Transcribed by Nyla CREED DePauk Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, WV 24 Dec 1922 England At Funeral Attorney General England has returned from Beckley, where he was called on account of the death of J. F. Jones, whose wife is a sister of the attorney general. Mr. Jones was killed by a fall of slate in a mine at Raleigh on December 20. The burial was held Friday at Lookout, Fayette county.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia June 6, 1941 Mrs. Hattie Dickens ---- Rites for Mrs. Dickens, 50, who died Friday at her home at Packsville, Raleigh county, will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the residence with Rev. and Mrs. William T. Hood officiating. Burial will be in Madison Memorial cemetery. The body will be removed from the Valley mortuary at Whitesville to the home at 5 p.m. Saturday. Surviving are her husband, Jess Dickens; eight children, Carson, James, Connie, Quentin, Denver, Alma Christine, and Patricia Dickens, all of Packsville, and Elmer Dickens of the United States marine corps; a brother Dr. Albert M. Price of Charleston; and four sisters, Mrs. Audrey Kuhn of Van, Mrs. Lacy Dickens of Dry Creek, Mrs. Lester French of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Harry Woodrum of Charleston.

Transcribed by Nyla CREED DePauk Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, WV 1 Nov 1924 Mrs. C. H. Kirby and daughters, Misses Janice and Janet, of Columbia boulevard, were called to Beckley by the death of her brother, Mr. George Mankin.

Transcribed by: Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, WV 4 Aug 1936 OBITUARY Mrs. Louise Burgess -- Mrs. Louise Burgess, 85 years old, of Dry Branch, wife of George Burgess, died Monday night at her home after a long illness. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Elma Parrish,* of Dry Branch, Mrs. M. F. Askew** and Mrs. R. P. Bradford, of Dry Creek, Mrs. George Slack, of Dakota; Mrs. H. B. Hanson, of Eleanor, and Mrs. L. F. Webb of Chesapeake; five sons, Joe Jarrell, of Chesapeake, All Jarrell,*** of Pine Knob, Tom Jarrell, of Edwight, Jake and Wood Jarrell, of Whitesville; a brother, I. M. Dickens,**** of Beckley; a sister, Mrs. Joe Massey, of Edwight; and 75 grandchildren. * Should be Elmer Perry. **Should be M. F. Eskew. ***Should be Al Jarrell. ****Should be I. N. Dickens.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia September 22, 1942 Garland P. Bonds ----49, Rock creek, died Charleston hospital Sunday. Funeral, home, Wednesday 1 p.m., Rev. Dennis Bias. Burial, Miller Cemetery, Valley mortuary, Whitesville. Surviving: widow, Ida; one son, Earnest, U.S. Navy; one daughter, Lucile, of Dorothy; five brothers, Frank of Prenter, Alfred and Andrew, Montcoal, Harve of Arnett and Quill of Edwight; six sisters, Mrs. Martha Clay, Pine Knob, Mrs. Hattie Sauls, Sundial, Mrs. Nannie Sauls, Birchton, Mrs. Watt Alderman, Brandytown, Mrs. Parthenia Brown, Montcoal, and Mrs. Pearl Acord, Montcoal; five step-sons and five step-daughters.

Transcribed by Nyla CREED DePauk Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, WV Saturday - 1 Aug 1942 Rev. Isaac Newton Dickens -- 81, for 17 years a missionary Baptist preacher and known for several years at the Beckley courthouse as the "marrying parson," died Thursday, home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace Ferrell* of Mt. Hope. Funeral, Sunday 2:30 p.m., home of a son, Pete Dickens of Pineknob, Raleigh county, Rev. Dual Webb and Rev. Price Cook. Burial, family cemetery, Pineknob, Valley mortuary, Whitesville. *Should be Grace Feazell.

Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, WV 3 Nov 1932 EXPLOSION HERO IS HEART VICTIM Stotesbury Mine Foreman Dies Unexpectedly at His Home BECKLEY, Nov. 3 -- Charles N. Able, 46 years old, assistant mine foreman at Stotesbury, was stricken with a heart attack and died before medical aid could be summoned at his home in Stotesbury yesterday. Able was acclaimed a hero by his employees for his work in helping to rescue entombed miners in an explosion at the mine in December 1929. Funeral services will be conducted from the Stotesbury church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial park near Beckley. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Able, and eight children, James, Alma, Ella Mae, Carl, Effie, Marie, Mary, and Charles Able, Jr., and Mrs. Jack Hill, all of Stotesbury; three sisters, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. William Earls, and Mrs. Orville Dickens, and a brother, John Able.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia May 16, 1941 Mrs. Ida Hendrix ---- Last rites for Mrs. Ida Hendrix, 44, wife of G. W. Hendrix of Naoma, Raleigh county, who died Thursday at her home, will be conducted by Rev. Stollie Parsons at 1 p.m. Saturday in Naomi church. The Valley mortuary of Whitesville will direct burial in Milam cemetery at Saxon. Also surviving are a son, John Lee Hendrix at home; three daughters, the Misses Launa and Betty Jo Hendrix at home and Mrs. Jamimia Clay of Naoma; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Daniels of Bolt and Mrs. Garnet Arnold of Saxon; a brother, Albany Milam of Glen Daniel; and four grandchildren. The body will be removed from the mortuary to the residence at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia January 27, 1935 Funeral services for Cecil Milam, 31 years old, a coal loader at Kingston, who was killed instantly by falling slate Thursday, will be at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Milam, at Saxon on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will follow in the family cemetery. Besides his parents, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Earnest Milam of Glen White; Roy Milam, Rush Milam, Miss Della Milam, Mrs. Ruby Webb, Mrs. Gay Webb, and Miss Doris Milam, all of Saxon.

The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia January 16, 1931 "1930-1931 TWINS" HAVE SHORT LIVES Eccles Infants, Born in Different Years, Called by Death Beckley, Jan. 16 ---- Less than 48 hours after the death of his twin brother, Billy Dean Beckleheimer, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Snowden Beckleheimer, of Eccles died at the home. The funeral of the other baby, Bobbie Lee, who died Sunday night was held Tuesday morning. Burial in Mt. Tabor cemetery. The babies attracted considerable attention when it was announced that one was born in 1930 and the other 20 minutes later, but in 1931. Both were placed in adjoining graves.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia January 29, 1941 Head Struck Top of Wall While Riding on Car Marvin Allen Dickens, 28-year-old miner of Stickney, was fatally injured while riding a Colcord Coal company mine engine at Montcoal when his head struck a low place in the mine passageway. He died en route to a hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in Montcoal Baptist church. Rev. Mrs. W. T. Hood will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Spring Hill, with the Valley mortuary of Whitesville in charge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Marie Dickens: three children, Joan, Peggy and Marvin Dickens, Jr.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dickens of Marfork; two sisters, Misses Anna and Patsy Dickens; six brothers, Carrison, James, Elmer, Connie, Quinton, and Denver Dickens, all of Marfork. The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia January 30, 1941 Marvin Allen Dickens ---- Final rites were to be held at 1 p.m. Thursday for Mr. Dickens 28-year-old miner of Stickney, who was fatally injured Tuesday in a mine accident at Montcoal. Rev. Mrs. W. T. Hood was to officiate and burial was to be in Sunset Memorial park at Spring Hill.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia June 13, 1932 Funeral services were held at the Mount Tabor church Sunday afternoon for Andrew Davis, 59 years old, who died Friday night of apoplexy. He was ill but one day. Mr. Davis was a native of Raleigh county and one of its most picturesque citizens. He was a familiar figure in Beckley. He made the journey from his home near Mt. Tabor, about five miles from Beckley, in a buggy pulled by a team of horses. He was in Beckley Thursday greeting friends. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mosbey Prince Davis, and the following children: Oscar and James Davis, of Sun; Fred Davis, Beckley; Russell Davis, Statesbury; Joe Davis, Rhodell, Luther Davis, Mount Tabor; Mrs. G. H. Spalding, Beckley; Mrs. Helen Bowers, Mabscott, and Miss Irene Davis, Mount Tabor.

We had our first snow showers today. Now it is time for me to start research my family history again. I am Gaylard Lee Williams, the son of Cecil Williams and Delora Stover of Artie, Raleigh County, West Virginia. My dad mother is Luella Pearl Maynor, I am needing help on her side. Her parents were Ulysses Grant Maynor and Almira Wriston. Almira Wriston's parents were James WRiston and Rebecca Moles. I am needing help on the Wriston and Moles Lines. Thanks, I will be out of town for Thanksgiving GL Williams _________________________________________________________________ Has one of the new viruses infected your computer? Find out with a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee. Take the FreeScan now! http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia January 18, 1933 John Earl Clay, 25 years old, of Mt. Tabor, who was fatally wounded while handling a gun in the home of M. E. Scalf, at Eccles Sunday evening when the weapon was accidently discharged and bullet lodged in his abdomen, died in a hospital Monday night. Before his death the youth said he was loading the magazine of a .32 caliber automatic when it was discharged. Funeral services were conducted at the Mt. Tabor church Wednesday. Burial was in the church yard. Beside his mother, Mrs. Maggie Clay, he leaves two brothers, Dennis H. Clay and Roscoe Clay, and two sisters, Mrs. Noah Daniel, and Miss Daisy Clay, all of Mt. Tabor.

Transcribed by Nyla CREED DePauk The Charleston Daily Mail 3 July 1943 MRS. ELLA STANSBURY -- 70, mother of Harry A. Stansbury of Charleston, secretary of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, died Friday at a Beckley hospital. She was a life-long resident of Glen Daniel, Raleigh county. Services Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Keyser chapel, Beckley, and burial in the family cemetery at Glen Daniel. Surviving also: Herbert Stansbury, Beckley attorney; two sisters, Mrs. G. P. Daniel and Mrs. Robert Jarrell, Beckley; a brother, Dr. C. P. Calloway, a coal operator in Glen Daniel; 11 grand-children and three great-grand-children.

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Transcribed by Nyla CREED DePauk 10 Feb 1930 Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia BOIL CAUSES DEATH Beckley Lawyer Succumbs to Complications BECKLEY, Feb. 10 -- McDonald Franklin McGinnis, 25 years old, widely known young lawyer of this city, died at a local hospital this morning of blood poisoning and pneumonia after an illness of a week. The poisoning grew from an infected boil. Mr. McGinnis was a son of the late T. J. McGinnis, former judge of the Raleigh county criminal court, and a nephew of W. H. McGinnis, former judge of the state supreme court of appeals. He was a graduate of Beckley high school; Fishburn Military school, Waynesboro, Va., West Virginia university, and of the Cumberland law school, Lebanon, Tenn. He was admitted to the Raleigh county bar in 1928. He was unmarried. Mr. McGinnis was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity and was affiliated with the local Elks lodge. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Virgie McGinnis, and a sister, Miss Mary E. McGinnis.

Marriage Index: West Virginia, 1863-1900 Trump, Henry J. Spouse : Walls, Rachel Marriage Date : Jan 23, 1883 County : Raleigh Gender : Male Source : County Court Records Microfilm Number : 6117046-6117048 Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia May 13, 1933 Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Trump, 69 years old, who died at her home at Bolt, Thursday afternoon of heart disease, were conducted at the Bolt church Saturday afternoon. The service was under charge of Rev. Grant Stevens. Burial was in the family cemetery. Mrs. Trump was a member of the Baptist church and was connected with some of the old and prominent families of the county. She is survived by her husband, H. J. Trump, and the following children; Mrs. Fred Covey of Glen Daniel; Mrs. J. N. Brown of Beckley; Mrs. R. G. Daniels, Metalton; Mrs. W. G. Covey of Winding Gulf; Mrs. H. H. Calloway, Beckley; Edgar Trump, James Trump, and Ward Trump, all of Bolt. The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia April 5, 1934 SERVICES ARE HELD FOR MINER VICTIM Beckley, March 5. ---- Funeral services for Edward J. Trump, 38 years old, machine runner at Eccles, who was killed Tuesday when struck by a Virginian railroad engine, between Eccles and Harper, were to be held by Rev. Grant Stevens at the Bolt church this afternoon. An inquest was held by Magistrate H. P. Stone. Besides his widow, Mrs. Ora Trump, and one son, Reginald, brothers and sisters living are: Mrs. W. C. Covey, Winding Gulf; Mrs. Fred Covey of Glen Daniel; Mrs. J. N. Brown, Beckley; Mrs. Howard Calloway, Beckley; Mrs. R. G. Daniel, Belburn, Greenbrier County. Note: Brothers appear to have been omitted.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia Oct 9, 1932 Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist church, Rev E. Gibson Davis, officiating, Sunday afternoon, for Mrs. Mary Stover McMillion, 45 years old, who died at her home at Beckley Thursday afternoon. Mrs. McMillion had been in declining health for more than a year, undergoing two operations in the last six months. Her first husband was W. B. Stover of Beckley. She later married C. D. McMillion, who survives with two children of the first marriage. They are Mason Stover and Iphia Davis, of Beckley. Mrs. McMillion was an active member of the Baptist church. She was the daughter of the late A. H. and Janes West, of Clear Creek. Two brothers, H. F. West, of Pax, and B. D. West, of Beckley, and a sister, Mrs. G. W. Humphreys, of Pax, survive.

Transcribed by Rita O'Brien The Charleston Daily Mail Charleston, West Virginia September 27, 1941 Mrs. Oma Lester - Services for Mrs. Lester, 73, of Grassy Meadows, Greenbrier County, who died Friday in an East Rainelle hospital after an illness of two weeks, will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in McEllanhany Baptist Church at Grassy Meadows with Rev. Abe Frantz officiating. Burial will be in McEllanhany Cemetery with Nickell mortuary in charge. Mrs. Lester was a native of Raleigh county. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Grace Hanson of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Virgie Forren of Quinwood and Mrs. Edna Osborne of Duo; two sons, Oscar Lester of Ellicott City, Md., and Lunda Lester of Norfolk, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah McMillion of Beckley and Mrs. Ruhana Stover of Harper, and a brother, Oliver Brown of Kentucky.