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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
5
Three dozen death notices list survivors and funeral details for residents of Greenbrier Kanawha and surrounding counties. Names include Card McDonald Hager Hawkins Billinsworth Kirk Marshall Talbert Trainer Wells Williams Wright and others with ages from infancy to ninety two.
Princeton area obituary notes Ernest Basham, 46, of Toledo, dies of a heart attack near Mile Post 12 on the West Virginia Turnpike after inspecting minor car damage. He is survived by his wife Anna, son Ernest, and parents. Burial planned in Memorial Hospital region.
J H McKay dies at 72 of Red Oak Street after long illness. Elizabeth Ichnwender 82 of Spencer passed away at home with services by Rev Rowe and burial in Burgess Cemetery. Mervin Lewis Immons 74 of Clay died at 7 pm with burial at Irland Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed include Judy and Edna Lunard among others.
Clarence O D Dunn 21 of Notomine died from chest injuries after a 1957 model car struck a bridge abutment on West Virginia 6 near Charleston Saturday night. Shirley Dickerson 20 remains in critical condition. two girl companions less seriously hurt. Lide Lafferty 20 and Miss Jean Crockett 18 admitted in satisfactory condition. Dunn survived by parents, siblings, and two grandmothers. body at Pryor mortuary East Bank.
The party chief forecast a Democrat win this year and urged politicians to stop leaping to foregone conclusions about election results as voters head to the polls.
Smathers forecast Democratic wins in Senate races across several states and said the Wisconsin and Minnesota soft drink tax debate will not be included in the June 23 special session agenda. Governor Underwood noted the session is limited by the state constitution and cannot address the controversial tax extension enacted in 1958. He added the bill was poorly drafted and would disrupt the budget if repealed.
ELIZABETH CITY N C Maj Alford Williams 67 a pioneer in American aviation died Sunday after a week of declining health He served as Navy chief test pilot earning the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1929 Born New York City Williams attended Fordham Georgetown and joined multiple services including the Navy Marine Corps and baseball with the Giants He was the first man to fly at 300 miles an hour and retired to a farm near Elizabeth City in 1949
Delmer Guy Brown a 67 year old Grafton merchant and former Baltimore Ohio Railroad police officer died by suicide with a shotgun Saturday Coroner Lawson said. He had been in poor health for some time and recently hospitalised. His wife and daughter died in the past year. Brown served 20 years as an B&O patrolman before starting a grocery and seed business in Grafton around 1941.
Forecasters predict rain for West Virginia and most eastern southern and midwestern states. The Great Lakes region along with the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast areas are seen remaining fair and cool.
An 18 month old boy, Charles Monroe Neff of Bickmore, Clay County, died after a small bean stuck in his throat caused choking. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sunset Cemetery in Bickmore, conducted by Rev. Jennings Holcombe. He is survived by his parents, four sisters, four brothers, and his maternal grandmother Myrtle Brown. The body rests at the Clay Mortuary in Clay.
In Calcutta India the Wheeling area port and Dock Workers strike ends paving the way for work resumption on wage increase recommendations. The Ohio Valley union of 281 Teamsters Local 697 signed a new contract with building material dealers, ending two months of curtailed projects including Wheeling’s City County Building and Woodsdale Bridgeport relocation efforts.
The 1890s Panamanian canal project under France faced deadly malaria and yellow fever outbreaks. Mosquitoes spread disease, causing tens of thousands of deaths during early construction.
A 35 year old Braxton County man, Jack Harris of Little Birch, died Sunday at Sutton General Hospital from a gunshot received after an incident last Sunday at the Little Birch Owls Club. Harris and John York of Gassaway reportedly handled a pistol when it fired. Sheriff Cec Facemire said no charges were filed and the investigation continues. Surviving: wife Virginia. daughter Dianne Jean. two sons Stephen and Randy. mother Ruth B. Harris. half brothers Kenneth and Brent Harris. Service set for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Berry and Son mortuary conducted by Rev. Charles Wyatt. Burial at Brown Cemetery near Little Birch.
Earl Fortescue died at his home in Filleigh England aged 70 on a Saturday night His wife had died four days earlier The government chief whip in the House of Lords he helped hold the canopy over Queen Elizabeth during her coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1953
A compiled notice lists multiple local victims from West Virginia with funeral times at various churches. Names include Laila cLAUGHLIN, Clarence MORRIS, De Dollie Sue HICHOLS, Archie FUGGER, Lucy Jane EAGLE, Lucy Prudence BAY, Anne Carthy HENSLEY, and more, with churches such as Roxalana Gospel Tabern, Bethel Baptist, Jones Avenue Church of God, Hurricane Church of God, Renick Methodist, Glasgow Methodist, and Madison Cemetery detailed along with burial sites.
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