Obituaries 1963
OBITS Montgomery News Messenger 1963
Sisson, George L.
George L Sisson, 78, died Monday in a nursing home at Shawsville.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Audrey M Sisson, two sons, Hugh
Sisson, Shawsville, and Vance Sisson, Laredo, Tx., four
brothers, James A., Wilbur C., Edward J., all of Shawsville,
Wade K Sisson, Knoxville, Tn..
Funeral will be at 2pm today (Thursday 10-10-1963) at
Piedmont Methodist Church with burial in Piedmont Cemetery.
Richardson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
10-10-1963 The Montgomery News
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Price, Charles Luther
Charles Luther Price, 87, of Blacksburg died Tuesday in a
Radford Hospital.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Helen Huff, Blacksburg, three
sons, Melvin K Price, Blacksburg, Henry W Price, Norfolk, Albert L Price,
Miami, Fl.; two sisters, Mrs J L White, Blacksburg.
Hoy Funeral Home is making funeral arrangements.
10-10-1963 The Montgomery News
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Kontkanen, Mrs. Anna
Mrs. Anna Kontkanen, 81, died last
Wednesday (10-1-1963) in a local nursing home in Christiansburg.
Surviving are two sons, Theodore Kontkanen,
Christiansburg, Constantine, Kantkanen, Arlington; a
sister, Justina Palomaki,
Finland, a brother Isaac Walli, Finland.
Graveside services were held at 4 pm Friday at Captain George
Cemetery, in Floyd County.
Richardson Funeral Home of Christiansburg was in charge of arrangements.
10-10-1963 The Montgomery News
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Snyder, Albert S B
Albert Stanley Beamer Snyder, 64 died Sunday in Blacksburg.
He is survived by seven sisters; Mrs. Kester
L. Akers, Mrs. William Stanger, Mrs. Agnes Surface, Mrs
Clara Graves, Mrs. Clarence Slusser, all of
Blacksburg; Mrs. Hobert Shepard,
Cicero, Indiana, Mrs. D. R. Smith, Radford; two brothers, John S Snyder, W. E.
Snyder both of Blacksburg.
Funeral services were held at 2pm Wednesday (10-9-1963) at
the Northside Chapel, North Progress St., with burial
in Westview Cemetery.
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William B Dunn
William Burton Dunn, 66, Rt. 1, Elliston, died in a Roanoke
hospital Thursday (10-3-1963)
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary G Dunn, two daughters,
Mrs. Myrtle Ann Jones of Christiansburg, Miss Florence Dunn, Elliston; three
sons, Howard W., Neeley J., both of Elliston, George
A Dunn, Lafayette; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Sneffer,
Beckley Wv., Mrs. Della Smith, Elliston.
Funeral service was at 2 pm last Sunday (10-6-1963) at the
Midway Baptist Church, Ironto, with burial in the Sessler Cemetery.
Grant E Bryant Funeral Home, Elliston, was in charge of
arrangements.
10-10-1963 The Montgomery News
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Mrs. Mary Brown
Mrs. Mary Brown, 79, of Christiansburg, died last Monday in
a Washington D C., hospital.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Bessie A Payne, Washington, DC.; one sister Jannie Thomas Cambria.
Funeral was held at 1pm Friday at the Ashbury Methodist
Church, with burial in the Christiansburg Cemetery.
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Henry S Allen
Henry S Allen, of Ridgewood, NJ.,
formerly of Christiansburg, died in a
Ridgewood Hospital last Tuesday at the age of 59.
He is survived by his wife the former Miss Katherine Rangley, of Christiansburg, five sisters, Miss Edith Allen,
of Miami, Fl.; Miss Emily Allen, Miss Mary Allen, and Mrs
Charles W Crush, all of Christiansburg; and Lt. Llorence
Allen of Jonesville, and a brother, Col. Richard Allen also of Miami Fl.
Allen was a sales manager for the Bennett Heat Treating
Company of Newark, N J.
He was a graduate of Christiansburg High School and attended
the Newark Engineering School in Newark. He was a member of the Presbyterian
Church and a Mason.
Final rites for him were conducted here at Richardson
Funeral Home at 10:30 last Friday by Dr. Cothran G
Smith.
Pallbearers were Quinn Harless,
Henry Stone,Jr., Everett Pharis, W R Sheltonand James
Haymaker, , all of Christiansburg, and Harry Dangerfield of Roanoke. Interment
was in Sunset Cemetery where Masonic rites were held, conducted by John Myers,
Jr.
Among those from out of town attending the final rites for
him were his widow, Mrs. Kathryn Rangley Allen, of
Ridgewood, Nj., Col. & Mrs. Richard Allen, and
Miss Edith Allen of Miami Florida, Lt. Florence Allen of Jonesville; Mrs.
Donald L Brown, of Dover De., Mrs. Marion Lanier of Walnut Cove, Nc., Mrs. Lillian Bowles, of Stewart, Mr. & Mrs. M B
Hancock of Midlothian, Mrs. K. S. French, Mrs. L. B. Colburn, Mrs. Allene Baine, and Jessie Ring all
of Narrows; Mrs. R. E. Sessoms, and Mrs. Frances
Quinn, both of Roanoke.
10-10-1963 The Montgomery News
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Robert E
Creasey
Final rites for Robert E Creasey
of Christiansburg, who died in a Roanoke hospital, were conducted Tuesday Sept
17, 1963, at the Richardson Funeral Home, by his pastor the Rev. Ira Austin.
Mrs. Edgar Martin furnished organ music.
Pallbearers were Mr. Creasey’s
nephews, Dr. Howard Fitzpatrick Creasey of Roanoke,;
Robert B Creasey of Richmond; Emmett L Leonard of
Roanoke, Harold W Leonard, of Christiansburg; Thomas J Sawyers, Jr., of
Waynesboro; and Thomas L Perkins of Yadkinville, Nc.
Surviving, are Mr. Creaseys’ wife,
Mrs. Grace Creasey, five daughters, Miss Nell Creasey, Helen Creasey, Mrs.
Ethel C Martin, all of Christiansburg; Mrs. Mary Smith, Yadkinville, Nc., Mrs Barbara C Hill, El
Cerrito, Ca., one brother, Walter Creasey, two
sisters, Mrs. Catherine Randal, and Mrs. Eula Hayton,
all of Blueefield, WV., four grandchildren, Robert D
Smith Jr., Island of Guam, Mrs. Roberta Smith Sayers, Waynsboro,
Mrs. Linda S Perkins, Yadkinville, Nc., and John H
Martin III., of Christiansburg; two great grand children, Jamie Perkins of
Yadkinville, Nc., and Michelle Sawyers of Waynesboro.
Among those attending the funeral, were Mr. & Mrs.
Robert Smith and Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Perkins of Yadkinville, Nc., Mrs.
Katheryn C Randal, and Mr. & Mrs. W. J. .Hylton all of Bluefield Wv., Mrs.
Gladys C Wilkins of Roanoke,; Mr. & Mrs. Gleason Harvey, Lowesville, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Johnson, , Mr. &
Mrs. Leon Heslip of Salem, Mrs. Frank Dulaney, Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Leonard and Mrs. Mary M
Wilson Haley all of Roanoke, and Mrs. W F Pack of Blacksburg.
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Mrs. Effie Logan
Mrs. Effie Logan, 71 of Cambria, died last Tuesday in a
Radford Hospital.
Surviving are her husband, James P Logan, a stepson, Harold
McLaughlin, Cambria; four sons, Woodrow C and Roy G Hickman, Cambria; two
sisters; Mrs. Sarah Stewart and Miss Virginia Price, Floyd and a brother Terry
Price, Floyd.
Funeral was held Friday at 2pm at her home with burial in
the family cemetery in Shawsville.
10-17-1963 The Montgomery News
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Floyd J. Moore
Floyd J. Moore, 79, of Snowville,
died Monday at his home.
Surviving are three sons Levi and Dewey Moore, both of
Christiansburg and Carlos Moore of Winston Salem, Nc.,
Six daughters, Mrs. Jet Hollandsworth, Warrington, Mrs Arnold Gardner, Hillsville, Mrs. Harry Stillwell and
Mrs. Kyle Dalton, both of Dougspur, Mrs Glenn Kemp, Alllisonia, Miss Lyonia Moore, Marion, three sisters, Mrs. J P Phillips,
Christiansburg, Mrs. Joe Reese, Hillsville, Mrs. A W Bond, Kingsport, Tn; two brothers, Rollie Moore,
Salem, Ballard Moore, Narrows.
Funeral was conducted at 11am.Wednesday at Seaver-Saunders Funeral Home, Radford, with burial in Dry
Pond Cemetery, Sylvatus.
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Mrs. Kate J. Snuffer
Mrs. Kate Jones Snuffer,
80, of Pilot died Saturday
at her home.
Surviving are her husband Clarence Snuffer; two daughters,
Mrs. Ethel Mitchell, Detroit Mi., Mrs. Annie Belle Jackson, Lester, Wv.; eight sons, Willie Jones, Canton, Oh.; Herbert Jones,
James Jones, David Jones, all of Detriot, Mi.; Samuel
Jones, Montecello, Wv.,
Henry Jones, Spring Valley, NY., Albert Jones, Columbus, Oh., two brothers,
Charlie Thomas, of Beckley, Wv., Albert Thomas, Detriot, Mi., four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Claybourn, Mrs. Lila Parish, both of Beckley, Wv.,
Mrs. Virgie Mitchell, Roam, Wv., Mrs. Annie Burnett, Mabscitt, Wv.
Funeral was at 2pm last Wednesday at Scheaffer
Memorial Baptist Church, with burial in High Rock Cemetery in Pilot.
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Noah C Harris
Noah C Harris, 74 of Christiansburg died in a local
hospital Thursday morning.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Olivia D Harris, one son,
Grover Lee Harris, Martinsville; two daughters Mrs
Helen Lester, Mrs. Ada Dove both of Christiansburg;
four brothers, Early Harris, Radford; Dayton Harris, Indian Valley; Lonnie
Harris, Salem, Wyatt Harris, Riner; two sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Gardner and Mrs. Rosa Hollandsworth both of
Christiansburg.
Funeral was at 2pm Saturday at Indian Creek Primitive
Baptist Church in Floyd County with burial in the church cemetery.
Richardson Funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
10-17-1963 The Montgomery News
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Alvin Glenn Phillips,
26 day old son of Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Phillips of Cambria died at his home .
A graveside service was conducted at 2 pm Wednesday at
Captain George Quesenberry Cemetery at Indian Valley.
Maybery Funeral home of Floyd was
in charge of arrangements.
Karen Jane Ogle, Christiansburg, 16 mo old daughter
of Mr
& Mrs Esdel Ogle
died in a Radford hospital Monday night.
She is survived by a brother John T Ogle, a sister, Rebecca
Ogle, both at home.
Funeral was at 11 am Wednesday at 11 am Wednesday at Richardson
Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Cemetery.
10-17-1963 The Montgomery News
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Beastice S Martin
Beatrice Simpkins Martin 61, of Snowville
died early Saturday morning at her home.
10-17-1963
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