Feb. 7, 1958 --
JAMES HUNTER --
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Pounding Mill Union Church for James
Hunter, 73, who died Saturday iin the Medical College Hospital in Richmond after a short illness. Mr.
Hunter worked for 35 years at the Pounding Mill Quarry Corporation. Prior to that he was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in
Maryland. He was a member of Cedar
Bluff Lodge 260, A. F. & A. M., and the Stras
Memorial Episcopal Church. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Hunter, died in
1938. Survivors include one brother, Thomas L. Hunter, in California, and an aunt, Mrs. C.M. Hunter of
Pounding Mill, with whom he made his home. Interment was in Maplewood Cemetery.
ROSE BELL NOEL -- Mrs. Rosa Bell Noel, 61 years of age of Pounding Mill, died
Tuesday in a Richlands hospital Tuesday
evening. She was born in Pounding Mill, a daughter of the late James and
Martha Quesenberry Brewster. She is survived by
her husband, George C. Noel; two daughters, Miss Ellen Noel
and Mrs. Margaret Bandy both of Pounding Mill; four sons, Bill and Jack of
Pounding Mill, James of Tip Top, and Tommy of Bluefield; three brothers, Vic
Brewster of Tip Top; five sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Brown, Richlands,
Mrs. Gray Woods, Cedar Bluff, Mrs. Maggie Simms, and Mrs. Sarah Malone, both of
Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Friday in the Richlands
Tabernacle.March 7, 1958 --
MYRTLE GRIFFITH RINGSTAFF -- Mrs. Myrtle Giffith Ringstaff, 73 of Pounding Mill, died Saturday in a Richlands hospital. She was born March
27, 1885 at
Pounding Mill. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Ringstaff;
four daughters Mrs. Wayne Crouse and Mrs. June Smith, both of Cedar Bluff, Mrs.
Nancy Simmons, Richlands, Mrs. Clara Harris, Pounding
Mill; four sons, Jack of Richlands, Layne of Lebanon,
Hoyt and Tommy, both of Cedar Bluff; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Asbury of
Bluefield, Va. and Mrs. Carrie Summerfield of Charleston. She was a
lifelong member of the Pounding Mill Christian Church. Burial was in Thomas Cemetery Tuesday.
JOHN DEWEY JOHNSON -- John Dewey Johnson died last Friday in Holly Hill,
Florida. He was born at Tazewell September 19, 1898 and was the son of the late W.H.
and Angeline Johnson.
FANNIE E. MITCHELL -- Mrs. Fannie E. Mitchell, widow of Benjamin F. Mitchell,
was buried from Stras Memorial Church, Tuesday, March 4th. She is
survived by two children, Robert E. Mitchell, Traffic Engineer of Wilmington,
Delaware and Elizabeth M. Ridout, wife of Rev. Thomas
L. Ridout of Tazewell, Va. Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Tietze of Chatham NJ, were also in town for the
service. Mrs. Tietze is a niece of the
deceased.
March 17, 1958 --
MYSTERY SURROUNDS GRAVE OPENING
-- The grave of Mrs. James Lawson in Maplewood Cemetery was opened sometime during the
night of March 2, but investigating officers have not found an explanation for
the act. Mrs. Lawson, who died in childbirth, was buried Saturday, March
1. She was a resident of Springville. The Maplewood cemetery caretaker, Sam Johnson,
was the first to notice that the grave had been disturbed when he was working
on the grounds Monday morning, March 3. The flowers, and top sod, were
not on top of the grave as they had been placed. Upon closer
investigation, by the caretaker, and county officers, the sod was found down in
the grave close to the coffin, and the flowers were scattered in the loose soil
throughout the grave. The screws on the coffin box were loosened, as if
the coffin had been opened, but the body was not disturbed in any way.
The body was facing west, instead of the customary east, which at first led
investigators to believe the coffin had been removed and then replaced, but
they later believed that to be impossible, since it would have required the
efforts of at least six strong men, and hours of work. Dudley Funeral
Home in Bluefield was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
April 11, 1958 --
THOMAS WORSHAM -- J. Thomas Worsham, 65, died Saturday
in a Richmond hospital. He was a former Tazewell druggist. He
is survived by his wife, the former Miss Lula Jones of Tazewell; Two daughters,
Mrs. W. W. Hankins, Jr. of Cupeper Va. and Mrs.
Edward L. Dunford of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Mary Biddeson of Porchester, New
York. Graveside services and burial were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell.
ALBERT LAWSON -- Albert w. Lawson, 76, died March 31 in a Welch hospital.
Interment was made in Maplewood cemetery Wednesday. He is
survived by two sons and one daughter: Hubert Lawson of North Tazewell; Eugene Lawson of Delbarton, WV, and Mrs. Clarence Jackson of Portsmouth Va.
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