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\r* |rt i r-i*a(Continued on Pago Five)DEATH TAKESCatatlt;• ♦ iTRAILI)onif-nicFormer Raleigh CountvMan Dies In MonroeCount*irlFtI zmFuneral services will be con-flticfr rf at Enion. this afternoonit 2 o’clock for John L. Trail.r 71, of I nion, form* r 1.ester merchant, the father of William .1 Trail, of Berkley, and at diffcr-w *Finothlt;Mtbv . efient times a prominent citizen of both Raleigh and Summers counties. His drath occurre*! Fridav morning at 9:07 in a Ronceverterriehospital, the culmination of a jj three v * eks' illness (.f pneumoni * The Rev. Wesley M*-Kinney, ofThMrRBeckl* v, will ofliciate -it the serv- Flt; ices this afternoon. Burial willfollow at 1'nlon. Ml. and Mrs. John I- Triil, #.f this city, willo go to Lnion today for the serv-y ices. Mr. Trail having returned to I ^.n i- Beckle\ following ttic* death of !L his father Friday morning.*f Born in Floyd county, Va., Mr. c Trail as a child camp with his 0 parents to Raleigh county, where 'M1he lived until his removal to j - Monroe in 11*06. At Lester he eroperated a general store, and be- f»(T^came widely kno n A step-son, w* d Q. T. Brown, is a resident of Hi •t Lester. rminid After acquiring a f rm in Mon-d roe county, Mr. Trail moved to j ( Lnion. where he attained con-n siderahle prominence. He was a 1. memhi r of the county court for e six sears following his election e in 1921. and prioi to that was a Prl. member of the I ni n district 1d hoard of education. nrd Surviving him *re nine child- thi- ren in addition to lus step-son at eh Lester. They are, Dillard, Ernest, Hlt; -'and Pierce Trail, of I nion;.lames ha i- Trail, of Winding Gulf, Mrs. Lee thn Shumate, of Gates; Mrs. Myrtlei, Wiicoxin, of Tams, Mrs. Kthel rnr Fullen. of Salt Sulphur, and Mrs. jcin (iarnette Shanklin, of I nion. His an \s ife died about four years ago.One brother, B\ rd Trail, resides st i at Pipestem, and a sister, Mrs. c t 11 Mol I ie l'hompson, in the Jumping Branch neigbborhood, VO
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jan 17, 1932
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