RESPONSE: In the KY Birth CDs there is: WOOD, William R., b. Bell Co., 3-8-1944; maiden name of mother: Lucy GRAGG I don't see any other births for her. Don't see any other William R. WOODS of Bell Co. There are some others but no way to tell if they might be correct because they are all removed from Bell Co. I notice that the Lucy GRAGG WoOD is a widow as of 1961. No telling when her husband actually died. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >Pineville Sun Newspaper. June 15, 1961: "Former Pineville Boy Honored in Ohio William Ray Wood, III, former Pineville boy, was honored at Ohio University this week. He is one of two boys chosen to represent Woodward High School, Cincinnati, a school of 3000 students, at Buckeye Boys State, which is sponsored by the American Legion. Only top students from each Ohio High School are considered for these awards. More than 1200 boys from the state are assembled to elect and run a model state government. Mr. Wood is the son of Mrs. W. R. Wood and the late Mr. Wood, grandson of Mrs. W. R. Wood of this city. He attended Pineville City School and was a member of the Methodist Church." Who are the two Mrs. W. R. Woods? ==== KYBELL Mailing List ====<

Didn't Lucy Gragg teach school at Pineville for several years? I remember my relatives talking about a Ms. Gragg, but come to think of it, I think she was Eva Gragg. I'll ask my grandmother about Lucy. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce Collins To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: [KYBELL] William Ray Wood, III RESPONSE: In the KY Birth CDs there is: WOOD, William R., b. Bell Co., 3-8-1944; maiden name of mother: Lucy GRAGG I don't see any other births for her. Don't see any other William R. WOODS of Bell Co. There are some others but no way to tell if they might be correct because they are all removed from Bell Co. I notice that the Lucy GRAGG WoOD is a widow as of 1961. No telling when her husband actually died. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >Pineville Sun Newspaper. June 15, 1961: "Former Pineville Boy Honored in Ohio William Ray Wood, III, former Pineville boy, was honored at Ohio University this week. He is one of two boys chosen to represent Woodward High School, Cincinnati, a school of 3000 students, at Buckeye Boys State, which is sponsored by the American Legion. Only top students from each Ohio High School are considered for these awards. More than 1200 boys from the state are assembled to elect and run a model state government. Mr. Wood is the son of Mrs. W. R. Wood and the late Mr. Wood, grandson of Mrs. W. R. Wood of this city. He attended Pineville City School and was a member of the Methodist Church." Who are the two Mrs. W. R. Woods? ==== KYBELL Mailing List ====< ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I talked w/ my grandmother who is 90 about the Lucy Gragg/Ray Wood family. She believes there was just one family of Wood (s) who lived in Pineville. There is another family that spelled their name Woods that is not related. Lucy Gragg and Ray Wood were a little older than marrying age when they married and had William R. Wood, Jr. Ray Wood had a heart attack and died not too long after their son was born. Ray Wood had one sister named Mary Buford Wood who was a good friend of my grandmother's. Mary Buford was probably born in about 1912 or so. I'm not sure if Ray was younger or older. Lucy Gragg's family was fairly prominent in Pineville. Her brother, I believe it was Renfro, served as mayor of Pineville, and her sister Eva Gragg taught school. My great-grandmother used to sew her buttons on for her. Eva taught home ec. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce Collins To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: [KYBELL] William Ray Wood, III RESPONSE: In the KY Birth CDs there is: WOOD, William R., b. Bell Co., 3-8-1944; maiden name of mother: Lucy GRAGG I don't see any other births for her. Don't see any other William R. WOODS of Bell Co. There are some others but no way to tell if they might be correct because they are all removed from Bell Co. I notice that the Lucy GRAGG WoOD is a widow as of 1961. No telling when her husband actually died. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >Pineville Sun Newspaper. June 15, 1961: "Former Pineville Boy Honored in Ohio William Ray Wood, III, former Pineville boy, was honored at Ohio University this week. He is one of two boys chosen to represent Woodward High School, Cincinnati, a school of 3000 students, at Buckeye Boys State, which is sponsored by the American Legion. Only top students from each Ohio High School are considered for these awards. More than 1200 boys from the state are assembled to elect and run a model state government. Mr. Wood is the son of Mrs. W. R. Wood and the late Mr. Wood, grandson of Mrs. W. R. Wood of this city. He attended Pineville City School and was a member of the Methodist Church." Who are the two Mrs. W. R. Woods? ==== KYBELL Mailing List ====< ==== KYBELL Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237