This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brashears, Gunning Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.brashears/382/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Obituary: The Morning Press, Bloomsburg, PA, Mon., Mar. 22, 1976 Mrs. Mary B. Gunning, 86, formerly of Berwick, died at the Shelby Memorial Hospital, Washington, Saturday. Born in Laurel, Maryland, she was daughter of the late Shipley and Mary Elizabeth Brashears. She had resided in Washington since 1941. Her husband, James, who worked for AC&F Industries, Berwick, died a number of years ago. She worked for the government and retired 16 years ago. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a son, James, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Graveside services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two at the Pine Grove Cemetery, Walnut Street, Berwick, with the Rev. Aaron Hastie, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Berwick, officiating. Arrangements are in charge of the John B. Kelchner Funeral Home, Berwick.

Walter Brown Brashear, 1822 - 1856 m: Margaret Carpenter, 1827 - 1878 Their children: Walter Bolling Brashear, 1848 - 1878 Frances Margaret Brashear, 1851 - 1936 m: Charles Horace Crichlow, 1873 Horace Carpenter Brashear,M.D., 1853 - 1929 This family lived in Vicksburg, Mississippi and in Texas at various times. Frances Margaret Brashear was my paternal grandmother. Does anyone have ties to this family and information about them? Thank you, Helen Crichlow Ashe