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Funeral for Russell Maness. coal disaster victim at No 5 Mine
Funeral services for Russell Maness of Murray City, 20, killed by a coal fall at No 5 Mine were held at Murray M. E. Church with Rev. Householder presiding. Maness, a Virginia native who moved to town at age six, was active in local football and leaves a mother, a sister, and two brothers. Burial followed in Murray City Cemetery. The period also notes numerous local social visits and a succession of obituaries and weekend trips among residents, including the death of Eunice Donoghue and various family gatherings across Murray City and nearby towns.
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Russell Saness
No. 5
Murray M. E
Householder
M. E. Church
Virginia
Media Maness
Beulah
Raymond
Carl
Murray City
Eunice Donoghue
William Donoghue
William
James
Grace
Ben Vollmer
Kate Kinnear
Eunice Sanborn
New Pittsburgh
Mary Donoghue
St. Philips Neri Church
Glenna Boling
Margaret Robinson
Heart Morris
Glouster
William Thomas Jr
Columbus
William Thomas
Roy Baley
Barberton
William Slisher
Gladys Nutter
Logan
John Walters
Clarence Archer
George Archer
Coshocton