Tazewell County, VA - Clinch Valley News, May 15, Year Unknown; Annotated ************************************************************************ 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Mud Fork article. May 15, DON'T KNOW THE YEAR. MUD FORK MAN SLAYS KINSMAN FROM AMBUSH Smith Perdue Fatally Shoots C. M. Hill; Ends Own Life The second murder and suicide in this area within the past week was enacted yesterday morning when C. M. Hill, 56 of Mud Fork, was shot and killed from ambush about four miles from Falls Mills dam by his brother-in-law, Granville Smith Perdue, 60, also of that community, who then took his own life behind the chickenhouse of his farm. The first such tragedy occurred in Giles county Wednesday morning, when Allen Wills shot and killed his wife and then himself. The tragedy early yesterday morning was obviously the result of a family controversy, which had existed for some time, investigating officers said, following an inquest. Investigating officers were Virginia State Trooper A. E. Andes, Chief of Police J. H. Poole, and Police Judge T. A. Osborne, of Bluefield, Va. Out On Bond Perdue was out on bond at the time of the crime, awaiting trial on the charge of the ambush wounding of Hill and W. T. Bailey on February 21 of this year. The case was to have come up in the circuit court at Tazewell, Va., within the next few days. Perdue had been shot four times with a shotgun. Andes said he apparently was fired upon as he drove his car along the road, stopped the machine and tried to flee when further blasts from the gun felled him. In reconstructing the crime, officers said Perdue apparently was hiding a large oak tree above the road, when Perdue came by on his way to work in the Boissevain, Va., mine. Four empty shells from a pump gun were found at the spot. The shooting is estimated to have occurred about 6 o'clock. Body Found Hill's body was discovered across the road and just over a fence in a gulley when a search was begun for him after he failed to report for work and it was learned that he had left home for his job. Surprised by his assailant, Hill was believed to have tried to make his escape over the fence into a nearby field. He was shot four times-in the face, right arm and in the right side as he turned to try to get over the fence. Perdue, his wife told officers, complained Friday night of a toothache and had slept in a room by himself, "so as not to disturb her," she related. He got up about 3 o'clock, she continued, and left the house. Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday morning he returned to his home and asked his wife if she had breakfast ready. She said that she would have in a few minutes. Perdue then said he was going up the hill for a few minutes and would be back. Immediately after he left the house his wife heard.ARTICLE CONTINES BUT I DON'T HAVE A SECOND PAGE YET. ( Granville Smith Perdue, b. Dec 1882, d. 15 May 1943-husband of Sarah Jane Wagner, d/o George Miles Wagner & Nannie Lane Tabor. Nannie Lane Tabor was the d/o James Russell Tabor & Martha Jane Havens. George Miles Wagner, s/o Rev. Adam Edward Wagner & Juline/Julianna Elinor Tabor who was the d/o Francis Tabor & Mary Shrader) (Granville Smith Perdue s/o Silas Henry Perdue, Jr., & Laura Jane Wagner-the d/o Rev. Adam Edward Wagner & Juline/Julianna Elinor Tabor-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman). (C. M. Hill was Charles McGriffin Hill, b. 15 Nov 1886, d. 14 May 1943, husband of Rissie Belle Wagner, d/o George Miles Wagner & Nannie Lane Tabor who was the d/o James Russell Tabor & Martha Jane Havens). (Charles McGriffin Hill was the s/o James Franklin Hill & Betty Neal-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman). Abt Aug 27, 1969 MR AND MRS WILEY R COMPTON CELEBRATE 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PICTURE TO CELEBRATE 50th wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Compton of 201 Parkview Drive, Bluefield, Va., will be honored at "open house" given by their children from 2-4 p.m., Sunday August 31, at their home. Abt Aug 27, 1979 MR AND MRS WILEY R COMPTON CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY Article with picture Mr. and Mrs. Wiley R. Compton Celebrate Anniversary Wiley R. and Gracie Wagner Compton celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 26 with an open house at their home at 201 Parkway Drive, Bluefield, Va. The couple was married on Aug. 30 1919 in Bristol, Tenn. They are the parents of six children, Mattiline Starks, Bastian, Va.; Hazel Aspacher, Gibsonburg, Ohio; Robert (deceased), Mary Finger and Myrtle Wagner of Ft. Pierce, Fla,; and Henry Compton of Pearisburg, Va. They have thirteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. The Comptons and all their family celebrated the occasion by attending Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, followed by dinner hosted by their children and friends. The three tier wedding cake, decorated in pink and yellow rosebuds, and punch were served by their grandchildren. The table holding the guest book was adorned with snapdragons and pictures of the couples parents. (Wiley Robertson Compton & Gracie May Wagner, d/o Adan Stafford Wagner & Margaret Levenie/Louvenia Tabor who was the d/o James Russell Tabor & Martha Jane Havens. Adam Stafford Wagner, s/o Rev. Adam Edward Wagner & Juline/Julianna Elinor Tabor who was the d/o Francis Tabor & Mary Shrader-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) OBITUARY OF MARY A COMPTON NO DATE Mrs. Mary A. Compton, 77 of Double Gates, died yesterday morning at 7:30 of a heart attack. She is survived by her husband, Raleigh Compton, one daughter, Mrs. B. C. Coller of Rose Ann, Va., and one brother and a sister. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and the body will remain at the Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield, Va. (I have no other data-Karen EAGLE Moman Funeral Services for Henry Bane Compton, Nettie Francis Cousins and Effie Douthit No Date COMPTON, Henry Bane, of Falls Mills, Va. Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Falls Mills Christian Chruch, with the Rev. Dewey Parr and the Rev. Clinton Looney officiating. Burial in Tabor Cemetery. Pallbearers: Richard Compton, Walter Johnson, Wade Johnson, Morris Johnson Jr., Jack Perkins, Charles R. Compton Jr., Bently Butt, and Buford Harry. Granddaughters will carry flowers. The body will be taken from Dudley Memorial Mortuary to the church an hour prior to the service. ( Henry Bane Compton, b. 20 June 1884, d. 17 Nov 1960, s/o Ballard Preston Compton & Delilah Harless-Ballard Preston Compton s/o Cornelius Compton & Rebecca Jane Patterson- Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) COUSINS, Mrs. Nettie Francis of Matoaka, Friday at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church of Giatto with the Rev. W. M. Cabiness and the Rev. J. B. Harris officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Bailey Funeral Home in Matoaka is in charge. (No other data-Karen EAGLE Moman) DOUTHIT, Mrs. Effie, of Bluefield, Va Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Dudley Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Glenn Lippse and the Rev. Keith Auvil officiating. Burial in Westview Cemetery at Walhalla, SC. (No other data-Karen EAGLE Moman) Wednesday, July 19, 1944 OBITUARY OF MRS. HATTIE COMPTON Deaths and Funerals (This obit includes a picture) MRS HATTIE COMPTON Funeral services will be held Wednesday evening for Mrs. Hattie Compton, 90, who died at her home at Shawvers Mill, Va., yesterday morning. Funeral services will be held at Kinser's chapel at Shawvers Mill at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. K. M. King, pastor in charge, assisted by the Rev. B. T. Sell and Rev. Paul Simms. Interment will follow in a nearby cemetery. Mrs. Compton was born in Montgomery county, Va., the daughter of the late T. H. and Elizabeth Kinser. She was married March 21, 1878 to the late G. S. Compton. She was a life-long member of the Methodist church. She is survived by four daughters: Mrs. H. M. Sanders, Princeton; Mrs. Nobia Phillippi, Wytheville; Mrs. T. E. Burton, this city; and Mrs. Fanny Brown Gibson, Bluefield, Va., and two sons: H. H. Compton, of Ashville, N. C., and W. R. Compton, Shawvers Mill, Va. She is also survived by two sisters: Mrs. Mollie Crabtree, Gratton, Va., and Mrs. Limmie Wilson, Rocky Gap, Va.; 19 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be: W. L. Shawver, John Neal, E. G. Purette, John Crabtree, L. A. Kinser, and Otha Gregory. Flower bearers will be her grandchildren. (No kin to my family that I can find. However, Hattie was Harriett K. Kinzer wife of Grayson S. Compton. Harriett's parents were Thomas H. Kinzer & Mary Elizabeth unknown surname). 1860 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 571 THOMAS H. KINSER, 30, farmer, b. VA (all in home b. VA) .....Mary E., 32 .....HARRIETT I. . (sic), 6 .....James Y., 5 .....Henry S., 3 .....Nicketti, 1 GEORGE MC DONALD, 15 (Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) NELL SHRADER ROACH OBITUARY Probably Bluefield Daily Telegraph, NO DATE NELL SHRADER ROACH Nell Shrader Roach, 59, of 2048 Lee Ave., Bluefield, Va., died at the home of Mrs. Doris Putnam in Bluefield, Va., Tuesday morning following a long illness. Born in Bluefield, Va., she was a daughter of the late Marion D. Shrader and Gertrude Wiley Shrader. She was proceded in death by her husband, John Roach. She had worked in the credit department at Montgomery Wards for 19 years. Surviving are one son, John Donald Roach of Bluefield, Va. Funeral services will be conducted at Dudley Memorial Chapel in Bluefield, Va., at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Hugh Ferguson officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, Va. Pallbearers will be B. B. Slemp, Ott Belcher, Harry Burton, Bob C. Bandy, Dorn Shrader, C. H. Hayes Jr. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. (Marion Dexter Shrader, 1882-1941, s/o Francis Marion 'Pet' Shrader & Rachel Maloney Harman. Francis Marion Shrader, s/o John Henry Shrader, Jr., & Edith Belle 'Edy' Day. Regarding the pallbearers: 1. Dorn Shrader-probably Dorn Ivan Shrader, s/o Samuel Homer Shrader & Mary Virginia Wilburn. Samuel Homer Shrader, s/o Francis Marion 'Pet' Shrader & Rachel Mahoney Harman 2. B. B. Slemp- a kinsman of the late actor George C. Scott. B. B. Slemp was the father of several daughters and his wife's first name was Gertrude. A VERY UPSTANDING FAMILY of the Bluefield, VA., area. (Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) CYRUS M. TABOR OBITUARY YEAR IS 1956 ACCORDING TO AGE, NO DATE ON OBIT (NOTE: I HAVE TWO OBITUARIES FOR HIM, ONE POSSIBLY BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE OTHER PROBABLY CLINCH VALLEY NEWS. CYRUS M. TABOR Funeral services for Cyrus Monroe Tabor, 88 of Falls Mills, Va., who died Thursday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m.m at the Falls Mills Methodist Church. The Rev. Richard Hamblin and the Rev. Carl Looney will officiate with burial in the Tabor-Harry Cemetery at Falls Mills. Mr. Tabor was a well known resident of Tazewell and Bland Counties, and a life-long member of the Methodist Church. He was born in 1868, at Falls Mills, a son of the late Thomas Edmond Tabor and Ann Parker Tabor. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Grace T. Tiller. of Huntington; two brothers, Hoge T. Tabor, of Athens. and T. E. Tabor, of Dublin, VA.; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Luella French Tabor, and two sons, Diamond C. Tabor and Ray E. Tabor. Pallbearers are Ralph Kidd, Guy Kidd, Asa Rasnake, Clarence Starks, Kenner Kitts, Woodrow Gilpin, Willis Hawley, Snow Hudgins, A. C. Bruce and Sam Kidd Honorary pallbearers are Slemp Kitts, Albert Kitts, Arnold Kitts, E.J. Meade, Henry Coburn, P. F. Shrader, Clayton Tabor, Robert Tabor, Carl Tabor, John Edd Brooks, William Wahner, George Waters, Jack Tiller, Billy Ray Tabor, Ray Thompson, James Thompson, Clyde Anderson, Graham Hedrick, Donald Tabor, Hoge T. Tabor Jr., Thomas E. Tabor, III, James Tabor, George Tabor, Parker Tabor and Tony Tabor. The body will remain at Wagner Funeral Home until one hour before services, when it will be taken to the church. (Cyrus Monroe Tabor, b. 3 Dec 1868, d. 28 Nov 1957, s/o Thomas Edward 'Edd' Tabor, Sr., & Anna Elizabeth Parker. Thomas Edward Tabor, Sr., s/o James Harrison Tabor & Nancy Moore Runion/Ruynon. Cyrus Monroe Tabor was married to Luella French on 23 Nov 1894 in Tazewell Co., VA. Luella was the d/o Charles Camplell French & Nancy Abigail Pauley Grace =was Grace Leona 'Gracie' Tabor Tiller Hoge T.= Hoge Tyler Tabor. T. E. Tabor=Thomas Edward Tabor, Jr Diamond C.=Diamond Campbell Tabor Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) OBITUARY OF E. W. TABOR NO DATE GIVEN E. W. TABOR Edward Tabor, 63, of Cliffield, Va., died Thursday in a Richlands, Va., hospital. He was a native of Pounding Mill, Va., son of Mrs. Mattie Lou Beavers Tabor of Cliffield and the late Herman C. Tabor. He was an Air Force vetera n of World War II and was employed by the government at Aberdeen, Md., at the time of his death. His mother is the lone survivor. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at the residence at Cliffield, with Rev. W. E. Mustard officiating and burial in Maple Hills Cemetery, Bluefield, Va. The body will be taken from Farmer Funeral Home in Richlands to the residence today. (Edward Wade Tabor, b. 6 Feb 1908, s/o Herman Columbus Tabor & Mattie Lou Beavers. Herman Columbus Tabor, s/o Edward Wexler Tabor & Mary 'Mollie' Mitchell. Edward Wexler Tabor, s/o Richard Adam Tabor & Mildred Permelia 'Milly' Shrader-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) EDWARD GEORGE TABOR OBITUARY NO DATE GIVEN (There was an article on the other side written during the Vietnam war) EDWARD GEORGE TABOR Edward George Tabor, 73, of Abbs Valley, Va., died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital following a long illness. Born in Thompson Valley, Va., he was the son of the late James Andres and Mary Jane Brooks Tabor. He was a former employee of Pocahontas Fuel co. and the McDowell Board of Education. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Lillian Adams Tabor; three sons, James A. Tabor of Bluefield, Steven E. Tabor and George Cecil Tabor, both of Abbs Valley; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Boone of Abbs Valley and Mrs. C. L. Persinger of Beckley; one step daughter, Mrs. Ronnie Milsap of Bluefield; one sister, Mrs. Ella Bowling of Daytona Beach, Fla.; one brother James A. Tabor Sr. of Bluefield; 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Boissevain United Methodist Church with Rev. Avery Lynch and Rev. Ted Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Nephews will be pallbearers. Friends may call at Shumate-Newman Funeral Home from 5-9 p.m. Friday and at the church one hour prior to services. [I am not certain. I HAVE a Mary Jane Brooks. However, May Jane Brooks was married to James Howard Tabor. NOW, I do have the sister mentioned, Eleanor R. 'Ella' Tabor Bowling-BUT she is/was the d/o James Howard Tabor & Mary Jane Brooks. Could James Howard Tabor's name have been entered wrong, in the obituary? Perhaps his full name was James Howard Arness Tabor???? James Howard Tabor & Mary Jane Brooks DID also have a James A. Tabor, as a son. I will add Edward George to the James Howard Tabor family and adjust when I find more data. I have Edward George Tabor "set-up" in my files from information received from Phyllis Tabor. I had not known the name of Edward George Tabor's father-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) CHESTER E. TABOR OBITUARY NO DATE GIVEN (article on the back about Christmas Fund Contributions) CHESTER E. TABOR Chester E. (Bud) Tabor, 64 of 157 Stockton St., Bluefield, Va., died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Born in Tazewell County, he was a son of Mrs. Pearl Reynolds Tabor of Bluefield, Va., and the late Luther C. Tabor. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of the Falls Mills Christian Church. Additional survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mabel R. (Susie) Harvey Tabor; three sisters, Mrs. Gay (Nell) Mullins of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Eldon (Mahalia) Husky of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mrs. A. H. (Clarice) Baldwin of Bluefield, VA; one brother, Orrin K. Tabor of Bluefield, Va., one step-son, D. R. McDaniels of Clearfork, VA.; and one step-daughter, Mrs. Ledarnce Swaidner of Falls Mills, Va. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Falls Mills Christian Church with Rev. E. M. Belcher and Rick Mathena officiating. Burial will follow in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Pallbearers: Tracy Christian, Robert Belcher, Jesse Smith, Robert Buckland, Graham Jones, Sonny Stansfield, Johnce Leedy, Dennis Belcher and Carl Hrovatic. Ladies of the church will carry flowers. Friends may call at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield, Va., today after 6 p.m. (Chester Elwood 'Bud' Tabor, b. 13 Mar 1908, d. 7 Dec 1972, s/o Luther Charles Tabor & Ida Pearl Reynolds . Luther Charles Tabor, s/o Samuel Flummer Tabor & Charlotte 'Lottie' Osburn-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) RONALD L. TABOR ARTICLE NO DATE GIVEN INCLUDED - Ronald L. Tabor, a senior at Graham High School, has been included in the 1981-82 edition of Who's Who Among American High School Students. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Tabor of the Double Gates section of Bluefield, Va. He is the grandson of Mrs. Bertie Whitley and Mrs. Etta Tabor, both of Falls Mills. He has maintained a 4.0 scholastic grade average for four years. He is a member of the basketball and baseball teams. He also plays in the band and is a member of the National Honor Society. He won awards in math contests and is a member of the Bible Club, among other activities. (Ronald L. Tabor, s/o Donald Dewey Tabor, b. 18 Jan 1932, d. 30 Jan 1997 & Margaret France Whitley. Donald Dewey Tabor, s/o George Dewey Tabor & Etta Mae Ratcliffe. George Dewey Tabor known as Dewey Tabor-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) BEVERLY J. TABOR FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT NO DATE GIVEN BEVERLY J. TABOR Funeral services for Beverly J. Tabor, 65, 113 College Ave., Bluefield Va., will be at 2 p.m. today in Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home, the Rev. N. G. Smiddy officiating. Pallbearers will be Joe H. Lawson, Herbert Lawson, Kent Whitten, Harry Ray Thompson, Elmore Lawson, Earl Sarver, John Harry, and Guy Pickle. Members of the Willing Workers group, Church of God, will be flower bearers. (Beverly Jackson Tabor, s/o Joseph Wade 'Joe' Tabor & Sarah Frances 'Fannie' Tabor. Joseph Wade Tabor, s/o James Harrison Tabor & Nancy Moore Runion/Runyon. Sarah Frances Tabor, d/o Stephen Harrison Tabor & Lucinda Obedience Deaton who was the d/o Nathan Deaton & Sarah F. 'Sally' Mitchell-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) FELIX TABOR OBITUARY NO DATE GIVEN (During WWII) FELIX TABOR Tomorrow at 2 p.m. funeral services will be conducted for Felix Ballard Tabor, 55 of Falls Mills, Va. He died yesterday morning at St. Luke's Hospital form injuries received when he was struck by a car on the Falls Mills Road last Thursday morning. Services will be at the Falls Mills Methodist Church with the Rev. E.L. Hayter officiating. Interment will be in Harry Cemetery, Falls Mills. Friends and neighbors will be flower bearers and pallbearers. Mr. Tabor is survived by his wife, Lou Tabor; one son, Felix Jr., at home; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bodenhamer and Mrs. Daisy Wilson, both of Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. Sam Edwards of Chambersburg, Pa., and Mrs. Nellie Dawson of Bluefield, and one brother Garnet Tabor with the U. S. Army in Japan. The body will remain at the Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield, Va., until one hour prior to the funeral. (Felix Ballard Tabor, b.24 June 1898, d. 7 Jul 1952, s/o Ballard W. Tabor & Florence Virginia Wagner. Ballard W. Tabor, s/o Stephen Paris Tabor & Eleanor 'Ellen ' Havens. Florecne Virginia Wagner, d/o Rev. Adam Edward Wagner & Juline/Julianna Elinor Tabor-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) HAROLD R. TABOR OBITUARY NO DATE GIVEN (Pioneer 10, America's tiny space ship initiating exploration of the outer solar system, sped past Jupiter monday.) HAROLD R. TABOR Harold R. Tabor, 58 of 140 First St., Bluefield Va., died Monday night in a Bluefield hospital following a long illness. Born in Bluefield, he was the son of the late Beverly J. and Mary B. Lawson Tabor. He was an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway and had worked for Lilly Building Supply Co. He was a member of the Falls Mills Christian Chruch. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bethel Anderson Tabor; three daughters, Mrs. Janet Mann of Monroe, Mich., Mrs. Dean Smith and Mrs. Regina Hicks, both of Salem, Va.; one son, Harold Tabor, Jr. of Bluefield, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Ruby Patrick of Lansing, Mich.; two brothers, James Tabor of Charlotte, N.C., and Fred Tabor of Bluefield, Va.; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Falls Mills Christian Church with Rev. David W. Prior offficiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Friends may call at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield, Va., today form 7 until 9 p.m. (Harold R. Tabor,=Harold Richard Tabor b. abt 1915, s/o Beverly Jackson Tabor & Mary Bowen Lawson. Beverly Jackson Tabor, s/o Joseph Wade 'Joe' Tabor & Sarah Frances 'Fannie' Tabor. Joseph Wade Tabor, s/o James Harrison Tabor & Nancy Moore Runion/Runyon. Sarah Frances Tabor, d/o Stephen Harrison Tabor & Lucinda Obedience Deaton who was the d/o Nathan Deaton & Sarah F. 'Sally' Mitchell-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) WILLIAM A TABOR OBITUARY Wednesday Afternoon, October ?, 1941 (during WWII, Secretary of State was Hull) William A. Tabor William Alexander "Bec" Tabor, 85 of Virginia Avenue, Bluefield, VA., passed away at his home yesterday noon. He had been a resident of Bluefield Va., for the past 25 years. He was born August 1, 1856, at Mudfork in Tazewell county, the son of the late Jefferson and Sarah Tabor. He is survived by three sons and six daughters, Mack K. and Price, Bluefield, Va.; James of Spencer; Mrs. Ella Scott, Duhruy, W. Va.; Mrs. W. F. McDonald, Fort Pierce, Fla.; Mrs. Emma Lovell, Bluefield; Mrs. L. E. Willis, Mrs. W. T. Welles and Mrs. Ira Scott all of Roanoke. He is survived also by 32 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. His wife, the former Naomi J. Tabor, died March, 1938. Funeral service will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from West Graham Methodist church, of which the deceased was a charter member. The Rev. H. A. Phillips, will officiate. Interment will be in Maple Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be Alex Ruble, E. B. Perdue, H. H. Gill, Z. B. Tabor, H. J. Havens, C. R. Neel, C. E. Kinzer, M. Helmandollar, L. T. Barrett. Flowerbearers will be members of Wesley Gleaner's Sunday school class. (William Alexaner 'Bee" Tabor, b. 1 Aug 1856, d. 21 Oct 1941, s/o Henry Jefferson 'Jeff' Tabor who died during the Civil War in a Union prison & Sarah Ann/Adeline 'Suzy' Scott. William Alexander Tabor married Naomi Jane Thomason, d/o James Daniel Thomason & Elizabeth A.'Lizzie' Deaton who was the d/o Nathan Deaton & Sarah F. 'Sally' Mitchell-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) MRS. STELLA EPPERSON OBITUARIES NO DATE GIVEN, YEAR IS 1950 MRS. STELLA EPPERSON Mrs. Stella Tabor Epperson, 60, of the Mudfork section of Tazewell country, died early yesterday morning in Mattie Williams hospital, Richlands, following an illness of several months. Mrs. Epperson widow or W. R. Epperson was a former member of the nursing staff of a Welch hospital and at one time had been a music instructor in Tazewell county. Born at Mudfork June 13, 1890, Mrs. Epperson was a daughter of the late Edward Wexler Tabor and Mollie Tabor. She was member of the Macedonia Methodist church In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by a brother Herman C. Tabor. Only survivors are a sister-in-law. Mrs. Herman C. Tabor; Pounding Mill, Va.; and a newphew, Edward Tabor. Aberdeen, Md. Funeral service will be conducted from the Wagner-Hawkins funeral chapel Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the Wexley Tabor cemetery at Mudfork. Pallbearers will be Joe Shrader, Claude Bowman, Blaine Baker, Taft Wagner, Elwood Bailey and Henry Shrader. Neighbors and other friends will serve as flowerbearers. The body will remain at Wagner-Hawkins funeral chapel where friends may call after noon today. (Stella Lovicie Tabor, b. 13 June 1891, d. 18 March 1951, d/o Edward Wexler Tabor & Mary 'Mollie' Mitchell. Stella was a nurse and the second wife of William Richard Thomas 'Tom' Epperson. Stella & Tom Epperson had no children-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) MRS. STELLA EPPERSON This afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, funeral service will be held from Wagner-Hawkins funeral chapel for Mrs. Stella Tabor Epperson, 60 of the Mudfork section of Tazewell country, who died early Sunday morning in Mattie Williams hospital. The Rev. K. M. King, Graham circuit pastor, will be assisted by the Rev. A. B. Wing, pastor of the First Methodist church. Burial will be in the Wesley Tabor cemetery at Mudfork. (Stella Lovicie Tabor, b. 13 June 1891, d. 18 March 1951, d/o Edward Wexler Tabor & Mary 'Mollie' Mitchell. Stella was a nurse and the second wife of William Richard Thomas 'Tom' Epperson. Stella & Tom Epperson had no children-Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman) W. R. EPPERSON OBITUARY NO DATE GIVEN - Around time of beginning of WW II, before 1950 W. R. Epperson Funeral rites for W. R. Epperson, 73-year old resident of Upper Mud Fork who was found dead in his bed yesterday morning, will be conducted from the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in a family cemetery. Nephews of the deceased will serve as pallbearers: Charles, Roy, Albert, Luther, and Ray Coleman. Kenneth and Ralph Epperson and Claude and Clifton Bowman. Granddaughters will serve as flowerbearers. (William Richard Thomas'Tom" Epperson, b. 9 Feb 1869, s/o Edward E. Epperson & Druscilla/Druezelda Harvey. Tom Epperson first married Arrie/Annetta'Nettie" Billips,. Anetta Billips d/o Gideon Billips & Nancy Elizabeth French. Tafter the death of Anetta Billipso Epperson Tom Epperson married Stella Lovice Tabor who was the daughter of Edward Wexler Tabor & Mary 'Mollie' Mitchell. Tom & Stella had no children. The children of Tom & Anetta Epperson: 1. John Gideon 'Gid' Epperson, m. Hazel Billips an adopted daughter of Abraham L. 'Abe' Hamilton & Sarah Elizabeth Shrader who was the d/o Rufus Jackson Shrader & Corrilda Alice Sluss. Hazel Billips' mother had Hazel before she was married and then , the mother, was killed when a steamship blew up during a cruise. 2. Jessee Lee Epperson, m. (1) Rose M. Pruett in 1919 (2) Elsie Frances Tabor, d/o Crockett C.Tabor & Mary Alice Dillion. Crockett C. Tabor was the son of George W. Tabor & Grace Hankins 3. William Floyd Epperson, m. Edna Irene Mathena, d/o John Alexander 'Alex' Mathena & Frances Jane Mathena. Frances Jane Mathena , d/o Stephen Paris Tabor & Martha Ellen Tabor who was the d/o James Russell Tabor & Martha Jane Havens. 4. Ferd Thomas Epperson, m. Macie Belcher. The name is FERD. 5. Charles Taylor Epperson, m. Elizabeth Asbury 6. Nannie GERTRUDE Epperson, m. Sidney Isaac Bowman. Sidney Isaac Bowman died 4 Mar 1939, of a heart attack while helping my maternal grandparents, Samuel Henry Shrader & Ocie Lee Tabor Annotated by Karen EAGLE Moman)