Page News & Courier, Thursday 11 Jan 1968 John Arthur Comer, 78, a retired stationary fireman of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company died Thursday evening at a Staunton hospital. Born in Shenandoah June 27, 1889, he was the son of the late John H. and Lucy Lee McAlister Comer. He was a faithful and active member of the Assembly of God Church. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1964. He is survived by a foster son, Harry J. Comer, of Shenandoah; four foster grandchildren; two foster great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Flora Smith and Miss Pearl Comer, both of Shenandoah; seven half-sisters, Miss Nellie Comer, Mrs. Ruth Kite, Mrs. Gladys Ferrell and Mrs. Vista Manuel, all of Shenandoah; Mrs. Thelma Herring and Mrs. Sylvia Cave, both of Elkton, and Mrs. Hattie Fadely, of Mt. Jackson, and three half-brothers, Floyd Comer, of Ridgeley, W.Va.; Kemper Comer, of Elkins, W.Va., and Burtis Comer, of Shenandoah. A funeral service was conducted from the Chapel of the Warren G. Kyger Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Sunday with his pastor, the Rev. Linwood M. Ball, officiating… Burial took place in the Methodist Cemetery.
Page News & Courier, Thursday 11 Jan 1968 John Arthur Comer, 78, a retired stationary fireman of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company died Thursday evening at a Staunton hospital. Born in Shenandoah June 27, 1889, he was the son of the late John H. and Lucy Lee McAlister Comer. He was a faithful and active member of the Assembly of God Church. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1964. He is survived by a foster son, Harry J. Comer, of Shenandoah; four foster grandchildren; two foster great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Flora Smith and Miss Pearl Comer, both of Shenandoah; seven half-sisters, Miss Nellie Comer, Mrs. Ruth Kite, Mrs. Gladys Ferrell and Mrs. Vista Manuel, all of Shenandoah; Mrs. Thelma Herring and Mrs. Sylvia Cave, both of Elkton, and Mrs. Hattie Fadely, of Mt. Jackson, and three half-brothers, Floyd Comer, of Ridgeley, W.Va.; Kemper Comer, of Elkins, W.Va., and Burtis Comer, of Shenandoah. A funeral service was conducted from the Chapel of the Warren G. Kyger Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Sunday with his pastor, the Rev. Linwood M. Ball, officiating… Burial took place in the Methodist Cemetery.
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Lester Lee Comer
1890–1963
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Luther C Comer
1891–1892
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Elizabeth Pearl Comer
1892–1971
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Cecil C Comer
1894–1927
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Edward Comer
1895–1926
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Frederick Comer
1897–1897
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Carl William Comer
1899–1943
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Earl Comer
1901–1951
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Flora Mae Comer Smith
1902–1978
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Floyd Dennis Comer
1906–2004
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Nellie Model Comer
1908–2003
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Ruth Pauline Comer Kite
1909–2005
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Kemper Raymond Comer
1910–1997
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Gladys Virginia Comer Ferrell
1911–2007
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Melvin L Comer
1913–1913
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Thelma Gertrude Comer Herring
1915–1986
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Hattie Irene Comer Fadely
1917–2003
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Sylvia Edna Comer Cave
1919–2014
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Burtis Paul Comer Sr
1921–1988
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Vista Marie Comer Manuel
1927–2021
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