1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; tsken on 31 Jan 1920; Page 193B; Image 10 of
14; Family #78/78.
Listed as Loye L. Lester; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Lester.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 9 May 1930; Page 154A; Image 21 of
40; Family #156/162.
Listed as Loy Lester; age 20; born in WV; in household of father; William H. Lester.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1933); Page 202; WV Archives Web Site.
Loy Lacy Lester; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Keyrock, WV; son of W.H. and Nancy
Lester; married on 23 Dec 1933 at Keyrock, WV; Norma Adkins; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
living at Keyrock, WV; daughter of E.L. and Ollie Adkins.
4. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Emmett Lee and Ollie Ellen Acord Adkins" article, WGS, page 75.
5. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; E.D. 55-6; taken on 2 May 1940; Page 127?B;
Image 36 of 64; Household #301.
Listed as Loy Lester; age 29; born in WV; married; 4th grade education; lived in same place on 1
Apr 1935; laborer for retail lumber company; head of household.
6. US Public Records Index, Vol #1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Loy L. Lester; born 2 May 1910; living at PO Box 1239, Pineville, WV; 24874 in 1984.
7. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries; http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Loy L. Lester; born in 1910; died in 1987; buried in Privett Cemetery, Keyrock, Wyoming Co, WV.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 5 Jan 1920, Page 226A, Family #23.
Listed as Norma Adkins, age 1 yr, 7 mons, born in WV, in household of father, Emmett L. Adkins.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 9 May 1930, Page 10B, Family #155.
Listed as Norma Adkins, age 11, born in WV, in household of father, Emmett L. Adkins.
3. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Emmett Lee and Ollie Ellen Acord Adkins" article, WGS, page 75.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1933); Page 202; WV Archives Web Site.
Loy Lacy Lester; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Keyrock, WV; son of W.H. and Nancy
Lester; married on 23 Dec 1933 at Keyrock, WV; Norma Adkins; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
living at Keyrock, WV; daughter of E.L. and Ollie Adkins.
5. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; E.D. 55-6; taken on 2 May 1940; Page 127?B;
Image 36 of 64; Household #301.
Listed as Norma Lester; age 21; born in WV; married; 8th grade education; lived in same place on 1
Apr 1935; in household of husband, Loy Lacy Lester.
6. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries; http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Norma E. Lester; born in 1918; died in 1986; buried in Privett Cemetery, Keyrock, Wyoming Co, WV.
7. "Social Security Death Index", LDS Web Site.
Norma Lester; born on 15 Jun 1918; died in May 1986; living at Pineville, Wyoming Co, WV at
death.
1. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; E.D. 55-6; taken on 2 May 1940; Page 127?B;
Image 36 of 64; Household #301.
Listed as Verne Lester; age 5; born in WV; no education; not attending school; lived in same
place on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Loy Lacy Lester.
1. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; E.D. 55-6; taken on 2 May 1940; Page 127?B;
Image 36 of 64; Household #301.
Listed as Dwane Lester; age 4; born in WV; in household of father, Loy Lacy Lester.
1. "The Register Herald"; Beckley, WV; Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010; Newspaper Obit.
"PINEVILLE — Michael Ray Lester, 60, of Pineville, passed away Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010, in Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C. following a long illness."Born Jan. 3, 1950, at Welch, he was the son of the late Loy and Norma Adkins Lester.
"Mr. Lester was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed computers, talking on the phone and being with his family.
"In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Danny, Wayne, Verne and Jackie Lester; and two sisters, Judy Kinser and Linda Lester.
"Survivors include two brothers, Gene Lester and Barry Lester and his wife, Beatrice, all of Davy; and six sisters, Helen Coburn of Appomattox, Va., Edie Workman and her husband, Joe, of Catawba, S.C., Norma Dalene Lester of York, S.C.; Kay Orndorff of Pineville, Terrie Fatony and her husband, Tony, of Turkey Creek and Donna Lester of Cumming, Ga.
"A celebration of Michael’s life will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at Calfee Funeral Service Chapel, Pineville, with the Rev. Ricky Lusk officiating. Burial will follow in Privett Family Cemetery, Keyrock..."
1. NC Death Collection, 1908-2004; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Daniel Lee Lester; age 23; born 6 Nov 1968 in IL; single; never married; living at Beaufort, WV; SS #372-70-7113;
died 10 Sep 1992 in a Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC hospital; burial out of state.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Shelma New; 19 Dec 2002; headstone photo added by B. Walls.
Daniel Lee Lester; born 6 Nov 1968; died 10 Sep 1992; buried here; headstone photo shown; " OUR
BELOVED SON AND BROTHER".
1. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Emmett Lee and Ollie Ellen Acord Adkins" article, WGS, page 75.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#____(1952); Page 100; WV Archives Web Site.
Lessie Adkins; age 21; born at Keyrock, WV; son of Emmett and Ollie Adkins; married on 13 Jul 1952
at Keyrock, WV; June Workman, age 21; born at Athens, WV; single; daughter of Willis and Ruby
Workman.
1. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Emmett Lee and Ollie Ellen Acord Adkins" article, WGS, page 75.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#____(1952); Page 100; WV Archives Web Site.
Lessie Adkins; age 21; born at Keyrock, WV; son of Emmett and Ollie Adkins; married on 13 Jul 1952
at Keyrock, WV; June Workman, age 21; born at Athens, WV; single; daughter of Willis and Ruby
Workamn.
2. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #4161; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Dempsey Carl McGraw; age 28; born in Switchback, WV; single; living at 1400 1/2 North Walker,
Princeton, WV; son of James Brennen and Lillie Jo (Moye) McGraw; married on 18 Feb 1963 at
Pearisburg, VA; Anna June Adkins; maiden name Workman; age 26; born in Athens, WV; divorced;
one previous marriage; living at 1400 1/2 North Walker St, Princeton, WV; daughter of Floyd William
and Ruby Alpharetta (Alvis) Workman.
1. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Emmett Lee and Ollie Ellen Acord Adkins" article, WGS, page 75.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book#____(1952); Page 100; WV Archives Web Site.
Lessie Adkins; age 21; born at Keyrock, WV; son of Emmett and Ollie Adkins; married on 13 Jul 1952
at Keyrock, WV; June Workman, age 21; born at Athens, WV; single; daughter of Willis and Ruby
Workman.
1. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Emmett Lee and Ollie Ellen Acord Adkins" article, WGS, page 75.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Oceana District, Family #35.
Listed as Birtie Cook, age 15, a son?, in household of father, David Judson Cooke.
2. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Jeanne C. Akers" article, WGS, page 76.
"My father, Burt Cook, was the son of David Judson and Delilah Shannon Cook.
My mother, Ethel, was the daughter of Adora Walker and Wyatt Brooks."
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 28 Apr 1910, Page 269B, Family #160.
Listed as Bert Cook, age 24, born in WV, in household of father, David J. Cook.
4. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Wyoming Co, WV, Draft Board, Pineville, WV, Reg.
Card 1053.
Birt Cook; age 33; born on 2 May 1885; living at Mullins, Wyoming Co, WV; barber;
nearest relative, Ethel Cook; medium height with medium build; gray eyes and brown hair;
12 Sep 1918.
5. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, Itmann, taken on 26 Jan 1920, Page 261A,
Family #382.
Listed as Bert Cook, age 34, born in WV, barber for coal company, head of household.
6. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District; taken on ____; Page 195A, Family #160/170.
Listed as Bert Cook, age 44, born in WV, married at 26, farmer, head of household.
1. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Jeanne C. Akers" article, WGS, page 76.
2. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 5 Jun 1900, Page 266A, Family #40.
Listed as Ethel Walker, age 4, born in WV in Dec 1895 in household of grandfather, James B.
Walker, with mother, L. Addora Walker.
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District, taken on 28 Apr 1910; Page 269B, Family #167.
Listed as Ethel Walker, age 16; born in WV, in household of step-father, George W. Cook.
4. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, Itmann, taken on 26 Jan 1920, Page 261A,
Family #382.
Listed as Ethel Cook, age 24, born in WV, in household of husband, Bert Cook.
5. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District; taken on ____; Page 195A, Family #160/170.
Listed as Ethel Cook, age 34, born in WV, married at 16, in household of husband, Bert Cook.
1. "Social Security Death Index", LDS Web Site.
Eugene Akers; born on 2 Dec 1922; died on 11 Feb 1994; living at Crany, Wyoming Co, WV at death.
1. "Wyoming County, WC Heritage", "Jeanne C. Akers" article, WGS, page 76.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District; taken on ____; Page 195A, Family #160/170.
Listed as Jean Cook, age 6, born in WV, in household of father, Bert Cook.
3. "Social Security Death Index", LDS Web Site.
Jeanne Akers; born on 26 Mar 1924; died on 29 Oct 2004; living at Crany, Wyoming Co, WV at death.
1. "Descendant Chart of Nehemiah Daniel", Raleigh Co, WV GebWeb Page.
John R. Allen, Sr; son of William and Ann Stewart Allen, Jr; born in 1784
in NC; died on 26 Jul 1877 in Wyoming Co, WV.