Willis Williams;71;684 McKee Ave.;Monesen;died Wednesday;Feb.7;1973 at 7:45 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Born in Crawford County;Ga.he was a retired employee of United States Steel’s American Steel and Wire Division;Donora;and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and the chruch Trustee Board;Monessen. Mr.Williams resided in Monessen the past 50 years. Surviving are his widow;Idabell;one daughter;Myrtle Wilcox of Monessen;one brother;Dalton Jones of Atlanta;Ga.;one foster daughter;Grace Scott of Monessen;two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen between the hours of 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and Friday. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.in Fellowship Church;Monessen;with the Rev.D.D.Chapman officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Annie Brown White;70;of 172 Highland Terrace;Donora;died Tuesday;Jan.2;1973;at 9:35 p.m. in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals.Inc. Mrs.White was born July 10;1902;at Chatham;Va. She was a member of St.Paul’s Baptist Church of Donora. She is survived by two sons;Edward Fitzgerald of Donora and Charles Earl Fitzgerald of Fellsburg;two daughters;Virginia Brown of Pittsburgh and Mrs.Barbara Bush of Pittsburgh;three brothers;Jessie Carter of Long Island;N.Y.;Joseph Carter of Chatham and Noll Carter of Washington;D.C.;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Thursday at the Percy Law Funeral Home;Donora. A funeral will be held Saturday;Jan.6 at 11 a.m.;at St.Paul’s Baptist Church;Donora;with the Rev.W.E.McBrayer officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law;funeral director.

William Wagner;72;of 331 Speers St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Nov.11;1972;at 6:30 a.m.at his home. He was born in Germany Sept.4;1900. He was a self-employed scrap dealer. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Effie Hartzell Wagner;three sons;William C.of Belle Vernon;Robert D.of Denver;Colo.and Larry G.of Billrica;Mass.;one daughter;Mrs.George (Marion) Krivda of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.Earl (Anna) Coe of Clariton;three brothers;Garrett Wagner of Charleroi;Peter Wagner of Speers and Joseph Wagner of Pittsburgh;nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Sunday and Monday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a funeral service will be held Tuesday;Nov.14;1972;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mary Barker Williams;76 of 117 Fayette St.;Fayette City was fatally injured while attempting to cross Route 201 near Toth’s Lynnwood supermarket on Thursday;Oct.1;1972. She was pronounced dead on arrival at 7:35 p.m.at the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital;Inc.of a skull fracture and multiple injuries. State police said Mrs.Williams was struck by a car driven by Yvonne C.Gardner;23;of Perryopolis R.D.1 as she was walking across the road to her car around 7:15 p.m. She reportedly had been visiting relatives just before the accident. Police said no charges have been filed against the Gardner woman. Mrs.Williams;who turned 76 years old on Tuesday;was born in Bagus Mine (Elks County). She was a daughter of the late Arthur and Elaine Spence Barker. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;Fayette City. Mrs.Williams was preceded in death by her husband;Jerome L.Oct.1;1971. Surviving are two sisters;Louise Stewart and Emma Warner;both of Belle Vernon;nieces and nephews. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Saturday and on Sunday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Main St.;Fayette City;where services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mrs.Addie Woodson;91;of 3 Chestnut St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Aug.23;1972;at 2 a.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals;Inc. Mrs.Woodson was a member of Speers St.AME Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are four daughters;Mrs.Edith Jones of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Leah Whiteside of Weirton;W.Va.;Mrs.Mary Ethridge and Mrs.Hallie Corley;both of Belle Vernon;two sons;James and Craig;both of Belle Vernon;a brother;James Burrell of Pittsburgh;15 grandchildren;41 great-grandchildren;seven great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m.Thursday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Friday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon;Monessen. Services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.at the Speers St.AME Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Samuel Chambers;pastor;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. DuBois H.Carter;funeral director.

Elizabeth Willims;77;of 73 Zundel St.;Pricedale;died Wednesday Aug.2;1972;at 10:10 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was born Aug.22;1894;in Arnold City. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;and a member of its senior choir for many years prior to her illness. Mrs.Williams was preceded in death by her husband;Edward on July 18;1957. Surviving are a son;John of Donora;a grandson;Randy of Pricedale;a great-granddaughter. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen. Services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.at the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Isabella (Aunt Bella) Wilderspin;
93; of 1015 Hill St.; Belle
Vernon; died Friday;July 21;1972;in her home
at 3:30 a.m.
She had been a resident of
the Mon Valley most of her life
and formerly resided in Monessen.
She was preceded in death by
her husband; Arthur R.; on
March 28.
Mrs. Wilderspin was a member
of the First Baptist Church
of Monessen and its ladies class.
Surviving are her nephew
and foster son; James V. Wilson
of Monessen; two nephews;
Jack and Lee of Monessen; a
niece; Mrs. Lilian Brown of
Kiokuk; Iowa; a cousin; Mrs.
Sarah Samworth in England.
Friends will be received after
p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. thereafter at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;where services will be held Monday at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Ed H.Pollack Jr.;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Robert Wesley Woodson Sr.;of 3 Chestnut St.;Belle Vernon;died in his home Friday;June 30;1972 at 8 p.m. An Army veteran of World War II;he was a retired employee of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are a son;Robert Jr.of Pittsburgh;his mother;Mrs.Addie Woodson of Belle Vernon;two brothers;James and Craig of Belle Vernon;four sisters;Mrs.Mary Etheridge and Mrs.Hallie Corley of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Edith Jones of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Leah Whiteside of Weirton;W.Va.;two uncles;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received after 6 p.m.today and from 2 to 10 p.m.Sunday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen. Services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.in Speers St.AME Church;Belle Vernon with the Rev.Burney officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. DuBoise H.Carter;funeral director.

George A. Walters; 72; of 303
Shepard Ave.; North Charleroi;
formerly of Nemacolin; Pa.; died
Wednesday;May 17;1972; at 8:55 p.m. in Charleroi-
Monessen Hospital.
He was born in Uniontown
Aug. 31; 1899; a son of Thomas
and Roxlina Downs Walters.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church of
Charleroi; F&AM Lodge 153 of
Waynesburg; Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Coudersport;Pa.
He was a veteran of World
War I. He was a retired employee
of the Buckeye Coal Co.;
Nemacolin.
He moved to North Charleroi
four years ago.
Surviving are his widow; Margaret
Owens Walters; one
daughter; Mrs. Vincent (Roxlina)
Tamblyn of Endicott
N. Y.; his mother; Mrs. Roxlina
Pletcher of Brownsville;
two brothers; the Rev. Thomas
Pletcher of Kansas City;Mo.;and Charles Pletcher of Carmichaels;two sisters;Mrs.Charles T.Harden of Brownsville and Mrs.Gwendolyn Higgbotham of Uniontown and two grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;where a service will be held Saturday;May 20;1972;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.