The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-09-06
DEATHS

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GOrrell VanMeter Newcomer, 1880
Virginia Avenue, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on Septem-
Der 4, after an illness of several
hours, aged SO years.
He was born near Williamsport
and was a son of James B. and Luz
cretia P (Gower) Newcomer. He
lived in the Williamsport district UNI
til he was nine years old, moving to
Virginia Avenue where he lived I'M
til the time of his death.
He was chief clerk for the master
car builder of the Western Mary
land Railway for the past 35 years
and was one of five sons of Mrs. Lu-
cretia Newcomer, all of whom serv-
ed in the U. S. Army during World
War l. He was member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and
the Volunteer Fire Company of
Halfway
He is survived by: three sisters,
Mrs. w. Lee Elgin, Mrs. James C.
Amman and Mrs. William G.. Horst,
all of Hagerstown; and two brothers,
Clyde A. Newcomer, Seattle, Wash,
and Arthur G. Newcomer, Hagers-
town.
John ]. Conner died at his home,
IT'S South Potomac Street, on Sep
TENDER 4, aged 81, after an illness of
one month.
He was born in Three Rivers,
Canada, and moved to this country
as a child
He was the owner and operator Of
Corners Garage, and was in bust
ness a number Of years.
He was a member of St Johns
Episcopal Church and the South End
Fire Company.
Besides his widow, Grace I. (Fitz-
GERALD Conner, he is survived by:
a daughter, Mrs Jane Malott, Bal
timore; a step-son, Carl c. Conner,
Hagerstown; sister, Mrs. Pauline
Myers; three brothers, Charles, of
Newark; Richard, and Thomas, of Ha-
gerstown, and one grandchild.
Mrs. Flora Grace Layton, wife of
James A. Layton, Route l, Han
cock, died at the Memorial Hospital
in Berkeley Springs on September
4, aged 81 years.
She was the daughter of the late
Andrew Jackson and Mary (Mellott)
Truax and was born in Bedford
County, Pa.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by: one daughter, Mrs. Audrey
johnson, Hancock; and two sisters,
Mrs. Annie Swain, Little Orleans,
and Mrs. Emily Swain, Hancock.
Mrs. Mary Virginia Staubs, widow
of Alvin Staubs, 1853 West Washing
ton Street, died at the Washington
County Hospital on September 2, af-
ter an illness of one week, aged so
years.
Born and reared near Harpers
Ferry, she was the daughter of (Rea-
son and Mary Elizabeth (Piper)
Grove. She lived in Hagerstown the
last eight years, and was a member
of the Christian Church of Silver
Grove, w. Va.
Surviving are: five daughters, Mrs.
Roger Alexander, Vienna, Va; Mrs.
James Barney, Vienna, Va; Mrs. Os-
wald Stats, Manassas, Va; Mrs.
Charles Smilak, Hagerstown; and
Mrs. Jack Brantner, Hagerstown;
three sons, Lewis w. Staubs, Mar
tinsburg; James M. Staubs, Hagers-
town; and Arnold F. Staubs, United
States Air Force, Andrews Field; Is
grandchildren; five great grandchil-
dren; her father, Reason Grove,
Harpers Ferry; two sisters, Mrs.
George Staubs, Charles Town, w
Va; and Mrs. Robert Fields, Bolivar,
w. Va; and three brothers, William
Grove, Baltimore, Edward Grove,
Bolivar, w. Va; and Charles Grove,
Harpers Ferry.
Anna Jane Bear Smith, wife of
the late Rhinehart F. Smith, died at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Frances
Elf, Baltimore, on September 2,
aged 70 years.
She was member of the St PauTs
Evangelical United Brethren Church