SHINNSTON
[WV] NEWS
Retrieved and copied by Nanci Headley
Kotowski.
FRENCH.
Charles Lewis French, 78, former Shinnston merchant, died of paralysis
Monday at the home of Mrs. Florence Riddle in Northview, where he roomed. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice
French of Akron, Ohio; two sons, Alonzo, of Morgantown and Frank, address
unknown; three daughters, Mrs. Kate Holliday of Fairmont; Mrs. John G. Reese,
Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Edna Yost of Akron.
HAUN.
Charles Milton Haun, 72, a veteran office employe[e] of the
Consolidation Coal company, died at 7:55 o'clock Tuesday in a Clarksburg
hospital, following an illness of four months.
The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon at the First Baptist Church, Shinnston, with Rev. Henry R. High,
pastor of the Market Street Methodist Church, Fairmont, officiating. He will be assisted in the service by Rev.
H. U. Thompson, pastor of the Shinnston First Baptist Church and Rev. John
McHenry, pastor of the Enterprise Methodist Church. Interment will be made in the Shinnston Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Haun was employed as office clerk at
mine No. 38, Barnstown, prior to his death. He had served in the same capacity
at various locations for the company over a period of 42 years.
He was born March 12, 1867, at Catawba,
Marion county, a son of Dallas C. and Lavina Swisher Haun. He was married October 12, 1933 to Miss Eva
Radabaugh of this city, who survives.
He joined the Catawba Methodist church
early in life and later was teacher of the Adult Bible Class of the Methodist
Church at the I. O. O. F. lodge at Fairmont.
Surviving in addition to his widow are his
stepmother, Mrs. Geo. Haun of Catawba, and the following brothers and
sisters: George C. Haun, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Marcus P. Haun, Kansas City, Mo.; Warren M. Haun, Everson; Thomas, Worth
and Clarence Haun, Catawba; Mrs. Charles W. Osborne and Mrs. James W. Rockwell,
Warrenburg, Mo.; Mrs. William Billingham, Fairmont; Mrs. John Kyser, Jordan and
Mrs. Ernest Pyles, Catawba.
HENDERSON.
Mrs. Virginia Henderson, 77, died December 26, 1939, at her home in East
Shinnston of paralysis. The funeral was
held last Thursday at Harmony Grove Baptist church, followed by interment in
the cemetery there.
She was the widow of J. B. Henderson and
they were former residents of the Harmony Grove community. She was a daughter of Nelson and Mary
Watkins Rector and was born March 21, 1862 in Harrison county.
Surviving are two brothers, Elmore Rector
of near Meadowbrook and George Rector of East Shinnston.
HENDERSON.
Mrs. Virginia Rector Henderson who died December 26, 1939, at her home
in East Shinnston, was born March 21, 1862 in Harrison county a daughter of
Nelson and Mary A. Watkins Rector. She
was the paternal granddaughter of John and Rebecca Slocum Rector who were
pioneer settlers on Sugar Run, a branch of Booth's Creek.
Mrs. Henderson spent all of her early
womanhood at the home of her parents during their lifetime. They lived near the home where the grand
parent [sic] had located a number of years ago. "Jennie," as she was familiarly known by her friends
and associates in early life, was cheerful, sympathetic and willing to
administer to those stricken with illness or age.
After marrying Bert Henderson they lived at
Harmony Grove community, Taylor county. Soon after Mr. Henderson's death she
came to East Shinnston where she lived her last days. Services were held at the
Baptist church at Harmony Grove with interment in the church cemetery.
Surviving are two brothers, Elmore Rector
of Meadowbrook and George Rector of East Shinnston.
A Friend.
ROBEY.
Sandra Marlene Robey, 10 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Robey, died Friday morning at an Elkins hospital, of asthma and
bronchitis. The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at the home in Pleasant Hill addition, conducted by Rev. P. Z.
Musgrave, pastor of the First Methodist church. Besides the parents, the child is survived by a twin sister and
two brothers.
SPADAFORE.
Funeral services for Anthony Spadafore, 21, who died
at 4 o'clock Sunday
morning at an
Elkins hospital, were held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Ann's Church,
followed by burial at the Masonic cemetery.
He was a son of John and Rose Nuoto [sic]
Spadafore of Willard, and was born January 17, 1918 at Wyatt. He had been employed the last four years as
check-weighman for the coal company at Willard.
Surviving besides the parents are the following
brothers and sisters: Joseph, Lawrence,
Jimmie, Frank, John, Jr., Mary, Daisy Virginia, Flora, Norma Spadafore and Mrs.
James Monderine and Mrs. Zerl Price, all of Willard community.
WILSON.
Amos Clifford Wilson, 41, died December 28, 1939, at the home of a
brother in law, Paul Cheuvront, on Cunningham's Run. Funeral services were conducted at the home of a brother, Rolly
Wilson at Norwood, Clarksburg, and interment took place at Cherry Camp Run.
He was born Feb. 22, 1898 at Bristol and
was a son of Mrs. Inne [sic] Harter Wilson and the late General Wilson. Surviving besides his mother and his wife,
are five children, William Walter, Kenneth Clifford, Joan Carol, Phyllis and
Earl Wilson, and one sister, Mrs. Grace Wetzel, of Norwood.
LOWE.
Albert Wesley Lowe, a resident of the Oakdale community for a number of
years, died January 4, 1940, in the home of a son in law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Jackson, near Fairview. He
was 79. Funeral services were held in
the Jackson home at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and final rites were held in
the Oakdale U. B. church, of which he was a member, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment took place at Oakdale.
Mr. Lowe was born September 3, 1860. He was twice married, his first wife having
been Arzona [sic] Norris, and to them were born seven children, two of whom
survive, Mrs. G. W. Jackson and Mrs. Lee Hayhurst of Oakdale. Marian Higgins was his second wife, and one
of their three children survives, Mrs. Roy Ayers of Jane Lew. A number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren survive. Mrs. George
Winemiller of Lumberport and Mrs. J. W. Talkington of Clarksburg are sisters.
OGDEN.
Services for Mrs. Emma Ogden who died Thursda[y] night at her home in
Akron, Ohio, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Romine funeral home
in Clarksburg, followed by interment at Shinnston Masonic cemetery. She was the wife of W. E. Ogden of
Clarksburg. Surviving besides the
husband are two sons, Carroll W. and Walter Ogden, both of Akron; two
daughters, Mrs. Edith Hawkins of Gary, Indiana, and Mildred Ogden at home; and
four grandchildren.
TETRICK.
Sylvanus M. Tetrick died January 7, 1940, in the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Maude Jones of Big Run. Funeral
services were held at the Jones residence at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. L. N. Wilfong, and interment was made at the Tetrick
cemetery.
The deceased was born August 19, 1858 on
Big Run. He was a retired farmer of
that vicinity where he spent his entire life, and was the last member of a
family of 13 children.
Mr. Tetrick was twice married, his first
wife being Elizabeth Martin, whom he married in 1890, and to them were born
three children, Ray Tetrick of Enterprise; Mrs. C. L. Richardson of Shinnston,
and Mrs. Maude Jones of Big Run. Nine
grandchildren are living. In September, 1920, he was united in marriage to Mary
M. Price Hall, who survives.
BARTLETT.
John Bartlett, 70, died at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tuesday,
according to word received by Miss Beatrice Jarrett, a sister-in-law. No details were given, and it is supposed he
died suddenly. The funeral and burial
took place there Wednesday.
Mr. Bartlett, a brother of C. M. Bartlett
and a former wel[l] known citizen of this community, had been a resident of
Tulsa for 30 years, going there with his bride, the former Theressa [sic]
Jarrett, a daughter of Lemuel Jarrett and the late Mrs. Jarrett. For some years
after going west he was employed in the oil fields but later was employed by the
Hugh Stone company.
Besides his widow he leaves three children,
namely, Dana, who works for an oil company;
Eugene, employed
in the furniture department of a department store, and Maxine, wife of
William
Boyles. Mr. and Mrs. Boyles have one
child.
He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mont.
Bartlett.
JOHNSON.
James Allen Johnson, 68, died January 16, 1940, at his home on
Cunningham's Run, following a long illness of asthma. The funeral took place at the home of a son Guy Johnson of
Lambert's Run, and burial took place at Clarksburg.
He was a son of Sidney and Mamie Carder
Johnson and was a former employe[e] of the Hazel-Atlas Glass company at
Clarksburg. Surviving besides the
widow, Mrs. Sarah Windon Johnson, are three sons, Ira, of Cunningham's Run;
Guy, of Lambert's Run, and Stanley, address unknown; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl
Ingram, Clarksburg, Mrs. Artha [sic] Bell, Jane Lew; and two brothers, John
Johnson, Wilsonburg, and Hamilton Johnson of Texas.
KNOX.
John M. Knox, 70, one of the county's best known citizens, died of a
gall bladder [sic] infection at 11 o'clock January 11, 1940, at a Clarksburg
hospital. Services were conducted
Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m. at the home of a son in law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy F. Ash, 155 West Pike street, Clarksburg, with the Rev. E. W.
Bloomquist, pastor of the Clarksburg Baptist church officiating. Interment took place in Masonic cemetery,
Shinnston.
Mr. Knox was born at Shinnston October 26,
1869. Since the death of his wife, the
former Ella Martin, whom he married May 3, 1893, he has resided much of the
time with Mr. and Mrs. Ash. He served
two terms as deputy sheriff under John M. Flanigan and the late Jack Fleming
from 1901 to 1909 and one term as city treasurer of Clarksburg starting in
1911. In 1920 he engaged in the oil
business in Texas and return[ed] to Clarksburg after his wife's death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ash of
Clarksburg and Mrs. W. K. Hyer, of Eastland, Texas; one son, Frank Knox of
Boston, Mass[.]; two brothers, Charles and James N. Knox, of Santa Monica, California, and 11
grandchildren. A son, John Knox, Jr.,
died about a year ago following an accident in Texas.
MARTIN.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Martin, 95, died January 14, 1940, at her home near
Monongah. She was born December 5, 1845, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Riley
of Taylor county. She is survived by
two sons, George Martin, Monongah and Harrison Martin, Fairmont; a daughter,
Mrs. Cora Jackson of Annabelle; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Robbins of Annabelle;
Mrs. Sue Cochran of Minnesota, and Mrs. Margaret Newbrough of Harmony Grove.
CURREY.
Robert Lee, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Seyward Currey, died at 5:30 p.
m. Tuesday. The child was born Monday morning at 9:15. The funeral and burial took place Wednesday.
MORRISON.
Charles Craig Morrison, 51, died at 5:25 p. m. Tuesday at his home, 1207
Nineteenth street, Northview, of complications after a year's illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Barnes
Memorial Church, Northview, and interment will be made in Shinnston Masonic
cemetery.
Mr. Morrison served 13 years as a yard
foreman for the Hartland planing mill at Clarksburg. He was born December 24, 1888 on Skin Creek and was a son of
Gideon Hall Morrison and Elizabeth Florence Simmons Morrison.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lizzie Del
Rae Poynter; a son, John Hall Morrison, chief operator at the Shinnston state
police radio station; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones, 2219 Hamil
avenue, Clarksburg, and Miss Loretta Rae Morrison, at home; four brothers,
Jacob, of Crawford; George and Stewart, Detroit, Mich., and Manley, of
Parkersburg; and five sisters, Mrs. Ella Waggner, Jane Lew; Mrs. Lucy Hall,
Mrs. Susan Simmons, Jane Lew; Mrs. Lillie Riffle, Cleveland, W. Va., and Mrs.
Edna Kessler, Weston.
RILEY.
Dr. Fred W. Burnett received word a few days ago of the death of Walter
G. Riley, 71, at Gary, Indiana, who passed away Jan. 5. Mr. Riley, a native of Barbour county and a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Riley, opened the first jewelry store in Gary in
1907 just after the town had been laid out.
Dr. Burnett accompanied him to the new town and says as they walked up
the unpaved streets, sand was over shoe-top deep.
The deceased leaves a younger brother, Roscoe
Riley, who has been a jeweler at Wellington, Kansas for about 25 years. The two brothers were in the jewelry
business at Philippi before going west.
SHINN.
Funeral services for Mrs. May Shinn, 74, widow of Ernest Shinn were held
Sunday
afternoon at
Weston, followed by interment at Macpelah cemetery there. Mrs. Shinn died January 18, 1940, at
Cleveland, Ohio.
She was born in Weston April 14, 1865, a
daughter of Leonidas and Olive Swisher Smith. She was married at the First
Methodist Protestant church in Pittsburgh on December 31, 1906, to Ernest Shinn
of Shinnston. Following their marriage
they lived in Weston for a time and then moved to Texas where Mr. Shinn was
engaged in the insurance, oil, gas and real estate business. Later they moved to Washington, D. C., but
after a few years there [sic] returned to Texas. Mr. Shinn died at Borger, Texas, last year, and since that time
his widow had made her home with her only brother, R. Thomas Smith of Cleveland,
Ohio.
HIGINBOTHAM.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen V. Higinbotham, 88, who died January 26,
1940, at the home of a son, C. H. Higinbotham on Rebecca street, will be held
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in the the chapel at Woodlawn cemetery, Fairmont. Rev. H. U. Thompson, pastor of the Shinnston
Baptist Church, will officiate.
Interment will be made at Woodlawn cemetery.
Mrs. Higinbotham was the widow of Charles
H. Higinbotham of Fairmont, who died 30 years ago. He was an employe[e] of the Consolidation Coal company and had
served as mayor of Palatine.
She was born at Harpers Ferry May 28, 1852,
a daughter of Patrick and Katherine Welch Roach. Following the death of her husband she made her home for 21 years
with a son, Robert Higinbotham, of Jacksonville, Florida, then a resident of
Pittsburgh. For the past ten years she
had lived here with her son C. Harry Higinbotham, superintendent of the Owings
mine of the Consolidation Coal company.
In addition to the two sons mentioned she leaves another son, Joseph
Higinbotham of Fairmont, also four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mrs. Higinbotham was a member of the
Methodist church and was a woman of amiable christian character.
ROBINSON.
Funeral services for James Richard Robinson, 55, division superintendent
of buildings and rents for the Consolidation Coal company, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at his home, 57 JoHarry street, Fairmont. Services
were conducted by the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of that city, and St. Johns Lodge No.
24, A. F. and A. M. of Shinnston had charge of the rites at the grave. Interment was at Masonic cemetery here. The pallbearers were C. L. Hawkins, H. H. Hawkins, E. W. Berlin,
J. M. Weekley, C. E. Hennen and C. E. Johnson of Fairmont, Chester W. Jones, Paul
S. Harmer and S. B. Davis of Shinnston.
Mr. Robinson died at 12:15 p. m. January
25, 1940 at his home after a short illness. He had not been in the best of
health some time but his illness did not become serious until Sunday before he
died, when he suffered a heart attack.
He was born in 1885 in Shinnston, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Robinson. After
graduating from high school and completing a business course at the Mt. State
Business college in Parkersburg, he entered the employe [sic] of the U. S.
Express company and was stationed first at Wheeling and later at New
Martinsville. However, he soon resigned
from this position and entered the contracting and building business in
Shinnston, in which work he was very successful for several years. He then entered the employe [sic] of the
Consolidation Coal company in a responsible capacity, remaining with that
concern until his death.
The deceased is survived by his widow, the
former Miss Edna Frei [sic] of New Martinsville, and two children, Edward
Robinson of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Mary Louise Robinson Hadsell, wife of William
Hadsell of Wheeling. He also leaves a
sister, Mrs. Martha Knox, wife of James N. Knox of Santa Monica, California.
During his 13 years residence in Fairmont,
Mr. Robinson had been active in affairs of that community. He was a member of the First Presbyterian
church and last year served as president of the congregation. He had served as a member of the board of
trustees.
He was a member of St. Johns Lodge, No. 24,
A. F. and A. M. and of the Scottish Rite bodies including the 32nd degree.
THOMPSON.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 o'clock p. m. in the
home for Mrs.
Mandora Harbert
Thompson, 76, wife of George W. Thompson of Enterprise, who died Saturday evening
at 7:10 o'clock at her home. The Rev.
John A. McHenry, pastor of the Enterprise
church,officiated,
assisted by the Rev. George Stratton of the Bridgeport Methodist
church. Interment was made in the K. of P. cemetery
at Enterprise.
Mrs. Thompson was a member of the United
Brethren church. She was born April 26,
1863, a daughter of Benjamin W. and Margaret Moore Harbert of Robinson's Run.
She is survived by her husband, and two
children, Homer S., of Homestead, Pa. and Mrs. Arna Robinson, wife of Rev. L.
G. Robinson of Wyatt; also three brothers and two sisters, Jeremiah and Nathan
Harbert of Shinnston; Jacob Harbert of Shinn's Run; Mrs. Mary Ice, Shinnston,
and Mrs. Ella Ogden, Enterprise.
WEAVER.
Edmond, Okla., Jan. 20, 1940.
Editor News: Here is a clipping out of the Edmond Sun of W. M. Weaver's
death. He has relatives and friends who
read your paper and do not know of his death.
Ten years ago last August I went to West
Virginia to be with him. Last fall Mr.
and Mrs. Weaver went back and spent about one month with his brothers and
sisters. I have heard Mrs. Weaver say
since his death how thankful she was they went last fall.
The clipping says he will be missed by the
city and church. He certainly will by
the church, as he and his wife both have spent much time and money accordingly
the past years I have known them for the building up of the church work. They were our best friends and we will
surely miss their evening visits. Just
a few Sundays ago we had them out for dinner and we enjoyed their visit so much
that day we could hardly let them go home, but Mr. Weaver said "[w]e must go. It will soon be church time." They never missed a service if able to
go. He died of lobar pneumonia and only
lived about five days after taking it.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hawker
Obituary of W. M. Weaver
W. M. Weaver, son of James and Margaret
Weaver, was born near Morgantown, West Virginia, September 23, 1864; after a
short illness he departed this life at the Wesley hospital in Oklahoma City,
Thursday, January 11, 1940, aged 75 years, 3 months and 18 days.
After growing to manhood the deceased came
West and located at Whiting, Kansas in the year 1888. Here he met and married Mary R. Bender, in the year 1898. And here they continued to reside on a farm
for three years and then removed to a farm eight miles Northeast of Edmond, in
the Bethel neighborhood, where they remained for 15 years. In 1916 the deceased and his wife moved to
the City of Edmond, where he entered into the grocery business for several
years. Mr. Weaver took an active
interest in all civic matters, and served as a member of the City Council for
six years.
Mr. Weaver was a devoted member of the
Methodist church having been converted and united with that church about the
year 1890, and at the time of his death was a consistent and active member of
the Methodist church of Edmond, and gave much of his time to advance the
interests of the church.
Mr. Weaver was a jovial and kind man, well
liked by all who knew him. He left
surviving him his wife, Mary R. Weaver, two brothers, B. J. and Charles Weaver,
of Walkersville, West Virginia, one sister, Mrs. W. J. Cunningham of Roanoke,
West Virginia, and a host of friends, all of whom mourn his passing.
EDWARDS.
Mrs. Juanita Edwards, 26, wife of Lloyd Edwards of Enterprise, died
February 6, 1940 in a Clarksburg hospital.
Services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Enterprise
Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. E. C. Jones of Fairmont and interment
will be at the Odd Fellows cemetery in Enterprise.
She was the daughter of Benjamin and Iva
Murphy Brown of Enterprise, who survive, besides the husband and three
children, Lloyd, Jr., Edgar Dale and Alice Louise. Also seven brothers, Thomas, Jack, Robert, Calvin, James, Junior
and Raymond Brown all of Enterprise.
KNOX.
Miss Beatrice Jarrett Wednesday morning received a telegram from Santa
Monica, California, announcing the death of Mrs. Myrtle Knox, wife of Charles
Knox at 6 o'clock a. m. February 7, 1940.
Later in the day Miss Willia [sic] M. Lowe received a message stating
the funeral would be held there Friday.
Mrs. Knox had been near death for several
days, having been stricken with paralysis several weeks ago. She was born and reared in Shinnston, a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Montimer [sic] Curtis Jarrett. Her mother was before her marriage Miss
Alzina Martin. The two families, with
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Knox and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Randall moved to Santa Monica,
Calif., about 30 years ago.
Deceased is survived by her husband and two
children, Glenn Knox of Santa Monica and Stanley Knox of Venice, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Randall, Ocean Park,
Calif., and
a brother, Ralph
Jarrett, of Riverside, Calif.
Plans were made by Mr. and Mrs. Knox a few months ago to celebrate
their 50th wedding anniversary, but shortly before the date of the celebration
she was stricken and had continued to decline until her death. With her husband and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Knox
she visited Shinnston about three years ago.
PAINTER.
Matthew Painter, father of Mrs. E. C. Wisser, died at 11 o'clock last
night at his home in Coulter, Pennsylvania, according to a message received
here. Mrs. Wisser yesterday evening
received word of her father's serious condition and with Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Gerard left immediately for Coulter.
The death mes[s]age was received by Mr. Wisser a half hour later.
TETRICK.
Worth S. Tetrick, 53, well known nurseryman, died at 11:45 o'clock a. m.
February 3, 1940 at his home at Midway, between Shinnston and Enterprise. A sudden heart attack was the cause of
death.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m.
Monday at St. James Methodist Church, Enterprise, conducted by the Rev. John A.
McHenry, the pastor[,] and interment took place at the Odd Fellows cemetery
there.
Mr. Tetrick had conducted a nursery at
Midway the last 12 years. He was a
landscape architect of unusual ability and some of the most beautiful gardens
of the community are the result of his skill and taste in designing. One of his more recent accomplishments in
this line was the arrangement and planting of shrubbery on the grounds of the
state police headquarters here.
He was born January 28, 1887, at
Enterprise, a son of Luther B. and Sarah Jane Hardesty Tetrick. He married Miss Nannie Beryl McIntyre, a
daughter of James F. and Ida M. Coon McIntyre, also of Enterprise, on November
21, 1908. His father was the first
postmaster at Enterprise and was a merchant there.
Mr. Tetrick opened a greenhouse in
Enterprise in 1914 and several years later sold out and moved to Morgantown
where he resided for about a year.
Returning to this community, he purchased land and opened the nursery at
Midway.
Surviving besides his wife is a son, James
L. Tetrick, who recently became a member of the firm of W. S. Tetrick &
Son, a daughter, Mrs. Helene Irene Rice and a grand daughter [sic], Joan Lee
Tetrick.
HARBERT.
A piece of bone from a pork chop lodging in her throat while she was
eating dinner Saturday evening caused the death Tuesday afternoon at a
Clarksburg hospital of Mrs. Blanche Harbert, of Lumberport. An operation was performed for removal of
the bone.
She was the wife of Chester Harbert, an
employe[e] of the Hope Natural Gas company, and was a daughter of Marshall and
Safrona Shreve Pigott of Bingamon.
Surviving besides the husband is a brother, Tallie Pigott of Oakpoint,
Bingamon.
PAINTER.
Matthew Painter, 83, father of Mrs. E. C. (Ted) Wisser of this city, died
at his home in Coulter, Pa., February 7, 1940.
The funeral was held Friday afternoon at the family home and burial took
place there.
Mr. Painter, whose wife died about three
years ago, had resided with two sons, Alfred and John Painter in Coulter. Besides these two sons and the daughter,
Mrs. Wisser, he leaves another son,
Charles Painter
of McKeesport, Pa.
Mrs. Wisser and daughter, Mrs. Allen
Gerrard and Mr. Gerrard were on their way to Coulter when Mr. Painter
died. Mr. Wisser and their other
daughter, Miss Betty went there Friday for the funeral.
SITNEK and
NEUBERGER. James Sitnek, 23, who had been studying
mining at mines of the Katherine Coal Mining Company at Lumberport the past
year, was killed Sunday afternoon in an airplane crash at Raleigh, N. C. He and Joseph Neuberger, 33, of Freeland,
Pa., were on their way from Philadelphia to Florida and were attempting to land
their plane at the Raleigh airport when it crashed. Both were killed.
Young Sitnek was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Sitnek of Philadelphia. His
father is president of the Katherine Coal Mining Co.
Sitnek was a frequent visitor in
Shinnston. He was a recent graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania.
CATHER.
Russell Cather, 25, Gypsy coal miner, was killed Saturday night when he
was struck in a hit-run accident near Meadowbrook. Arden Silcott, 30, of Zeising, was held pending investigation.
The body of Cather was not found until 11
o'clock Sunday. He was a step son of
Frank Fratto and was employed at the Laura Lee mines and is survived by his
widow and one step child.
CRISS.
John Frank Criss, 81, died at 10 o'clock February 18, 1940, at his home
on Laurel Run. He was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Criss, and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Criss,
three sons and one daughter, Ira and Carl Criss of near Shinnston; Harry E.
Criss of Fairmont and Mrs. Wheeler Martin.
Also two brothers, Charles and James Criss.
Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock
Tuesday at the Baptist church in Lumberport, with interment at Shinnston
Masonic cemetery.
STURM.
James B. Sturm, 83, of Sturm's Mill, died February 17, 1940, at Cook
hospital, Fairmont. Funeral services
were held Monday at 1 p. m. at the
residence, followed by interment at the Odd Fellows cemetery at Enterprise.
Mr. Sturm was a son of Jacob B. and
Isabelle Fowler Sturm. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Sturm; one son, Howard Sturm of Little Bingamon;
three brothers and one sister, Harry Sturm of Sturm's Mill, George W. Sturm of
West Milford, Jesse B. Sturm of Enterprise and Mrs. W. C. Basnett of
Worthington.
BARTLETT.
The News has just learned that a serious injury to Gene Bartlett, son of
John A. Bartlett, caused the sudden heart attack which caused the death of the
latter at Tulsa, Oklahoma a few weeks ago.
Bartlett was a native of Shinnston, going to Oklahoma 33 years ago.
Clippings from Tulsa papers, received by
Miss Beatrice Jarrett, sister of Mrs. John Bartlett, tell of the accident to
the young man and also of the death of the father. Under the heading, "Accident Victim Lies Near Death," a
newspaper article says:
"Gene H. Bartlett, 24 years old, 217
North Elwood, lay near death in Mercy Hospital Sunday night from pelvic and
internal injuries suffered in a crash at 4126 Sapulpa road early Saturday night
which also injured his companion seriously.
"Bartlett's condition, not considered
critical when he first was examined at the hospital, became worse Sunday and an
operation was necessary.
"His companion, Everett Ray Isbell, 24
years old, 1210 South Cheyenne, driver of the automobile, was still in serious
condition Sunday night from fractures of the jaws, broken collar bones and
several facial lacerations.
"The accident occurred on the curve
leading from Red Fork to Crystal City park, when the car driven by Isbell
swerved off the left side of the highway and skidded sidewise into the front of
an automobile containing Mrs. Myrla Robinson, 5428 South 33rd West avenue. Mrs. Robinson was treated for minor injuries
and released from Morningside hospital.
"Investigating Officers R. D. Staley
and Paul Livingston said charges of reckless driving would be filed against
Isbell as a result of the accident."
Another clipping from the same paper of a
later date said:
"John A. Bartlett, 69 years old, died
in a Tulsa hospital Tuesday morning of a heart ailment aggravated by news of
the serious injury in an automobile accident December 29 of his son, Gene
Bartlett.
"The son, in Mercy hospital, was not
informed of his father's death.
Bartlett's companion in the automobile crash, Everett Ray Isbell, died
January 2.
"Bartlett was a native of Shinnston,
W. Va., coming to Tulsa 33 years ago.
He was employed by the Standard Paving company.
"Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at the Winterringer Funeral Home chapel, with Rev. W. H.
Murphy, Jr., pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park.
"Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Theresa
Bartlett, another son, Dana J. Bartlett, both at home, 217 North Elwood, and a
daughter, Mrs. Maxine Virginia Boyer, 212 East Haskell."
Miss Jarrett says a letter from her sister
states that Gene is back home now and is getting better.
After the
operation he developed pneumonia and his life was despaired of for a time.
Gene Bartlett visited here with his mother
about seven years ago and many local people
met him at the
time. Mrs. Bartlett is in a state of
near collapse, due to the shock of her husband's death and the serious
condition of her son.
DAVIS.
Ellen Margaret Davis, 10, died at a Fairmont hospital Wednesday morning
from burns received Saturday. The child
was standing near an open fireplace at her home in Monongah when her clothing
ignited. She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Davis.
The body was removed from the Harmer
funeral home this morning to the home of Lawrence Shreve at Hepzibah where
funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, followed by interment at Marshville.
LOMBARDY.
Mrs. Filimana Lombardy, 76, died February 26, 1940, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Romeo. Funeral
services were held at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday at St. Anne's church, with burial
at Masonic cemetery.
She is survived by three sons, Jack, of
Wheeling; James, of New York City, and Frank, also of New York; two daughters,
Mrs. Romeo and Mrs. Rosina Rossone, both of Shinnston.
BOSTIC.
Josiah L. Bostic, son of Mrs. Mary Parrish Bostic of this place, died
Sunday night at his home, 163 Grant street, Clarksburg. The funeral was held Tuesday at the Bartlett
funeral home in Bridgeport, with interment at Masonic cemetery there. He was born Apr. 4, 1884 in
Jackson county. His wife, Hallie Marie Stout, died in 1922.
Surviving besides his mother are two sons, Robert L. Bostic of
Clarksburg and Bland Bostic of Akron, Ohio; three brothers, Eldridge Bostic of
Clarksburg; Basil and Carl Bostic of Enterprise; seven sisters, Mrs. Belle
Woodson, of Barberton, Ohio; Mrs. Nick Vernon, of Hutchinson; Mrs. Laura
Tennant, of White Rock; Mrs. Faye Scott, Gypsy; Mrs. John Craig and Mrs. Ethel
Parsons, of Enterprise; Mrs. John Campbell of Worthington; five grandchildren
and five step grandchildren.
COBURN.
Funeral services for George Burgess Coburn, 89, retired Consolidation
Coal company mine foreman, who died at 2:15 o'clock Mar. 2, 1940, were held at
2 o'clock Sunday at the residence in Everson, with Rev. Clyde J. Wright
officiating. Interment took place at
the Odd Fellows cemetery in Enterprise.
Mr. Coburn was born March 8, 1851 at
Stevenstone, Aryshire, Scotland, a son of Lawrence and Jessie Burns
Coburn. His mother was a relative of
the Scotch poet, Robert Burns. He came to this county in 1864 and settled at
Newburg, where he married Miss Ludia [sic] Grimes. He moved to Hoult and later to Everson, where he was employed by
the Clark Brothers Coal company as foreman in 1892.
After the death of his first wife, he
married Catherine Virginia Dell who survives and moved to Kentucky where he
worked 47 years as a mine foreman, after which he returned to Everson.
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. John Anderson, of
Clarksburg; Mrs. Elizabeth Satterfield, Enterprise; Mrs. Peal Patton, Everson;
Mrs. Effie Lee, Fairmont; Mrs. Mattie Davis, Worthington; and Milton Coburn,
Rivesville. There are 16 grandchildren,
11 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren
STEWART.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock today at the home in
Enterprise for James Tetrick Stewart, 32, game warden of Harrison county who
died at a Clarksburg hospital at 5:15 o'clock March 5, 1940. Rev. John A. McHenry, pastor of the
Enterprise Methodist church, will officiate.
Interment will be at the Enterprise Odd Fellows cemetery.
Pallbearers as announced are: Chief Deputy Game Warden, Prentice Farley of
Morgantown; Deputy Game Wardens Scotty Harris, Everett Price, Clay Messenger,
Richard Prickett, Grover Mills and Joseph Powell.
Mr. Stewart had been in failing health the
last three years, although his condition became serious only recently, and he
was admitted to the hospital Feb. 25.
He was a former athlete and student at
Fairmont State college and West Virginia university. He resided with his mother, Mrs. Mabel Tetrick Stewart in
Enterprise. His father, Charles E.
Stewart, a well known business man of Enterprise, died in 1928.
Mr. Stewart was born July 17, 1907. He was a graduate of Shinnston high
school. He was appointed game warden in
1932.
WEBB.
Mrs. Louisa Webb, 82, wife of George W. Webb of Quaker Fork, died
Sunday. Funeral and burial took place
at Wallace Tuesday.
She
is survived by her husband and four children, Goff, of
Buckhannon; Arthur, of
Grangeville;
Mrs. Mary Swiger of Dola and Mrs. Lela Bennett of Big Elk.
There will be a good many hap- [No
conclusion of this obituary located in newspaper edition.]
MULLALLY.
Word was received in Shinnston Wednesday evening of the death of Miss
Nan Mullally in New York City. She died
Tuesday after a brief illness of pneumonia.
The funeral will take place there Friday.
Miss Mullally, a teacher in St. Joseph's
Scho[o]l for the Deaf, was for many years a resident of Shinnston, having made
her home with her brother, the Rev. Father P. A. Mullally, former pastor of St.
Ann's church. She had booked passage
for Ireland to visit her father and was preparing to sail when stricken
ill. Her mother died recently in
Ireland.
A sister, Mrs. Clark Lundell, resides in
New York.
NUZUM. Funeral services for Meshack Nuzum, 87, Shinnston's oldest
citizen, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the First Baptist
church, conducted by the Rev. D. L. Whitener, pastor of the Lumberport Baptist church
and assisted by Rev. H. U. Thompson, local pastor and Rev. Robert McCoy, of the
Hepzibah church. Burial will take place
in Masonic cemetery. Pallbearers
announced are George D. Brent, Dennis Jaynes, Edward Coplin, Arthur Heldreth,
Frank Burnett and Delbert Currey.
Mr. Nuzum died at his home in East
Shinnston Tuesday night, March 12, 1940, after an illness of several
weeks. He had been a resident of
Shinnston for 21 years, moving here with his family from a farm near
Adamsville, where he had spent the greater part of his life.
Born August 31, 1852, he was a son of Perry
and Sarah Jane Webb Nuzum. He was
married March 29, 1877 to Sarah Jane Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Smith of Coon's Run. His wife preceded him in death just one year [sic].
The following children survive: Smith Nuzum, Adamsville; Perry Nuzum, at
home; Mrs. Lawrence Swiger, Shinnston; Mrs. Lelia Sapp, Charleston; Mrs. G.
Fleet Parsons and Mrs. Leslie Vincent, Shinnston.
TALKINGTON.
Funeral services for S. Austin Talkington, 59, who died Saturday morning
as a result of an accident at the du Pont plant at Spelter, were held Monday at
2 o'clock p. m. at the residence on Pike street. The Rev. Fred Miller, pastor of the Christian church at Mt.
Ranier, Md., a former pastor of the local Christian church, officiated. Burial
took place at Masonic cemetery.
The pallbearers were George Frederick,
Harold Jarrett and James Vassar, Shinnston; Samuel Lorea, C. A. Weckler and C.
R. Swick, Zeising.
Mr. Talkington, a widely known and highly
respected citizen of Shinnston, received an accidental injury to his head at
the du Pont plant Friday and his death occurred early the following morning at
a Clarksburg hospital. He had resided
in Shinnston the last 40 years and had worked at the plant for 25 years.
Born at Stringtown March 23, 1881, he was a
son of Levi and Sarah Elizabeth White Talkington. In 1907 he became a member of the Shinnston Christian church
during the pastorate of the Rev. W. M. Long.
The deceased is survived by his widow, the
former Miss Rose Shingleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Shingleton, and
one daughter, Miss Sara Talkington, a teacher in Washington Irving high school
at Clarksburg. Also six brothers and
one sister, namely: Martin Talkington, Washington, D. C.; J. A. Talkington, D. C. Talkington, Ira
Talkington, Everett Talkington, all of Alva; Timothy Talkington, of Lancaster,
Ohio, and Mrs. O. V. Lemasters, of Jacksonburg.
ASHCRAFT.
Mrs. Priscilla Jackson Ashcraft, 54, former well known woman of Wyatt,
died at 5:30 o'clock Sunday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Palmer, in East Grafton road, Fairmont.
She had been ill the past five months, and went to the home of her
daughter to reside last December.
Funeral services were held at the Wyatt Methodist
church at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. L. G. Robinson, and interment took place
at the Odd Fellows cemetery there. The
Pallbearers were
William P. Williams, B. F. O'Dell, Homer A. Palmer, Earl C. Moore and B.
Martin.
Mrs. Ashcraft was born April 14, 1886, at
Smithfield, a daughter of John J. and Lydia Ann Jackson. On June 11, 1906, she married A. C. Ashcraft
in New Martinsville, who died in August, 1932.
She was active in church and club affairs
at Wyatt for many years. Surviving
besides the daughter are a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Brewer of Smithfield, and
three [sic] brothers, E. T. Jackson, Smithfield; Lindsay Jackson, R. 3,
Wallace, Walter and Noah Jackson, of California.
BOCK.
Funeral services for John A. Bock, 91, venerable Marion county resident,
who died at 8:50 o'clock Tuesday night at his home in Farmington, will be held
at 2 p. m. Friday in the Farmington
Methodist
church. Burial will be in the Shinnston
Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Bock was born near Worthington February
17, 1849, and was a son of Harrison and Elizabeth Floyd Bock. He married Miss Wilda Short of Shinnston,
who died several years ago. Two
children were born to the union, John Lynde [sic] Bock of Farmington and Mrs.
Hazel Lee, wife of Scott Lee of Jamaica, N. Y.
DEEM.
James Sheridan, 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Deem[,] died
Monday morning at Lucas Mills. The
funeral and burial will take place today with interment at Masonic cemetery.
DeLUCA.
Services for Joseph DeLuca, 60, a retired miner, who died at 11:30
o'clock Wednesday morning at his home in Northview, will be held at 2:30 p. m.
Saturday at the home, 1936 Gould avenue.
Interment will be at Holy Cross cemetery, Clarksburg.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary
DeLuca, who was the widow of Pete Aragone of Shinnston and six children by his
first wife. Anthony and John DeLuca,
sons, are both former star athletes at Victory high school.
EVERSON.
The funeral of Miss Lulu Gay Everson, 17, daughter of Cleveland and
Minnie Miller Everson of Robinson's Run, who died at 4:3 [sic] Wednesday
morning, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the home, with interment at Masonic
cemetery. She was born August 7, 1922
at Clarksburg. The parents, two
brothers and one sister survive.
HENDERSON.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home of
a grandson, Oscar Frum of Shinnston for Samuel W. Henderson, 72, who died
Sunday morning at his home in Enterprise.
He was a former employe[e] of the
Consolidation Coal company, and was born June 13, 1867 in Pennsylvania. His widow, Mrs. Sallie Gordon Henderson is
the only survivor.
MARTIN.
Funeral services for Fred A. Martin, late postmaster at Enterprise, will
be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon at the home.
Interment will be at the Odd Fellows cemetery there.
In the death of Fred Alva Martin, 69, who
passed away at six o'clock March 27, 1940, Enterprise loses one of its best
known and most highly respected citizens.
Mr. Martin's condition had been serious ever since he was stricken
["with a heart ailment while at work in his store, where he kept the post
office, on March 5th"] several weeks ago, when members of his family were
called to his bedside.
By reason of his position as postmaster and
storekeeper he was known to most everyone in the community. He had been a man of unusually good health
and was regularly found at his post of duty where his kindness and
accommodating manner will long be remembered by his neighbors.
Mr. Martin was also active in church and lodge
work, having been a regular attendant at the Methodist church and a charter
member of Enterprise Lodge No. 209, I. O. O. F. in
which he was an
official for the greater part of his membership.
He was born in Hancock county, Illinois,
September 21, 1870, a son of George W. and Mahalia Martin, natives of Marion
county, W. Va. His parents returned to
West Virginia when he was a small boy and located at Pine Bluff.
He was married to Miss Hattie Harrison,
daughter of the late W. R. and Louisa Lucas Harrison of Enterprise on October
3, 1897. She is a [sister] of Arch D.
Harrison of Enterprise and Dr. Charles R. Harrison of Clarksburg.
Mr. Martin was a member of the Christian church but there being
no church of that
denomination in
his community, he attended the Methodist church.
He is survived by his widow and the
following children: Miss Helen Martin,
teacher in the schools in Weirton; Mrs. Betty Fisher, wife of Hunter L. Fisher,
201 Euclid avenue, Clarksburg; Mrs. Harriett Lorentz, wife of Barlett Lorentz,
Enterprise; Mrs. Mary Gene Crawford, wife of Thomas Crawford of Baltimore, Md.,
and Miss Fredrica Martin, at home. One brother survives, Tod [sic] E. Martin,
of Loveland, Ohio.
STURM.
Services for Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Sturm, 69, wife of L. R. Sturm, who
died at 4 o'clock Tuesday at her home near Enterprise will be held at the
residence at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. O. F. Nease, pastor of the Freemansburg Methodist church, and a
former pastor at Enterprise, will officiate.
Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Enterprise.
Mrs. Sturm was born May 14, 1870, on
Teverbaugh, a daughter of Thornton and Dora Shore Nutter. She was married 47 years ago to L. R. Sturm,
a leading farmer and citizen of the Enterprise community, who survives. Twelve children were born to the union,
eight of whom are living, namely:
Gail Sturm, Point Pleasant; Paul Sturm,
Phoenix, Arizona; Wilbur Sturm, Point Pleasant; Philip Sturm, at home; Mrs.
Thurman (Loraine) Lane, Enterprise; Mrs. Earl (Mary) Nutter, East Shinnston;
Mrs. Richard (Louise) Clise, Enterprise; and Miss Doris Sturm, teacher in the
Enterprise school. There are twelve
grandchildren. Dr. R. B. Nutter of
Enterprise is an only brother.
ANDERSON. Funeral services for Ira B. Anderson, 64, well known citizen of
Cunningham's Run, who died early Tuesday morning, will be held at 2:3[0]
o'clock this afternoon at the Union church in Wyatt, and burial will be at the
Odd Fellows cemetery there.
Mr. Anderson was a son of the late Marcene
J. Anderson and Sarah Crowl Anderson and was born in Marion county August 22,
1875. He resided for many years at
Wyatt, later moving to his farm on Cunningham's Run. His father was a merchant at Wyatt many years ago, and also owned
a large farm which was sold to the Consolidation Coal company prior to the
opening of the mines there more than twenty years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie J.
Anderson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Looman of Oakdale; two
children, Vance Anderson and Mrs. Otis Boggess, both of Cunningham's Run, and
one brother, George L. Anderson, a former deputy county clerk, now a resident
of La Grange, Oregon. There are five
grandchildren.
BROWN.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Righter left last night for Massachusetts to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Righter's mother, Mrs. Brown, which will be held
there today.
Her death occurred Monday in Florida,
following an operation for goitre [sic].
The News was unable to learn further details last night.
HARBERT.
Mrs. Martha Sprout Harbert, 86, died March 28, 1940, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Bice of Gypsy, where she had resided 30 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at
the residence, in charge of Rev. L. G. Robinson. Burial was at Masonic cemetery.
Her husband, John Clement Harbert, died in
1910. George Sprout of Haywood is a
brother.
HAUGHT.
Mrs. Catherine Williams Haught, 78, mother of Mrs. Raymond Barrick of
this city, died at her home in Fairview at about 1:30 o'clock p. m.
Saturday. She was a life long resident
of that community and a member of the Church of Christ for many years. The funeral and burial took place Tuesday.
Mrs. Haught is survived by her husband, B.
Frank Haught and by eight children, namely, Miss Louise Haught and Mrs. Frank
J. Yost of Fairview; Mrs. Barrick, Shinnston; J. A. Haught, Boothsville;
Thomas, Azra, Milford and Wilford Haught, all of Fairview.
Three brothers and a sister also survive,
namely, Timothy Williams, Los Angeles, Calif.; Michael Williams and James
Williams, both of Daybrook and Mrs. Eunice May Tuttle of Beulah. She leaves 34 grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren.
HAWKER.
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Hawker, 90, who passed away at 1
o'clock a.m., March 31, 1940, at the home of her son in law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. M. W. Ogden, 303 Third street, Fairmont, were held at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in the First Methodist Church, Shinnston, with the Rev.
Denver C. Pickens, pastor of the First Methodist Church,
Fairmont[,]
officiating, assisted by Rev. Musgrave,
pastor of the Shinnston church. A
short service
was held at the home at 1:30 o'clock before the funeral party left for this
city.
Interment took place at Masonic
cemetery. There were many beautiful
flowers. The pallbearers were Wayne
Hawker, Marlin Hawker, Leland Ogden, Guy Hawker, Argyl Hess and Wayman
Robinson.
The Fairmont Times of Monday gives the
following sketch of her life:
Mrs. Hawker, who was the widow of Thomas
Hawker of Shinnston, had been residing in the Ogden home the last nine years
and was a beloved member of the household.
Her husband, who was a prominent business man of his community and
president of the Farmers Bank of Shinnston, died about ten years ago.
Mrs. Hawker won the title of the
"ideal mother" a year or more ago in connection with a Mother's day
feature when several state papers carried her picture with a story which told
of her outstanding motherly qualities.
Her picture denotes a noble face and countenance with true motherly
instincts.
The deceased was the mother of five
children, two of whom are living, Mrs. Stella Nutter, of Carleton street, and
Mrs. Lelia Ogden, with whom she resided.
Three sons are deceased, Homer, Leslie and Dallie Hawker. Leslie Hawker, who was a hardware merchant
in Shinnston many years, was killed in an automobile accident several years
ago. Homer Hawker also was a business
man of Shinnston, and Dallas Hawker resided in Colorado several years before he
passed away.
The grandchildren are Leland Ogden, Julia
and Ardis Nutter, of Fairmont; Mrs. Avis Bittinger, of Oakland, Md.; Josephine,
Wayne and Marlin Hawker of Shinnston; Max Hawker, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs.
Enid Shumaker, Mrs. Virginia Brown, Jane and Thomas Hawker, of Colorado
Springs, Colo. There are several great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Hawker was a daughter of Robert Mason
and Rebecca Robinson Mason. She was
born in Harrison county, then Virginia, December 20, 1849. Her marriage to Mr. Hawker took place
September 27, 1874. They lived for many
years in Shinnston and were quite active in church, civic and community
affairs.
Mrs. Hawker had a keen mind and good
eyesight up until the end, and she read the daily newspapers and periodicals
regularly, keeping in touch with all topics of the day. She delighted in conversing with her family
and friends, and although she had been confined to her room the great part of
the last year or more because of physical ailment, her interest never
waned in her home surroundings or in local, state or national affairs.
On her 90th birthday anniversary last
December a delightful party was held in the Ogden home in her honor, and about
30 or more of the families of her early associates and companions from the
Bingamon community spent the evening with her.
Several members of a choir of which she was a former member came to the
party and sang several favorite numbers.
Mrs. Hawker derived great enjoyment from this party.
The deceased had many lovable traits of
character, and she was the object of much attention and
devotion in her
declining years by her children and their families, as well as many friends and
relatives. She was a devout member of
the Methodist church in Shinnston.
The deceased leaves a sister, Mrs. E. M.
Hess, of Peora, Harrison county.
BAYLY.
The funeral of Mrs. Arrena Bayly, 83, who died April 6, 1940 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wyatt in West
Shinnston, was held at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the Hepzibah, Taylor county,
Baptist church, conducted by Rev. H. U. Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Shinnston. Burial was at the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Bayly was the widow of William Pierce
Bayly, of Meadland, who died in 1916.
She was born May 21, 1856, a daughter of Silah H. and Mary McElfresh
Stark of Taylor county. She was a member of the Bridgeport Baptist church,
having transferred her membership in 1916 from the Hepzibah church.
Surviving are the following children: Mrs. W. C. Wyatt and Mrs. Allie Southern, of
Shinnston; Mrs. John Duckworth, Fairmont; Mrs. Carl Myer, Rockford, Ill.; and
Grover H. Bayly of Weston. Two brothers
and one sister also survive, namely:
Neuman Stark of Gowanda, N. Y.; Cleon Stark of Collins, N. Y., and Mrs.
Ida Cropp , of Menomenie, Wis. There are three grandchildren.
BRANNON.
The five months old son of Wilson and Theda Spring Brannon died Sunday
at the family home in South Shinnston.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the home, conducted by
the Rev. P. Z. Musgrave and interment was at Masonic cemetery.
DALBY.
Robert W. Dalby, 65, retired paymaster in the U. S. Navy Yard at
Charleston, South Carolina, died at a hospital in that city April 8, 1940,
following a long illness of complications.
He was for many years a resident of Shinnston and an office clerk for
the Consolidated Coal company at the old Solon mine before going to the
southern city.
Regular funeral services having been held
at Charleston, the service here was brief. [T]he pallbearers were C. H.
Higinbotham, A. E. Vassar, S. B. Davis, Q. M. Carder, H. T. Harmer and George
Riffee.
Mr. Dalby was born at Oxford, N. C., a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Judson Dalby. Before
coming to Shinnston more than forty years ago, he was a clerk in the bureau of
the census in Washington. He was a
member of the Masonic fraternity and the Baptist church at Charleston.
He married Miss Claribell Janes, a daughter
of Henry F. Janes and Harriet Shore Janes. She is a sister of James A. Janes,
Shinnston street commissioner.
Surviving is his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Hartwell Johnson,
Washington, D. C., wife of the secretary to Sumner Welles; Miss Mary Dalby, a
junior high school teacher in Charleston; his mother, Mrs. Ella Dalby, who has
made her home with the family, and a grandson.
The funeral was held at 3 p. m. Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Edna R. Smith on Main St., conducted by the Rev. H. U.
Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist church, and interment was at Masonic
cemetery.
MacPHERSON.
Misses Cleva and Jessie Lee Smith, Emma Lee Rose, Lucille Madill and
Willis Core attended the funeral Saturday in Johnstown, Pa., of Mrs. Zearle
MacPherson, 29, whose death occurred at a hospital there on April 3. Mrs. MacPherson was the former Betty Jean
Williams, who graduated from Shinnston high school in 1927. She was the mother of a daughter, Diana,
born at the hospital March 23. She was
planning to leave the hospital when a sudden heart attack claimed her. Surviving besides the infant child is her
husband who holds a position in the census bureau at Washington, D. C., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Williams, two sisters and a brother, all of Johnstown, and her grandmother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Madill of Shinnston.
ADAMS.
Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Adams, 61, who died April 22, at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Rose at Owings, were held at 10 o'clock this
morning at the residence. Rev. P. Z.
Musgrave, pastor of the First
Methodist church was in charge.
Interment at Masonic cemetery.
Mrs. Adams was born in Hungary and was the
widow of John Adams who died four years ago. She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Alex Dauch of Shinnston and Mrs. Willie Potter of
Harrisville.
ATHA.
Martin Grant Atha, a former mail carrier and retired poultryman of Mannington, Route 2, died last week at a Clarksburg hospital of pneumonia. The funeral was held Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
at the Margaret church and interment was at the Hawker cemetery.
Mr. Atha was born near Mannington May 26,
1869, a son of Elisha and Luverna Jane Fetty Atha. He was married in 1896 to Matilda Jane Morris, who survives, with
their five children: Virginia Atha,
Goldman Atha, Esta, wife of Clayton Pigott, all of Mannington; Flo, wife of
Francis Metz, Clarksburg, and Stanley D. Atha, of Managus, Nicaragua, Central
America.
Also surviving are Mrs. Flo Brooks, Elk
Grove, Calif., a sister, and four brothers, Homer Atha of Bridgeport; Wesley
Atha of Grafton; A. A. Atha of Fairmont, and Glenn Atha of Farmington.
RUTTER.
John William Rutter, 69, died April 21, 1940, at the home of a son, John
Rutter of Lucas Mill. Funeral services
were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the home, conducted by Rev. P. Z. Musgrave of
First Methodist church and interment followed at Masonic cemetery.
He was a native of Ohio, born October 29,
1870, and is survived by his widow, one son, John, and one daughter, Mrs.
Flossie Shreve of Sistersville.
Four brothers and
three
sisters also
survive, George Rutter, Owings; Burton Rutter, of Gypsy; Clinton Rutter, of Duffy,
O.; Forrest Rutter, Middlebourne; Mrs.
Stella Sellers, Paden City; Mrs. Martha
Crawford, Duffy,
Ohio, and Mrs. Belle Birch, Warren, Ohio.
SHINN.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock today at the home on
Shinn's Run for Mrs.
Savilla
Shinn, 84, who died April 23, 1940 at her home. The Rev. P. Z. Musgrave, pastor of the First Methodist church,
will be in charge, and burial will follow at Masonic cemetery.
Mrs. Shinn, one of the most widely known
and respected women of the community, had been in declining health since
January, when she fell against a fire place in her home and was seriously
burned. Recently she received a broken
hip in a fall, which is believed to have hastened her death.
She was the widow of Albert A. Shinn, a
leading farmer, who has been dead a number of years. She was very active prior to her last illness and it was nothing
uncommon for her to walk to town from her home three miles or more from
Shinnston. Deceased was born in
Shinnston February 26, 1856, a daughter of Eli and Susan Bossler Koon.
The house in which Mrs. Shinn was born, on
upper Walnut street, now occupied by A. Kerzock, was still owned by her at the
time of her death. As a small child she
experienced the excitement caused in the community by the Jones raid during the
Civil War and often told how she hid herself in fear of the marchers. She was an unusually intelligent and well
informed woman, and one of the most active members of the community for one of
her age.
She was a frequent caller at the News
office, where her visits were always welcome because of her cheerfulness and
her interest in affairs generally. She
could recall all the important events in the history of Shinnston from the time
it was a very small village.
Five children survive, namely: Mrs. Tessie Martin, Mrs. Jack Wilkinson,
Harry Shinn and Miss Mary Shinn, all of Shinn's Run and Seymour Shinn of
Clarksburg.
RIBLETT.
Mrs. Mary Frances Riblett, 79, died at 4:45 April 26, 1940 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Riblett on Charles street. She had been ill the past two years. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday afternoon at the
First Methodist church, conducted by Rev. P. Z. Musgrave, and interment was at
Masonic cemetery.
The deceased was born October 4, 1860, at
Lexington, Mo., the daughter of Bennett B. and Martha Grimes Johnson. The family moved to Morgantown, W. Va., when
she was a small girl and in 1880 they moved to Shinnston, where Mrs. Riblett's
father carried the mail between Shinnston and Fairmont. He died in 1901 and her mother passed away
13 years later.
On August 31, 1884, she married George J.
Riblett, Jr., who died June 3, 1914.
The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Aaron Vincent, a Methodist
minister. Mrs. Riblett had resided with
her brother in law and sister in law since two years after the death of her
husband. She was a member of the
Methodist church at Morgantown since 1878.
James Riblett is also a brother of her late husband.
STURM.
Funeral services for Arthur Melvin Sturm, 75, retired dairyman and
farmer of Enterprise, whose death occurred at 2:30 p. m. April 26, 1940, at his
home, were held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the residence. The Rev. John A. McKendry, pastor of the
Methodist church there, officiated, and burial was at the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mr. Sturm, one of the leading citizens of
his community, was born December 6, 1865, a son of John Fletcher Sturm and
Harriet Harrison Sturm. He married Miss
Ida Hardesty, daughter of John H. and Mariah Hardesty, in 1889. She died October 25, 1930.
He was elected justice of the peace of Clay
district in 1912 and in 1918 and 1924 was elected as member of the board of
education. He was a member of the
Shinnston Christian church.
Surviving are three children, Mrs. J. H.
Colebank, wife of the coach at Fairmont State college; Glenn B. Sturm, both of
Enterprise, and Joseph A. Sturm of Morgantown.
Three brothers and two sisters also survive, John J. and Lucius R.
Sturm, both of Enterprise; Charles D. Sturm, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Dora
Richardson of Shinnston, and Mrs. Homer Ice, of Enterprise. The late
P. C. Sturm of Clarksburg was a brother.
DAVIS.
Fred Alfred Davis, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Davis of Long Run, died
May 2, 1940, at a Fairmont hospital, from injuries received while at play at
the Long Run school. The funeral was held Saturday.
STILES.
I. Alburn Stiles, 67, a farmer of Long Run, died May 1, 1940, at a
Clarksburg
hospital
after a long illness of Bright's disease.
The funeral was held
at 2 p. m. Saturday in the U. B. church at Long Run and interment took
place at Enterprise I.O.O.F. cemetery.