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ISC--Jan. 9,1972 Death Notices Sunday -ChtrlMlon, WMt Vlrglnli Lawrence Ayers BECKLEY--Lawrence Clayton Ayers, 68, of Beckley died Saturday in Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a resident of Beckley 25 years and was a retired mine illness. Oliver Canterbury CLEVELAND, Ohio-Oliver Canterbury, 63, of Cleveland, formerly of Rock Creek, Raleigh County, W. died Saturday at his home after a long foreman having last worked for the Lilly Brook Coal member of First Christian Church in Becldey and 1 the Beckley Moose I.cdge.

Surviving: wife, Glada Pen- v'ngton Ayers; son, A. William Dews, 85, of Mount Hope, died St. Albans; sfeters, Mrs. Iva Saturday in Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a ong illness. The body is at Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home in Beckley.

Mrs. Nellie Elkins KANSAS CITY, Nellie Elkins, 47, of Kansas City, died Friday in Kansas City after a short illness. Surviving: husband, Arthur native of Charleston; son, Arlan at home; daughter, Gwen at lome; Service will be held 2 p.m. Monday in the Muehlebach Fu- of Princeton, Mrs. Bailey of San Leandro, Service will be held 1 p.m.

Monday in the Melton Funeral tome in Beckley. The, Rev. W. Griswold will officiate. Buri- wiM be in the Blue Ridge Gardens in Beckley.

Friends may call from 5 to 9 today. Mrs. Addie Boyd BALTIMORE, Md. Mrs. Addie L.

Boyd, 93, of Baltimore, formerly of Beckley, W. Va. died Saturday at her home after long illness. She was a native of Virginia. Surviving: sons, Jackson of Pasco, Caleb of Lakeland, Bernie of Alexandria, Va.

and Maynard of Crab Orchard, W. daughters; Mrs. Lottie Hale of Eden, N. C. and Mrs.

Rosie Butler of Essex, Md. Service -will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Beckley. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. -Friends may call after 5 p.m.

Monday. Mrs. Juanita Brinkley SANDYVILLE--Mrs. Juanita Sams Brinkley, 54, of Sandyville, Jackson County, died Fri- aneral Home in Kansas City. Burial will be there also.

George Fiiik ELKINS George Harvey 62, of Elkins, Randolph Friday in Elkins after a long illness. He was a retired farmer. Surviving:" brothers, Hermit of and was a member of the St. Victor, Hermel, both of Victor James Umted Methodist Church i j- and Howard of Washington, D.C. Service will be held 10 a.m.

Monday in the Mount Zion Uni- Church at Ram- Wesley Penriing- day at her homeSurviving: son, Larry McKinney of Sandyville; father, Fred Sandyville; four grandchildren. Service held at 2 p. m. Funeral Home in Evangelist will officiate. Burial will be in the Independence Cemetery at Sandyville.

Mrs. Virginia Brierley iBECKLEY--Mrs. Brierley, 52, of Beckley died Saturday in Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Beck- ed Methodist The Rev. ton and the Rev.

Ace Ewing will officiate. Burial will be in the Mount Zion Cemetery. The body is in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ansted where friends may call after 6 p.m. today. Mrs.

Odie Gibson Mrs. Odie E. Gibson, 96. of 3800 Washington South Charleston, died Saturday in Riverside Nursing Home in St. Albans after a long illness.

She was a member of Eliza- ley. Surviving: husband- James; daughter, Mrs. Barbara Lowe of foster father, H. A. Dowdy of Beckley; brothers, Jennings, Campbell of Hinto'n, Everett of Mount Hope, Carl and Dewey Campbell, both of Beckley; half-brothers, Adrin Campbell and Gerald, both of Kilsyth and Paul of Beckley; sister, Mrs.

Hazel Thompson of a half-sister, Mrs. Wanda Smith of Raleigh; foster brofliersrRev. Buren Dowdy of Altanta, Gal, Omar of Charlotte, N. Ray of Beckley and Rev. Clyde Dowdy of Mount Hope; two grandchildren.

Service will be held 1 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church in Beckley. The Rev. Kenneth Swank will officiate. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Rose-Quesenbeny Funeral Home in Beckley. Mrs. Beuna Covert Mrs. Beuna S.

Covert, 77, of 1050 Oakhurst died Saturday in Kanawha Valley Memori- following a short el Hospital illness. was a lifelong resident of Kanawha County and 1 was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Janet Abbott, Mrs. Beryl Snodgrass, Mrs.

June Armstrong and Mrs. Hattie Smithy, all of Charleston; stepdaughter, Mrs. Vernie Hall of Charleston; sons, Charles of St. Albans, Jimmy Fulton, both of Charleston; sister, Mrs. Hattie Harkins of Charleston; half-sisters, Mildred Grayce Starkey and Mrs.

Ruth Monday, all.of Charleston, Mrs. Ziila Workman of Arlington, half-brothers, Otis Starkey of Charleston; 17 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren. Service will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Snodgrass Funeral Home in South Charleston. Dean Miller will officiate.

Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park Mrs. Effel Coon RAVENSWOOD-Mrs. Coon, 86, of Ravenswood, Jackson County, formerly of Roane County, died Friday in Charleston General Hospital following a long illness. Surviving: Doyal Coon of Walton; stepdaughters, both of Ravens- Mrs. Opal Anderson and Mrs.

Sada Simms, wood. The body is in the' Parsons Funeral Home in Ripley. Alfred Corns BECKLEY-r-Alfred John Mark Corns, 77, of Beckley, died Friday in Huntington CO Hospital after a'long illness. He was a native of New bany, member of the Christian Church, Mason, retired employe of CO Railway with 50 years'service. Surviving: wife, Saniantha; son, Joseph of Munster, daughter, Mrs.

Marjan Lowe of Dover, Del. Service will' 3 p. m. Monday in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Beckley. The Rev.

Walter Griswold will officiate. Buria will be in the Sunset Memoria" Park at Beckley. Friends may call after 5 p. today. The body is being returned to Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville, W.

Va. Carrie Dews MOUNT HOPE-Mrs. Carrie Alfred Harper Alfred M. Harper, 75, of 1447 First Nitro, died Saturday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was a retired pipe fitter, plumber, World War 1 veteran, member of Christ The King Catholic Church in Dunbar, Holy Name Mens Club, Pipe fitters Union, had been a resident of Dunbar and Nitro area 34 years and was a native of Roane County.

Surviving: wife, Ethel Corkrean Harper; son, Jerry of Morgantown; daughter, Sister Mary Patricia Hospital brother, Rome of Akron, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Dovie Pinson and Mrs. Mahalia Thomas, both of Charleston and Mrs. Betty King of South Charleston. Requiem mass will be held 10 a.m.

Monday in Christ the King Catholic Church in Dunbar. The Sev. Richard Schaefer will officiate. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Park in Dunbar. Rosary will be recited 7:30 j.m.

today in the Keller Funeral Some in Dunbar where friends may call after noon today. Boaz Leftwich WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS --Boaz Nathaniel Leftwich, 78, of White Sulphur Springs, died Friday in Greenbrier Valley Hospital in Ronceverte following a long illness. He was a native of Lowmoor of White Sulphur Springs, steward of the member of tion of the treasurer of the church 20 years, former head bellman at the Greenbrier Hotel, and prior to his retirement he was locker room attendent at the Greenbrier Golf and Tennis Club. Surviving: wife, Rosa son, Nathaniel Boaz of White Sulphur Springs; sisters, Mrs. Lot- Duggar of Pittsburgh, Mrs.

Fannie Mitchell of White Sulphur Springs; four grandchildren. Service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday in the St. James United Methodist Church in White Sul- beth United Methodist Church at hur Springs h( Rev Elizabeth, the Order of Eastern Star in Wirt County, past wor- matron of the chapter, the Bethany White Shrine at Par- tersburg and the Beauchamp Chapter of the Daughter of American Pioneers in Elizabeth. Surviving: daughters, Mrs.

Flora Beverly and Mrs. Eloise Pettit with whom she resided past sdx years, both of South Charleston, Mrs. K. I. Deem'of Martinsburg, Mrs.

Glenn Kirk of Bluefield. Service and burial will be held in Elizabeth. The body is in the Pomeroy Funeral Home in Elizabeth. William Gregory WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS --William James Gregory, 72, of White Sulphur Springs died Friday in Greeribrier Valley Hospi- al in Ronceverte following a ong illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Greenbrier County and was a Methodist, and a retired painter.

Surviving: wife, Veda McClung Gregory of San Francisco, sons, William Doran Gregory of San Francisco, Calif, and Ralph E. of Las Vegas, four grandchildren. Service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs. The Rev.

E. N. Glower will officiate. Burial will be in he Rosewood Cemetery in Lewisburg. E.

Monroe and the Rev. Richard L. Crickard will officiate. Burial will be in the Red Hill Cemetery at Clifton Forge, Va. The body is in the Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs where friends may call Tom 7 to 9 p.m.

Monday. The body will be taken to the church an hour before service. Harry Gilpen Harry Gilpen, 50, of Charles-, died Saturday, Jan. 1, on arrival at Charleston General Hospital. He was a World War II veteran.

Surviving: sister, Mrs. Dorothy Becker of Lansing, Mich. Service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home in Madison. Teh Rev.

Arnold Price will officiate. Burial in Memory Gardens at Madison. Heather Hilts Heather Ryan Hilts, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hilts of 3248 Park died Friday in Charleston General Hospital at bkth.

Other isurvivors, brother, Andrew at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hamrick of Charleston and Mrs. Elizabeth Hilts of Alexandria, maternal great-grandparents, Mrs. Lillie Brooks of Milquias, Calif, and Adam H.

Hamrick of Charleston. graveside service 1 p. ny Monday at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. The Rev. Floyd Brown will officiate.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 3. m. today at Bartlett-Burdetite Funeral Home. Hugh Hammack Hugh P. Hammack, 94, of Clendenin, died Saturday in lharleston Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

He was a former miner and was former owner of a skating rink, pool room and a theater, all in Surviving: wife, Estie of Cleveland, Ohio; sons, Leon of Rt. 1, Clendenin, Hughie of Cincinnati, Ohio, Meredith and Olaf, both of Los Angeles, daughters, Mrs. Lorena Esta Belcher of Rt. 5, Clendenin, Mrs. Lurena Vesta Swartz of Battle Creek, Martha Jane of California; sister, Mrs.

Ollie Cantley of Clendenin. Service will be hald at 1 p.m. denin. The Rev. Homer Foster will officiate.

Burial will be in the KKoontz Cemetery at Clendenin. Harper of St. in Columbus, Ann's Ohio; p.m. Monday in Ebenezer Bapis! Church in Beckley. The Rev, C.

0. Mitchell will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park in Beckley. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home in Beckey where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Mrs. Pearl Marcum ARACOMA-Mrs. Pearl Marcum, 90, of Aracoma, Logan County, died Satruday in Guyan Valley Hospital following a long illness. She was a member of the Church of God in West Logan. Surviving: daughters, Mrs.

Anna Maynard of Barboursville, Mrs. Berlie Webb of Jackson, Ohio, Mrs. Gypsy Dingess of Aracoma, and Mrs. Hazel Mullins of Pontiac, Mich; sister, Mrs. Carrie Macum of Milton; 18 grandchildren; 46 great- grandchildren.

Service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God in West Logan. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens at Godby. The body is at Honaker-Harris Funeral Home in Logan. It will be taken to the residence at 4 p.m.

today and to the church an nour before service. church and was a the mens organiza- church, served as Mrs. Emily Newhouse COMFORT--Mrs. Emily Newhouse, 83, of Comfort, Boone Bounty, died Saturday in Boone Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was a member of Joes Creek Baptist Church.

husband, Phister; daughter, Mrs. Glayds Hildreth of Charleston; sons, Cornelius Collins of Kentucky, Freeman Collins of West Virginia; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Church of God at Seth. The Rev.

Lonzo Meadows will officiate. Burial will be in the Family Cemetery at Joes Creek. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Leonard Johnson Funeral Home in Marmet. Mrs.

Iva Lewis RICHWOOD--Mrs. Iva Lewis, 8, of Richwood, died Saturday in Summersville Convalescent Home after a long illness. She was a member the First Baptist Church of Richwood. Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Goldie" Folio, Mrs.

Edith Husk and Mrs. Hazel Matchura, all of Richwood, Mrs. Barbara Johnson of Aiken, S. nine grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Arminda Smith of Richwood and Mrs.

Meada Mullins of San Diego, Calif. 27 great a i dren. will be held 2 p.m. Monday in the White-White Funeral Home in Richwood. The Rev.

Gerald Herson and the Rev. Paul Nye will officiate. Burial will be in the Craigsville Cemetery in Craigsville, Friends may call after 3 p. m. today.

Mrs. Dorothy Miller Mrs. Dorothy Myrtle Miller, 50, of Charleston Rt. 1, died Friday at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was a member of the Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Surviving: husband, Hershel; son, Hansford of Cleveland, Ohio; foster son, Jackie Scott at home; foster Lxm Scott at daughter, Mary home; brother, Ervin Scotfc of Charleston; sis- Mrs. Maude Meadows of Mullens, Mrs. Zola Massey of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Mercedes Scott of North Bergen, N.J., Mrs. Lois Jean Scott of Charleston.

Service will be held at 1 p. m. Monday at J. E. Johnson Funeral Home in Kanawha City.

Eld 1 er Charles will officiate. Burial will be in Pineview Cemetery at Orgas. Friends may call today after 2 p. m. Mrs.

Fostina Morris Fostina A. Morris, 52, of 5101 Elaine Dr. Rand, died Saturday in Staats Hospital after a long illness. She was a resident of Rand 13 years, member of the Levi First Baptist Church and the Rand Progressive and Social Club. Suviving: husband, Hubert; a Mrs.

Fostina Lourdes Patricia Edwards, Williams Mrs. and Jane Miss Constance Morris, all of Washington, D.C., Bonny Adrenna at home; sisters, Mrs. Mamie Williamson of Charleston, Mrs. Ivory Lytle, Mrs. Edna Whittmire, Mrs.

Bernice Terrence, Mrs. Mable Brockman and Mrs. Odessa Black, all of Concord, brothers', Edward, Robert and Elliott Lawing, all of Concord, N. four grandchildren. The body is at Harden and Harden Funeral Home.

Mrs. Nannie BECKLEY-Mrs. Martin a i Martin, 70, of Beckley, died Friday in Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. She was a native of Callaway, Va. Monday in the Knight "and, children.

Young Funeral Home in Clen- Service Surviving: sons, Henry Hamlin of Beckley, Paul Tucker of Cleveland, Ohio; five grand- will be held at 3:30 Fropps, 72, of Oak Hill, died Saturday in Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. He a retired miner and a native of Clifftop in Fayette County. Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann DeWeese of Hometown; brothers, Elbert of Oak Hill, James Samuel Propps of Leslie; sisters, Mrs. Bessie Sears of Thurmond, Mrs.

Pearl Sheppard of Grafton, Mrs. Pina Shuck of Danese, Mrs. Alzina Crane of Orient Hill; six children. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Tyree Funeral in Oak Hill.

The Rev. William G. Thompson III will officiate. Burial will be in the Spruce Grove Cemetery at Bruce. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m.

today. Anderson Price WILKINSON-Anderson Matthew Price, 69, of Wilkinson, Logan County, died Friday in Man Appalachian Regional Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired miner with Island Creek Coal a member of UMW at Mud Fork, United Baptist Church in Logan and lifelong resident of Logan County. Surviving: wife, Bertha Jordan; daughters, Mrs. Garnet Richie of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs.

Lotus Martin of Chapmanville, Mrs. Margaret Workman of Grover Hill, Ohio; sons, John of Monroe, Bill, Carl, and Jessie, all of Frederick, sister, Mrs. Farry Conley of Chapmanville; brother, James of Chapmanville; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Service wiU be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Rocky Hill Baptist Arthur Propps OAK HILL-Arthur i Church at Godby.

The Rev. Wayne Dameron will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens at Godby. The body is at Honaker-Harris Funeral Home in Logan where friends may call after 11 a.m. today.

It will be taken to the church an hour before service. Mrs. Ada Parsons Mrs. Ada Eveline Parsons, 48, of No. 4 DeWitt St.

Albans, died Saturday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a short grand- illness. She was an employe of the NuWay Dry a in Home Charleston, member of Penta- costal Holiness Church of St. Albans. Surviving: son, Timothy at home; daughter, Mrs. Martha Jane Boggs of Chicago, brother, Joe Russell of St.

Albans; sister, Miss Belle Russell of St. Albans. Service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Bartlett Funeral Home in St. Albans.

The Rev. a Rogers will officiate. Burial will be in the Rosewood Cemetery near Lewisburg. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today.

Mrs. Rena Rule I A I --M s. Rena Frances Rule, 87, of Kincaid, Fayette County, died Friday in Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. She was a member of the Page Baptist Church and was a native and lifelong resident of Fayette County. Surviving: sisters, Mrs.

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Barbara Dooley of Belle. Service will be held at 1 p.m. today in Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill. The Rev. Roy Tyree will officiate.

Burial wUl be in Montogmery Memorial Park in London. Mrs. Margie Ratliff NAOMA--Mrs. Margie A. Ratliff, 54, of Naoma, Raleigh County, died Friday at her home after a long illness.

She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Montcoal and was a clerk typist for Mountaineer a i Health Plan in Beckley. Surviving: daughter, Miss April Ratliff at home; sons, Ernest M. of Cleveland, Ohio, Delmas L. of North Olmsted, Ohio and Arliss John L. and Preston all at home; mother Mrs.

Alice Peters of Eunice; brother, Ernest of Twilight; sisters, Mrs. Faye O'Dell of Summersville, Mildred Chavez of Los Angeles, Mrs. Dixie Bryant of Dry Creek and Mrs. Peggy Jarrell of Philadelphia, one grandchild. Service will be held 1 p.m.

Monday at the Presbyterian Church at Montcoal. The Rev. David Caves and Miss Ann Diem will officate. Burial will be in the Pine view Cemetery at Orgas. The body is in the Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville where friends may call after 2 p.m.

today. Thomas Rhodes KENNA-Thomas a Rhodes, 83, of Kenna, Jackson County died Saturday at the home of a son, Granvil Rhodes of Kenna, with whom he resided, following a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of White Pine United Methodist Church in Jackson County. Other i several grandchildren. Service will be held 2 p.m.

Monday in Parsons Funeral Home in Ripley. The Rev. Noble Harper will officiate. Burial will be in the Rhodes Cemetery at Kenna. FLESHMAN MONUMENT co.

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