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14D --June 6. Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston West Virginia Death Notices Mrs. Caroline Barr CRANTSVILLE-Mrs. Caroline Barr, 69, of Grantsville. Calhoun County, was dead on arrival Thursday at Calhoun General Hospital, Grantsville.

Born in Calhoun County, she was a member of Cherry Fork United Methodist Church. Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Linda Erie- wine of Grantsville; sons, David and William Barr, both of Grantsville, James Barr of Dewittsville, N.Y.; sisters, Mrs. Gladys Whipkey. Mrs.

Genevieve Ward, Mrs. Gene Yoak, Miss Geraldine Kelley, all of Grantsville; brothers, Virgil Kelley of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Donald Kelley of Grantsville. Service will be 11 a.m. today at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with the Rev. Carroll McCauley officiating.

Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery. Mrs. Mary Baldwin ROCK CREEK-Mrs. Mary Baldwin, 69, of Rock Creek, Boone County, was dead on arrival Saturday at Boone Memorial Hospital, Madison after a sudden illness. Surviving: husband, Otto; sons, Samuel of Parkersburg, Harold of Oakland, daughters, Mrs.

JoAnn Nelson of Madison, Mrs. Sue Adler of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Sadie Depolo of Dallas, brothers, Arlie Atkins of Orange, John Atkins of South Charleston, M.E. "Buster" Atkins of Rock Creek; sisters, Mrs. Frances Dolin of Fayettevilie.

Mrs. Sue Miller of Buckhannon; 18 grandchildren; one great- grandchild. Service will be 1 p.m. Monday in Gospel Center Tabernacle, Madison, with the Rev. Earl Jordan officiating.

Burial will be in Atkins Cemetery, Rock Creek. Friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Handley Funeral Home, Danville. -Mrs.

Bessie Baldwin EAST GULF-Mrs. Bessie Baldwin, 75, East Gulf, Raleigh County, died Friday Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, after a long illness. Mrs. Baldwin had lived in East Gulf for forty years. Surviving: sons, Lloyd Edwards of Tipp Ohio, Terry Harold of East Gulf; daughters, Mrs.

Ruby Harold Mrs. Katherine Morgan, both of Rhodell, Mrs. Patty Justice of Besoco; brothers, Doss Greer of Southpoint, Ohio, Monnie Greer of Mullens, Reeves Greer of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Eva Osborne of Princeton, Mrs. Ola Blcvins of Chesapeake, Ohio, Mrs.

Ruth Creech of Ashland, Ky. Service will be 3 p.m. Monday in Melton Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Wayne Harris officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.

Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Henry Biggs MARLINTON-Henry Houston Biggs, 66, of Marlinton, died Saturday at home after a long illness. Mr. Biggs was a laborer.

Born in Summers County, he was a Presbyterian. Suriviving: daughters, Mrs. Demetria A. Moore of Marlinton, Mrs. Henrietta J.

Broylcs of Ronceverte; brothers, James and Wilson, both of Marlinton, Albert and John, both of Ansted, Paul of Cleveland, Ohio, Charles of Mount Hope; sister, Mrs. Grace Broyles of Marlinton; six grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in VanRe- enen Funeral Home. Marlinton, with the Rev.

Richard Newkirk and the Rev. Chuck Davis officiating. Burial will be in Mountainview Cemetery, Marlinton. Carl Branscome Carl Dexter Branscome. 74, of 300 Shephard South Charleston, died Saturday in Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, after a short illness.

Mr. Branscome, a retired coal miner, was a member of the UMWA. Surviving: wife, i a Cornelius Branscome; daughters, Mrs. Lorraine Pe- terscn, Mrs. Drema Preston, Mrs.

Sharon K. Cummings, all of Charleston, Mrs. Betty Jean Hennessy of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Carol Ruth Mandt of Dover, Mrs. Marilyn Sue Long of Parkersburg; son, Carl Ray Branscome of Fort Lauderdale.

sisters, Mrs. Juanita Durham and Mrs. Ruth Barton, both of Huntington; brothers. Ruben of Oak Ridge. Wade of Thurman, N.C.; 14 grandchildren.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. Mrs. Edna Burns CUNTONVILLE-Mrs. Edna Jean Rudd Burns, 43, of Clintonvilie.

died Saturday in West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, after a long illness. Born in Crawley. Greenbrier County, she lived most of her life in Clintonvilie. Mrs. Burns was a member of Sinking Creek Baptist Church near Williamsburg.

Surviving: husband, Herman; I Rudd of Clintonvilie. Johnny and Eddy Rudd, both of White Sulphur Springs, Wayne Perkins, Michael Perkins and Billy Perkins, all of White Sulphur Springs; father, Kelly Byers of Clintonvilie: one grandchild. Service will be Tuesday in Sinking Creek Baptist Church, near Williamsburg, with the Rev. Leroy Crane and the Rev. Delmas Beavers officiating.

Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonvilie. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today and Monday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Bessie Caslecl CRICHTON-Mrs. Bessie Leona Casteel, 67, of Crichton, Greenbrier County.

died Saturday in Greenbrier Valley Hospital, Fairlea, after a long illness. Mrs. Casteel attended Crichton Methodist Church. Surviving: husband, Arthur; daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Sedgwick of Clevland, Ohio; sonar; Fred and Arthur both of Carrol of Ohio; Junior Ray at home; sisters, Mrs.

Cora Dewitt of Friendsville. Mrs. Myrtle Uphold of Oakland, Mrs. Grace Uphold of Vienna, Mrs, Edna Rhodeheaver of Hazelton: brother, Robert Uphold of Hazelton; 12 grandchildren: two great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Houston Boothe officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clinton- vilie. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Kosie Cobb Rosie Violet Cobb, 78, of Charleston, Rt. 4, died Friday at home after a long illness. She attended the Kellys Creek Baptist Church. Surviving: sons, Calvin of Charleston, Robert or Page; daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Britton and Mailinda Dawson of Charleston; sisters, Mrs.

Pearl Karnes of St. Albans, Mrs. Delia Santrock of Nitro. Service will be 1 p.m. Monday in Kellys Creek Freewill Baptist Church, Sissonville, with the Rev.

Don McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Clark Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Cunningham Funeral Home.

Raymond Cogar BURNSVILLE-Raymond Cleveland Cogar, 85. of Burnsville, Braxton County, died Saturday in Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Weston, after a long illness. Mr. Cogar, a retire farmer, was a Methodist. Surviving: wife.

Ruth; daughters, Mrs. Twanda Ratliff of Burnsville, Mrs. Elizabeth Parmer of St. Marys, Mrs. Mary Jane Cutlip of Lorain, Ohio; sons, Richard R.

Cogar of Glenville, Thomas Lee Cogar of Groves, Ralph Edward Cogar of Dune, James D. Cogar, address unlisted; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Service will be 10 a.m. Monday in Stockert-Cutlip Funeral Home, Flatwood, with the Rev. Ronald Roberts officiating.

Burial will be in Vandalia Cemetery, Vandalia. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Laura Corbett SAN ANTONIO, Laura Gumm Corbett, 85, of San Antonio, formerly of Braxton County, W.

died Friday in a San Antonio hospital after a short illness. Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Mildred Stanley of San Antonio, Mrs. Florence Kribs of Orlando, sons, Charles Carbelt of San Antonio, Stanford Corbett of Centralia, W. brother, Willie Gumm of Clarksburg, W.

Va. Stockerl- Cutlip Funeral Home, Flatwoods, W. is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Martha Elkins LOGAN-Mrs.

Martha Virginia Elkins, 48, of Elkins, died Saturday in Guyan Valley Hospital, Logan, after a long illness. Mrs. Elkins was a member of Central United Baptist Church. Surviving: husband, Lando; son, Richard Neal Elkins at home: daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Slack of Logan; father, Sherman Isaacs of East Lynn; brothers.

Henry of Kenova, Edward of McConnell, Randolph of Dingess, William of Indiana, Wendell of Pritchard; sister, Mrs. Shirley Louise Benjamin of Columbus. Ohio; one grandchild. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in Central United Baptist Church.

Logan, with the Rev. Glen White officiating. Burial will be in Lucas Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at James Funeral Home, Logan.

The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service. Charles Egglcton Charles Franklin Eggleton, 66, of Scott Depot died Friday in the General Division of CAMC after a long illness. He was a pipefitter foreman retired from Union Carbide South Charleston. He was a member of the Scott Depot Senator Citizens Club and the Valley View Riding Club. Mr.

Eggleton, a lifelong resident of Putnam County was a deacon of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Surviving: wife, Ruth; son, Robert J. of Nitro: daughters. Mrs. Betty Kissick of Dayton, Ohio; brothers.

Paul and Lloyd of Scott Depot; sisters. Mrs. Ernestine Dannehl of Scott Depot. Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs.

Mabel Hawley and Mrs. Doris Arbaugh of St. Albans: three grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in Mount Vernon Baptist Church with the Rev.

E. Ted Wall officiating. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Chapman Funeral Home, Teays Valley.

The family suggests that memorials be made to the Mount Vernon Baptist Church building fund. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the funeral. Donald Gillespie CURTIN-Donald Dewey Gillespie, 70. of Curtin. Nicholas County, died Friday in Webster Memorial Hospital, Webster Springs, after a sudden illness.

Mr. Gillespie, a UMWA member, was a retired miner. He was a member of the Webster County Coonhunter's the Knights of Pythias and Gladeview United Methodist Church of Cowen, National Police and Firefighter's Assn. Mr. Gillespie was formerly the scoutmaster of Boy Scout troop in Curtin.

Surviving: wife, Eurlace Holcomb Gillespie; sons. Marion "Sonny'' Gillespie of Stockport, Ohio, Larry Gillespie of Cowen, Donald Gillespie Sherman Gillespie, both of Point Pleasant; daughters, Mrs. Mary L. Edsone of Camden-On-Gauley. Mrs.

Joyce Morrison of Cowen, Mrs. Terry Lynn Carpenter of New England, Mrs. Deanna Facemire of Charleston, Mrs. Barbara Bowman of Ararat, Mrs. Drema Sue Gillespie of Curtin; stepsons, Jacky Houchins of Salem, Ohio, James R.

Houchins of Gardendale, brother. Rex Gillespie of Curtin; sister, Mrs. Ruth Riley of Savannah, Ga. Service will be 2:30 p.m. Monday in Adams Funeral Home, Cowen.

with the Rev. Calvin McCutcheon officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Erbacon. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Robert Halloran Robert W. Halloran, 49, of 513 Butler was dead on arrival Friday at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Holloran, a rigger for the field construction department of Union Carbide's Institute a was killed Friday while at work. He was a Methodist and an Army veteran. Surviving: brother, Jesse of South Charleston', sister, Mrs.

Catherine Bryan of Borger, Tex. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston. Samuel Harford Sr.

BEAVER-Sarnuel Austin Harford 92, of Beaver, Raleigh County, died Saturday in Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley. after a long illness. Born in Hinton, Summers County, he was a Baptist. Surviving: sons, Farrell of St. Petersburg, Samuel Jr.

of Parkersburg, Phillip of Beaver: daughters, Mrs. Iva of a Ohio. Mrs. Mildred Cooper of St. Albans, Mrs.

Isabell Rascona of Beaver; sister, Miss Mabel Harford of Hinton; 16 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Monday in Rose- Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Victor Garlow and the Rev. Virgil Cook officiating.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. William McCarty William Elmo McCarty, 64. of Eskdale, died Saturday in the General Division of CAMC.

Mr. McCarty, a UMWA member, was a retired coal miner who last worked for Bethlehem steel Co. A resident of Cabin Creek for 44 years, he was a World War II veteran. Surviving: wife, Josephine; daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Massey of Eskdale; sons.

William McCarty of Tornado, Frank McCarty of Belle, John McCarty of Oxford. sisters. Mrs. Georgia Oiler. Mrs.

Ruth Stanley, both of Elkhart. brothers, Edgar, Robert, and John McCarty, all of Elkhart, Jay McCarty of Leewood; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday at Prvor Funeral Home. East Bank.

Henry Midkiff Henry W. Midkiff, 62, of 1500 Gallic died Saturday in the General Division of CAMC after a short illness. He was a lifelong resident of Charleston. Mr. Midkiff, a member of the Mountain Mission, was employed as a parking lot attendant by Frankenberger's Department Store.

Surviving: wife, Grace Manning Midkiff; daughters, Mrs. Raymond George, Mrs. Clyde Graham. Mrs. Delores McKinney, all of Charleston; sisters, Mrs.

Aretta McCallister and Mrs. Freda Beckett, both of St. Albans; brother, Bert Midkiff of Loudendale; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday in Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston, with the Rev.

John Legg officiating. Burial will be in Mount Joy Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Victor Murphy RAINELLE Victor Martin Murphy. 57, of Columbus. Ohio, formerly of Rupert and Mount Nebo, died last Wednesday in Columbus of a gunshot wound. A funeral home spokesman said the wound was self-inflicted. He was a service station attendant.

Surviving: son. James of Columbus; sisters, Mrs. Helen Hellems of Mount Nebo. Mrs. Faye Tyree of Summersville.

Mrs. Norma Dickson of Huntsville, Mrs. Maysel Griffith of Decatur, and Mrs. Minnie Godby of Fairlea: brothers. Glen of Summersville and Paul of Rupert.

Service will be at 2 p.m. today at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle. Burial will be in End of the Trail Ce- meterv, Clintonvilie. "Memorials of Distinction 1911" (ears Monument Company i i i i i i i Virginia Si. K.

al Clomlcnin Pit. VISIT THE SEARS OFFICE VOl feUn lM.il,. Klkui-v Hum, M.irlisffl 11.1'lrsMnl Wiliiam Sheaves RAINELLE-William Eugene "Buck" Sheaves. 63, of Rainelle, Greenbrier County, died Friday a', home of a heart attack. Mr.

Sheaves, a member of the First Baptist Church of Rainelle. was a locomotive engineer for the CO Railway. Surviving: wife, Pauline; daughter, Mrs. Janet Gadd of Alderson; brother. Rowe of Dawson: sisters, Mrs.

Thelma Bailey of Rainelle. Mrs. Gladys Landnim and Mrs. Theda Brinegar, both of Charleston. Mrs.

Letha Wyatt of Rockvile, Mrs. June Fink of Cincinnati, Ohio: twm grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Leroy Crane officiating.

Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonvilie. Friends may call after 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs.

Pansy Seldomridge HINTON Mrs. Pansy Seldomridge. 80, of Hinton died Friday in Hinton Hospital after a long illness. She had lived in Hinton for 60 years, and was a member of the Hinton Methodist Church, the Rebekah Lodge, the Neighborhood Flower Club, Chesapeake Lodge and Women's Society of Christian Service. Surviving: sons, Clarence of Arlington.

Paul of Newport News, daughters, Mrs. Wanda Harris of Ashland, Mrs. Roena Coins of Indianapolis, Ind. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in Hinton United Methodist with the Rev.

John Smith officiating.Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Forest Hill. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home, Hinton. Mrs. Sarah Shirey UNION-Mrs.

Sarah Elizabeth Shirey. 78, of Union died Saturday in Greenbrier Valley Hospital, Fairlea, after a long illness. She was a member of Fairview Christian Church near Union, a charter member of AAUW in St. Albans, the Eastern Star and the AARP. Surviving: husband, William B.

Shirey of Union; son, William M. Shirey Jr. of State College, daughters, Mrs. Elaine Robbins of Denton, Mrs. Lois Hankla of Abingdon, brothers.

A.E. Givensof Union, Elmer Givens of Hampton. sisters, Mrs. A.B. Shiflet of Union.

Service will be 3 p.m. Monday in Fairview Christian Church, Union, with the Rev. Billy Shiley and the Rev. Rick Morrison officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery, Union.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home. Union. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service. Mrs.

Orell Simmert CHICAGO, Orell Simmert, 56, of Chicago. 111., died Friday in a Chicago hospital after a long illness. There are no known survivors. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. today in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, with the Rev.

R.O. Juiden officiating. Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley. is in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Sovine NASHVILLE, Norma Searls Sovine, 57, of Nashville, formerly of Eleanor, Putnam County. W. Va. died Friday at home after an illness. Mrs.

Sovine was a graduate of Buffalo High School. Buffalo, W. Va. Surviving: husband, Withrow; father. Norman Searls of Buffalo, W.

sisters, Mrs. Georgia Johns of Buffalo, W. Mrs. Janice Braswell of Virginia Beach Mrs. Evelyn Zarbolias of Washington, D.C.

Service will be 11:30 a.m. Monday in Marshall-Donnally-Combs Funeral Home. Nashvile, Tenn. Burial will be in Nashville. Tenn.

Hayes Stover MOUNDSVILLE-Hayes F. Stover, 64, of Moundsville, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday in a Glen Dale hospital. He was a retired miner, a native of Boone County and a resident of Charleston for 20 years. Surviving: daughters. Mrs.

Ida Benchia of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. Helen Zengel of Charleston; son, Virgil of Charleston; half-brother, James of Charleston; 13 grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. today at White Gate Cemetery near Moundsville. Kirby Funeral Home, Moundsville, is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Maris Stowers Mrs Maris M. Stowers, 66, of 121 East Central Belle, died Saturday at home after a long illness. She was a former schoolteacher in Kanawha County, a native of Fayette County, and had lived in Belle for 36 years. Mrs.

Stowers was a member of the Montgomery Christian Church Surviving: husband. W. Lawrence btow- ers Sr son. W. Lawrence Jr.

of Washington. D.C.; sister. Mrs. Doris Hanna of Casselberry, one grandchild. Service will be 1:30 p.m.

Monday in Fidler and Frame Funeral Home. Belle, with the Rev. Robert Bryan officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery Memorial Park. Friends may call after 5 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Personal Attention ONTGOMERY MEMORIAL PARK LONDON. W.VA. ON Rf. 60 442-9212 OFFICE MONTGOMERY.

W.VA. 442-4601 Use Want Ads. Dial 348-4848 NOTICE TO LOT OWNERS OF MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL PARK Lot owners are asked to remove artificial flowers from lots and graves during the grass mowing season. Artificial flowers placed for Memorial Day must be removed by June 10th. This is to allow caretakers to cut the grass and take care of the graves.

MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL PARK London, West Virginia Check-A-Month! Check-A-Quarter! Check-A-Half! VARY YOUR INTEREST INCOME PAYMENTS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS OPTIONS S5.000 00 Check A- Month Check-A-Quarter Check-A-Half S10.000.00 Check-A-Month Check-A Quarter Check -A-Hall S20.000 00 Check-A-Monih Check-A-Quarter Check-A Hall 540.000.00 Check-A-Month Check A Quarter Check-A-Half 7 a Certificates Interest Payment 3239 97.81 197.53 19562 395.06 12957 391.24 790.12 25914 1.580.25 7 -4 year Certificates Interest Payment 31.34 9462 19104 6269 189.25 382.08 125.38 76416 250.76 757.00 1.52832 month Certificates Interest Payment 28.20 85.08 171.61 56.40 170.17 34323 112.31 340.33 686.46 225.62 680.66 1.372.91 Certificates Interest Payment 27.15 81.91 165.15 54.31 153.81 330.31 108.62 327.63 660.62 217.23 655.25 1,321.23 Golden 90 Passbook Interest 23.68 72.19 145.42 47.37 144.38 290.84 94.74 283.75 581.68 189.47 577.51 1,163.36 Regular Passbook Interest Payment 21.62 65.87 132.61 43.24 131.74 265.22 8648 263.48 530.44 172.96 1.06087 Minimum deposit of $5,000 required. A amounts are approximate with interest compounded daily. Substantial interest penalty for early withdrawal of certificates. 90 passbook account interest for the initial 90 days will be paid in a lump sum. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CHARLESTON P.O.

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