Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--March 10, 1916 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michelle Burress http://www.cvnotes.com ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Clinch Valley News March 10, 1916 Mrs. Virginia STOWERS, wife of L.F. STOWERS, of Grapefield, Bland County, died at her home last Tuesday morning at the advanced age of 78 years. The burial took place Wednesday am at Nebo, Rev. W.K. NEEL officiating. Deceased is survived by a husband and nine children, all of whom were present at her death and burial. V.L. STEPHENSON, of this town, was in charge of the burial ceremonies. A special dispatch from Wytheville to the Roanoke Times says: New has just reached Wytheville of the finding of the dead body of Creed FANNING, age 65, a well known ?? of Bland County on the side of Burke's Garden Mountain, near the line between Bland and Tazewell counties. Mr. MANNING for a number of years, was the proprietor of a hotel at Bland Court House. According to the reports he left his home at Bland Court House about two weeks ago for Burke's Garden on business. At first his family thought nothing of his failure to return home, thinking that perhaps the inclement weather had detained him or that he was visiting relatives in Burke's Garden. Finally, becoming alarmed at his continued absence, they sent a messenger across the mountains to the home of a relative, who lives in Burke's Garden, to find out what had become of him. The messenger learned that Mr. FANNING, about ten days ago, had started for his home, one of his relatives accompanying him as far as the top of the Burke's Garden mountain, where he left his relative, telling him that he would walk the remaining distance to Bland Court House. This was the last seen of him alive. Upon the receipt of this information a searching party of about one hundred men was organized in Bland for the purpose of searching the mountains for Mr. FANNING, or his body. After a two day search his body was found on the south side of Burke's Garden mountain, in one of the wildest and most inaccessible sections of the county. The presumption is that in some way he strayed from the road along which he was traveling, became lost and was frozen to death. The body was in a bad condition, being partially consumed by wild animals. At his home near Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, Mr. Allen Benton SHAWVER, husband of Louise Victory SHAWVER, deceased, died Friday morning, February 11th, 1916 at ??? wounded, received in calf of right leg December 17, 1915. He ws born in Craig County, Virginia, October 13, 1844, and was therefore 71 years, 3 months and 28 days old at the time of his death. He served in the latter part of the civil war, belonging to Company C. Twenty-third Virginia battalion, under Captain Frank PEERY. He received two wounds, one on the right four finger, in the Valley of Virginia; the other though the upper lip at Dry Creek, West Virginia, and was captured the 19th of September, 1864 at Winchester and taken to Point Lookout where he was kept a prisoner six months. He was then paroled at Jamestown April the first, 1865, and came home a few days before the surrender. He was married to L.V. COMPTON July 7th, 1864, and to this union seven children were born, four sons and three daughters, all living: Mattie J. STOWERS, of Sand Lick, West Virginia; John W. SHAWVER, of Dickenson, Md.; Sanders L. SHAWVER, of Dillons Mill, Virginia; Bettie B. WYATT, of Brushfork, West Virginia; George E.L. SHAWVER, of Cove Creek, Virginia; Sarah D.A. SHAWVER of Dickerson, Md; Robert P. SHAWVER, of Gratton, Virginia, Sarah and George being twins. He has 28 living grand children, and 16 great grand children. He leaves a brother, J.M. SHAWVER, of Shawvers Mills, Va and a host of friends to mourn his loss. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. W.S. BULLARD at 11 o'clock am, on Saturday, the 12th, after which his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near his home, on the land of Mr. Samuel SHAWVER, Rev. W.K. NEEL was called on to give a talk at the grave, which was very interesting. He joined the Christian church in 1858, having been a consistent member of over 57 years. Many friends join in extending to the family their sympathy and comfort. R.P SHAWVER. LITTLE CREEK ---------------------------- Mr. R.L. THOMPSON and family has had quite a spell of western fever, but the fever has about worn off now and he has decided not to move. Mrs. L.F. HOBACK paid her parents a visit yesterday. Mr. L.H. REPASS is quite ill with the grip. Mr. J.W. HOBACK, of Burke's Garden and his son, Walter, are to start to Maryland next week. Mr. J.L. MEREDITH of this place, and his brother, Eugene, of Tennessee, are visiting relatives in Wytheville at this writing. Mr. H.P. MEREDITH is very busy attending to his fine flock of lambs this cold weather. Mr. Cooper HOBACK caught a large grey fox last week. ----------------------- This office has had correspondence this week with Tazewell boys who have left the old home county - two of them the State, who merit special mention and commendation. One of them is B.Y. PEERY, now a successful merchant at Coeburn. He is a son of Preston PEERY, of this county. Ed ROSENBAUM says of him: he is a fine fellow and straight as a shingle. T.A. REPASS, the insurance man, says "he is as ? as a clock and doing a fine business." The editor has the best reasons in the world to believe it all. When you hit a fellow with a good sized subscription bill and he doesn't even grunt, but says, "here it is, best wishes," you have a pretty safe fellow in hand. The other two bays are Cecils. They moved to Texas from Tazewell some years ago. Their letter head reads; "Cecil & Company." One of them is W.M. and the other, C.W. CECIL. One of these, the writer does not know which one, is a son of the late Chester CECIL, of this county. The other is an uncle, we believe. They have a chain of 6 stores, one in each of towns of Crowell, Cleburn, and Hamlin, Texas, and Cecil Blain Co. and Cecil-Holt Co., in Chillicothe, Mar, Texas and Olustee, Oklahoma, respectively. The boys are evidently making good as Tazewell boys unusually do. We are always glad to give the boys a boost, besides keeping them and their old home friends and relatives in touch through the columns of the old paper. Houston ST. CLAIR is mourning the loss of a little white pig, a gift from his friend "Pete" PEIRCE. The pig wandered away from home last Friday, and last heard of was going towards North Tazewell, but not towards the packing house. Mr. ST. CLAIR is willing to pay a reasonable reward for the return of this pet pig. POUNDING MILL ------------------------ Mrs. L.L. HUNTER and Miss H.T HUNTER, of Doswell, Virginia, came this morning to visit their brother, Mr. C.M. HUNTER and family. Mrs. HUNTER'S husband is a lieutenant in the navy. Mr. Lyle HOUCHINS, 18 years olds, of Cincinnati, who has been spending the winter with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert MCGRAW, was here yesterday morning on his way to Bluefield to undergo and operation of appendicitis. He had a very severe attack recently and decided to be operated on and have it over with. Mrs. Susan WARD, of Thompson Valley and Mrs. R.K. GILLESPIE, of this place, went to Bondtown last Thursday and returned. Mr. and Mrs. J.T. ALTIZER went to Richlands Sunday to see the former's brother, Mr. Dock ALTIZER, who has been very ill for the past two weeks. The following ladies spent last Thursday with Mrs. William G. GILLESPIE, viz; Mesdames Martha SPARKS, C.H. TRAYER, Julia WILLIAMS, J. Sanders GILLESPIE and Flora GREEAR and children. Rev. R.E. GREER, of Maxwell, will preach in the Methodist church next Sunday night. Crawl out of your den, Mr. and Mrs. Groundhog, and hear him. Robert, the eighteen year old son of the late John DYKES, has been very ill with pneumonia but is better. The little seven year old son of Sam BROWN, died suddenly a few days ago. He was taken ill about noon, and died shortly after dark. The cause of his death was unknown. Miss Sallie BRITTAIN, governess in Mrs. Ollie HURT'S family, spent the weekend as usual with her father, H.P. BRITTAIN at Tazewell. Mrs. James OSBORNE, who has been very sick, is reported better. Mr. John WHITT returned Sunday from Paint Lick, where he had been nursing his wife, who is recovering from pneumonia. Ernest MCMULLIN, of Wittens Mills, spent Sunday with his cousin, Mr. W.G. GILLESPIE, and family. He was formerly a clerk in W.B. STEELE & Co's store, but now has charge of a store at Liberty Hill. Mr. William G. GILLESPIE spent the weekend with homefolks, returning to the Cove Monday, where he has charge of the Ruskin Store. Mr. C.M. HUNTER attended the Masonic Lodge meeting at Tazewell on Monday night. POCAHONTAS --------------------- Miss Julia CLIFF, of Cincinnati, has accepted a position in the store of the Bloch Company. Miss Hattie WIGGINS, of Fayettville, N.C. has accepted a position as milliner for Miss Emma YATES. Mrs. Sol BAACH left Wednesday for Greenshore and Baltimore, to be gone about a month. Mrs. G.H. ZIMMERMAN left Tuesday for Fisherville to visit her mother in law, who is reported very ill. Mr. and Mrs. C.H. HILL have been on a visit to their former home in Cincinnati. James B. YOST was over the Graham Wednesday. W.B. SNIDOW, of Pearisburg, was here on business Wednesday. Mrs. J.T. PRESTON, of Roanoke, has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. WALTERS. J.C. WALTERS has the agency for the Chalmers automobile, and has received a car from the factory, which he has in the Hicks-Roberts garage. C.T. GRIFFITH received bad injuries from a fall of slate in the mines of the Big Vein - Pocahontas Collieries Co., and his leg was amputated at the Stump Alexander Hospital. Mrs. Ethel DUPUY, who has been ill for two weeks, went Wednesday to a hospital for treatment. She has a severe cough. Born to Mr. and Mrs. H.J. FERIMER, a son. Miss Josephine YOUNG, of Bristol, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. T.R. WILD-SMITH. Mrs. J.H. MCNEER and Mrs. Dr. L.E. WARD were Bluefield visitors on Wednesday. House No. 84 of the Big Vein Coal Company was destroyed by fire on Monday morning, the occupants, F. JENNINGS and J.H LUCADO, losing all their household effects. Two of Mr. JENNINGS children, also Mrs. JENNINGS, received burns, which cause them pain but were not serious.