1. "The Heritage if McDowell County, West Virginia 1858 - 1999"; 1999; McDowell Co Historical Society;
William Edward Deskins article; Page 75; submitted by M/M Frank (Cloia) Deskins, Hartford, IN.
...Everett Lee, born 23 January 1952..."
2. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Everett Lee Deskins [Everett C Deskins] [Everette L Deskins]
Birth Date: Jan 1953
Residence Date: 1993-2020
Address: Po Box 358
Residence: Raysal, West Virginia, USA
Postal Code: 24879
Second Residence Date: 2019-2020
Second Address: 1479 Atwell Branch Rd
Second Residence: Raysal, West Virginia, USA
Second Postal Code: 24879
Third Residence Date: 1990
Third Address: Rr 83 Box 184
Third Residence: Bartley, West Virginia, USA
Third Postal Code: 24813
Fourth Residence Date: 1984-2001
Fourth Address: Po Box 184
Fourth Residence: Bartley, West Virginia, USA
Fourth Postal Code: 24813"
1. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Connie Jean Deskins
Birth Date: Apr 1962
Residence Date: 1995-2020
Address: Po Box 358
Residence: Raysal, West Virginia, USA
Postal Code: 24879
Second Residence Date: 1990
Second Address: Rr 83 Box 184
Second Residence:
Second Postal Code: 24813
Third Residence Date: 1987-1999
Third Address: Po Box 184
Third Residence: Bartley, West Virginia, USA
Third Postal Code: 24813
Fourth Residence Date: 1991-1995
Fourth Address: Po Box 77
Fourth Residence: Raysal, West Virginia, USA
Fourth Postal Code: 24879"
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by F. Hylton; 4 Feb 2013.
" Costa Bratsis
Birth 1 Aug 1929
Death 19 Feb 1999 (aged 69)
Anawalt, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 104640754"
1. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Mary Evelyn Harman [Mary Evelyn Greene] [Mary Bratsis]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1933
Birth Place: Mayburey, West Virginia [Maybeury Mcd??, West Virginia]
Death Date: 5 Oct 2001
Father:
John Harman
Mother:
Mary Wright
SSN: 233487985
Notes: Nov 1948: Name listed as MARY EVELYN HARMAN;
Aug 1967: Name listed as MARY EVELYN GREENE;
14 Mar 1980: Name listed as MARY E BRATSIS"
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by F. Hylton; 4 Feb 2013.
" Mary E Green Bratsis
Birth 5 Nov 1933
Death 5 Oct 2001 (aged 67)
Burial
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 104640884"
1. 1920 Census, Logan Co, WV; taken on 6 Jan 1920; Page 102B; Image 10 of 41; Family #102/108.
Listed as Icie Hendricks; age 9; born in WV; in household of father M. Hillard Hendricks.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 58; WV Archives Website.
Meshack Mathews; age 22; born in NC; single; Black; miner; living at Gary, WV; son of Jim and
Maggie; married on 15 Jan 1934 at Gary, WV; Josephine Smith; age 17; born in McDowell Co, WV
single; Black; living in Gary, WV; daughter of Henry and Julia.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Gary-Thorpe Rd; taken 5 Apr 1930; Page 21A; Image
15 of 60; Family #134/138.
Listed as Josephine Smith; age 14; born in WV; Negro; in household of father, Henry Smith.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 58; WV Archives Website.
Meshack Mathews; age 22; born in NC; single; Black; miner; living at Gary, WV; son of Jim and
Maggie; married on 15 Jan 1934 at Gary, WV; Josephine Smith; age 17; born in McDowell Co, WV
single; Black; living in Gary, WV; daughter of Henry and Julia.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Thorpe No 11; taken 22 Apr 1940; Page 61A;
Household #482.
Listed as Josephine Matthews; age 22; born in WV; married; Negro; 8th grade education; lived in
same place on 1 Apr 1935; in household of brother-in-law, Robert L. Hairston, with sister, Jessie
Smith Hairston.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1961); Page 196; WV Archives Website.
Joseph Ross; age 61; born in Martinsville, VA; widowed; Colored; living at Kimball, WV; married on
24 Mar 1961 at Gary, WV; Josephine Smith; age 44; born and living in Gary, WV; single, Colored.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; taken 11 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22;
Dwelling #152.
Listed as James Matthews; age 14; born in WV; never married; Negro; in household of grandfather,
Henry O. Smith.
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #28028; Ancestry.com Website.
Garnet E. Mercer ; age 29; born in Gary, WV; single; soldier; living at Thorpe, WV; son of Andrew H.
and Cora May (Mitchell) Mercer; married on 11 Oct 1943 in Tazewell, VA; Lucy Mahone; maiden
name Jackson; age 21; born in Newhall, WV; divorced; one previous marriage; living at War, WV;
daughter of Joseph Harold and Ruby Irene (Allison) Jackson.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Lucy Jackson Mahone [Lucy Doris Mercer] [Lucy Mercer] [Lucy Jackson Jackson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1922
Birth Place: War McDowell, West Virginia [Newhall Mcd, West Virginia]
Death Date: 11 Dec 1998
Father:
Joseph H Jackson
Mother:
Ruby I Allison
SSN: 234326533
Notes: Oct 1941: Name listed as LUCY JACKSON MAHONE;
Jul 1957: Name listed as LUCY DORIS MERCER;
29 Dec 1998: Name listed as LUCY D MERCER"
1. Lewis Co, WV; Death Certificate #11739; WV Archives Website.
Robert Myers; age 76 yrs, 6 mons, 16 days; born 22 Mar 1869 in Rockwood, TN; married; husband
of Rosa Myers; residece at Davy, WV; coal miner; son of unknown parents; died 8 Oct 1945 in the
Weston Satet Hospital, Weston, WV; due to pulmonary tuberculosis; buried 12 Oct 1945 at Davy, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by 4 Ever; 22 Feb 2015.
" Robert Lee Myers
Birth 22 Mar 1876
Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Death 8 Oct 1945 (aged 69)
Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Davy Cemetery
Davy, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 142935671"Additional Information Posted:
"Robert Lee Myers married Rosa Lee Smith, 22 June 1901 in Anderson county, Tennessee.
1900 Anderson county Tennessee census has Robert Morrow born June,1878.1880 census of Roane county, Tennessee has that he is 4 years old (so born ca 1875 or 1876).....
1880 Roane county, Tennessee,23 June, Civil District 14
George Morrow 39 PA PA PA miner
California 30 TN TN TN keeping house cant read/write
William 9 TN PA TN at home
Robt.Lee 4 TN PA TN at home
Hezakiah born December)7 months TN PA TN at home.
a quick note here, their neighbors are listed as race..Indian. Our Myers have family tradition of having some Cherokee Native ancestry, they are listed as W for caucasian on the census, but maybe theres some connection to the families living near them, that i cant find? the Indian families were Mosely, Hooper, Bear, Bearfield."
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by 4 Ever; 16 Feb 2017.
" Rosa Lee Smith Myers
Birth 12 Oct 1880
Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
Death 11 Jan 1967 (aged 86)
Davy, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Big Jenny Cemetery
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 176385221"Additional Information Posted:
"Ancestry Death Recs Index...
Rosie Lee Myers born12 Oct 1880 Bowling Green Kentucky.
Died 11 Jan 1967 Davy, McDowell County, WVA, residence..Davy.age 86,widow,,burial 14 Jan 1967 Big Jenny, WVA
U.S.Social Security Apps, 1936 to 2007...on Ancestry..
Rosa Smith Myers 235167537
born 6 Oct 1880 Bowling Green, Kentucky
Father..Charles Smith
Mother..Mandy Pendleton"
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Harold Eugene Ward"; Article; Page 256; submitted by Arthur C. Ward; Box 94,
Bladensburg, OH 43005.
2. Ohio, U.S., Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Velva J Ward
Residence: Pickaway
Spouse's Name: Harold E Ward
Spouse's Residence: Pickaway
Marriage Duration (Years): 16
Number of Minor Children: 3
To Whom Decree Granted: Dissolution
County of Decree: Pickaway
Decree Date: 16 Jun 1976
Cerificate Number: 27101
Volume Number: 3365"
3. Ohio, U.S., Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Velva J Leeson
Birth Year: 1941
Residence: Pickaway
Spouse's Name: James E Leeson
Spouse's Residence: Pickaway
Marriage Duration (Years): 13
Number of Minor Children: 0
Grounds for Divorce: Gross Neglect/Extreme Cruelty
To Whom Decree Granted: Wife
County of Decree: Pickaway
Decree Date: 7 Jun 1990
Cerificate Number: 21935
Volume Number: 6661"
4. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Velva Joyce Leeson [Delva J Leeson] [V J Leeson] [Velva J Lesson]
Birth Date: Aug 1941
Residence Date: 2000-2020
Address: 1452 S Main St
Residence: Randleman, North Carolina, USA
Postal Code: 27317
Second Residence Date: 1994-2001
Second Address: 3774 Cedar Springs Rd
Second Residence: Randelman, North Carolina, USA
Second Postal Code: 27317
Third Residence Date: 2001
Third Address: 3502 County Road 1
Third Residence: Rayland, Ohio, USA
Third Postal Code: 43943
Fourth Residence Date: 1986-1998
Fourth Address: 8363 State Route 316 W Apt 316w
Fourth Residence: Orient, Ohio, USA
Fourth Postal Code: 43146"