Compiled by Nanci Kotowski
JANUARY 6. 1944 ISSUE
JANUARY 14, 1944 ISSUE
TETRICK. Mrs. Martha Moore
Tetrick, 95, died Saturday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W.E.
Carson at Rinehart. She was a daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth Hail Moore and was born March 15,
1849. Her husband, Louis Tetrick,
died 15 years ago. Her first husband was E. Franklin King, and
three children, Mrs. W. E. Carson,
Rinehart, Mrs. B.W. Rogers, Clarksburg, and Mrs. V.C. Plumb,
Uniontown, Ohio, survived from this
marriage. Her second marriage was to William Underwood, and a
son, John Underwood of Wyatt survives.
She also leaves 13 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren
and two great great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Union church at Wyatt Monday
afternoon and burial took place
at Wallace I.O.O.F. cemetery.
HORNOR.
William F. Hornor, one of the county's best known citizens, died Friday
afternoon at a
Clarksburg hospital of pneumonia
at the age of 79. He had conducted a general store at Lost
Creek for more than 55 years. His
wife passed away on December 26th. Mr. Hornor is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. Earl Keal, of Philadelphia,
by a brother, Hugh Hornor of Weston, and a sister,
Mrs. Ann Graham of Johnstown, Pa.
He was an uncle of Robert F. Martin of Shinnston.
McINTIRE.
Mrs. Hattie L. Mclntire died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at her home in Worthington.
She was
the widow of Isaac Mclntire. She
was a daughter of Commodore and Rebecca Thomas Tetrick and was
born in Marion county Kov. 19, 1S73.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Geddes, of Egg Harbor
City, N.J., three brothers, James,
Henry and Clarence Tetrick, of Enterprise, and three sisters,
Mrs, Charles Stewart and Mrs. Otto
Sturm, Enterprise, and Mrs. Charles Long of Shinnston. Four
grandchildren also survive.
PARSONS. William J. Parsons,
79, died at his home in Enterprise Monday evening. He was born in
Wetzel county. He is survived by
his widow and twelve children. They are Albert, John and Lott
Parsons, Enterprise; Thomas, of
Warren, Ohio; William J., in the Army; Mrs. Florence Johnson and
Mrs. Merle Witt, of Warren; Mrs.
Frances Mclntire of Mansfield, Ohio, Mrs. Leota Rutter and Mrs.
Virginia Davis, Shinnston; Mrs.
Loyee Sutton, Enterprise and Mrs. Margaret Jennings, Knoxville,
Tenn.; two brothers, Thomas F. Parsons,
St. Mary's and M.A. Parsons, Oakland, Calif.
ROWLEY. Funeral services for
Mrs. Lacy Clark King Rowley, who died at her home on Main street
Friday morning were held at the
First Methodist church Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E.C.
Zinn. Interment took place at Masonic
cemetery. Mrs. Rowley, the wife of J.V. Rowley, retired
school principal, was 66 years of
age. Although she had been ill for many months the end came
suddenly and unexpectedly. She was
born December 7, 1867 near Cottageville, Jackson county, a
daughter of John W. and Elizabeth
Morrison King. She married Mr. Rowley in 1893, and they lived
at Ravenswood until 1915 when they
came to Shinnston. In addition to her husband, she is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
C.O. Nelson, of Miami, Florida, and Mrs. E. Wayne Coffindaffer,
of Shinnston; two sons, Capt. Homer
K. Rowley with the navy in Philadelphia, Pa., and G. Eugene,
Rowley of Charleston, and four brothers,
G.L. King of Spencer; W.O. and O.L. King, both of
Cottagevilie, and T.L. King, of
Savannah, Ga. There are seven grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
SEAWELL. Frank F. Seawell,
60, died at his home in Clarksburg Friday. He was West Virginia's
representative of the Ailing &
Cory Co. , wholesale paper dealers of Pittsburgh, and had been a
regular caller at the Mews office
for twenty years or more. His wife died last year. Two
daughters survive, Patti Seawell
and Mrs. Stephen Springer, both of Clarksburg.
HARDESTY. Frank W. Hardesty,
75, died Thursday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Willis
Drummond of Ehlen. Paralysis was
the cause of his death. Mr. Kardesty was born November 19,
1869, a son of James and Mary Metz
Hardesty of Ritchie county. He is survived by four sons,
Harry, James and Virgil, all of
Shinnston, and Pfc. Harold, of Ft. Keade, Md.; five daughters,
Mrs. Alta Drummond, of Ehier; Mrs.
Bessie Vincent and Mrs. Gertrude Nuzum, both of Shinnston; Mrs.
Irene Shriver, of Turtle Ck. , Pa.;
and Miss Carrol Hardesty, of Pittsburgh; two half brothers, Rev.
Perry Hardesty, of Newburg and Fred
Kardesty of Charleston, and one half sister, Mrs. Ada Beecher,
of near Weston. There are 31 grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
MUSGRAVE. Mrs. Sadie Mae Musgrave,
55, widow of Gilbert K. Musgrave, of Fairmont, died at 4:15
Saturday in a Fairmont hospital,
following a major operation four hours earlier. Mrs. Musgrave was
born in Mannington, a daughter of
F.C. and Olella Freeland. Mr. and Mrs. Musgrave formerly resided
at Mt. Clare, where Mr. Musgrave
was superintendent of the Hutchinson Coal Company. They later moved
to Fairmont where Mr. Hutchinson
[sic] was associated with the Bethlehem Steel Corp., and where he
died in 1937 as the result of an
automobile accident near Parsons. Survivors include a son, John
H. Musgrave, of Shinnston, superintendent
of the Hutchinson Coal Company at Meadowbrook; two
daughters, Mrs. Glenn Henry of Memphis,
Tenn. , and Miss Laura Lee Musgrave of Fairmont; four sisters,
Mrs. Mary Craker and Mrs. Susan
Faden, both of Tulsa, Okia.; Mrs. Bernice Rebstene of Bristow, Okla.,
and Mrs. Pearl Stewart of Albuquerque,
N.M. and two brothers, Duskey and Glenn Freeland, both of
Bristow. Another brother, C.L. Freeland,
died a week ago.
ST. CLAIR. Edward St. Clair,
69, died Wednesday evening of last week at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Lillie Weatherholt at Bethlehem.
He had been in failing health for several years. He was &
coal miner and was born July 22,
1874 at Simpson, a son of Arthur and Virginia Sylvia St. Clair.
The survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Lydia St. Clair, a son, William St. Clair of Baltimore, his
daughter, Mrs. Weatherholt; two
brothers, Elmer, of Pt. Marion and Hezzie, of Kew Orleans, and a
sister, Mrs. John Simonton of Ft.
Marion.
MILLER. Mrs. Alice Bell Miller,
61, widow of Joseph K. Miller, died Saturday night at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Opal Shanholtz,
shortly after her arrival on a visit from her home in
Fairmont. Mrs. Miller had lived
for several years at Peora until moving to Fairmont three months
ago. She was shopping in Shinnston
Saturday morning and had not been ill previously. Born in
Ritchie county, Dec. 27, 1883, she
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Metz. She leaves four
sons and six daughters. They are
Mrs. Shanholtz, Mrs. Mary Campbell of Bingamon, Mrs. Thelma
Vincent of Peora, Mrs. Marie Moore
of Idamay, Mrs. Ilah Willis and Miss Alma Miller, both of
Fairmont; and Forest Miller of Bingamon,
Harvey Miller of Shinnston, Cassel Miller of the Army in
Virginia and Harry Miller of the
Army in Hawaii.
WOOD. Donald Thomas Wood,
18 day old son of Mart and Arthela Sandre Wood of Owings, died of
pneumonia Friday in a hospital at
Clarksburg. Surviving besides the parents are a brother,
Alfred and two sisters, Joan and
Louise.
BOGGESS. Carl Ray Boggess,
49, of Edgewood drive, Fairmont, died at 3:15 a.m. Thursday in a
Morgantown hospital where he had
been a patient for the past three weeks of a blood infection.
He was employed by the Monongahela
West Perm Public Service company as an operator at the
Hutchinson substation. Mr. Boggess
was born on Cunningham's run, near Shinnston, January 16,
1895, a son of James and Caroline
Heldreth Boggess. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Audra Lanham
Boggess; two sons, James D. Boggess,
in the Army at Harvard, Neb., and Walter Boggess at home;
one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Roberts
of Pittsburgh, Fa. ; one brother, Argyle Boggess of Pittsburgh;
and five sisters, Mrs. Curtis Ashcraft
of Bridgeport, Mrs. Bruce Lyon of Haywood, Mrs. Russell
Karbert of Fairmont, Mrs. Benton
Deeni of Cunningham's run and Mrs. Fannie West of Clarksburg,
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon
at the Lumberport Methodist church with interment at
Luitiberport cemetery.
CAREY. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Johnson returned Monday night from Delaware, Ohio, where they attended
the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
Gertrude A. Carey, 56, who died Friday evening at Jane M. Case
hospital there following a year's
illness. The deceased was born June 8, 1888 in Byhaiia, Ohio.
She had resided in Delaware for
ten years previous to which time she lived at Lewis Center, Ohio.
She attended the Methodist church
and was a member of the Rebekah Lodge. Sui'viving are her
husband, A.L. Carey, telegraph operator
for the Mew York Central, a son, Ario Jones, of
Centerburg, Ohio; three grandchildren,
Masine E., Robert F. and Donnie Jean Jones, of Centerburg;
two brothers, Oscar Johnson, Shinnston,
and Faye Johnson, Beliefontaine, Ohio; one sister,
Mrs. George Barnes, and three half
sisters.
HAMRICK. Mrs. Amy Hamrick,
82, widow of Waldo P. Hamrick, died Wednesday at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. George W. Lamb, Adamston. She
had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Hamrick was born
August 31, 1861, at Shinnston, the
daughter of Oliver and Minerva Fortney Kay. She was married to
Waldo Hamriek September 22, 1830,
at Shinnston. For many years an employe[e] of the Fairmont &
Baltimore Coal Company, he died
fifteen years ago. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Lamb, there survives
a brother, Thomas Nay of Rivesville,
and two grandchildren, Mrs. Harold Fuit-2 and Miss Mildred
Alexandre, both of Clarksburg. Mrs.
Hamrick was a member of the Adamston U.B. church. Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon
with burial in the Greenlawn cemetery.
SANDY.
Mrs. Cora Alice Sandy, 72, widow of Frederick L. Sandy of Pine Bluff, died
at 2:45 p.m.
Saturday after a two-day illness
at a Clarksburg hospital. She was a surgical patient. Mrs. Sandy
was born in Ritchie county near
Pennsboro, June 20, 1871, the daughter of Lorenza [Lorenzo] and
Millie Tichnel [Tichenor] Martin.
She was a member of the Pine Bluff U.B. church. She leaves two
sons, Ellis F. Sandy of Peora and
Howard L. Sandy of Pine Bluff; two daughters, Mrs. John Templeton
of Clarksburg and Mrs. Russell Anderson
of Pine Bluff; a brother, John B. Martin and a sister, Mrs.
William L. Leonard of Pine Bluff
and 17 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
STEPHENSON. John K. Stephenson,
69, retired insurance executive, died at his home, 700 Milford
street, Clarksburg, Sunday afternoon
at 2:40 o'clock. He had been in failing health for some time
past but had been confined to his
bed for only a week. A heart condition was the cause of his
illness and death. Mr. Stephenson
was widely known in northern West Virginia. He located at
Clarksburg in 1304 as district manager
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and remained there
in the same position until 1923
when he was transferred to Wheeling where he served in the same
capacity for the company until 1935.
He retired from active duty with the company the same year,
and in 1937 the family returned
to Clarksburg to make their home. He was born June 27, 1874 at
Fendleton, North Carolina, a son
of the late Augustus and Virginia Britt Stephenson. He was a member
of the Clarksburg Baptist church,
and was for many years affiliated with Herman Lodge No. 6, A.F.
and A.M. as well as the Scottish
Rite bodies and the Shrine. Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Nina
Haneox Stephenson, is a son, Dr.
J.E. Stephenson of Clarksburg, and a daughter, Mrs. William R.
Meredith of Fairmont. Also a sister,
Mrs. Edna Robbins, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and six
grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs.
Virginia Roberts, who was the wife of Charles Roberts, Weston
newspaperman, died several years
ago. One of her sons, Jack Roberts, is a gunner on a bomber in the
South Pacific and is stationed on
Christmas Island.
STURM. Ulysses Grant Sturm,
77, a retired carpenter, died at 3:50 p.m. Sunday at his home in
Clarksburg following a several months
illness. He was a former resident of Shinnston and Mannington.
Born September 29, 1S66, on Harter
Hill, Marion county, Mr. Sturm was a son of John and Martha Hess
Sturm. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Rosa A. Hess Sturm; three sons, Howard H., of Shinnston;
Earl, of Fairmont, and G. Bewey,
©f Pittsburgh.. Pa., and four daughters, Mrs. J.L. Cronin, Mrs. Elsie
Fortney and Mrs. George Tetrick,
all of Clarksburg, and Mrs. Lloyd Harper of Pittsburgh. There are
five grandchildren.
GRECO. Paul Greco, 66, retired
employe[e] of the Consolidation Coal Company, died at 8:30 p.m.
Fsb. 9 at his home on High street.
Born in Italy, Mr. Greco had been a resident of the United
States for forty years. He is survived
by five sons, Joseph, of Shinnston; Frank, of Owings;
John, in the Army in Hawaii, and
Dominick, in the Army in Arizona, and two daughters, Sarah of
Chicago, and Julia, of Monongah.
MACKEY. Alexandra Maekey,
79, a retired farmer of Ritchie county, died of paralysis Saturday at
his home on the Shinn's run road.
Ke came to this vicinity Dec. 1, and had not been ill
previously. The son of Alexandra
and Nancy Lemons Maekey, he was born Nov. 30, 1864, in Ritchie
county. He leaves his widow, Julia
Maekey; seven sons, Shreman [sic], Lindsey, Homer and
Lawrence Maekey, all of Garrettsville,
Ohio; Lee Maekey of Parkers'ourg; Howard and Scott Maekey
of Shinnston; and three daughters.
RILEY. Mrs. Lovie Belle Riley,
63, wife of Hugh H. Riley and one of Shinnston's most highly
respected women, died at a Clarksburg
hospital last Thursday of uremic poisoning. She had
undergone an operation on the previous
Thursday. Mrs. Riley had been for many years actively
engaged with her husband in conducting
their paint and wall paper store here and her friendly
manner had won many friends throughout
the community. She was also a devoted member of the First
Baptist Church, a member of the
missionary society and president of the Fhilathea Sunday school
class. Funeral services were held
at the church Sunday afternoon and were largely attended. Many
beautiful floral pieces expressed
the high esteem in which she was held. Interment took place at
Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Riley was
born July 22, 1881, near Harmony Grove, Taylor county and was a
daughter of Finton L. and Plymra
Riley Curry. She is survived by her husband, a son, Noel Riley,
local funeral director; a daughter,
Mrs. Bruce Daniels, of Youngstown, Ohio; two brothers, Clarence
Curry, circuit clerk of Marion county,
and Lee Curry, of Monongah; two sisters, Miss Nina Curry of
Fairmont, and Mrs. Erna Curry of
Taylor county, and eight grandchildren.
TALERICO. Mrs. Landora Virginia
Talerico, 69, widow of Nicholas Talerieo, died of pneumonia at 9:30
a.m. Feb. 9, at her home in Kilarm.
She was born in 1865 in Monongalia county. She is survived by
a son, Clyde Welch and a daughter,
Mrs. David Victor, both of Kilarm; one brother, Tilden Welch of
New Martinsville, and two sisters,
Mrs. Emma Biggie of New Martinsville, and Mrs. Silas Ford of
Kilarm.
TUCKER. Mrs. Mary Ellen Tucker,
81, widow of Benjamin Tucker, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Robert Manley, 1110 1-2 Ridgeway
avenue, Fairmont, Feb. 8. She was born in Marion county, Dec. 21,
1862, and spent most of her lifetime
there. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Nicholson of
Clarksburg and Mrs. Manley; and
a son, George Tucker of Morgantown; a granddaughter, Virginia Rogers
of Grafton; three brothers, E.E.
Board of Oregon; J.S. Board of Healdton, Okla., and T.T. Board of
San Diego, Calif., and two sisters,
Mrs. James Gurley of Enterprise, and Mrs. T.R. McDougal of
Parkersburg.
ENDRES. The funeral of Joseph
Endres, 54, who died Monday evening from injuries received a short
time previously at a local planing
mill, will be held at 2 o'clock. Thursday at the home on Bridge
street, and interment will take
place at Masonic cemetery. Mr. Endres, who was a skilled cabinet
maker and carpenter, was at work
at the Vincent planing mill, when he and Lloyd Riley were
putting a belt on a band wheel.
Mr. Endres had hold of a board which caught in the belt and
struck him in the stomach, rupturing
his liver and possibly causing other internal injuries. He
was removed to his home and a few
minutes later was placed in an ambulance to be taken to a
Clarksburg hospital. He died before
reaching the hospital. The deceased was born August 6, 1890
in Germany. He had been a resident
of Shinnston since he was a young man and was well known
throughout the community. He married
Miss Mary Maloney, daughter of the late James and Huldy
Maloney of Shinnston, May 3, 1916.
The marriage took place at Seaucus, New Jersey, where the
couple resided for a few years before
coming to Shinnston. Surviving besides the widow are the
following children: Joseph Endres,
in the Army in Africa; Mrs. Jessie Mahana, William Stanley,
Catherine and Martha Margaret, all
of Shinnston
McGONIGAL.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary McGonigal, 64, who died Thursday afternoon
at her home
on Mahlon street, were held Sunday
afternoon at the residence, conducted by Rev. E.G. Zinn,
pastor of the First Methodist Church.
Burial was at Masonic cemetery. She was the widow of John
S. McGonigal, who was in the transfer
business for many years prior to his death in 1939. The
family had resided here for thirty
years. Mrs. McGonigal was a member of the Christian church
and was a woman of fine Christian
character and was noted for her neighborly disposition and her
kindness and assistance to the sick
and afflicted. She was born in Marshall county August 22,
1879, a daughter of James and Margaret
Stanford Criswell. Surviving are three children. William
H. McGonigal, railway express agent
at Ksyser, Robert Glenn McGonigal, at home, and Mrs. Gertrude
Wait of Cameron.
ROBINSON. The funeral of Cecil
Edward Robinson, 69, who died Wednesday of a heart attack while
at work on his farm on Robinson's
Run, was held Friday afternoon at the home. Interment took
place at Masonic cemetery. Mr. Robinson
was born Dec. 8, 1874 on Robinson's Run and spent his
entire lifetime there. He was the
son of James and Janie Hawker Robinson. His wife, Frances
Griffin Robinson, died several years
ago. He leaves four sons, Kenneth Robinson of Washington,
B.C., Glen Robinson of the U.S.
Army in England, Edward Robinson of Robinson's Run, and Cecil
Robinson, Jr., at home. Also surviving
are two brothers Amos Robinson of Robinson['s] Run, and
Henry Robinson of Shinnston, and
a sister. Miss Nellie Robinson, also of Shinnston.
BRYAN. Weden D. "Tony" Bryan,
90, one of Harrison county's eldest citizens and a resident of
Shirmston for the past 70 years,
died at his apartment on Pike street Tuesday of ailments due to
advanced age. He was a retired contractor
and brick mason and he helped with the erection of
many of Shinnston's buildings, and
for many years was owner of the Shinnston Pharmacy. He was
born Oct. 23, 1853, in Greensburg,
Pa., a son of Templeton and Uriah Darr Bryan. He was the last
of his immediate family. His wife,
Sina Shore Bryan, and a son Goff Bryan, both died several
years ago. The only surviving relatives
are two nieces and a nephew: Miss Beatrice Jarrett,
Shinnston; Mrs. Thressa Jarrett
Bartlett of Tulsa, Okla., and Lyle Jarrett of Charleston.
BURTON. Lucille Jane Burton,
month old daughter of Everett and Edith Coen Burton of the Haywood
road, died at the home Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Tetrlck Funeral Home
Tuesday afternoon conducted by the
Rev. E.G. Zinn. Burial was made in the Masonic cemetery.
PATTON.
Mrs. Aldie Mae Patton, 72, widow of Charles H. Patton, died Sunday at the
home of a
daughter, Mrs. Smith Holbert of
East Shinnston. She had been ill for many weeks. Mrs. Patton
was born May 25, 1871, in Doddridge
county, a daughter of Wilson and Eliza Furbee. She married
Mr. Patton who died in 1928. Survivors
include two daughters, Mrs. Holbert in whose home she
died, and Mrs. Gerald Gains of Clarksburg;
one sister, Mrs. Sarah Greynolds of Gilmer county, and
one brother, Thomas Furbee of Salem.
There are two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at
the Davis Funeral home in Clarksburg
Wednesday afternoon. Burial in the Masonic cemetery.
BRYAN . Funeral services for
W.D. Bryan, 90, who died Tuesday afternoon of last week, were held
at the Riley funeral home Friday
at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. Foster Jones, pastor of Christ
Church Methodist, Interment took
place at Masonic cemetery. Mr. Bryan was one of the oldest
citizens of the city. He was a brick
layer by trade, although he was known for a number of years
as the owner of the Shinnston pharmacy,
and he built the brick building in which it was located
and in which he made his home. A
number of years ago he purchased a farm in Virginia and spent
much of his time there until his
health began to fail. For the past several years he has seldom
left his room because of infirmities
of age.
HARTLEY . Ralph Jennings Hartley,
46, of Clarksburg, died Saturday in a Clarksburg hospital
following a two year illness. He
was born November 11, 1897, In Shinnston, a son of Riah and
Allie Hartley. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Dana Stevens Hartley, manager of a hosiery
shop; one son, Seaman First Class
Rex J. Hartley, serv- [sic] daughter, Mrs. Dorotha Hartley
Scott of Clarksburg, and one brother,
Harold Hartley of Weston; one sister, Mrs. Harry
Shuttleworth of Cayahoga [sie] Falls,
Ohio, and his mother, now at Weston. There is one
grandson. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon at the Davis Funeral home with burial in
the Greenlawa
McCOY
. Wilbur B. McCoy, husband of the former Mrs. Ann Long of Shinnston was
fatally injured
Thursday morning in the railroad
yards at Parkersburg where he was employed as a yard conductor.
He died shorter after being admitted
to the hospital there the same morning. Mr. McCoy slipped
from the top of an ice and snow
covered box car as the car was being shifted and fell to the
cinders on his head. Mr. McCoy was
a prominent resident of Parkersburg and was president of the
Eagles lodge. He was born at Elizabeth,
Wirfc county and had been employed by the B. & O.
Railroad Company for 23 years. He
resided at 631 West Liberty street. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Anna McCoy; a daughter,
Mrs. Madeline Rasel, and a grandson, all at home. He also
leaves a brother, Almon T. McCoy
and a niece, Mrs. Grace Hopkins, both of Parkersburg. The
funeral was held there Sunday.
BROWN.
E.O. Brown died in a Morgantown hospital Monday following an illness of
several days. He
formerly resided at Enterprise.
His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Free Methodist church of Enterprise
with burial in the Enterprise cemetery. He was the son of
the late Henry and Sarah Swiger
Brown and is survived by his wife and the following children:
Elizabeth of Webster Springs, William,
Elmus.. Lottie, Esther and Ruby, all at home; brothers, and
sister, Mrs. John Weaver, Ben Brown
and Shermet Brown of Enterprise, C.E. Brown of Clarksburg and
John Brown of Philippi.
HAWKINS.
Frank L. Hawkins, 64, died at 9:30 o'clock Friday night at his home, 229
Watson avenue,
Fairmont, following a lingering
illness. He was a brother of Lawrence E. Hawkins of Shinnston. Mr.
Hawkins was born at Mannington,
December 25, 1880, a son of the late Abraham and Sarah Haught
Hawkins. He was engaged in the plumbing
business at Mannington before moving his business to
Fairmont a number of years ago.
In recent years he was employed by the DuPont Company in Morgantown
until ill health caused him to retire.
Surviving besides his widow, the former Miss Ellen McGarvey,
are five children, namely, Lt. Frank
R. Hawkins, U.S.A. at Midland, Texas; Earl E. Hawkins, John R.
Hawkins, and James A. Hawkins, of
Fairmont, and Miss Sarah Frances Hawkins of Washington, D.C. Other
survivors are three brothers and
one sister: A.C. Hawkins, Washington, D.C., Lawrence E. Hawkins,
Shinnston, C.R. Hawkins, Grafton,
and Mrs. J.B. Lazear, Mannington. There are three grandchildren.
The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon
at Fairmont.
WATTS. Mrs. Martha Eliza Watts,
86, widow of Joseph E. Watts, died at 7:27 o'clock Tuesday evening
at her home on Station street. Mrs.
Watts was born in Monongalia county, a daughter of James D. and
Lydia Hartley Jackson. She had been
a resident of Shinnston 23 years. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church at Morgantown.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arch W. Tetrick, Shinnston,
and Mrs. John L. Core, Cleveland.