Alpha Retta COBERLY
1901 - 2010 (109 years)
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Name Alpha Retta COBERLY Born 10 Nov 1901 Gilmer Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Occupation Firestone Rubber Co. in Akron (retired) [2] Residence Akron, Summit Co, OH [2] Died 29 Dec 2010 Fairmont, Marion Co, WV [2] Buried Rock Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rt 33/119, Pickle Street, Lewis Co, WV [2, 3] Notes - Alpha Retta Coberly Miles Osborn, age 109, departed this life at 6:55 a.m., Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at Pierpont Center, Fairmont following an extended illness. She was born in Gilmer County a daughter of the late Daniel L. and Ella Jane Rhoades Coberly.
Her early years were spent in Gilmer County where she then married, moved to Akron, worked and retired from Firestone Rubber Company. She attended Akron Baptist Temple for numerous years. She was an avid photographer and crafter and loved to travel.
She was first married to Ed Miles in 1920 and he preceded her in death in 1951 and then to Elden Osborn in 1955 who preceded her in death in 1982.
She is survived by only one sister-in-law, Mrs. Champ (Ruby) Coberly of Glenville and several nieces and nephews, Edith Louise Clark, Paul Coberly, Bernard Coberly, Betty Jean Patteson, Bobby Coberly, Roland Coberly, Alpha Lee Gerwig, Gary Coberly, Marlene Collins, Verna Dean Ellis Sheets and Ella Belle Coen. Several nieces and nephews preceded her in death.
Alpha was the last surviving member of her immediate family having been preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters, Art, Artho, Isom and Champ Coberly; Arnetta Brown, Beatrice Furr, Arminta Brown, Vera Ellis and Edith Cook McQuilken.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 at the Ellyson Mortuary, Inc., Glenville with Rev. Ronzel Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in the Rock Grove Cemetery at Linn.
Friends will be received from 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the Mortuary.
Ellyson Mortuary, Inc. is assisting the family of Alpha Osborn with arrangements.
Published in the Hur Herald
12/31/2010
Person ID I5263 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 25 Mar 2018
Father Daniel Luther COBERLY, b. 1 Jan 1869, Harrison Co, WV , d. 9 Jun 1962, Gilmer Co, WV (Age 93 years) Mother Ella Jane RHOADES, b. 25 Nov 1870, Braxton Co, WV , d. 25 Mar 1942, Gilmer Co, WV (Age 71 years) Family ID F1797 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 James Edward "Ed" MILES, b. CA 1893, Gilmer Co, WV , d. 1951 (Age ~ 58 years) Married 26 Sep 1920 Gilmer Co, WV [4] Family ID F1839 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elden M. OSBORN, b. 2 Aug 1907, Lewis Co, WV , d. 10 Feb 1982, Akron, Summit Co, OH (Age 74 years) Married 1955 [5] Family ID F1840 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Alpha Retta Coberly Miles Osborn, age 109, departed this life at 6:55 a.m., Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at Pierpont Center, Fairmont following an extended illness. She was born in Gilmer County a daughter of the late Daniel L. and Ella Jane Rhoades Coberly.
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Event Map 
Residence - - Akron, Summit Co, OH 
Died - 29 Dec 2010 - Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 
Buried - - Rock Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rt 33/119, Pickle Street, Lewis Co, WV = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 422.
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 108, Line 72 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=7543&Type=Marriage.
- [S692] Obituary of wife.
- [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 422.