1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Herman Stout, Miner"; Article;
Page 247; submitted by Geneva Steele, HC61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Herman Stout, Miner"; Article;
Page 247; submitted by Geneva Steele, HC61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Herman Stout, Miner"; Article;
Page 247; submitted by Geneva Steele, HC61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Herman Stout, Miner"; Article;
Page 247; submitted by Geneva Steele, HC61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Herman Stout, Miner"; Article;
Page 247; submitted by Geneva Steele, HC61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Herman Stout, Miner"; Article;
Page 247; submitted by Geneva Steele, HC61, Box 37-B, Paynesville, WV 24873.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Wilcoe; taken on 5/6 Feb 1920; Page 165A; Image
23 of 23; Family #506/539.
Listed as Clevie Smith; age 3 yrs, 11 mons; born in WV; in household of mother, Edna Proffitt Smith.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Big Four; Superior Road; taken on 22
Apr 1930; Page 186A; Image 61 of 73; Family #518/564.
Listed as William C. Smith; age 14; born in WV; in household of step-father, Harley B. Stout.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as Cleve J. Smith; age 24; born in WV; married; 1 yr HS education; lived in McDowell Co, WV
on 1 Apr 1935; loader in coal mine; in household of father-in-law, Booker Stout.
4. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 21; Dwelling #144.
Listed as Cleve Smith; age 35; born in WV; married; machine man in coal mine; lodger in
household of, Kennith H. Clagg.
5. US Public Records Index, 1950-1993; Vol #1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Cleve W Smith
Birth Date: 4 Feb 1916
Phone Number:..."
"...Address: RR 2 POB 94, Buckhannon, WV, 26201 (1994)
[15 Lumber St, Buckhannon, WV, 26201 (1993)]
[RR 2 PO Box 190d, French Creek, WV, 26218-9654]
6. US Public Records Index, 1950-1993; Vol #2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Cleve W Smith
Birth Date: 4 Feb 1916
Address: RR 2 PO Box 19, French Creek, WV, 26218-9606"
7. Social Security Applications and Claims, Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Cleve William Smith
[Cleve W Smith]
SSN: 234203192
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 4 Feb 1916
Birth Place: Gary, West Virginia
Death Date: 27 May 1995
Father: Bryant Smith
Mother: Edna Profitt
Death Certificate Number: 8532
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Nov 1938: Name listed as CLEVE WILLIAM SMITH;
22 May 1998: Name listed as CLEVE W SMITH"
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Borwns Creek Distict; Premier; taken on 27/29 Jan 1920;
Page 195A; Image 1 of 16; Family #2/2.
Listed as Edith Stout; age 1; born in WV; in household of father, Booker Stout.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken on 12 Apr1930; Page 238A;
Image 15 of 36; Family #119.
Listed as Edith Stout; age 11; born in WV; in household of father, Booker Stout.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as Edith Smith; age 22; born in WV; married; 4th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of, Booker Stout, with husband, Cleve J. Smith.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as William Smith; age 4 mons; born in WV; no education; in household of grandfather, Booker
Stout, with parents.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 29 Jun 1900, Page 239B, Family #236.
Listed as Rufus A.Thompson, age 13, born in VA in Apr 1886, in household of father, Gratton
Thompson.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1906); Page 414; WV Archives Web Site.
Ruth Thompson; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Brier, WV; son of Grat
and Sindy; married on 26 May 1906 at Aven Roberts'; Marger Roberts; age 21; born in Wyoming Co,
WV; single; daughter of Henry and Ave.
Margorie Catherine "Margie" Roberts
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Huff Creek District, Family #63.
Listed as Margie C. Roberts, age 13, in household of father, Henry Roberts.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1906); Page 414; WV Archives Web Site.
Ruth Thompson; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Brier, WV; son of Grat
and Sindy; married on 26 May 1906 at Aven Roberts'; Marger Roberts; age 21; born in Wyoming Co,
WV; single; daughter of Henry and Ave.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Borwns Creek Distict; Premier; taken on 27/29 Jan 1920;
Page 195A; Image 1 of 16; Family #2/2.
Listed as Verna Leslie Stout; age 3; born in WV; in household of father, Booker Stout.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken on 12 Apr1930; Page 238A;
Image 15 of 36; Family #119.
Listed as Vernon L. Stout; age 13; born in WV; in household of father, Booker Stout.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as Vernon Stout; age 24; born in WV; married; 7th grade education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; loader in coal mine; in household of father, Booker Stout.
4. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Premier; taken 12 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 23; Dwelling #165.
Listed as Vernon Stout; age 34; born in WV; married; odd jobs in coal mine; head of household.
5. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Vernon L. Stout; born on 24 Mar 1916; living at PO Box 35, Premier, WV 24878 in 1992.
6. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Vernon L. Stout; born on 24 Mar 1916; died on 2 Apr 2001; last residence, Premier, McDowell Co,
WV; SS # 235-09-5547; card issued in WV before 1951.
7. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Freda Gay Stout"; Article; Page
246; submitted by Freda Gay Stout, Premier, WV 24878.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as Zola Stout; age 17; born in WV; married; 6th grade education; lived in same house on 1
Apr 1935; in household of father-in-law, Booker Stout, with husband.
2. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Premier; taken 12 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 23; Dwelling #165.
Listed as Zola Stout; age 27; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Vernon L. Stout.
3. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Zola F. Stout; born on 1 Sep 1937; living at PO Box 35, Premier, WV 24878 in 1992.
(Birthdate must be incorrect)
4. Douglas Mortuary; Welch, WV; Posted Obit.
" Rev. Zola Stout, 94, of Premier passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015 in McDowell Nursing and Rehabilitation in Gary.
"Born June 2, 1921 in Davy she was the daughter of the late Rufus Thompson and Margie Roberts Thompson. She was a Church of God minister and had served as pastor of several area churches.
"In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Leslie Stout; and a grandson, Roger Stout, Jr.
"Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Phyllis Sanders of Premier; a son, Roger Stout and wife Kelly of Bluefield; grandchildren, Bobby Lee Sanders and wife Dawn of Weston, Anna Mishoe and husband Keith of Thomasville, NC, Timothy, Jeremy and Cameron Stout all of Bluefield, Jeff Stout of Jacksonville, FL, Leslie Denise Stout of Jacksonville, NC, and Amy Mann of Jacksonville, FL; and several great and great great grandchildren.
"Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, December 23 at 11 a.m. in the Douglas Mortuary Chapel in Welch with Bishop Tim Akers officiating. Entombment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum, Bluewell...."
4. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Freda Gay Stout"; Article; Page
246; submitted by Freda Gay Stout, Premier, WV 24878.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Death Certificate #3732; WV Archives
Web Site.
Ralph Mason Stout; age 4 hrs; born on 9 Mar 1940 at Premier, WV; son of Vernon and Zola
(Thompson) Stout; died on 9 Mar 1940 at Premier, WV premature; buried on 9 Mar 1940 in
Roderfield Cemetery; informant, Vernon Stout.
2. McDowell Co, WV Web Site; Cemeteries; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV.
Ralph Mason Stout; born on 7 (sic, 9) Mar 1940; died on 9 Mar 1940; "Son of Vernon and Zola
(Thompson) Stout, number 4 Hollow, Premier"; buried here.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as Robert Smith (sic, Stout); age 4; born in WV; no education; in household of grandfather,
Booker Stout, with parents.
2. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License # 68 047047; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Robert Riley Stout; age 32; born 2 Aug 1936 in WV; single; 2 yrs college education; living at PO
Box 35, Premier, WV; son of Floyd DeRosett and Edith Irene Stout; married on 23 Nov 1968 at
Lebanon, VA; in a religious Baptist ceremony; Billie June Green; age 29; born 13 May 1939 in WV;
single; 3 yrs HS education; living at Davy, McDowell Co, WV; daughter of Forest and Naomi
(Mullins) Green.
3. US Public Records, 1970-2009; LDS Web Site.
"Name Robert R Stout
Residence Date 01 Jan 1998
Residence Place Premier, West Virginia, United States
Birth Date 02 Aug 1936
Address 35 PO Box
Address Continued Premier, West Virginia 24878
2nd Address 8969 8th Ave
2nd Address Continued Jacksonville, Florida 32208
2nd Address Date 01 Jan 1995-01 Jan 1998..."
4. US Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume #2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Robert R Stout
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1936
Address: 8969 8th Ave, Jacksonville, FL, 32208-2141
5. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Robert Riley Stout
[R R Stout]
SSN: 220322953
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1936
Birth Place: Premier McDowell Co, West Virginia
Death Date: 15 Jan 1992
Father: Floyd Stout (sic, Floyd DeRossett)
Mother: Edith I Stout
Death Certificate Number: 004048
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Sep 1952: Name listed as ROBERT RILEY STOUT; 22 May 1998: Name listed as R R STOUT"
6. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Robert Riley Stout
Race: White
Age at Death: 55
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1936
Death Date: 1 Jan 1992
Death Place: Duval, Florida, United States"
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Marytown-Claren; E.D. 24-36;
taken on 23/24 Apr 1940; Page 733A; Image 25 of 48; Household #208.
Listed as Billie Green; age 11 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Forest Green.
2. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License # 68 047047; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Robert Riley Stout; age 32; born 2 Aug 1936 in WV; single; 2 yrs college education; living at PO
Box 35, Premier, WV; son of Floyd DeRosett and Edith Irene Stout; married on 23 Nov 1968 at
Lebanon, VA; in religious Baptist ceremony; Billie June Green; age 29; born 13 May 1939 in WV;
single; 3 yrs HS education; living at Davy, McDowell Co, WV; daughter of Forest and Naomi
(Mullins) Green.
3. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #73-014999; Ancestry.com Website.
Bobby C. Lester; age 38; born 7 Mar 1935 in WV; divorced; this is his 2nd marriage; 4 yrs HS
education; living at 14 Grandview St, Welch, WV; son of Willis and Cora (Lester) Lester; married on
20 Apr 1973 at St. Paul, VA; Billie J. Green; age 33; born 13 May 1939 in WV; divorced; this is he 3rd
marriage; 3yrs HS education; living at Box 391, Davy, WV; daughter of Forest and Naomi (Mullins)
Green.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV;
submitted by B. Walls: 31 Dec 2013.
Billie J. Green Bare; born 13 May 1939; died 24 Jan 1983; buried here; headstone photo
shown; "IN LOVING MEMORY".
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken on 12 Apr1930; Page
238A; Image 15 of 36; Family #119.
Listed as Danna B. Stout; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Booker Stout.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 11 Apr 1940; Page 787B;
E D # 24-40; Image 14 of 36; Household #82.
Listed as Dana Stout; age 16; born in WV; 7th grade education; lived in same house on 1
Apr 1935; in household of father, Booker Stout.
2. "Sherwood Voice"; Sherwood AR; 11 Dec 2004; Newspaper Obit.
"Alderson-Dana Beatrice Stout Kirk, 81, died Friday, Nov. 26,2004, at Greenbrier Manor, Fairlea, following a long illness.
"Born Mar. 7, 1923, at Premier, she was the daughter of the late Booker T. and Maggie Evelyn Hart Stout.
"Mrs. Kirk was a homemaker and formerly worked in the shipyards in Maryland.
"In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband, Clinton Iowa Kirk; son, Clinton Iowa Kirk, Jr.; granddaughter, Barbara Ellen Morgan; five brothers, Howard Stout, Otie Stout, Dewey Stout, Vermon Stout, and Ivan Stout; and four sisters, Edith Smith, Eva Deskins, Lessie Mae Stout, and Bessie Fay Stout.
"Survivors include: son, Clinton D. Kirk and wife, Sara of Alderson; daughter, Sandra Morgan of Asbury; sister, Mary Jenks and husband, Herschel of Premier; four grandchildren, Vanessa Viers and husband, Shawn of Asbury, David Morgan of Asbury, Angela Kirk of Keyser, and Kelley Kirk of Alderson; two great-grandchildren, Jermey and Justin Viers of Asbury; and many nieces and nephews.
"Funeral services were conducted Monday, Nov. 29 at the Lobban Funeral Home Chapel, Alderson, where the Rev. Frank Jones officiating.
"Burial was in the Alderson Cemetery, Alderson..."
1 Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1922); Page 47; Line 11; WV Archives Web Site.
James Frank Lambert; age 21; born in VA; single; living at Premier, WV; married on 10 Jan 1922 at
Bluefield, WV; Eva Blevins; age 18; born in VA (sic, NC); single; living at Premier, WV.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #732; WV Archives Web Site.
Frank Lambert; age 33 estimated; born in Bland Co, VA; married; husband of Eva Blevins; coal loader
for Kingston Poca Coal Co; living at Premier, WV; son of Floyd and Marshia (Havens) Lambert; died
on 16 Jan 1931 in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV from slate fall in coal mine; buried on 18 Jan 1931 at
Bluefield, WV; informant, W.C. Lambert, Princeton, WV.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Borwns Creek Distict; Premier; taken on 27/29 Jan 1920;
Page 195A; Image 1 of 16; Family #2/2.
Listed as Eva Blevins; age 14; born in NC; in household of step-father, Booker Stout.
2 Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1922); Page 47; Line 11; WV Archives Web Site.
James Frank Lambert; age 21; born in VA; single; living at Premier, WV; married on 10 Jan 1922 at
Bluefield, WV; Eva Blevins; age 18; born in VA (sic, NC); single; living at Premier, WV.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1936); Page 222; WV Archives Web Site.
Woodrow Deskins; age 24; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Premier, WV; son of
George and Rosa; married on 27 Jul 1936 at Roderfield, WV; Eva Lambert; age 30; born in Ashe Co,
NC; widow; living at Premier, WV; daughter of Arthur and Maggie Blevins.
4. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 6 Apr 1940; Page 787A;
E D # 24-40; Image 13 of 36; Household #77.
Listed as Eva Deskins; age 35; born in NC; married; 6th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Woodrow W. Deskins.
5. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Premier; taken 3 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 6; Dwelling #44.
Listed as Eva Deskins; age 42; born in NC; married; in household of husband, Woodrow W, Deskins.
6. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Modfrak; 11 May 2009.
Eva Belle Deskins; born 12 Jul 1905; died 17 Dec 2000; buried here; double headstone photo
shown with husband, Woodrow Wilson Deskins.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 6 Apr 1940; Page 787A;
E D # 24-40; Image 13 of 36; Household #77.
Listed as Mozella Lambert; age 17; born in WV; 7th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of step-father, Woodrow W. Deskins.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 6 Apr 1940; Page 787A;
E D # 24-40; Image 13 of 36; Household #77.
Listed as Clarence Lambert; age 15; born in WV; 6th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of step-father, Woodrow W. Deskins.
2. Rockingham Co, NC; WW II Draft Registration Card #W 229; 23 Apr 1943; Ancestry.com Website.
Clarence Floyd Lambert; age 18; born 23 Apr 1925 in Princeton, WV; living at 235 Ransom St,
Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC; unemployed; name of person who will always know address, Mrs.
Ina Moore, 225 Ransome St; 5'8" tall 163 lbs; brown eyes; Black hair; ruddy complexion; scars on
fingers of right hand.
3. "U.S., World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945"; McDowell Co, WV; Page 726;
Anceatry.com Website.
Clarence Floyd Lambert; born 23 Apr 1925; Seaman First Class; entered service 10 Aug 1943;
served at Bainbridge, MD and in Europe; killed in action off Bermuda coast 13 Sep 1944; awarded
Purple Heart; attended Welch HS; Protestant faith; son of Mrs. Eva Deskins; Roderfield, WV.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by ShaneO; 29 Apr 2011.
" Clarence F Lambert VVeteran
Birth unknown
Death 13 Sep 1944
At Sea Monument
East Coast Memorial
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Plot Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID 69095323"Additional Information Posted:
"Entered the Service from: North Carolina
Inscription S2C, US NAVY WORLD WAR II"
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken 6 Apr 1940; Page 787A;
E D # 24-40; Image 13 of 36; Household #77.
Listed as James Lambert; age 10; born in WV; 3rd grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of step-father, Woodrow W. Deskins.
1. US Public Records; LDS Web Site.
Gary Lee Jenks; born 4 oct 1955; living at PO Box 67, Premier, WV; from
30 Dec 2000 to 22 Aug 2006.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Karen Jenks Simmons"; Article;
submitted by Karen J. Simmons, Premier, WV 24878.