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SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC
Calendar Year 2006
Officers and Executive Board
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E-mail Address
President
Pamela B. Young
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Vice-president
Elaine Powers
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Recording Secretary
Susan Hays
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Corresponding Secretary
Mickey Prescott
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Don Vaughan
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Jim Nelson
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VAN Editor
Michael Blankenship
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Immediate Past President
Gene Swartzell
VAN Editor E meritus
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VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES
Published Quarterly
By
SOUTIIWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
Vol. 30 - No. 4 - . Fall 2006
(October, November, December)
CONTENTS
Salute to Gene Swartzell
155
New Books in the Virginia Room - Pam Young
156
Jett Frunily Bible - Judith G. Blackwell
159
Witt and Frank(s) Family ·L etter - submitted by Lois Blankenship
162
HIPAA Privacy Rules for Funeral Homes
165
Daniel Rufus Sink and Mary Lydia Catherine Sink- Mary Ann Sink Barnes
166
African American Ancestry - Saw1ders Cemetery, Floyd County - John Edmonds
168
Pinkard Court Family Reunion
171
Adopt An Orphan
172
Montgomery County Obituaries - Continued
174
Death Certificates Not Always Reliable
184
Botetourt County Death Records - Continued
185
Index of 2006 VAN Contents
19())
Correction to the Surname Index
Roger W . Ridpath # 428 would like us to note that his listings for REDPATH and RIDPJ.\TH should read
that they are located in Putaski-Monigomery Counties rather then in Fairfax-Pittsylvania
P. 0. Box 12485
Roanoke, Virginia 24026
Happy Holidays, Fellow Researchers!
Holidays and family gatherings are great times to hear about those elusive ancestors and
hear family legends. My great aunts and uncles were all school teachers or school
principals. My Great uncle Charles was principal at one of the first desegregated schools
in Roanoke in the 1960's. What stories they could tell!
Researching genealogy has gotten easier with the use of the World Wide Web but lacks
good stories. It's the stories that put a human face on our ancestors and make us proud or
amused by our sometimes too human relatives. It's the stories that connect us.
Members have a wonderful opportunity to contribute to a major undertaking in
genealogical research in the Roanoke area. There are years that the Roanoke Times is not
indexed. We are starting with 1897 to 1906. The project starts January 3, 2007. If you
would like to be part of this project please call Alicia Sell, (Archivist) in the Virginia
Room (853-2073).
·
It has been a great year. It has been a privilege to work with all who have contributed
their time and talent to make our Society a great organization. I hope we can keep
building on the foundation that has developed over the years and that next year will be
even better!
I hope the holidays find you well connected.
Pam Young, President
PMYoungOO l@aol.com
Pam.Young@roanokeva.gov
FA.MILY TREASURE DAY
Members are invited to bring a family treasure for "show and tell" at the January 20th
program at 1:3~ p.m. m the Roanoke Public Library. At this post-holiday party
refreshments will be served. Bring a special object of hist01ical interest and enjoy
everyone else's stories !
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G<><Wl bye G~ We'll Miss
401,t,
On Septen1ber 17, 2006 Gene Swartzell was honored in a Farewell Luncheon
at the Red Lobster in Roanoke. Gene has faithfully served in a number of capacities,
including President, during her many years as a member of the Southwest Virginia
Genealogical Society. She has relocated to Texas to be near her family. We wish her
well in all her future endeavors.
Below: Susan Hayes and Gene Swartzell
Below: Gene Swartzell and Pam Young
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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New Books In The Virginia Room
929.3755 G795mb - Grayson County, VA Marriages 1899 - 1909 Transcript by
Ginger Ballard 2004 CafePress
929.3755 G795mb - Grayson County, VA Marriages 1910 - 1923 Transcript by
Ginger Ballard 2004 CafePress
929.3755 G795mb - Grayson County, VA Marriages 1924 - 1931 Transcript by
Ginger Ballard 2004 CafePress
975.584 Au45 - Augusta County, VA Families & History Edited Jim Presgraves,
Bookworm & Silverfish publishing 2005
929.3755 W276c - 1870 Census of Washington County, VA Jack Hockett 2000
Iberian Publishing
929.2 D56 M358s - Some Descendants of the Dickie Family of Nelson County, VA
Thomas Marshall, Ill 2006
975.5293 St95v - A View of Falls Church, Virginia including its Western neighbors thru the
1881 -1889 Diaries of Edmund Flaff, Esq. by Connie Pendleton Stuntz 2005 Hig her Educatio n
Publications Inc.
929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 18541866 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell
2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H251c- Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 18671874 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A . Caldwel1
2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 18751883 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Ca ldwel I
2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 191419l9 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A . Caldwell
2002 -2003
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929.3755 B657m H25 lc - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 19341938 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Cald well
2002 -2003
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929.3755 8657111 H25 1c- Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 19461950 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell
2002 -1003
929.3755 8657m H25 l c - C hronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 19631968 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A . Caldwell
2002 -2003
929.2 C52 - Highlande r· published by The Clan Campbell Association of America
1937- 1939
929.2A r36 AL l 4a -Argabright Family of Floyd, Franklin,and Montgomery Counties, Virginia
by Sylvia Gearhart Albert and William Harvey Green 2003
975.5723 W379s - Images of America SALTVILLE by Jeffrey C. Weaver 2006
Arcad ia Pub lishing
929.3 755 Sp69d - Spotsylvania County, VA Deed Book Abstracts 1728 - 1730
Transcribed by Lydia Sparacio Bontempo 2002 Antient Press Copyrighted
929.3755 F854sl - Oh, Master: Researchers guide to Slavery in Franklin County, VA Vol S
Prepared by Audrey Dudley, Herny Hopkins & Diane Hayes 2002
929.2D928 L266d - The Dupre Trail Volumes 1 & 2 Compiles by E. P. Langley
1965
929.2 R338 r - Reynolds and McGuire Ancestors by Wi lliam W. Reynolds 1978
286.1 75506 B625b - Bicentennial Booklet, 1802-2002 Blue Ridge Bap tist Chu rch
Hardy Road, V in ton VA
975.5425 1 K299j - Jamestown the Buried Truth by William M. Kelso
2006 University of Virg inia Press
745.09755 W582g - Great Road Style: The Decorative arts legagacy of Sou thwest
Virginia & Northeast T ennessee by Betsy K. White 2006 University of Virginia Press
929.3755 B657m H2 51 c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt C ounty,VA 18841892 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell
2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H25 I c - C hronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County,V A 18931899 Prepa red by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -2003
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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929.3755 B657m H25 lc - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt Co unty, \' A I 90!1913 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Cald\\'el I 2002 -200-'
929.3755 B657m H25lc - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt Co unty,VA 19271933 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwd I 2002 -200..>
929.3755 B657m H25l c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt Co unt)', VA 19511956 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Cald wel l 2002 -:2003
929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County,V A 19571962 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwe ll 2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H25 1c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County,VA 19691973 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A . Caldwell 2002 -2003
342.73 Ll 15j - James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights by Ri chard Lab uns ki
2006 Oxford University Press
P917.69 L964c - Cumberland Gap National Historical Park by William W. Lu<.:ketl
reprinted from December 1964 Volume XXII of the Tennessee Historical Quarterl y
929.3755 B657m H251i - Index of Marriages in Botetourt County,VA By Women's Names
1854-1913 Prepared by RobertE. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwe ll 2002 -2003
929.3755 B657mH25 1i- Index of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA By Men's Names 19141938 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwel l 2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H25 li - Index of Marriages in Botetourt Coun ty,VA By Women 's Names
1914-1938 Prepared by RobertE. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -2003
929.3755 B657m H251i - Index of Marriages in Botetourt County,VA By Women's Names
1939-1973 Prepared by RobertE. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts &LorettaA. Caldwell 2002-2003
929.3755 B657m H25 li - Index of Marriages in Botetourt County,VA By Men's Names 19391973 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -2003
Submitted by Pam B. Young
Roanoke Public Libraries
Virginia Room
706 S Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016
(540) 853-2073
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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JETT FAMILY BIBLE
Joseph T. Jett and Elizabeth P. Pendleton were united by me in Holy Matrimony, at William
P endleton' s on the 26th day of August in the year ofour Lord 1880.
Rev. J K Harris
Joseph Y. Jett was born the 12 of December 1855
Lizzie P. Jett was born the 30ofMarch 1855
Sammie Jett was born the 31 of May 1881
Edger Mantelbert Jett was born 17 May 1883
Walter Cleveland Jett was born I of Feb. 1885
Loula Pendleton Jett was born 19 Dec. 1886
Lizzie Pendleton Jett was born the 28 of March 1889
Louise Pendleton Jett Johnson was born October I 01h I 907
Z. V. Johnson was born February 15th 1909
Dorothy Jett Johnson October 8, 1916
Lizzie P. Jett died July 4th 1889
Joseph T. Jett died April 17, 1898
John D . Jett died January 30, 1905
Edgar Mantlebirt Jett February 1, 1938
Samuel Griggs Jett June 11 'h 193 8
Pattie Jett Ridinger June 16'" 1939
Nancy Jett Hale October 16th 1948
Z . V . Johnson
July 14th 1958
Louise Jett Johnson June 28th 1964
The Bible does not indicate deaths from Samuel Griggs down, but research and obituaries indicate
all are death dates.
Octava Jett Martin b. 17 April 1859 and died 05 September 1890
John Letcher Jett b. 04 June 1859 and died 30 January 1905
Joseph Yance Jett b. 17 December 1863 and died 05September1899
Annie Jett Stephens b. I 0 Februrary 1861 and died 06 March 1936
Pattie Jett Ridinger b. 10 October 1867 and died 26th June 1939
William Pendleton b. 19May1847 and died 26 June 1916
These names were listed on a sheet of paper in the Bible and the note says, " Dad got this record
from the court house."
The following are marriages listed in this Bible:
Samuel Griggs Jett and Virginia Haran Howard were married June 1, 1905 in Roanoke, VA
Edgar Mantlebyrd Jett and Sue Lambert were married October 3, 1905, Washington D. C.
Louise Pendleton Jett and Zebulon Vance Johnson were married December 12, 1906, Brodnax,
VA.
Walter Cleveland Jett and Maude Frances Grim, Washington, D . C. Nov. 17u, 1909.
Tliis Bible was publislted itt 1888 by He11ry A ltemus in Pltiladelpltia on C/Jerry Street.
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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BEAUTIFUL HOME CEREMONY
The Bride Widely K11ownfor Her Vivacity, Beauty Aud
Charm of Manner
(Special to The Times-Dispatch)
FLOYD, VA. October 16-A marriage the news of which will be received with interest
throughout the State of Virginia and Tennessee, was solemnized Wednesday, October I I ,
at "The Aspens." Floyd county Va, at high noon, when Miss Lillian Beatrice Pendleton became the bride of Mr. David L. Vestal, of Knoxville, Tennessee.
The nuptials were consummated at the home of the bride's grandparents, Major and Mrs.
William H. Barman. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. K. Harris in the presence of a
party of relatives and friends.
The marriage took place in the parlor of the res idence. Columns and banks of golden rod and
potted plants adorned every available portion of the lower floor of the house, the color sche~c
being yellow and green. Promptly at 12 o'clock the opening chords of Mendelssohn's_wed.ding
march was struck and the bridal party proceeded to the altar. First came Mr. Vestal Wtth his best
man. Mr. E dmund M. Pendleton, brother of the bride, then came little Mary Spence r Pendle ton
A sister of the bride, dressed in white organdy, carrying the wedding ring on a silver waiter; next
came Mrs. F. Willis Michael, a brunette of rare beauty, sister of the bride as matron of honor,
costumed in white crepe de chine on taffeta carrying yellow chrysanthemums. The brjde entered
with her father, Dr. William Pendleton, who gave her in marriage. Her gown was exquisite v iolet
chiffon with hat and gloves to match and she carried violets. The color scheme was carried out in
the elegant luncheon which was served after the ceremony.
The bride is one of Virginia's prettiest daughters, a vivacious brunette, and is noted throug hout the
state for her charm and beauty, is a daughter of D1·. William Pendleton, of Floyd, VA, a
descendant of Judge Edmund Pendleton of the Supreme Court, a granddaughter of Maj or
William H. Hannan of Floyd Va., and a niece of Mr. F. P. Harman, of Lynchburg.
T~e groom is a prominent business man of Knoxville and is held in high esteem by all who know
him. After a Southern trip of two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Vestal will make their home in Roanoke
for the winter.
~OTE.: This wedding announcement was found in the Bible along with many obituaries
mcludmg one for Dr. C. M. Stigleman. Dr. William H. Harman's wife was the former Mar-y
1'.tta Yearou! and their home was called "The Aspens," named for the row of Aspens on either
side of the dnveway leading to their home on what is now Bethlehem Church road in the Northeast
section of Floyd county.
Dr. C M. Stigleman is Dead
Dr. C. M. S~gleman " the belov~ physician," is dead, and although there had been for some
weeks pa_st, ltttle or no hope of his recovery, yet his death sent a shock through the town and
commumty, and many many hearts were sad at the announcement of his demise.
Dr. Stigleman breathed his last peacefully and quietly on Sunday the 291h of January, a t 4 :30 p.m .
and all that was mortal of him was laid to rest on Tuesday mo ming following, at the cemet ery by
the side of his beloved wife who preceded him to the grave 16 years ago. Dr. Stigleman was born
in Floyd county, near Rose Hill, on the J 3lh of March, 1833.
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Dr. Stigleman received his academic education at the school conducted here by Wm T .
Gannaway, was always a bright student, excelling io mathematics and almost every other branch
of s tudy. He, by his own exertions, accumulated sufficient means to take and complete the course
of medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. When he graduated in the spring of 1857, and
during the same year, commenced bis career as a practitioner of medicine in this county, locating
at the courthouse. In the fall of that year he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen M. Shelor, a
daughter of Rev. Thomas G. Shelor, who at that time lived at this place.
At the beginning of the Confederate War, Dr. Stigleman was captain of a military company
known as the F loyd Rifles," which he took into the service in May, 1861 . This company was
incorporated in the 4th VA R egiment at Lynchburg, along with Col. Jubal A. Early commanding,
and in a short time went to the front at Manassas. Capt. Stigleman being the senior captain his
company was designated as C ompany A.t and took its place at the head of this gal lant regiment.
Capt. Stiglcmnn served faithfully during the first year of the war, when he returned home and
resumed the active practice of his profession, which continued up to the commencement of his
only serious and last sickness, though for several years past he had been trying to retire from active
practice and to some extent succeeded. Still there were many of his old friends and patrons w ho
would, to the last, persist in having him to attend them in times of sickness. And in many serious
cases, far and near, he was often called in consulration.
Dr. Stiglemnn was by far, for many years, the most widely known and the most extensive
practitioner in this county and section, his practice extending largely into the adjoinjng counties,
especially F.-anl<lin and Patrick There are few families in the county, especially so with the
older and middle aged people, where Dr. Stigleman has not been called to visit, the sick and
afflicted, when by kindness and sympathy as well as by his skill, he endeared himself to all , and it
can b e said of him with truth, that he was the friend of the sick and suffering and of the poor,
paying hundreds and thousands of visits for which he never received a cent and never expected to.
Truly he was the " beloved physician."
Dr. Stigleman was the first Superintendent of Schools of Floyd County, which position he
efficiently filled until ousted under the Mahone regime in 1880. W ithout any disparagement of
the services of his successors in this office it may be said that Floyd county never had more able
and faithful superintendent of schools, and one who took more pride in his work. 01·. Stigleman
organized the schools of the county with more dispatch and with better school houses than was
done in any other county in this section of the State.
Dr. Stigleman was a true southern man. H e always maintained that the South was right in the
struggle of 1861-65, and nothing could ever induce to become false to his people or section. No
thirst for office or hope of gain could swerve him from his devotion to the Sunny South and her
cause.
Dr. Stigleman loved and honored the old Confederate soldiers and it has been by his efforts and at
his expense principally that the "old boys" have held several reunions in the past years.
The crowning act ofDr. Stigleman's life in his devotion to the Confederate soldier and d1e cause
for which so many fought and died stands today in the courthouse yard- the bronze monument " in
m emory of the Confederate dead"- which he only lived to see erected under his supervis ion and
principally through his inspiration and exertions and then as if he said, " it is finished," he laid him
down and died.
NOTE: D r. Stigleman died 29 January 1905.
Contributed by:
Judith G. B lackwell
860 Stonewall Road, NE
Floyd, VA 24091·2716
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WITT and FRANK(S) FAMILY LETTER
The following letter was submitted by Lois Blankenship who found the letter in a box of
items purchased at an estate sale.
Old Witt Fann
Rt. 221, Bedford, Va.
August 7, l 979
Dear Aunt Helen:
Here you're going to be 95 tomorrow and I am still not able to hand you a copy of the
Witt Family as I have gathered it since I was a girl in hig h school.
I started when Mrs. Mary Latham Norton of California organized the Hug uenot
Society of the founders ofManakintowne of Virginia about 1924. J opened a lette.r she had
written to your mother, Mrs. Booker T. Wi~ giving the line of descent of t~e Witts from
William Witt, who came to Manakin in 1695_ w e are descendants of one ofh1 s sons, Lewis
Witt They were French Huguenots, who fled France after the Edict ofNantos.
As I understand it he moved on to Nelson County where "Roselands" becam e the o ld
Witt home. I have not been able to visit there, but that's what the various yearbooks of the
Huguenot Society report. His son, Lewis did not fight in the Revolutionary War but he gave
aid to the troops and thus, if anyone in o~r family wants to join the Daughte rs or Sons of the
American Revolution they can do so on his line.
Here are the descendants as I have them listed w hen I j oined the state society. Jane,
my sister, still is active in the Suzanne Rochet C hapter,, which was organi zed in Lynchburg
and I often attend their meetings but I had to give up belonging to things when I worked on
the newspaper here and had to keep up with what other people belonged to.
Willi~m Witt father of Lewis Witt w ho lived in Amherst County. William was born in
1675 m France and died in 1754.
Lewis Witt, who died in 1774, was married to Ann Mills, who died O ct. 28, 1816.
Their son, Mills Witt who is listed as a " pioneer in Bedford County" married Betha ni
Creasey, April 27, 1797.
'
Their son, Abram Witt, married Alcinda James in 1831 . She died Oct. 11 , _ _
Their so~ Booker T. Witt (b. 4-8-1 834, d. 4-12-1896) married Eliza Jane Frank (b. 10-30-
1844, d. 12-27-1910)
Their so~ Abram Witt, married Lelia D. Anderson June 10, 1897. She died July 24, 192 0 ;
he died Mar. 17, I941. They are my parents.
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Now about the Franks who are buried on the farm next to ours.
I have a record of John Frank, our grandfather, as early as 1809 when he went on a
marriage bond of his daughter, Sukey Frank. He bought the land Dr. J. A. Wente, Jr., now
owns adjoining our farm . I have a date of 1832 for that farm which included the 100 acres
we live on. You told me that he gave this part to his son, Washington Fran~ for a wedding
present.
John' s wife was Sarah Catherine
. She was born 1811, according to my father.
She died Jan. 17, 1898. John Frank (Franks) died April 1854. They are buried on that
farm, along with their son, Washington Frank and his wife, Catherine Powell. Their
daughter, Nancy Fran~ married Silas Ramsey. After John's death in 1854, his wife came
to live on the Washington Frank fann and the Ramsey's took over the other fann. Nancy
Frank Ramsey died in 1851 and is buried there with her parents. Her tombstone is one of
the two we can find that have not fallen into holes, etc. I learned from Mrs. Mary Ramsey
Venable, a granddaughter of cousin Calvin Ramsey, that Mr. Silas Ramsey moved to
Rockbridge County after Nancy's death and that family has had a prominent part in the life
of the county. He was county clerk, and I think, an ancestor [descendant?] is now running
for the State Senate.
The others buried there are four of your little brothers and sisters, as you gave them
to me. Uncle Lee's daughter, who is now dead, gave Booker a copy of the old fa1nily Bible
in which all are listed. She thought her father did the writing in the Bible. Anyway, here
they are so you will have a record:
George W. Witt- b. 3-22-1860; d. 6-25-1861
John W. Witt- b . 6-6-1863; d. 9-27-1871
Mattie N. Witt - b. 5-10-1875; d. 2-16-1879
Harold J. Witt - b. 6-10-1878; d. 6-10-1878
There are no stones for the Franks or Witts, except one almost buried, but someday,
the Lord willing, I shall have them properly identified. I have checked on the cost of a
marker listing all of them. Dr. Wente is good about keeping it mowed. He loves that old
fann and if the time comes that this fann gets out of our "Witt" hands I hope he can but this,
too. He beautifies everything he touches and has a sense of appreciation for the family that
lived there so Jong ago.
Your parents got their marriage "consent" on June 10, 1859, according to t11e records
in the Bedford County Courthouse, but I also have an 1858 date from somewhere.
Here's your mother' s obituary which I copied from the Bedford Bulletin-Democrat
This was in the issue of 1-5-1911 . She died Dec. 27, 1910:
A Good Woman Gone
Mrs. Eliza J. Witt, who has been quite ill for a long while, died on Wednesday night
of last week at 9 o, clock, aged 67 years. She was the widow of Booker T. Witt, at one time
a well-known contractor and builder, who preceded her to the grave twenty odd years ago.
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She had been a devout member of Timber Ridge Baptist Church s ince her gi~lhood
and whenever her health permitted she was always in her place in the house of wors ~tp .
Mrs. Witt was the mother of 15 children, a1l of whom are dead except ~ 1 ght, as
follows: Lee R. Witt, of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. A. J. Comer, Mrs. Sarah Waogfie~d ,
K.[?], Abe, Charles B. and Frank A. of Bramwell, W.Va.~ Mrs. Helen Waugan1an, Ohio;
Mrs. Nettie Wooldridge of Bedford.
.
Her children loved her devotedly and did everything in their power to prolong h~r life
and add to her comfort. She was before marriage a Miss Franks, born and reared in the
vicinity, where she lived all of her days, where everyone knew and loved he~ for her many
good good traits of character. The funeral and interment took place at 11 o clock and the
service was conducted by her pastor, Rev. C. W. Collier, which was attended by a long
concourse of sorrowing friends . The pallbearers were Wm. Smith, Harold Stanley, James
Mcintyre, F. 0. Thomas, C.R. Bondurant, and C. J. Ramsey.
Fondly,
Bobby Witt
NOTE: Attached to the letter is a newclipping from the Bedford Bulletin-Democrat, dated
August 15, 1979, entitled "Mrs. Helen Nave has 95lh birthday Aug. 8". In part it states: Mrs.
Helen Witt Nave, who was born and reared on the old Witt farm on Little Otter, Route 22 l ,
celebrated her 95th birthday Wednesday Aug. 8. She was the dinner guest of her son Cecil
W. Waugaman of Roanoke. Also present were her daughter, Mrs. Virginia Thomas with
whom she now lives in Vinton, and her nieces, Mrs. R. E. Carneal and Miss Bobby Witt,
and Robert C. Peterson of Bedford. Mrs. Nave's other daughter, Mrs. Marietta
Waugaman Hockett, lives with her husband, Robert E. Hockett, at Orange. She was
married to George Emory Waugaman Sept. 17, 1907. After his death she married Th01nas
Nave in 1914 and had one son, Frank Nave who was lost aboard the submarine, " The
Grunion"in the Aleutian Islands Aug. 2, 1942~ Mrs. Nave's parents were the late Booker
T. and _Sarah Frank Witt. Mrs. Nave became a nurse in her youth and continued in that
profession the gre~ter part of her life, doing private duty at one time at Johns Hopkins and
Walter Reed ~osp1tals until her retirement in 1961, when she moved back to Virginia. She
served ~ assis~t postmistress in the Vinton Post Office during the 1920s and 1930s and
was active there m the Baptist church. She became weU-known in the Roanoke area because
of her perio_d of service as a nurse for the late Dr. Semones who pioneered the practice of
oste~pathy m Ro~ok~. Mrs. Nave wears a hearing aid, does not see well and has difficulty
walkmg but her mmd is as clear as when she grew up in the Center Point neighborhood. She
visits her old home once_ or twice a year and walks around the old orchard and other places
where she played as a child, a~d where she and her sisters planted daffodils which still b loom
all over the farm. Her health ts good and she looks forward to her 96t11 birthday.
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Funeral homes recently have been using the excuse of HIPAA privacy regulations to
deny access to their records. As indicated by this federal advisory this is not true.
ADVISORY CONCERNING THE
HIPAA PRIVACY RULE
The HIPAA Privacy Rule, a federal regulation which is required by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act, will take effect on April 14, 2003. Basically, the HIPAA
Privacy Rule will requi re all health care providers, such as hospitals, nursing homes and doctor
offices, to adopt and implement strict privacy procedures for patient's medical records.
Detailed information regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule will be published in the next few
weeks. However, with the compliance date of April 14, 2003 right around the corner, it is critical
for funeral homes to understand several important aspects of how the HIPAA Privacy Rule does
and does not impact funeral service.
1.
Funeral homes are not covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Covered Entities,
which are those businesses that are subject to the HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements, consist of
health plans, health care clearing houses, and health care providers. Although funera l homes
may receive or have access to health information of the decedents they care for, they are not
Covered Entities. Therefore, funeral homes are not subject to the HIPAA Privacy Rule and do
not have to comply with the obligations imposed upon Covered Entities regarding the
development of privacy practices and the protection of patient health care information.
2.
Funeral homes are not Business Associates. When a Covered Entity has
another business perform functions or activities on behalf the Covered Entity, and that business
is provided patient health information, the s.µsiness is required as a "Business Associate" of the
Covered Entity. While the HlPAA Privacy Rule does not directly regulate Business Associates,
it does require Covered Entities to regulate the activities of Business Associates. The Covered
Entity must enter into a contract with the Business Associate that mandates that the Business
Associate's use of protected health information will be consistent with the privacy policies of the
Covered Entity.
In nearly all cases , funeral homes would not be regarded as a Business Associate of a
Covered Entity. Therefore, if a hospital or nursing home requests that the funeral home enter
into a Business Associate contract, the funeral home should not do so. The only exception
wo uld be if the funeral home was providing services for the hospital. For example, if a funeral
home .ran the morgue at the hospital, it would be a Business Associate. However, in the
overwhelming majority of the cases, funeral homes are not Business Associates and should not
enter into Business Associate contracts with hospitals, nursing homes, doctor offices or other
Covered Entities.
3.
Funeral homes may receive confidential medical information. Under the HIPAA
Privacy Rule, Covered Entities are permitted to make disclosure of confidential patient health
information to funeral homes as necessary for the funeral home to carry out its duties with
respect to the care of a deceased body. Therefore, hospitals could disclose to funeral homes
the presence of a contagious disease or the fact that organ and tissue donations were taken
from the deceased body.
Hospitals and nursing homes may be contacting funeral homes to discuss these
disclosure policies. Certainly, it would be appropriate for funeral homes to participate in the
development of these disclosure policies to insure that the funeral home receives the necessary
information to perform its duties for the decedent while protecting the health and safety of its
staff.
257403. 1
4/6/03
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Franklin county, Virginia
Daniel Rufus Sink and Mary Lydia catheri ne
(Sink) Sink
Deed Book 57 page 298; Deed 5 Dec 1908 Samuel T . Sink ~nd . L':1cy Ida Si~ ,
.
Daniel Ru:fus Sink all of Franklin county, Virgiru.a in co nsidera ti.on
$200 his share as Legatee consistJ.ng of 1/7 part in dower lands of Isabel
Sink: widdow of Read Sink, Dec. said lands lie on the north side of Maggodee
creek in the County of' Franklin adjoining the lands of Benj • H. Layman,
J ames Sink and others and contains i25a ml. Appurtenances •
Samuel T . Sink . Lucy Ida Sink
Benj . fl , Layman, Justice
Acknowledged 5 Dec 1909/ Recorded clerk of court ' s Office 17 Feb 1909
hiSwi£eto
Deed Book 57 page 299: Deed 6 Jan 1909 Josephus c. Sink and Effie L . Sink,
his wife tO°Daniel fl, Sink in consideration $250 convey 1/7 share as legatees
in dower lands of Isabel Sink fonnerly owned by Read Sink, Dec . in County of
Franklin; "on Both sides of Ma.ggodee creek and adjoins the lands of James
Sink, Benj. H. Layman and others and contains 148a as a whole to Daniel R.
Sink With appurtenances .
Josephus c. Sink . Effie L · Sink
Benj . H. Layman, Justice
Acknowledged 6 Jan 1909/ Recorded clerk of court's Office 17 Feb 1909
Deed Book 64 page 595: Deed 25 Oct 1913 William H. McNeil and Lucie A.
McNeil, his wife to Daniel R. Sink in consideration $700 and receipt
acknowledged land "on the east side of Lynchburg and Rocky Mount Turnpike
on Bl~ckwater River and being bounded as fo.llows: "Beginning at a red oak
tree in Lumsden land on Turnpike road thence north east with said road to
Chambers and Al tices corner thence east with their land to Bards line on
road then down sai~ road 30 yards to a rock thence east 100 yards to Henry
Boards and Jac~b Sinks corner at S43 W.56 with a wire fence SJ Wl8 S.59 W 14 N
(WIX re 21)? links , Sl4 W9p to Blackwater river thence up said river as i t
~~~nde: about 300 yards to Lumsdens land, and with said Lumsdens land about
ya s to the beginning containing .50a ml to Daniel R. Sink with
appurtenances.
.
William H. McNeil . Lucie A. McNeil
BenJ. H. Layman, Justiven given Oct 2.5 1 913
Recorded Clerk of Court's Office July 1 , 1916
Book
.
-Deed
- - -65 pages 4 9 - 50 : Whereas suit of Perdue
& Sink pending :in county
Court of Frankl.in Cou t
commissioner. Wherean y, cer~in lands were sold by H. n . Dillard, Special
No. 2. Whereas D R 5 ~ · R. Sink became purchaser of said sale of tract
price of $760 cash • S~nk has ~ransferred his purchase to W. E . Stanley at
of purchase price • .d nley paid H. D. Dillard, Special Conunissioner balance
5
holds against H. W. ~~nkDb R•. Sink being part an offset that D . R. Sink
with interest thereon d Ybway of deed of trust, the entire purchase price
at this time $1120 r~cet;e t y ~id D. R. Sink to Special conunissioner being
been entered ad.mi tting HipD ac nowledged whereas in said suit an order has
to said D. R. Sink or su • h ' Dillard, Special Commissioner to execute deed
said Special Commissione~. person as he might direct, by joining in deed with
Whereas D. R. Sink dir
Stanley, he having
t d d
e~ e
eed to tract purchased be conveyed. to W. E .
pure ased same from said D. fl, Sink and said n. R· Sink
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D. R. Sink
Continued DB 65 pages 49- 50;
having transferred purchase to him . Now this deed 12 September 1916 H. D.
Dillard, Special Commissioner of first part, D. R. Sink and L. M. c. Sink of
second part and W. E . Stanley, of third part.
Consideration swn $5 .00 convey land , " Beginning at points on the creek
marked "a" on plat 862 E22p and 17links to a rock, thence With Bousmans line
N26 E65p and 17 links to a rock near a pine in Sinks line NJ5 W7Jp N84 W.2P
down branch S60 W9p S7J Wl2p to a walnut on creek and down same as it
meanders 106~ to beginning . " Containing 24a. Tract in Frankl-i n County on
waters Maggodee creek about eight miles NE Rocky Mount fully described in
plat hereto attached and made part of deed to W. E . Stanley.
D. fl , Sink . L. M. c . Sink
Beginning at pointers on the creek marked "a " on platt S62 E22p &
17 links to a rock then with Bousmans line N26 E65p & 17 links to
a rock near a Spring in Sinks line NJ5 W7Jp N84 W2p down br anch
S60 W9p S7J Wl2p to a walnut on creek and down same as it
meanders 106p to beginning . containing 24 Acres . J , s. Hale , Surv .
Acknowledged by Beverly Berkeley, Commissioner in C~anceiy,
of Law & Chancery Court, City of Roanoke, Va. Certified 19 Sept 1916
D. R· Sink and L. M. c. Sink
Recorded in Franklin county clerk of court ' s Office September 22, 1916
Deed Book 66 page 58 : Deed Oct 1 1917 D. R· Sink and Lyddia M. c. Sink,
his wife ~W . T . Cook in considera. tion sum $800 cash and acknowledged.,
real estate on the east side of the Lynchburg and Rocky Mount Turnpike on
Blackwater River and bounded," Beginning at a red oak t r ee in Lumsden ' s
land on turnpike and thence north east with said road to Chambers and
Altic ' s corner, thence east With their lands to Board' s line in road, thence
down said :road thirty yards to . a rock then east one hundred ya.nls to Henry
Boards and Jacob Sinks corner S4J W21 with a Wire f'ence SJ Wl8 S9 Wl4 and
21 links Sl.4 W9 to Blackwater River theni up said river as it meanders
about three hundred yards to Lwnsden ' s land and with said Lumsden land
about 600 yards to the beginning ." containing 50a ml .
D. R. Sink. Lydia M. c. Sink
H. D. Dillard, Commissioner, Circourt court certifies D. R· Sink & Lydia
M. c. Sink October 1, 1917
Recorded Clerk of court ' s Office Oct 1, 1917
compiler:
Traced f'acsirnile
Original dated Aug 18, 1916
~
by J . s. Hale, Surv.
Mary Ann Sink Barnes, grandaughter of Daniel Rufus Sink and
Lydia Mary Catherine (Sink) Sink,
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AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCESTRY
Saunders Cemetery, Floyd County
On Rt. 221 S. go past Willis, VA. Turn right on Indian Valley Road. A fte r
approximately 5 miles tum right onto Rocky Hill Road. Proceed 1h n1ile a nd tu rn
right onto gravel farm road, before reaching a brick house. After e n tering th rough
a cattle gate the cemetery is on a hill to the right.
Row 1
Large Stone
Rufus PRICE
1886-1964
Rosie PRICE
1908-1967
E lla PACK
1924- 1965
Wilbert M. PRICE
Pvt. US Army
World War IT
April 28, 1919-March 3, 1997
Unmarked grave
Elsie S. PRICE
1928-1989
Funeral Home Marker
Darlene S. STUART
1954-2005
Funeral Home Marker
Julia A. SAUNDERS
Nov.9 . 1872-Dec.3, 1961
Amos U. SAUNDERS
July 7, 1896-Nov. 1961
Also Funeral Home Marker g ives name as A m os
Ukiah Saunders
Row2
William H. PACK
1953-1954
Funeral Ho1ne Marker
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David SAUNDERS
Funeral Home Marker
1950-1950
Mary Jane wife of
Robeti STIGER
born Dec. 9, 19 18
died April 2 1, 1940
Gone But Not Forgotten
Noriller G. PHILLIPS
1890-1951
Funeral H01ne Marker
Row3
Eul a Francis w ife of
Hampton DOBBINS
born Sept. 4, 19 14
died Jan. 18, 194 1
Gone But Not Forgotten
Charles E. SAUNDERS
V irginia, PVT 37 1 Inv., 93 Div.
June 25, 1919
field stone marker
field stone n1arker
Moses SAUNDERS
Died July 30, 1928
Age 64 years
Gone But Not Forgotten
Noriller PHILLIPS
1892-1961
Sheler PHILLIPS
Virginia, PFC Co. D, 802 Pioneer Inv.
World War I
July 2, 1892
February 27, 1958
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Row4
Samuel E. , son of
M . & R. B. SAUNDERS
Oct. 27, 1884
April 8, 1891
How soon fades the tender flower
Moses SAUNDERS
April 5, 1866
died April 3, 1887
Rosabell SAUNDERS JOHNSON
born Mar. 20, 1853
died Feb. 15, 1941
There is rest in heaven
Houston B ., son of
J.A. and O.M. SAUNDERS
May 28, 1923
June 14, 1925
Gone to be an angel
Large Stone
SAUNDERS
James Avle
1883-1964
Ollie Mae
1893-1984
Rosetta Gladys SAUNDERS
April9, 1921
Dec. 7, 1988
Large Stone
SAUNDERS
Fendell M.
Aug.6, 1918
Jan. 12,2002
Hester W.
June 1, 1919
Jan. 2 1, 2006
Also military marker F en dell M . SAUNDERS
CPL US Army
World War II
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Row 5
Izella M., wife of
Arthur F ARRlS
Dec. 3, 1886
Sept. l 7, I 9 16
She was too good, too gentle and fair
to dwell in thi s cold world of care
Mary B., wife of
S. W. STOVALL
July 23, 1899
Nov. 20, 1920
We trust our Joss wi ll be her gain
and that with Christ she goes to reign
Oscar D. SAUNDERS
Mar. 11 , 1930
Oct. 25, 1969
Blessed are the merciful
Our Son
Leonard R . SAUNDERS
1957- 1957
Transcribed October 2 1, 2006 by John Edmonds and Michael Blankenship
Pinkard Court Family Reunion
On Dec. 16, 2006 from 1 :00 to 4:00 p m the Harrison Museum of African American
Culture will be hosting a Pinkard Court Family Reunion at the Museum. If you or anyone
you know has any connection to the Pinkard Court community please plan to attend
and share your memories with old friends who were more like "family" than friends.
Also invited are those who have memories of Dr. Pinkard. The exhibit Dr. John Henry
Pinkard, African American Legend of the Roanoke Valley continues through
December. We can't bring Pinkard Court back but w e can keep the memories alive.
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
Orphan photos are photos that have somehow lost their families . We' d like to make
the effort to find their families and hopefully reunite them. If someone pictured here
appears on your family tree, please let us know and we' 11 get the photo to you.
Remember, the first request gets the photo ... but maybe the person who gets the photo
will be kind enough to send others a scan. Requests for a photo can be e-mailed to the
editor at: mblankens@yahoo.com.
Real photo postcard identified
as Bobby Jean Broyles, 1937
Real photo postcard identified
as Kinzie Sink
Unidentified photo on the reverse is stamped
People's Studio, 15 E. Campbell Ave., Roanoke, VA.
"Tis a thirty minute picture"
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
Page 173
RAYMOND BARNES' ROANOKE
HISTORY TO BE REPIUNTED
A new edition of Raymond Barnes' huge
A Historyofrhe CityofRoanokewill be published
by the Historical Society of Western Virginia this
fall. This edition will contain two paperback
volumes with the 115-page index compiled by
Betty Low after Barnes' death.
The price for the two volumes will be $75,
postpaid. The history has been out of print and in
demand for many years.
Barnes, a Roanoke lawyer of the old
school, published his 844-page history in 1968.
Beginning with the organization of the Town of
Roanoke in 1882, he wrote of the everyday
happenings ofRoanokers in chapters for each
year until 1940. Although criticized for some
inaccuracies. the book contains an excellent
picture oflife-business, social and government-in
the first half of Roanoke's history. The book is
chock-full of names, as seen in the lengthy index.
Orders should1 be addressed to the
Historical Society of Western Virginia, P. 0. Box
1904, Roanoke, VA 24008.
THE TWELVE DAYS OF A GENEALOGY CHRISTMAS
On the Twelfth day of Christ1nas,
My true love gave to n1e,
Twelve census searches,
Eleven Printer ribbons,
Ten e-mail contacts,
Nine headstone rubbings,
Eight birth and death dates,
Seven town clerks sighing,
Six second cousins,
1
Five coats of arms,
0 .Fnntff9·ffj·ee,
Four GEDCOM files,
O' Ycuni(9 fh·ee
Three old wills,
Two CD-ROMS
And a b·r anch in my family tree.
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
Page 174
Montgomery County Obituaries - Continu ed
D. CAMERON LUCAS
D . Cameron (Cam) LUCAS, 73, died at his home in Blacksburg Monday night. l lc
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel P. LUCAS; a sister, Mrs. J . E. ROBERTS , .
Roanoke; a brother, James A. LUCAS; Blacksburg. Funeral was at 3 p.m. Tuesday
at Blacksburg Methodist Church with burial in West View.
DR. FORD K. LUCAS
Blacksburg:.. Dr. Ford K. LUCAS, 68, died at his home in Blacksburg, Sunday. He is survived
by his wife, Julia B. LUCAS; two sons, Dr. Davis Craig LUCAS of Roanoke, Samuel LUCAS,
Richmond; one brother, Roderick L. LUCAS, Childress; two sisters, Mrs. B ess L. KOONTZ,
Troutville, Mrs. Josephine R. JOHNSON, Chaddsford, Pa. Funeral will be at 2 P·r:1· Tuesday at
the VPI War Memorial Chapel. The body will be at Jones' new Funeral Home unti l 1 p.m.
Tuesday. interment will be at the home Cemetery at Childress. The family requests
memorials to t~e VPJ War Memorial Chapel. (Written on this: May 19 '63)
J. J. LUCAS
Blacksburg- Jolm Jesse LUCAS, 85, died Sunday morning in a Ma1ion hospital. Smviving is a
sister, Mrs. J.E. ROBERTS, Roanoke. Funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at P. D. Oakey Funeral
Home. Burial will be in West View, Blacksburg.
·
L. L. LUCAS
Blacksburg, July 14 (Special) - Funeral services for Lonzo L. LUCAS, 30,.who died Saturday in
Akron, Ohio, will be co.nducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Waitesville, W.Va., church and
interment will be in the church Cemetery. He has several relatives here. (Partial article on the
back: ".. aimed by the Japanese at the ... seizure of Midway island. The Japanese fleet,
approaching in two divisions, turned tail early on the morning of June 4. At that time only
ten Japanese ships had been hit and Amerjcan officers expected ... 11 )
MRS. ROBERT J. LUCAS
Blac~sburg, Oct. 23 - Mrs. Robert J. LUCAS, 87, died at her home here this morning. Sh e is
survi~ed by four daughters, Mrs. Margaret McDONALD, Mrs. Mary Lee EFFINGER, Mrs.
~rru~:R~~, Blacksburg, and Sue TOLER, Roanoke; three sons, Hatcher
W.
LUCAS,
Ma~TR:E
E. LUCAS, Cambria; an~ Dock R. LUCAS, Elliston; one s ister, Mr~. Ollie
:d
O luefield, W.Va.; 19 grandchild~en and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be
2
Fn ay at :3 p.m. at P · D · Oakey Funeral H ome with burial in West View Cemetery.
;:man
ROBERT J. LUCAS
Blacksburg, Oct..18 (S~ecial)-Robert·J. LUCAS, 54, died this morning at his h o me near
Blacksburg. He is survived by hi ·.c
i· UC
. bl LUCAS 11 fM
s WlLe, Mrs. Leia L
AS; three sons, Harman, H atchet and
Rib e M DO~A~D ontgomery county; and four daughters, Miss Sue LUCAS, Mrs.
Margaret c
'Mrs. Mary Lee EFFINGER, and Mrs. Lannie BROWN all of
Montgomery county. Funeral servi~es will be conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. a~ the home by
Rev. RICHARDSON. Interment will be in West View Cemetery.
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Page 175
Montgomery County Obituaries - Continued
SAMUELLYBROOK
Blacksburg, March 27 - Samuel LYBROOK, 83, died this afternoon here. Surviving are one
nephew and two ni eces. Funeral will be Monday at 4:30 p.m. from the P. D. Oakey Funeral
Home here. Buria l w ill be in the Barger Cemetery.
C HARLES E. MARTfN
Blacksburg - C ha rl es Edgar MARTfN, 55, died Tuesday in a Roanoke hospital. Surviving are
his wife, Lema HUNTER MARTfN; a foster son, Wesley SARVER, Joplin, Mo.; two sisters,
Mrs. Cebert HALE, Mrs. Bruce HELTON, Pulaski; two brothers, Douglas MARTIN, Pulaski,
Frank MARTIN , B lacksburg. The funeral wi ll be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hoy Funeral Home
with burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens. (Written on this: Dec 15 1966)
CHARLES S. M ARTIN
Blacksburg, June 7 - C harles S. MARTIN, 85, died this morning at his home here. Funeral
services will be held F1i <lay at 3 p.m. at the home with burial in West View Cemetery.
G. LOGAN MARTIN
G. Logan MART IN, 73, retired merchant, died Tuesday morning at his home in Blacksburg.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Emma L. OAKEY MARTIN; a son, Oakey MARTIN,
Blacksburg; and a brothe r, C. T. MARTIN, Blacksburg. Funeral services wi ll be conducted at
Oakey's chapel, Roano ke, at 2 p.m. today by the Rev. F. M. Richardson, of Blacksburg.
lntenn ent will be in East Hill, Salem.
MRS. LILLIAN H UNTER MARTCN
Blacksburg, Feb. 23 - Mrs. Lilliar1 H UNTER MARTIN, 59, died thi s morning. Surviving are her
husband, E. L. MARTIN, Blacksburg; her mother, Mrs. J. L. H UNT ER, Blacksburg; two sisters.
Mrs . Molly STEVE RS, Mrs. Helen ODHAM, both of Blacksburg; three brothers, Han-y
HUNTER, Elsie HUNTER, both of Blacksburg; William HUNTER, Roanoke. Funeral services
will be held W ednesday at 2 p.m. at the Lutheran Church. lntennent will be in West View
C emetery.
HOBARTJ. MATHERLY
Blacksburg - Hobart J. MATHERLY, 63, died at his home Monday. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Katherine POWELL MATHERLY; a sister, Mrs. Susie KEITH, Roanoke; a brother, Jahue
W . MATHERLY, Blacksburg. Funeral will be today at 2 p.m. at P. D. Oakey Funeral Home
with burial in W est View Cemetery. (Written on this: Feb 29 1960)
L. W". McCLANAHAN
New Castle - Linwood William McCLANAHAN, 46, died here F1iday. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs . Elizabeth Mae McC LANAHAN; one daughter, Miss Wanda Lee McCLANAHAN, New
Castle; one brother, Bennett McCLANAHAN, Lorain, Ohfo; three sisters, Mrs. Carl WRIGHT,
Newport News, Miss Helen McCLANAHAN, Roanoke, and Mrs. Lillian DOSS, New Castle.
The body will rema in at Boitnott Funeral Home pending aITangements.
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Montgomery County Obituaries - Continued
FRANK L. McCOY
.
.
sbur Aug. 21 - Frank L. McCOY, 72, di ed this m orning at his home in Blacksburg .
B lac~ · ;.e bis widow Mrs Fannie SNODGRASS McCOY, B lacksburg; one son, Leo n
urvivmg
'
·
· b
·u
d Mrs Sam P
M COY Blacksburg; two daughters, Mrs. P. M. CAR.PER, Tim erv1 e, an
··
·
c~NRAD, Harrisonburg; two sisters, Mrs. G. S. ALBERT and Mrs ..J. W . S IFFORD , ? o th ..of
McCOY; one brother, G. S. McCOY, of McCOY; and three grandchild r~n. F~neral will. be
conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Oakey Funeral Home here. Burial will be 111 West View
Cemetery.
5
HARRY M. McCOY
Blacksburg, June 12 (Special) - Harry M. McCOY, of Blacksburg, died th~s aftemoo~ nt a
Christiansburg hospital. Among the survivors is a sister, Mrs. F. R. POR1 ER, Jr. , ~t R oanoke.
(Part of an article on the back: "The United States has paid with the loss of the Lexi ngt~n a nd b y
heavy damage to another carrier off Midway. These represent a third of the large Amen ca n
naval carriers in service at the start. The obsolete Langley, lost near Java, was a te nd er.··")
HARRY M. McCOY
Blacksburg, June 13 (Special) - Harry M. McCOY, 28, of Blacksburg, di ed in the Christi ansburg
hospital last evening. The funeral services will b e held at the P. D. Oakey Funeral Home here
Sunday at 4 p.m. and interment will be in West View Cemetery. Surviving arc two s isters,
including Mrs. Rodney PORTER of Roanoke, and a brother.
MRS. ISABEL 0 . McMAHAN
Blacksburg, April 19 (Special) - Mrs. Isabel OLIVER McMAHAN, 73, died at h er ho me near
Blacksburg this morning. Funeral will be conducted at the home Thursday morning at l 0 o'clock
by the Rev. Ed RICHARDSON. Burial will be in the family Cemetery. (Part of an article on the
back:" ... leaders anticipate it would strengthen the president's hadn and pave the way for a strong
message to Congress. Such a message might be a demand that Congress carry out promptly u
policy "short of war" but stronger than words to curb "aggressor" nations - a policy s uch as Mr.
Roosevelt talked about last January. The White House has taken no direct part. .. .")
PEARLIE E. McMAHAN
Blacksburg, Aug. 12 - Pearlie E. McMAHAN, 67, died Sunday at his home near here. Surviving
are two sons, Claude McMAHAN, Greensboro, N.C.; Otey McMAHAN, Gainesville, Fla.; two
dau~ters, Mrs. C. S. ARNOLD, Mrs. Lloyd YOUNG, both of Portsmouth; three brothers J ake,
Whitey and Marshall McMAHAN, all of Blacksburg; and four grandchildren. Fune ral wi ll be
Tuesday at 4 p.m. at P. D. Oakey Funeral Home. Burial will be in West View Cemetery.
WILLIAM C. (JAKE) McMAHAN
William C. (Jake) McMAHAN, 53, died Saturday in a Radford hospital. Surviving are his w ife,
Mrs. Gretta DAVIS McMAHAN; a son, lrvin C. McMAHAN, and a daughter, Mrs. De nny M .
JONES, both ?fBlacksburg; two brothers, M. E. and c. w. McMAHAN, both of Blacksburg;
and a grandchild. Funeral was Monday at 2 p.m. at Davis Memorial Chapel. Burial was in West
View Cemetery.
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STANELY GORDON MEREDITH
- Stanley Gordon MEREDITH, 27, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1972,
ma Radford hospital. Survivi ng are his wife, Joyce DUNCAN MEREDITH; a daughter, Lorrie
Ann MEREDITH, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. MEREDITH, Pembroke; four
brothers, Charles R. MEREDITH, Elmhurst~ Ill., Eli Arthur M EREDITH, Norfolk, Donald
Martin MEREDITH, Baltimore, Md., Tommy Lee MEREDITH, Radford; four sisters, Mrs.
Sadie W ILLIAMS, Pembroke, Mrs. Clara M. DUNCAN, Blacksburg, Mrs. Min Rose ROOP
Bristo l, T enn., Mrs. Aleta Jo LEWIS, Arlington Heights, Ill. The funeral was held Friday, D~c.
29, at Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church, Hoges Chapel, with burial in the church
Cemetery. Williams-Jam ison Funeral Home, Pembroke, handled arrangements.
~lacksburg
MRS. OLLIE J . MILLER
Christiansburg, A ug. 3 - Mrs. Ollie Jane MILLER, 80, died this morning in a Radford hospital.
Surviving are a son, Charli e MILLER, Christi ansburg; a sister, Mrs. Lillie HOCKODAY,
Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers, W illie DUNCAN , Troutville; and Leander DUNCAN,
Clu·istiansburg. Funeral wi ll be Monday at 2 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg.
JAMES A. MOORE
James Amos MORRE, 70, died Monday afternoon at his home at Bradshaw, Roanoke county,
runeral services were held yesterd ay at Moore's chapel at 3:00 p.m. by E. P. HADLEY.
Interment was in the church Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Pemie B. MOORE; a son,
Neal, both ~f Bradshaw; a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle LUCAS of Blacksburg; five brothers, C. F.
MOORE of Roanoke, J. A. MOORE of lronto, Jacob MOORE of Bradshaw, Harvey MOORE
of Ashton W. Va., and Tom MOORE of Urbanna, Ill.; two half-brothers and a half-sister, George
MOORE of Winston-Salem and Bryan MOORE of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Jack ALLEN of
Fincastle.
BOSE L. MOR EH EAD
Blacksburg, Feb. 3 - Bose L. MOREHEAD, 70, died in a Christiansburg hospital this morning.
Survi ving are his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae DAVIS MOREHEAD; two sons, Lloyd T. MOREHEAD,
McCoy, and J . 0 .. MOREHEAD, Blacksburg; three daughters, Mrs. Burton HANEY,
Blacksburg; Mrs. Houston PERDUE, Cambria, and Mrs. Lyman JEFFREYS, Evanston, Ill. ~ two
brothers, Ed MOREH EA D, Blacksburg, and A. P. MOREHEAD, Salem ; four sisters, Mrs. S. C.
WEDDLE, Mrs. C. P. PRICE and Mrs. Charles LOVERN, all of Blacksburg, and Mrs. Cline
WHITLOCK, Roanoke; 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral will be Tuesday
at 2:30 p.m. at P. D. Oal<ey Funeral Home. Burial will be in West View Cemetery.
JOHNNEWLEE
Blacksburg, Sept. 1 - Funeral services for John Newlee, about 70, who died Thursday in
Blacksburg, w ill be held at Oakey's chapel here Saturday afternoon. Burial will be in West View
Cemetery. Survivors include a sister, Miss Virginia NEWLEE of Roanoke.
CALEY E. NOLEN
Blacksburg, Jan . 29 - Caley E. NOLEN, 49, died this morning at his home here. He is survived
by his wi fe, Mrs. Grace SARVER NOLEN ; fo ur sons, Alvin NOLEN, Clarence NOLEN, Gale
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NOLEN, LeRoy NOLEN, Blacksburg; four daughters, Ethel NOLEN, Dorothy NOLEN, f\/lary
NOLEN, Margaret NOLEN, Blacksburg; six brothers, Milton NOLEN, Cambria; Ophus
NOLEN, Thalus NOLEN, Blacksburg; Elmer NOLEN, St. Paul, Jnd .; Lester NO LEN, Leo na rd
N OLEN, Roanoke; two sisters, Mrs. Tillie PRICE, Blacksburg; Mrs. E lo ui se BOURN E,
Washington, D.C. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in P. D . Oakey Funeral Ho m e with
burial in Belmont Cemetery.
DANIELP. NUNN
Blacksburg, Oct. 25 - Daniel Preston NUNN, 75, died last night in a C hris ti a nsbur g hospita l. H e
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella DALTON NUNN; four daughters, Mrs. Bessie BLAND,
Charlottseville; Mrs. Gertrude HALE, Blacksburg; Mrs. Gladys HOWERY, Camb1;a; Mrs. lrenc
STEIN, Fredericksburg; 20 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. Services will be he ld at 2:30
p.m. Sunday in Montgomery Primitive Baptist Church with burial in W est View Cemetery.
MRS. PEARL J. O'BRIEN
Blacksburg - Mrs. Pearl Jones O'BRIEN, 62, d ied at her home Monday. S urviving are he r
husband, Ray O'BRIEN; three foster sons, Emmett Carl HUNGATE, Blacksburg, Henry R .
JONES Jr., Hampton, and Jesse L. JONES, Newport News; a brother, Dri es M . JON ES,
Blacksburg; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral will be at 2 p.m . Wednesday at Hoy
F~neral C:hapel by the Rev. Odo KRETLOW , with burial in W est View Cemetery. The body
will remam at the funeral home. (Written on this: April 7th 1963)
DAYID OLIVER
~=burg, Sept. 18 (Special)- David LeRoy OLIVE~, 25, so~ of ~ile~ and ~~s. Irene
b . f. ER OLIVER of Blacksburg, died late Monday mght at a hospital m Christiansburg after a
~e illness. Services were held today at the O akey funeral home and burial was in W est View.
~ OLfVER, who was a sergeant in the Blacksburg national guard, is s urvived by his parents
an_dseveral brothers and sisters. (Part of an article on the back: "Further heavy destru ction was
:alri tdo hhave been done to strategic German railroad yards, junctions and s upply depots "whic h
ea Y ave taken s
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AdolfH·l
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ter s invasion fleet," gave way today to brilliant sunshine and moderate seas.")
MRS. J. WILEY OLIVER
Blacksburg Oct 3 1 Mr
.
her husband: fi · - s. Wiley OLIVER, 67, died today at her home here. S he is s urvi ved by
Tex. Sgt Th, our sons: J . Duval OLIVER McKees Rock, Pa.; Sgt. W esley E. OLIVER, Killeen
. OSTR
omasR. OLIVER, C amp Lejeune,
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Mrs.., Violet
. ., Sgt · J · J · OLIVER , F t. L ee,· fiive daughters:,
Sall y GORDON COS'!<'(, Boston, Mass.; Mrs . Rebecca Rl~KETTS, Anchorage, Alas ka; Mrs .
sisters: Mrs. J.
~stiansburg; Mrs. Doris WEDDLE, Miss Irene OLIVER, Blacksburg; two
CAMPER R0 b rt. AND Sr. , Mrs. W. A BANDY, Blacksburg; three brothers: Clyde E.
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and one great-grandchild
. , a~ksburg; Leroy
, .ampa, Fla. ; 2 1 grandch~ldren
Home with burial in W · S~rvices will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday m the P. D . Oakey Funeral
est View Cemetery.
W
J. WfLEY OLIVER
Blacksburg - J. Wiley OLIVER, 73 , d.1ed here Saturday. surv1·v111g
· are h..ts wt·fie, M rs. N a nnie·
HALE OLIVER, Blacksburg; four daughters, Mrs. John P. GORDON, C hti s tiansburg, Mrs. Dan
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SH ELLEY, Jacksonvi lle, N.C., Mrs. Dan OSTROSKY, Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Everette
RICKETTS, Pakistan: four sons, Thomas OLIVER and J. J. OLIVER, both of Petersburg, J. D.
OLIVER, McKees Rock, Pa., and W. E. OLIVER, Ki leen, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Blanche
HILTON , Shinnston, W. Va., Mrs. Rachael VAUG HT, Princeton, W. Ya., and Mrs. Retta
MONGER, Norfolk: a brother, Mason OLIVER, Rochester, N.Y. Funeral will be at 2 p.m.
Monday at the new Jones Funeral Chapel, with burial in West View Cemetery. The body is
at the old Jo nes Chapel, 110 Church St., Blacksburg. (Written on this: April 20, 63)
JAMES (CHECK) OLIVER
Blacksburg - James (Check) OLIVER, 81, died in a Christiansburg nursing home Friday night.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Victoria CLARK, Salem; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Percy
ALLS, Mrs. Kirk PERDUE and Mrs. Bernard BROWN, all of Blacksburg; four stepsons, Willie
DOVE, Leslie DOVE, Jolm DOVE, all of Blacksburg, and Walter DOVE, Princeton, W. Va.;
two half brothers, Marshall McMAHAN and Whitey McMAHAN, both of Blacksburg. Funeral
w ill be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Jones Funeral Home with burial in West View Cemetery.
JOHN OLIVER
John OLIVER, 66, of Blacksburg, died Saturday morning at Dublin. Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Elsie OLIVER, two sons and a daughter: Russell OLIVER, Winchester; Byron OLIVER,
Charlottesville; Mrs. V illet BLACKBU RN, Norfolk; and two sisters: Mrs. J. W. ROBERTSON
and Mrs. Ollie WOOLRIDGE, Roanoke. funeral services will be conducted at Lotz Funeral
Home at 2 p.rn. Monday by the Rev. John T. COBURN and the Rev. B. A. JENKINS. Interment
will be in Fairview.
MRS. JOHN CA LVIN OLIVER
Elsie TYLER OLIVER, 68, of 8 14 Rorer Ave., SW died Friday in a Roanoke hospital. A retired
practical nurse, she was the widow of John Calvin OLIVER. Surviving are two brothers, James
Lewis TYLER, Montvale, Wiley Gordon TYLER, Roanoke. The funeral will be Monday at 2
p.m. at Lotz C hapel, Roanoke, with burial in Fnir View. (Written on this: May 28 71)
MRS. LULA V. OLIVER
Blacksburg, Oct. 29 - Mrs. Lula Virginia OLIVER, 56, died Thursday afternoon at her home
here after a brief illness. Surviving are her husband, one son, and two brothers, F. D. and W. M.
EPPERLY, both of Roanoke. The funeral wi ll be held at the home at 3 p.m. Sunday. Burial will
be in West V iew.
MRS. DELLA DOVE
Mrs. Della DOVE, 46, d ied at her home near Dry Run Wednesday morning. Funeral services
were conducted at the Blacksburg Methodist church Thursday at 2 o'clock by Rev. J. A.
JOHNSON. Interment was in West View Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, John
DOVE, and two sons, Marshall and Fred, five daughters, Caudine, Hazel, Blanche, Ruby and
Jaunita Doss, all of Montgomery county; her mother, Mrs. J.B. DOSS, five brothers, Mason
DOSS, Roanoke; Ward DOSS, B1istol; Park, Clyde and Wade DOSS of Blacksburg; four sisters,
Mrs. A. M. PERDUE, Mrs. Mary BANDY, Mrs. M. K. WHITICAR, Mrs, G. W. REGAN, all of
Blacksburg. (1 know this is out of alphabetical order - it was on the same page as Miss Rosa L.
Oliver, below.)
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MISS ROSA L. OLIVER
Miss Rosa Lee OLIVER, 58, died Tuesday, April 11 , in a Roanoke hospital. Funeral services
were conducted from the Blacksburg Methodist church at 4 p.m. by Rev. J. A. JOHNSON.
Interment was in West View Cemetery. She is survived by three brothers, W. H. OLIVE R,
Wheeling, W. Va., C. E. OLIVER, Bluefield, W. Va., F. C. OLIVER, Blacksburg; two sisters,
Mrs. Lucy GUMM, Blacksburg, and Mrs. Betty ALLEN, Akron, 0.
MRS. JENNIE G. MOREHEAD
Blacksburg, April 5 (Special) - Mrs. Jennie GIBBS MOREH.E AD died yesterday on her 74th
birthday anniversary at her home near here. Services wi ll be held at Lusters Gate church
Saturday at 2 p.m., with interment in west View Cemetery. (I know thi s is out of alphabe tical
order - it was on the same page as S. Jackson Oliver, below. See that obit uary for clue to date.)
S. JACKSON OLIVER
N~wport, _April 5 (Special) - S. Jackson OLIVER, 78, widely-known Craig county farmer, di ed
this mommg at his home near Maywood. Funeral services w ill be held at the home S unday
afternoon at 1 p.m. with burial in Ross Cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Minor OLIVER,
Newport, and Dr. Oren OLIVER, Nashville, Te1U1. (Part of an article on the back of thi s: "Peace
Hopes Dead The only certain conclusion appears to be that any faint, surviving flicker of earl y
peace hopes has been verbally bombed to death. Against the background of that belligerent
broadcast cross-fire, President Roosevelt's recent estimate of the present situation as affordin g
"scant" h
h
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ope peac seems optimistic. The trio of belligerent spokesmen revealed none at a ll.
~n
the_co~trary, they exchanged pledges of war-to-the-death and claims that victory was in s ight
1or their s1des ... ")
DIES IN ARIZONA
PRIVATE W. T. OLfVER
Word has been received i Bl k
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n ac_ sburg of the death Thursday ma Phoemx, Anzona, hospital of
Mrs. J.C. ~~~VE· ~VER, with the Cif!llY air corps stationed at Luke Field. Son of Mr. and
high school H R, Blacksburg and Charlottesville, Private OLIVER attended Blacksburg
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Well known. ( e_wttas h years ?ld and for the past several years had been working in Richmond .
wn en t at way th
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in e paper) in the B lacksburg section, e en tste m the air corps
brother, Byron~L~~d had not been home since that time. He is also_survived by a halfNorfolk Ca s fhis d ' of Charlottesville, and a half-s ister, Mrs. Denrus BRADSHAW, of
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Blacksburg Lutheran church as given as blood disease. He had ong een a r:ie~ber of the .
by a picture ofh. ·
. · Funeral arrangements have not been m ade. (This is accompani ed
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on the b ac k : "N ew C astJe, M arc11 7 (S pec1a
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was appropriated fore thOard of
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m .the_Iunch room at M aywoo d h1·gh sch oo,
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MRS. GORDON C. OTEY
Blacksburg- Laura Ann HAMLIN OTEY, 101 , widow of Gordon C loyd OTEY, di ed
Wednesday at the ~ome of a son, G. C. OTEY, Blacksburg. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs.
Molly HEMP, Covmgton, Mrs. Etta V. HENDERSON, Mrs. Florence SNIDER, Ch1i stiansburg,
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Mrs. Bess M cMA f IAN. Portsmouth, Mrs. Minnie HURT, Blacksburg; another son, Lester E.
S HA VER , Blacksburg; a brother. J. T. HAMLfN, Christiansburg. Hoy Funeral Home is
handling arrangements.
MRS. GORDON C. OTEY
Blacksburg -The funeral for Laura Ann HAMLIN OTEY, 101, widow of Gordon Cloyd OTEY,
will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Hoy Funeral Chapel with burial in Jennelle Cemetery, near
Christiansburg. (Written o n th is: Mar 8 J972)
MRS. LUCILLE C. OVERSTREET
Mrs. Lucille CRAIG OVERSTREET. formerly of Roanoke, died \Vednesday in a Danville
hospital. Mrs . OVERSTREET moved to Danville from Roanoke about six months ago. She was
a member of St. Mark's Lutheran C hurch and a fonner staff nurse for the Red Cross regional
b lood center. Surviving are her husband, Lawrence W. OVERSTREET, her mother, Mrs.
Melvina C. CRA IG, B lacksburg; three sisters, Mrs. William P. DAVIS and Mrs. E. Herbert
RYAN, both of Blacksb urg, and Mrs. Thomas PATSEL, Roanoke. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m.
Friday at Lotz, conducted by the Rev. J.E. STOCKM AN. Burial will be in Evergreen.
Pallbeare rs w ill be J . W. CLINGENPEEL, R . N. SIBOLD, O.P. SCH ILLING, V. A. ANGELL,
GEORGE P. HAS H AN D HARRY G. AN D ERSON.
MRS. ERVIN P. PASCOE
Blacksburg - Louise Ruth PASCOE, 69, wife of Ervin P. PASCOE, died Tuesday in a Marion
hospital. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Stella CLIEIT, Draper, Mrs. Mary KLOPFER,
Port Charlotte, F la. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Ri chardson Funeral Chapel,
Christiansburg, with bu rial in Sunset Cemete1y.
C HARLES PE RD UE
Blacksburg, J une 24 (Specia l) - Charles PERDUE, 69, died Wednesday ni ght at hi s home here.
Survi ving are h is wifo, b efore thei r marriage Miss Maggie LUCAS, of Montgomery county; one
daughter, Mrs. J runes Bell WALL; and three sons, Alfred, Kirk and Edward PERDUE, all of
B lacksburg. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church Friday at 2 :30 p.m .,
conducted by the R ev. J. A. JOHNSON, assisted by the Rev. Lee C. SHEPPARD, and bmial will
b e in West V iew.
MRS. MAGG IE L. PERDUE
B lacksbu rg, Sept. 18 (S pecial) - Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie LUCAS PERDUE, 73, w ho
died yesterday in a Roanoke hospita l, will be h eld at the Blacksburg Methodist church at 2:30
p .m. Fti day with intennent in West View Cemetery. Surviving are three sons, one daughter and
a s ister, Mrs. J. E. ROBERTS of Roanoke.
MRS. L UC Y PERRIN
Mrs. L ucy McCONKEY PE RRlN , 51, of 2 15 Day Ave .. S. W ., died F1iday morning in
a Roanok e hospita l. S urvi vi ng are tlu·ee sons: Jolm K. PERRIN, U. S. Atmy, Korea; Patrick P.
PERRIN , Roan oke; a sister and two brothers~ Mrs. Mattie M. TRUC KS, Roanoke~ Samuel
M cCONKEY, T a rboro, N. C.~ George G. M cCONKEY, Huntington, W. Va.; and 10
grand children. The bod y wi ll lie at Oakey's pending funeral plans.
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MONTGOMERY SHERIFF IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
Christiansburg, Nov. 13 - William PLUNKETI, 59, Montgomery sheriff, died this afternoon in a
Roanoke hospital where he was brought Saturday following a heart attack. Sheriff PLUNKETI
was a life-long resident of Montgomery county and took office January 1 of this year. H e also
served as deputy county commissioner for a number of years. Surviving are his widow, Ella
Bruce PLUNKETT, three daughters, Mrs. Harry A. WALL, Sunflower, Kan.; Mrs. Walter H.
WHITEHEAD, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Mrs. C.R. BROWN, Rapid City, S.D.
MRS. AGNES HOWE PRICE
Blacksburg, Oct. 14 (Special) - Mrs. Agnes HOWE PRICE, 70, died Sunday eve~in g at th~ home
of her son, H. R. PRICE, near Blacksburg. Services will be conducted from Dav~s Mei:nonal
Chapel in the Luster's Gate conununity Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be m West
View.
BUD H. PRICE
Blacksburg- Bud H. PRICE, 77, died Saturday in a Radford nursing home. He is survived by
four sons, Roy S. PRICE, Princeton, W. Va., Minor E. PRICE, Catawba, Oliph 0. PRICE,
Blacksburg, Bud M. PRICE, Townsen~ Del. ; four daughters, Mrs. Ri ta CALDWELL,
Bl~c~burg, Mrs. Lee SONGER, Cambria, Mrs. Geneva ROSE, Mrs. Louise CURREY,
Wi~mgton, Del.; a sister, Mrs. Ress SNYDER, Blacksburg; three brothers, Frank PRICE,
Peansbur~, Jess PRICE, Bluefield W. Va., Miller PRICE, Blacksburg and 22 grandchildren.
Funeral will be a~ 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Blacksburg Baptist Church by the Rev. R. T ·
HOWER~ON w1th b~rial in Roselawn Memory Garden. The body will remain at Jones Funeral
Home until 9:30 a.m.
CHRISTOPHER GLEN PRICE
BFJ~dcks~urgR- Christopher Glen PRICE year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Howard PRICE, di ed
n ay tn a · adford h
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grandpare t Mr
ospi a· A1so surviving are a sister, Debra Ann PRICE, at home; his
The funer:l ~ill a~d Mrs. G. L. PRICE, Blacksburg, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. ATKfNS, Pemb~·oke.
Gardens.
e aturday at 4 p.m. Hoy Funeral Chapel with burial in Roselawn Memonal
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DANIEL B. PRICE
Blacksburg, Jan. 9 (S e . l)
an automobile accide~t ~:~Funeral services for Daniel Bi~dle PRICE, 49, who was killed in
Luther Memorial ch h B day afternoon at Cleveland, Oh10, were held Tuesday afternoon at
ZIPPERER, pastor ~;~h; c~:ksburg. Burial was in West View Cemetery. Rev. D. W.
Mr. and Mrs Christo h PR ch, conducted the services. Mr. PRICE was the son of the later
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sisters: Dr. Leonard O. PRICo~ several years. He is survived by the following brothers and
Hattie Sue PRICE, all ofBlacks~uy, George and Lee P_RICE, Mrs. Byron SLUSSER and Miss
urg. He also leaves his stepmother, Mrs. Lucy PRICE.
MRS. EDWIN M. PRICE
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are her husband Edwi M PRl .·PRICE, 60, d1~d at her home h ere this mommg. Surv iving
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PRICE, Tallahnssce, Fla .; n daughte r, Mrs. Alene BISHOP, Pascagoula, Miss. The body is at P.
D. Oakey Funeral Home, 8 l ncksburg.
MRS. EDWlN M. PRI CE
~hri sti ansburg - Ruth l Inlc PRICE, 58, of Rt. 4, Cluistiansburg, died Monday morning, Aug. 21,
m a M ontgom e ry Co unt y hospita l. She was the wife of Edwin M. PRICE. Also surviving are
two daught ers, Mrs. Virg il T. HAN co*ck Jr. , Mrs. Evelyn TROGDON, Riclunond; two sons,
Ja mes R. HAWLEY, Ri c hmond. Bill M. HAWLEY, Annandale; a step-daughter, Mrs. Alene
B ISHOP, Sale m ; two s te p-so ns, Lewis PRICE, Blacksburg, Haven PRICE, U.S. Air Force; four
s isters, Mrs. C lara KANODE, Mrs. P earl EAST, Mrs. Pauline ALLS, all of Blacksburg, Mrs.
Leona FAW, Winston-Salem , N.C.; seven brothers, Claude HALE, Hampton, Howard HALE,
Warren H A LE, William HALE, Garl and HALE, Carlye SITES, all of Blacksburg, Clifford
HA L E, Wi nston-Salem, N.C.; and nine grandchildren. The funeral was 2:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 23 , at S lusser's Chapel C hurch of God, Blacksburg, with burial in Roselawn Memorial
Gardens. The R ev. Fo ITcst SHAFF ER conducted the services. Richardson Funeral Home, Inc.,
handled the funeral an-angem e nts_
GEORG E M . PRICE
Blacksburg, Feb. 22 - George M. PRICE, 75, died Friday in a Christiansburg hospital. He is
survi ved by two sons, G eo rge M. PR ICE Jr. , C. Lewis PRICE, Baltimore, Md.~ seven daughters,
Mrs. C . L. WILLS, Newport News; Mrs. T. W. WRIGHT, Martinsville; Mrs. W.R. HARVEY,
Norfo lk; Mrs. 0. N. GRISSOM, Hyatts ville, Md.; Mrs. J. 0. HOBBS, Washington, D. C.; Mrs.
D. C. LUCAS, Miss L uc ill e PRICE, Blacksburg; a brother, Guy L. PRICE, Blacksburg; a sister,
Mrs. B yron G. SLUSHER, St. Petersburg, Fla.; a half sister, Mrs. Earl JOYNER, Newport News;
a h alf brother, Lee R. PRICE, Blacksburg and eight grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30
p.rn. Sunday in Luther M e m o1ia l Lutheran Church with burial in West View Cemetery. The
body w ill rem a in a t P . D . Oakey Funeral Home until 1:30 p.m.
HUGH P. PRICE
Blacksburg, Oct. 11 - Hugh P. PRICE, 67, died today. Surviving are four brothers, Joe B., Pete
P. and Sidney R. PRICE, all of Blacksburg; Sam PRICE, Roanoke; two sisters, Miss Bessie
PRICE, Blacksburg; Mrs. Anderson RUTLEDGE, Blacksburg. Graveside services will be at 4
p .m. Friday in West Vie w Cem etery.
JOE B. PRICE
Blacksburg, Nov. 11 - Joe B. PRICE, 8 1, died toni ght in a Radford hospital. Associated with the
Virginia Tech Athletic Assn . For more than 30 years, he is survived by three sons, Leon R.
PRICE, Madiso~ NC.; G. C . PRICE, Hillsville; William B. PRICE, Roanoke; a daughter, Mrs.
Edgar L. HAWKINS Jr., Blacksburg; two sisters, Mrs. Anderson RUTLEDGE, Mrs_ Bessie
PRICE, Blacksburg; tlu-ee brothers, Sidney O. PRICE, Pete P. PRICE, Blacksburg; Samuel R.
PRICE, Roanoke; and six grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the Blacksburg B aptist C hurch w ith burial in West View Cemetery. The body will be taken to
the church fro m the P. D . O akey Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m.
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Botetourt County Death Records - Continued
GREADILL see GRAYBILL
GREEN see Henry CARTMILL , Jane WOODS
GREEN , Edward - d by Aug 1819 (order) - Ref WB C p220, appra isal
GREEN, George - d by l l Aug .17 84 - Ref WB A p215, 229, divis ion - Heirs :
Thomas McCLANAHAN, John REBURN, John GREEN, Janet GREEN - on 11 Aug 1784
o rphan, Jean, aged under 14 - 27 Aug 1782 John RAEBURN md Elizabeth GREEN
GREENWOOD,
Wife Jane ;
Elizabeth,
- Exr Jane
William - d by Oct 1812 - Ref WB B p31 4, wil l da t ed 20 Apr 1812 Ch Robert, Margaret, Jane, Mary, Elizabeth - on 11 Apr 1815 orphan
age over 14 - on 1 2 Sep 1815 orphans Robert, Jane & Polly under 14
GREENWOOD
GREER see William GRAHAM, Richard BANDY, Charlotte GREER
~ARNER
GREGOR see GROGAN
GREGOR, Christiane - d by Jan 1 809 - Ref WB B p209 , Oral will dated 13 Oct
1808 - Rela t i ves: Gch: Rebecca GREGOR, Jobn GREGOR - Exr John BILBRO
GREGOR, John
Christine
- d by Dec 1803 - Ref WB B p48, will dat ed 26 Oct 1803 - wife
GRIFFIN, John - b ca 1831 Ohio - d 1 Oct 1856 - cd drowned -rep by f - i -1
John J PAMPLIN
GRIFFITH see John Gabriel JONES
GRIFFITH, Charles - b 6 May 1 862 Fkln Co - d 25 July 1912 - buried Bethesda
Cem - cd drop sy
GRIM see Rebecca J BORN, Peter AUSTIN, William M HORN, female RUCKER , Mary
Ellen SMITH
GRIM, Georgianna - b 22 Apr 1851 - d 17 Oct 1940 - 2nd w/o W B GRIM - grave
Mt Union Cem
GRIM, Hannah F - b 1840 - d 1 885 - 1st w/o W B GRIM - gr ave Mt Union Cem
GRIM, Peter - d 29 Apr 1847 - grave Mt Union Cem
GRIM, W B - b 30 Apr 1847 - d 28 Nov 1927 - hus of #1 Hannah F (WHITE), #2
Georgianna - g r ave Mt Union Cem
GRIST see CRIST
GRIST, John - d by 13 Sep 17 91 - Ref WB A p304 , Appraisal & Admr bond - Admr
Samu el GRIST
GRISTO see Te na A KESSLER
GRITTON see Samue l REED
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GROGAN see GREGOR
GROSS see Nicholas HIPES, Walter COOK, Susannah OBENSHAIN, Priscilla THOMPSON
GROSS, G W - b 10 May 1813 - d 19 Apr 1883 - h/o Martha A GROSS - grave Mt
Union Cem
GROSS, Jacob - d by Dec 1804 - Ref WB B p80, 150, appraisal & settlement Admr Magdalin GROSS
GROSS, John - d by 14 Apr 1845 (dau called an orphan) - dau Lucinda (over 14)
GROSS, Martha A - d 29 Aug 1832 - d 28 Dec 1882 - w/o G W GROSS - grave Mt
Union Cem
GROSS, Martin - d by Sep 1794 - Ref WB A p373, 464, appraisal & division wife Margaret - On 12 Nov 1795 orphan Jonathan (under 14), on 12 Dec 1797
orphans Coonrod & Rebecca (under 14)
GROSS, Priscilla - b 14 Nov 1831 - d 12 Apr 1887 - w/o Thomas GROSS (18261914) - Ref Lemontown gravestone
GROfSSG, Thomas - b 29 Nov 1826 Bed Co - d 17 Sep marked out (or 12 Apr) 1914
-_ buri
eor
dge GROSS (b bed Co) - m Johana (GROSS marked out) ( McCOY) (b Bed Co)
lBB?)]e- Lemontown Cem - cd killed by mail train - [h/o Priscilla GROSS (1831.
Ref Death Certificate; Lemontown gravestone; Inquest papers]
GRUliBS see George Boyd 'WYMER
GRUliBS, Mal· .
Co) _
issie A - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 13 May 1914 - f Jacob WYMER (b Bot
'
m Patsey (W'IMER) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood Cem - cd apoplexy
GUESS, Thomas - d by 14 A
pr 1808 (sons called orphans) - sons William & Thomas
GUGGENllEIMER see Isabella
JOSEPH
GUGGENllEIMER S 1
'
o omon - b
Benry GUGGENBEIMER
_
ca Mar 1857 Bot Co - d 2 Nov 1862 - age Sy Sm - f
m Mary - cd diptheria - rep by father
G1:JLLIFORD, Allen - d
Wife Anna; Ch Ben
by Oct 1815 - Ref WB C pl2, will dated 24 Aug 1812
WILSON), James A~, Anderson, Pricilla, Elizabeth (md
[ John marked out]
John WfiSON
.
en,
"beloved
sons
John
Wil
son
& William Gm.LIFORD" - Exrs
11 iam GUI.LIFORD
'
wi.
GULLIFORD, Anderson
- d by 0 ct 1824 (order) - Ref WB C p582, appraisal - Admr
Anne GULLIFORD
GULLILAND see John
BAYNES, GILLILAND
GULLIVER see Davi d HANSON
GUNN see Alice CORIGAN
GUN, John
DOUTHAT
- d by 12 Apr 1858 - Relative, aunt Alice CORIGAN - Adm Robert R
BotetoWi Cou nty Death Records - Continued
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GUNN, Patrick - d by 11 July 1859 - Adm William W BOYD
GURNEY, Henry (of Pa & "Red Sprin" in Bot Co; same as Sweet Calydcate Springs
in All Co) - d by 19 Apr 1792 probated in Philadelphia, Pa; by 12 June 1792
probated in Bot Co - Ref WB A p327, will dated 22 Apr 1790, codicil dated 17
Jan 1792, Admr bond - Re latives: sis Elizabeth BROOKFIELD, nephew Rev Stephen
TUCKER, nieces Catherine TUCKER, Jane TUCKER; others Elizabeth DOUGHTY , whom
he had raised - Exx 19 Apr 1792 - Admr Andrew MOORE in Bot Co 12 June 1792
GURTNER, Catherine - d by 2 Sep 1818 - Ref WB C p218, 475, appraisal 8 settlement - Relatives: hus Philip GURTNER dec'd; Heirs: Joseph KEYS, Philip GURTNER,
Michael MALLOW, John GURNTER, Andrew S DICKEY, Jacob GURTNER,
(md Jacob
HALLOW) - Admr Jacob HALLOW
GURTNER, Philip -d by 13 June (10 Aug marked out) 1813 - Ref WB B p349, 360,
appraisal; WB C p7L1, 96, settlement - wife Catherine; Heirs: Charlotte (md
Michael MALLOW), Mary GORTNER, Jacob GORTNER (md Catherine
), Elizabeth
GORTNER, John GORTNER, Mary (md Joseph KEY), Philip GORTNER:--=__ [Catherine]
(md Jacob MALLOW);- on 14 Jan 1817 orphan John was aged over 14 - Admr Philip
GURTNER
GUTRIDGE, Robert - b ca 1845 Rb Co - d 5 Aug 1853 - f John GUTRIDGE - m N cd cholera morbus - rep by father
GUY see Joseph BARNETT
GWALTNEY see Susan HASTINGS
GWALTNEY, Philadelphia - b 18 Sep 1830 - d 1901 - Ref Daleville gravestone
RACR, John - d by 12 Mar 1779 (sons called orphans) - Sons George 8 Nicholas
(in suit)
HACKETT, John
Eliza 8 Patsy
(Vet of Rev) - d by 13 Feb 1843 (daus called orphans) - daus
HACKETT, Thomas - by 17 June 1830 (son called an orphan) - son Jonathan
HACKLEY, Elizabeth (colored) - b 9 May 1833 - d 28 Nov 1895 - aunt of Will
GIRTY - grave Brick Union Cem
HADDOX see
female SPANGLER
HADEN see Haden Ke1ler CA~TER, Josephine PENN, Joshua Edward JAMES Jr
HADEN, Ansalem - b ca 1839 Fluvanna Co, Va - d 1861 "In Army" - age 22y - f
R G HADEN - m L - cd fever - rep by father
RADEN, Benjamin (Judge) - d 20 Mar 1940 Fincastle - see Barnes Book p801
RADEN, J W (single) - b ca 5 Dec 1835 Ca mp Co - d 19 Dec 1864 NC - age 29y
Om l4d - f R G HADEN - m L E - cd disease of lun gs - rep by father
HADEN, Richard G - b ca 1798 Carroll Co - d 17 Oct 1869 - age 7ly - f Ben
HADEN - m Martha - cd Paralysis - rep by wife Elsuisa C BADEN - Adm bond 8
Nov 18 6 9 El son ia C HADEN
Botetourt County Denth Records · Continued
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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BAGIA see Robert F JOHNSTON
HAGINS see Sarah E CRAWFORD, Orena KESSLER, Emza Ann OBENSHAIN, Ky1e C
OBENSHAIN
BALE, Hermit -b 11 Aug 1915 Bot Co - f 15 Aug 1915 Bot Co - f C B HALE (b
Fl oyd Co, Va) - m Murt1e (MARTIN) (b Floyd Co) - cd hard labor
HALE, Mamie - d by 3 Sep 1924 _ cd car wreck -Ref Inquest paper s
BALL see Nannie 'W ALLEN, Sarah HALL PECK
BALL, Frank Joseph - b 12 Jan 1913 va - d 22 Apr 191 5 - f John A RALL (b Va)
m Litte (CAMPER) (b Va) _ buried Mill Creek Cem - cd pneumonia
BALL, Narcissa - b ca 1846 Bot Co _ d 16 Oct 1860 [ or 10 Oct 1861] - age 14y
- f Wi11iam HALL - m [WINFORD (d 1850)] - cd ' soar ' throat - r ep by fathe r [ in 1861 head of fami ly Abram HUFF]
BALL, Ruth Lee - b 20 July 1911 Bot Co - d 19 June 1915 - f Char1es C RALL
(b Alabama) - m Sarah (DOOLEY) (Bed Co) - buried Gl ade Creek Cem - cd Mem
Croup
HALL, William - d by 8 Feb 177 3 _ Ref WB A p21, will dated 27 Dec 1772 , Admr
bond - Relatives: wife Jean ; Ch: Andrew , Agnes (md
BERRY), John, Isabe1
(md -::-S' BUCHANAN), William, Nathaniel, James• Gch : 'William BALL & James RALL
bo th s /o Andrew - Admr Andrew HALL, George BERRY
HALL, Winnie (md) - b Va _ d May l 850 - age 39y - cd p l eur i sy - Ref Bot Co
Mort Schedul e for 1850 _ (w/o (maybe) 'Wi.11 i.am HALL, 1850 Census Bot Co # 1413)
RALLEY see Ann E OllENSBA-m, Samue1. o-sENSRAIN, Sidney J OBENSHAIN
~f..M~RlCt see Absolom Preston DEISHER
HAMILTON see Charlie Adam CUSTER, Elizabeth MARTIN, Emma Alice PULLEN
HAMILTON, Agnes _ b ca 1800 Bot Co - d 31 May 18 61 - age 60y - m Nancy KESSLER
- cd not known - rep by hus John eAMILTON
BAMUTON, Andrew _ d by Nov 182 3 _ Fef WB C p393, will d a ted 18 Nov 1 823 wife
., 2 sons James Alexander & T_"T 1· 1son C, dau s not named - Exr James
BRECKENRIDGE
HAMILTON, Catharine V - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 2 May 1 854 - f James R HAMILTON
- m Elenor - cd not known _ rep by fat her
HAMILTON, Elizabeth - b ca 1829 Bot Co - d Sep 186 7 - age 38y - f John NOFFSINGER - m Susan[nah GISH] _ cd consump tion - rep by bro Peter NOFFSINGER [w/o James A HAMILTON ]
HAMILTON, Elizabeth (unmd) _ b ca 1801 - d 10 Apr 18 53 - f Andrew HAMILTON m Sarah - cd pneumonia HAMILTON, Etta B - b 5 Aug 1880 - d 19 Mar 1917 - w/ o G C HAMILTON - g r ave
Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
BotetourtCountyDeathRecords-Conlinued
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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HAMILTON, Godfrey - d by July 1795 - Ref WB A p399, will dated 19 June 1795
- Relatives : others Catherine KOGER 8 William KOGER, ch of Peter KOGER - Exs
John HARTMAN, James MELLON
HAMILTON, James Lawrence
b 26 Jan 1915 Va - d 29 Jan 1916 - f W L HAMILTON
(b Va) - m Pearl (JENNINGS) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd broncho
pneumonia
HAMILTON, John - d by May 1811 - Ref WB B p260, will dated 11 July 1810 Relatives: Ch: James, John, others not named; Others Nancy KELLY
HAMILTON, John - d by May 1823 - Ref W13 C p408, will dated 4 Aug 1821 - Ch:
John, James, William, Samuel, Mary (md
CROFT), Susannah, Margaret
HAMILTON, Philip Edward - b ca Mar 1843 Bot Co - d 2 Aug 1858 - f Joel HAMILTON - m Mary A - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
HAMILTON, William M - b ca 1839 Bot Co - d 26 Aug 1862 Richmond, Va - age 23y
- f Joel HAMILTON - m Mary - cd typhoid pneumonia - rep by father
HAMMITT see George KILMER
HAMMITT, Andrew E - b ca 1842 - d 31 Oct 1854 - f John HAMMITT - m Elizabeth
- cd Pal sey - rep by father
HAMMIT, C L - b 15 July 1849 - d 17 Feb 1 890 - h/o Nannie L BAMMIT - grave
Fincastle Presby Cem
HAMMET, Elizabeth (unmd) - b ca 1803 Bot Co - d 9 Nov 1853 - f Nimrod HAMMET
- m Mary - cd cancer - rep by mother
HAMMETT, Nimrod - d 1867 - Admr 8 Apr 1867 Edmund PENDLETON
HAMMOCK,
- d by 13 Oct 1795 (son was called an orphan) - son John
HAMMON(D) see Nicholas HIPES, Fannie L BREWBAKER, Thomas HaDDDond SMITH
HAMMOND, Francis H - b 2 Feb 1855 _ d 8 May 1926 - h/o Ida Pearl Layman
HAMMOND - grave Mt Union Cem
HAMMOND, Rester - b ca 1841 _ d 5 Apr 1909 - age 68y - f [John LAYMAN] - m
[Hester A BAKER] - grave Haymakertown Cem
HAMMOND, Ida Pearl Layman _ b 7 Nov 1875 - d 7 Dec 1901 - w/o Francis M
HAMMOND (md 15 Nov 1898) - grave Mt Union Cem
HAMMON, John - b ca 1790 Bot co - d 25 Mar 1868
rep by son Peter J HAMMON - h/o Charlotte HAMMON
age 78y - cd pneumonia -
HAMMOND, John b ca 1861 Bot Co - d 22 Sep 1864 - age 3y - f John HAMMOND rn Mildred - cd Erycipelas - rep by father
HAMMOND, Lewis - b ca 2 Aug 1825 - d 10 Nov 1828 - age 3y 8m 5d - f Peter
HAMMOND - m Margaret BOUSMAN - grave Brick Union Cem
Botetourt County Death Records • Continued
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2006 VAN CONTENTS
Financial Report for 2005 ........... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Correction to Marsteller Stone Records . . ... .. .. · ·· ·· ···· ··· · ·· ··········· ·· 2
2
Fair View Cemetery Staff - 1929 ....... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Fair View Cemeterty Centennial " Walking Tour" ... .... .... . · ···· ····· · · 3
Tinnell Family . ...................... ..... ..... . ...... . ... ..... ················ 4
1850 Census of the Va Penitentiary, Richmond, Va ... ··················
7
Book Report ... ....... .......... . ............ ................. ......... ···.··.. 9
Virginia Room Additions (Books) ........ . . ....... .. 10-13, 60-6 1, 105-109.
156-158 [notindexed]
Virginia Room Diagram ..................... ....... . ...... ................ ... 14
List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Marines living in Iov1a.
. Ancestry List 1885, Ancestory.Com .. ........... .......... . ·· · · · · · ·· 15
Quaker Mount Pleasant Meeting.......... . ... . ... .. ..... . ......... ·.·. ·. ... I 7
Time Line of Quaker Settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Strange Maladies Took Their Toll - Denton Record Chronicle, July 4, 1976........ .... ........ .. ...... .... .................. 20
Montgomery County Obituaries.... ....... .......... ...21-34. 84-93, 174-183
[not indexed in alphabetical order]
Botetourt County, Va, Death Record (continued) ..... . ........ 35-49, 95- 104,
185-195
[not indexed in alphabetical order]
ln Memoriam., Donations and New Members . . .. .. 50, 59
Brief History of Early Quakers in Eastern Virginia .. ..... .............. ···· 51
African American Ancestry, Stuart Cemetery ..... .. ... ..... .... . . . · · · · · · · · 62
Bland Readies for Its Centennial. . ............. ... . .. ...... . .............. .... 66
Bland County Research Aids. .......... . ..... . .... . ................... . .. . . .. . . 68
(To) and This (Too) Shall Pass (Two) ..... ......... .. .. ....................... 74
Cemetery Motifs and Their lnterpret.at.ions. . .... ........ .................. . .. 83
Charlton. Hornbarger, Porterfield, Walters, Ashworth, Parish, Kiner
Dodd and Hannon Family Reunion Photo... ... ......................... 94
Giles County, Virginia.. . .................... .. . ......... . . ...................... 11O
Cousins-Friends .... ........................... ............ . .. ......... ........... 1 12
Furrow Family Finds Links in New River Valley ......... ····· · ············ 113
Woolwine Family Tracing It's Roots ....... ........ . ......... ......... .. .... .. 114
African American Ancestry, B ethel AME C hurch Cemetery ..... .......... 116
Catherine "Kate" Dobyns of Carroll Co, Va .. ... ..... .. .......... ........... .. 12 \
Surname Index 2006 ...... .......................... .............. .. ... .......... 136
Good bye Gene, we' ll Miss You . ....... ... .. ... . . ............ ..... . ............ 155
Jett Family Bible ... ...... ................ ....... . ........ .. ................... .. ... 159
Beautiful Home Ceremony ........................ .. ........................ .. .... 160
W\u and Frank(s) Family Letter.............. ..... .......... . ................... 162
Funeral Homes and HIPAA Privacy Reg ulations ......... ................. .... 165
Franklin Co, Va, - Daniel Rufus Sink Deeds ..... . ········· ········.... ...... 166
African American Ancestry, Saunders Cemetery, Floyd Co ... . . .......... .. 168
Adopt an Orphan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Death Certificate~-~~~ Al~·~;; R~l·i~ie .. ........ · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. ..... . .. 184
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Roanoke County Cemeteries
If you are searching for any information on Roanoke County cemeteries your firs t stop s hould be
at this web-address:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com1-spgraham/Cem%20by%20T om 0/o20 K latka%20pages
%201 %20to%2074.html
It is a long, cumbersome address, so once you find it be sure to bookmark it so you won ' t lose it.
Most of the Roanoke County cemeteries, and some Roanoke City cemeteries were transcribed by
Thomas S. Klatka in 2000. Klatka is on the staff of the Roanoke Regional Preservation Office of
the Virginia Department ofHistoric Resources. The document is rather long but beginning on Page
63 you will find, in alphabetical order, dozens of documented and transcribed cemeteries.
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