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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
6
Obituaries list multiple deaths with survivors and funeral details. Margie Anderson of Ripley and Naule Baker of Charleston are noted, along with Edgar Reymond Dude Crickenberger and others. Services set at churches in Grass Lick, Crown Hill, and Old Glory Freewill Baptist, with mortuary arrangements in Ripley, East Bank, and Spencer.
A local notice urges families to select a final resting place carefully to ensure perpetual care. It promises peace of mind from a green and beautiful plot cared for in the years ahead.
Rain and thunder storms forecast today across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, Gulf states, and parts of New England. Cooler air moves in from the Plains toward the Appalachians while the Atlantic coast remains warm.
A head-on crash between a car and a truck near Hawks Nest today killed Otto Glen Underwood, 33, of Nallen, Nicholas County. Robert Underwood and Burnell Hamrick were injured. Hamrick’s injuries are serious but not life threatening. The article notes rough weather and local forecasts for the region.
Robert G Haile Jr a prominent Charleston business and civic leader died in McMillan Hospital at about age year after a yearlong illness. He lived at 6633 Kanawha Ave SE and was treasurer of Ruffner Payne Insurance Co. A WWII lieutenant commander and William and Mary graduate he served as a church trustee and belonged to Masonic bodies the American Legion Rotary and University Club. He survived by his wife Pauline Lamp Hailes two daughters a sister and two brothers. Body remained at Simpson Chandler mortuary.
Pasadena. James R. Williams 69 creator of Out Our Way dies in Huntington Memorial Hospital after battling cancer and heart disease. A former Southwest cowboy, he drew salty Western characters and other cartoons including Why Mothers Get Gray and The Worry Wart.
Roy W. Walter of Grafton High School will become state director of school transportation and driver education on July 1, as announced by State Superintendent R. Virgil Rohrbough. Walter is set to replace the current director and will assume duties this summer.
Deaths and funeral arrangements listed for multiple individuals including Guy Carsten Howell of Reedy and Virgie Elesner Quinn of Belle. Services noted with times at local churches such as Pinch Baptist, Bethel Methodist, and United Christian Brethren, with burials at Sunset Memorial Park and Simmons Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Chessie Carden Gibson 68 at 11 a m in the Clay mortuary chapel for the Clay County resident who died Saturday in Kansas City Missouri. She was widow of Luther H Gibson longtime Clay merchant and is survived by two daughters a son seven grandchildren and two nephews. Burial will be in Reed Cemetery Clay.
Judge McGarraghy ruled Girard, 21, an Army specialist, is entitled to trial by U.S. Army Court-martial after a woman, Naka Sakai, was killed by an empty cartridge casing from a grenade launcher on a firing range. Girard said he fired the casing to warn her away and did not intend to hit her.
Lawrie V. Walker, 37, a machine operator for Valley Camp Coal Co, died yesterday when a beam struck him in mine no 10. Survived by wife Pearl, daughter Kay, son Stephen, mother Mrs Amanda Woods, sisters Mrs Dot man and Clores, and other relatives. Walker was a UMWA Local 340 member and World War II veteran.
Brien of Conn and four brothers Dennis Glasgow Darrin Ohio Bobby Ivydale and Donald in the Middle East are named. The body is in Johnson mortuary Marmet.
Roy Lee Cash of 415 Holly Service St Albans died Sunday night at Thomas Memorial Hospital after being found in his bedroom. A 20 gauge shotgun left the cause listed by James F. Beane police, burial at Cunningham Memorial Park with Rev. Rewel Miller officiating. survivors include wife Ruby, daughter Anna Fay, mother Annie Cash, four brothers and three sisters. The body is in Alley and Cardorph mortuary in St Albans.
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