OBIT: Billy SAGE, 2002, Confluence, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SAGE
  
  Billy Sage, 66, of Confluence died July 21, 2002 in Dry Ridge, Ky. 
  Born Aug. 8, 1935 in Roderfield, W.Va.  A son of the late Giles and
  Alpha (Sluder) Sage.  He is survived by his wife Karlyne (Yeager)
  Sage, a daughter Susan Kay Bartholomai of Bensalem and a son Jerry
  Lewis Hudson Jr. of Confluence, four grandchildren, two brothers,
  Robert Sage of Mary-Del, Md., and J.C. Sage of Newark, Del., sister,
  Virginia Lewis of Kirkwood, Del.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Army
  and a professional Bluegrass musician for 45 years.  A member of the
  International Bluegrass Musician Association and Somerset FOE Aerie
  1801.  He toured extensively in the U.S., Canada, Europe and was a
  former member of the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boys, Del McCoury, Dixie
  Pals, White Mountain Bluegrass Band, Warrior, River Boys, and the
  Wildwood Valley Boys.  Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m.
  Thursday at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, and on Friday from
  10 a.m. until 1 p.m., the hour of service.  Rev. A.M. Calkins
  officiating.  Interment in Jersey Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, July 24, 2002
  
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