OBIT: Rev. Emory Wilson SOMERVILLE, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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EMORY WILSON SOMERVILLE

  The Rev. Emory Wilson Somerville, 86, retired Methodist minister and husband 
of Mrs. Cora Kight Somerville, died Saturday, June 4, at the home of his son, 
Francis Somerville, Berlin, Md.
  He was born in Bedford, Pa., December 13, 1862, the son of Abner and Lucinda 
(Leasure) Somerville.
  Surviving besides his wife are these sons, Francis of Berlin, Md., Morris of 
Baltimore, Md., and M/Sgt W. B. Somerville, Ft. Mason, Calif.; also four 
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one brother, Henry Somerville, Rock 
Falls, Ill.
  The Rev. Somerville resided in Grantsville several years after his marriage 
and had many friends there.  He served as minister in the Southern Methodist 
Virginia conference for 22 years, retiring in 1939.
  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, June 7, at the Baoi Funeral 
Home, Westernport, Md., the Rev. O. E. Mitchell, Methodist minister, 
officiating.  Masonic services at the grave in Philos cemetery, 
Westernport, were in charge of Mt. Carbon Lodge No. 28, A.F. and A.M. of 
Piedmont, W.Va., conducted by Raymond C. Hudson.  Pallbearers were members of 
the organization.
  Relatives attending the funeral included Mrs. Somerville and son Francis, 
Berlin, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Somerville, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vican and son, 
and Emory Somerville, all of Baltimore; Mrs. Rewbena Shaw, Culpepper, Va., Miss 
Mabel Baker and Abraham Shumaker, Boynton, Pa., Mrs. 
Eva Beachy and Miss Ethel Broadwater, Grantsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard 
Kight, Ridgely, W.Va.

Meyersdale Republican, June 16, 1949