Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-05-20

'INI uId IrlSniS mere remember her
virtues ami her genial qualities. and
tHSy Will drop tear nj the a,wS of her
passing. She is the last Of her genera
non, all the others of her family hav-
nG 'one since passed sSay
Shortly before two o'clock last Sat-
urday morning Miss Bette Furry, aged
- years, died al the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Miller at NanclcvcSvillc
Death was due 10 the intirmitics os old
age, and vas not unexpected. She
vas paralyzci about three weeks ago.
ana heT condition grew worse till the
Snd came. Miss Furry was born and
reared IN Jefferson county. near Lee
town, and about 81 years ago went TO
NSrkeley county. For seventeen years
She mad made her home with the Miller
family. She was we'll thought of and
respected by all who knew her She
was member of the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church The funeral was preached hy
Kew. DR.. Taylor, of the Martinshurp
First Baptist Church. Sunday after
noon al the home. and burial was made
IN the Mt. Zion graveyard. She is
survived by two nleceS, Mrs. ChaS. b
NanMetrc, of ShcpherdStOwn, anJ
MISS Florence Furry, of Kearncysvillc,
ana one nephew, Philip Furry, of Mar
tinSburg.
We are sorry to announce the death
OF Mrs. Grace GrubbS, wife of Okla
homa OruhhS, which occurred in hos
pital in Norfolk, Va, last Friday,
Iol'oWing an operation for maStoid
ahSccSS. Mr.. GrubbS, was formerly
operator at the passenger station i.
NhcphcrdStown, but for the past sew
cral years has been agent for the N. &
" Railway at Island Ford. Va. His
wife was formerly Miss Grace Strick-
.cr OF Luray, and was highly regarded
lhcy were married about three wears
ago. She is survived by her husband
and two little children, one a boy two
wears old and the other a girl only
tour or five weeks of age: also hv her
mother and brother. Mr. GruhbS'
friends here Sympathile with him in
MS bereavement.
John &. Burns, one of Jefferson
countyS most prominent residents, diod
carly Wednesday morning at his home
at Flowing Spring, aged 81 years. Mr.
6urns was an active business man OF
Charles Town, and had large at
qualntanCc in the county that will re-
grct his death. He served several
terms as county commissioner and was
OF great business ability. He is sur
vived by his wife, who wps a Miss
zoe, two sons and two daughters; also
brother, Marshall Burns, and three
sisters. Mrs. l.. r. Huyett, Mrs. Thos
{. Frazier and Miss Cora Burns.
Thomas X Cartmell, for 25 years
clerk of the county court of Frederick
county, Va, and prominent as a his
tnTI1n pqlpuiGf and g.,
soldier, died at his home i'm WinChcs-
ter last Saturday, aged 81 years. He
was the author of history of much
local interest, "Shcnandoah Valley
Pioneers and Their Descendants. :"
General StOnewall Jackson made him
assistant provost marshal in 1861. and
in this capacity with Colonel Lawson
Bolts he conducted the first military
execution in the Southern army-that
OF Miller for shooting Captain Hendcr-
son.
Fred o. Smith, a well-known young
business man of Norfolk, Va, died at
his home in that place Tuesday of last
week, after an illness of more than a
year. He was buried in Norfolk on
Thursday. He is survived by his wife.
who was formerly Miss Florence
Strldcr, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. N. s. J. Strider, of this county.
Elias Gee Oliver died last Saturday
IN Martinsburg at the home of his SON
DR.. ]. II. Oliver, aged SO years. He
was a native of England. He served
in the Union army during the Civil
War, and later was a member of the
Washington police force for 35 years.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr..
ard Mrs. Ross Hodges, Of Hamlet, N.
c., formerly of Shephcrdstown, died
very suddenly last Thursday night. and
the supposition is that her death was
caused by accidental poisoning. though
no particulars have been received.
Mrs. Laura Kline, wife (of Charles
Kline, died last Sunday night in Ha-
gcrsiown at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Z. Clipp. aged Il
years. Besides her husband and her
parents, she is survived by two brothers
and three sisters.
Denton Shriver. one Of Berkeley
county's oldest residents. died last
thursday, at the advanced age of 81
years He was the father of six son,
and seven daughters all Of whom sur
rivc him except two
Mrs. Emma Brandenbcrg, wife of
Edward Brandenberg died 1t her
home in Martinsburg last Sunday. aged
~ years. She is survived by her hus-
band, three sons and a daughter.
Robert f. Riddlcberger, a native of
Nanclcvesville and a former we'll
known printer Of Martinsburg. died in
Washington on Sunday last, following
IN operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Mary Ann Anderson, widow Of
George +. Anderson, formerly of
Charles Town, died recently at the
home of her daughter in Chambers
burg, Pa.
Promotion for Prof. Randall.