Michele Oak Hill is in Fayette but Beckley is county seat of Raliegh Co i believe.The cemetery is just out from Fayetteville.My grandmother is there.I have their list,will check for you Carol in va -----Original Message----- From: Michele Sherk <msherk@hotmail.com> To: WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 14, 2001 3:53 PM Subject: [WVFAYETT] my grandmother's obit... >Hello Listers, > > A VERY nice lady at the Fayette Co., Public Library contacted me in my >query about finding my grandparent's and my aunt's and uncle's obits...the >only one that she could find was my grandmother's from 1959, which is >strange...because I figured that they would be definately able to find my >grandfather's from 1974...oh well, I don't know where else to look for his, >his address when he died was R #1 in Beckley, Wv, is that in a different >county? Sorry, for sounding stupid, but the last time that I was there I was >a very little girl, I can more or less just remember smells and mental >pictures, not actual directions and things of that nature. This is what she >sent me: > >michele, >I did find the obit for emma tincher. our microfilm printer isn't very >clear so I have it typed it out below. > >MRS. EMMA TINCHER, 55, OF OAK HILL SUCCUMBS >Mrs. Emma Tincher, 55 of Oak Hill died at 6:15 pm. Tuesday, April 28. >Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. >She was born at Handley on August 17, 1903. >Last rites were conducted at 2pm Friday, May 1, in the Freewill Baptist >church at Route 1 Fayetteville, with the Rev. Lee Dilley officiating. >Burial was in the Pleasant View Cemetery. >Surviving the lady, who was well liked by all who knew her, are her husband, >Forrest of Oak Hill; one son, John of Charleston; four daughters, Mrs. Dever >Varner of Elkhart, Indiana, Mrs. Emma Lee Donner of New London, Ohio, Mrs. >Drewsillia Burke and Mrs. Anna Mae Goode, both of Cleveland, Ohio. >Three brothers, Frank Ritz of Ohio, Howard of Charleston and Adam of >Kaymoor; four sisters, Mrs. Josephine Cotcamp of Rt 1, Fayetteville, Mrs. >Ella Letcher of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Dora Cotcamp of Riverview and Mrs. Edith >Nickols, address unknown and 10 grandchildren. > > At least this gives me more family names on her side of the family to go >with too. So if anyone out there recognizes these names or maybe know of >them or their children or anything like that...please let me know...this is >one of the 2 toughest families in the trees that I'm doing and any and all >help and contact is appreciated. > > Best of luck to you all in your searches and >I'm keeping my eyes out for any names that you all mention too! > Michele > > > >http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Michele-D-Sherk/ > >Researching Surnames: Tincher-WV & Germany, Radics-Hungary & Northern >Indiana, Brazell-Alabama, Fears-Il. & Ar., Askins-Ar. >Michele Sherk (Radics) Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A. > >Help search for E.T.'s from your home computer at >http://setiathome.berkeley.edu > >Would you like to help all kinds of people for "FREE" go to >www.hungersite.com...click on all the sites there: rainforest site, kids >aids site, child survival site, Breast cancer site, and the landmine >site...It doesn't cost you a thing but a few minutes everyday to help >someone in need! > >My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! > >I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. > >Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problems, leads to two more! > >Gene-Allergy-It's a contagious disease, but I love it. > >Genealogy is like Hide & Seek: They Hide & I Seek! > >SO MANY ANCESTORS........................SO LITTLE TIME! > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== >Need help? Have questions? Contact >the WVFAYETT List Administrator: >Julie Ayres at mztek@mindspring.com > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >