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Obituaries

Beavers, Mathias
Death notice: Mr. Mathias Beavers died at his home near North Tazewell Wedsnesday night (Jan 22, 1896).
(Jan 24 1896 Clinch Valley news (Jeffersonville, VA.) Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Mayo)

Ferguson, Mrs. Lucy
     Pocahontas, Va., December 20. Mrs. Lucy Ferguson, wife of Peter Ferguson, a well-known citizen of this place, died at her home here this morning at 5 o'clock. Mrs. Ferguson had been sick only a few days. Mrs. Ferguson was born at Cumberland, Md., forty-seven years ago, but had lived in this city for the past fifteen years. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of this place. She will be buried here at the Pocahontas Cemetery on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. S. W. Moore, of Bluefield, Va., her former pastor, assisted by Rev. C. K. Wingo, will conduct the funeral from the Methodist Church.

     Mrs. Ferguson is survived by her husband, a son, Archer Ferguson, of Portsmouth, O., and two daughters, Misses Edith and Maggie Ferguson.

[Richmond Times Dispatch (21 Dec. 1913) Transcribed by FoFG MZ]

Haygood, Rev. Dr. Atticus G.
Death notice: Rev. Dr. Atticus G. Haygood a bishop of the Southern Methodist church, died at his home in Oxford, GA, (Unknown exact date but sometime in Jan 1896).
(Jan 24 1896 Clinch Valley news (Jeffersonville, VA.) Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Mayo)

Lawrence, G. H.

POCAHONTAS, VA., September 8. G. H. Lawrence, a prominent business man of this place, died suddenly last night, aged thirty-seven years, leaving a wife and son. The body was taken to Christianburg for burial.
[Richmond Times Dispatch (9 Sept. 1909) Transcribed by FoFG MZ]

 

Varnier, Thomas
Died at his residence in Pocahontas. Mr. Thomas Varnier. in his 42nd year, leaving two children. (N.S. v. 2, no. 5, 3 February 1848, p. 19.)
(Source: Abstract Obituary Notices from the Virginia Conference Sentinel and Richmond Advocate, pub in "Magazine of Virginia Genealogy" by The Virginia Genealogical Society Volume 23 February 1985 Number 1. Sub. by K.Torp)

 

Yeates, Richard Davis
 Pocahontas, Va., August 20. Richard Davis Yeates, a native of this State, who was born in Pittsylvania county seventy years ago, died here at 9 o'clock Thursday night.
     Mr. Yeates had lived in this city for the past twenty years. He was a Confederate soldier, and was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, being a member of Company A, of the Fiftieth Virginia Regiment.

      He is survived by two sons and one daughter, Miss Emma Yeates, of this city; R. T. Yeates, of Lynchburg, and T. D. Yeates, of St. Lake, Utah.
[ Richmond Times Dispatch (21 Aug. 1910) Transcribed by FoFG MZ]

 



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