1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Hiram Vanover
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 19
Birth Date: 17 Apr 1951
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1971
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Hugh Vanover
Mother: Jettie Mae Taylor
Spouse: Martha Jane Mills
Certificate Number: 1971001411"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Martha Jane Mills
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 18
Birth Date: 10 Jan 1953
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1971
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Harold Mills
Mother: Mary Lou Coleman
Spouse: Hiram Vanover
Certificate Number: 1971001411"
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Martha Jane Mills Vanover
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 24
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1955
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1979
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Harold Mills
Mother: Mary Lou Coleman
Spouse: Dave Vanover
Certificate Number: 1979004496"
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Patty Greene; 29 Jul 2008.
" Keenan K. Abshire
Birth 1905
West Virginia, USA
Death 1982 (aged 76–77)
USA
Burial
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 28603982"Additional Information Posted:
"Son of W.J. Abshire (Deceased) & Viola Adkins-Abshire-Clark (1877-1964)."Brother of Marie Arabella Abshire-Jensen (1897-1967), & Austen Abshire (1901-1926).
"Married to Georgia N. Morgan-Abshire (1908-1972) on November 20, 1924 in Logan County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Logan County, WV, 1924, Page 1, Line 33, Application Date: November 20, 1924).
"Father of Harley Abshire (Deceased), Donald Abshire (Deceased), Emma Faye Abshire-Cook (1933-2012), Sylvania "Vanny" Abshire, Mavis Abshire-Wade and Eva Marie Abshire-Sanders (1937-2015)."
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Clear Fork District, taken on 26/27 Jan 1920,
Page 211B, Family #127.
Listed as Georgie Morgan, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, William F. Morgan.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Patty Greene; 29 Jul 2008; maintained by Valerie Neal.
" Georgia Nida Morgan Abshire
Birth 19 Mar 1909
Guyan, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death 17 May 1972 (aged 63)
Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 28603992"Additional Information Posted:
"Daughter of William Floyd Morgan (1870-1893) & Minta Kenneda-Morgan (1877-Deceased)."Sister of Albert Lee Morgan (1896-Deceased), Ethel M. Morgan (1899-Deceased), Lena Morgan-Kenneda (1903-Deceased), Delbert Morgan (1907-1979), Murlie Morgan-Morgan (1913-Deceased), & Martha Morgan (B. 1915).
"Married to Keenan K. Abshire (1905-1982) on November 20, 1924 in Logan County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Logan County, WV, 1924, Page 1, Line 33, Application Date: November 20, 1924).
"Mother of Hurley Abshire (Deceased), Donald Abshire (Deceased), Emma Faye Abshire-Cook (1933-2012), Sylvanis Abshire, Mavis Abshire-Wade and Eva Abshire-Sanders (B. 1937)."
1. Dickenson Co, VA; Marriage License #75-033893; Ancestry.com Website.
Louis Elbert Dillion; age 57; born 11 Nov 1917 in VA; widowed; this is his 3rd marriage; 3rd grade
education; living at Box 95, Aflex, KY; son of Sam and Susie (Peagens) Dillion; married on 25 Aug
1975 in Clintwood, VA; Nancy Sue Justice; maiden name Booten; age 25; born 20 May 1950 in WV;
divorced; this is her 2nd marriage; 4 yrs HS education; living at General Delivery, Aflex, KY; daughter
of Carl and Delsie (Johnson) Booten.
2. Wise Co, VA; Marriage License #83-046525; Ancestry.com Web Site.
David Tim Stacey; age 35; born 21 Feb 1948 in KY' divorced; this is his 5th marriage; last marriage
ended in 1977; 12th grade education; living at Rt 2, Box 4, Hardy, KY; son of James W. and Gracie
(Scott) Stacey; married on 16 Sep 1983 in Wise, VA; Nancey Sue Justice; maiden name Booten:
age 33; bor 20 May 1950 in WV; divorced; this is her 3rd marriage; last married ended in Sep 1976;
12th grade education; living at General Delivery, Alfex, Ky; daughter of Carl and Delsie (Johnson)
Booten.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1957); Page 34; WV Archives Website.
Walter Sandor Gilliam; age 22; born in Hopewell, VA; single; living at 1500 College Ave, Bluefield,
WV; married on 23 Aug 1957 in Bluefield, WV; Elizabeth Gail Turner; age 18; born and living in
Vivian, WV; single; with consent of Johnnie E. and Oca Turner, parents of Elizabeth Gail Turner.
1. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Monday 27 Dec 2004, newspaper obit.
"BASIN- Okley Graham, 84, passed away Friday, Dec. 24, 2004, at Raleigh Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center in Daniels, after a long illness.
"Born Sept. 15, 1920, in Wyoming County, and was the son of the late Rev. Philip and Della
McKinney Graham.
"Mr. Graham was a retired coal miner, and was a member of the UMWA. He was a veteran of World
War II, having served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. While in service he received the American Theater
Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star, the Asiatic-
Pacific Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, and the Good Conduct Medal.
"In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Zilpha Graham.
"Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Opal Graham; a son, Danny Graham and his wife, Lela of Crab
Orchard; a daughter, Janie Hansford and her husband, Morris of Coal City; a grandson, Bryan Graham
of Beckley; a granddaughter, Ann Vance and her husband, Aaron of Bolt; a great-grandson, Austin
Vance of Bolt; two step granddaughters, Phyllis Hansford of Crab Orchard, and Penny Cook of
Dameron; three step great-grandchildren, David, Dakota, and Brittany Cook of Dameron. Also
surviving are two brothers, Philip Graham and Oley Graham; two sisters, Ruth Payne McKinney and
Edith Lee.
"Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel in Mullens, with the Rev.
Roger Tolliver officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley...."