Arthur Edward Gordon; age 80 of Pricedale died on Tuesday;December 13; 1977 at the Brownville Golden Age Nursing Home after succumbing to a long illness. Born in the West Indies; Mr. Gordon moved to Victoria Tennesse with his family when he was a small child. A retired coal miner; Mr. Gordon lived in Pricedale for 60 years. He was a member of Pleasant Green AME church; a member of the United Mine Workers of America and a member of the Masonic Temple in Pricedale. He was proceeded in death by his wife; Mabel Calloway Gordon in 1955; a sister Emma Zora Gordon in 1959; a brother Clarence Gordon in 1973; and a brother Alyous Gordon in 1954. Mr. Gordon leaves to cherish his memory two sons; Oscar Gordon of Pricedale and William Junie Gordon of Long Beach California;one daughter; April LaVonne Bizzelle of Pricedale;6 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Pleasant Green AME Church in Pricedale from 4 p.m.to 9 p.m.Thursday and Friday and until the time of the service on Saturday at 1 p.m.;with the Rev.Bertha Sydnor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director in charge.

U.S. MILITARY VETERAN – WW II

BURIED IN NORTHWEST CORNER GRAVE BORN IN 1898 HIS NAME IS ON SAME MARKER AS HELEN BAKER GRIBBEN.

Samantha (Mattie) 0.
Lockley Goe; formerly of 328
Graham St.; Belle Vernon;
died Tuesday;June 14;1977 at 4:10 p.m. in
Westmoreland Manor;
Greensburg; where she had
resided for the past three
years. She was 96.
Mrs. Goe was born June 20;
1881 in Belle Vernon; a
daughter of the late Andrew
Lockley and Margaret Miles
Lockley.
She was a pioneer resident
of Belle Vernon and a lifelong
member of the Speers St.
A.M.E. Church; Belle Vernon.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; James Ernest
Goe on Jan. 11; 1967.
Three sisters and six
brothers also preceded her in
death.
Survivors include two sons;
Kenneth Andrew Goe and
Paul Lawrence Goe; both of
Belle Vernon; a daughter;
Mrs. Ernestyne Goe Bedford
of Donora; two nieces; Mrs.
Phyllis Williams and Mrs.
Lillian Walker; both of Pittsburgh; five granddaughters;
two grandsons; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Percy Law Jr. Funeral
Home; 1324 Meldon Ave.;
Donora; after 7 p.m . Wednesday and
in the Speers St. A.M.E.
Church; Belle Vernon; after 5 p.m. Thursday where the body will lie in state until 11 a.m. Friday;the time of service. Rev.S.W.Chambers will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Percy Law Jr.Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Elma I.Githens;one of Belle Vernon’s oldest residents and the daughter of pioneer Rostraver Twp.settlers;Philip and Edna Watson Shepler;died Tuesday;April 19;1977;at 1:50 a.m.in Haven Crest Convalescent Home;Carroll Twp. Mrs.Githens;98;formerly resided at 303 Short St.;Belle Vernon. She was born in Rostraver Twp.on June 1;1878 and lived her entire life in the Belle Vernon area. She was preceded in death by a son;Samuel Ellison Githens in 1965 and by her husband;William M.Githens;on Nov.4;1949. Surviving are four sons;William S.Githens;Lloyd K.Githens;Robert T.Githens and Albert W.Githens;all of Belle Vernon;three daughters;Mrs.Harold (Edna) Lambert of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Arthur J.(Elizabeth) McSteen of Greensburg and Mrs.James B.(Grace) Chalfant of Fairless Hills;14 grandchildren;24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held Thursday at the funeral home at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the first Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.