Funeral services for George Christie, 81, will be held tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 10:30 o'clock from the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Douglas Christie, 607 West Main Street, conducted by Rev. J. Calvin Dugger, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church. Burial will be in River View Cemetery.
Mr. Christie died yesteday morning, just before noon, at his residence in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Via on Highland Avenue.
He was born October 21, 1858, at Burnt Island, Scotland, and lived most of his life at Hull and Manchester, England, prior to moving to the United States and to Waynesboro in 1916. In Englan he was president of the well known Christie Stone Company.
Here he was first associated with his son, the late C. Douglas Christie, in the orchard business but had been retired for some years. His wife died here in 1929, and his son three years ago.
He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Christie; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Lawson, Mrs. Jim Bell, and Mrs. Maggie Wyllie, all of Hull, England; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. David Christie, also of Hull.
Pallbearers at the funeral will include: active-W. E. Moore, W. L. Dally, E. W. Barger, Dr. Ernest Mosby, Dr. C. C. Bowman, and J. S. Ellis; honorary-J. E. Drumheller, E. Austin Via, R. G. Vance, S. H. Hall, C. G. Quesenbery, Walter Arnold, A. Rosenthal, G. H. Branaman, J. H. Michael, Gains Baylor, and S. G. Crews.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: August 16, 1939
Mr. Christie died yesteday morning, just before noon, at his residence in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Via on Highland Avenue.
He was born October 21, 1858, at Burnt Island, Scotland, and lived most of his life at Hull and Manchester, England, prior to moving to the United States and to Waynesboro in 1916. In Englan he was president of the well known Christie Stone Company.
Here he was first associated with his son, the late C. Douglas Christie, in the orchard business but had been retired for some years. His wife died here in 1929, and his son three years ago.
He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Christie; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Lawson, Mrs. Jim Bell, and Mrs. Maggie Wyllie, all of Hull, England; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. David Christie, also of Hull.
Pallbearers at the funeral will include: active-W. E. Moore, W. L. Dally, E. W. Barger, Dr. Ernest Mosby, Dr. C. C. Bowman, and J. S. Ellis; honorary-J. E. Drumheller, E. Austin Via, R. G. Vance, S. H. Hall, C. G. Quesenbery, Walter Arnold, A. Rosenthal, G. H. Branaman, J. H. Michael, Gains Baylor, and S. G. Crews.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: August 16, 1939
Funeral services for George Christie, 81, will be held tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 10:30 o'clock from the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Douglas Christie, 607 West Main Street, conducted by Rev. J. Calvin Dugger, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church. Burial will be in River View Cemetery.
Mr. Christie died yesteday morning, just before noon, at his residence in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Via on Highland Avenue.
He was born October 21, 1858, at Burnt Island, Scotland, and lived most of his life at Hull and Manchester, England, prior to moving to the United States and to Waynesboro in 1916. In Englan he was president of the well known Christie Stone Company.
Here he was first associated with his son, the late C. Douglas Christie, in the orchard business but had been retired for some years. His wife died here in 1929, and his son three years ago.
He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Christie; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Lawson, Mrs. Jim Bell, and Mrs. Maggie Wyllie, all of Hull, England; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. David Christie, also of Hull.
Pallbearers at the funeral will include: active-W. E. Moore, W. L. Dally, E. W. Barger, Dr. Ernest Mosby, Dr. C. C. Bowman, and J. S. Ellis; honorary-J. E. Drumheller, E. Austin Via, R. G. Vance, S. H. Hall, C. G. Quesenbery, Walter Arnold, A. Rosenthal, G. H. Branaman, J. H. Michael, Gains Baylor, and S. G. Crews.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: August 16, 1939
Mr. Christie died yesteday morning, just before noon, at his residence in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Via on Highland Avenue.
He was born October 21, 1858, at Burnt Island, Scotland, and lived most of his life at Hull and Manchester, England, prior to moving to the United States and to Waynesboro in 1916. In Englan he was president of the well known Christie Stone Company.
Here he was first associated with his son, the late C. Douglas Christie, in the orchard business but had been retired for some years. His wife died here in 1929, and his son three years ago.
He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Christie; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Lawson, Mrs. Jim Bell, and Mrs. Maggie Wyllie, all of Hull, England; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. David Christie, also of Hull.
Pallbearers at the funeral will include: active-W. E. Moore, W. L. Dally, E. W. Barger, Dr. Ernest Mosby, Dr. C. C. Bowman, and J. S. Ellis; honorary-J. E. Drumheller, E. Austin Via, R. G. Vance, S. H. Hall, C. G. Quesenbery, Walter Arnold, A. Rosenthal, G. H. Branaman, J. H. Michael, Gains Baylor, and S. G. Crews.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: August 16, 1939
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