Percy Cranford;29;of 1207 Highland Ave.;Monessen;a veteran of the U.S.Navy;died Thursday;Jan.15;1970;at 4:30 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Surviving are two brothers;Marion Jr. of Chicago;Ill.;and Richard T.of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Mattie Ora Jones nd Mrs.Anette Davis of Monessen;many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at Willian R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;after 2 p.m.Jan.17. Service Monday;Jan.19;at 1 p.m.in Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;with Elder Maurice Wade officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor is funeral director.

James Carrick; 78; of 408
Henry St.; Belle Vernon; died
suddenly in Charleroi-Monessen
Hospital; Friday Jan.9;1970;at 11:40
a.m.
He was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon.
He was retired in 1960 from
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
Survivors are his widow; Nellie Crichton Carrick; two sons;
Dr. George Carrick of Pittsburgh; James E. Carrick of
Belle Vernon; three grandchildren; and one great grandchild;and
one sister; Marian Carrick of
Scotland.
Friends will be received at the Harold R. Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;during hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Sunday;Jan.11;at 7:30 p.m.;in charge of Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon. Private interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Monday at 10 a.m.Masonic services will be held at the funeral home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Harold R.Toner of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

A Newell resident;Albert Curcio;60;a member of Newell Borough Council;was dead on arrival at Brownsville General Hospital Monday;Sept.22;1969; at 8:45 p.m.after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Newell;he was a son of the late Alfonso and Mary Gelotti Curcio. Mr.Curcio was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C.church and L.O.O.M. No.269;both of Newell. He was retired from the trucking business. Surviving are his widow;Frances Walkush Curcio;four daughters;Dolores Curcio of Greensburg;Mrs.Robert (Frances) Staley of Newell;Mrs.Robert (Shirley) Otto of Havelock;N.C.;Mrs.Ronald (Cathy) Brady in Germany;seven grandchildren;three brothers;Harry;Milio and Victor of Newell;two sisters;Mrs.Ralph (Rose) Clark of Belle Vernon and Eva Curcio of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Prayer there Friday;Sept.26;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C.Church;Newell at 10 a.m. The Rev.Edward P.Gearing;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

William I. Cummings;56; of
928 Washington Rd.; Belle
Vernon;died on Saturday ;Sept.6;1969;in
Presbyterian Hospital;
Pittsburgh.
Mr. Cummings was a
member
of the First Prebyterian
Church of Belle Vernon; where
he was an elder. He was a
member of F & A Mason Lodge
No. 643; Consistory of
Pittsburgh;
Shrine of Pittsburgh and
Mon Valley Caravan No. 17 and
a trustee of the Belle Vernon
American Legion. He was also
a member of the Veteran’s
Club of Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.
He was an agent for the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co.;
in
the Belle Vernon area.
He was a veteran of World
War II.
Survivors include his widow;
Hilda Strenske Cummings;one
son; William 0.; of Belle Vernon;
two brothers;Robert R.;
of Irwin and Harry L.; of Monongahela;
one sister; Mrs.
Samuel (Helen) Liptak; of Blawnox. Friends are being received at the Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held on Tuesday;Sept.9;1969;at 1:30 p.m.with Dr.S.Arthur Talman officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby Ferguson;funeral director in charge.