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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1951
Page
1
Three new divorce suits are on file in the Fayette Circuit Clerk’s office. Plaintiffs are Gladys Roberta Grubb vs James Grubb, Henry White vs Audrey White, and Irene Louise Ritter vs Harry Lee Ritter.
Fayette Circuit Court opened in Fayetteville with the Ford vs. Vance damage suit arising from an October accident near Gauley Bridge. Ford claimed a rear wheel lock caused the crash while Vance said the car was unlit and in oncoming traffic. The jury deliberated 43 minutes before verdict. juror David Meadows fainted, court paused, then eleven jurors decided the case. Meadows recovered and left.
Funeral services for three area children were planned today with infant burials at Sandsone and Buckle cemeteries. Kenneth Lyle Brooks of Glen Fork and John Franklin Plummer of Nallen died of leukemia and in infancy respectively with relatives named and burials in Sunset Memorial Park and Buckle Cemetery.
Miss Janet Gaye Rogers wed Gene Oglesby of Gauley Bridge in a Sunday afternoon single ring ceremony at Oak Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Peter Vroom officiated. bride’s gown featured white pique with lace trim and a white gardenia corsage. Attendants included Miss Patricia Ann Broyles. Best man was Robert Rogers. They plan Bluefield home and continue schooling. groom is a Gauley Bridge High alum and WV Tech student.
Mrs Margaret Louise Campbell 43 of Thayer died at 1:30 a m Thursday. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Sunday at Big Clear Creek Baptist Church with burial in End of the Trail Cemetery. Born Rupert Sept 1 1907 she was a Baptist member. Survived by mother Harte Campbell, Thayer. son Dean Alan at home. brother L A Walkup Charleston. sister Mrs Arthur Osborne Charleston. Body at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean.
Mt Hope resident Mrs. Alice Perry 88 died at home after long illness. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday in Mt Hope Methodist Church with Rev. A R Belcher officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survived by six children and ten grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean to church at 1 p.m.
Charles A. Cooper 77 died at his home on Temple Street at 9 30 a m Thursday after a period of illness cerebr al hemorrhage listed as cause of death Survived by wife six daughters from a former marriage three brothers one sister a half brother three half sisters and three step daughters, with locations including Streeter Indianapolis Beaver White Oak and Loveland cited in notices.
Whitesville residents Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Humphreys returned home after a week with their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Ellison. Miss Charlene Mosed and Miss Elizabeth Ballard came back from a vacation at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. They visited Neal Bradford of Rock Creek who is stationed at the camp.
Mrs. Fred Fletcher leaves for Washington to join her husband Corporal Fletcher at the Naval Receiving Station after reenlisting for three years. Catherine Virginia Hankins is noted as her former name. Also reported are health updates and social visits from Oceana residents across Stevens Clinic Huntington State Hospital and surrounding towns.
Severe electrical storms yesterday killed two adults Cleve Hartwell Young and Mrs Annie Burton and caused heavy property damage across Fayetteville East Rainelle and Greenbrier County. A missing man’s body was found in the Kanawha River near Matoaka as hail damaged planes homes and neon signs. A newborn son was later born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lively in Oak Hill.
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