Forwarding the following from another list. Maybe there's a clue here for someone. Annette --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- >To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Death of O.E. Pilson >Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:33:41 -0500 >>Old-To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com >>From: Truman Adkins <tadkins@kimbanet.com> >>Subject: Death of O.E. Pilson >>Resent-From: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com >From Martinsville Bulletin, 19 January 1999: >O.E. Pilson, a longtime educator in both Patrick and Henry counties, and an author >and genealogist, died Monday morning...........at his home in Ridgeway. He was 88. >Born Ophus Eugene Pilson on Jan. 18, 1910 in the Elamsville section of Patrick >County, he attended Elamsville School and the Blue Ridge Mission School, which >closed in 1941. Pilson later worked on a successful effort to get a state historical >marker placed at the mission school site, located in the Buffalo Ridge section of >Patrick County.............. >After retirement, Pilson became a genealogist researching the history of cemeteries in >Patrick County. For eight years he did research before authoring a book on tombstone >inscriptions. He also helped research and author a book on the history of Patrick >County. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]