Obituary

Charley Lightner Dies at Age of 93

C.B. (Charley) Lightner, aged 93, of Route 2, City, died Monday evening, June 29, at the Cedar Grove Nursing Home near Parkersburg following a long illness.

Born in Wirt County Nov. 3, 1865, he was a son of the late John and Adeline Williamson Lightner.

He was a member of the Two Ripple Baptist Church, Route 4, City, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Council No. 33, Palestine. He was a retired farmer and at one time conducted music lessons throughout Wirt County.

Survivors include one daughter, Miss Lena Lightner, of Chester, W. Va.; two sons, Holly Lightner, of Cleveland, Ohio, and W.E. (Wiley) Lightner, of Chester; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Murray and Mrs. Martha Tanner, both of Route 1, City, Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, of Parkersburg, and Mrs. Sarah Cain, of Fairmont; one brother, Joe Lightner, of Parkersburg; six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Step-children are Marshall Goff, Route 4, City, and Delbert Goff, Toledo, Ohio.

Mr. Lightner was preceded in death by two wives, Icie Daugherty Lightner, and Susan Goff Lightner; and by three children, two sisters and three brothers.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Center Valley Methodist Church, with the Rev. K.T. Board officiating, assiste[d] by the Rev. Ezra Higgins. Members of the Jr.O.U.A.M. lodge conducted graveside rites. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pomroy Funeral Home of Elizabeth was in charge of arrangements.