I would like to thank all the nice people who sent in suggestions for our trip to Lee County next week. Phyllis > From: VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 20:01:23 -0600 > To: VALEE-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: VALEE-D Digest V02 #68 > > > VALEE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 68 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [VALEE-L] Lee County trip [The Browns <brown3410@comcast.net>] > #2 Re: [VALEE-L] Lee County trip ["Margaret L Sopp" <mlsopp@ix.netco] > #3 [VALEE-L] 1930's News & Obits ["Gail Carmack" <gcarmack@worldnet.] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please help us support RootsWeb, become a member! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from VALEE-D, send a message to > VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > From: The Browns <brown3410@comcast.net> > Date: Saturday, May 11, 2002 9:40 AM > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VALEE-L] Lee County trip > > My husband and I are planning a Lee County genealogical trip in a couple of > weeks. Several branches of my family are from the Lee Co area. Could someone > e-mail me the library hours, good places to stay etc. Many thanks. Phyllis > > ______________________________ > From: "Margaret L Sopp" <mlsopp@ix.netcom.com> > Date: Saturday, May 11, 2002 10:56 AM > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VALEE-L] Lee County trip > > Hi Phyllis: > > My daughter and I visited the court houses in Lee Co., VA & > Claiborne Co., TN last summer, and we stayed at the Days Inn in > Middlesborough, KY. It was built in the late 1990's and was nice. > Plus, it's convenient to Cumberland Gap and you can do some > sightseeing while you are in the area. > > Margaret > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Browns" <brown3410@comcast.net> > To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 8:40 AM > Subject: [VALEE-L] Lee County trip > > >> My husband and I are planning a Lee County genealogical trip in a > couple of >> weeks. Several branches of my family are from the Lee Co area. > Could someone >> e-mail me the library hours, good places to stay etc. Many thanks. > Phyllis > > ______________________________ > From: "Gail Carmack" <gcarmack@worldnet.att.net> > Date: Saturday, May 11, 2002 9:01 PM > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VALEE-L] 1930's News & Obits > > My mother, for a long time, kept newsclippings of obituaries, weddings, and > other items of interest to her in several scrapbooks. She also wrote in > comments (dates when none was contained in the clipping, maiden names, etc.) > for many of them. They include people she knew mainly in the Ewing and Rose > Hill areas of Lee County. > > My thought is that these might be of value to family researchers. I have > indexed the oldest (and smallest) book with dates of mid-to-late 1930's. The > index is printed below and, as time permits, I will copy these on request. > > Best wishes to the Lee County group, > > Gail (Dean) Carmack > > -------- > > Book #1 > > Ayers, Granville family (fire victims) > Bailey, Bob (deputy sheriff killed--1935) > Ball, Emaline Noe d. age 93 > Ball, Mrs. Arch d. age 84 > Baumgardner, Rhoda, d. age 76 > Beatty, Virginia Richmond d. age 50 > Brooks, Green Allen accused > Brooks, Harvey Garrett, death > Campbell, Henley, marriage 1935 > Campbell, Herbert, marriage 1935 > Catron, Minnie May (wedding) > Cheek, Mrs. John (Mary Carmony) death > Creech, W. A. (death) > DeBusk, Billy d. age 2 1/2 (memorial) > Dillman, Henry , shot at Sneedville > Eads, Roosevelt (Ted) death (1939) > Estep, Carmony (has 10 gr-parents, 1935) > Evans, Jay (death) > Evans, Jay (shot by John Marcum) > Gibbons, Margaret Fee d. age 59 > Green, Mrs. Rebecca d. age 77 > Haley, J. R. d. age 75, 1937 > Haws, Adalene, marriage 1935 > Hobbs, Arch E. d. age 49 > Jones, Sherman d. age 27 > Keys, Joseph Floyd, d. age 76 > Kincaid, Keith, accidental death age 8 > Lankston, Leon (wedding) > Lee Co. men (18) join Army ,1940 > Lynch, Mrs. John T. d. age 54 (1935) > Marcum, Eva (Neff) d. age 43 > Marcum, Mrs. Lon -- in memory 1937 > McConnell, Jerleene, marriage 1935 > Mine disaster, Yancy KY > Miracle, Mrs. Press d. Balkan, KY > Moore, Wiley -- Ewing deputy shot > Neff, Dora (Carmony), death > Osborne, Joseph Kenerly d. age 76 (1937) > Owens, George d. age 50, E. End grocer > Poulston, W. M., d. age 56 > Redmond, Arch (deputy sheriff killed--1935) > Scott, Ethel (Johnson) death > Scott, Henry Dan, former Harlan patrolman d. > Scott, W. S. d. age 59 > Settle, Mary d. age 23 > Shackelford, David d. age 70 (1935) > Shackelford, Levi d. age 69 (1937) > Shackelford, Rhetha d. age 15 (1935) > Surber, Armour C. (age 23 MIA) > Thompson, Mrs. Henry d. age 71 > Trent, Golden Hobbs d. age 27 > Watson, Andrew Hamilton, d. age 79 > ------ >