Feb. 2, 1952 --
MARVIN GILLESPIE -- Marvin Gillespie, 68, of Tazewell, died Tue. night Jan 25th
in a Tazewell hospital following an apparent heart attack at his home Tue.
afternoon. Born at Raven, he was a son of Corrie Crockett Gillespie, of Tazewell,
and the late W. G. Gillespie. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute in
1931 and at the time of his death was a member of the VMI board of visitors. he
served in the Pacific during WWII as captain with the fourth
US Marine Corps division. He was a member of the Stras Memorial Episcopal
Church and the Tazewell County Country Club. Prior to his retirement, he was
owner and operator of Gillespie Stone co. Bluefield, Va. He was a
director of Tazewell National Bank and Blue Grass Oil Co. Survivors in addition
to his mother include his widow, Charlotte Pegues Hunter; and three sisters,
Mrs. John Ellis Jackson of Tazewell, Mrs. Claude Mullen of
Richlands and Evelyn Gillespie of Tazewell. Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at Stras Memorial Episcopal Church in Tazewell with Rev. Bruton
Strange officiating. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery.
ROBERT ROSE -- Robert E. Rose, 66, of Tazewell died Wednesday Jan 26th at his
home after a long illness. He was a retired miner and a member of the Sandy
Valley Masonic Lodge in Grundy Va. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Boothe Rose; five sons, Jack Rose of St. Augustine FL, James Rose of Tazewell,
Bill and Jerry Rose of Manassas, Va. and Donnie Rose of the home; three
daughters, Mrs. Sherline Duncan of Richmond, Va. Mrs. Judy
Meredith of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Betty Boardwine of Manassas; and one
sister, Mrs. Mary Barrett of Columbus Ohio. Funeral services were conducted
Friday at Greever Funeral home in Tazewell with Rev. Bobby Overton officiating.
Burial followed in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands.
MAE COLE -- Mrs. Mae Mathews Hess Cole, 74 of 955 Big Creek Road, Richlands,
died Saturday night Jan 29th in a Richlands hospital following a long
illness. Born in Belfast she was a daughter of the late George and Mattie
Steele
Mathews, both Russell County natives. She had made her home on Big Creed Road
for the past eight years and was a member of the Holiness Church.
Surviving are her husband, Joshua Cole; three daughters, Mrs. Josh Gilliam, and
Mrs. Corbin Gilliam of Walton Ky. and Mrs. Charles Hilton of Dayton Ohio; two
sons, Edd Hess of Jewell Ridge and Sgt. James D. Hess, of Pease Air Force Base,
N.H.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Ruby Sipe of Ok and Mrs. Edna Bowers, Caretta WV;
six step sons, Ulise Cole of Perryville, Md., Lee Cole of Jowell Ridge, Woodrow
Cole of Sunrise MD, J. W. Cole of Benicia Cal. Carl Hess, Jewell Ridge, and
Frazier Hess, of Tazewell; one sister, Mrs. R. R. Hodges of Chesapeake Va. 15
grandchildren, 18 great grand children, 2 great great grandchildren and 22 step
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Tue. in Hurst-Scott funeral chapel in Richlands
with Rev. E. C. Price and Rev. Jimmy Adams officiating. Burial followed in
Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill. Pallbearers were Larry Gilliam,
Jerry Gilliam, Josh Franklin Gilliam, Glen Allen Hess, Robert Leon Hess,
Charles Ronald Hess, Tommy Shortt and Steve Smith.April 11, 1952
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C.W. BOYD -- C.W. Boyd, aged 70, a retired lumberman and widely known Tazewell
Citizen, died Sunday in a Richlands hospital where he had been admitted the
previous day. Mr. Boyd was the organizer of a number of lumber companies
in Southwest Virginia. His death was attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Boyd was born in Russell County near Swords Creek, and was a son of Elijah
and Octavia Hunt Boyd. At the age of 12 years he was employed as laborer
for the Norfolk and Western Railway at Swords Creek, later he entered the
employ of the Yellow Poplar Lumber Co. of Buchanan County. Later he
orgranized and supervised the following companies: White Oak Lumber Co.,
Virginia Hardwood Lumber Co, Kennedy Coal Corp and the Tazewell Milk products
Association. Mr. Boyd was a resident of Richlands for a number of years
and in 1920 he retired to his farm near Plum Creek. He was a member of
the Pisgah Methodist Chruch. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Vida
Elswick Boyd; three sons, E. Ferrell Boyd, of Bristol Tenn; Bailey Boyd of
Tazewell and Russell Boyd, of Haysi: five daughters (the obit only lists four
however) Mrs. G. Thomas Johnson, of Knoxville, Tenn, Mrs. Eliza Ireson, Mrs.
Bille DeBoard and Mrs. Thomas Taylor all of Bristol, Va; a brother J. A. Boyd,
Erwin, Tenn; and two sisters, Mrs. Rhonda Runyon, of Swords Creek and Mrs. Dora
Boyd of Sparta, ohio. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon
from the First Methodist Church in Richlands. The Rev.W. E. Mustard of
Tazewell, the Rev. L. W. Pierce, of Bristol and the Rev. C. E. Wilson
officiated. Burial was in Jones Chapel near Cedar Bluff. Active
Pallbearers: Bourne Barrett, Fred St. Clair, Jack Witten, Hubert Peery, Bill
Leece and Buddy Brittain, all of Tazewell; honorary; H.O. Pratt, Senator
Harry Stuart, R. O. Crockett, Dr. J. W. Witten, John St. Clair, C. C. Self, Dr.
J. P. Williams, Dr. James Peery, Dr. L. L. Thompson, Judge Frank Smith, V. C.
Smith, Earl Smith, Marshall Looney, Jim Maxwell, John I. DeBord, Dr. T.C.
Sutherland, Earl Wallace, Joe Gillespie, W. L. Painter, C. Henry Harman, C. P.
Gillespie, Fred Combs, S. R. Hurley, John Matney, Joe Neel, Otis Nash, Harry
Thompson, Hon. George C. Peery, Bill Raines and Clint Barnes.
July 4, 1952 --
MRS. JAMES R. DAVIDSON -- Mrs. James R. Davidson, age 46, of Maxwell died in
the Mattie Williams Hospital June 28th, from a stroke. Funeral services were
held in the Mt. Pleasant church Tuesday with the Rev. W. E. Mustard
officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. A. Mullins. Interment was in the Maxwell
cemetery. Mrs. Davidson was the daughter of the late Estil T. Kinder and Minnie
Davis Kinder. She is survived by her husband, James Davidson and the following
children; Mrs. Willard Amburgey, of Tazewell; James of North Tazewell;
Mrs. Allen Lawson, John Walter, Cora, Pierce, Roy, Margaret and Eugene
Davidson, of Maxwell. One son preceded her in death. She is also survived
by her step mother, Mrs. E. T. Kinder, of Tazewell; two brothers, Robert
Kinder, of Bluefield WV; and W. E. Kinder of N. Tazewell; two sisters Mrs
Roy Harris and Mrs. J. B. Riley, of Bluefield WV. One half brother, Boyd Kinder
of Tazewell and two half sisters, Erline and Mamie Kinder of Tazewell.
SALLY N. HURLEY -- Mrs. Sallie N. Hurley, 86 years of age, died June 25 in a
Radford hospital. The Hurleys were at one time residents of Tazewell. There
survives four daughters; Mrs. W. W. Levi, Mrs. W. A. Vest Jr. Miss Blanche
Hurley, all of Radford; Mrs. Peters, of Richland; two sons, D. P. Hurley of
Rockville, Md., W.N. Hurley, of Gaithersburg, Md.; 12 grandchildren and 8 great
grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sat. at the Central Methodist Church
at Radford.
W. VANCE STOWERS -- W. Vance Stowers, aged 57, died of a heat stroke last
Friday at his home near Leesburg while shocking wheat on his farm. Mr. Stowers
was a native of Tazewell Co but had lived in Loudoun County for the past 27
years where he owned a large farm. He was a member of the Leesburg Methodist
Church.
MARY BELLE BEAVERS -- Mrs. Mary Belle Beavers, aged 79, widow of Mose Beavers,
died Sunday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Gross, near Cedar
Bluff. She was born in McDowell Co. and was a daughter of the late
William and Rebecca Beavers. Her husband died 12 years ago. Surviving are one
son and an additional daughter, William Beavers and Mrs. Pearl Christian, both
of Cedar Bluff, one brother, Joe Beavers of Cedar Bluff; three sisters, Mrs.
Lydia Sparks, of Jolo; Mrs. Eliza Christian, of Priceton and Mrs. Patty Harman,
of Cedar Bluff. Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Gross home. The
Rev. Farley Beavers and the Rev. C. H. Harris officiated. Burial was in the
family cemetery.
July 11, 1952 --
Misfortune has struck Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Caudle and their five small children of Pounding Mill. Their cow
got on the railroad track Saturday night and was killed by the train. Sunday
A.M. their house caught on fire and was destroyed, and all their possessions
went up in smoke. They had erected a house near the bridge below the station.
Contributions are being made to help this family out. If you can contribute
please do so.
ALICE KIMBERLIN EDWARDS --
Mrs. Ray Edwards died last Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital in Bluefield
W.V. Before her marriage Mrs. Edwards was the former Miss Alice
Kimberlin, daughter of the late. E. E. and
Mrs. Lydia Kimberlin of Ceres, Va. She is survived by her husband, two
sons, William Ray, of Tazewell and Robert Lyn, of the United States Navy,
stationed at Norfolk. Three sisters and one brother also survive: Mrs.
John T. Baugh, of Bluefield; Mrs. Abbie Fogleson, of Jonesboro Tenn., and Mrs.
Stella Kitts of Bluefield; and Claude Kimberlin of Bluefield. Funeral and
burial services were held Saturday afternoon at Ceres.
Nov. 15, 1952 --
WILLIAM FRANCIS MOORE -- William Francis Moore, age 75, died late Friday of a
heart attack at his home in North Tazewell. He was the son of Sarah Mundy and
Spottswood Moore. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the
Pentecostal Church at North Tazewell with the Rev. Roy Mullins conducting the
services, assisted by the Rev. H.H. Peek and the Rev. William E. Jelf. Burial
was in Maple Cemetery. Mr. Moore is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Margaret Louise Patrick; and six children, Mrs. Adrian Wood Jameson
and Mrs. Kermitt Marion Johnson, of Chicago; Mrs. George Henry Linkous and Mrs.
Alderson Morrison, Jr. of North Tazewell; Mrs. Fred Kitts and Mrs. Reinor
Wallace, of Bluefield Va.; one brother, S. A. Moore of Bluefield; one sister,
Miss Margaret Spence of North Tazewell. Active pallbearers were; Wiley Taylor,
Audrey Edmonds, Charles Noakes, Clifford Hankins, W. D. Starling, Woodrow
Myers, Edward Remines and Herbert Peek.
Nov. 15, 1952 --
Pounding Mill
Miss Dortha DeBoard was the dinner guest of Mrs. C. H. Robinette and Mr. and
Mrs. David Ribinette Tuesday evening.
Billie Simpson is still a patient in the Mattie Williams Hospital but his leg
is improving now.
Mrs. Rex E. Steele of Bluefield Va. spent Sat. with Mrs. M.H. McGee.
Miss Mavis Elswick of here, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Shelton and Estle
and Misses Jackie and Billie Cunningham of Richlands, to visit Mr. and Mrs.
John Shelton and family of Cucumber on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tinsley had as guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Smith and
David, of Maxwell and Mrs. Frankie Jessie of Stuart Va.
Sgt. Robert Thacker and Mrs. Thacker and two children, who have been stationed
at Camp Campbell, Ky for some time, moved their trailer here Sat. He has been
called to go to Japan soon.
Mrs. C. H. Trayer and daughter Miss Peggy, spent the weekend in Abingdon, with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mogan.
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