obituary:
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Robert L. Toney, Dies In
His Mine At Artie
Robert Lacy Toney, 54, of Harper Road, died yesterday morning at 9:30 in the Toney Coal Company mine at Artie. His death was attributed to a heart condition.
Born in Kanawha county on May 29, 1892, he was the son of the late Linus and Alice Gunter Toney. He was married to Sarah Gunter on July 15, 1914.
Toney has lived in Raleigh and Wyoming counties throughout his lifetime. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to his wife he is survived by the following: one daughter, Mrs. Irene Patton, of East Rainelle; four sons, Sheldon, of Portsmouth, Va., Robert, of East Rainelle, Shirley, U.S. Navy, Jacksonville, Fla., and Woodrow, of Mt. Tabor; six sisters, Mrs. Lessie Vass, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Beatrice Licklighter, of Beckley, Miss Sylvia Toney, of Huntington, and Mrs. Bessie Tolbert, of Crab Orchard; four brothers, Dewey, Herbert and Everet, all of Prosperity, and Fred, of Mt. Hope; and six grandchildren.
The body will be removed to the home on Harper Road at 4 p.m. today and will remain there until the funeral hour.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Thursday, January 9, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ben Jennings officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
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Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, W.Va.
Tuesday Morning
January 7, 1947
page eight
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[Birth registry]
[Marriage certificate 1914]
[Death certificate]
obituary:
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Robert L. Toney, Dies In
His Mine At Artie
Robert Lacy Toney, 54, of Harper Road, died yesterday morning at 9:30 in the Toney Coal Company mine at Artie. His death was attributed to a heart condition.
Born in Kanawha county on May 29, 1892, he was the son of the late Linus and Alice Gunter Toney. He was married to Sarah Gunter on July 15, 1914.
Toney has lived in Raleigh and Wyoming counties throughout his lifetime. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to his wife he is survived by the following: one daughter, Mrs. Irene Patton, of East Rainelle; four sons, Sheldon, of Portsmouth, Va., Robert, of East Rainelle, Shirley, U.S. Navy, Jacksonville, Fla., and Woodrow, of Mt. Tabor; six sisters, Mrs. Lessie Vass, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Beatrice Licklighter, of Beckley, Miss Sylvia Toney, of Huntington, and Mrs. Bessie Tolbert, of Crab Orchard; four brothers, Dewey, Herbert and Everet, all of Prosperity, and Fred, of Mt. Hope; and six grandchildren.
The body will be removed to the home on Harper Road at 4 p.m. today and will remain there until the funeral hour.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Thursday, January 9, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ben Jennings officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
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Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, W.Va.
Tuesday Morning
January 7, 1947
page eight
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[Birth registry]
[Marriage certificate 1914]
[Death certificate]
Family Members
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Houghton Jackson Toney
1889–1939
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Lessie Evelyn Toney Vass
1890–1957
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Beatrice Toney Lickliter
1894–1954
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Lillian Toney
1894–1912
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Sylvia F. Toney
1896–1956
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Sylvia Toney
1897–1956
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Mamie Goldie Toney Peppers
1898–1971
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Dewey Marshall Toney
1901–1971
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William Henry Toney
1904–1904
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Velva Toney Jordan
1905–1977
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Herbert Clarence Toney
1906–1965
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Bessie Marie Toney Tolbert
1911–1962
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Richard Lee Toney
1945–1991
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