April 28, 1933 -- Cliffield
Cliffield, April 26 - Mr. and Mrs. Bram Massie were visiting relatives in Bluefield Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Greer and Miss Maude Turner went to Bluefield Thursday night
to hear Bishop Cannon speak.
Raymond Harrison made a business trip to West Virginia, Monday.
Laura Turner and Mrs. Roy White were shopping in Richlands
Monday.June 30, 1933 --
Mrs. John Boggess entertained last Friday afternoon at her home for
Miss Scott and Miss Johnson, and Miss Rachel Royall
entertained on Monday while on Wednesday afternoon Miss Virginia Copenhaver was the hostess at a kitchen shower.
Miss Johnston was honored
Wednesday at the home of Misses Nell and Lena Greever.
Saturday afternoon, Miss
Nancy Johnston, was honored by Mrs. Joseph Gillespie and Mrs. Barnes Moore, who
entertained the bride.
RACHEL BEAVERS -- Mrs.
Rachel Beavers, born on April 15, 1834, died at her home at Maxwell Tuesday
morning, death being due to infirmities of age. She was a daughter of the
late Samuel and Annie Lambert, and was born in McDowell County WV. Her
husband, James Beavers, long a well known citizen of the
county, died 28 years ago. The funeral and burial took place Wednesday
afternoon. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She was the
mother of eight children, Viz: Sam Beavers, Mrs. Jane
Waldron, Harve, Gus, James, Nannie,
Tom, and Crockett Beavers, all of whom are dead but two. At the time of
her death she was probably the oldest woman in the county.
MRS. JAMES TAULBEE -- Mrs. James M. Taulbee, (nee)
Miss Maude Combs, of Russell county, Va, died
at Benavides, Texas, on June 13th, aged 55 years. She was the daughter of
the late S. F. and Elizabeth Combs, of Fineey
VA. She attended school in Tazewell when a girl and in 1896 she married
Dr. J. M. Taulbee, of Hazel Green, Ky. To this
union were born five Children. Surviving Mr.s Taulbee are: her husband, Dr. J. M. Taulbee,
two sons, Dr. Paul Taulbee, of Benavides, Tex; James Taulbee, jr. of the US Navy, and one daughter, Mrs. Howard
King. Two children preceded her to the grave; Chas Taulbee
and
Mary Ann Taulbee. Four grandchildren also
survive; Paul Jr., Mary Ann, Howard and William Taulbee,
they being the Children of Dr. Paul Taulbee.
Mrs. Taulbee was a member of the Lebanon, Va. Baptist
Church. Mrs. Taulbee was laid to rest in the
Fraternal cemetery at Alise, Tex. Thursday, June
15th. There were 70 floral offerings. Rev. Pearson, of the first baptist church of Alice, conducted the services and the
funeral
was in charge of the Moyer mortuary of Alice. Dr. and Mrs. Taulbee lived for four years at Seaboard near Richlands, where Dr. Taulbee was
company physician for the Geo. Carter coal mines. Later the consolidation
Coal company, before living at Seaboard, they resided in Russell County, va.
MRS. FRANK FOX -- Mrs. Frank C. Fox, died on last Thursday at her home in
Cambria, at the age of sixty-one. Death was due to heart trouble.
Mrs. Fox was the daughter of Thomas Fox, on of the pioneer settlers of Burkes
Garden, where Mrs. Fox lived until 19 years ago, when she moved to
Cambria. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at the Cambria Methodist church, of which
she had been a devout member. Besides her husband Mrs. Fox is survived by
one son, Trubie Fox, of Bluefield, and a sister, Mrs.
R.N. Leferve, of Newport News, Va., and the following
brothers and sisters; Reece Bowen Brown, Seattle, Wash.; O.J., C. F. H.C.
and J. F. Brown, all of Yakima, Wash.; Mrs. Ray shelton
and Mrs. Lydia Knight, of Lavenworth, Wash; Mrs.
Agnes Peery, Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. Gordon Hall, Oak
Grove, Mo.
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