1. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: John Braxton
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1873
Birth Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1895
Marriage Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Father:
Joseph Braxton
Spouse:
Minnie Johnson
FHL Film Number: 2048452
Reference ID: 1895 Line 141"
1. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Minnie Johnson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1873
Birth Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1895
Marriage Place: Grayson County, Virginia
Mother:
Melvine Johnson
Spouse:
John Braxton
FHL Film Number: 2048452
Reference ID: 1895 Line 141"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 285; WV Archives Website.
Bill Neal Beckett; age 20; born in Roderfield, WV; single; living at Keystone, WV; married on 30 Aug
1947 in Bluefield, WV; Hazel Trula Carter; age 21; born in Pardee, VA; single; living at Crumpler, WV;
with consent of Emma Beckett, mother of Bill Neal Beckett.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 285; WV Archives Website.
Bill Neal Beckett; age 20; born in Roderfield, WV; single; living at Keystone, WV; married on 30 Aug
1947 in Bluefield, WV; Hazel Trula Carter; age 21; born in Pardee, VA; single; living at Crumpler, WV;
with consent of Emma Beckett, mother of Bill Neal Beckett.
James Randolph "Jimmy" Estep Sr
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: James Randall (sic, Randolph) Estep
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1937
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 24 May 1957
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Virginia, USA
Father: Roscoe Estep
Mother: Ethel McGlothlin (sic, McLaughlin)
Spouse: Jeneva Louise Ferrante
Certificate Number: 1957013419"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Jeneva Louise Ferrante
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 16
Birth Date: abt 1941
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 24 May 1957
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Virginia, USA
Father: Vincent Ferrante
Mother: Alice Booker
Spouse: James Randall Estep
Certificate Number: 1957013419"
1. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Walter Davidson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1908
Birth Place: , Giles, VA.
Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1930
Marriage Place: Pulaski, Virginia
Father:
Robt. Davidson
Mother:
Bertha Ramsey
Spouse:
Bertha Carter
FHL Film Number: 2048472
Reference ID: Item 2 P 1 L 22"
1. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Bertha Carter
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Age: 17
Birth Date: 1913
Birth Place: , Pulaski, VA.
Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1930
Marriage Place: Pulaski, Virginia
Father:
John Carter
Mother:
Armetta Davis
Spouse:
Walter Davidson
FHL Film Number: 2048472
Reference ID: Item 2 P 1 L 22"
2. 1940 Census, Pulaski Co, VA; Pulaski; taken 12 Apr 1940; Page 232A; Household #126.
Listed as Bertha Dovie (sic, Davis); age 24; born in VA; divorced; Negro; 6th grade education; lived in
Pulaski, VA on 1 Apr 1935; housekeeper; in household of Isaac Webb.
3, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Bertha Davidson [Bertha Carter Davidson] [Bertha Davis] [Bertha Carter]
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Birth Date: 16 May 1918
Birth Place: Pulaski, Virginia [Pulaski Pula??, Virginia]
Death Date: 21 Aug 1999
Father:
John H Carter
Mother:
Lara Tolliver
SSN: 223386138
Notes: May 1949: Name listed as BERTHA DAVIDSON;
Aug 1952: Name listed as BERTHA CARTER DAVIDSON; :
Name listed as BERTHA DAVIS "
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Becky; 19 May 2009; maintained by Denis Drake Horton.
" Bertha Carter Davidson
Birth 9 Apr 1914
Death 21 Aug 1999 (aged 85)
Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Pinehurst Cemetery
Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 37259997"
1. 1940 Census, Pulaski Co, VA; Pulaski; taken 12 Apr 1940; Page 231B; Household #126.
Listed as Mildred Lee Dovie (sic, Davis); age 5 months; born in VA; Negro; in household of Isaac
Webb with mother, Bertha Davis.
1. 1940 Census, Pulaski Co, VA; Pulaski; taken 12 Apr 1940; Page 231B; Household #126.
Listed as Dempsey Dovie (sic, Davis); age 4; born in VA; Negro; in household of Isaac Webb with
mother, Bertha Davis.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 228; WV Archives Website.
Frederick Gordon Becker; age 24; born in War, WV; single; living at Welch, WV; married on 16 Aug
1947 in Coalwood, WV; Martha Mae Roope; age 18; born in Switchback, WV; single; living in
Coalwood, WV; with consent of B.B. Roope, father of Martha Mae Roope.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 228; WV Archives Website.
Frederick Gordon Becker; age 24; born in War, WV; single; living at Welch, WV; married on 16 Aug
1947 in Coalwood, WV; Martha Mae Roope; age 18; born in Switchback, WV; single; living in
Coalwood, WV; with consent of B.B. Roope, father of Martha Mae Roope.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 014184; WV Archives Website.
Martha Mae Becker; age 43; born 5 May 1929; in VA; married; wife of Frederick G. Becker; manager
of Becker Jewel Box; living at War, WV; daughter of Billy and Iris (Hundley) Roope; died 8 Sep 1972;
in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; due to cirrhosis of the liver, chronic alcololism; buried 11
Sep 1972; in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Bluefield (sic, Princeton), WV; informant, Fredrick G.
Becker, War, WV.