WHETZEL, Charlie W. Moorefield, W. Va.- Dec. 5 Charlie W. Whetzel, 43, died Saturday at his home here.  He had been in ill health for the past tow years.  A native and life long resident of Hardy county, he was a son of the late James Riley Whetzel and Mrs. Mary (Combs) Whetzel.  He was a veteran of World War I and had served as head bookkeeper at M.A. Bean's for the past 27 years. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Laura Clower, of Moorefield; a sister, Mrs. Ernest Cullers, Tearson, Md., and one brother Lee Whetzel of Baker, Hardy county.  Seervices were held yesterday at Emmanuel Episcopal church, conducted by theRev. Frank Rowley, of Elkins.  Interment was in Olivet Cemetery. Cumberland Evening Times, December 5, 1945 (Courtesy of Dave Gracie)       WHITACRE, Mrs. Edith M. Branson Mrs. Edith M. Whitacre, 68, of RD 2, Ridgeley, was dead on arrival at Sacred Heart Hospital today. She has been in failing health several years. Born here, she was the daughter of the late David P. and Laura (Abe) Branson. She was a member of the Old Furnace Church of the Brethren and had been associated with her husband in the operation of Whitacre's Grocery Store, Wiley Ford, for over 20 years. Surviving are her husband, Harry W. Whitacre; two sons, Robert L. Whitacre, RD 2, Ridgeley, Lester L. Whitacre, Burtonsville, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Kimmel, here; two brothers, Roy Branson, Short Gap; Paul Branson, Wiley Ford; and five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the George Funeral Home tomorrow and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 8, 1977 (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)     WHITACRE, Mrs. Lacy Ann Abe Keyser, W. Va., Dec. 8 — Mrs. Lacy Ann (Abe) Whitacre, 75, wife of the Rev. Alpheus Jerome Whitacre, retired minister, died this morning of pneumonia at her home at Short Gap, Keyser, RD 2. She had been ill two weeks. A native of Mineral county, Mrs. Whitacre spent the greater part of her life in Mineral and Hampshire counties. She has resided at Short Gap for 48 years. Surviving besides her husband are five sons, the Rev. Joseph Edward Whitacre, minister of Woodbury Church of the Brethren, Woodbury, Pa.; Daniel E. Whitacre, Ridgeley; the Rev. Jesse William Whitacre, minister of Old Furnace congregation, Short Gap, with whom she made her home; Harry Wilbur Whitacre, Wiley Ford, and the Rev. Howard Alpheus Whitacre, minister of the Church of the Brethren, Flintstone, Md. Also surviving are a foster daughter, Mrs. Rosella Slider, Heller, Pa.; a brother, Franklin Abe, 616 Franklin street, Cumberland, Md.; a half-sister, Mrs. Sophie Senn, RD 1, Ridgeley, and two half-brothers, Harvey Eugene Abe, Wiley Ford, and Henry Nicholas Abe, Abanna, Ohio. Three daughters and another son preceded Mrs. Whitacre in death. Mrs. Whitacre also leaves 18 grandchildren, one of whom is the Rev. Charles Whitacre, of Elizabethtown, Pa., and two great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The Cumberland Evening Times, December 8, 1944 (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)     Back to Obituaries