Sarita Dawkins;two years old;of 1430 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died of suffocation in a fire at her home on Friday;Dec.2;1966;at 3 p.m.  Survivors are her parents;Mr.and Mrs.Paul Dawkins;three brothers;Julius;William and Anthony;one sister;Gloria Ann;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Nellie Davis of Monessen and paternal grandmother;Mrs.Ida White;of Monessen.  Friends will be received at the Beverly C. Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;after 1 p.m.on Sunday.  Services will be held there Tuesday;Dec.6;at 11 a.m.;in charge of the Rev.Phillip L.Green;pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church;Connellsville.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Beverly C. Draper of Monessen is the funeral director. 

Larel Dawkins;three and a half years old;of 1430 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died of suffocation in a fire at his home Friday Dec.2;1966;at 3 p.m.  Survivors are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Paul Dawson;three brothers;Julius;William and Anthony;one sister;Gloria Ann;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Nellie Davis of Monessen;and paternal grandmother;Mrs.Ida White;of Monessen.  Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;after 1 p.m. on Sunday.  Services will be held there Tuesday;Dec.6;at 11 a.m.;in charge of the Rev.Phillip L.Green;pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church;Connellsville. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly D.Draper of Monessen is the funeral director.

James F.DeSellems;74;of 364 Pennsylvania Ave.;North Charleroi;died Saturday;July 9;1966;at 7 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.DeSellems is survived by a daughter;Mrs.Dorothy Gidick of Philadelphia;one son;Benjamin Nichols of Richmond;Va.;five sisters;Mrs.Sarah McCreary of Washington;D.C.;Mrs.Evan (Murie) Lewis of North Charleroi;Mrs.William (Eva) Fleming of Baltimore;Mrs.William (Evelyn) Miller of Lock Four and Mrs.Aline Torres of Charleroi R.D.1;five brothers;Russell of Detroit;Mich.;Fred of North Charlerio;Robert of Tampa;Fla.;Owen of Saxonburg;Pa.;and Henry of Baltimore;three granddaughters including Mrs.Val (Linda) Seidel of Bentleyville;three grandsons and one great-grandson. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon ater 7 p.m. July 11. Visiting hours will then be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;July 13;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.W.S.VanArsdale;pastor of Charleroi’s First Christian Church.officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mrs. Ethel G. Derby; a former Monessen resident; died yesterday at 6:45 p.m. in Waddington Rest
Home at Fayette City R. D. 1.
Mrs. Derby; who was born at Eaton Rapids; Mich.; came to Monessen in 1903 where she was an active
member of First Methodist Church. She was a past regent of the DAR; Monongahela Valley Chapter.
Mrs. Derby left Monessen in 1943 for Battle Creek; Mich.; where she worked at practical nursing;
retiring from this profession eight years ago.
Surviving are the following children: Carroll and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Curry of Belle Vernon; Mrs
William G. (June) Wiley of Tampa; Fla.; and Harvey of Penrose; Colo.; nine grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren; a brother; Herbert Logan of Eaton Rapids; Mich.
A son; Dwight; died in January of 1964.
Friends will be received at the H. Denver Rhome Funeral Home in Monessen after 2 p.m. tomorrow.

>Valley Independent; Thursday; July 7; 1966

James Jacob Dunlap;63;of 120 Harbison Ave.;Masontown;died Saturday;April 30;1966;at 2:17 a.m.in Uniontown Hospital. He was a retired assistant mine foreman at the U.S.Steel Robena mine. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Mary Dunlap;three children;Donald of Belle Vernon;Darwyn of Carmichaels and Ilene at home;seven grandchildren;a brother;John of Cleveland;Ohio;and four sisters;Mrs.Walter Ramsey of Smithfield;Mrs.Harry Morris of Perryopolis;Mrs.Darrell Shannon and Pearl Dunlap;Charleroi.