Governor Gore left at 8:40 o'clock last night for Clarksburg, having been called by the death of his aged mother. Mrs. Marietta Payne Rogers Gore, which occurred an hour earlier. Mrs. Gore had been In failing health for several weeks and her death was not unexpected. She was in her eighty-fifth year. News of the death of the governor's mother spread rapidly in Charleston and the entire city was thrown into grief out of sympathy for the chief executive in his loss. Mrs. Gore was widely known as one of the rapidly diminishing members of the old-fashioned type of'mothers and she was loved by the thousands who knew her. Mrs. Gore was a member of a family of pioneer settlers of Virginia. She was related to the Masons, Georges and Lees of Colonial days. Her mother's grandfather settled near Clarksburg in 1777. Her death occurred at the Gore homestead near Clarksburg, the home in which she lived since 1841. She was the widow of the late Solomon D. Core, who preceded her to the grave 20 years ago. Her husband and othr relatives were livestock breeders. Mrs. Gore is survived by three sons, Governor Gore, William F. Gore and Claude W. Gore, of Clarksburg; a broother, M.J. Rogers of Brown, W.Va., who is 94 year of age; two grandchildren, Mrs Elizabeth Esker and Truman Gore Jr.; and one great-grandchild. In spite of her advanced age, Mrs. Gore took a keen interest in public affalrs, church and missionary work. She was widely known for her simple hospitality and kindness. Her home, was known by thousands of strangers who were made to feel at home within the gates of the home. She was one of the charter members of the first women's Christian temperance union formed in West Virginia.
-- Charleston WV Gazette obituary, 9/5/1926