Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-06
NEWS ITEMS FROM PlkCKNEY.

Jan. 2, 19ll.--The holiday sea-
son is past, and with it the cares
and pleasures of the past.
This has been a sad season for
some homes in our neighborhood,
as there has been quite lot of sick
ness and three deaths.
J. P. Hiner continues quite i'll.
J. C. Pruitt is some better, and
J. G. Hamilton continues about
the same.
L. B. Doyle is also on the sick
list.
The stork visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pruitt on Dec.
4, and left a little son.
Died, Dec. %, Miss Georgia A.
Hiner, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. p. Hiner. She was born Oct. 6,
1874. Converted and joined the
NJ. f. Church South at Pine Grove
school house under the ministry of
Rev. R. S. Cunningham, in 1891 {.
Protested qualification about the
wear 1899. She at once felt the call
to work entirely for the Master, and
went forth doing whatsoever she
thought to be her duty. She spent
four years in a bible training school
preparing for the work she so dear
Iiy loved. She travelled over a large
part of West Virginia, conducting
revival services.
Funeral services were conducted
! by Rev. H. A. Coffman, after
which the remains we're laid to rest
| in the Hiner cemetery beside heI
two brothers and an elder sister
The pall-bearers were Messrs. w
A. and w. o. mclaughlin, j. 0,
Corbett, r. |. Carpenter, E. M
Dever and J. l.. Gutshall.
We extend our sympathles to
the sorrying friends.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sheridan, who
died Dec. 26, was born July IA
1920, and was the oldest person Of
our section. Her maiden name
was Giliispie, and she was twice
married, her first husband being
John Wiley. TO this union, We
think, was born five children; al
are dead except one son, M. F. Wi
ley. with whom she made her home
until her death. After the death
of her first husband she married
James Sheridan, and to this unior
was born one daughter, Mrs. Nells
James, of Hendricks, W. Va
Mrs. Sheridan was a kind neigh
Dor and friend. She had been
member of the Methodist church
since early life, and as long as sh'
was able always attended he
church. Funeral services were con
Quoted at the home by Rev. c. l.
Potter, of Monterey, after which
she was laid to rest by the side O
her husband and children in the ole
wiley burying-ground.
Mary J. Hiner (nee mclaughlin
who was born at the old McGlaugh
lin homestead near Dunmore, W
Va, July 20, 1926, departed thi
life Dec. 81, 1910. She was tn
eldest daughter of William AM
Nancy mclaughlin. On Marcel
"a, 1868 she became the seconc
wife of John Hiner. No children
were born to this union, but sh'
was a mother to all with whom sht
came in contact. The needy sh'
never turned away empty handed
and to those in trouble she ever hac
an encouraging and sympathetic
word. While able to do so she al
ways visited and ministered to thu
sick, no matter how humble thu
home. Many were the tribute:
paid to her memory by friends or
the day of her burial. She wa:
converted in her girlhood, joined
the Presbyterian church and livet
faithfully until her death. Sht
said all was well and that she rest
ed in Gods will. She suffered in
tensely for three days from paraly
sis of the bowels. She was laid tc
rest in the Hiner graveyard beside
her husband, who preceded her tc
the grave some 81 years. She was
buried on new years day as was
her mother, % years ago. She
leaves two brothers, Hugh and Rob
ert Mclaughlin, of Dunmore, W
Va, and one sister, Mrs. Rache
Beverage, of Pocahontas, one step
daughter, Mrs. ]. G. Pruitt, anc
two step-sons, J. P. and B. F. Hi
nea. Since her husbands death
she had made her home with the
latter. She will long be missed in
the home and community in which
she lived.
Services were conducted by Rev
Josiah Beverage, of the Brethren
church, who, haying known her all
his life, paid quite tribute to her
memory