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DEATH TAKESTRAILIFormer Raleigh CountvMan Dies In MonroeCountvifFwFnlt;Funeral services ill bp ron-dijctpd at t’nion. this afternoon j at 2 o’clock for John I,. Trail.71, of I nion, former I.ester merchant, the father of William J Trail, of Rerklev. and at different times a prominent citizen of j, both Raleigh and Summers conn-ties. His death occurred Fridav morning at 9:07 in a Ronceverte hospital, the culmination of a i three f cks’ illness (.f pneumonia The Rtv. Wesley Mlt; Kinnev, ofBerkley ill officiate -it the scrv- I*I •ices this afternoon. Burial ill j follow at I’nion. Mr and Mrs.riTMInelt;oiJohn I-. Trail, of thi^ citvf v ill■go to Lnion today for the services. Mr. Trail having returned to j Beckle\ following the death of! his father Friday morning.Born in Floyd county, Va., Mr. Trail as a child came with hisparents to Raleigh county, when*he lived until his removal to Monroe in 1906. At Lester he e operated a general store, and be- fi 4 came widely kno n. A step-son,Q. T. Brown, is a resident of Lester.I mlrsi\sHrrAfter acquiring a f rm in Monroe county, Mr. Trail moved to j-lnion. ssliere be attained con-entlsiderahle prominence. He was a member of the county court for six sear.s following bis election in 1921. and prioi to that was amember of the 1 ni n district board of education.Surviving him ire nine child-ren in addition to his step-son at p Lester. They are, Dillard, Ernest, land Pierce Trail, of I nion; James Trail, of Winding (iulf, Mrs. LeeShumate, of Dates; Mrs. MyrtleWiicoxin, of Tams, Mrs. Ethel Fullen. of Salt Sulphur, and Mrs. (iarnette Shanklin, of I nion. His \s ife died about four years ago.One brother, B\ rd Trail, resides at Pipestem, and a sister, Mrs.■ Mlt;dlie Ihompson, in the Jumping Branch neighborhood, jvIIh0wc
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jan 17, 1932
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