OBIT: Leonard Sommers WILLIAMS, 1932, of interest in Somerset County and Bedford 
County, PA

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LEONARD SOMMERS WILLIAMS

  LISTONBURG, July 26 - Leonard Sommers Williams was born Feb. 28, 1875, at Fry, 
W.Va., and died July 19, 1932, aged 57 years, 4 months and 21 days.  He was 
unable to walk without the aid of crutches, for 19 years, owing to an accident 
caused by falling, which happened while working in a mine near this place.
  He is survived by his wife, four brothers and one sister, as follows: W. L., 
S. S., Frank and C. C. Williams, and Mrs. Anna Davidson of West Virginia.  His 
body was taken to Hyndman, on Friday, July 22nd, by Undertaker H. B. Rishebarger 
of Addison.
  [Editor's Note.  Correspondent does not state where the funeral was held, nor 
by whom conducted, but the presumption is, judging from the paragraphs which 
follow, that the funeral and burial took place at Hyndman].
  Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Wills, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wills, of Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wills, Mr. 
and Mrs. Randolph Wills of Madley, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Leonard and son 
Russell, of Harnedsville; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mason and children, H. L. Miller 
and son William of Hyndman; Albert Christner of Garrett; Mrs. Anna Davidson and 
son Douglass, C. C. and J. F. Williams and sons, Otto and Oran, of Dunbar, W.Va.
  Those who attended from Listonburg were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burrow, Mrs. Phoebe 
Nelson, and Mrs. R. F. Lenhart.  The pallbearers were nephews of the deceased - 
Douglass Davidson, Donald Williams, Randolph Wills, William Miller, Russell 
Leonard and Kermit Mason.

Meyersdale Republican, July 28, 1932