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Mr. John William
SPOTTS died last Saturday morning at the city hospital in Roanoke. He had been in bad health for some time. He was a little over forty four years old and the only son of Washington and J.L.P.
SPOTTS. Mr. SPOTTS was born and reared in Tazewell, and was well known to our people. His profession was law, but when coal operations were began at Pocahontas, he filled many places of trust and responsibility there. He entered the employ of the N & W railway Company several years ago as claim agent, which position he filled acceptably for seven years. Mr.
SPOTTS was at one time editor of the Bluegrass Blade, and held many position of
responsibility in the county. He had been a member of the Masonic lodge here for a number of years and was accordingly given a Masonic burial. A committee from the Masonic lodge met the remains at the depot and conveyed it to the home of Judge S.C.
GRAHAM, where the mother of the deceased resides. Services were held there, conducted by Rev. W.W.
RUFF. The services were held there on account of Mrs. SPOTTS being unable to attend the services held afterwards, in the church. The body was conveyed to church by the Masonic fraternity, where services were held, conducted by Revs.
RUFF and FRENCH. The remains were interred in the old cemetery with Masonic honors. The deceased was a man loved and respected by everybody. He is survived by his invalid mother and sister, Mrs. A.J.
MAY, Jr. who have the sympathy of the entire community.
Mr. Charlie GREEVER, the second son of Mr. Blair GREEVER, died at his home at Five Oaks last Tuesday Mr.
GREEVER had only been sick for a few days, hence the message announcing his death came as a shock to many of his friends in town. He is survived by his father and mother and two brothers J. TATE and John
GREEVER. Mr. GREEVER was a very popular young man and the parents of the deceased have the sympathy of their many friends in their sad
bereavement.
You should get a few photographs from the scenes of greatest destruction by the recent flood. They will be greatly valued in after years. A.M.
BLACK, the photographer, has some very fine views taken on the Clinch and Indian in and near Cedar Bluff and also some fine views from Elkhorn, Kyle, North Fork, Keystone and other places of greatest destruction in West Virginia.
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