My grandmother on my father’s side. Incredibly sweet woman. I’ve heard people around her home town say that if there’s a heaven then she’s surely a saint in it.

Worked in Charleston for Oscar Nelson at United Carbon. She got the job from Tom Whelan. Tom Whelan, Oscar Nelson, Thorn Kobelgard founded United Carbon

Married Thomas E. Carney when she was 28 years old.

Obituary

WESTON– Ella R. Carney, 90, of 216 Cottage Ave., died at 3:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, following an extended illness.

She was born May 9, 1890, on Crooked Run, Lewis County, a daughter of the late Michael J. and Margaret Rush Kraus.

Her husband, Thomas E. Carney, preceded her in death Jan. 23, 1952.

Surviving are two sons, John J. Carney, Mt. Vernon, Wash., Charles Francis Carney, Sunnyvale, Calif.; three daughters, Margaret M., Joanne and Helen Carney, all of Weston; two brothers, John A. and Francis Patrick Kraus, both of Murphy’s Creek; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.

Also preceding her in death were three sons, one of which was Joseph T. Carney, one daughter, one brother and three sisters.

Mrs. Carney was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Court Victory 379 and St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Boyle Funeral Home where Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday, A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.

My grandfather. I never actually met him (he died before I was born), but from what I’ve been told, he was a stern and honorable man.

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Born in a Bed and Breakfast in Orlando, Braxton County, WV. Met Ella R. Kraus when he was teaching school in Braxton Co. WV, and she was working for uncle John Riley for the summer. They had a courtship there, but then she went home.

Arizona

Went traveling when his father died. (Do the math to find out how old he was) Got stuck in Wyoming for the winter but it was too cold Went to Oklahoma and met up with his brothers Vincent Vincent was selling “Oklahoma” magazine on the corner yelling “Oklahoma” and that’s how Thomas found him. Finally took the railroad to Arizona Worked in a steel mill during WWI Returned at the age of 33 to Weston to marry Ella R. Kraus, and then came back to Arizona. Worked in the office of a copper mine. “Wobblies” tried to form a union. Management gave him a gun to help break the union.

Weston’s Champion Skeet Team

From the Weston Democrat

Pictured here is the Weston Skeet club team, which won the state championship at Charleston on October 2. Members of the team are: (left to right) John Kafer, Oral Fulks, Thomas Carney, Duff Heater, and Orie Perrine, captain. The Weston Skeet club will hold its annual shoot here May 30 and at that time the state championship will again be shot off.

Mr. Fulks holds the state official long run record for having shot 174 clay pigeons without a miss

Sayings of T. E. Carney

“It would take an Archimedean fulcrum to raise you to the level of total depravity”

“I’ve seen dumb people in my lifetime. Idiots and imbeciles have been my companions. But when it comes to a straight A striped African jackass– you take the cake.”

“You’re a sapheaded, pie faced, liver lipped, knock-kneed, pigeon toed son of a cockeyed Mexican boll weevil.”

There’s pirates, fights, coast guard, more fights, police, still more fights, and stunts galore in Jackie’s breakthrough movie. The stunts are among the best ever put on film, and the plot isn’t bad either.

##Jackie and Samo and Yuen Oh my!

[[Jackie Chan]] finally got his big break with this movie. His first attempt
at breaking into Hollywood a failure, he went back to Hong Kong determined
to do things his way. He got his shot with [[Project A]]. He wrote,
produced, directed, starred, and coordinated the stunts. And it shows.

The plot (such as it is) has Jackie playing “Dragon Ma”, a young and
enthusiastic member of Hong Kong’s coast guard. He is assigned to be part
of [[Project A]], designed to take down a group of pirates ravaging the
local waterways. The plan fails miserably when the coast guard’s ships are
blown up. At this point, the coast guard is disbanded and the sailors are
told to report to duty as police men (their arch rivals), reporting to
their new captain played by Yuen Biao. After some adventure as a police man, Dragon decides to give it up and goes into business with his old
buddy played by Samo Hung. After some more misadventure, Jackie decides
that the only way to clear his name is to infiltrate the pirate gang and
take it down from the inside. Got all that?

Well, never mind. This movie works because of the energy of the “Three
Brothers”, namely Jackie, Samo, and Yuen. The comedy is wonderful, as is
the fight choreography and the stunts. It’s really hard to describe how
infectious this movie is, but when I saw it at the “Towne Theatre” in San
Jose, CA, the audience cheered out loud many times during the movie. They
also “ooood” and “aaahhhh” at the right times and booed the bad guys. It
was almost like watching an old melodrama from the early days of film.

What else can I say? If you ever get a chance to see this on the big
screen, jump at it. You’ll have more fun than you’ve had in a long time at
the movies.