OBITUARIES
SOURCE: “Wetzel Democrat", New Martinsville dated, May 19, 1949.
--Man Killed Instantly by Rolling Log--
John Wiley Henry, an employee of the Roettis and Lock Stave Company, was
instantly killed on Wednesday morning at 11:00 o'clock. Men were cutting trees
on Cole Run, about a mile and a half from New Martinsville, where the accident
happened.
A tree that had been felled was being cut in different lengths, when one of the logs ran wild and pinned Mr. Henry under and he rolled with the log into the creek. He was dead when taken from the creek and it is thought he was killed when the log hit him.
He was a resident of Proctor RFD Two and was born in Marshall County, June 1889, a son of the late William and Armina Huggins Henry. He was a member of the Christian Church at Palestine in Proctor District.
Surviving are his wife, Clina Henry and two daughters, Mrs. Okey Goddard of Bebee and Mrs. Elizabeth Trader of the home; four sons, John Everett, Glen Russell, Dale Franklin and Fred Richard, all at home; one half-brother, Calvin Huggins of Akron, Ohio and two sisters, Mrs. Russell Goddard and Mrs. George Dunham, both of Proctor.
The body is at the Wharton and Ellis Funeral Home and will be returned to his late home on Friday at 11:00 a.m. Services will be held from Antioch Christian Church on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. with burial in Palmer Cemetery.
SOURCE: Tri-County Researcher, page 1672:
Eller, Aubra G., 77, 618 Sixth St., New Martinsville, WV., died in the Wetzel County Hospital on Wednesday.
She was born in Proctor, May 18, 1904, daughter of the late Cyrus and Louella Goddard Huggins. She was a member of the American Flint Glassworkers Union #510. She was a member of the First Christian Church, New Martinsville, a retired employee of Viking Glass Co. and custodian of Wetzel County Clubhouse. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sherman Eller, in 1966.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Darleen) Copenhaver of Moundsville, WV and Mrs. Joseph (Lalah) Northcraft of Paden City, WV.; five brothers, Emery Huggins and Paul Huggins, both of Proctor; Lindsay Huggins of New Martinsville, John Huggins of Moundsville, and Joseph Huggins of Detroit, MI; a sister, Allie Hohman of New Martinsville; five grandchildren, a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Huggins and a sister, Nola Kelley.
Funeral services held at Mowery-Trowbridge Funeral Home, Paden City. Interment in Greenlawn Memorial Park, New Martinsville (Nov 1981).
Wetzel Chronicle - Wednesday, March 25, 1998
John E. Huggins, 76, of Grove City, OH, formerly of Moundsville, died
Wednesday, March 18, 1998 at home. He was born June 25, 1921, in Proctor, the
son of the late Cyrus P. and Louella Mae Goddard Huggins. He was a retired
employee of the former Triangle Ware and Cable Company, Glen Dale, a U.S. Army
veteran of WWII, and a member of the Antioch Christian Church, Proctor. He was
preceded in death
by a daughter, Penny Huggins; a granddaughter, Kimberly Ruth Packham; four
brothers, Harold, Bud, Paul and Joseph Huggins; three sisters, Allie Hohman, Nollie
{Nola} Kelley and Aubrey Ellers.
Surviving are one daughter, J. K. H*.; a brother, Emery Huggins of New
Martinsville; four grandchildren; five great-children.
Interment in Riverview Cemetery, Moundsville. The Moundsville Honor Guard
conducted Gravesite Military Services.
* Name deleted as she may still be living.
