 1968 [5] - Divorce Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV
Children 1. Cynthia Jane "Janie" Pitsenbarger 2. Keven Marshall Pitsenbarger, I Family ID F4225 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2015
Family 2 William Merrill "Bill" Miller, b. 6 Jul 1931, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 17 Feb 2009, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 77 years) Marriage 8 Nov 1972 Clifton Forge, VA [6] Family ID F5695 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2015
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Birth - 17 Mar 1941 - Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Marriage - 12 Dec 1958 - Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Marriage - 8 Nov 1972 - Clifton Forge, VA 
Death - Cause: self-inflicted gunshot wound (heart)/psychoneurosis - 17 Oct 1973 - Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Burial - 21 Oct 1973 - Old Amwell Cemetery, Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Hunter, Roy M., Shelvie J., & Diana M. 
Hunter, Roy M. & Shelvie J. 
Roy Hunter Family
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Notes - The Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Friday, 19 October 1973
Alice Miller, 32, Takes Own Life
MEADOW BLUFF (RNS) - Mrs. Alice Faye (Shelvie Jean) Miller, 32, of Meadow Bluff died Wednesday afternoon at her home. Death was attributed to an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Born March 17, 1941, at Crawley, she was a daughter of Roy and Stella Phipps Hunter of Meadow Bluff.
Other survivors include her husband, William Miller; one daughter, Miss Cynthia Jane Pittsenbarger, and one son, Kevin Marshall Pittsenbarger, both at home; three sisters, Mrs. Shirley King and Mrs. Janet Riffey, both of Meadow Bluff, and Mrs. Diana Wickline of Victor; two brothers, Warren and Wyatt, both of Meadow Bluff, and grandparents, Mrs. Virginia Phipps of Meadow Bridge and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hunter of Rupert.
The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Rainelle.
The Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, WV, 20 October 1973
Shooting Victim's Services Scheduled
MEADOW BLUFF (RNS) - Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Faye (Shelvie Jean) Miller, 32, of Meadow Bluff will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Rainelle with Rev. Bernard Skeens and Rev. Eugene Modlin in charge. Burial will be in Old Amwell Cemetery at Crawley.
Mrs. Miller died Wednesday at her home of an self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
- The Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Friday, 19 October 1973
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Sources - [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 73-014978 (1973), Alice Faye Miller, accessed 16 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1460] Virginia. Alleghany County., Alleghany Co., VA Marriage Register, marriage register, 3: 68, Hunter-Phipps, 1938. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 20938 (1938), Hunter-Phipps accessed 30 May 2015. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1475] West Virginia. Greenbrier County., Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 27: 116, Pitsenbarger-Hunter, 1958; accessed 27 May 2015. (Reliability: 3).
- [S535] Greenbrier Co., WV Civil Order, #5027 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 72 046388 (1972), Miller-Pitsenbarger accessed 29 May 2015. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 73-014978 (1973), Alice Faye Miller, accessed 16 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).