A little trivia..Joe L. Smith was the owner of WJLS in Beckley..Norma Straughan Russie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita O'Brien" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG] Can someone do a lookup? > Maybe this clear things up on Sarah Jane Smith - daughter of Hulett > Armstrong and Angeline McMillion Smith. > > The Charleston Daily Mail > Charleston, West Virginia > October 6, 1930 > > Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at McDonald for Burt > Walters, a widely known resident of that section and a brother-in-law of > Congressman Joe L. Smith. Mr. Walters, who was 63 years old, died at a > Montgomery hospital Friday afternoon. He was a native of Kentucky. His widow > is the eldest sister of Congressman Smith. > > The service were conducted by Rev. W. W. Pharr, of Oak Hill, and burial was > in Sunset Memorial Park. > > Marriage Index: West Virginia, 1863-1900 > Smith, Sarah Jane Spouse : Watters, Burt > Marriage Date : Jul 12, 1895 > County : Raleigh > Gender : Female > Source : County Court Records > Microfilm Number : 6117046-6117048 > > Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, W. Va. > Saturday Morning, March 4, 1950 > > Mrs. Walters To > Be Buried Today > > MOUNT HOPE, Mar. 3--Funeral services are to be conducted at 2:30 p.m. > Saturday for Mrs. Sarah Jane Walters, 84, who died at her home in Mount Hope > about 10:30 o'clock last night. Death was attributed to a heart condition. > > Rites will be conducted from the Mt. Hope Baptist Temple with the Rev. > Clarence Figgatt officiating. > > Born near Glen Daniel, then known as the Marshes, in 1866, she was a > resident of Mount Hope for 68 years. Her husband, Bert Walters, who died in > 1930, was a Fayette County sheriff and magistrate during their years of > residence there. > > She is survived by a daughter, Miss Nell Walters, a teacher at Fairmont; two > sons, L. N. Walters, of Mount Hope, and O. J. Walters, of Wayesboro, Va.; > two brothers, Joe L. Smith of Beckley, and John Smith, Buffalo, N.Y.; 11 > gandchildren and five great-grandchildren. > > The body will remain at the Lindamood Funeral Home until 1:30 p.m. Saturday, > at which time it will be removed to the church. > > West Virginia State Department of Health > Certificate of Death, Fayette County, Volume 6, Certificate #2667 > > Name: Sarah J. Walters > Date of Death: March 2, 1950 > Place of Death: Mount Hope, Fayette Co., W. Va. > Cause of Death: Cardiac degeneration?, nephritis? > Marital Status: Widow > Date of Birth: Oct. 14, 1866 b Raleigh Co., W. Va. > Name of Father: Hulett A. Smith > Name of Mother: Angeline McMillion . > Place of Burial: Sunset, Beckley, W. Va. > Informant: Nelle Walters > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anita Hill" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:07 PM > Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG] Can someone do a lookup? > > > > A lookup resulted in some conflicting "facts". > > > > I am looking for the marriage of Robert H. Aliff and Sarah Jane Smith, > > 27 Oct 1884. I need to see if parents are listed for Robert, and any > > other available info. Also the Raleigh County Marriages book had listed > > a Woolwine marriage in Raleigh County in the index, and I wanted to see > > what that listing was, as we are having a hard time finding a > > connection for my grandfather William Birt Woolwine, born 3 Apr 1890 > > (we think). Birt was married to one of Sarah Jane and Robert's > > daughters, Macie. > > > > A lookup for Sarah Jane and Robert revealed no parents listed for > > Robert, and Sarah Jane's parents as Hulet and Angeline Smith, but with > > a notation as "no". Nyla Creed DePauk says: "Unfortunately, someone > > entered information in the official records years after the records > > were recorded. There are many errors." I had been going on the > > assumption that Sarah Jane's parents were Joseph Lewis Smith and Nancy > > Williams, as the All Relative Tree at Ancestry.com has listed (on a > > search for Sarah Jane Smith. married to Robert Aliff) with the source > > as “Honaker 10-22-2003.FTW.” > > > > Does anyone have any clearer information? Any info would be welcome. > > Thanks, > > Anita (Woolwine) Hill > > >

Norma, What is WJLS? Anita Hill On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 08:10 PM, Norma Russie wrote: > A little trivia..Joe L. Smith was the owner of WJLS in Beckley..Norma > Straughan Russie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rita O'Brien" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:19 PM > Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG] Can someone do a lookup? > > >> Maybe this clear things up on Sarah Jane Smith - daughter of Hulett >> Armstrong and Angeline McMillion Smith. >> >> The Charleston Daily Mail >> Charleston, West Virginia >> October 6, 1930 >> >> Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at McDonald for Burt >> Walters, a widely known resident of that section and a brother-in-law >> of >> Congressman Joe L. Smith. Mr. Walters, who was 63 years old, died at a >> Montgomery hospital Friday afternoon. He was a native of Kentucky. His > widow >> is the eldest sister of Congressman Smith. >> >> The service were conducted by Rev. W. W. Pharr, of Oak Hill, and >> burial > was >> in Sunset Memorial Park. >> >> Marriage Index: West Virginia, 1863-1900 >> Smith, Sarah Jane Spouse : Watters, Burt >> Marriage Date : Jul 12, 1895 >> County : Raleigh >> Gender : Female >> Source : County Court Records >> Microfilm Number : 6117046-6117048 >> >> Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, W. Va. >> Saturday Morning, March 4, 1950 >> >> Mrs. Walters To >> Be Buried Today >> >> MOUNT HOPE, Mar. 3--Funeral services are to be conducted at 2:30 p.m. >> Saturday for Mrs. Sarah Jane Walters, 84, who died at her home in >> Mount > Hope >> about 10:30 o'clock last night. Death was attributed to a heart > condition. >> >> Rites will be conducted from the Mt. Hope Baptist Temple with the Rev. >> Clarence Figgatt officiating. >> >> Born near Glen Daniel, then known as the Marshes, in 1866, she was a >> resident of Mount Hope for 68 years. Her husband, Bert Walters, who >> died > in >> 1930, was a Fayette County sheriff and magistrate during their years >> of >> residence there. >> >> She is survived by a daughter, Miss Nell Walters, a teacher at >> Fairmont; > two >> sons, L. N. Walters, of Mount Hope, and O. J. Walters, of Wayesboro, >> Va.; >> two brothers, Joe L. Smith of Beckley, and John Smith, Buffalo, N.Y.; >> 11 >> gandchildren and five great-grandchildren. >> >> The body will remain at the Lindamood Funeral Home until 1:30 p.m. > Saturday, >> at which time it will be removed to the church. >> >> West Virginia State Department of Health >> Certificate of Death, Fayette County, Volume 6, Certificate #2667 >> >> Name: Sarah J. Walters >> Date of Death: March 2, 1950 >> Place of Death: Mount Hope, Fayette Co., W. Va. >> Cause of Death: Cardiac degeneration?, nephritis? >> Marital Status: Widow >> Date of Birth: Oct. 14, 1866 b Raleigh Co., W. Va. >> Name of Father: Hulett A. Smith >> Name of Mother: Angeline McMillion . >> Place of Burial: Sunset, Beckley, W. Va. >> Informant: Nelle Walters >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Anita Hill" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG] Can someone do a lookup? >> >> >>> A lookup resulted in some conflicting "facts". >>> >>> I am looking for the marriage of Robert H. Aliff and Sarah Jane >>> Smith, >>> 27 Oct 1884. I need to see if parents are listed for Robert, and any >>> other available info. Also the Raleigh County Marriages book had >>> listed >>> a Woolwine marriage in Raleigh County in the index, and I wanted to >>> see >>> what that listing was, as we are having a hard time finding a >>> connection for my grandfather William Birt Woolwine, born 3 Apr 1890 >>> (we think). Birt was married to one of Sarah Jane and Robert's >>> daughters, Macie. >>> >>> A lookup for Sarah Jane and Robert revealed no parents listed for >>> Robert, and Sarah Jane's parents as Hulet and Angeline Smith, but >>> with >>> a notation as "no". Nyla Creed DePauk says: "Unfortunately, someone >>> entered information in the official records years after the records >>> were recorded. There are many errors." I had been going on the >>> assumption that Sarah Jane's parents were Joseph Lewis Smith and >>> Nancy >>> Williams, as the All Relative Tree at Ancestry.com has listed (on a >>> search for Sarah Jane Smith. married to Robert Aliff) with the source >>> as “Honaker 10-22-2003.FTW.” >>> >>> Does anyone have any clearer information? Any info would be welcome. >>> Thanks, >>> Anita (Woolwine) Hill >>> >> > > >