Ray, No, I'm not familiar w/ Dora Woods. Regards, Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: TN MAN To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [KYBELL] William Ray Wood, III hi Connie,do you have a DORA WOODS? my grand nother SARAH TOWNSLEY MOOREs sister's best friend was a DORA WOODS.granny's sister's name was MATTIE TOWNSLEY WHITEAKER.they lived many yrs in HARLAN,KY. i have a picture of DORA. DORA had a daughter in NEW YORK STATE she would visit.yours maybe? she had relatives my aunt said in BELL Co.but thats a maybe. Ray Moore. On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:24:02 -0500, "Connie Hoskins Williams" <[email protected]> said: > 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 > > > > > ==== 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 > > Researching MOORE,MAYES, MAYES,TOWNSLEY, HUNDLEY,HUNLEY & MANIS.LEWIS.--BOOK by Glenna WHITEAKER WILDING formally of HARLAN,KY "TALES of a RIDGERUNNER.short stories of her dad CURREN http://www.angelfire.com/in3/louisrr/book.htm -- http://fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free ==== 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