Son of Silas & Ann (Pool) Kessinger.
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Silas Simpson Kessinger, 84, died at his home in Athens at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning. He had been ill for several years. A native of Giles county, Kessinger moved to this county at an early age. He was twice married. Besides his widow, Mrs. Carey Burch Kessinger, he leaves two sons: Walter Kessinger and John Kessinger, Princeton, the latter now being in Europe with the army railroad engineers. Two brothers, Jessie Kessinger of Huntington and Luther Kessinger of Camp Creek also survive. He was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral service will be held at the Memorial Funeral Directory chapel Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, when a brief service will be conducted by the Rev. A. B. Moore of Athens, followed by burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at the chapel until the funeral hour. Nephews will be pallbearers and nieces will be the flower bearers.
[Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Fri, Oct 12, 1945]
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Silas Simpson Kessinger, 84, died at his home in Athens at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning. He had been ill for several years. A native of Giles county, Kessinger moved to this county at an early age. He was twice married. Besides his widow, Mrs. Carey Burch Kessinger, he leaves two sons: Walter Kessinger and John Kessinger, Princeton, the latter now being in Europe with the army railroad engineers. Two brothers, Jessie Kessinger of Huntington and Luther Kessinger of Camp Creek also survive. He was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral service will be held at the Memorial Funeral Directory chapel Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, when a brief service will be conducted by the Rev. A. B. Moore of Athens, followed by burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at the chapel until the funeral hour. Nephews will be pallbearers and nieces will be the flower bearers.
[Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Fri, Oct 12, 1945]
Son of Silas & Ann (Pool) Kessinger.
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Silas Simpson Kessinger, 84, died at his home in Athens at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning. He had been ill for several years. A native of Giles county, Kessinger moved to this county at an early age. He was twice married. Besides his widow, Mrs. Carey Burch Kessinger, he leaves two sons: Walter Kessinger and John Kessinger, Princeton, the latter now being in Europe with the army railroad engineers. Two brothers, Jessie Kessinger of Huntington and Luther Kessinger of Camp Creek also survive. He was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral service will be held at the Memorial Funeral Directory chapel Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, when a brief service will be conducted by the Rev. A. B. Moore of Athens, followed by burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at the chapel until the funeral hour. Nephews will be pallbearers and nieces will be the flower bearers.
[Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Fri, Oct 12, 1945]
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Silas Simpson Kessinger, 84, died at his home in Athens at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning. He had been ill for several years. A native of Giles county, Kessinger moved to this county at an early age. He was twice married. Besides his widow, Mrs. Carey Burch Kessinger, he leaves two sons: Walter Kessinger and John Kessinger, Princeton, the latter now being in Europe with the army railroad engineers. Two brothers, Jessie Kessinger of Huntington and Luther Kessinger of Camp Creek also survive. He was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral service will be held at the Memorial Funeral Directory chapel Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, when a brief service will be conducted by the Rev. A. B. Moore of Athens, followed by burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at the chapel until the funeral hour. Nephews will be pallbearers and nieces will be the flower bearers.
[Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Fri, Oct 12, 1945]
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