A coal miner for six years, Fred Ware Jr. always told his fiancee, Loretta Ables, he was going to die in the mines.
Ware, 59, an operator from Tallmansville, had previously broken his ankle in the mine when a rock fell off a rib.
Ables said she and Ware had been engaged about six years and were planning a Valentine's Day wedding.
"He's given me 35 gray hairs sitting here worrying myself over him," she said earlier.
Ware had worked through the holidays except for Sunday and had considered taking Monday off, to
He died with 11 coworkers when lightning sparked an explosion near the mine he was working in.
Ware, 59, an operator from Tallmansville, had previously broken his ankle in the mine when a rock fell off a rib.
Ables said she and Ware had been engaged about six years and were planning a Valentine's Day wedding.
"He's given me 35 gray hairs sitting here worrying myself over him," she said earlier.
Ware had worked through the holidays except for Sunday and had considered taking Monday off, to
He died with 11 coworkers when lightning sparked an explosion near the mine he was working in.
A coal miner for six years, Fred Ware Jr. always told his fiancee, Loretta Ables, he was going to die in the mines.
Ware, 59, an operator from Tallmansville, had previously broken his ankle in the mine when a rock fell off a rib.
Ables said she and Ware had been engaged about six years and were planning a Valentine's Day wedding.
"He's given me 35 gray hairs sitting here worrying myself over him," she said earlier.
Ware had worked through the holidays except for Sunday and had considered taking Monday off, to
He died with 11 coworkers when lightning sparked an explosion near the mine he was working in.
Ware, 59, an operator from Tallmansville, had previously broken his ankle in the mine when a rock fell off a rib.
Ables said she and Ware had been engaged about six years and were planning a Valentine's Day wedding.
"He's given me 35 gray hairs sitting here worrying myself over him," she said earlier.
Ware had worked through the holidays except for Sunday and had considered taking Monday off, to
He died with 11 coworkers when lightning sparked an explosion near the mine he was working in.
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