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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1952
Page
1
Four funeral services were announced for George Graham who died at 9 40 a m Wednesday at the Amigo home. Rites will be conducted at Madeline Baptist Church with Rev Phil lip Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Graham Cemetery at Basin.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday for James Isiah Carper 81 who died Wednesday night at his home near Ingleside after a short illness. Rev J M Hypes will officiate at Mt Horeb Church Princeton, with burial in Mt Horeb Cemetery. He was a Mercer County resident and Mt Horeb member. Survived by wife Virginia Cooper and many children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Scarbro Presbyterians plan morning worship at Scarbro Presbyterian Church Sunday for the dedication of a new electric organ. The organ is part of an ongoing improvement program with $5,000 set aside to redecorate the interior and improve the exterior of the building.
Mrs Charles Crook Jr hosted a Jumping Branch gathering to honor her great grandmother Mrs Jennie Moye on her 90th birthday. The event featured a "90 Years Ago" theme, pink and white decorations, and games with prizes. Mrs Moye, born in 1862, has 82 descendants and remains active among relatives. Also noted are a birth in Coal Mountain and a couple wed in Oak Hill, with details of families and later occupations.
Funeral services for Frank J Pence 54 of Minden will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Minden Community Church officiated by Rev James Lady with burial at Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. A WWI veteran born April 14 1897 in Elliott County Ky he was survived by wife Mrs and five daughters Lula Van Horn Helen Runyon Mary Newhauser Neva Carte and Bessie Tence and eight grandchildren. The body will lie in Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill then move to his residence Saturday at 11 a.m. and to the church one hour before services.
Mrs. Howard Smith of Pineville reports her 12 year old son Marshall missing since Thursday morning after not attending school. Police aid and relatives in Bluefield and Logan have been contacted. Marshall was last seen in a dark coat, bareheaded, with a black pea jacket over two shirts and blue jeans. He has peculiarly colored eyes and scars on one leg and his head.
The annual World Prayer service will be held today in the auditorium of Dinman Elementary with women from Baptist Methodist Presbyterian Episcopalian and Church of God churches conducting the service. The choir will include members from each church and the public is invited. Mrs Harold Cole of Mullens was initiated into Women of the Mose at the Hitual Chapter Night meeting.
A one story frame company store in Marianna near Mine No 1 sustained major damage from a late night fire. The Wyoming County blaze also damaged the main office and clubhouse while the store will be rebuilt. Firefighting used water from a nearby tank and no serious injuries were reported.
Wyoming General Hospital reports a father's death with services scheduled for Sunday at 1 30 PM at Community Church of Odd with Rev Beecher Garrison officiating. Burial in Barny Mullens cemetery follows. Moose lodge members vie for a $25 Savings Bond to boost Community Concerts enrollment, with Ruth Davis chairing membership drives and plans to donate any bond to Mooseheart.
Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Patton Cemetery Meadow Bridge for Eva E Fitzwater infant daughter of Mr and Mrs George Fitzwater who died Thursday at 4 30 p.m. The Rev W E Southern will officiate Surviving are three brothers George W and Frederick and Thomas and one sister Delphia all at home
Saturday night will close the week long membership drive by the Wyoming Concert Association. Volunteers must report to campaign HQ at the Wyoming Hotel mezzanine by 6 p m for final membership tallies and dues. Officers and directors will then hold an executive session to finalize artist engagements for the 1952 53 concert season.
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