Obituary: J. Holly Messenger

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MESSENGER, J. HOLLY  Age 63 years, of 3602 Edna Court, Tampa, Fla. 
and formerly
of McClellandtown, the husband of Blanche Wilfong Messenger, 
died early Sunday
morning, March 9, 1969 in Tampa. The son of the late R. Scott 
and Icie Townsend
Messenger, he was born March 12, 1905 in Western, W. Va. 
He was employed as a mine
foreman at the United States Steel Corp. in this area 
before his retirement. He was a
member and elder of the Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, Tampa; 
a former member and
church officer of the New Salem Presbyterian Church; and a former member of the New
Salem Rotary Club and the Valley Lodge F & AM NO. 459 of Masontown. 
In addition
to his wife, surviving are a son, James; two daughters, Mrs. James (Jane) Morris and Mrs.
Robert (Carolyn) Dearth, all of Tampa, eleven grandchildren; a brother, Dale of
Clearwater Beach, Fla.: and six sisters, Mrs. Mora Talbott and Mrs. Margie Schuessler,
both of McClellandtown, Mrs. Eula Warman of Morgantown, W. Va., Mrs. Orris
Schuessler of Masontown, Mrs. Hallie Kinlin of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Goldie Means of
Youngstown, Ohio. Friends are being received in the Duval Funeral Home, Tampa, Fla.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Forest Hills Presbyterian
Church. Burial will be in Lake Carroll Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.