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Obituaries : Roxie Tanner Ware
Posted by Rick Greathouse on 2015/3/15 20:30:00 (3164 reads)

Roxie Tanner Ware
(February 20, 1928 - March 11, 2015)
MARSHALLVILLE, OH – Roxie Ware, age 87, passed away on March 11, 2015. Roxie was born in Braxton County, West Virginia to the late Samuel and Sara (Greathouse) Tanner.

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Obituaries : Betty Boggs, Former Spencer High School Teacher Dies at age 84
Posted by Linda Cottrell Liss on 2014/8/27 15:14:39 (2948 reads)

From Spencer Daily Dot Com
Obituary: Miss Betty Irene Boggs
August 27, 2014

Miss Betty Irene Boggs, 84, of Spencer, West Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at the Roane General Hospital in Spencer.

She was born July 14, 1930 in Roane County, a daughter of the late Howard R. and Grace Wilson Boggs.

She was a 1948 Spencer High School graduate, attended Potomac State College and received her degree in English from Marshall University. She began her teaching career in 1952 and retired after 51 years of service to multiple generations of Roane County students. Miss Boggs was a beloved educator, an avid reader and an advocate of lifelong learning. She enjoyed and appreciated all things of beauty; the written word, treasured glassware and antiques, and a love of family and friends.

She is survived by three brothers, Harvey, Clarence R. “Tink”, and David Boggs, all of Spencer; five nieces and nephews, Douglas, Michael and Larry Boggs, Brenda Fisher and Brigitte Lowe; eleven great-nieces and nephews, Jacob, Daniel and Laura Grace Boggs, Kayla White, Ashley and Alyssa Boggs, Benjamin Bailey, Grayson Fisher, J. Alex Lowe, and Michael Jon and Cristopher Cole Boggs; and one great-great nephew, Amos Lee White.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a nephew, Bruce Boggs.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at the TAYLOR-VANDALE FUNERAL HOME in Spencer with Rev. Russell Stump officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Olive Cemetery near Spencer. Visiting hours are Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home

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Obituaries : Olive Opal Ogden
Posted by Linda Ciesielski on 2013/10/24 2:10:00 (2664 reads)

Birth: Dec. 14, 1929
Death: Mar. 1, 1934

Olive Opal Ogden, a beautiful child, so loved by her family. She passed on at the age of four from pneumonia.

She is descended from Robert F. Ogden & Mariah Deliah Smith Ogden (Great Grandparents); William Wesley & Margaret Chewning Ogden (Grandparents); Robert Kellis & Buena Wilson Ogden (Parents); Robert Bowman Ogden, Ruth Marie Ogden, & Virginia Hiet Ogden (Brother & Sisters).

Inscription:
Jesus said; "I am the resurrection and the Life."

"Look!, the tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.

Note: There is a headstone with her name next to her grandparents William Wesley & Margaret Chewning Ogden


Ogden Cemetery
Uler
Roane County
West Virginia, USA


Looking forward to the resurrection when we will all be together.
-Anonymous

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Obituaries : Obituary of Melvin G. Nida
Posted by Jack Nida on 2013/7/13 1:50:00 (2893 reads)

Dr. Melvin G. Nida, 89, died at his home on Monday, September 21, 2009. Dr. Nida was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 4, 1920, the son of Amos William. Nida and Bertha E. Peck Nida. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Brissey; a son, Larry Nida and his wife, Vicki, of West Milford; and a daughter, Sylvia Nida Worrall and her husband. William, of Marshall, Virginia.

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Obituaries : OB - Rev. Willis E. Anderson
Posted by Linda Cottrell Liss on 2011/4/30 21:51:05 (2655 reads)

Charleston Gazette Friday, 4-29-2011
OB - Willis E. Anderson
The Rev. Willis E. Anderson, 77, of Spencer died April 26, 2011. Graveside service will be 1 p.m., Monday, May 2, in Spencer Memorial Cemetery, Spencer. There will be no visitation. John H. Taylor Funeral Home, Spencer is in charge of arrangements.
****Another newspaper reports that he died at Roane General Hospital in Spencer and that the graveside service will include military honors.
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Reverend Anderson was the son of the late James and Victoria Griffin Anderson & was also preceded in death by his wife, Stella Tanner Anderson, in 2010. They were married in Roane County in 1953 and were parents of five children.
Rev. and Mrs. Anderson were long-time members of the Roane County Historical Society., Inc.

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