Tom, In answer to your question, no, I don't know anything about that family. If they are relatives, I wouldn't know it. Aside from my genealogy research, my family has been out of touch with most living relatives for a long time. I found this is obit. EXTREMELY interesting, though, because my paternal greatgrandfather (supposedly named John B. Calhoun) married a STUMP -- Jane Stump -- in Iowa. That's all I know about it, actually. The reason that I am not sure about his name is because I have not been able to find any record of a John B. Calhoun in Iowa during that time, and there is some doubt in the family that my grandfather was telling the truth about his name. I'll probably never live long enough to clear up that mysterious side of the family. My grandfather was a dark man (in the metaphysical sense). He left Iowa in a hurry, sometime just after the turn of the century (my father was born in 1914), and went to live in the Ozarks of Missouri. The story goes that, in Iowa, he shot three brothers (who were trying to kill him because he had seduced their sister) and then ran for his life. He then married into the line that I am now researching. Carole --[ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ]----------------- Does anybody know who this is? I found it surfing around. The obituary appeared in the Bland County (VA) Messenger, January 1, 1998. Tom ----------- Harold James Breedlove Harold James Breedlove, 75, of Salem, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1997, at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 26, at 1 p.m. at the A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, White Gate, with the Rev. William A. Davis Jr. and the Rev. Frank Clifton officiating. Burial was in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg. He was born Feb. 18, 1922, in Russell County, a son of the late Alden and Lillian Sword Breedlove. He was a retired farmer and was owner of the Phillips 66 Services Station, Salem. He was preceded in death by a sister, Irene Stump. Survivors include his wife, Blanche Mustard Breedlove; two sons, James L. Breedlove and William A. Breedlove, both of Salem; two brothers, Lloyd W. "Bill" Breedlove of Mechanicsburg and Charles K. Breedlove of Greenville; three sisters, Ella Mae Fanning of Greenville, Margaret French of Narrows, and Mary Ann Bird of Rocky Gap; three grandchildren, Melissa Wills and Jill Maggi, both of Salem, and William A. Breedlove Jr. of Richmond; and one great-granddaughter, Jennifer Wills of Salem. In lieu of flowers, make donations to the Salem Rescue Squad, Central United Methodist Church Building Fund, Salem or Byrnes Chapel United Methodist Church, Mechanicsburg. A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in White Gate was in charge of the arrangements. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE HEADER ----- Return-Path: <BREEDLOVE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com (fp-1.rootsweb.com [207.113.233.233]) by clmin1-int.prodigy.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA53650; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:43:24 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA28224; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <s598eb23.027@VERSAR.COM> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:41:24 -0400 From: TOM JONES <JONESTOM@VERSAR.COM> Old-To: breedlove-l@rootsweb.com Subject: obituary Old-Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Resent-Message-ID: <"q8qhTB.A.p4G.-NSm1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/472 X-Loop: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: BREEDLOVE-L-request@rootsweb.com