Bev Morgan Colisino, Class of 1974, of Carolina has been hospitalized with a foot injury. It will require surgery to remove the infection, Bev reports.

This is the same woman who last year had 2 broken-off teeth, jaw pain and had the abscessed teeth removed, and who fought endometrial/uterine cancer successfully in 2012.

Bev’s father is Arnold Ray Morgan, Class of 1950, who lives in Palatka, Florida.

Bev has been married for 40+ years to coal miner Harry James Colisino, a 1974 Mannington High grad and a son of the late Patsy Colisino. Their 40^th wedding anniversary was Sept. 14, 2014. Their daughter is Jennifer Colisino Love.

Bev’s career involved the post office and medical facilities.

Harry has worked at Federal #2 mine for four decades and played Pop Warner Football as a child under the legendary Nick Saban, Sr. of the Idamay Black Diamonds, father of Alabama coach Nick “Brother” Saban.

Harry’s dad, Patsy Colisino, Sr., a Monongah High basketball player in the 1940s, passed away in March 2015. Harry’s brother is Patsy Colisino, Jr., Class of 1975, who lives in Barrackville and works at Fairmont General Hospital.  

Patsy Colisino, Sr.’s parents were James and Mary DeSalvo Colisino. Patsy was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret L. Markley, in 1985. He married Erma M. Nuzum Colisino in 1992.

Bev’s sister is Donna Morgan Snyder, widow of Tim Snyder.

Donna and Tim’s children: Jennifer Crawford and her husband David, Long Island, New York;  Timothy David Snyder, Jr. and his wife Loretta, Shinnston; Adam Snyder and his wife Tina, Enterprise; and Kristin Snyder, Washington, Pennsylvania.

Another Monongah High Colisino is Felix Colisino, Class of 1947, living with wife Bonnie in Kennard, Indiana. Their sons are Felix Colisino III and Vincent Colisino.

After Monongah High and Fairmont State, Felix worked at CPS (corrugated boxes).

Patsy’s siblings were Carmen, Fred, Tony and Louis “Skeeter” Colisino and Rose Colisino Klam and Elizabeth Colisino Marano.