OBIT: William Belmont MILLER, 1948, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM B. MILLER

  William Belmont Miller, 24, son of Mrs. Ethel Stanton Miller and the late Fay 
L. Miller, died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital, Tuesday afternoon, May 11, 
from injuries he received in an automobile accident on Monday afternoon, May 10.
  Miller was a passenger in a Dodge convertible coupe which was driven by James 
Edwards, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards, also of Grantsville, when the 
car collided with one driven by Lewis L. Anderson of Whitsett, Pa., on Route 51, 
three miles north of Perryopolis, Pa.
  Others in the car were Ernest Hartman of New Colonial Inn, and Lester Hunter 
of Avilton.  The group had expected to attend a night baseball game in 
Pittsburgh.  
  The three last mentioned escaped with minor injuries.  Miller sustained a 
crushed chest and fractured skull.  He was taken to the hospital in an 
unconscious condition and died the next day.
  It is alleged that Edwards, driver of the Dodge, failed to make a signal when 
making a turn to cross the road to a soft drink stand, and a collision resulted.  
The Edwards car was overturned.
  Miller attended the Grantsville High School and worked at the plant of the 
Celanese Corporation of America, near Cresaptown, for three years.  The last two 
years he was associated with his brother, Fay L. Miller, in Fay's Tavern in 
Grantsville, until a month ago when he withdrew as a partner.
  He was a member of the Woodmen of World Camp No. 41, of Grantsville, the 
Grantsville baseball team and of the Evangelical Reformed Church, Grantsville.
  The unfortunate young man had a host of friends in the town and surrounding 
community because of his pleasant personality and kindliness.
  Besides his mother and brother, a sister, Mrs. Albert (Vera) Walker of 
Grantsville survives.
  Funeral services were held in St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, 
Friday afternoon.  Rev. George Ely, the pastor, spoke briefly from the 
scripture, Matthew 24-44.  "That Beautiful Land" and "I Am Wondering Down Life's 
Shady Path" were sung by Harry J. Bender, Olen Miller, Denver Miller and Olen H. 
Yoder.
  The casket-bearers were members of the Grantsville baseball team - Luther 
Huff, Ivan Miller, William Layman, Raymond Miller, William Blocher and Logan 
Wengard.  There were many beautiful floral pieces.
  Interment was made in the family lot in the Grantsville Cemetery.
  Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the services were William 
Miller and Miss Eleanor B. Miller of Meyersdale; Mr. and Mrs. William Brode, Mr. 
and Mrs. Earl K. Miller, Kenneth Miller, Edythe M. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Herman 
Dishong, Miss Joan Dunn and Mrs. Nell Zeller of Frostburg; Miss Ethel D. Miller 
of Springfield, W.Va.; Jay L. Clark of Allentown, Pa.; Mrs. Ruth Smouse and 
William Smouse of Cumberland; Mr. and Mrs. Tom S. Smouse of Everett, Pa.; Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph Hinebaugh of Oakland; Mr. and Mrs. Ward Compton of Salisbury, 
R.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Engle, Mrs. Edith Mummau, Mrs. Anna Boucher of Berlin, 
Pa.; Miss Jeane Loar of Vale Summit; Mr. and Mrs. Guy S. Stanton and family and 
Hubert Stanton of Grantsville.

Meyersdale Republican, May 20, 1948