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J. C. Barber
Richlands, Virginia -- J. C. Barber. 67,
c ed January 14, 1990, in a Richlands.
Virginia hospital
Born in Twin Branch, he was the son of
Mrs Nora Mullins Barber. of Cottle, and
the late Edward Clay Barber.
He made his home in the Claypool Hill
area for the past 20 years and was re-
trred safety director of the Jewell Ridge
(Va./Coal Company.
He was a member of the Deep Creek
Baptist Church in Oakland, Maryland and
was a World War II U,S Navy veteran,
Barber was preceded in death by a sis-
ter Mrs George Perkins, and two broth-
ers James Barber and J. R. Barber.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs Garnet
Sneed Barber; a daughter, Mrs Nancy
Meadows of Oakland, Maryland; two
sons J C Barber, Jr.. of Beckley and
Edward Clay of Richlands Virginia; three
s~sters. Mrs. R. H Setlifl of Cottle, Mrs
Glen Koch and Mrs Olen Jones of Lewis-
burg; four brothers. E. W, Barber of
Wilmington. Delaware, R M. Barber of
Charleston. B. K Barber of Dickenson.
Texas and Dr J R Barber of Yorktown
Heights, New York: and six grandchil-
dren.
Services were at Hurst Scott Funeral
Chapel in Richlands with Reverend Ken-
neth M. Perkins officiating.
Graveside services were at Blue Ridge
Memorial Gardens in Beckley,
Margaret Evelyn Blair
Beckley -- Mrs Margaret Evelyn Blair,
97, forme+ry of Ronceverte, died January
14. 1990. at a Beckley nursing home fol-
lowing a short ~llness.
Born November 1892 at Boston. Massa-
chusetts. Mrs Blair was a lO-year resi-
dent ot Beckley and a member of the
Church of Incarnation at Ronceverte.
She was preceded m death by her hus-
band, Frank J. Blair and a daughter, Vir-
gin=a Lee.
Surv=vors include a son-in-law, John Lee
of Baltimore. Maryland; two granddaugh-
ters Ghaski Lee of Charleston and Alice
Lee el Lynn, Massachusetts; and a
grandson. Blair Lee of Beckley.
Services were at the Church of the Incar-
nation of Ronceverte with Reverend Grif-
hn Caltagnan officiating. Burial was in
End of "[he Trail Cemetery at Clintonville.
Arrangements were by Wallace and Wal-
lace Funeral Home in Lewisburg,
Robert W. Bowman
Sophia -- Robert W. Bowman, 71, died
January 11, 1990, n a Beckley hospital
following a long illness.
Born August 6, 19t8, at Pemberton, he
was the son of the late Tom Bowman
and Grace Shinault Bowman.
Mr Bowman was a member of the So-
phm First Baptist Chtjrch and was a re-
tired mine foreman for Eastern Associ-
ated Coal at Stotes6ury.
He was preceded in death by four broth-
ors and two sisters.
Survivors include his wife. Edith Burchett
Bowman. three sons, Robert Bowman, Jr
of Beckley, Larry Bowman of
Sharpsburg, Georgia and Ronny W.
Bowman of Becktey; a half-sister, Zinna
Morgarq ot Alderson: eight grandchildren
and three great+grandchildrenServices
were at Sophia First Baptist Church with
Reverends J+m Mundy and David Craft
officiating Entombment was in the Blue
Ridge Memorial Gardens at Prosperity,
William Cornwell
Ronceverte -- William Cornwell. 37,
died January 15, at home after a short
illness
He was a Ba ptnst.
Surviving. mother, Daphene Ellis
Cornwell of Ronceverte; son, William
Lincoln of Warrenton. Virginia; maternal
grandmother Myrtle Faye Hollins of
- Frankford
Service was at Wallace-Wallace Funeral
Home Ronceverte. with Reverend Youel
Altizer officiating Burial was in Mount
Vernon Cemetery, Frankford.
Gertrude Ellis
Lewlsburg Mrs Gertrude Ellis, 78,
died January 11 1990, in a Fairlea care
center following a long illness.
Mrs Ellis was a homemaker and a mem-
ber of the Mt Tabor Baptist Church in
Lewisburg.
She was preceded in death by her hus-
band, Oscar Ellis.
Services were at Mt. Tabor Baptist
Church in Lewisburg with Reverend War-
ren Lewis officiating. Burial was in Trails
End Cemetery at Clintonvi~le.
Arrangements were made by Jack K.
Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg.
Margaret P. Gilkeson
Rainelle Mrs Margaret Pearl
Gilkeson. 82, died January 15, m a
Fairlea hospital following a long illness.
Born November 2, 1907, in Greenbrier
County, she was the daughter of the late
Wilson and Betty Duncan Sims
Mrs Gilkeson was a member of the First
Baptist Church n Rainelle and was a
homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her hus-
band, Henry Gilkeson in 1978.
Surwvors include three daughters, Lucy
Pelf of Rainelte, Frances Cole of Coving-
ton, Virginia and Nancy Bowden of Fran-
klin, Virginia; a son, Lacy Gitkeson of
Chillicothe Ohio; a sister, Alma Gilbert of
Fairlea; 10 grandchildren, and five great-
grandchildren.
Services were at Wallace and Wallace
Funeral Home Chapel in Rainelle with
the Reverends Jack Stafford and Renal
Williams officiating. Entombment will be
in Wallace Memorial Mausoleum at Clin-
tonville.
John Grogan
Norristown, Pennsylvania -- John
Grogan, 81. formerly of Ronceverte died
January 12, 1990, in a Norristown, Penn-
sylvania hospital.
He was born April 16, 1908, in Brooklyn,
New York.
Survivors include his wife, Rosemary
Grogan; four daughters, Patricia Papan-
stasiou, Jaquline and Kelti Grogan, all of
Norristown, Pennsylvania, and Kathleen
Bennett o Powhaton, Virginia and a son,
Allan Clayton of Norristown. Pennsylva-
nia.
Funeral and Burial were at George
Washington Memorial Park in Plymouth
Meeting, Pennsylvania.
The family may be reached at 734 Haws
Avenue, Norristown Pennsylvania
19401.
This information was submitted by Wal-
lace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ron-
ceverte.
Ronald B. Hensley'lll
Collegeville, Pennsylvania Ronald
Bryan Hensley III, 7-mont~-old son of
Ronald B. and Joleen Berry Hensley II,
of Coll6geville, formerly of White Sulphur
Springs, died January 17, 1990. at
home.
Surviving: brother, Donald Ray Berry II at
home; sisters, Tbeo Elise Rutludge and
Hall Jo Hensley, both at home; paternal
grandmother. Patricia Hensley of White
Sulphur Springs; pate/'nal great-grand-
mother, Bernice Kline of Mullens; mater-
nal grandparents, Mr and Mrs Donald
Ray Berry of Picayune, Mississippi; ma-
ternal great-grandmother. Thee [.arson
of Picayune.
Service was at Whatceat United Method-
ist Church, White Sulphur Springs, with
Reverend Graham Robertson officiating.
Burial was in Mapledale Cemetery,
White Sulphur Springs. Arrangements
were made by Shanklin Funeral Home,
White Sulphur Springs.
Violet M. Holcomb
Alderson -- Mrs Violet Marie Holcomb.
67, died January 14, at her home follow-
ing a long illness.
Born January 1, 1923, in Gates, she was
the daughter of the late Andrew and
Christine Wickline Shires.
Mrs Holcomb was a lifelong resident of
Greenbrier and Monroe counties, mem-
ber of the Baptist faith, was a nurses
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aide at Greenbrier Manor Nursing Home
in Fairlea and was a homemaker.
Survivors include six daughters, Sheila
Austin of Union. Brenda Delatorre,
Rhonda Miller, Juanita Miller and Nora
Hanna, all of Alderson and Paula Fury of
White Sulphur Springs; three sons, Jerry
and James Holcomb. both of Alderson
and Charles Holcomb of Parman, Ohio;
three sisters, Margaret Flack of Wil-
liamsburg, Glenna Secor of Elkton,
Maryland and Dorothy Morgan of Ron-
ceverte; 26 grandchildren, and seven
great-grandchildren.
Services were at Longanacre Funeral
Home ir~ Fort Spring with Reverends
Frank Jones and Gene Allen officiating.
Arrangements were made by Longa-
nacre Funeral Home in Fort Spring.
Thelma W. Hutchison
Fairlea -- Mrs Thelma W. Hutchison, 82,
died January 15, in a Fairlea care center
following a long illness,
Born July 20, 1907, in Summers County,
she was the daughter of the late Clete
and Lillian Seldomridge and her adopted
father, Dr W. A. Wykle.
Mrs Hutchison was a 46-year resident of
Fairlea member of the Ronceverte Pres-
byterian Church and the Eastern Star
Lodge No. 108.
Survivors include her husband, O, Nell
Hutchison; two daughters, Phyllis H.
Withrow and Nancy Gay Ford, both of
Atlanta. Georgia; two sons, Richard N.
Hutchison of Denver, Indiana and Wil-
liam Hutchison of Sweet Springs; a sis-
ter, Vivian Faber of Midlothian, Virginia;
12 grandchildren, and nine great-grand
children.
Services were at Ronceverte Presbyte-
rian Church with Reverend Weston
Guthrie officiating Burial was in Rose-
wood Cemetery n Lewisburg Grand-
sons served as pallbearers.
Arrangements were by Wallace and Wal-
lace Funeral Home in Ronceverte.
Bertha May McClung
Leslie- Mrs Bertha May McClung, 90,
died of natural causes January 16. 1990.
in an Oak Hilt hospital.
Born May 9, 1990, nn Olive Hill, Ken-
tucky, she was the daughter of the late
Ezekiel and Louvina Henderson Jones.
Mrs McClung was a member of the Orin
Church of God and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her first
husband, William Harvey Jones; second
husband, Elmer B. McClung and two
sons, Eugene and Charles Jones
Survivors include four daughters, Aline
Oney of Norwalk, Ohio, Audra Th-
ompson of Renick, Pauline Watkins of
Sluloh, Ohio and Christine Pitsenbarger,
address unknown; three sons, Lacy
Jones of Crawley, Claude Jones of
Leslie and William Jones of Knightstown,
ndiana 26 grandchildren 46 great-
grandchildren, and three great-great-
grandchildren.
Services were at Jack K Wallace Fu-
neral Home Chapel in Lewisburg with
Reverend Jim Anderson officiating. Bur-
ial was in Rosewood Cemetery at Lewis-
burg.
Nellie J. Mick
Ronceverte -- Mrs Nellie J Mick, 102,
died January 12, 1990. at a Roanoke,
Virginia hospital following a long illness.
Born January 31, 188-7 in Upshur
County, she was the daughter of the late
William and Mary Harper.
Mrs Mick was a 12-year resident of Ron-
ceverte, formerly of Clarksburg and Flor-
ida and a graduate of Fairmont State and
Salem College. She was a former
teacher, having taught in Upshur and
Harrison Counties. She was a member
of the Trinity United Methodist Church in
Ronceverte, a charter and lifetime mem-
ber of the United Methodist Women, a
member of the Clarksburg Womans
Club, a member of the Christian Temper-
ance Union, and an honorary member of
the Ronceverte Womens Club and the
Roncevert~ Garden Club.
She was 15receded in death by her hus-
band, R, C. Mick in 1963.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Jo-
seph (Lois) Fry of Ronceverte; a grand-
son, Dr Andrew Fry of Las Vegas, Ne-
vada and a great-grandson.
Graveslde service was held at Rock
Cave with Reverend Mark Flynn officiat-
ing.
Arrangements were made by Wallace
and Wallace Funeral Home in Roncev-
erie.
Ella May Myles
Roanoke, Virginia Mrs Ella May
Myies, 91, formerly of Green Sulphur
Springs, died January 11, 1990 in
Friendship Manor, Roanoke, after a long
tllness.
She was a homemaker and a member of
Edgemont Presbyterian Church..
Surviving: daughter, Virginia Bekl of
Roanoke, son, John of Clifton Forge,
three grandchildren; six great-grandchil-
dren.
Service was at Jack K. Wallace Funeral
Home, Lewisburg, with Reverend William
Harris officiating. Burial was in Rose-
wood Cemetery, Lewisburg.
Frances Lee Moore
White Sulphur Springs -- Mrs Frances
Lee Allen Moore, 66, died January 14,
1990, at Humana Hospital Greenbrier
Valley, Faidea, after a long illness.
She was a member of the First Presbyte-
rian Church, Wh!te Sulphur Springs, and
White Sulphur Springs Woman's Club.
Surviving: husband, Dallas N.; daugh-
tars, Mrs Michael Spence of Rolla, Mis-
souri and Mrs Allen Baird of Clifton
Forge, Virginia; sister, Mrs Madeline Ste-
wart of Cleveland, Ohio; four grandchil-
dren.
Service was at First Presbyterian
Church, White Sulphur Springs, with
Reverend Ben E. Gurley officiating. Bur-
ial was in Greenbrier Memorial Gardens,
Lewisburg.Arrangements were made by
Shanklin Funeral Home, White Sulphur
Springs.
Timothy Dale O'Brien
Seattle, Washington -- Timothy Dale
O'Brien, 31, formerly of White Sulphur
Springs, died January 11, 1990 at his
home following a short illness.
Born July 31, 1958 in White Sulphur
Springs, he was the son of Betty O'Brien
Ellison of White Sulphur Springs and the
late Pat O'Brien.
Mr O'Brien was a 1976 graduate of
Greenbrier High School at Fairlea, a
graduate of West Virginia University, and
was a law student at Washington State
University in Seattle, Washington.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Small
O'Brien, a brother, Patrick E. O'Brien of
White Sulphur Springs; two sisters, Linda
Jones of Roanoke, Virginia and Terri
O'Brien of Blacksburg, Virginia; paternal
grandmother, Lorena O'Brien of Roncev-
erie, and maternal grandmother, Mary
Church of White Sulphur Springs.
Services were at Shanklin Funeral Home
Chapel in White Sulphur Springs. Burial
was in Hillcrest Cemetery in White
Sulphur Springs.
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Colon J. Pitsenbarger ^.. Clendenin -- Raymond Lee Y|
Rainelle -- Colon J. Pitsenbarger, b~, died January 16, 1990, in Gel
died January 14, 1990, in Humana Hos- sion, Charleston Area
pital Greenbrier Valley, Fairlea, after a
short illness.
He attended Sewell Valley Baptist
Church. He was a retired coal miner.
Surviving: Irene Clinedell Pitsenbarger,
daughter, Jill Walker of Kingsport, Ten-
nessee; son, Jack of Wayne, Michigan;
mother, Rosey Dorset Pitsenbarger of
Rainelle, brother, Harrel of Federatsburg,
Maryland; six grandchildren.
Service was at Wallace-Wallace Funeral
Home, Rainelle, with Reverend J. d. Sur-
bautgh and Reverend Jim Yearego offici-
ating. Entombment was in Wallace Me-
morial Mausoleum, Clintonville.
Oscar Stacey
Lewisburg " Oscar Stacey, 88, form-
eroly of Renick, died January 15, 1990,
in a Faidea hospital following a long ill-
ness.
Born November 27, 1901, in Greenbrier
County, he was the son of the late Adam
and Arminta Baldwin Stacey.
Mr Stacey was a member of the Lewis-
burg United methodist Church, was a re-
tired timberman and farmer and was for-
merly employed by the Meadow River
Lumber Company of aainelle.
Survivors include his wife, Madeline
Dolan Stacey; a daughter, Jolene Kidd of
Alderson; two sisters, Madge Brackman
of Maryland and Bessie Momson of Den-
mar; two grandchioldren, Dale Kidd and
Dawn Ormsdee, both of Staunton, Vir-
ginia and three great-grandchildren.
Service was at Lobban Funeral HOme
Chapel in Atderson with Reverend
Homer D. Stewart officiating. Burial was
in Alderson Cemetery. Pallbearers will
be John Bostic, Charles Lobban, Perry
Utterback, H. R. McVey Jr., Willis
Humphreys and Jeff Bostic.
Edna Mae Vance
Frank -- Mrs Edna Mae Vance, 62, died
January 15, 1990, in an Elkins hospital
after a long.illness.
Surviving: son, Donald of Frank; sisters,
Ade Blake, Ruth Markley, Pearl Louk
and Lois Bennett, all of Ohio, Flossie
Morgan of Elkins, Violet Hoover of Bar-
tow, Donna Roberts of North Carolina,
Bessie Bosiet, address unknown.
Service was at Wallace-Wallace Funeral
Home, Arbovale, with Reverends Gene
Kirby and David Whitenhouse officiating.
Burial was in Arbevale Cemetery.
Blanche Williams
Lewlaburg -- Miss Blanche H. Williams,
86, died January 18, 1990, in Humana
Hospital Greenbrier Valley, Fairlea, after
a long illness.
She was a member of John Wesley
United Methodist Church and Women ot
the Church.
Surviving sister, Rosie Monroe Williams
of Lewisburg; several nieces and neph-
ews.
Arrangements were made by McCraw
Funeral Home, Lewisburg,
after a long illness.
He was born at Falling
retired
Surviving: daughter, Kay
denin; sons, Junior Ray and
Clendenin; sister, Ruby
Clendenin.
Service was at Matics
Home, Clendenin, with Vi
officiating. Burial was i
Cemetery, Fallinq Rock.
Williamsburg
Legal Council
School
"None of us want our
close. Everyone of us are
country and we're
liamsburg School. It would
closing our community if
our school." So said Pat
a special meeting at Willi!
Schools January 19.
"The gymnasium was
could easily say there
100 concerned
there. Each person
to say their say. Wayne
was our moderator.
Wallace attended the
was impressed with the
ducted ourselves," Mrs
said.
The Greenbrier County
Education will vote Februa
the possible closing of Willi,
Junior High School along
junior highs at Crichton
The Board cites
and reduced revenues as i
son for the proposed
"We're seeking legal
Mrs Wickline said,
encountering some
ting a lawyer locally. We
to go outside the county in
get help." "
There are 47 junior high
at Williamsburg. The
originally in 1921. The
ture was built in 1951.
Fields Family
The family of the late
Fields wishes to express
tude for the kind words of
agement, cards, flowers,
food and visits during their
bereavement: May God
bless all of you.
Harry W. Fields,
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