Marion County WV Archives Obituaries.....Corbin, Melissa Jane; April 19, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett MarionWVusgwarch@gmail.com November 1, 2008, 8:53 pm unknown newspaper clipping FUNERAL OF MRS. CORBIN April 22, 1930 Short and impressive funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Melissa Jane Corbin, widow of Charles J. Corbin, whose death occurred last Saturday evening in the family home in Monroe Street. Dr. H. G. Stoetzer, pastor emeritus of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. A number of the relatives and close friends were in attendance. The body was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery by the side of the husband of the deceased. Tulips and other spring flowers from the gardens of the Corbin home covered the casket. Pall bearers included four nephews, Clare Hess, Charles Corbin Hess, Walter Eliason and B. F. Eliason and Charles R. Hawkins and Charles J. Jones, business associates of Walter Corbin, in the C. J. Corbin Wholesale Grocery Co. Several relatives and friends from a distance were here for the obsequies. Quite a few were here from the Mannington vicinity, the early home place of the departed woman. Additional Comments: From death certificate: date of death: April 19, 1930 age at death: 85 years daughter of: Abraham Hess and Isabel Glover File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/marion/obits/c/corbin42nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb