Mrs.Bessie A.Gray;76;of 204 Wood St.;Belle vernon;died Thursday;March 21;1968;at 6:40 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was born in Liberty;Pa.;July 10;1891. Mrs.Gray;a resident of Belle Vernon 20 years;was a member of Belle Vernon’s First Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband;John E.;two sons;Eugene L.at home and Terry W.of Lynnwood;three daughters;Mrs.Naomi Jones of Pittsburgh;helen Gray of Altoona and Mrs.Harry (Wanda) Ellison of Belle Vernon;four brothers;Clarence Lint of Vanderbilt;Benjamin and Harry Lint of Connellsville;Ferdinand Lint of Braddock;four sisters;Mrs.Hazel Roadman of Republic;Mrs.Millie Strom of Mansfield;ohio;Mrs.Belle Welling of Fredericktown;Mrs.Maude Cochran of Connellsville;twenty grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Monday;March 25;at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Richard B.Snyder;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

A former Belle Vernon man;Harry Hampton Gailey;80;of Waynesburg R.D.2;died Tuesday evening;Jan.30;1968 in the Curry Memorial Home at Waynesburg. Mr.Gailey;retired;had been a bookeeper for the old Peoples Bank in Belle Vernon;Somers No.4 mine;Pittsburgh Coal Co.and Roley’s Garage in Belle Vernon. Surviving are four nieces;Mrs.Mildres Nelson and Mrs.Anna Anderson of Charleroi;Mrs.Howard (Dolores) Johnson of Waynesburg;Mrs.James (Kathryn) Newbigging of Pontaic;Mich.;a nephew;Lloyd Guder of Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon after 7 p.m. Jan.31. Service there Thursday;Feb.1;1968;at 2 p.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Mrs.Pearl B.Geho;69;of 27 1/2 Highland Ave.;Washington;Pa.;died Friday;Dec.22;1967;at 1:25 a.m. in Washington Hospital. Born June 8;1898;in Thomas;W.Va.;she was a daughter of the late Lee and Nellie Davis Brinegar. Mrs.Geho was a member of the Methodist Church in Washington. Her husband;Earl H.Sr.;died Nov.1;1963. Surviving are two sons;Dr.Earl H.Jr.of Washington and Wilbur L.of Pittsburgh;a daughter;Mrs.James R.(Norma Jean)Foster of Coronado;Calif.;one brother;Robert Brinegar of Speers;four sisters;Dorothy Toward and Lillian Brinegar of Pittsburgh;Marie Moore of Bentleyville;Naomi Kelly of Charlotte;N.C.;six grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Robert E.Hummell Funeral Home;585 Fayette St.;Washingrton;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Sunday;Dec.24 at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Fred B.Park;pastor of West Washington Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert E.Hummell Funeral home in charge.

Clarence B.(Clark) Glotfelty;53;of Lowber;Fayette City R.D.1 was dead on arrival at McKeesport Hospital Wednesday;Nov.1;1967;at 3:30 a.m. Mr.Glotfelty was employed as a furnace operator at the U.S.Steel Christy Park Works in McKeesport. He was a veteran of World War II;having served with the U.S.Air Force. Born in Washington Twp.;Fayette County on March 12;1914;he was a son of the late Clark and Stella Swoger Glotfelty. Surviving are his widow;Sylvia Smith Glotfelty;two brothers;Lewis of Belle Vernon and Elmer of Brownsville;a stepbrother;Robert Duncan of Raleigh;N.C.;two sisters;Mrs.Harry (Beulah) Roberts of Morgantown;W.Va.;and Mrs.Frank (Martha) Tallerico of Gaithersburg;Md.;one stepsister;Mrs.Walter (Mary Alice) Smith of Newell. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Service there Saturday;Nov.4;at 1:30 p.m.with the pastor of Little Redstone Presbyterian Church at Fayette City officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

George A.Grant;58;of Trenton;N.J.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Oct.29;1967;at 12:45 p.m.in the U.S.Veterans Hospital in Butler;Pa. Mr.Grant;a veteran of World War II and a member of Belle Vernon Post 659;American Legion;was employed as a guard for Lit Brothers Department Store in Trenton. Survivors include his mother;Mrs.Harry (Ada) Grant of Belle Vernon;three brothers;Aramus of Donora;Gerald of Bristol and Carlisle of Belle Vernon;and one sister;Doris Grant Rusniak of Morrisville;Pa. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning at 7 p.m.Oct.30 and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Oct.31. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday;Nov.1;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Blaine F.Grove;71;of 1007 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Oct.25;1967;at 9 a.m. in Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh. Mr.Grove;a bricklayer;had lived in the Valley most of his life. A World War I veteran;he attended the Free Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. He was born in Mendon;Pa.;Dec.31;1896. Surviving are his widow;Mary Hough Grove;a son;Robert B.of Belle Vernon R.D.2;a sister;Blanche Grove in the Presbyterian Home at Oakmont;five grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Oct.26 at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service ther Saturday;Oct.28.at 2:00 p.m.with the Rev.Eugene Spear;pastor of Belle Vernon’s Free Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

James P.Gargan Sr.;74;of Brownstown;Fayette City R.D.1;died Saturday;Sept.9;1967;at 4:45 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Gargan was born in Washington Twp.on March 17;1893;the son of the late James and Elizabeth Lafferty Gargan. A retired steelworker of the Allenport Works of the Pittsburgh Steel Co.;he was a member of the Holy Spirit R.C.Church in Fayette City. Survivors include his widow;Mildred Reynolds Gargan;two sons;James of Morrisville and John of Fayette City;two daughters;Mrs.William (Elizabeth) Croushore of Levittown and Mrs.Joseph (Peggy) Kosanko of Fayette City R.D.1;11 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held on Tuesday;Sept.12;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.at the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with Rev.Joseph Tamilovski;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold W.McCrory is funeral director.