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Wiley Elmer Weaver, Obituary from the 1966 Minutes of the Mount Zion (WV) Primitive Baptist Association
Brother Elmer Weaver, 67, of Maybeury, departed this life Jan. 19. 1966. He joined Welch [Primitive Baptist] Church by letter July 25, 1942, from the North Fork Church in the Senter Association. He was a decon in Welch Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lessie Edith Jones Weaver; four daughters, Mrs. Velma Buckman and Mrs. Elizabeth Riley of Bridgeton, N.J., Mrs. Ruth Jeffers of Carney Point, N.J., and Mrs. Helen Thompson of Point Pleasant [WV]; one son Wiley Vance Weaver of Dallas, Texas; three sisters Mrs. Maggie Johnson and Mrs. Elmer Johnson of West Jefferson, N.C., and Mrs. Earl Jones of Maybeury [WV]; two brothers Henry and Ben Weaver of Kennett Square, Pa.; and 5 grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at Cravens Funeral Home Chapel with Elder G. D. Roten officiating.
The children have lost a good Father, his wife a good husband, and the church a good member. We feel our loss is eternal gain.
By Lester Davis, Clerk.