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     Ruth Ettie Fox was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^3,2 Her Social Security Number was 232-82-8978.⁴ She was born on April 21, 1920 at Pence Springs, Summers Co., West Virginia.^2,4 As of September 16, 1939,her married name was Lawrence.¹ She married Robert Leslie "Cob" Lawrence, son of Archer Almond "Arch" Lawrence and Virginia Caroline "Jennie" Pettrey, on September 16, 1939 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.^1,2 Ruth Ettie Fox died on February 21, 2008 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 87.^2,4 She PRINCETON — Ruth E. Lawrence, 87, of 221 Tenth Street, Princeton, died Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Ridge Care Assisted Living in Princeton. Born April 21, 1920 at Pence Springs, she was the daughter of the late Lester Fox and Etta Shepherd Fox. Mrs. Lawrence was a member of the Princeton Church of God. She enjoyed spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert "Cob" Lawrence in 1999; one son, Dallas Lawrence; one grandson, Mark Lawrence; one brother, George Fox; and three sisters, Pearl Grimmet, Thelma Ballenger and Martha Arthur. Survivors include two sons, Robert Lawrence and his wife Mary and Homer Lawrence and his wife Shelby all of Princeton; three sisters, Eugene Keatley and her husband James of Indian Mills, Madine Buckland of Brunswick, Ohio and Nellie Foster of Wheeling; and three grandchildren, Dwayne Lawrence and his wife Peggy of Waldorf, Md., Deborah Clark and her husband Michael of High Point, N.C. and Phillip Lawrence and his wife Laura of Check, Va. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2008 at the Rowland H. Bailey Funeral Chapel of the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with the Rev. Roy D. Martin and Dr. Ray Hurt officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Grandsons and friends will serve as pallbearers. on February 22, 2008.²

     Dallas Wayne Lawrence was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.² He was born on July 5, 1947 at Lashmeet, Mercer Co., West Virginia.² He died on December 9, 1959 at Matoaka, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 12.²

     Virginia Earlene Laxton was buried at William Stewart Cemetery, Keyrock, Wyoming Co., West Virginia.^2,3 She was born on October 15, 1947 at Pineville, Wyoming Co., West Virginia.³ She died on October 25, 1947 at Welch, McDowell Co., West Virginia.³

     Lonnie Earl "Lawnie" Steele was buried at Mitchem Ridge Cemetery, Mitchell's Ridge, McDowell Co., West Virginia.⁴ He was born on November 15, 1916 at Northfork, McDowell Co., West Virginia.³ He married Attie Maybelle "Mae" Jones, daughter of Franklin Blair "Frank" Jones and Virginia Ann "Jennie" Conner, on January 9, 1937 at Keystone, McDowell Co., West Virginia.^1,2,5 Lonnie Earl "Lawnie" Steele died on November 1, 1940 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 23; He was killed along with his wife and baby at RR crossing in Bramwell, WV.² He Three Killed in Train-Auto Crash West of Simmons. Four others injured, one critically, when automobile crashes into shifter engine on branch line. A McDowell county father, mother and their 2-year-old son were killed and four other persons were injured, one critically, shortly after 7 o’clock last night when the auto in which they were riding crashed into a shifter engine operating on the Simmons branch line to the Buckeye Coal and Coke comapny operation about 1 mile west of Simmons. The dead are Lawnie Steele, 24, of Keystone; Mrs. Lawnie Steele, 20 and Cecil Steele, their 2-year-old son. The injured are Earl Steele, aged, 3, son of the dead man and wife; Edith Jones, 17, of Northfork, sister of Mrs. Steele; G. T. Steele, of Northfork, brother of Lawnie Steele, and Mary Combs, 18, of Northfork, daughter of Floyd Combs. Physicians at St. Luke's hospiatl said the Combs girl has little chance for recovery. She sustained puncture of both lungs, a fractured skull, broken arm, leg and back injuries. She had not regained consciousness last midnight, and had been in an oxygen tent since her arrival at the South Bluefield hospital. The dead and injured persons were returning home from Christiansburg, Va. where they attended funeral services yesterday afternoon for the father of Mrs. Steel and Edith Jones. The accident occurred past a hook curve on Route 52 between Simmons and Maybeury . Witnesses said the auto, a Plymouth sedan driven by Lawnie Steele, crashed into and partially ran under the tender of the shifter engine, and was knocked a distance of fifty feet before it came to a stop . The car was totally wrecked. Mary Combs, one of the dead, was thrown clear of the spinning auto a distance of about twenty feet in to a ditch. Passersby rushed all seven occupants of the auto to Bluefield hospitals. All except Mary Combs were brought to Bluefied sanitarium; she to St. Luke's hospital. Cecil Steele, the two-years-old baby, was dead upon arrival. His mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Lawnie Steele, died one and two hours apart respectively. G. G. Steele, 19, brother of the dead man, sustained fractures of the leg and body and head abrssions. He was employed until recently by A. R. Thompson, lumber contractor of Northfork, who also employed Lawnie Steele. Edith Jones received fractures of the thigh, a broken nose and face lacerations. Earl Steele, 3, sustained possible fractured skull, shoulder and abdominal injuries. Physicians at Bluefleld sanitarium, where all three are patients, said their chances for recovery are good. Lawnie Steele died of chest injuries, fractured hip, deep lacerations of the forehead, probable fractured skull and body lacerations. His wife died of a fractured skull, broken left arm, right wrist and left thigh, body and face lacerations and shock. Cecil Steele, the 2-years-old baby probably died of skull fracture, physicians said. The engine, Norfolk and Western officials said last night, was backing across the highway when the crash occurred. Engineer George Lavinder Conductor Leo J. Long said that the locomotive tender was equipped with a powferful headlamp and that whistle and bell signals were made as the locomotive approached and crossed the roadway. A standard crossing warning stands at the crossing. The train, Norfolk and Western officials said was moving at a rate of speed of about 10 miles per hour. The Steele car, it was reported, was travelling at a high rate of speed. Funeral arrangements for the dead have not been made. The bodies were taken late last night to Northfork Funeral home. on November 2, 1940.⁶

     Dorothy Pack was buried at Palm Memorial Gardens, 9051 Appalachian Highway, Matheny, Wyoming Co., West Virginia.² She was born circa 1946 at Pineville, Wyoming Co., West Virginia.¹ As of February 17, 1962,her married name was Laxton.¹ She married Albert "Pete" Laxton, son of Earl Albert Laxton and Virginia Rosetta Jones, on February 17, 1962 at Wolf Pen, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.¹ Dorothy Pack died in 1985.