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| 5051 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 2 October 1975 ANSTED ? Mrs. Mattie Jane Bragg Callison, 84, of Corliss, died Wednesday in the Christian Nursing Home, Fayetteville, after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Corliss, and a member of the Minnie Bell Baptist Church at Corliss. Surviving: sons, Jack of Montgomery, Harold of Hilton Village; sister, Mrs. Bessie McGraw of Ansted; brothers, John Bragg of Charleston, Bill and Frank Bragg of Ansted. Service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Minnie Bell Baptist Church with the Rev. Guy Vaughan officiating. Burial will be in the Shawver Cemetery, Corliss. Friends-may call Friday after 6 p.m. at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Ansted. | Bragg, Mattie Jane (I13384)
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| 5052 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 20 December 1997 Mary Emily Meadows Webb, 91, of Tornado, died Friday, Dec. 18, 1997, at home after a long illness. She was a Christian and a member of the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church where she was a member of the choir. Surviving: daughters, Aretta Lindeman of Clemont, Fla., Anita "Polly" Conn of Tornado; son, Oliver Quinton "Pete" Webb of St. Albans; sister, Melda Cadle of West Blocton, Ala.; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Casdorph and Curry Funeral Home Chapel, St. Albans with the Rev. Bruce Keeling and the Rev. Benny Bess officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. | Meadows, Mary Emily (I33187)
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| 5053 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 20 February 1969 Edgar W. Grafton, 58, of Davenport, Iowa, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital, Burlington, Iowa. He was an employee of Tennicliff Surveyors and Engineers in Davenport. Survivors: former wife, Ola Grafton of Glasgow; daughters, Mrs. Kay Johnson of Dunbar, Mrs. Beverly Cobb of Charleston; brother, Ralph of Cumberland, Md.; sisters, Mrs. Ray Penney of West Burlington, Iowa, Mrs. Marguerite Settle of South Charleston, Mrs. Ruth Humphreys of Huntington. The body will be sent home to the Dodd-Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville. | Grafton, Edgar W. (I35880)
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| 5054 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 20 January 2000 Louise V. Hall, 81, of Bokeelia, formerly of Dunbar and Ripley, W.Va., died Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, after a long illness. She was a homemaker and former employee of Dunbar Glass. Surviving: daughter and son-in-law, who were her caregivers and with whom she made her home, Judy and Gene Parks of Bokeelia; daughters, Connie Lucas of Charleston, W.Va., Penny Hanna of Nitro, W.Va.; sisters, Thelma Hall of Scott Depot, W.Va., Fannie Thomas of Crawley, W.Va.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Service will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes, W.Va., with the Rev. William Lucas officiating. Friends may call 30 minutes prior to service at the mausoleum. | Smith, Louise V. (I14439)
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| 5055 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 20 June 2000 Glenna Walkup Rollins, 81, of Kanawha City died Sunday, June 18, 2000, in CAMC, Memorial Division, after a short illness. She retired from Bob Phillips Enterprises, Charleston, and was a member of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Kanawha City. She was a 60-year resident of Charleston. Surviving: daughters, Susan Rollins Wykle of Rose Valley, Pa., Rebecca Rollins Wright of Houston, Texas; sister, Mary Lee Gendelman of Cincinnati, Ohio; brothers, Bill and John Walkup of Meadow Bridge; four grandchildren. Graveside service was to be 1 p.m. today at Patton Cemetery, Meadow Bridge. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. today at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. The family suggests memorial contributions to Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, 700 Chapel Road, Charleston, WV 25304. | Walkup, Glenna Jean (I3673)
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| 5056 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 August 1938 ILLNESS FATAL TO DR. WALKUP Mt. Hope Physician Dies at Montgomery MT. HOPE. Aug. 20 (Special. - Dr. H. A. Walkup, 50, widely known physician, died at a Montgomery hospital today, following a long illness. Dr. Walkup was admitted to the hospital several years ago. Active in civil affairs prior to his illness, he was at one time a member of the Fayette County Democratic Executive committee, and the city council of Mt. Hope. He was a member of the Moose lodge. Surviving are the widow and two sons, Homer A. Walkup, Jr., who graduated in law at West Virginia university this spring, and Harry Walkup, who is now a student at that institution. Funeral arrangements are not completed but probably will be held Sunday here. | Walkup, Homer Allen Lepps Sr. (I20248)
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| 5057 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 August 1985 THEODORE A. DOTSON, 87, OF Meadow Bridge, died Monday at home after a long illness. He was a retired employee of C&O Railway. He was a member of Meadow Bridge Baptist Church. Surviving: wife, Grace Walkup Dotson; daughter, Jessie McCade of Columbus, Ohio; sons, James of Rainelle, Raymond of Rome, Pa., Guy of Valley Mills, Texas, Robert, Carl and Curtis, of Winston-Salem, N.C .; brother, William of North Ridgeville, Ohio; 21 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. C.H. Martin and the Rev. W.E. Southern officiating. Burial will be in Patton Memorial Cemetery, Meadow Bridge. Friends may may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family requests donations be made to the American Heart Fund. | Dotson, Theodore A. (I3681)
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| 5058 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 January 1930 Marriage Announced Mr. and Mrs. William Floyd Shawver, of Bradford street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Kathleen, to Mr. Royce G. Monaghan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Monaghan, of Mabank,Tex., which took place Thursday, January 9, at the First Presbyterian church, Ashland, Ky. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Samuel R. Curry. Mrs. Monaghan is a popular member in the social set and has been actively associated with church work in connection with the First M.E. church, South, of which she was superintendent of the primary department. She received her education at Charleston high school, Maryland college for women, and Ohio State university. She was a senior in the university at the time of her marriage. Mr. Monaghan is a graduate of Terrell college, Terrell, Tex. He is a member of the Theta Kappa Omega fraternity, and was prominent in sports. He is now associated with the Standard Oil company in the position of chemist, at Beaumont, Tex. Immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan returned to Charleston, leaving soon for Beaumont, where they will reside. They are now at home in 303 Washington boulevard, Beaumont. | Family: Royce George "Monty" Monaghan / Kathleen O. Shawver (F12657)
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| 5059 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 January 1974 Miss Eugenia McCutcheon, 65, of 1620 McClung St., formerly of Nicholas County, a retired supervisor for the West Virginia Department of Welfare, died Saturday in St. Frances Hospital after a long illness. A former Nicholas County school teacher, she was a graduate of Marshall University and attended American University in Washington, D.C. Miss McCutcheon was a member of the Richwood Presbyterian Church. Surviving: several nieces and nephews. Service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in White Funeral Home, Summersville, with the Rev. Robert D. Burch officiating. Burial will be in Walker Memorial Park. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. | McCutcheon, Eugenia (I17304)
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| 5060 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 July 1965 LEWISBURG - George Cleveland Tyree, 82, of Williamsburg, died yesterday in the C&O Hospital at Clifton Forge, Va., after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and was a member of the New Salem Methodist Church. Surviving: brother, William B. and Edward of Williamsburg; sisters, Miss Ella of Williamsburg, Mrs. Annie Eary of Cass; several nieces and nephews. Service will be held Thursday at 10:30 p.m. in the Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home Chapel here, with burial in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. | Tyree, George Cleveland (I36025)
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| 5061 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 May 1997 CEREDO - Izetta Webb Browning, 70, of Ceredo, formerly of South Charleston, died Tuesday, May 20, 1997, in Mariner Health Care Center, Huntington, after a long illness. She was a retired secretary from the U.S. Government and a and a former secretary at First Baptist Church, South Charleston, where she was a member. Surviving: son, Gregory A. Browning of Ceredo; daughter, Rosemary Anne Downs of Warrenton, Va.; mother, Mary Webb of Tornado; sisters, Aretta Lindemann of Clairmont, Fla., Polly Conn of Tornado; brother, Quinton "Pete" Webb of St. Albans; five grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Casdorph-Curry Funeral Home, St. Albans. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. | Webb, Izetta M. (I33188)
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| 5062 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 21 November 2001 Charles P. Kessler, 67, of Chelyan died Nov. 19, 2001, at home after a long illness. He was a member of Coalburg Church of Jesus Christ, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of UMWA. Surviving are: wife, Betty Allison Kessler of Chelyan; son, Bill Kessler of North Carolina; daughters, JoAnn Williams of East Bank, Ileen Kessler of Mesa, Ariz., Connie Kessler of Tennessee; sisters, Mary Perdue and Margaret Reid, both of Beckley, Charlotte Burgess of North Carolina, Marie Cornell of Florida, Janet Williams and June Tolliver, both of Ohio; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet, with the Rev. Cheyenne Stevens and the Rev. Timmy Rogers officiating. Burial will be in Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 November 2001 Charles P. Kessler, 67, of Chelyan died Nov. 19, 2001, at home after a long illness. He was a member of Coalburg Church of Jesus Christ, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of UMWA. Surviving are: sons, Bill Kessler of North Carolina, Andy Rae Matheney of Florida; daughters, Eileen "Sis" Kessler of Mesa, Ariz., Connie Kessler and Rachel Ann Matheney, both of Tennessee, Sandra "Sambo" Cotton of West Virginia, JoAnn Williams of East Bank; sisters, Mary Perdue and Margaret Reid, both of Beckley, Charlotte Burgess of North Carolina, Marie Cornell of Florida, Janet Williams and June Tolliver, both of Ohio; wife, Betty Allison Kessler of Chelyan; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. I would also like to give a special thanks to a special niece, Tammi Burgess, for the caregiving. Tammi lives in North Carolina. Charles was buried in Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow. | Kessler, Charles P. (I34072)
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| 5063 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 22 September 1959 OAK HILL?A retired carpenter, Henry Sumner Crotty, 65, of Hilltop, Fayette County, died Monday in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness. Mr. Crotty was a member of the Red Star Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Georgia; one daughter, Mrs. Theda Radford of Oak Hill; and one brother, C. E. Crotty of Charleston. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill by the Rev. Randolph Johnson. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park at Oak Hill. The body is at the funeral home | Crotty, Henry Sumner (I13317)
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| 5064 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 23 February 2000 Mildred Frances Burns, 81, of Lewisburg died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2000, in White Sulphur Springs Family Care Center after a long illness. She was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Lewisburg, former president of United Methodist Women, a graduate of Lewisburg High School and the Charleston School of Commerce. She was a former bookkeeper/secretary or Fairlea Farm Equipment, WRON radio station and Cheuvront's Supply and was a retired radio operator from the state Department of Highways. Surviving: brothers, L.L. Burns of Charleston, Fred H. Burns of Gainesville, Fla.; several nieces and nephews. Memorial service will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Calvary United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gary Gourley officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions to Calvary Cemetery Association, RR 2 Box 321, Lewisburg, 24901 or Calvary United Methodist Church, 220 S. Jefferson St., Lewisburg, WV 24901. Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg, is in charge of arrangements. | Burns, Mildred Frances (I13135)
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| 5065 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 23 July 1953 RONCEVERTE (Special) - Services for Virgil V. Kelly, 65, were held today at Hughart, with burial in End of the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. Mr. Kelly, a retired farmer, died Sunday in Ocala, Fla., of a heart attack. A former resident of a farm on Muddy Creek mountain near Lewisburg, Greenbrier county, he was stricken soon after moving to Florida. He was born at Hughart and until he moved to FLorida had spent his entire life in Greenbrier county. Surviving are his widow, Josie; three daughters, Mrs. Mada Mahone of Williamsburg, Va., Mrs. Deborah White of Glen Rock, Pa., and Mrs. Beatrice Dowdy of Sinks Grove; two sons, Calvin of Williamsburg and Paul of Ronceverte; two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Skaggs of Hughart and Mrs. Rachel Williams of Ronceverte; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. | Kelly, Virgil Vestavis (I19774)
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| 5066 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 23 June 1989 DELMAR ROCKFORD HAWKINS, 70, OF Crawley, Greenbrier County, died Wednesday, June 21, 1989, in Heartland Nursing Home, Rainelle, after a long illness. He was a Baptist. He was a retired stock clerk for A&P Food Stores. Surviving: daughters, Sandra Hawkins, Barbara Ally, Dena Martinez and Linda Bill, of Baltimore, Md.; son, Rocky of Baltimore; mother, Gertrude Crane Hawkins of Crawley; brother, David of Mauldin, S.C.; three grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Leroy Crane officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. | Hawkins, Elmer Rockford (I18471)
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| 5067 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 April 1970 Rainelle Man Takes Life With Shotgun RAINELLE - A 70-year-old Greenbrier County man died of a self-inflicted wound, state police said here today. The body of Charles Claude Martin, a retired farmer, was found yesterday by a nephew in an abandoned house across the street from his home at Vale. Police said he died of a shotgun wound of the chest. He is survived by his wife, Ora. Service will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Don Smathers Funeral home here, with the Rev. Roy B. Kessler, officiating. Burial will be in the Frantz Cemetery at Dawson. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. | Martin, Charles Claudius "Charley" (I17143)
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| 5068 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 August 1932 Mrs. Florence Bivens Burial at Table Rock BECKLEY, Aug. 24. - Funeral services were to be held at Quinnimont this afternoon for Mrs. Florence Bivens, 44 years old, who died at her home there early Tuesday morning. Burial was to be made in the family cemetery at Table Rock. She is survived by her husband, George Bivens; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Smith, of Quinnimont, and five sister. | Redden, Florence M. (I31872)
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| 5069 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 August 1972 RAINELLE - Mrs. Io Nellie Moses, 81, of Rainelle, Greenbrier County, died Wednesday in Greenbrier Valley Hospital after a long illness. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving: husband, Wert E.; son, Kyle of Leivasy; daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Shoemaker of Belle, Mrs. Joe Simmons of Smoot. Service will be 2 p.m. Friday in Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Newtie McBride officiating. Burial will be in End of the Trail Cemetery at Clintonville. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. | Shockley, Io Nellie (I17208)
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| 5070 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 August 1976 RICHWOOD - Mrs. Goldie Blane Dorsey, 82, of Nettie, Nicholas County, died Sunday in Sacred Heart Hospital, Richwood, after a short illness. She was a member of Mount Zion Methodist Church. Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Mamie Bond, Miss Alma Dorsey, and Mrs. Dana Chapman of Nettie; son, Maynard of Nettie. Service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in White and White Funeral Home, Richwood, with the Rev. Lawrence Dorsey officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Nettie. Friends may call today after 5 p.m. at the funeral home. | Smith, Golda Blane "Goldie" (I6169)
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| 5071 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 December 1952 EAST RAINELLE (Special) - Mrs. Bertha Mae Crane, 70, of this Greenbrier county town, died late Monday at Ronceverte after a long illness. The Rev. Joe E. Brown and the Rev. P. E. Orndorff will conduct funeral services tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Orient Hill Baptist church near here, and burial will be in the church cemetery with Nickell mortuary in charge. The body is at the mortuary and will be taken to the residence of a son, Granville W. Crane here tomorrow at 4 p.m. and to the church shortly before the service. Survivors: Two other sons, Noel of Marmet and Orville of East Rainelle; three daughters, Mrs. Noka Bowyers of McRoss, Mrs. Wilma Farley of Rainelle and Mrs. Hazel Meadows of Marmet; a brother, John Nutter of Erie, Pa., six sisters, Mrs. Fannie Williams of Rupert, Mrs. Pearl McClung and Mrs. Elsie O'Dell of Quinwood, Mrs. June Sutterfield, Mrs. Laura Roberts and Mrs. Ethel Cavenor of Modesta, Calif.; 22 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. | Nutter, Bertha Mae (I17359)
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| 5072 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 December 2003 MOUNT LOOKOUT - Doris E. Halstead, 78, of Mount Lookout, W.Va., died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003, in the King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. She was the daughter of the late Aldine and Tabitha "Bithy" Patton McClung and was born at Mount Lookout Jan. 3, 1925. She was a retired secretary from Seneca Mental Health Services in Summersville, W.Va., and a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at Mount Lookout. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Fleming C. Halstead in 1975; one daughter, Corky Halstead; and great-grandson, Noah Sparks. Surviving: son, Kenneth Halstead of Huntington, W.Va.; daughter, Letha Sparks of Ashland, Ky.; seven grandchildren, Lexa, Craig, and Wesley Halstead, Jacob, Cindy, Matt, and Larry Sparks. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003, at 11 a.m. in the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at Mount Lookout with Pastor Mark Secrist officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Waters Funeral Chapel in Summersville from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evening. | McClung, Doris E. (I31055)
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| 5073 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 24 June 1970 RAINELLE - Miss Lula Shawver, 78, of Kessler, Greenbrier County, died Monday at the home of a sister, Mrs. A. A. Price of Kessler. She was a member of Big Clear Creek Baptist Church. Service will be today at 2 p.m. at the Don Smathers Funeral Home in Rainelle with the Rev. Jack McGrew officiating. | Shawver, Lula Bessie (I5033)
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| 5074 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 25 February 1958 Mrs. Burns, Early Greenbrier Settler, Claimed LEWISBURG ? Amanda Sharp Burns, 88, of Lewisburg, died after a two-week illness at Greenbrier Valley Hospital, Ronceverte, on Monday. She was the daugher of the late Samuel M. and Eliza Moore Hepler of Meadow Bluff. Mrs. Burns was born July 6, 1869, at Goshen, Va., and came to West Virginia in 1877, being one of the early settlers in Greenbrier County. Her husband was Dr. Joseph Sharp of Frankford who died in 1899. They were the parents of he late Mrs. A. M. Rathbone (Billie) of New York City and Mrs. Ernest W. Blake (Myrtle) of Lewisburg. Stepchildren survivng from her second marriage to the late J. Matt Burns, of Crawley, are L. G. Burns of Crawley; Mrs. W. E. Scott of Maxwelton; and the late Leviga and Lewis Burns; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Burns lived at 319 North Jefferson St. and was a member of the Old Stone Presbyterian Church, bein active in Circle No. 3. Services will be held at the Old Stone Church, Lewisburg, Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial in the family plot at Rosewood Cemetery. | Hepler, Amanda Maude (I9967)
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| 5075 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 25 January 1971 RAINELLE - Graveside services for Dewey A. Martin, 72, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Corliss, Fayette County, will be held at Tuesday 1 p.m. at Shawver Cemetery, Corliss, with the Rev. Wesley Pennington in charge. Mr. Martin died Friday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was a native of Morgantown. Survivors: daughter, Mrs. Sally Ann Baughman of Concord, Tenn.; sisters, Mrs. Robert Jones of Spokane, Wash. and Mrs. A. C. Conley of Whitefish, Mont. Friends may call today after 4 p.m. at Don Smathers Funeral Home here. | Martin, Dewey Arthur (I35754)
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| 5076 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 25 June 1986 GOLDEN M. "PAW-DADDIE" PETTRY, SR., 88, of Arnett, Raleigh County, died Monday at home after a long a long illness. He was a former schoolteacher and miner. He was a veteran of World War I and was a graduate of Machinist Mate School of Newport News, Va. and was a master mechanic. Surviving: wife, Jessie Wills Pettry; daughter, Mrs. Katrina Wills of Arnett; sons, Golden Jr. and Rev. Michael Pettry, of Glen Daniel; sister, Etta Ray Akers of Vickers; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Arnett Chapel with the Rev. Michael F. Pettry and the Rev. Willie August officiating. Burial will be in Pettry family cemetery, Pine Branch Road, Arnett. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Pettry residence. Armstrong Funeral Home, Whitesville, is in charge of arrangements. | Pettry, Golden M. Sr. (I33771)
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| 5077 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 25 Oct 1942 Mrs. Gladys Walkup - 39, of Bellburn, died Friday Baltimore, Md., hospital. Funeral, Monday 2 p.m. Orient Hill Baptist church, Rev. Lucian Dorsey and Rev. J. Campbell. Burial, Crane cemetery, Wallace and Wallace mortuary, East Rainelle. Surviving: one step-son-daughter, Mrs. Cecil Campbell, Marfrance; one son, Oswald, home; five daughters, Mrs. Ivan Cale, San Francisco, Calif.; and Loleta, Lenora, Lynida and Alice, all home. | Faulkner, Gladys Pearl (I17538)
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| 5078 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 25 September 1991 LEO DALE HUGHART, 74, OF KENTUCKY STREET, SOUTH Charleston, died Sept. 24, 1991, at his home of a long illness. He was a retired operator for Du Pont. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a Baptist and a member of Moose and Elks Lodges. Surviving: wife, Linda Hanson Hughart; son, Richard Dale of New Orleans; daughter, Juanita Tomechko of Erie, Pa.; stepsons, Eric and Adrian Hanson, both of Charleston, Ken Hanson of Ripley; stepdaughter, Lana Hanson of Charleston; sisters, Mae Chander of Hendersonville, N.C., Hazel Shaver of Fort Mills, S.C.; 10 grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston, with the Rev. Clarence Turley officiating. Entombment will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home. | Hughart, Leo Dale (I12609)
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| 5079 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 26 February 1966 EAST RAINELLE - Russell James Bragg, 55, of Meadow Bridge, Fayette County, died Friday en route to a Beckley hospital of an apparent heart attack. He was a retired miner and farmer and a member of the Meadow Bridge Baptist Church. Surviving: wife, Mary; daughter, Mrs. Thelma Heard of Meadow Bridge; son, Bernard of Baltimore; sister, Helen Alley of Rupert; brothers, Herbert and Elmer of Meadow Bridge. Service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Meadow Bridge Baptist Church by the Rev. G. C. Musick. Burial will be in Patton Cemetery. The body is at the Nickell Funeral Home here. | Bragg, Russell James (I21543)
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| 5080 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 26 March 1965 HEASTER, Mrs. Bertha Crane - Service tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Beaver Creek Baptist Church. Burial in End of the Trail Cemetery at Clintonville. The body is at Fidler and Frame Funeral Home. Mrs. Heaster, 83, of Rand died Wednesday. | Crane, Bertha (I17171)
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| 5081 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 27 April 1945 GREEN BANK (AP) - Dr. L. C. McCutcheon, practicing physician here and former mayor of Webster Springs, died unexpectedly last night. Dr. McCutcheon retired last fall because of ill health, but resumed practice about one month ago. Before coming to Morgantown, he had practiced in Webster Springs, Glenwood, Richwood and other localities. | McCutcheon, Dr. Luster Clark Sr. (I17290)
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| 5082 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 27 April 2005 Stephen Morris Roby, 55, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005, at St. Vincent's Hospital following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Averill Morris Roby and Lee Ana McCutcheon Jarrett. His grandparents were the late Dee and Ruby Roby and the late Bernard and Beck McCutcheon. Stephen is survived by his stepfather, Dr. Homer Jarrett; sister, Linda Roby Short, and niece, Lynn Meadows, all of Narrows, Va.; niece, Dee Ann Acord of Pembroke, Va.; and Aunt Martha McCutcheon Perilli of Summersville. Stephen was born July 2, 1949, in Richwood. He graduated from Charleston High School, attended Marshall University and held a B.A. degree from Morris Harvey College. He served in the U.S. Army with the Military Police. He was currently employed with JP Morgan Chase, Jacksonville, as a mortgage underwriter. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Walker Memorial Park, Summersville. Information was provided by White Funeral Home, Summersville. | Roby, Stephen Morris (I17336)
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| 5083 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 27 December 1989 MRS. MARY HESS WOOLDRIDGE, 74, of 247 Irene Circle, Hurricane, died Monday, Dec. 25, 1989, at CAMC, General Division, after a short illness. She was a member of Hurricane Bible Church and was a native of Rupert. She was an eight-year resident of Hurricane. Surviving: husband, Kenneth Woolridge; son, Curtis Hess of Westchester, Ohio; daughter, Janet Dixon of Cross Lanes; brother, Melvin Hunter of Florida; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar, with the Rev. Art Hage officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Park. Friends may call from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. | Hunter, Mary Ethel (I14274)
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| 5084 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 27 May 1965 EAST RAINELLE - Former Rupert resident Howard T. Shawver, 71, of Battle Creek, Mich., died yesterday in a Battle Creek hospital. He was a retired merchant and was a World War I veteran. Mr. Shawver belonged to Rupert VFW Post and Battle Creek American Legion. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home here by the Rev. Lee White. Burial will be in End of the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. | Shawver, Howard T. (I12868)
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| 5085 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 April 1993 OPAL JULIA BURGESS, 83, of Gastonia, formerly of Oak Hill, W.Va., died Monday, April 26, 1993, in Gastonia Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was a homemaker. Surviving: daughter, Virginia Hobbs of Gastonia; sons, Clyde and Dennis, of Gastonia, Oliver of Oak Hill, Charles of Morganville, N.J., Roger of Bowling Green, S.C.; 45 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Service will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Ralph Wells officiating. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. Friends may call from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. | Webb, Opal Julia (I31437)
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| 5086 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 August 1962 Earl R. Biggers, Engineer, Dies Earl Ray Biggers, 60-year-old professional engineer, died unexpectedly yesterday evening at his 1647 Clay Ave., home. Mr. Biggers was with the West Virginia Engineering Co. here since 1940. A native of Fayette County, he was a graduate of Bliss Engineering School of Washington, D.C. He held membership in the Winona Baptist Church, the Longdale Lodge AF&AM No. 14 of Lookout, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Shrine Temple and Professional Engineers of West Virginia. Surviving are his wife, Madge Shawver Biggers; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Dillon Biggers of Winona; and one sister, Mrs. Garnet Biggers Huddle of Beckley. The body is at Cunningham Funeral Home. | Biggers, Earl Ray (I35756)
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| 5087 | 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. | Hunter, Mary S. "Mollie" (I35308)
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| 5088 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 January 1989 Asa William Clemons, 77, of Crawley, Greenbrier County, died Friday, Jan. 27, 1989, in Humana Hospital Greenbrier Valley, Fairlea, after a long illness. He was a retired miner. Surviving: wife, Gladys Walkup Clemons; daughters, Erma Lou Windom of Mount Sterling, Ky., Abby Smith of Baltimore, Md., Norma Foley of McRoss, Edna Mae Judy of Linden, Va., Carol Dickson of Canton, Ohio, Mary Alice Miller of Luray, Va.; sons, Robert and Asa Jr., of Baltimore, Md.; sister, Alice Clemons of Baltimore, Md.; 26 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Leroy Crane officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. | Clemons, Asa William Sr. (I16001)
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| 5089 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 28 October 1995 RAINELLE - Catherine Elizabeth Smailes, 73, of Rainelle died Thursday, Oct. 26, 1995, at home after a long illness. She was a member of Sturgeon Branch Baptist Church, Rainelle and a homemaker. Surviving: daughter, Judy Phillips of Mechanicsville, Md.; sons, Robert Lee of Jonesborough, Tenn., Elbert Jackson of Boston, Mass., John Allen of Inwood, Hobert Eugene of Roanoke, Va., Paul Edward "Eddie" of Rainelle, Timothy Wayne of Berkeley Springs; brother, Gary Shawver of Kissimmee, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Mike Tincher and the Rev. Bennie Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Sims Cemetery, Rainelle. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle. Family suggests memorial contributions sent to the Arthritis Foundation or Sturgeon Branch Baptist Church. | Shawver, Catherine Elizabeth (I35877)
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| 5090 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 29 April 1971 RAINELLE - Dayton Luther O'Dell, 32, of Daniels, Raliegh County, formerly of Quinwood, Greenbrier County, died Wednesday at the Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, after a short illness. Mr. O'Dell was a member of the Millbrook Baptist Church and the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was an automobile salesman in Beckley. Survivors: wife, Orpha Morrison O'Dell; daughters, Miss Carrie Anette O'Dell of Princeton; sons, Victor Mark and Steven Allen of Princeton; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dayton L. O'Dell, Sr. of Quinwood. The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Quinwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Houston Boothe in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. Friends may call at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home here after 4 p.m. | O'Dell, Dayton Luther Jr. (I34594)
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| 5091 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 29 January 1962 G. L. Shawver Illness Victim Glenn Lake Shawver, head of the oldest roofing concern in the Kanawha Valley, died in a Charleston hospital yesterday at the age of 71. He had been in ill health. A lifetime Charlestonian, Mr. Shawver resided at 1426 Quarrier St., E. He was president and general manager of the W. F. Shawver and Sons Roofing Co. at 507 Capitol St. The firm was established in 1893 by Mr. Shawver's father. Survivors are his wife, Margaret C.: two sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Monaghan of Beaumont, Tex., and Mrs. Lucille Rectenwald of Charleston. Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Simpson-Chandler Funeral Home by the Rev. Harry P. Light. Burial will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. The body is at the funeral home. The Charleston Gazette, 22 December 1962 Shawver Estate Worth $196,514 G. Lake Shawver, former vice president of W. P. Shawver and Sons of Charleston, roofing contractors, left an estate valued at $196,514, according to the appriasal filed with the county clerk. The principal item of his estate is corporate stock listed as worth $184,276. He is survived by his widow, Margaret Shawver. | Shawver, Glenn Lake (I35718)
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| 5092 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 29 July 1969 RAINELLE - The funeral for Oliver Josephus Murphy, 62, of Leivasy, Nicholas County, will be Wednesday at 2 p. m. in Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home here with the Rev. Lawrence Dorsey in charge and burial in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. Mr. Murphy, a disabled miner, died Sunday at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Survivors: wife, Josie O'Dell Murphy; daughters, Mrs. Donna Jean Richmond of Medina, Ohio, Mrs. Dorothy Ruckman of Leivasy; sons, Willard of Cleveland, Ohio, Bob of Lansdale, Pa., James of Leivasy, Bill at home; stepdaughter, Mrs. Louise Duckworth of Leivasy; stepson, Willis Dorsey of Rainelle; sisters, Mrs. Pearl Urquhart of Jensen Beach, Fla., Mrs. Maggie Bays of Quinwood, Mrs. Laura Brown of Nettie; brother, Lonnie of Jetsville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p. m. today. | Murphy, Oliver Josephus (I30720)
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| 5093 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 29 March 1968 Mrs. Maxie Deitz Egnor, 56, a teacher at a Huntington junior high school and former St. Albans resident, died Thursday in a Huntington hospital after a brief illness. Born Sept. 24, 1911, in Greenbrier County, she was a duaghter of the late George and Betty Heaster Deitz. She was a graduate of St. Albans High School and Marshall University and had lived in Huntington since 1934. Survivors include her husband, L. D. Egnor, co-owner of Egnor's Barber Shop; sons, L. D. Egnor, Jr., a Huntington attorney, and Max L. Egnor, a Huntington accountant; sisters, Mrs. Ollie Belville of Detroit, Mrs. Georgie Sumner of Mount Hope, Mrs. Nina Mankin of South Charleston, Mrs. Louise Teubner of Huntington and Mrs. Lovie Puckett of Springdale, W. Va.; four brothers, Ted Deitz of Covington, Va., Dudley Deitz of Springdale, Wallace Deitz of Barbarton, Ohio, and George Deitz of Huntington; three grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary in Huntington and burial will be in Woodmere Cemetery there. | Deitz, Maxie G. (I14404)
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| 5094 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 29 May 1972 The latest fatality occurred Sunday at noon near Springdale in Fayette County. James R. (Buddy) Martin, 47, a disabled miner of Dawson, Greenbrier County, died in route ro Summers County Hospital in Hinton after a car in which he was riding collided with another vehicle on W.Va. 20. Four persons were injured in the accident. They were also taken to Sumemrs County Hospital. Emergency room personnel identified them as James Wheaton, 44, 244 Sixth St., Rainelle, driver of the car in which Martin was riding; Emery McGuire, 38, Phyllis McGuire, 18, and Melvin McGuire, 16, all of Danese, occupants of the second car. All four are patients at the hospital. Martin's survivors are: wife, Opal; daughters, Mrs. Ruth Ann Hutsenpillar of Dunbar, Mrs. Linda Stalline of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Connie Thomas of Rupert, Miss Debby Lynn Martin and Tammy Martin at home; sons, James R. Jr. and Sammy Ray of Charlotte, N.C, Larry S. with the Army at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jerry W., Michael David and Bobby Joe at home; father and stepmother Mr. and Mrs. Kay Martin of Dawson; sisters, Mrs. Althea Kirgan of Charlotte, N.C., Mrs. Martha Lynch of Bridgeport, Mrs. Greetha Childers, Mrs. Nancy Thomas and Mrs. Yavonnie Wills of Baltimore; brothers, Robert of Dawson, Whorlen of Clintonvite, Ardell K. of Charlotte. Service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Meadow Grove Baptist Church at Dawson. The Rev. Rex Ball and the Rev. Leroy Crane will officiate. Burial will be in the Frantz Cemetery at Dawson. Friends may call at the Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle, Wednesday after 1 p.m. | Martin, James Ralph "Buddy" Sr. (I17175)
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| 5095 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 3 February 1951 Funreal services were held Saturday morning in Orange, Va., for Mrs. Ida Lenora Rodes Kite, 26, who died Wednesday in a Richmond, Va., hospital of injuries received in an automobile accident. She was the daughter of Mrs. Maye P. Rodes of Ansted and the late Nye Goble Rodes. She was also, the niece of Mrs. Edward T. Donnaly and Mrs. F. F. Coperley of Charleston. Mrs. Kite was a graduate ot Logan high school, the University of Virginia, and had taken post graduate work at Cornell university in obstetrics. She was head nurse of the obstetrical ward at the University of Virginia at the time of her death. | Rodes, Ida Lenora (I35089)
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| 5096 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 3 July 2000 RUPERT - Mavis T. Chapman, 84, of Rupert, Greenbrier County, died Saturday, July 1, 2000, in Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, after a long illness. She attended Amwell Baptist Church and was a former housekeeper. Surviving: daughters, Minnie Oretha Westman of Eyoto, Minn., Josephine Rose Price and Della Marie Lilly of Rupert, Ottiella May Byner of Darlington, S.C., Mary Elizabeth Winals and Brenda Sue Terry of Charmco, Carrol Sue Pilkerton of Baltimore, Md.; sons, Marion Joseph of Dublin, Ga., Jackie Wayne of Rentz, Ga.; sister, Maude G. McClung of Mount Nebo; 41 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren. Service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Houston Boothe officiating. Burial will be in End of the Trail Cemetery, Clintonville. | Crane, Wagons Mavis T. (I17378)
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| 5097 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 3 May 1990 NEWPORT NEWS, VA - DACOSTA GOOCH RODES, 89, OF Newport News, formerly of Beckley, W.Va., died Tuesday, May 1, 1990, at home after a long illness. He was retired from C&O Railroad. He was a member of Meadow Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving: son, David of Newport News; daughters, Ellen Pruett of Newport News, Sue Ankenbrandt of Jacksonville, Fla.; sister, Axson Ceperley of Charleston, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. | Rodes, Dacosta Gooch (I35083)
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| 5098 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 31 August 1990 GUY KERMIT WEBB, 57, OF POINT Pleasant, formerly of Tornado, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1990, at the home of his mother, Mary E. Webb of Tornado, after a long illness. He was a retired lieutenant commander of the Navy with 23 years' service. He was a member of Islandview Baptist Church, Orangepark, Fla. Also surviving: daughters, Deanna M. Webb of Steamboat Springs, Colo., Maryrea S. Webb of Jacksonville, Fla.; sons, Kevin G. of Jacksonville, Benjamin L. of Huntington; stepdaughter, Kimberly A. Moore of Point Pleasant; stepsons, Lester A., Kenneth L. and Keith W. Moore, of Point Pleasant; sisters, Izetta W. Browning of Lorton, Va ., Aretta W. Lindemann of Clairmont, Fla., Anita P. Conn of Tornado; brother, O.Q. "Pete' of St. Albans. Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Casdorph-Curry Funeral Home, St. Albans, with the Rev. Tommy Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. | Webb, Guy Kermit (I33944)
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| 5099 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 31 January 1955 Mrs. Deitz Dies; Former Teacher LEWISBURG ? Mrs. Andree Fullen Deitz, 83, a retired school teacher of Ronceverte, died Sunday in a Charleston hospital of complications from a hip fracture. Mrs. Deitz lived at 3703 Washington Ave., SE, in Charleston. She was a native of Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, and had liveed much of her life in Ronceverte. Mrs. Deitz taugt music in public schools for 40 years. She was a member of the St. Mark's Methodist Church in Charleston. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jean Bourne and Miss Edna Deitz, both of Charleston. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Trinity Methodist Church at Ronceverte with the Rev. Ronald Casto officiating and burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home at Lewisburg and will be taken to the church one hour before services. | Fullen, Andree Lorena (I14414)
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| 5100 | The Charleston Daily Mail, 31 May 1936 Old Resident of Raleigh Is Taken BECKLEY May 30 - Funeral services for Mrs. F. M. Walkup, 88 years old, who died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Muncy, in East Park will be held at the Big Clear Creek Greenbrier church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be held in the nearby family cemetery. Mrs. Walkup was born in Greenbrier county July 23, 1847. She frequently related incidents of the Civil war which she had witnessed while living at Clintonville. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Muncy, Mrs. Laura Hurt, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Maggie Lawn, W.Va., E.S. Walkup, C.C. Walkup and Henry Walkup, all of Ramp; Lester Walkup, Blue Sulphur, and L.A. Walkup, Conway, Ia. A brother, Nathan Price of Rupert, and a sister, Mrs. Jane Hazlett of Clintonville are also living. | Price, Flora Ann Margaret (I20274)
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