Mrs. Virginia Ellen Tusing Obit - 1909 - Rockingham Co., VA ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ SOURCE: Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Monday, March 1, 1909) HEADLINE: Mother And Child Dead. Mrs. J. W. Tusing and Infant Son Die Together Near Baker’s Mill. ARTICLE: Mrs. Virginia Ellen Tusing, wife of John W. Tusing, died between 2 and 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at her home in the Baker’s Mill neighborhood, together with an infant son born to her during the afternoon. She was in her 39th year. Mrs. Tusing was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bixler, of near Linville Depot, and was born August 29, 1870. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren. Surviving her, in addition to her husband, are seven children. She also leaves three sisters—Mrs. D. F. Runion and Miss Sallie Bixler, of the Linville Depot neighborhood; Mrs. Jennie Colvills, Dayton, Ohio; and two brothers—Franklin Bixler, of Buckingham County; and Edward Bixler, Linville Depot. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock from the Cedar Run Church of the Brethren.