This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pursley, Mason, Henry, Amos, Tallman, Weekley, Thompson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4214 Message Board Post: Wirt County Journal, 2 March 1988, pg 6 Ray Russell PURSLEY, 62, of Sandyville, died 26 February 1988, of injuries received in a tractor accident while working on his farm. He was born in Jackson County, 20 December 1925, a son of the late Homer and Zelma PURSLEY. He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum of Ravenswood, a veteran of World War II and a member of the Junior OUAM of Pee Wee. Survivors include his wife, Ruth MASON PURSLEY; four sons, Arthur, David, and Randy, all of Sandyville, and Gary of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Patricia HENRY of Sandyville, and Debby AMOS of Leroy; four brothers, Cecil and Ayward of Leroy, Denzil of Sandyville and Rex of Palestine; three sisters, Rosa TALLMAN of Leroy, Edna WEEKLEY of Sandyville and Eupha THOMPSON of Beaver, Pa.; 11 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. Services were Feb. 29 at the Vail Funeral Home. The Rev. Bernard Vandergriff officiated. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery. (submitter not related)