| Obituaries for February 2, 2000
Archie A. Godfrey, 88, of 1201 West Pike St., Clarksburg, died at 10:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at United Hospital Center, Clarksburg.
He was born April 5, 1911, in Gilmer County, a son of the late William Godfrey and Sarah Adeline McWilliams Godfrey.
His wife of 66 years, Mary A. Estep Godfrey, survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Robert E. and wife, Nora Godfrey, Raleigh, N.C., Gerald W. Godfrey, Shady Springs, Richard Lee Godfrey, Sardis, and Ronald Lynn and wife, Robin Godfrey, Clarksburg; four daughters, Lula Belle Maxwell, Zelphia Bunnell and Joyce Jenkins, all of Clarksburg, Mrs. Ron (Carolyn Sue) Schultz, Williamsburg, Pa.; one half brother, Glenn Herndon, Rainelle; 25 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one son, Ronald Lee Godfrey; six brothers, Dayton, Alva, Oma and Silas Yeager and Bill and Frank Herndon; and three sisters, Lettie Godfrey, Arthie Batton and Lottie Yeager.
Mr. Godfrey was a member of the Clarksburg Church of God in Liberty Addition. He had retired from Continental Can Corporation with 39 years of service.
Friends will be received at Davis-Weaver Funeral Home, 329 East Main St., Clarksburg, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today, where a funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, with Pastor Wayne DeHart, conducting the service. Interment will be in Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood.
LANGLEY, N.C. -- John Alfred Harper, 74, of Audubon Circle, Belevedere, S.C., died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000, at Aiken Regional Hospital, Aiken, S.C.
He was born in Central Station a son of the late Lewis Michael and Gladys Sadie Lansbury Harper.
Surviving are two sons, Larry A. Harper, North Augusta, S.C., and Ronald A. Harper, Orangeburg, S.C.; one daughter, Peggy A. Hensley, Plant City, Fla.; two sisters, Josephine Harper Brown, Roanoke, and Janet Kellerman, Weston; two brothers, William Harper, Erie, Pa., and George Harper, Hinesville, W.Va.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Harper was a retired health physicist at E.I. DuPont with 12 years of service. He was Baptist.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2711 Middleburg Dr., Columbia, S.C. 29204.
BRIDGEPORT -- Dolores Lorraine Mancino, 78, of Route 1, Bridgeport, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000, at United Hospital Center, Clarksburg.
She was born Dec. 11, 1921, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Odie and Hallie Moss Thompson.
Her husband, Paul Edward Mancino, preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons and one daughter-in-law, Robert and Diane Mancino and Joseph Mancino, both of Bridgeport; one daughter and son-in-law, Florence "Cookie" and Paul Wilson, Clarksburg; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Frances Shewbridge and one sister, Betty Allgire.
Mrs. Mancino retired with several years of work as a registered nurse for the practice of Dr. David R. Hess in Bridgeport. She was a member of the All Saints Catholic Church in Bridgeport and an avid doll collector.
Friends will be received at Allen Funeral Home, 210 East Main St., Bridgeport, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, in the funeral home, with the Rev. Father Harry N. Cramer, conducting the service. Interment will follow at the Sunset Memorial Park.
PHILIPPI -- Linda Ruth "Buttons" Mayle, 50, of Mansfield Addition, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, in Louisville, Ohio, following a four month illness.
She was born Feb. 7, 1949, in Philippi, a daughter of the late Alexander and Ruth Tyler Mayle.
Surviving are one daughter, Melissa Rose Mayle, Canton, Ohio; three sisters, Nancy L. Elder, Auburn, Maine, Barbara Ann Wilson, Philippi, and Rosemary Croston, Canton; three brothers, James Nelson Mayle, Clarksburg, Franklin Delane Mayle, Canton, and Daniel Keith Mayle, Fairfax, Va.; nine nieces; six nephews; seven grandnieces; and 14 grandnephews.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Douglas Marvin Mayle and David Allen Mayle.
Ms. Mayle was employed as a program technician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation & Stabilization Service.
She was a former member of the Moose Club in Philippi, a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness at Belington, the WVASCOE and was the representative on the R.C.&D. Board for Barbour County.
BELINGTON -- Edward Lee Salesky, 78, of Route 1, Audra Road, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at his home following a four-month illness.
He was born June 17, 1921, near Belington, a son of William Salesky and Letia Taylor Salesky.
On Aug. 21, 1954, he married the former Rose Marie Allen, who survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Pamela Rae Salesky, at home, and one son, Damon Edward Salesky, Belington.
Mr. Salesky was retired from the King Knob Coal Company and was a World War II U.S. Army veteran.
He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 31 and a life member of Laurel Mountain Post No. 410, Veterans of Foreign Wars at Belington.
A private funeral service and burial are planned. The family requests memorials in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society. Schoonover-Stemple Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
SALEM -- Patricia "Patty" Weekley, 55, a resident of the Sunbridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly of Smithburg and Salem, died at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, at the facility following an extended illness.
She was born Jan. 19, 1945, in Salem, a daughter of the late Boyd and Illabelle Varner Weekley.
Surviving are three sisters, Dorothy Davis, West Union, Blandville community, Betty Ross, Route 1, New Milton, and Susie Smith, Shinnston; two brothers, Larry Weekley, West Union, Blandville community, and Jerry Weekley, Salem; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, Jim Weekley.
Miss Weekley had attended the Britton's Gospel Mission on Arnold's Creek. She was a homemaker.
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