1882 - 1953 (70 years)
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Name |
Mary S. "Mollie" Hunter |
Nickname |
Mollie |
Birth |
22 Jun 1882 |
Greenbrier Co., WV [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
27 Jan 1953 |
Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] |
Cause: severe exposure & impending coma, frozen hands and feet |
Burial |
1 Feb 1953 |
Walkup Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] |
Person ID |
I35308 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
Last Modified |
12 Jul 2014 |
Father |
Morencey Jones, b. 9 Aug 1854, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 12 Jul 1927, Meadow Bridge, Fayette Co., WV (Age 72 years) |
Mother |
Elizabeth "Betty" Hunter, b. 2 Jan 1856, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 12 Jun 1890, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 34 years) |
Family ID |
F6444 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Lemuel E. Ridgeway, b. 7 Mar 1882, Monroe Co., WV d. 27 Jan 1953, McRoss, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 70 years) |
Marriage |
3 Feb 1927 |
Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV [2] |
Family ID |
F12530 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Jul 2014 |
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Notes |
- The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 January 1953
Death Bring Long-Separated Couple Together
EAST RAINELLE (AP) - A man and wife who had lived apart for the past 20 years were together again today - in death - at a mortuary here, attendants said.
Mrs. Mary Ridgeway, 70, died yesterday at 2 a.m. in a Ronceverte hospital. Lemuel Ridgeway, her 73-year-old husband from whom she had been separated died four hours later in East Rainelle.
Mrs. Ridgeway was found unconscious on the floor of her home at Charmco, Greenbrier county, Sunday by neighbors. A physician said she apparently had suffered a stroke, possibly as long as four days before.
Her husband, who had been ill for several months, lived with a daughter by a former marriage. His death was attributed to a heart attack.
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Sources |
- [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #1444, Dist. No. 130, Serial No. 39 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1475] West Virginia. Greenbrier County., Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, \i West Virginia Vital Research Records\i0 . http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), 12 Jul 2014, marriage register, 7: 182, Ridgeway-Hunter, 1927; accessed 12 Jul 2014. (Reliability: 3).
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