Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-24
DEATHS CALL COMES TO MANY.
Lengthy List of Those Who Have
Answered the Last Summons.

Lengthy List of Those Who Have
Answered the Last Summons.
There is no flock however watched and tended
But one dead lamb is there;
There is n o freside howsoe' or defended,
But as one vacant chair.
1t is with the deepest regret that we
record the death of A. s. Miller, Jr.,
which occurred yesterday afternoon at
his home at Uvilla. Mr.. Miller was
taken i'll with the influenza couple OF
weeks ago, and this was followed by the
dreaded pneumonia. All that medical
skill and devoted attention could sug-
gest was done for him, but from the
first his case seemed hopeless, and
though he made a brave fight for life,
the inevitable end came, and his spirit
has returned to the God who gave it.
Jack" Miller, as he was affectionately
known, was one of the best young men
of our neighborhood and one OF the
most popular. Bright and energetic
and cheerful, he had friends wherever
he was known, and all who knew him
held him in highest regard. His death
causes genuine sorrow in all this section
of the county. Mr.. Miller, who was &c
years old, was son of Mr.. and Mrs. A
S. Miller, of Kearneysvlle. He is sur
vived by his wife, who was formerly
Miss Leila Moler, and who is very Ill
with the influenza by his parents ;
three brothers, Gilbert B. Miller, OF
Morgantown, Paul E. and Herbert c.
Miller, of this county two sisters
Mrs. ]. ]. Mullaney, of Springfield
Illinois, and Mrs. l. P Thompson, o
Herndon, Va. The funeral will be held
| Friday, leaving the house at IL O'Clock
| and reaching Elmwood Cemetery, Shep-
herdstown at 1 o'clock. The service
| will be held at the cemetery, and he
will be buried with Masonic honors
having been a member of Elk Branch
Lodge, of Shenandoah Junction.
Ii is with regret that We note the
aeatn OF Eagar rlSner kearnS, forme.
meil-KnoWn resident or MlddleWay, TINS
county, Wmcn occurred al MS home III
rarkersDurg, ". Va, Wednesday o.
iaSt week. he died from compllca
,lonS that resulted from typhoid fever
4Mr. kearnS, VINO was - years old, was
son or the late klcnard W. and Annie
chapman kearnS, OF Mlddleway. Hl
was a popular young man, quiet o.
manner, rehaole ana steady IN business
ana OF exemplary lie, ana his death III
tie prime or lie is deeply regretted.
ne had many friends IN SnepheraStoWn
wneIe ne was one OF the stars IN oul
uaSeDalI team several years ago, ana
AIS old TRENDS here sorrow at the news
mat he is no more. FOR some years
past he had been passenger agent OF the
baltimore & ONO Railroad at Its SIKH
slreeI station IN ParkerSburg. He Is
survived by his wife, VINO was formerly
MSS Grace Pierce, OF farkerSburg, AM
.Wo little daughters, Dorothy Anne anG
oettle Pierce; brother, J. ". hearnS
ana MS Stepmotner, Mrs. Frances ii
singer kearnS, OF MT. Jackson, Va.
The people of our community were
shocked Wednesday morning 10 learn
OI the DEAN OF MrS. Josephine WySong,
wife OF J. Rutherford Wysong. she
uad been SICK tor the past week or two,
out was not thought TO be dangerously
al. tuesday afternoon there was a
cnange tor The worse, and al ) O'Clock
yesterday morning Sne passed away. |
mrs. WySong, whose maiden name was
watson, was AZ years OF age, and came
mere from the vicinity OF Philadelphia |
one was a woman or many attractive
qualities, and mad warm friends here |
VINO Will sorrow at her death. She hao |
nved here since her marriage TO Mr. |
WySong about sixteen years ago, and |
Sne VIII greatly be missed from oul
community. she is survived by her
husband, one daughter, Miss Eugenia |
Wysong, a brother, Dr. Watson, OF the |
u. 5. Army, and sister, Mrs. Hanckel, |
OF Havertord, Pa.
Mrs. Mary Sommers, a well-knowr |
resident OF Shepherdstown many years
ago, died last thursday in hospital IN |
Williamsburg, Pa, after an illness OF
several weeks, from complication OF
diseases. Mrs. SommerS, who was II
years Of age, was daughter of the late |
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Staley, and was born |
and reared at the old family home cas-
OF ShepherdStown. Her husband dice |
a long time ago. Moving from Shep
nerdstown more than quarter of cen
Jury ago, she had lived with her son
Harry SommerS, most OF the time IN the
Pittsburg section. Besides her son
she is survived by her brother, our fell
low-townsman George K. Staley, who
IS now the last survivor OF his genera
ton. The body OF Mrs. SommerS was
brought to ShepherdStown for burial
and was inferred in the Reformed Gem
etery on Sunday.
1t is with sorrow that we record the
death of Mrs. Florence Talbot, wife
Private Holmes Talbot, OF the UniteG
States Army, and daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. King, OF the VancleveS-
Vile neighborhood. She died from
pneumonia, following an attack OF the
influenza, at one o'clock last Thursday
morning, and her husband, who was or
duty at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg
s. c., arrived home about o'clock the
same evening to find his loved wife a
corpse. Besides her husband and par
entS, she is survived by baby son four
months old, whom the father had no.
seen until he reached home on this SAD
errand. Mrs. Talbot, whose age wa
"a years, II months and II days, was
sweet and lovable young woman, who
was affeCtionately regarded bv all who
knew her, and her untimely death ha
cast gloom over her friends and rela-
tiveS. We join with them in sincere
sympathy for the grief-Stricken family
She was laid to rest in Elmwood Gene
terry last Saturday.
Our people were genuinely grieved
last Friday when they heard the news
of the death of Elizabeth Shipley, the
bright and interesting daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Robert Shipley, who died from
the prevailing influenza. Elizabeth.
who was thirteen years old, was low
able girl, full of life and spirit, of sturdy
physique and attractive in appearance
and it is hard TO realize that she has
| been cut off lust as life was unfolding