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Anna Ruth Bane

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Anna Ruth Bane

Birth
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Death
26 Sep 2001 (aged 87)
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2288399, Longitude: -81.3284302
Plot
unknown to me
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Charles Stuart Bane, 23 Oct 1877-12 Nov 1965
&
Eugenia Melissa "Genia" Tabor, 1 Feb 1879-10 Jun 1968

Anna Ruth Bane was known as Ruth Bane. Ruth was a gentle loving person. A professional photographer. She did a lot of work helping Leftridge William"Lef" Shrader, 1892-1977 when he was chronicling the SHRADER families of the area.

On Father's Day 1950 Ruth was at the Eagle Farm in Falls Mills , Tazewell Co VA making pictures of all the "KITH & KIN." Her sister, Mary Hazel (Bane) Neal was also there with her family. Mary Hazel was known as Hazel and married William Curtis Neal.

I remember many visits to the home of Ruth's parents, Charles Stuart Bane & Eugenia Melissa "Genia" (Tabor) Bane. I was kin to them through the Tabor line. Also one of Ruth & Hazel's sister's, Lena Mae Bane, married my uncle J. Shrader.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV
Thursday, September 27, 2001

Anna Ruth Bane
PRINCETON - Anna Ruth Bane, 87, of Princeton, formerly of Bluefield, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001 at Princeton Community Hospital.

She was born in Bluefield, Va., and was a daughter of the late Charles Stewart Bane and Eugenia Melissa Tabor Bane.

She was a lifelong member of the Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, Va.

Ruth Bane's life is honored and celebrated by her family. To her nieces and nephews, Ruthie was not only a loving aunt, but also was mentor and role model. For her sisters, she has been friend and companion all her years, and lovingly cared for her parents in their declining years. She was an avid photographer all her life and for many years made her living in that profession. She served her country during World War II as a rivetor for Aircraft Builders in Baltimore and Cincinnati.

She was preceded in death by brothers, Harold Bane and Joseph Bane.

Survivors include sisters, Lena Hanson and husband, Paul of Cocoa, Fla., Mary Hazel Neal of Bluefield, and Elizabeth Ballard and husband, Basil of Bluefield, Va.; seven nieces and four nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Dudley Memorial Chapel in Bluefield, Va. with Dr. John Tresch officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Barry Armstrong, Bud Armstrong, Danny Moore, Freeman Mitchell, Curtis Armstrong, and Barry Armstrong Jr.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today.

Daughter of Charles Stuart Bane, 23 Oct 1877-12 Nov 1965
&
Eugenia Melissa "Genia" Tabor, 1 Feb 1879-10 Jun 1968

Anna Ruth Bane was known as Ruth Bane. Ruth was a gentle loving person. A professional photographer. She did a lot of work helping Leftridge William"Lef" Shrader, 1892-1977 when he was chronicling the SHRADER families of the area.

On Father's Day 1950 Ruth was at the Eagle Farm in Falls Mills , Tazewell Co VA making pictures of all the "KITH & KIN." Her sister, Mary Hazel (Bane) Neal was also there with her family. Mary Hazel was known as Hazel and married William Curtis Neal.

I remember many visits to the home of Ruth's parents, Charles Stuart Bane & Eugenia Melissa "Genia" (Tabor) Bane. I was kin to them through the Tabor line. Also one of Ruth & Hazel's sister's, Lena Mae Bane, married my uncle J. Shrader.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV
Thursday, September 27, 2001

Anna Ruth Bane
PRINCETON - Anna Ruth Bane, 87, of Princeton, formerly of Bluefield, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001 at Princeton Community Hospital.

She was born in Bluefield, Va., and was a daughter of the late Charles Stewart Bane and Eugenia Melissa Tabor Bane.

She was a lifelong member of the Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, Va.

Ruth Bane's life is honored and celebrated by her family. To her nieces and nephews, Ruthie was not only a loving aunt, but also was mentor and role model. For her sisters, she has been friend and companion all her years, and lovingly cared for her parents in their declining years. She was an avid photographer all her life and for many years made her living in that profession. She served her country during World War II as a rivetor for Aircraft Builders in Baltimore and Cincinnati.

She was preceded in death by brothers, Harold Bane and Joseph Bane.

Survivors include sisters, Lena Hanson and husband, Paul of Cocoa, Fla., Mary Hazel Neal of Bluefield, and Elizabeth Ballard and husband, Basil of Bluefield, Va.; seven nieces and four nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Dudley Memorial Chapel in Bluefield, Va. with Dr. John Tresch officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Barry Armstrong, Bud Armstrong, Danny Moore, Freeman Mitchell, Curtis Armstrong, and Barry Armstrong Jr.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today.



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