1.1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Bog Creek District; taken on 19 Feb 1920; Page 106A;
Image 35 of 38; Family #313/314.
Listed as Brinford West; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Lester B. West.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records Vol #__(1942); Page 196; WV Archives Web Site.
Masten Brendford West; age 30; born in WV; single; living at Roderfield, WV; married on
31 Mar 1942 at Roderfield, WV; Sylvia Dillon; age 25; born in WV; single; living at Roderfield
WV.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 21 Sep 2014.
Mastin B. West; born 23 Jun 1912; died 11 May 1997; buried here; headstone photo shown; grave
marker photo also shown; "TEC 5 US ARMY * WORLD WAR II".
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy Pocahontas; taken 11 Feb 1920; Page
204B; Image 3 of 16; Family #200/200.
Listed as Sylvia Dillon; age 2; born in WV; in household of father, Thomas B. Dillon.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records Vol #__(1942); Page 196; WV Archives Web Site.
Masten Brendford West; age 30; born in WV; single; living at Roderfield, WV; married on
31 Mar 1942 at Roderfield, WV; Sylvia Dillon; age 25; born in WV; single; living at Roderfield
WV.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Sylvia Lieneva Dillon
[Sylvia Lieneva West]
[Sylvia West]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1917
Birth Place: Roderfield, West Virginia
[Roderfield M??, West Virginia]
Death Date: 3 Sep 2005
Father: Thomas B Dillon
Mother: Eva A McClure
SSN: 234205712
Notes: Nov 1938: Name listed as SYLVIA LIENEVA DILLON;
Feb 1944: Name listed as SYLVIA LIENEVA WEST;
29 Apr 2005: Name listed as SYLVIA LYNEVA WEST;
16 Sep 2005: Name listed as SYLVIA L WEST"
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 21 Sep 2014.
Sylvia L. West; born 15 Apr 1917; died 3 Sep 2005; buried here; headstone photo shown.
1. "The Daily Times", Batavia, NY; Tuesday, 23 Oct 2007; GenealogyBank.com Web Site.
"Eva Gay Epps, 73, of Roderfield, W.Va., died Sunday (Oct. 21, 2007) at the McDowell County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gary, W.Va. She had been a patient there since February 2004 following a stroke."She was born Jan. 26, 1934, in Roderfield, W.Va., a daughter of the late John P. Puckett and the late Sylvia Lenavi Dillon West.
"Mrs. Epps was a residential student of the West Virginia State School for the Blind in Romney. She graduated in 1953 and the following year married Jack Sprinkle. Following their divorce in 1960, she moved to Chicago where she worked as a Dictaphone operator and married Everett Oddie. In 1969 she moved to Batavia where her husband taught piano tuning at the New York State School for the Blind from 1969 to 1976. She enjoyed entertaining his students and her close friends. In 1976 she moved to Macon, Ga.; 13 days after her move her husband Everett died. The following year she married Robert Epps of Sparta, Ga.
"She was the stepdaughter of the late Maston West.
"Survivors include her husband, Robert "Bob" Epps of Roderfield, W.Va.; her son, Paul Sprinkle of Batavia; two half-brothers, Martin (Georgia) West and Benny (Patricia) West, all of Roderfield, W.Va.; and three half-sisters, Martha (Doug) Muncy of Roderfield, Anna Laura Richmond of Hinton, W.Va., and Mary Lynn (Thurman) Mullins of Raleigh, N.C.
"Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, W.Va., where her funeral services will be at 1, with the Rev. Russell Kin officiating. Burial will follow in the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield, W.Va. Friends of the family will serve as pallbearers.,,,"
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by B. Walls;
21 Sep 2014.
Eva Gay Epps; born 26 Jan 1934; died 21 Oct 2007; buried here; headstone photo shown.
1. "The Daily Times", Batavia, NY; Tuesday, 23 Oct 2007; GenealogyBank.com Web Site.
"Eva Gay Epps, 73, of Roderfield, W.Va., died Sunday (Oct. 21, 2007) at the McDowell County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gary, W.Va. She had been a patient there since February 2004 following a stroke."She was born Jan. 26, 1934, in Roderfield, W.Va., a daughter of the late John P. Puckett and the late Sylvia Lenavi Dillon West.
"Mrs. Epps was a residential student of the West Virginia State School for the Blind in Romney. She graduated in 1953 and the following year married Jack Sprinkle. Following their divorce in 1960, she moved to Chicago where she worked as a Dictaphone operator and married Everett Oddie. In 1969 she moved to Batavia where her husband taught piano tuning at the New York State School for the Blind from 1969 to 1976. She enjoyed entertaining his students and her close friends. In 1976 she moved to Macon, Ga.; 13 days after her move her husband Everett died. The following year she married Robert Epps of Sparta, Ga.
"She was the stepdaughter of the late Maston West.
"Survivors include her husband, Robert "Bob" Epps of Roderfield, W.Va.; her son, Paul Sprinkle of Batavia; two half-brothers, Martin (Georgia) West and Benny (Patricia) West, all of Roderfield, W.Va.; and three half-sisters, Martha (Doug) Muncy of Roderfield, Anna Laura Richmond of Hinton, W.Va., and Mary Lynn (Thurman) Mullins of Raleigh, N.C.
"Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, W.Va., where her funeral services will be at 1, with the Rev. Russell Kin officiating. Burial will follow in the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield, W.Va. Friends of the family will serve as pallbearers.,,,"
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by B. Walls;
21 Sep 2014.
Eva Gay Epps; born 26 Jan 1934; died 21 Oct 2007; buried here; headstone photo shown.
1. Smyth Co, VA; Delayed Birth certificate #12628; Ancestry.com Web Site.
George Erps; born 9 Oct 1902 in Chilhowie, Smyth Co, VA; parents, Walter and Judie Bell (Myers) Erps.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; Coalwood; E. D. 24-13; taken on 11 may 1940;
Page 251A; Image 27 of 36; Household #207.
Listed as George Erps; age 37; born in VA; married; 8th grade education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; coal miner; head of household.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'71 016766; WV Archives Web Site via LDS Web Site.
George Erps; age 69; born 9 Oct 1902 in VA; widowed; miner; SS#236-10-261-A; living at Welch, WV;
sone of Walter and Judie Bell (Myers) Erps; died 9 Nov 1971 in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV'
due to pulmonary congestion and edema; buried 13 Nov 1971 in Iaeger Memorial, Roderfield, WV;
informant, Robert Erps, High Bridge, NJ.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by B. Walls;
22 Dec 2013.
. George Erps; born unknown; died unknown; buried here; double grave marker photo shown with wife, Minnie.
1. 1910 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Rock Lick District; taken on 5 May 1910; Page 174A; Image 33 of 66;
Family #278/278.
Listed as Minnie Tuggle; age 3; born in VA; in household of father, James Tuggle.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; Coalwood; E. D. 24-13; taken on 11 may 1940;
Page 251A; Image 27 of 36; Household #207.
Listed as Minnie Erps; age 32; born in VA; married; 8th grade education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, George Erps.
3. Raleigh Co, WV; Death Certificate #'63 018962; WV Archives Web Site.
Minnie Ethel Erps; age 56; born 8 Dec 1907 in VA; married; housewife; living at Coalwood, WV;
SS# 234-28-3804; daughter of James and Sementha Jane (Coleman) Tuggle; died 15 Dec 1963
in Beckley Memorial Hospital, Beckley, WV; after 30 day stay; due to thrombosis of left carotid artery
with a renal abcess, right; buried 18 Dec 1963 in Iaeger Memorial, Roderfield, WV; informant, C.J.
Gearing (sp?), Jr; Welch. WV.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 22 Dec 2013.
. Minnie Erps; born unknown; died unknown; buried here; double grave marker photo shown with husband,
George Erps.
1. 1910 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Rock Lick District; taken on 5 May 1910; Page 174A; Image 33 of 66;
Family #278/278.
Listed as James Tuggle; age 27; born in NC; married once for 5 yrs; laborer in lumber mill; head of household.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #3499; WV Archives Web Site.
James Walter Tuggle; age 59 yrs, 14 days; born 18 Jan 1880 in Mt Airy, NC; widowed; living at Coalwoos, WV;
retired miner; last worked in Jan 1937; son of Walter and Harriett (Noel) Tuggle; died 1 Feb 1939 at home in
Coalwood, WV; due to acute heart failure from hypertensive heart disease; buried 4 Feb 1939 in Roderfield
Cemetery; informant, George Erps, Coalwood, WV.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 22 Dec 2013.
James W. Tuggle; no dates shown; buried here; double grave marker photo shown with wife, Samantha
Tuggle.
1. 1910 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Rock Lick District; taken on 5 May 1910; Page 174A; Image 33 of 66;
Family #278/278.
Listed as Samantha Tuggle; age 34; born in WV; married 3 times; last one for for 5 yrs; 9 children; 3
living; in household of husband, James Tuggle.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #17181; WV Archives Web Site.
Mrs. S.C. Tuggle; age 63 yrs, 3 mons, 5 days; born in Buchanan Co, VA; married; wife of J. W. Tuggle;
housewife; living in Adkin District; daughter of Joseph and Armanda (Stacey) Coleman; died 23 Dec 1935
in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV; due to cerebral embolisim from inter-cardiac thrombosis; buried 26 Dec 1935
at Roderfield, WV; informant, J.W. Tuggle; Havaco, WV.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 22 Dec 2013.
Samantha Tuggle; no dates shown; buried here; double grave marker photo shown with husband, James W.
Tuggle.