Doris Gay Smoot;15;of 521 Main St.Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival at the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 9:40 p.m.Thursday Oct.30;1958;following an automobile accident. She was in the ninth grade at Bellmar Junior High School. She is survived by her mother and stepfather;Mr.and Mrs.Peter Sopsic;Jr.;her father;Harry Smoot Jr.;of Trenton;N.J.;two sisters;Wilma and Dutch Ann and two brothers;Harry and John;all at home;her maternal grandmother;Mrs.Charles David;of Baltimore;Md.;her paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Harry Smoot;Sr.;of Princeton;W.Va. Friends are being received at the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where funeral services will be held Monday;Nov.3;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Everett Oakes;of the First Christian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son;funeral directors.

Ross Shepard;52;of 1025 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Friday;October 10;1958;at 11:50 a.m. Born in Homestead on Dec.2;1905;he moved to Belle Vernon from Monessen about 25 years ago. He had been employed in the fabric department of the Monessen plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Margaret Maxon Shephard;son;James of Corning;N.Y.and two brothers;Joseph of Belle Vernon and Robert of Monessen;a sister; Mrs.Joseph (Mary) Dessent of Okmulgee;Okla.and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.on Saturday. Funeral home visiting hours are from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;October 13;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.David J.Dillon of Trinity Episcopal Church;Monessen. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Mrs.Katherine Ruth Shultz;53;of Webster;died at her home;Monday September 22;1958. She is survived by her husband;George Shultz;two sons;Rollin of Monessen;Roy at home;onedaughter;Mrs.Arthur (Frances) Dickie of Donora;two brothers;Walter Hazelbaker of New Castle and Francis Hazelbaker of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Gladys Whitelaw of Fayette City;R.D.1;and Mrs.Earl (Florence) Erb of Johnstown;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home after 7:30 o’clock Tuesday;with visiting hours from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Thursday;September 25;1958;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Vernon Bowers;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

James Arthur Schroyer of 104 Market Street;Fayette City;died suddenly August 3;1958 at 5:45 p.m. He was born July 22;1907;in Merritestown;Pa.;the son ot Martin and Carrie Bobbs Schroyer. He was employed by the P.& L.E.Railroad as an engineer;and was a member of the Fayette City Volunteer Fire Department and the Fayette City F.O.E.;1450. He is survived by his wife;Veletha Schroyer;two sons;James and Donald of Charleroi;three daughters;Marlene;Lana and Joyce at home;three sisters;Mrs.John (Gladys) Phillips;Fairless Hills;Mrs.Edward (Dolores) McGee of Newell and Mrs.Mildred Lutzs of Houston;Pa.and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there August 6;1958;at 2:30 pm. and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Word had been received here of the death of William R.Smith;78;of Monroe;Pa.late Sunday afternoon;July 27;1958. He was a former resident of Monessen and was associated for over 40 years with the former Moats Lumber Co.of Monessen. Mr.Smith was born Dec.29;1879. Survivors include his wife;Anna Mae;two sons;Russell (Buck) Smith of Monessen and George Smith of Library;a daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Della) Kist of Laurel Gardens;Pittsburgh;four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers;Blaine and George;both of Monessen and a sister;Mrs.Elmer Campbell of Fresno;Calif. Friends will be received at the Harry Harper Funeral Home;McKee Ave.;Monessen.

Lawrence Stokes;33;of 740 Norman avenue;Donora;died in the Presbyterian Hospital;Philadelphia;on Thursday;July 3;1958;at 9:30 a.m. He was born in Charleroi August 31;1924;and had been a resident of Donora for eleven years. He was employed at the American Steel and Wire plant in Donora;and was a member of Quinn Chapel;A.M.E.Church of Donora;Twin lodge 67;F.and A.M.;Monongahela;Mononganeie Valley lodge 208;L.B.P.O.E.of W. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Dorothy Stokes;two sons;Lawrence;Jr. and Ronald Wayne;two daughters;Deborah and Patricia;his mother;Nina of Charleroi;his father;Master Sergeant Walter L.Stokes;U.S.Army;one brother;Edward of Donora;two sisters;Beatrice Joyner of Charleroi;and Elsie Kennedy of New Kensington. Friends will be received at the Law Funeral Home;Donora;after 3 p.m.;Sunday;July 6;1958. Services will be held Tuesday;July 8;1958;at 11 a.m.;in Quinn Chapel;A.M.E.Church;Donora;in charge of Rev.H.H.Burney;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law is the funeral director.