I wanted to say how very much l have enjoyed these and always look forward to more. I print them so my father can read them ( He's 73 now). It gives him great pleasure since he was born on Buffalo Ridge and my grandparents, Albert and Velma Hupp had a home in Elizabeth. We see many names from our family mentioned, such as Sims, Thorn, Rader, Sheppard, and Sommerville. Did the Journal publish before 1920? Thanks so much, Barbara Hupp Charles

Wirt County Journal March 10, 1999 Senator Donna J. Boley's Column LITTLE KANAWHA PARKWAY AUTHORITY The Little Kanawha Parkway Authority which is comprised of members from Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Wirt and Wood counties held an informal meeting in Charleston last week. Their goal is to link interstates 77 and 79 through these counties with a four-lane road. The result would be not only better access for residents but expansion of businesses and better roads to entice new businesses to locate in these counties. Highways would open up the inner counties, some of which have the highest unemployment in the state. The authority is requesting funding for a feasibility study.

I believe the one I am looking for is on Rt 14 -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Johnston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [WVWIRT-L] Cemetery >Yes, I'm reasonably sure there is. My mother grew up there and recalls >one. I'll have to find my county maps and look. >Jennifer > >Enter your name here wrote: >> >> Does any one know if there is a cemetery at a Mt Zion CHurch in Wirt Co? >> Thanks >> >> ==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >> ..........................WIRT MAILING LIST............................ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE SEND A MESSAGE TO: [email protected] and put >> only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of your message. Your request >> is then processed automatically. So "PLEASE" be sure that this is the >> the only thing that appears in the body of your message. Should even a >> signature file be attached this will cause your message to fail. THANKS >> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > >-- >Jennifer Johnston >[email protected] >http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/9645 > > >==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >...........................WIRT MAILING LIST........................... >YOUR ROOTSWEB SUPPORTER AND OUR WVWIRT MAILING LIST OWNER AND MODERATOR >..............Glenn Belcher in WV >[email protected]<............. >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > >

Senator Donna J. Boley of the West Virginia Legislature has a brief column in the Wirt County Journal every week of the session. This one in the March 10, 1999 edition, I think, is of interest. WV SOLD TO HIGHEST BIDDER FLASH SB-380 passed Senator 22-12 today Friday. Goes to the House. Thanks to all who came down to fight it, but it looks like the gamblers won! My mail has been full of letters opposing an "expansion of gambling" in West Virginia. Yet, the Greenbrier casino bill, the coin drop video lottery bill and legalizing the gray machines are moving through the Legislature. $68,000 was given to 1998 legislative candidates by the gambling industry. Evidently, it appears that the votes are there. When casino gambling moved through Senate Finance, I was asked repeatedly not to call for a roll call vote. I was told by leadership that no one would sustain my motion (it only took one other person). So I instead asked to be recorded as voting "NO." Two other senators asked to be recorded as voting no, Love and Helmick. It would appear the others are willing to go on record for casino gambling. There is a misconception out there that the casino gambling can be confined to the Greenbrier. I would bet the farm that once it is at the Greenbrier it will quickly spread.

Wirt County Journal March 10, 1999 Remember When ... >From the Wirt County Journal files July 23, 1920 Educational Items Misses Hazel Wright and Madeline Davis, two of Spring Creek District's progressive lady teachers, were visiting in Elizabeth Monday. We notice from an exchange that work has begun on the erection of the Calhoun County High School at Grantsville. We have been informed that Willie Fought has been appointed principal of the local graded school. Chester Starcher has been reelected principal of the graded school at Carolina, West Virginia, at a salary of $l50 per month as principal and $30 per month for looking after the heating plant, making a total salary of $180 per month. Wirt County spent approximately $50,000 for school work this year. Did you have your boy or girl in school every day to get the benefit of this expenditure. Farm Bureau Notes James Batton and Will Higgins have agreed to be dairy demonstrators. They will keep account of the amount of milk given by each cow and at the end of the month take a butter fat test. In this way the profit or loss for each cow can be accurately determined. The livestock committee for the Wirt County Farm Bureau will be C. H. Bumgarner, Ralph Roberts, Bert Robinson and Lee Sheppard. There will be a 30 percent increase in freight rates about September 1. For this reason we wish to make our order for fertilizer just as soon as possible. Four poultry calling demonstrations will be held in the county August 5th and 6th. The places will be mentioned next week. B.F. Creech, the man who banished the scrub bull out of Roane County and is now line specialist for the state, will be in the county for a few days to help work out definite plans for eliminating the scrub bull out of Wirt County. The Federal Reserve Banks have worked out a satisfactory system of credit for wool dealers. While we may not get as much as last year for wool, the market will improve soon. Local & Personal Jasper Haught, of Brushy Fork, attended the circus at Parkersburg and visited till Monday evening before returning. I. J Martin of Creston was a pleasant caller at the Journal office on last Saturday while in town; he was visiting his mother who lives on Route 1. Misses Dorothy and Otia Parks left last Sunday for a visit with relatives near Smithville; they expect to visit Akron and Baltimore before returning home. June 6, 1958 Frank Munday Jr. New Home Started Frank Munday Jr. appeared before Elizabeth Town Council at the regular meeting Tuesday night of this week to make application in person for a building permit for anew residence on Cherry St., between the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ludwig and children. Munday Starts Building New Home at Munday It was reported here this week that Kenneth Munday has started building a new home near the Leonard Mundays, and nearby the E. U. B. Church at Munday, W.Va. Roy Richards and others will do the carpentry work on the home. Mills' Moved to Ohio; Villers' Back Here Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mills, who have resided in Elizabeth for the past several months, moved on Saturday, May 17, to Hamden, Vinton County, Ohio, where they have bought property. They sold their home here on Prunty Addition to Earl Villers, from whom they had purchased it. Work Is Progressing On New Roy Mace Home Work is progressing nicely on the start of construction for a new ranch style, seven-room and bath residential property for Roy Mace and family, Court St., City, adjacent to the B. B. Sims home. Mrs. Mace is the former Miss Lois Mason and is a member of the local high school facility. They have two children, Sandra and Roy Lee. Reynolds Opening TV Service Shop V. D. Reynolds of Route 1, Palestine, who lives with his father, J. B. Reynolds, was a recent Elizabeth visitor, and said he is opening his own T. V. service shop by Wilson's Store at Blue Goose, Rt. 1, Palestine, in the immediate future. J. H. and Don Mills Here J. H. Mills of Reinersville, O., and son, Don Mills, of Toledo, were Elizabeth visitors on Thursday of this week. Howard expressed his pleasure at seeing the new buildings underway here at the present time. He said that Mrs. Mills remains well and able to work. We missed getting to see Don on this trip. His son, Joe, was scheduled to graduate from high school this spring.

Wirt County Journal March 10, 1999 Obituaries Laura B Chadock Laura B. Chadock, 93, of Macfarlan, died March 2 in Parkersburg. She is survived by three daughters, Wanda Roush, Maxine Henderson and Rosalie Hargens; two sons, Gerald Chadock and Robert Chadock; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Chadock; one son; one brother, and one sister. Services were held March 4 at Raiguel Funeral Home, Harrisville, with Cindy Eakle officiating. Burial was in King Knob Cemetery. Gary R. Gribble Gary R. Gribble, 36, of St. Marys, died March 3 at his residence. He was born Oct. 26,1962, at Parkersburg, a son of the late Cline H. and Dorothy Ruble Gribble. He is survived by two brothers, David Gribble of Newark and Richard Gribble of Parkersburg; one sister, Linda Reaser of Vienna; his caregiver, Lois Dennis of St. Marys. Services were held March 5 at Busch Funeral Home, Elizabeth. Burial was in Foutty Cemetery, Newark. Gregory R. Hamilton Gregory R. Hamilton, 56, of Orlando, Fla., died Feb. 28 at Princeton Hospital, Orlando. He was born July 31, 1942, at Aliquippa, Pa. He was raised in Parkersburg by his grandparents, the late Ray and Anna Plate. He was an insurance agent, having represented several insurance companies including Bankers Life and Casualty and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. He was a former mechanic at Dils Motors and a former manager of Marida Bakery in Orlando. He was a member of the United Methodist church. He is survived by his wife, Lula Belle Gray Hamilton. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Barbara Ann Hamilton Services were held March 6 at Busch Funeral Home, Elizabeth, with the Revs. Paul G. Rebelo and Melvin Scott officiating. Burial was in Knights of Pythias Cemetery, Elizabeth. Joe Kirby Joe Kirby, 79, of Grantsville, died March 4 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg. He is survived by one son, Junior Kirby of Indiana; and one daughter, Kathryn Phillips of Elizabeth. Services were held March 6 at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville. Burial was in Big Bend Cemetery. Beulah M. Moncrief Beulah Marie Moncrief, 87, of Parkersburg died March 5 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born in Parkersburg, a daughter of the late Maj. Andrew and Hattie Mae Wildman Griffin. She worked for the American Viscose and operated the Pee Wee grocery store. She was a member of the Word of God Ministries. She is survived by one son, Ronald Moncrief of Pettyville; three daughters and sons-in-law, Nora Lou and Jack Florence of Coolville, Loretta and Ronald Eddy of Walker, Sandra and Boyd Feaster of Sterling, Va.; one adopted granddaughter and her husband, Shela and Joseph Chapman of Coolville; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one stepgreat-grandchild; and one brother, Albert Dale Griffin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe Park Moncrief; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann and Hilda Marie Moncrief; one brother; and two grandchildren. Services were held March 7 at the Word of God Church with Pastor Lynn Rousch officiating. Burial followed in Sunset Memory Gardens. Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Parkersburg, was in charge of arrangements. Bessie H. Mullen Bessie H. Mullen, 64, of Blue Springs, Mo., died Feb. 27 at Monterey Park Nursing Center, Mo. She was born at Palestine and worked as a custodian at the Blue Springs City Hall. She is survived by two sons, Clarence David Mullen and Perry Mullen, both of Blue Springs; two daughters, Lucinda Bogart of Independence, Mo., and Bonita Hinsley of Lenexa, Kan.; seven grandchildren; one brother, Darrell George of West Virginia; four sisters, Eldean Copeland, Joann Allen, Bernice George and Delphie George, all of West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Carl Mullen; and one daughter, Betty Yvonne Mullen. Services were held March 3 at Bethesda Baptist Church at Palestine with the Rev. Pete Mullen officiating. Burial was in Palestine Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Kimes Funeral Home, Parkersburg. James W. Vogeding Sr. James W. Vogeding Sr., 85, of Indialantic, Fla., died March 4 at Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, Fla. He was born Feb. 9,1914, in West Union, a son of the late Beulah Irene Stuck and Louis Edward Vogeding. He moved to central Florida in 1996 from Vincent, Ohio. He retired as the manager of the ABC store in Elizabeth and was owner and operator of the Elizabeth Theater in Elizabeth. He was affiliated with the Elizabeth Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Winifred Vogeding of Indialantic; two sons, James Vogeding Jr. of Melbourne, Fla.,. and David Vogeding of Indialantic, Fla.; and one brother, Edward Vogeding of Monroeville, Pa. Memorial services were held March 9 at East Minister Presbyterian Church. Donations may be made to East Minister Church Music Fund, 106 N Riverside Dr., Indialantic, Fla. 32903. Arrangements were handled by Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne, Fla.

You had mentioned a Roena Ott. Do you have any information on her as I am looking for family information on Katherine Ott. Thought it might be the same family. Katherine Ott married David Lott. When she was about 60, she moved in with her son George Washington Lott and his second wife. When she died, I can not find where she is buried or any other information on her. Thanks and thank you for the little story. Marianne ine a much warmer Las Vegas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 3:07 AM Subject: [WVWIRT-L] Mt. Pisgah and a Family story >I mentioned that many of my ancestors were buried in the Mt. Pisgah cemetary >and l have a family story l would like to share, which mentions the cemetary. >Many of you have heard it but for those of you who have not: > >This Joseph was the son of Jacob and Nancy Sommerville Bumgarner, who was >married to Roena Ott. >In the year 1863, the Union soldiers who were stationed in Wirt and >surrounding counties were watching the soldiers of the confederate army very >closely to capture those who came home on furlough, etc. Joseph Bumgarner, >with his two brothers, Jacob, Jr. and John enlisted in the Confederate Army. >Joseph's wife died in November 1863. Some of the Union men thought this would >be an opportune time to capture him when he came for his wife's funeral. So >the night before the funeral, they assembled at his residence to capture him. >They searched all through the house for him, even looking under the bed where >his wife lay a corpse. Joseph Bumgarner was there that night, dressed in >woman's clothing, but they failed to recognize him. His mother and father were >also there, and when the soldiers left they took his parents horses away with >them. Disappointed in not locating Joseph at his home, they decided to go over >to the Pisgah Church in Wirt county where Mrs. Bumgarner was to be buried the >next day, and to capture him if he attended the funeral. It was a long journey >in those days for a funeral procession from Lockhart to Pisgah: at that time >the roads were not good, and most people rode horseback. When they arrived at >the home of Joseph's father, which was just above Pisgah Church, the Union >soldiers were already there. They had tied several horses to the posts of the >front porch, secured fodder from a nearby field, and fed it to the horses on >the porch. They had brought the horses of Mr. and Mrs. Bumgarner back over to >his home and left them there, but kept his saddle. Joseph Bumgarner was not at >the funeral, but he was on a nearby hill where he had a view of the church and >cemetary and saw the last rites of his wife as she was lowered to her final >resting place. The Union soldiers never captured Joseph Bumgarner. He took >sick from exposure in the army and died in August, 1865, leaving four small >children, three daughters and one son. > >Barb > > >==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >............................WIRT MAILING LIST.......................... >PLEASE DO NOT SEND ATTACHED FILES TO OUR WIRT LIST. SOME OLDER SYSTEMS >WILL NOT HANDLE OR PROCESS THEM. YOU CAN PRIVATELY EXCHANGE THEM LATER >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >

Here is a good Spanish American War Website: http://www.spanam.simplenet.com/ There is some troop information and photos.

Do you have any recipes that were published, of this area? Thank you Marianne in Las Vegas -----Original Message----- From: Mark/Paula <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 5:45 AM Subject: [WVWIRT-L] Wirt County Journal, January 06, 1999, May 14, 1920 >Wirt County Journal >January 06, 1999 >Remember When ... >May 14, 1920 > >>From the Wirt County Journal Files > > > >Card of Thanks > >We take this means to extend our thanks and appreciation to our >neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us during our >recent sad bereavement, the sickness and death our baby. >Very respectfully, >G. W. Strong and family > > > >Automobile Repairs > >I handle genuine Ford parts, at list price, Goodyear tires, tubes and >accessories. I also, do general repair work, price reasonable. >Mail and telephone orders given prompt attention. >Citizens telephone, Palestine, Post Office Sandyville W.Va. >C. C. Daugherty > > > >For Sale > >100 acre farm on Dye's Run near the Little Kanawha River, at least >one-half good farm land, balance-good pasture, well-watered, nine-room >house, two barns, good out building including cellar. >If interested call on or address T. J. Monroe, Dulin W.Va. > > > >Shipping Notice > >I will ship a load of calves and hogs on Saturday of this week May 15th. >Calf market down, best calves 12 cents per pound. >Shipment made from Elizabeth. >Very Respectfully, C. H. Bumgarner > > > >Local and Personal > >Frank Wilson, a good citizen of Parrish Fork, was a pleasant caller at >our office on Saturday while shopping in town. > >Ray and Hurr, Righter and Geo. W. Smith of Sanoma attended Masonic Lodge >here on Tuesday night. > >Mesdames Eastman, Brown, Smith, Harris, and Miss Grace Gibson of this >place attended the regular meeting of Chapter 54 O. E. S. at Burning >Springs Thursday night, May 6th. > >C. D. Dotson, of Parkersburg, formerly of this place, was shaking hands >with old friends here on Wednesday night. Mr. Dotson is a candidate for >member of the Democratic State Executive Committee and was looking after >his political interests. > > > >Memorial Services > >The G. A. R. post for this county will rendor a decoration and memorial >day program at the U. B. Church above Morristown on Saturday, May 29th. > > > > >April 4, 1958 > > >To Stock Trout At Palestine Fish Hatchery > >The main reservoir of Palestine Bass Hatchery, which has been open >year-round to bass and bluegill fishing, will be specially stocked with >rainbow trout for the 1958 trout fishing season which will open April >26, Neil Stalnaker, hatchery supervisor, announced this week. > > > >Harry Knotts Again Candidate For School Board > >Harry Knotts, prominent Rt. 3 farmer of the Limestone Hill section and >member of the board of education the past six-year term, became the >first candidate to file for office in Wirt County when his certificate >of candidacy was filed for re-election to the board on Tuesday of this >week, April 1. >Candidates have been slow coming, with the 1958 primary election not >until August, and the filing deadline is not four weeks away - Saturday, >May 3. > > > >To Show Movies at Peewee Watershed Meet Monday > >President Roger E. Roberts of the Peewee Watershed Association announces >that there will be a showing of two short moving picture films on Soil >Conservation Service themes at next Monday evening's (Apr. 7) regularly >scheduled meeting of the new organization at the Peewee School. > > > >The Teen-age Set > >The junior play has been cast and the students are so-o-o-o hard at >work. The play is "Beauty and the Beef." >The cast includes: Ginny, Priscilla Roberts; George, Buddy Bailey; >Laura, Sandra Mace; Lester, Roger Cain; Franny, Beth Bryan; Beef, Tom >Daniell; Molly, Carolyn Dulin; Foggy, Snookie Brown. Others in the cast >are Sandra Davis, Tom Hutchinson, Victor Goff, Don McVey, Barbara >Whited, Sondalee Moore, Patty Richards, Ruth Justice and Jimmy Long. >Student director is Donna Chambers. > > > >Guests of Rev. Thornes > >Mr. and Mrs. Garland Christian Jr. and daughter, Debbie, Cleveland, O., >were here over last weekend visiting the Rev. and Mrs. O. E.W. Thorne of >Palestine. Mrs. Christian is a niece of Mrs. Thorne. > > > > > >==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >..........................WIRT MAILING LIST............................ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE SEND A MESSAGE TO: [email protected] and put >only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of your message. Your request >is then processed automatically. So "PLEASE" be sure that this is the >the only thing that appears in the body of your message. Should even a >signature file be attached this will cause your message to fail. THANKS >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >

Wirt County Journal March 3, 1999 Remember When ... * From the Wirt County Journal files July 16, 1920 Oil Field Items Ray Holbert of near Munday, who has been working in the Texas oil fields for the past several months, is visiting in this county for a few days. O. O. Smith of the Richter Oil Co. was a business visitor here between trains on Saturday morning. The Lockhart and Cox well on the Hale farm on Parish Fork was drilled in Tuesday and is dry. Hartley Items The South Penn has made a new location near Creston on the W. T. Campbell farm. They are now moving material on location which will soon be drilling. The roads in this part of the county are in a very bad condition. It seems very discouraging for automobile owners for the summer, but seems very encouraging over the new road amendment that will be voted upon this fall. Stockholders meeting A meeting of the stockholders of the Elizabeth Flint Glass Manufacturing Co. was held on Monday night of this week. At this meeting $2,000 additional stock was sold. It is planned to sell another $2,000 stock which will, it is thought, run the plant till the products are on the market. It is planned to begin operations at the close of the Glass Workers vacation about the middle of next month. Killed by Accident Reirl Arthur, of Creston, was killed while working on his saw mill on Little Creek on Thursday of last week. He was tightening a tap near the circle saw while it was running, was topped over when it is thought the saw caught his glove jerking him onto the saw. He was sawed into, killing him instantly, the heart being removed from the body. Mr. Arthur was a young man 29 years of age, who stood high in the esteem of his community. He was a soldier who served more than a year in France, was a church and Sunday school worker and will be greatly missed in his community. HENRY FORD has bought a railroad, which runs across a large part of Ohio, in order to insure his factories at Detroit an abundant supply of coal. We move that he be invited to extend it up to the head of the Little Kanawha where vast coal territories are yet undeveloped. Local & Personal L. P. Thorn has invested in a New Overland automobile. Henry Daugherty, we were informed, has bought an Ice Cream and Confectionery stand and has gone into business at Creston. Morgan Hickman has bought the A. T. Adams property on Pike Street, and the latter will move to Parkersburg where he expects to build a house on a lot which he owns near the Vitrolite Works. Frank Munday, Mr. and Mrs. James Kemp, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Craft, of Hartley, passed through Elizabeth Saturday en route to Parkersburg. May 30, 1958 Wirt Producers Shipped 9,830 lbs. Wool Last Week The 1958 crop of wool in Wirt County (through the two organized Wool Pools) amounted to 9,830 pounds. Shipments were made the early part of last week. The 37 producers of the Peewee Wool Pool list 5,959 pounds and the 23 producers of the Elizabeth Pool listed 3,871 pounds for shipment. Wool was shipped by truck from Wirt County, and went by rail from Parkersburg to Boston. Dotson To Head Wirt Lodge No. 82 Richard (Dick) Dotson, City, will head the local Masonic Lodge for the coming year, it was announced following the regular meeting on Tuesday night. The new lodge year will begin with the first of June, and Dotson and other officers will be installed at the June 10 meeting. Dotson was elected worshipful master Tuesday by members of Wirt Lodge No. 82, A. F. & A. M. Students Say Citizens of Wirt Are 'Complacent' Thirty-two persons attending a Tuesday night, May 20, session of the Wirt County Self Study-Self Help Program in the local Baptist Church basement heard six students of Marietta College express briefly their finds and their summary comments from an intensive survey-study they have been taking for several weeks. The consensus opinion seems to be that Wirt people generally seem "too well satisfied" with what they have (summed up as "complacency.") Other opinion-summaries: "Some Wirt people complain about their own community situations but do nothing about." "Too many of the older people seem to feel that youth don't need to do anything - some want youth to have nothing, to do nothing. "Some citizens think young people ought to work like they themselves had to work 'in the good old days.'" .... Wirt School Supt. Charles A. Cline, and retiring president of Elizabeth Lions club, told the small group at last week's meeting, "If young people would state their "No 1" most important want to the grown-ups, the Lions Club would attempt to do something with or for them." COPLIN HOSPITAL notes for the past week include the following: Rev. H. H. Saunders, City, remains a patient yet this week forllowing surgery performed week before last. Mrs. Dorcy Wilson, Munday, is a surgical patient. Mrs. Thomas Joy, Rt. 2, City, reentered the hospital Tuesday of this week as a medical patient, after having been a surgical patient recently. Jean King, Rt. 3, City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otha King, had a tonsillectomy operation Wednesday morning.

Wirt County Journal March 3, 1999 Obituaries Marjorie H. Brown Marjorie Hazel Brown, 78, of Parkersburg, died Feb. 26 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wirt County, a daughter of the late Guy F. and Bessie E. Lockhart Price. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church and a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Charles E. Brown; one son and daughter-in-law, Charles G. and Diana Brown of Reedy; one daughter, Linda K. Ferguson of Parkersburg; two grandsons, Charles M. and his wife Dee Brown of Spencer and Robert E. and his wife, Tilde Ferguson Jr. of Parkersburg; one granddaughter, Janet E. Givens of Parkersburg; four great-grandsons, Stephen K. Ferguson of Ports Island, S.C., Timothy P. Givens and J. Daniel Givens, both of Parkersburg, and Christopher M. Brown of Spencer; and two great-granddaughters, Rebecca C. Givens of Parkersburg and Keisha D. Brown of Spencer. She was preceded in death by two infant brothers. Services were held Feb. 28 at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. David Spencer officiating. Burial was in Sims Cemetery, Roane County. Kathryn V. Foutty Kathryn V. Foutty, 86, of Vienna, died Feb. 23 at Sunrise Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Elizabeth, a daughter of the late Henry I. and Minnie Hornish Shears. She had worked at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital for many years in the surgery department. She was a member of Wayside United Methodist Church. She is survived by one son, Jim Foutty of Parkersburg; one daughter, Helen Schweickert of Eustus, Fla.; five grandchildren, Joey Schweickert, Dana Hopkins. Kathy Stephens and Kelly Goodwin, all of Florida, and Dr. J. J. Foutty of Columbus; four great-grandchildren, Jason Stephens of Parkersburg, Nicholas Foutty of Columbus, Keith Hopkins and Megan Hopkins, both of Florida; one brother, Waren Shears of Ohio; and two sisters, Mary Hibbits of Vienna and Hattie Savereno of Mononghala, W.Va. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard S. Foutty; one granddaughter, Debbie Foutty; and two brothers Sterling Shears and Hunter Shears. Services were held Feb. 28 at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. Joseph Kenaston officiating. Burial was in Evergreen North Cemetery. Gregory R. Hamilton Gregory R. Hamilton, 56, of Orlando, Fla., died March 1 at Princeton Hospital, Orlando. Funeral arrangements are pending at Busch Funeral Home, Elizabeth. Harold A. Knotts Harold A. Knotts, 72, of Belpre, died Feb. 23 at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was born June 11, 1926, in Wood County, a son of the late Harry and Elizabeth A. Knotts. He was retired from Everready Battery of Marietta, was a member of Masonic Lodge #82 in Elizabeth, Moose Lodge #1118 in Parkersburg, and a lifetime member of the DAV of Parkersburg. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife, Mary L. Knotts of the home; one daughter, Kim Knotts; and one son, Randy Knotts, both of Belpre; one sister, Ann Moss of Elizabeth; and two grandsons, Josh Knotts of Belpre and Jeremy Myers of Windgett Run, Ohio. Services were held Feb. 27 at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with Pastor Jay Hubbard officiating. Burial was in Limestone United Methodist Church Cemetery. Lucy M. Lowdy Lucy M. Lowdy, 83, of Parkersburg, died Feb. 23 at Parkersburg. She was born in Wirt County, a daughter of the late Peter J. and Alice Moncrief Brown. She was a former aide at St. Joseph's Hospital. She is survived by her sister, Ada A. Brown, with whom she resided; and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by Pete Lowdy; six brothers; and five sisters. Services were held Feb. 25 at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. Jonathan Lands officiating. Burial was in Center Valley Cemetery, Wirt County. Ernestine Phillips Ernestine Vandale Phillips, 86, of Ripley, died Feb. 27 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born July 22, 1912, in Fenwick, Nicholas County, a daughter of the late Leonard and Daisey Blake Vandale. She was a housewife, and a member of the Ripley Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. She is survived by one daughter, Kay Morehead of Mogadore, Ohio; one son, Jerry Phillips of Millwood; one brother, Lloyd Vandale of Vienna; one sister, Jessie "Midge" Stutler of Creston; four grandchildren, Gilbert Morehead of Akron, Ohio, Jeffery Morehead of Syracuse, N.Y., and Jacqueline Mullin and Craig Phillips. both of Spencer; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert Phillips; and one sister, Edna Kellar of Annamoriah. Services were held March 1 at Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home, Spencer, with Minister Jerry Jones of Ripley Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetery near Spencer. Elizabeth L. Rhyne Elizabeth Lucille "Sally" Rhyne, 79, of Parkersburg, died Feb. 22 at the Charleston Area Medical Center. She was born in Wood County, a daughter of the late Silas Sheridan and Estelle Claire Davis Givens. She was a member of Winding Road Church of Christ and attended senior citizen meetings in Elizabeth. She retired from Wilson's IGA Market. She is survived by five sons, Gerald Vernon Rhyne of St. Clairsville, Ohio, Duane William Rhyne of Dallas, Texas, Larry Paul Rhyne of Chicago, Ill., Donald Eugene Rhyne of Sharonville, Ohio, and Thomas Michael Rhyne of Davisville; two daughters, Loretta Ann Rhyne Gregg of Lorain, Ohio, and Susan Lucille Rhyne Graham of Mineral Wells; two sisters, Freda Belle Givens Wandless and Susie Belle Givens, both of Parkersburg; one brother, William Walter "Bus" Givens of Parkersburg; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Vernon William Rhyne; five sisters, Delma Madeline Dotson, Maude Vandevort Richards, Edna Louise Roach, Mary Charlotte Givens and Clare Estelle Barker; and two brothers, Charles Cummins Givens and Aaron Oliver Givens. Services were Feb. 26 at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with Evangelist Herman Mason officiating. Burial was in Core Road Cemetery. Ruby R. Roberts Ruby R. Roberts, 93, formerly of Market Manor, died Feb. 23 at Parkview Healthcare. She was born in Wirt County. She retired from Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She is the last surviving member of her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Will and Lovada Petty Roberts; three sisters, Alice Moats, Bessie Roberts and Snowden Roberts; and three brothers, Forrest, Henry and Roland Roberts. Private graveside services will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements were handled by Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg. Emmett F. Wells Emmett F. Wells, 83, of Washington, died Feb. 17 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. He was born in Leroy, a son of the late Frank and Anna Archer Wells. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and retired from Borg Warner Chemicals. He was a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church and the Wood County Senior Citizens. He is survived by one son, Michael D. Wells of Atlantic, Va., three daughters, Lois Allen, Kathy Lowers and Sandra Wells, all of Washington; three grandchildren, Ehren Lowers Emmalene Lowers and Louis Allen, all of Washington; one brother, Ray Wells of Norwalk, Calif.; and two sisters, Velma Deckard of Newport Pa., and Elizabeth Jordon of Keystone Heights, Fla. He was preceded in death by his wife, Adalene B. Young Wells; one brother, Russell Wells; and four sisters, Audra VanDyke and Mildred Holleron and two infant sisters. Services were held Feb. 19 at Kimes Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. Sara F. Lamb officiating. Burial followed in Sunset Memory Gardens with military rites conducted by American Legion Post 15.

This is beautiful.. I should like to copy this message for my page that I am now in the process of making. May I? Marianne PS I have to add this. I am not from WV but a tiny town in NJ. I am doing this for my grandson. I have met the most wonderful people and seen the most beautiful places. I can not believe that WV has put all this on a computer sites. They are very proud of their heritage. I had forgotten by living here in sin city, that there are still people like the ones in WV. My grandson is related to the other Lott's, the other George Washington Lott that married Nancy Lockhart, and the Watson's of Palestine. I wish I had known them. Having done my own family and having been to the little cemetaries as growning up, I can certainly appreciate how you feel. Marianne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [WVWIRT-L] Mt. Pizgah Cemetary >Thank you so much for your encouragement. It was 300 stones, but alot more in >names and dates, but who's counting? <G> I was more than happy to do it, >especially for people such as yourself, who live so far away. I love the fact >of being able to go to the home places of my ancestors. There's just something >special about standing on their land, or seeing the places they traveled, that >is hard to put into words. The same can be said for seeing their final resting >place. You feel close to them. Anyone who does genealogy understands this >feeling. The Pisgah Cemetary holds special meaning to me, since alot of my >ancestors are buried there, such as John Collins(My greatgreatgrandfather) and >my 3rd. greatgrandparents Jacob and Nancy Sommerville Bumgarner. Many of my >Sheppard family are there as well. I hope this cemetary listing will help >others to find their family. > >Barb > > >==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >...........................WIRT MAILING LIST........................... >TO CONTACT OUR WIRT LIST OWNER, HIS ADDRESS IS: [email protected] >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >

Anyone that can go to a cemetery and copy down 300 names in this weather and for free, doesn't need to apologize for anything. And don't repeat this ha ha. I wish there was someway I could help you or Mary Belt Lott as people as yourself are few and far between. Marianne in Las Vegas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 3:15 AM Subject: Re: [WVWIRT-L] Mt. Pizgah Cemetary >Sorry, you are right. Will change. > >Barb > > >==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >...........................WIRT MAILING LIST........................... >A GOOD PRACTICE IN MESSAGING IS TO LIMIT 'PER LINE' CHARACTERS TO 65-75 >MANY OLDER SYSTEMS USE SMALLER SCREENS AND CLIP LONGER LINES EVERY TIME >HELP THOSE ON OUR WIRT MAILING LIST-SIMPLY CONSIDER LIMITING YOUR LINES >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >

Yes, I'm reasonably sure there is. My mother grew up there and recalls one. I'll have to find my county maps and look. Jennifer Enter your name here wrote: > > Does any one know if there is a cemetery at a Mt Zion CHurch in Wirt Co? > Thanks > > ==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > ..........................WIRT MAILING LIST............................ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE SEND A MESSAGE TO: [email protected] and put > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of your message. Your request > is then processed automatically. So "PLEASE" be sure that this is the > the only thing that appears in the body of your message. Should even a > signature file be attached this will cause your message to fail. THANKS > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- Jennifer Johnston [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/9645

There is a Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Mineral Wells. It has a cemetery. It is in Wood County. Carla Cegielski mailto:[email protected] On Sunday, March 14, 1999 7:54 PM, Enter your name here [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > Does any one know if there is a cemetery at a Mt Zion CHurch in Wirt > Co? > Thanks > > > > ==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > %%% > ..........................WIRT MAILING > LIST............................ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE SEND A MESSAGE TO: [email protected] and > put > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of your message. Your > request > is then processed automatically. So "PLEASE" be sure that this is > the > the only thing that appears in the body of your message. Should > even a > signature file be attached this will cause your message to fail. > THANKS > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > %%% >

Does any one know if there is a cemetery at a Mt Zion CHurch in Wirt Co? Thanks

Wirt County Journal February 24, 1999 Remember When ... * From the Wirt County Journal files July 9, 1920 Educational Items Floyd Gates has been employed as principal of the Palestine schools $35 a month. Hartley Items Luther Jones and wife were burned very severely one day last week. While Mrs. Jones was starting a fire with live oil, it caught on fire and some way got on her clothing and burned her nearly to a crisp all over except a small place about the size of a person's hand between the shoulders. She is in critical condition at this writing. Mr. Jones received his burns while trying to extinguish the fire on his wife. His hands were badly burned and look as though the flesh would fall off the bones. Born to Henry Veon and wife of this place on the fourth is a fine big baby boy. One of the hardest rains of the season fell at Hartley last Saturday evening. Obituary The pale horse and his rider entered the home of Mrs. Minnie Ora Carpenter on last Monday morning and taloned her mother, Mrs. Sarah Jane Channels. Sister Channels was born May 19,1837, departed this life July 5, 1920, aged 83 years, three months and 26 days. She was united in marriage to William Channels. To this union 15 children were born, seven of whom survive her. Oil Field Items Pepper Bros. contractors begun drilling a second well on the Hickman farm Deavers Fork the latter part of last week. A. A. and Hugh Haught, John Barnett and Dr. O. J. Casto of Parkersburg, all former residents of this county, are preparing to drill a well near the mouth of Bell Run on Leading Creek, Calhoun County. O. E. Grow has completed well No. 10 on the W. H. Wheaton in the Berea sand and reported dry. Local & Personal Well, it's Cox and Roosevelt. James M. Cox, governor of Ohio, was nominated by acclamation as the Democratic standard bearer for president early Tuesday morning after a deadlock of 43 ballots. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York state was nominated by acclamation as his running mate for vice president. The above named team, perhaps the strongest teem that could have been named, will no doubt insure a Democratic national victory this fall. May 23, 1958 Columns at Court House And Farm Repairs Ordered Wirt County Court met in special session Friday, May 9, at which time an order was made to repair windows and do painting of the house at the county farm near Elizabeth, and repair of the large columns in front of the Court House; also to repair the cistern at the county farm. County Clerk E. N. Davis said that no contact was given for the jobs, but that W. A. Dye and others were employed on an hourly rate. Asked the cost of the projects, the county clerk said he didn't know, as "it is indefinite just how long the workers will be used." George Heads Lions Club Carl "Buddy" George, associated in business with B. B. Sims & Son general store, Monday night was elected the next president of Elizabeth Lions Club. He is to be installed at the head of the organization at the June 2 meeting. Wirt High Coach Earl "Whitey" Adolfson was elected first vice president; while the other V. P.'s selected were: second, Dick Thorn; third, Lester Cottle. C. T. Simon was retained as secretary and Herbert Roberts as treasurer. Sheriff C. B. "Corb" Carpenter was named tail-twister; and Tom Minor elected the Lion tamer. Retiring president is Supt. of Schools Charles A. Cline. Bea Foutty's Lunch To Move June 1st Mrs. Bea Foutty's local restaurant business, known for several years as Court Lunch, located in the small cement block Roberts building by Roberts Store, will be moved during the weekend of May 3l, June 1, Mrs. Foutty said this week. New location will be in the Wiseman building, around the corner on Pike St., vacated a few weeks ago by Ethyl Boston's restaurant, which was moved to the Lowe Building adjacent to Elizabeth Theatre. Mrs. Foutty expects to change the name of her business to "Bea's Lunch" upon making the move. Hamrick Starts Building Home Near Newark Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hamrick of Garfield-Windy Ridge have acquired a building site off the Harry Foutty Farm (across the road from the Harley Foutty home) and are starting to build a six-room and bath home. The location is one mile south of the Newark community. Mrs. Hamrick is a Wirt County elementary teacher and will be eligible for retirement after next term, and they anticipate locating at the site where they're building sometime in the future, but do not know just when. Showing at the Elizabeth Theatre on Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24, "The Quiet Gun;" Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 25, 26 and 27, "The Wayward Bus;" and starting Thursday, May 29, "Bandido."

Wirt County Journal February 24, 1999 Obituaries Willis R. Fidler Willis R. Fidler, 76, of Sarasota, Fla., and Columbus, Ohio, died Feb. 18 at Doctors Hospital, Sarasota, Fla. He was born August 29, 1922, in Columbus, Ohio, a son of the late Roswell S. and Charlotte Hunt Fidler. He was a retired insurance investigator and a U.S. Army veteran of the European theater of World War II retiring with a rank of first lieutenant. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association, American Legion Post 443 and Trinity United Methodist Church, Upper Arlington, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Eloise Rader Fidler; two sons, Michael L. Fidler of Manassas, Va., and Steven L. Fidler of Valrico, Fla.; one brother, the Rev. Edwin R. Fidler of Williard, Ohio; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Busch Funeral Home, Elizabeth, with the Rev. Edwin R. Fidler officiating. Burial will follow in DePue Cemetery, Creston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and until the time of the services on Saturday. Carolyn Snyder Carolyn Snyder, 54, of School St., Parkersburg, died Feb. 18 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born in Parkersburg, a daughter of Georgia Atkinson Hupp and the late Charles Hupp. She worked for Nashua Photo for 14 years. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Jerry H. Snyder; one son, Jamison Snyder of Parkersburg; two daughters and son-in-law, Kelly Snyder and Victoria and Michael Walker of Parkersburg; three sisters, Janet Barnes of Walker, Marilyn Willison of Parkersburg and Sherry Martin of Washington; two brothers, Gary Hupp and Michael Hupp, both of Parkersburg; one granddaughter, Kaitlin Walker of Parkersburg; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held Feb. 21 at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. Elwood Fleming officiating. Burial was in McCray Cemetery, Creston.

Wirt County Journal February 17, 1999 Remember When ... * From the Wirt County Journal Files July 2, 1920 Lucille Items We have two new cases of measles at Hayes Givens' home. Charlie R. Sims has been cutting hay on John Curfman's farm. Several of our folks went to Pisgah last Sunday to hear the evangelist, Rev. M. E. Peck. The oil field near Reedy still keeps up the excitement by a new 50 barrel well near Weed Knob. Farm Bureau Notes It was voted to start a membership drive for 500 members to the Wirt County Farm Bureau. The Roane County farmers say that they are going to increase their membership to 1,000 and they have a $2 membership fee. We ought to be able to get at least half as many members with a membership fee of only $1. Educational Items Superintendent and Mrs. Leonard C. Dailey returned Monday morning from Charleston where Mr. Dailey has been helping grade the manuscripts for the June examination. The grading has not been completed yet and Mr. Dailey says that it will probably be the middle of July before the returns for Wirt County will be received. Oil Field Items A new well has been drilled in recently on Rush Run Reedy District, Roane County, near the Wirt County line and is reported as a good producer. Pepper Bros. drilled in a well on the Hickman Farm on Deevers Fork the latter part of last week, which showed up for a good gasser. Local & Personal Misses Dorothy Parks and Mabel Wilson were visitors at Lock 5 on Sunday. I. P. Dawson made a trip to Baltimore the first of this week for cancer treatment. He was accompanied on his return from Clarksburg by his son, Arza, and wife will visit here in a few days. Dr. C. N. Brown, a captain in Uncle Sam's Army, was discharged from the Army at Long Island, N.Y., on Tuesday of last week after more than two years service. He arrived home Sunday evening. T. A. Fought, C. C. Clayton, and J. M. Leep of the Newark community were business visitors in Elizabeth on Tuesday. Willie Morehead, a progressive farmer of Route 3, was shopping in town Wednesday evening. May 16, 1958 First in School's History, Prom Is Successful (From the Wirt High Echo) Wirt High's pioneer attempt at a Junior-Senior Prom was proved May 10, to everyone's delight, to be a huge success. With approximately 150 students, teachers and parents attending, the prom will long be remembered as a highlight of Graduation Week. "Younger than Springtime," the central theme, was carried out in tune by the "Top Hatters," the dance band from Spencer. The senior class, which was in charge of decorations, kept the same ones that were used for the banquet. The juniors served the refreshments, which consisted of punch, cookies, mints and nuts. Chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Cheuvront, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Mace. Candidates Enter Honor Society in Initiation Rites Fifteen new members were introduced into the National Honor Society in an impressive ceremony April 18 in the Elizabeth Baptist Church. Pat Sams, president of the society, presided. To become a member of the National Honor Society is to receive one of the highest honors a student can attain. The candidates are received on the basis of character, scholarship, leadership and service. The new members include Margaret Giffin, Ann Knotts, Harold Lockhart, Mary McCauley, Benny Sims, Ellen Vlach, seniors, and Buddy Bailey, Judie Busch, Donna Chambers, Sandra Davis, Lena Ruth Justice, Sandra Mace, Annabelle Munday, Priscilla Roberts, and Raymond Turner, juniors. SUMMER CONCERTS AGAIN PLANNED Former Wirt Band Members Again Invited to Participate Several members of the Wirt High Band are making plans to carry out a colorful profit-making event on Friday of next week on May 23 when they conduct a "Gas-a-Rama" all day sales event at the Hughes Esso station on Court St. C. E. (Ed) Hughes, operator of the station, is cooperating with the Wirt High Band Boosters Club and Bandmaster Don Reynolds to make the event possible.

Wirt County Journal February 17, 1999 Obituaries Thomas E. Allman Thomas E. Allman, 76, of Parkersburg, died Feb. 10 at his residence. He was born Sept. 30,1922, in Wirt County. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He worked for Midland Grocery in Vienna and Grand Central Mall Security. He was a Baptist by faith. He is survived by five sons, Ed Allman of Cincinnati, Earl Allman Jr. of Alabama, Larry Jack of Parkersburg, John Jack and Bill Jack, both of Vienna; three daughters, Earlene Workman of Vienna, Tammy Ice and Vickie Hixon, both of Parkersburg; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mamie Cooper and Lena Caplinger, both of Parkersburg; and his special friend, Susie Blackwell Roush, with whom he resided. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Augustus and Ruby Deem Allman; and four brothers, Luther, Clayton, Glen and Chester Allman. Services were held Feb. 13 at Franklin Funeral Chapel, Parkersburg. Burial was in Sunset Memory Gardens with full military rights by American Legion Post 15 of Parkersburg. Ruby Virginia Boyles Ruby Virginia Boyles, 85, of Waverly, formerly of Vienna, died Feb. 8 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born in Elizabeth, a daughter of the late Payton and Sarah Hickman. She was a member of the 36th Street Church of Christ of Vienna, where she was active with various women's circles in the church and TOPS. She is survived by one daughter, Lillian Pifer of Waverly; one son, Robert David Boyles of Lakeland, Fla.; l6 grandchildren; l3 great-grand-children; and two nieces. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Otis Boyles; two sons, William Boyles Jr. and Donald Lee Boyles; one brother, Roscoe E. Hickman; two sisters, Ethel Roush and Rose Ransbottom; and one step-brother, Everett Ruble. Services were held Feb. 11 at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Vienna, with Tom Butterfield and Mark Mason officiating. Burial was in Evergreen North Cemetery. Rayma Dennis Rayma Brothers Dennis, 73, of Parkersburg, formerly of Huntington, died Feb. 8 at Park View Health Center. She was born April 17, 1925, in Charleston, a daughter of the late William Raymond and Esther Shaw Brothers. She was a former youth director for the YMCA and was the former organist for First United Methodist Church, where she held her membership. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen S. and Al Tichnel, Robin and Mike Fleak; one son and daughter-in-law, James L. and Pam Dennis, all of Elizabeth; three grandchildren, Andrew James Dennis, James Michael Fleak and Jennifer Ruth Fleak of Elizabeth; and one great-grandchild. Services were held Feb. 11 at Beard Mortuary with the Rev. Jay Tatum officiating. Burial was in Woodmere Memorial Park. Reta D. Fox Reta D. Haught Fox, 97, of Cleveland, died Feb. 11 at Royal Oak Nursing Home in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. She was born in Freed, Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Elmer and Rachel Dotson Haught. She was one of 16 children. She was retired from Lempson Sessions of Cleveland as an inspector. She was a member of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland. She is survived by two daughters, Sibyl Rucker of Cleveland and Joyce Reese of Fayette, Ala.; one daughter-in-law, Ann Fox of Euclid, Ohio; three granddaughters, Roberts I. Huffman of Cooper City, Fla., Linda F. Lyman of Tempe, Ariz., and June F. Zakrajsek of Strongsville, Ohio; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Jennings Fox Jr. Services were held Feb. 15 at Vaughan Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. William Snider officiating. Burial was in Hartley Cemetery, Brohard. John Henthorn John Henthorn, 78, of Sixth St., Marietta, died Feb. 11 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He spent his early life in Wirt County before moving to Washington County at the age of nine. He was an employee of Dravo Corp. and a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 168. He attended Norwood United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Berg Henthorn; two daughters and one son, Linda, Judy and Leroy; seven grandchildren, Kim, Rob and Tori Henthorn, Lance Wagner, Johnny and Jimmy Warren and Jill Barnhill; and four great-grandchildren, Casey, Kaylen, Kristen and Sophia Warner. Services were held Feb. 13 at McClure-Schafer Funeral Home, Marietta. Burial was in Valley Cemetery. Laura B. Parsons Laura B. Parsons, 78, of Petroleum, Ritchie County, died Feb. 7 at Care Haven of Pleasants, Belmont, following a long illness. She was born in Calhoun County. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, sewing and quilting. She was a member of the Frozen Chapel Baptist Church at Shock. She is survived by her husband, Everett Parsons; two sons, Harley Parsons of Tallmadge, Ohio, and Kenny Parsons of Petroleum; seven daughters, Virginia Wright of Shock, Kathleem Green of Akron, Ohio, Wanda Parsons of Parkersburg, Maggie Bolen of Creston, Ohio, Kathy Morris of Stumptown, Shelia Halstead and April Halstead, both of Elizabeth; her mother, Prudence Orcheid of Akron, Ohio; one sister, Olie Parsons of Elizabeth; one half sister, Mary Jance Ice of Ohio; five half brothers, Marvin, Harold, Robert, Harlin and Bill Orcheid, all of Ohio; 19 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Harley Greathouse; her stepfather, James Orcheid; her stepmother, Irene Greathouse; a half brother, Newton Orcheid: and an infant son. Harold Dean Parsons. Funeral services were held Feb. 10 at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with the Rev. Robert Porter officiating. Interment was in Lambert Cemetery, Arnoldsburg.