An eight-year-old girl lost her life in a fire that leveled her frame home at Pricedale last Saturday morning;aUGUST 23;1962. The victim;Elizabeth Ann Jackson;was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:35 a.m. Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney of Monessen attributed her death to suffocation and third degree burns. The blaze broke out at approximately at 1 a.m.Saturday at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Summers;the girl’s grandmother. The woman-who had reportedly fallen asleep while watching television in a first floor room-was alerted about the fire by neighbors. North Belle Vernon firemen were the first on the scene at House 52 on Ross St.in Pricedale. When firemen arrived;the two-story;four-room house was engulfed in flames. Attempts to reach the child were unsuccessful. An adjoining house was saved from damage. The fire is believed to have been caused by a faulty or overheated furnace. After the flames had subsided;firemen found the victim;s body under her bed. Five fire departments responded to the alarm. Men and equipment were on the scene from North Belle Vernon;Belle Vernon;Washington Twp.(Fairhope);Rostraver Central and Webster. Firemen were forced to obtain water from a fire hydrant a quarter mile from the blaze. The Jackson girl was staying at her grandmother’s home while her mother was in New York. Born Aug.23;1962;at Long Island;N.Y.;she is survived by her mother;Mrs.Irma Lea Jackson;her grandmother and a great-grandmother;Mrs.Lucretia Zales of Dayton;Ohio. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Sunday in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral home;Main St.;Fayette City;and until Tuesday;March 16;1971; at 1:30 p.m.;the hour of service. Burial will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Services were held Tuesday;March 16;1971;with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

BURIED IN 2ND NORTHEAST CORNER GRAVE BORN IN 1888 HER NAME IS ON THE SAME MARKER AS ROBERT C.JONES;JR.

A former Mon Valley resident;Mrs.Hannah M.Jones;41;of 315 Duncan Station Road;Elizabeth Twp.;McKeesport;died Friday morning;Aug.14;1970;in McKeesport Hospital.  Born in North Charleroi;Mrs.Jones was a daughter of the late John and Margaret Usher Thorpe.  She was a member of Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church;McKeesport.  Surviving are her husband;William J.Jones;a son;David J.;and a daugher;Barbara Ann;both at home;six brothers;Stewart Thorpe of Belle Vernon;John Thorpe of Wellsburg;W.Va.;Robert Thorpe of Anaheim.Calif.;Ronald Thorpe of Linden;N.J.;Eugene Thorpe of Perryopolis;and Mickey Thorpe of Wheeling.W.Va.;four sisters;Mrs.Edith Mowry and Mrs.Pearl McCoy of York;Pa.;Mrs.Charlotte Santo of Roscoe;and Mrs.Donna Remish of Charleroi.  Friends are being received at Willig Funeral Home;220 Ninth Ave.;McKeesport;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Service there Monday;Aug.17;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.G.Sherman Ott;pastor of Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church in McKeesport;officiating.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Willig Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs.Lulu Whitelaw Jones;65;of 811 Speer St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;March 16;1970;at 3:45 a.m.in Haven Crest Nursing and Convalescent Home;Monongahela R.D.;after a long illness. Her husband was the late Stephen Leroy Jones. Mrs.Jones was a member of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 196;Woman’s Club and First Presbyterian Church;all of Belle Vernon. Surviving are two brothers;Robert E.Whitelaw of Belle Vernon and John S.Whitelaw of Roscoe. Friends will be received at Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. beginning March 17. Service there Thursday;March 19;at 2 p.m.with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Morgan Edwin James Sr.;96;of Belle Vernon R.D.2 (Gibsonton);died at his home Monday;Feb.9;1970;at 11:07 a.m. Mr.James had lived in Gibsonton 40 years;moving there from Monessen. He retired 16 years go after being employed at the No.1 rod mill of the Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Preceding him in death were his wife;Mary Tucker James;Nov.27;1943;and a son;Morgan Edwin James Jr.;Sept.9;1968. Mr.James;who was born May 3;1873;in Hubbard;Ohio;is survived by two daughters;Mrs.Winnifred Lancaster of Gibsonton;with whom he made his home;and Mrs.George (Mary) Ritzer of Gibsonton;nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.;Feb.10. Service there Thursday;Feb.12;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Allen Herman;pastor of Baptist Church of Arnold;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.