Hi Everyone, I love reading the bios. Finally had a few spare moments and decided to send my own. My name is Penny Fraley Richardson. I was born May 21, 1951 in Marion, Ohio to Charles Leonard Fraley and Violet Juanita Seckel Walker. I was named Penny by my father. He said that way he would never be broke! My father was also in World War II. He was on the USS Blessman. During an air attack off Iwo Jima, 18 February 1945, the USS Blessman was hit by a 500-pound bomb which exploded in the mess hall knocking out all power and starting fires; she suffered 40 killed and 23 wounded. My dad relieved his buddy early to his buddy could go eat. His buddy died in the bombing. My dad didn’t talk much about it. I have lived in Marion all my life. I am currently single. I was married to Richard Scott Oney and had three children. Charles William Oney age 28. Married with two children. Lynnea age 9 and Charles Jr age 3. Christopher Scott Oney is 27. Divorced with a son Ryan age 11, Ashley age 3 and Peyton age 19 months. Angela Marie Oney Little is 25. She is married with a son Brent age 7, Amber Rae age 4 and Dalton age 2. Richard and I divorced in 1976. He was killed in a freak bicycle accident in 1995. I remarried in 1983 to Leonard Richardson. He died in 1995 from a heart attack. I have worked for the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services for 21 years. This last year has been my best. I was named “Account Executive of the Year”, for the State of Ohio. Then three months later I received a “Distinguished Service” Award from the National Employers’ Counsel at a conference in Washington DC. I was named “Volunteer of the Year” for Madison Correctional Institutional Institution, for my monthly presentations on how to obtain work, once released from prison. I just last month received an award at the Ohio State Fair from Ohio ’s Governor Taft, for designing a new form for use by the employment offices statewide. All this keeps me very busy. My spare time is entirely devoted to genealogy and the Internet. I started doing genealogy in 1995 after buying my first computer. I am now working on becoming a certified genealogist. My father was born in Morehead, Kentucky and I have been researching his family for four years, tracing them back to Rowan NC in 1750. I have taken many trips to NC and Virginia doing research. I currently have over 14, 900 ancestors in by database. My mother’s ancestors go back to the Mayflower and I find researching New England ancestry a real treat. They kept a lot of documentation. I am in the process of writing a couple of books. One is one the Fraley family and I am in the process of establishing the Fraley Memorial Library. Hope this gives you some insight on who I am. Going to a Fultz/Fraley reunion September 24-26 at Carter Caves, Kentucky. Can hardly wait. Love this list...........Sorry this is so long. Penny

Hi Penny, Thank you for your Bio and I have one question. On the Fraley Book--are all the Fraleys writing Books sharing info? I know there is another Fraley Book being written on the Fraley's Military History. Regarding the Memorial Library--my family of Fraleys was disturbed that Fraley Kin and been forgotten in the old Cemeteries and we would like to bring them to Memory Gardens in Sandy Hook. Any ideas on this. Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Penny Fraley Richardson <muffin2@gte.net> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 5:31 PM Subject: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] My bio > > Hi Everyone, > > I love reading the bios. Finally had a few spare moments and decided to > send my own. My name is Penny Fraley Richardson. I was born May 21, 1951 > in Marion, Ohio to Charles Leonard Fraley and Violet Juanita Seckel Walker. > I was named Penny by my father. He said that way he would never be broke! > My father was also in World War II. He was on the USS Blessman. During an > air attack off Iwo Jima, 18 February 1945, the USS Blessman was hit by a > 500-pound bomb which exploded in the mess hall knocking out all power and > starting fires; she suffered 40 killed and 23 wounded. My dad relieved his > buddy early to his buddy could go eat. His buddy died in the bombing. My > dad didn't talk much about it. I have lived in Marion all my life. I am > currently single. I was married to Richard Scott Oney and had three > children. Charles William Oney age 28. Married with two children. Lynnea > age 9 and Charles Jr age 3. Christopher Scott Oney is 27. Divorced with a > son Ryan age 11, Ashley age 3 and Peyton age 19 months. Angela Marie Oney > Little is 25. She is married with a son Brent age 7, Amber Rae age 4 and > Dalton age 2. Richard and I divorced in 1976. He was killed in a freak > bicycle accident in 1995. I remarried in 1983 to Leonard Richardson. He > died in 1995 from a heart attack. I have worked for the Ohio Bureau of > Employment Services for 21 years. This last year has been my best. I was > named "Account Executive of the Year", for the State of Ohio. Then three > months later I received a "Distinguished Service" Award from the National > Employers' Counsel at a conference in Washington DC. I was named > "Volunteer of the Year" for Madison Correctional Institutional Institution, > for my monthly presentations on how to obtain work, once released from > prison. I just last month received an award at the Ohio State Fair from Ohio > 's Governor Taft, for designing a new form for use by the employment > offices statewide. All this keeps me very busy. > My spare time is entirely devoted to genealogy and the Internet. I started > doing genealogy in 1995 after buying my first computer. I am now working on > becoming a certified genealogist. My father was born in Morehead, Kentucky > and I have been researching his family for four years, tracing them back to > Rowan NC in 1750. I have taken many trips to NC and Virginia doing > research. I currently have over 14, 900 ancestors in by database. My > mother's ancestors go back to the Mayflower and I find researching New > England ancestry a real treat. They kept a lot of documentation. I am in > the process of writing a couple of books. One is one the Fraley family and > I am in the process of establishing the Fraley Memorial Library. Hope this > gives you some insight on who I am. Going to a Fultz/Fraley reunion > September 24-26 at Carter Caves, Kentucky. Can hardly wait. Love this > list...........Sorry this is so long. > > Penny > > >