Elva Signora Keister
1883 - 1957 (73 years)-
Name Elva Signora Keister Birth 3 Apr 1883 Highland Co., VA 
[1] Gender Female Death 13 Mar 1957 Staunton, VA [1] Cause: arteriosclerosis & hypertensive heart disease Burial 15 Mar 1957 Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA [1] Person ID I49557 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 9 Feb 2020
Family Charles Preston Bradshaw, b. 2 Oct 1884, Highland Co., VA d. 30 Dec 1954, Clifton Forge, VA (Age 70 years) Marriage 6 Jan 1908 Hamilton Co., OH [2] Children 1. Charles Dent Bradshaw, b. 22 Oct 1908, Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS d. 22 Feb 1971, Washington, DC (Age 62 years)2. Mary Charlotte Bradshaw, b. 11 May 1910, Highland Co., VA d. 2 Apr 1990, Staunton, VA (Age 79 years)3. William Dennis Bradshaw, b. 15 Aug 1911, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 30 Jun 1997, Washington, DC (Age 85 years)4. Dorothy Keister Bradshaw, b. 4 Aug 1914, Huttonsville, Randolph Co., WV d. 7 Dec 2003, Lexington, VA (Age 89 years)5. Martha Frances Bradshaw, b. 9 Jul 1916, Huttonsville, Randolph Co., WV d. 16 Jul 1959, New York City, New York Co., NY (Age 43 years)6. Maxine McCoy Bradshaw, b. 23 Dec 1919, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 2 Sep 1920, McDowell, Highland Co., VA (Age 0 years)7. Eugene Bland Bradshaw, b. 30 Oct 1928, Augusta Co., VA d. 17 Nov 1993, Staunton, VA (Age 65 years)Family ID F17290 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Feb 2020
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Notes - The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Thursday, 21 Mar 1957, p. 1, col. B
OBITUARIES
MRS. SIGNORA K. BRADSHAW
Mrs. Signora Keister Bradshaw, widow of Charles Preston Bradshow, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 13 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Staunton following a brief illness.
Mrs. Bradshaw was born in Highland County April 3, 1883, a daughter of the late William Renick and Martha McCoy Keister. She was a life-long member of the Presbyterian church, a former resident of McDowell and a resident of Staunton for a number of years.
Survivors include three sons, Charles D. and William of Washington, D. C. and Eugene of Staunton; three daughters, Mrs. Frances Ruling of New York, N. Y., Mrs. Dorothy Joseph of Roanoke and Mrs. Charlotte Bishop of Staunton; a brother, Dr. W. H. Keister of Harrisonburg; two sisters, Mrs. Cameron Siron of Lexington, Ill. and Mrs. J. M. Siron of McDowell, several grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Friday in a Staunton funeral home chapel by her pastor, Rev. R. L. St. Clair of Second Presbyterian Church.
Interment was in Thornrose Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Randolph Siron, Sidney Siron, Louis Ralston, Claude Malcom, Major Malcolm Weller, Roscoe Armstrong, Harold Armstrong and Robert Roller.
- The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Thursday, 21 Mar 1957, p. 1, col. B
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