Karen, Butler Funeral Home was in Vinton , Ohio. He was killed in a traffic accident and the funeral home was sold to Vernon McCoy. Herb Moore is now the owner of the McCoy Moore Funeral home . I talked with Herb about 2 years ago about the whereabouts of the records for this funeral home. They were the property of the Butler family . I tracked them down and found that the son who was heir burned all the records from his father. It is too bad that records from the funeral homes were not perseved or thought of as valuable information. It is not uncommon to find that the family of the deceased funeral director will destroy them. I spoke with the family of Steve Thomas who had the funeral home at Centerville, those were destroyed also. The Coleman Records that were published by the Gallia County OGS Chapter were found in a dumpster after an auction in Bidwell. They were rescued and donated to the genealogical society. The Glassburn Funeral Home records may still be with the family. I had a lead on them about 6 months ago but nothing has come of that. It is tragic but not uncommon that such valuable records are destroyed. We have published the George J. Wetherholt books, Stephen's , and Miller's Funeral Home books . We are so very grateful that these were donated to the genealogical society . There is a wealth of info in them. Cheryl Enyart VP of the Gallia County OGS Chapter 412 Second Avenue Gallipolis, OH 740-446-7200 www.gchags.com histsoc@zoomnet.net. Ash689@aol.com wrote: According to his obituary, my great-grandfather's funeral was held in 1921 at Mt. Tabor, conducted by Rev. W. J. Fulton, burial by Butler. Since I have been unable to find a death certificate for him, I thought about inquiring about this Butler. Does anyone know of this name? Thank you, Karen Ft. Myers, Florida ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Just a little correction, it was Stevers Funeral Home not Stephen's that the society published. This was from the Guyan Twp. area. Marjorie L. Wood ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl enyart" <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Funeral Director > Karen, > Butler Funeral Home was in Vinton , Ohio. He was killed in a traffic accident and the funeral home was sold to Vernon McCoy. Herb Moore is now the owner of the McCoy Moore Funeral home . I talked with Herb about 2 years ago about the whereabouts of the records for this funeral home. They were the property of the Butler family . I tracked them down and found that the son who was heir burned all the records from his father. > > It is too bad that records from the funeral homes were not perseved or thought of as valuable information. It is not uncommon to find that the family of the deceased funeral director will destroy them. > I spoke with the family of Steve Thomas who had the funeral home at Centerville, those were destroyed also. > The Coleman Records that were published by the Gallia County OGS Chapter were found in a dumpster after an auction in Bidwell. They were rescued and donated to the genealogical society. > The Glassburn Funeral Home records may still be with the family. I had a lead on them about 6 months ago but nothing has come of that. > > It is tragic but not uncommon that such valuable records are destroyed. > We have published the George J. Wetherholt books, Stephen's , and Miller's Funeral Home books . We are so very grateful that these were donated to the genealogical society . There is a wealth of info in them. > > Cheryl Enyart > VP of the Gallia County OGS Chapter > 412 Second Avenue > Gallipolis, OH > 740-446-7200 > www.gchags.com > histsoc@zoomnet.net. > > > Ash689@aol.com wrote: > According to his obituary, my great-grandfather's funeral was held in 1921 > at Mt. Tabor, conducted by Rev. W. J. Fulton, burial by Butler. Since I have > been unable to find a death certificate for him, I thought about inquiring > about this Butler. Does anyone know of this name? > Thank you, > Karen > Ft. Myers, Florida > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > > > > Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of the email. > >