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John GREENE

Mr. John GREENE, pioneer citizen, well-to-do farmer, and prominent church worker, was found dead in his bed Monday morning. Mr. GREENE, who was 84 years of age, had not been well for some days prior to his death but was able to sit in a chair Sunday. About 2 o'clock Monday morning he asked for a drink of water, which was given him. When Mrs. GREENE went to his bed the next morning life was extinct. His death was probably due to heart trouble as there were no indications of a struggle in passing away. Deceased was a resident of this county all his life, except a few years spent in Indiana, where he was first married. He was a son of Edward GREENE, whose father was killed in Old Virginia by a rock under which a fire was built by a party of hunters. Edward GREENE was then eleven years old. He owed his escape to a pile of wood which enabled him to crawl out and give the alarm. Mr. GREENE was a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church since early in youth. He leaves an estate valued at $10,000 to $12,000, which will go to his heirs. He is survived by his wife and five children, Mrs. G. W. TINCHNER, Mrs. A. F. PRINGLE, Mrs. Theodore CASTO, Mrs. D. N. SIMMONS, and S. F. GREENE. The remains were interred beside those of his first wife in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tuesday, following funeral services conducted by Rev. T. O. POWERS. (Mountaineer, 6 March 1914)

Norel Wilmurth "Rip" HANNA

SPENCER - Norel Wilmurth "Rip" Hanna, 75, of Spencer died Sept. 16, 1998, in Summersville Memorial Hospital. He was a retired storeroom clerk for Monsanto Chemical Co., Nitro, and attended Huntersville United Methodist and Epling Chapel Baptist churches. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 65, Huntersville, Eastern Star Chapter 97, Marlinton,  and Scottish Rite Bodies, Charleston. Surviving: wife, Juanita CASTO Hanna; sons, Larry Hanna of Old Town, Fla., Roger Hanna of Spencer; sisters, Marie Saulton of Charleston, Louise Skidmore of Poca, Emmajean Kilgore of Sanford, Fla.; brother, Clarence "Coonie" Hanna Jr. of Orion, Mich.; two granddaughters; four great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at VanReenen Funeral Home, Marlinton, with the Rev. John "Jay" Hicks officiating. Burial, with Masonic rites, will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Marlinton. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. (Charleston Gazette, Sep. 18, 1998)

Edna HARPOLD
Mrs. Edna HARPOLD, wife of George W. HARPOLD, died suddenly at her home near  Fairplain on Saturday evening, December 27, (1941) from what was described as a  heart attack. She had not been in good health for some time but death came as a  shock to the family and friends. She lived only a few minutes after being  stricken.  The funeral services were held from the home the following Monday with Rev.  George I. LOAR, of Buckhannon in charge, and burial was the Fairplain cemetery.  She is survived by the husband and the following children: Phyllis HARPOLD;  Bernice HARPOLD; and Vallard HARPOLD, at home; Eunice HARPOLD, of Charleston;  Mrs. Hazel CASTO, of Given; Warren and Wayne HARPOLD, both of Charleston.  (Jackson Herald, Fri., 9 Jan 1942)

Obediah B. HARRISON
Obediah B. HARRISON, son of Bushrod and Louisa RANSOM HARRISON, was born at he  old Harrison homestead near Emma Chapel church on Oct 11, 1867, being 73 years,  6 months and 11 days old at the time of his death. His father was one of the  early pioneer citizens of that section and Mr. HARRISON had eight brothers and  sisters of whom there yet living two brothers, Cornelius HARRISON and John  HARRISON, of Charleston, and one sister, Mrs. Alwilda HILL of Given. After the  death of his father, his mother married the late Elmore CASTO and the family  came to Parchment to reside when Mr. HARRISON was about 12 years old.  His first marriage was to Clara PARSONS, a daughter of Charles and Alice  PARSONS, and two daughters were born to them, Mrs. Hattie WAUGH, of Columbus,  Ohio, and Jessie HARRISON who died in infancy. His first wife lived but a few  years. He was married to Dora M. PARSONS, a daughter of William Q. and Minerva  Sayre PARSONS, on Aug 17, 1893, and to this union was born nine children: Otho  HARRISON and Russell HARRISON, both of Ripley, Dallas HARRISON of Fairplain,  Everett HARRISON of Ripley, Mrs. Ezra WEEKLEY of Ripley, Mrs. W. C. STALNAKER of  Given, Estel HARRISON of Ravenswood, Ray HARRISON of Parkersburg, and Floyd  HARRISON of Charleston. He is also survived by his widow, 13 grandchildren, two  brothers, one sister, and a host of other relatives and friends. (Herald, 2 May  1941)

William A. HAYES

William A. HAYES succumbed to tuberculosis at Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 28, 1914, aged 48 years. The remains, accompanied by C. F. CASTO, Mrs. Josephine HAYES and other friends, were taken to the home of his niece, Mrs. Loyd POWERS, near Fairplain, the funeral occuring there on Sunday afternoon, Rev. T. O. POWERS, officiating. Interment in the CASTO Cemetery.