Josephine Hawkins Woodson of 3 Chestnut St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Sept.7;1981;at 11:45 p.m.in her home.  She was born Nov.21;1913;in Macon;Ga.;a daughter of the late Joseph Herman and Lucy Readic Hawkins.  Survivors include her widower;Jackson Craig Woodson;three sisters;Mrs.Jack (Anna) Faulcon of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Mary Winfrey and Mrs.Velma Logan;both of Pittsburgh;one brother;David Hawkins of Baltimore;Md.;and a number of nieces and nephews.  Friends will be received in the Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday.  Services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.in the Speer A.M.E.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.William McCowan officiating.  Intement will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Virginia Stuck Winters;of Brownstown;Fayette City R.D.1;died Thursday;April 16;1981 at 1:35 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital;Inc.;Carroll Twp.following a lengthy illness.  She was 67.  Born Dec.11;1913 in Perryopolis;she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Florence McKee Stuck.  Mrs.Winters was a member of the Fayette City United Methodist Church.  Survivors include her husband;Harry K.Winters;three daughters;Mrs.June Baldwin of Belle Vernon R.D.2;Mrs. Eugene (Nancy) Vanaman of Clinton;Md. and Mrs.George (Wanda) Thomas of Baton Rouge;La.;nine grandchildren;four brothers;Walter Stuck of Ft.Wayne;Ind.;Raymond Stuck of Perryopolis;Dale Stuck of Connellsville and Russell Stuck of Houston;Texas;and six sisters;Mrs.Ada Strickler of Mckees Rocks;Mrs. Ina Lynn of Elida;Ohio;Mrs.Olive Lynch and Mrs.Margaret Abel;both of Perryopolis;and Mrs.Bertha Pappas and Mrs.Rhea Faye Sheets;both of Connellsville.  Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCory Funeral Home;Fayette City;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and all day on Sunday.  Funeral Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home with the Rev.C.E.Stollings;pastor of the First United Methodist Church;officiating.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

Clarence I. Winship; a longtime community and church
leader in North Charleroi and
the mid-Mon Valley; died
Saturday (Dec 13; 1980) at 3:30
p.m. at Monongahela Valley
Hospital in Carroll Twp.
Mr. Winship; who lived at
500 Olive Ave.; North
Charleroi; was 76.
He was born July l; 1904; in
Fayette City; Pa ; a son of the
late Robert H. and ElizabethWinship.
Mr. Winship retired Irom
the Allenport Plant of
Wheeling – Pittsburgh Steel
Corp on July I; 1969. He was
t he safely supervisor at
Allenport and also served as
director of the employees’
Credit Union there.
He previously operated a
service station at Third St.
and McKean Ave. in
Charleroi in 1929. He later
operated another station at
the North Charleroi side of
the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge.
Mr. Winship was a member
of the Lock No. 4 Volunteer
Fire Department in North
Charleroi.
He served as police chief of
North Charleroi Borough
from 1938 to 1941 and was a
member of North Charleroi
Borough Council in the 1950’s.
He also was mayor of the
borough from 1961 through
1969.
Mr. Winship was Patriarch-Evangelist of the
Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints;
Mon Valley Congregation; in
Charleroi. He was ordained to
the office of Priest in 1928.
In 1942 he was ordained to
the office of Elder.
His ordination to High Priest-Patriarch was in 1966. He served as pastor of the North Charleroi congregation from 1948 to 1952 before it moved to its present location at Fifth St.and Washington Ave.in Charleroi. Mr.Winship was a member of the Historical Society of Charleroi;Ministerial Association of Charleroi;and the Fraternal Order of Police of Mon Valley. He is survived by his widow;Edith (Wise) Winship;two sons;Donald Winship and James Winship of Independence;Missouri;a daughter;Jeanne Bruce of North Charleroi;four grandsons;one granddaughter;and one great-granddaughter. A Memorial service will be held Wednesday;Dec.17;1980;at 7:30 p.m.in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;Fifth and Washington;Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Charleroi Church from 2 to 5 p.m.on Wednesday for a memorial visitation. The family requests that donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Senior citizens Lodge at Camp Temple Grove located at Transfer R.D.2;Pa 16154. Pastor James Evans;Elder Ben Cooper;and Elder Charles Masters will preside at Wednesday’s Memorial Service.

George V.Walker;of Charleroi R.D.2;died Thursday;Jan.8;1981 in the Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. He was 57. Born June 30;1923 in Dunlevy;he was the son of the late George B.and Alice Campbell Walker. Mr. Walker retired in 1973 from the Tube Mill of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;Allenport plant. He was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;Monongahela Branch. Survivors include his widow;Evelyn Hatton Walker;six sons;George A.and Barton R.Walker;both of Monessen;David L.Walker of Monongahela;Vernon A.Walker of Roscoe;and Joseph O.and William R.Walker;both at home;two daughters;Mrs.Frank (Evelyn) Harris and Mrs.James (Paricia) Early;both of Donora;three sisters;Mrs.Anna Roth of Charleroi;Mrs.Raymond (Bertha) Shetterly of Newton Falls;Ohio;and Mrs.John (Elsie) Lindsey of Seattle;Wash.;and seven grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with George R.Scott;president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Helene Winn;of 229 Charles St.;(Fairhope);Belle Vernon;died Monday;Oct.20;1980;at 8:25 p.m. in Brownsville Hospital;following a lengthy illness. She was 76. Born Dec.16;1903 in Fayette County;she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Cecelia McMahan Hogan. Mrs.Winn was a member of the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;and the Ladies Guild and the Vincentian Guild of the church. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America;Court Belle Vernon;and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Washington Twp.;Vol.Fire Dept. She was preceded in death by her husband;Guy.V.Winn;on March 14;1980;and a brother;Thomas P.Hogan;in May 1979. Survivors include four sons;Vincent Winn of Belle Vernon;John Jay Winn of Perryopolis;Robert E.Winn of Virginia Beach;Va.;and Leonard Winn of Monessen;a daughter;Mrs.Ronald (Patricia) Ledgerton of Belle Vernon;16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;and two brothers;Edward Hogan of the state of Maryland;and Lawrence Hogan of Detroit;Mich. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A parish wake service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Prayer services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Fr.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor;as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Cortez Wilcox of 446 Clarendon Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;Aug.15;1980. He was 57. Mr.Wilcox was a son of the late Robert W.Wilcox and Mrs.Leila Barkley of North Charleroi;who survives. A veteran of World War II;he was a member of the Joseph H.Ford Post 691;American Legion;Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;and Monessen Elks Lodge 691;all of Monessen. Survivors;in addition to his mother;include four sons;Cortez Wilcox Jr.and Nathaniel Wilcox;both of Pittsburgh and Randy and Eric Wilcox;four daughters;Mrs.Celeste James of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Larry (Alyce) Aldrich of Monessen and Carolyn and Cathy Carson;two brothers;Walter Wilcox of Monessen and Stephen Barkley of Carroll twp.;one sister;Mrs.Samuel (Anna Mae) Carson of North Charleroi and Mrs.Mollie Tiller and family. Friends will be recieved in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.at Mt.Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev.griffin Mason;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.