McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Billy Reed Cook

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 187B, Family #31.
Listed as Billie R. Cook, age 8 mons, born in WV, in household of father, Anthony H. Cook.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1951); Page 370; WV Archives Web Site.
Billy Reed Cook; age 22; born and living at Cyclone, WV; single; son of Anthony and Susie Cook;
married on 29 Oct 1951 at Oceana, WV; Delores Jean Christian; age 13; born and living at Cyclone,
WV; single; daughter of J.O. and Marie Christian.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1959); Page 143; WV Archives Web Site.
Billy Reed Cook; age 29; born at Cyclone, WV; divorced; living at Chicago, IL; son of Anthony and
Sue Cook; married on 5 Sep 1959 at Cyclone, WV; Crisalene Brown; age 21; born and living at
Cyclone, WV; single; daughter of Cush and May Brown.


Delores Jean Christian

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1951); Page 370; WV Archives Web Site.
Billy Reed Cook; age 22; born and living at Cyclone, WV; single; son of Anthony and Susie Cook;
married on 29 Oct 1951 at Oceana, WV; Delores Jean Christian; age 13; born and living at Cyclone,
WV; single; daughter of J.O. and Marie Christian.


Mary Vada Bailey

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 7 Apr 1930, Page 190B, Famiy #78.
Listed as Vada Bailey, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, John R. Bailey.
2. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District; E.D. 55-9; taken on 25 Apr 1940; Page 198A;
Image 23 of 96; Household #157.
Listed as Vadie Bailey; age 20; born in WV; single; 7th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, John R. Bailey.
3. FindAGrave.com; Cook Cemetery, Cyclone, Wyoming Co, WV; submitted by Patty Greene;
23 Jan 2012.
Mary Vada Bailey Wooten; born 8 Feb 1920 at Cyclone, WV; died 19 Jan 2012 at Cyclone; buried
here; picture and obit shown.
"CYCLONE — Mary Vada Wooten, 91, departed this life Thursday, January 19, 2012, following a short illness.

"Born February 8, 1920, in Cyclone, she was the daughter of the late John Richard "Dick" Bailey (1876-1953) and Emma Belle Toler-Bailey (1890-1968).

"In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Wooten (Deceased); and a son, George Richard Wooten (Deceased); brothers and sisters, George Hiram Bailey (1905-1946), Milam Bailey (1907-Deceased), William Richard Bailey (1908-Deceased), Thomas Harrison Bailey (1910-Deceased), Oza Bailey (1912-Deceased), Wade Bailey (1913-Deceased), Joseph W. Bailey (1914-Deceased), & William Bailey (1929-Deceased).

"Mrs. Wooten was a homemaker, a member of Lacoma Baptist Church. She was a friend to all who knew her and will be dearly missed.

"Those left to cherish her memory are four sons, James L. Overton (1942-2012), and wife Dorothy of Cyclone, Clarence H. Wooten and wife, Drema, of Beaver, John Wooten and wife, Debra, of Alderson and Terry Wooten of Cyclone, with whom she made her home; two sisters, Violet Bailey-Miller (B. 1927) and Versie Bailey-Brown (B. 1928) both of Cyclone; eight grandchildren; two-great-grandchildren; special friend, Ramona White; several nieces and nephews and a host of family and friends.

"A celebration of Mrs. Wooten's life will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 23, 2012, at Lacoma Baptist Church with Rev. Merle Walls officiating. Mrs. Wooten will be laid to rest in Cook Cemetery, Cyclone. ..."


Foley Franklin Cook Sr

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Birth Registry; Vol #___(Page 190); WV Archives Web Site.
Foley F. Cook; born on 7 Nov 1907 at Oceana; Grant Cook, father; Peral Cook, mother; reported by
Grant Cook, father.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 5 May 1910, Page 275A, Family #252.
Listed as Oley F. Cook, age 2, born in WV, in household of father, Sheridan G. Cook.
3. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 12 Jan 1920, Page 230A, Family #95.
Listed as Foley F. Cook, age 12, born in WV, in household of father, Sheridan G. Cook.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1939); Page 590; WV Archives Web Site.
Foley Franklin Cook; age 31; born and living at Oceana, WV; single; son of ____ and Pearl Cook;
married on 11 Mar 1939 at Oceana, WV; Orlie Rose Hinkle; age 21; born at Meadow Bridge, WV;
single; living at Oceana, WV; daughter of Lloyd and Grace Hinkle.


Orlie Rose Hinkle

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1939); Page 590; WV Archives Web Site.
Foley Franklin Cook; age 31; born and living at Oceana, WV; single; son of ____ and Pearl Cook;
married on 11 Mar 1939 at Oceana, WV; Orlie Rose Hinkle; age 21; born at Meadow Bridge, WV;
single; living at Oceana, WV; daughter of LlOyd and Grace Hinkle.


Audy R. Eldridge

1. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Audy R. Eldridge; born 15 Nov 1953; living at PO Box 373, Cyclone, WV 24827 in 1986.


Dorothy L. Miller

1. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Dorothy L. Eldridge; born 20 Oct 1952; living at PO Box 373, Cyclone, WV 24827 in 1996.


Charles Calvin Paynter

1. 1920 Census, Logan Co, WV; Triadelphia District; Madison Creek; taken on 18 Mar 1920;
Page 195A; Family #381/385.
Listed as Charley C. Paynter; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Benjamin H. Paynter.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 188A, Family #38.
Listed as Calvin Paynter, age 16, born in WV, in household of father, Benjamin H. Paynter.
3. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Oceana District; Lawer Road Branch; E.D. 55-9; taken on 18 Apr
1940; Page 192A; Image 11 of 96; Household #75.
Listed as Calvin Paynter; age 27; born in WV; single; 8th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; farmer; in household of father, Benjamin H. Paynter.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book #__ (1942); Page 329; WV Archives, Web Site.
Calvin Paynter; age 29; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; living at Cyclone, WV; son of Ben Harrison
and Bertha Paynter; married on 26 Jan 1942 at Mallory, WV; Gaye Paynter; age 29; born in Wyoming
Co, WV; single; living at Cyclone, WV; daughter of James and Lena Paynter.
5. E-mail dated 31 dec 2010 from Jennifer Brown Hall granddaughter of Charles Cush and May Perry.
Supplied most of the birth, death and marriage dates of the Brown and Paynter families.


Thelma M.

1. "Charleston Gazette"; Charleston, WV; 17 Jul 2008: Newspaper Obit.
"Thelma M. Canterbury Paynter, 90, of Charleston, formerly of Clendenin, died at the home her daughter and her husband, Billie R. and Jerry Jones, after a long illness.
She was a homemaker and a member of Gospel Light Community Church, Clendenin.

"She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Canterbury and Calvin Paynter.

"Additional survivors are her sister, Wanda Harper of Spencer; granddaughter and her husband, Shelia and Doug Davis of Charleston; grandson and his wife, Jay and Cindy Jones of Charleston; great-grandchildren, Jennifer Davis, Jason Jones and Patrick Boyer; stepdaughters, Carol Cook of Cyclone, Joyce Cook of Tennessee and Kathleen Walker of Oceana; and stepsons, Robert Paynter of Oceana, Charles Paynter of Cyclone and Joe Paynter of Pineville.

"Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 18, in Elk Hills Memorial Park, Big Chimney, with Charles Paynter officiating.,,"


Thelma M.

1. "Charleston Gazette"; Charleston, WV; 17 Jul 2008: Newspaper Obit.
"Thelma M. Canterbury Paynter, 90, of Charleston, formerly of Clendenin, died at the home her daughter and her husband, Billie R. and Jerry Jones, after a long illness.
She was a homemaker and a member of Gospel Light Community Church, Clendenin.

"She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Canterbury and Calvin Paynter.

"Additional survivors are her sister, Wanda Harper of Spencer; granddaughter and her husband, Shelia and Doug Davis of Charleston; grandson and his wife, Jay and Cindy Jones of Charleston; great-grandchildren, Jennifer Davis, Jason Jones and Patrick Boyer; stepdaughters, Carol Cook of Cyclone, Joyce Cook of Tennessee and Kathleen Walker of Oceana; and stepsons, Robert Paynter of Oceana, Charles Paynter of Cyclone and Joe Paynter of Pineville.

"Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 18, in Elk Hills Memorial Park, Big Chimney, with Charles Paynter officiating.,,"