===================== From: Rena Worthen <doreatr@rbnet.com> Date: 2008/01/28 Mon PM 10:22:23 CST To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAFLOYD] Coffin builders & Undertakers I am looking for information about, and the records of C. M. Graham , J. C. Willis, Hylton & Harman, H. L. Vest, George Huff, J. A. Hylton, L. W. Gray, E. L. Thomas, J. C. Willis, R. J. Sowers, L. L. Gallimore, E. L. Thomas, H. G. Caldwell, S. W. Lawrence, D. W. Slusher, G. T. Spangler & Co., R. E. Conner, M. C. Phillips, I. J. Dickerson, Wm. Spangler, L. A. Hylton, J. W. Gray & Co., I. F. Martin, D. M. Akers, J. H. Johnson, G. P Whitlow, L. S. Wade, S. J. Agnew, Rufus Harris, Riley Poff, J. C. Hollandsworth. Does anyone know what the full names are of the above list? Where did they do business in Floyd County? All of these names are listed as the undertaker on Floyd County death certificates in the early 1900's. I am hopeing to find the records for any of the above named Coffin builders or undertakers. If anyone knows of any receipts or ledgers for any of these people, i'd love to place the information on our Floyd website. I am compiling a list of early death certificate information when I go to Richmond. the actual copies are .75 cents each. I can't afford to pay for certificates, so i'm doing the next best thing, i'm writing the info down. I'm in the process of getting it typed up. I am working on several counties but I have a total of 650 names so far, and still typing. The info i'm gathering includes DC#, name, dob, dod, cemetery, undertaker, county & parents name. Another trip is planned in March, when I hope to get some more. Thank you all in advance. Rena ------------ G. T. (George) Spangler had a shop adjacent the school building in Floyd which is not The Fabric Shop. He was a "jack-of-all-trades". In his combination blacksmith and woodworking shop he built coffins, wagons, buggies and/or repaired most any thing you needed built or fixed. As a kid going to school there we would watch him and Ward build wagons. I especially remember him putting steel tires on wagon and buggy wheels. Also he would plane lumber for people. The planner, powered by a Model T car motor, made so much noise that it was difficult sometimes to think inside the school building. During WWII he would cut out the hull of a model ship from a pine 2x4 for us to build. I recall building several. Antique dealers would probably go wild today over some of the models we built. Maybe some of his grandkids or great grandkids still have his ledgers. Jack Spangler Ellicott City, MD