Church Romance: OBITUARIES
Claud L. Berry TAMPA, Fla. - Claud Leonard Berry, 88, of Tampa, formerly of South Charleston, W.Va., died Monday, April, 8, 1996, in South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City, Fla., after a long illness.He was a native of Danville, W.Va., and an 11-year resident of Tampa.He was a retired power plant operator from FMC, South Charleston, with 36 years of service.Surviving: sons, James L. of Tampa, Robert G. of Orlando; stepson, Robert Dennison of Phoenix, Ariz.; adopted son, David...
Church Romance: Wessex wandering,
Travel
Autumn is a good time to tour Thomas Hardy's Wessex, profound melancholy being part of this author's most prized stock in trade. ``Ah, here's the Roman milestone where poor Fanny Robin measured her weary way down to the Casterbridge workhouse. Oh look! Ten Hatches weir, where Henchard contemplated drowning himself..."Hardy's tendency was towards the tragic but, whether wreathed in Victorian gloom or not, his boyhood Dorset with...
Church Romance: OPENING ARMS TO PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MOORESTOWN IS AMONG HOUSES OF WORSHIP CATERING TO MENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS.
To teach adults with special needs about God's love, Judith and Ken Harris have started a Sunday school class at their church, First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown.The 9:30 a.m. class, "Friends With Special Needs," began in June and is open to any special-needs adult who can function independently for the hourlong duration. "We want to extend religious education with the same goal as every other: to help attendees know who God is, who...
Church Romance: Obituaries
Bertha E. Phillips OAK HILL - Bertha Elizabeth Vadnal Phillips, 90, of Oak Hill, Fayette County, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000, at the home of her daughter, Ernestine Phillips of Oak Hill.She was a homemaker and a Presbyterian.Also surviving: daughter, Geraldine Crock of Wilmington, Del; sisters, Mary Kropliak of Renton, Pa., Stephanie Frefscura of Monroville, Pa.; two grandsons; one great-granddaughter.Graveside service will be noon Thursday in Phillips Cemetery, Coalton, with...
Church Romance: OBITUARIES
James Truman Barker COSTA - James Truman Barker, 87, of Costa, Boone County, died April 9, 1998, in Boone Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.He was retired from Armco Steel Corp. and a member of Masonic Lodge 115, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Temple and UMW.Surviving: wife, Goldie B. Barker; sons, Jack Barker of Peytona, Darrell Barker of Avon, Ind., Donald Barker of Danville, Ind.; daughters, Frances Chapman of Dania, Fla., Carolyn Sandidge of Newport News, Fla.; nine...