Hollister Alexander Black

1898 - 1976  (78 years)

• Name	Hollister Alexander Black
  Birth	12 Feb 1898	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Oct 1976	Roanoke, VA   [2, 4]
  Burial	20 Oct 1976	Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV   [4]
  Person ID	I5843	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	30 May 2010

  
  

  Father	Samuel Thomas Black,   b. 19 May 1845, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 15 Jan 1930, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Laura J. Bivens,   b. Jul 1854, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 20 Feb 1907, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1871	Greenbrier Co., WV   [5]
  Family ID	F2419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Myrtle Witt,   b. 17 Jul 1909, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 11 Oct 1996, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1934	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [6]
  Children	1. Margaret Rae Black,   b. 3 Jul 1936, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 19 Mar 2008, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Age 71 years)   2. Joseph A. Black,   b. 7 Apr 1939, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 16 Jul 2008, Peterstown, Monroe Co., WV (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F14264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Feb 1898 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage - 17 Jun 1934 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Burial - 20 Oct 1976 - Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Tuesday, 19 Oct 1976, p. 10, col. A Deaths and Funerals Hollister Black LEWISBURG (RNS) - Services for Hollister Alexander Black, 77, will be a t 1 pp.m. Wednesday at Wallace and Wallace Chapel in Lewisburg with the Rev. M. G. Flowers and the Rev. Harold Elmore in charge. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery in Clintonville. He died Sunday night in a Roanoke, Va., hospital of natural causes. Born Feb. 12, 1899, in Rupert, he was the son of the late Samuel and Laura Bivens Black. He had lived in Lewisburg five years, was a member of the Lewisburg United Methodist Church, former owner of the Black Tourist Court in Crawley and Timberland Motel in Roxboro, N.C. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rae Alexander of India; one son, Joseph A., at home; two sisters, Miss Sanna D. Black of Columbus, Ohio, and Miss Mary Black of Morgantown, and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Tuesday and family will receive friends 7 and 9 p.m.

  
  

• Sources

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