Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-05-20
DEATHS.

! ptouSht nome ana land to rest in
me burNin% ground ut Auwcll
Church. He was an honest. con-
>cIcntOuS man who was much re-
Spccicd by his friends and neigh
bOr>.
Hon. Franklin X. Lane. Secretary
OF the Interior under President Viii
| son. died OF anScna prctoriS i'm a
hospital III Rochester. Mimi. on the
9Th. and Chief Justice White of
me Supreme Court of The United
States. Is reported by his physician
TO be lying i'll Il state of coma and
MS death is looked for at any time.
congressman Frankhauscr, Of the
Third Michigan district. committed
suicide in a Sanitarium at Battle
treek' Michigan. by cutting his
throat with Il razor. He was found
In Il bath tub by his attendants
sometime after the deed. Dcspond-
cncy over ill health is believed to
| have prompted The act.
! MI. John +. Barry, wcll-Isnown t.
many people of this end OF the
county, died suddenly at his home
at Ronccvertc, Wednesday Morning
May II, 1921, while reading a news
paper. His death was due to a
disease of the heart. from which he
nad suffered for years. In the pass
ing of Johnny" Barry Roncevertc
loses one Of its loyal citizens. His
constant purpose was to serve 9th
ers faithfully. courtcouSly and
wholc-heartcd. His last position
was bokkccper for Burkholder and
lreen, and was on duty there rs
Otter as his physical condition per-
mitted. Mr.. Barry was about 81
sears Of age. and leaves a wife and
two children. An aged mother.
Mrs. Mary Barry and two sisters,
MISS Mary Barry, OF Ronccvertc,
and Mrs. b. w. McIIale, Of Covirg-
ton, Virginia, survive him. Funeral
services were conducted at st.
Catherinc'S Church followed by
burial in the Catholic cemetery.
Calvin Price Erwin passed away
Friday, May &, 1921, aged IL years.
II month and rs days. Hc was
stricken down with paralysis two
weeks before his death. his suffer-
inSs during IL part of the time be-
ing intense. But he bore his sufl-
crinG patiently until the end. He
had been a member of Salem Pres
byterian Church nearly 60 wears
and an officer over 80 years. Fu-
neral services were conducted SAT-
urday, May 18th, by his pastor, Rev.
+. =. Sydenstrickcr, assisted by
HcvS. r. l.. kinnaird and T. B.
Steward. The largest crowd gath
cred at the Church to pay respect
to the dead. that was ever seen al
funeral at Salem Church. He
was twice married, hi, first wife
was Il Miss Van Stavcrn. To this
union seven children Survivc-Alrs.
}. w. IonSanacrc. Sinks Grove.
W. Va; w. r. Erwin. Fairfax, Mo-;
Is. +. Erwin, Wcycrfs. Ncb.; Il. l..
Erwin, Monroe county; j. +. Erwin,
Charlcston; J. L. Erwin, Bluciicld,
and II. G.. Erwin, of This county,
and one aged brother, ,R. +. Erwin.
Tarkio, Mo. His widow, Mrs. Mary
+. Erwin. also survives him. He
will be sadly missed i'm the comm,,-
mty--our loss is his gain. His tcs-
timony was, Il am ready to CO."
From copy of the Alliance Co.,
Rcvlcw and Leader" of MAY 4, '2I
we learn Of the death of Alexis Os-
| borne, eldest son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
! oaml w. Osborne, Of ScwcIl Valley,
ihlS county, which occurred at the
: Alliance City Hospital MAY 3, 1921.
! me cause OF his death being bron-
! chlal pneumonia. Entering the hos
pIial on the 18th of April he under
went an operation for appendicitis.
his successful response to the op-
Grafton gave promise Of speedy re-
coVcrN but pneumonia developed
ana death came putting an end to
me lie OF a very worthy, indusl-
rlous, ambitious and promising
young man. He was born at his
fathers home in Sewcll Valley April
IL, 1880. His father being a warm
persona friend of Capt. Alexis NJ.
Buster, of Blue Sulphur Springs,
named his first born in his honor.
Alexis. His associates in the rail
road service, particularly conduc-
tor VIM. J. Matthias, on whose train
ne served as brakeman, speak in
nigh terms Of his faithruIncss and
efficiency and felt confident that
ne would soon have been promoted.
Ills father was with him i'm his Last
hours and his grief was pathetic
as ne watched him while he breath
ed his last. Alexis leaves his father.
mother and seven brothers and sis
lcrS to mourn his untimcIv death.