1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '73 015117; WV Archives Web Site.
Cyntia Marie Marmon; born on 23 Aug 1973; age 1 day; living at Gary, McDowell Co, WV; daughter
of William and Rosie Mae (Morgan) Harmon; died on 25 Aug 1973; DOA Charleston Memorial
Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV; from apparent crib death; buried on 27 Aug 1973 in Iaeger
Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorail Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Virginia "Jenny" Findley; 20 Jan 2014.
Cynthia Maria (sic, Marie) Harmon ; born on 24 (sic, 23) Aug 1973; died on 25 Aug 1973; buried here;
no grave marker phorto shown.
1. 1920 Census, Mcdowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Caples; taken on 10 Mar 1920; Page 278A;
Image 5 of 14; Family #329/330.
Listed as Clarence Hale; age 2; born in WV; in household of father, Thomas C. Hale.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adlin District; Havaco; taken on 5 Apr 1930; Page 7A;
Family #119/131.
Listed as Clarence Hale; age 12; born in WV; in household of father, Cleveland Hale.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Havco; E.D. 24-4; taken on 7 May 1940; Page
73A; Image 17 of 30; Household #123.
Listed as Clarence Hale; age 22; born WV; 6th grade education; lived in same house on 1
Apr 1935; cager in coal mine; in household of father, Thomas C. Hale.
4. McDowell Co, WV Death Certificate #1745; WV Archives Web Site.
Clarence Hale; age 28 yrs, 9 mons, 6 days; born on 10 Apr 1917 at Gary, McDowell Co, WV; miner;
married; husband of Bertha Hale, age 32; son of Cleve Hale and unlisted mother; died on 16 Jan
1946 in Grace Hospital, Welch, McDowell Co, WV from a mine explosion; buried on 23 Jan 1946 in
Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV.
(Father, Cleveland, and son, Clarence, died from the same mine explosion)
5. US Headstone Applications For US Military Veterans, 1925-1949; LDS Web Site.
Clarence Hale; Private; Company B; 137 Infantry; enlisted 5 Nov 1943; discharged 20 Jan 1945;
Serial # 35776724; pension # XC-4 730 207; died 16 Jan 1946; buried at Roderfield, WV; signed by
Mrs. Bertha Hale, Hemphill, WV; 29 Jan 1946.
6. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Kenneth Bowen; 2 Mar 2010; grave marker photo added by B. Walls.
Clarence Hale; born 10 Apr 1917; died 15 Jan 1946; buried here; grave marker photo shown.
1. US Public Records Index, Vol #1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Harold V. Howerton; born 31 Aug 1929; living at 808 Highland Ave, Princeton, WV 24740 in
1993.
2. "Bluefield Daily telegraph"; Bluefield, WV; Friday, 6 Jan 2006; Newspaper Obit.
"PRINCETON ? Mr. Harold Vernon Howerton, 75, of 165 Butternut Drive, Princeton died early Wednesday morning, Jan. 4, 2006 at his residence after a courageous 14 year battle with prostate cancer."Born Aug. 31, 1930, at Lamar, he was the son of the late Fred Vernon Howerton and Ethel Shrewsbury King.
"Mr. Howerton was educated in Princeton, served his country with the U.S. Army, then returned to Princeton to begin a career with the Norfolk Western and Norfolk Southern Railroads that spanned a period of more than 40 years. He served for many years as secretary/treasurer for the United Transportation Union and was a member of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was a member of the Burke Memorial Baptist Church on Thorn Street in Princeton where he served as a Deacon. He was a member of the AF&AM Lodge 134, Princeton and member of the Beni Kedem Temple Charleston. Mr. Howerton was a member of the Princeton Moose Lodge No. 1521.
"In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Larry Vernon Howerton.
"Mr. Howerton was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and had never met a stranger. He was a generous and committed friend to all he knew.
"Survivors include his loving and caring wife of 56 years, Gracie Lusk Howerton; three daughters, Peggy Spangler and husband Conrad of Charlottesville, Va., Sherri Branski and husband Neal of Raleigh, N.C., Nancy Sullivan and husband Bruce of Huntington; four grandchildren, Conrad Theodore Spangler IV (Ted), Harold Thomas Spangler (Tommy), Nicholas Joseph Branski, Sarah Grace Branski; two great-grandchildren, Conrad Theodore Spangler V and Franklin Harold Spangler; three sisters. Madelyn Conaway of Crownsville, Md., Frances Gregory of Apopka, Fla., and Maxine Rhinehart of Princeton
"A service of celebration will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006 from the Burns Wornal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton with Pastor Kevin Howerton and Tom Carpenter officiating. Entombment will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Park Mausoleum in Princeton..."
1. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; E.D. 55-3; taken on 16 May 1940; Image
86 of 96; Household #694.
Listed as Gracie Mae Lusk; age 10; born in WV; 3rd grade education; attending school; lived in same
house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Charles E. Lusk.
2. US Public Records Index, Vol #1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Gracie L. Howerton; born 20 Mar 1931; living at 808 Highland Ave, Princeton, WV 24740 in
1984 and 1994.
1. Mercer Co, WV; Death certificate #59' 010960; WV Archives Web Site vis LDS Web Site.
Larry Vernon Howerton; age 1 mon, 12 days; born 26 Jun 1958 in Princeton, WV; son of Harold
and Gracie (Lusk) Howerton; died 7 Aug 1958 in Mercer memorial Hospital, Princeton, WV; from
premature birth complications; buried 8 Aug 1958 in Rest Haven Cemetery, Princeton, WV;
informant, Harold Howerton, princeton, WV.
1. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Lloyd D. Smith; born on _________; living at PO Box 40; Paynesville, WV 24873 in 1993.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Vitginia, 1858-1999"; Volume II; by Geneva Steele, Sandra
Long and Tom Hatcher; Page 169; "Robert and Kathryn Vance Bemisdarfer" article; submitted by
Kathy Bemisdarfer, 3090 Hickory Ridge Rd, St Charles, Iowa.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Luther E. and Dorothy Vance"; Article; Page 251; submitted by Kathy
Bemisdarfer. daughter of Edison and Dorothy Vance, 3090 Hickory Ridge Rd, St. Charles, IA 50240
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Luther E. and Dorothy Vance"; Article; Page 251; submitted by Kathy
Bemisdarfer. daughter of Edison and Dorothy Vance, 3090 Hickory Ridge Rd, St. Charles, IA 50240
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Luther E. and Dorothy Vance"; Article; Page 251; submitted by Kathy
Bemisdarfer. daughter of Edison and Dorothy Vance, 3090 Hickory Ridge Rd, St. Charles, IA 50240
1. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Cynthia L. Smith; born on _________; living at PO Box 40; Paynesville, WV 24873 in 1993.