McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Adolphus Uriah "Junior" Walker Jr

1. Feiser Funeral Home; New Oxford, PA; Posted Obit.
"NEW OXFORD Adolphus U. Walker, Jr, 87, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Holy Spirit Hospital. He was the husband of the late Esther P. (Dellinger) Walker, who died February 19, 2008. He was born May 13, 1922, in Dunham, Ky., the son of the late Adolphus U. and Ruth E. (Elledge) Walker, Sr.

"He was a member of St. Paul's 'The Pines' Lutheran Church in New Oxford, Hebron Lodge #465, New Oxford, New Oxford Social & Athletic Club, Gettysburg Eagles, a past president of the New Oxford AARP, and a co-founder of the Hunterstown Go Cart Club. He was also a former member of the Hunterstown Ruritan Club and the New Oxford Lions Club.

"Adolphus is survived by three sons, Richard U. Walker, Sr., and his wife, Henrietta of Orrtanna, James P. Walker and his wife, Sueanne of Estero, Fla., and John K. Walker and his wife, Sherri of Millsboro, Del.; three daughters, Susan C. Mosser and her husband, William of New Oxford, Sally K. Weikert and her husband, Robert of Gettysburg, and Kimberly A. Walker of Biglerville; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; three great-greatgrandchildren; and two brothers, George Walker of King of Prussia and William Walker of New Oxford.

"He was predeceased by three brothers; Ernest Walker, Sr, Kenneth Walker, Sr, and Thomas Walker. "Funeral services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. from St. Paul's 'The Pines' Lutheran Church, 1535 Hunterstown-Hampton Rd, New Oxford, with his pastor, the Rev. Benson Paull, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...."


John Chandler Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 51; born in NC; widowed; farmer; head of household.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 62; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.


Julius Chester Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Chester Spicer; age 14; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


Helen Lyle Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Helen L. Spicer; age 12; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Helen L. Spicer; age 21; born in NC; single; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


Edith Kyle Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Edith K. Spicer; age 10; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Edith K. Spicer; age 19; born in NC; single; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


Stephen Wayne Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Stephen W. Spicer; age 3; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Stephen W. Spicer; age 12; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


John Chandler Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 51; born in NC; widowed; farmer; head of household.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 62; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.


Tate Shumate

1. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Tate Spicer; age 25; born in NC; married; in household of husband, John C. Spicer.


Randall Spicer

1. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Randall Spicer; age 8 yrs, 9 mons; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


Lavette Spicer

1. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as Lovette Spicer; age 6 yrs, 5 mons; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


John Chandler Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 51; born in NC; widowed; farmer; head of household.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 169B;
Family #34/35.
Listed as John C. Spicer; age 62; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.


Charles B. Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Charles B. Spicer; age 23; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


Walter C. Spicer

1. 1910 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; North Wilkesboro Township; taken on 22 Apr 1910; Page 130B;
Family #57/58.
Listed as Walter C. Spicer; age 21; born in NC; in household of father, John C. Spicer.


Ellis Preston Cooper

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Ellis Preston Cooper; age 20; born Paynesville, WV; single; living at Bradshaw, WV; married on 6
Sep 1944 at Jolo, WV; Lady Lou Vance; age 18; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; single; with
consent of Mathias Vance, father of Lady Lou Vance.
2. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Ellis Cooper; born on 10 Sep 1925; died in Dec 1985; living at Jolo, McDowell Co, WV at death.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Polly Fry Hagerman; 12 Oct 2009.
" Ellis Preston “Jim” Cooper
Birth 9 Sep 1925
Panther, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 20 Dec 1985 (aged 60)
Jolo, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Cooper Cemetery
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 43007996"

Additional Information Posted:
"Father: Clark Cooper
Mother: Elsie Spurlock

"Marriage 1 Lady Lou Vance

"*Married: 1944 in McDowell County, West Virginia

"Marriage 2 Maudie CAroline Mitchell

"*Married: 9 JUL 1965

"Father of: Thomas Ferrell, Mary Margaret, Frances, Mose, Elsie, Carrie, Cecil(Clell) and Johnny. Father of Joanne Rowe."


Lady Lou Vance

1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 15 Apr 1930, Page 261B, Family #262.
Listed as Lady Vance, age 2 yrs, born in WV, in household of father, Mathias Vance.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Ellis Preston Cooper; age 20; born Paynesville, WV; single; living at Bradshaw, WV; married on 6 Sep
1944 at Jolo, WV; Lady Lou Vance; age 18; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; single; with consent of
Mathias Vance, father of Lady Lou Vance.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1963); Sandy River District; WV Archives Web Site.
Lady Lou Cooper; age 35; born on 14 Apr 1928 in WV; married; living at Jolo, WV; daughter of Mathias
and Louise (Kennedy) Vance; died on 17 Nov 1963 from a bullet wound of skull; buried on 20 Nov
1963 in Cooper Cemetery, Paynesville, WV; informant, Louise Vance, Bradshaw, WV
4. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Tom and Eva Jewell"; Article; Page 201; submitted by Geneva Steele;
HC 61; Box 37B; Paynesville, WV 24873.


Frances E. Cooper

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1953); Browns Creek District; WV Archives Web Site.
Frances E. Cooper; age 1 yr, 1 day; daughter of Ellis and Lady Lou (Vance) Cooper; died on 26 Jan
1953 from pneumonia.


Thomas Ferrell Cooper

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1960); Browns Creek District; WV Archives Web Site.
Thomas Ferrell Cooper; born on 7 mar 1960 at Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch, McDowell Co, WV;
son of Ellis Preston and Lady Lou (Vance) Cooper; died on 7 Mar 1960 at Welch, WV; stillborn; buried
on 8 Mar 1960 in Cooper Cemetery, Paynesville, WV.