Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameVirginia Viola GRESS 
2619
2619Birth Date11 Feb 1895
Death Date20 May 1980 Age: 85
Burial PlaceSideling Hill Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Fulton County Co., PA, USA
FatherCharles F GRESS
MotherEmma HERSHEY
Misc. Notes
“Virgie”2624
Spouses
Birth Date15 Mar 18952721
Birth PlaceLashley, Union Township, PA, USA
Birth MemoMost likely in Fulton County
Death Date25 Jun 1994 Age: 99
Death PlaceNeedmore, Fulton Co., PA, USA
Death Memoat 12:40 a.m. at the home of his son John.
Burial Date28 Jan 1994
Burial PlaceSideling Hill Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Fulton County Co., PA, USA
OccupationFarming, Nationwide Insurance Agent
FatherWilliam Edward Beatty (1865-1959)
MotherAnna Laura Hoopengardner (1866-1904)
Misc. Notes
This source indicates Orville’s date of death was 25 Jan 1994.2624
Obituary
Orville Reed Beatty
Former Fulton County farmer, insurance agent Orville Reed Beatty, 98, of Needmore R.D. 1, died at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 1994, at the home of his son, John Beatty, in Needmore.
Born March 15, 1895, in Lashley, he was a son of the late William E. and Anna (Hoopengardner) Beatty. He was married to the former Virgie Gress, who died in 1980.
Surviving are four children: Mabelle Evans and Edward Beatty, both of Harrisburg; M. Jane Conte of New Cumberland; and John Beatty, Needmore; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
One daughter and one son preceded him in death. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Mr. Beatty was of the Baptist faith. He was a member of Needmore Grange No. 1890; James Bowers Lodge 173, Free and Accepted Masons, Hancock, Md.; and the Harrisburg Consistory.
During his life, Mr. Beatty had engaged in farming and also had been a Nationwide Insurance agent for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at the Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home Inc., Harrisonville, with the Rev. Dan Porterfield officiating. Interment will be in the Sideling Hill Baptist Cemetery, Needmore. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, from 2-9 p.m., and Friday, from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service.
Huntingdon Daily News, Wednesday, January 26, 1994
Obituary
Orville Reed Beatty
Former Fulton County farmer, insurance agent Orville Reed Beatty, 98, of Needmore R.D. 1, died at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 1994, at the home of his son, John Beatty, in Needmore.
Born March 15, 1895, in Lashley, he was a son of the late William E. and Anna (Hoopengardner) Beatty. He was married to the former Virgie Gress, who died in 1980.
Surviving are four children: Mabelle Evans and Edward Beatty, both of Harrisburg; M. Jane Conte of New Cumberland; and John Beatty, Needmore; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
One daughter and one son preceded him in death. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Mr. Beatty was of the Baptist faith. He was a member of Needmore Grange No. 1890; James Bowers Lodge 173, Free and Accepted Masons, Hancock, Md.; and the Harrisburg Consistory.
During his life, Mr. Beatty had engaged in farming and also had been a Nationwide Insurance agent for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at the Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home Inc., Harrisonville, with the Rev. Dan Porterfield officiating. Interment will be in the Sideling Hill Baptist Cemetery, Needmore. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, from 2-9 p.m., and Friday, from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service.
Huntingdon Daily News, Wednesday, January 26, 1994
Family ID2153
ChildrenRussell Carl (Died as Child) (1919-1922)
Edward (~1920-)
A Louise (1921-1986)
John Scott (1932-1996)