1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Steve Duff
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 19
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1950
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 9 Dec 1969
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Alex Duff
Mother: Myrtle Shepard
Spouse: Patsy Annette Bailey
Certificate Number: 1969050027"
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Cora Lee; 3 Jun 2019.
"Steve Duff
Birth 9 Jul 1950
Death 31 Mar 2005 (aged 54)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 199729604"
1. Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Patsy Annette Bailey
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1951
Birth Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Certificate Number: 1951080603"
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Patsy Annette Bailey
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 18
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1951
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 9 Dec 1969
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Harvey Bailey
Mother: Ruby Joan Payne
Spouse: Steve Duff
Certificate Number: 1969050027"
3. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Patsy Annette Duff
[Patsy Annette Bailey]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 24
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1951
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 6 Mar 1976
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Harvey Bailey
Mother: Ruby Joan Payne
Spouse: Roger Lee Graham
Certificate Number: 1976008292"
4. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Patsy Annette Bailey Graham
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 30
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1951
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1982
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Harvey Bailey
Mother: Ruby Joan Payne
Spouse: Darrell Mack Mullins
Certificate Number: 1982013258"
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 2 Jan 1920; Page 146B;
Family #13/13.
Listed as Marry Knuckles; age 5; born in WV; in household of Floyd W. Mitchem.; with
parents.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 017517; WV Archives Website.
Sam White; age 52; born 20 Jun 1920 in VA; married; husband of Rachel Geneva Thomas; coal
miner for Pocahontas Fuel at Bishop, VAl SS# 224-22-3061; living at War, WV; son of Bill and Liza
(Proffitt) White; died 2 Nov 1972; DOA at a Welch Hospital; due to acute myocardial infarction; buried
6 Nov 1972 in Christian Cemetery, Rock Ridge, WV; informant, Mrs. Sam White, War, WV.
1. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Rock Lick District; taken on 8 Jan 1920; Page 139A; Image 21 of
60; Family #74/175.
Listed as Hobert Payne; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, David C. Payne.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 297; WV Archives Web Site.
Hobart E. Payne; age 39; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; widowed; married on 21 Feb 1952 at
Lex, WV; E Bernice Foglesong; age 21; born at Nebo, VA; single; living at Bradshaw, WV.
3. Dickenson Co, VA; Marriage License #36377; Ancestry.com Website.
Hobart Payne; age 40; born in McDowell Co, WV; divorced; 2 previous marriages; body work; living
in Grundy, VA; son of D.C. and Rena (Stacy) Payne; married on 30 dec 1952 in Clintwood, VA;
Bernice Foglesong; age 21; born in Smyth Co, VA; single; teacher; living in Bluefield, WV; daughter
of C.B. and Ruth (Hubble) Foglesong.
4. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph", Bluefield, WV, Friday 24 Jun 2005, Newspaper, Obit.
"BRADSHAW - David B. "Buss" Payne, 86, a lifelong resident of McDowell County went to be with the Lord on June 22, 2005 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, Va., following a long illness. "Born May 16, 1919, he was a son of the late Lorene Stacey Payne and David Crockett Payne. He
was the last surviving child of nine children, Hobart Payne, Madge Frazier, Gladys Landers, Robert
C. Payne, Ed Payne, Fred B. Payne, Sally Coleman and infant Verna Estelle..."
5. Social Security Death Index, LDS Web Site.
Hobert Payne; born on 4 Jul 1912; died in Nov 1987; living at North Tazewell, Tazewell Co, VA at
death.
6. Tazewell Co, VA; Death Certificate #87-040056; Ancestry.com Website.
Hobart Elkins Payne; age 75; born 4 Jul 1912 in WV; married; husband of Bernice F. Payne;
municipal policeman; living at State Rt 61, North Tazewell, VA; son of David C. and Lorena (Stacy)
Payne; died 13 Nov 1987 at his residence; due to ademocarcinomia of prostate, with diebetes
mellitis; buried in Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, VA; informant, Bernice F. Payne.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 297; WV Archives Web Site.
Hobart E. Payne; age 39; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; widowed; married on 21 Feb 1952 at
Lex, WV; E Bernice Foglesong; age 21; born at Nebo, VA; single; living at Bradshaw, WV.
2. Dickenson Co, VA; Marriage License #36377; Ancestry.com Website.
Hobart Payne; age 40; born in McDowell Co, WV; divorced; 2 previous marriages; body work; living
in Grundy, VA; son of D.C. and Rena (Stacy) Payne; married on 30 dec 1952 in Clintwood, VA;
Bernice Foglesong; age 21; born in Smyth Co, VA; single; teacher; living in Bluefield, WV; daughter
of C.B. and Ruth (Hubble) Foglesong.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Vitginia, 1858-1999"; Volume II; by Geneva Steele, Sandra
Long and Tom Hatcher; Pages 171-173; "Tommy Branson" article; submitted by Tommy Branson,
1612 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY 40205.
2. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #23569; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James Curtis; age 35; born un Culpepper Co, VA; divorced; one previous marriage; shipping clerk
for Rochester Ropes; living at Berwind, WV; son of Richard James and C.E. (Crane) Curtis; married
on 15 Sep 1945 inTazewell, VA; Nell Branson; age 23; born in Williamson, WV; single; no previous
marriage; payroll clerk for coal mine; living at Berwind, WV; daughter of John F. and Edna Elizabeth
(Crissman) Branson.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Edna Gaynell Branson
[Nell Branson Curtis]
[Nell Compton]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Williamson M, West Virginia
Death Date: Feb 1980
Father: John F Branson
Mother: Edna E Crissman
SSN: 233348719
Disability Status: Disability denied - no record of type.
Notes: Jun 1941: Name listed as EDNA GAYNELL BRANSON;
Oct 1946: Name listed as NELL BRANSON CURTIS;
Aug 1949: Name listed as NELL B COMPTON;
29 Dec 1987: Name listed as NELL COMPTON"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1955); Page 63; WV Archives Website.
Paul Jessie Shaw; age 21; born and living in Tazewell Co, VA; single; married on 20 Aug 1955 in War,
WV; Margie Faye Quesenberry; age 20; born and living at Caretta, WV; divorced.
2. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph"; Bluefiled, WV; 13 Aug 1983 via Facebook Posting by David Mullins.
"Shaw Rites Set Monday Funeral services for Paul Clifford Shaw, 25, of Richmond, Va., one of two persons killed in a boating accident earlier this week off Newport News, Va., in Chesapeake Bay, will be conducted Monday at ll a.m. at War Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev. Roger Roberts and Rev. Martha Boyd will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Grandview Memory Gardens on Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Shaw had relatives in McDowell and Tazewell Counties. Funeral home spokesmen said the mishap occurred this past Tuesday, and Shaw's body was recovered the following day. Also killed in tdhe accident was Shaw's father, Paul Jessee Shaw. The younger Shaw’s sister, Elaine, a male companion and one other person were reported missing and presumed dead. The family apparently was attempting to avoid a storm when its boat struck something in the water and reportedly overturned, funeral home spokesmen said. The younger Shaw was a machinist at Machine and Conveyor Manufacturing Co. in Richmond. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Margie Faye Quesenberry Shaw of Richmond; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Almeedia Quesenberry of Caretta; his paternal grandfather, Frank W. Flannery of Tazewell, Va.; two brothers, Barry D. and Kenneth W. Shaw, both of Chesterfield, Va.; and the sister who is missing, Elaine Shaw of Richmond. Friends may call at the church in War today from 6 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers: Larry Marshall, Charles Pruitt, Tommy Ray, Arnold Deskins and Cecil Patterson. Douglas..."
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1955); Page 63; WV Archives Website.
Paul Jessie Shaw; age 21; born and living in Tazewell Co, VA; single; married on 20 Aug 1955 in War,
WV; Margie Faye Quesenberry; age 20; born and living at Caretta, WV; divorced.
1. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph"; Bluefiled, WV; 13 Aug 1983 via Facebook Posting by David Mullins.
"Shaw Rites Set Monday Funeral services for Paul Clifford Shaw, 25, of Richmond, Va., one of two persons killed in a boating accident earlier this week off Newport News, Va., in Chesapeake Bay, will be conducted Monday at ll a.m. at War Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev. Roger Roberts and Rev. Martha Boyd will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Grandview Memory Gardens on Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Shaw had relatives in McDowell and Tazewell Counties. Funeral home spokesmen said the mishap occurred this past Tuesday, and Shaw's body was recovered the following day. Also killed in tdhe accident was Shaw's father, Paul Jessee Shaw. The younger Shaw’s sister, Elaine, a male companion and one other person were reported missing and presumed dead. The family apparently was attempting to avoid a storm when its boat struck something in the water and reportedly overturned, funeral home spokesmen said. The younger Shaw was a machinist at Machine and Conveyor Manufacturing Co. in Richmond. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Margie Faye Quesenberry Shaw of Richmond; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Almeedia Quesenberry of Caretta; his paternal grandfather, Frank W. Flannery of Tazewell, Va.; two brothers, Barry D. and Kenneth W. Shaw, both of Chesterfield, Va.; and the sister who is missing, Elaine Shaw of Richmond. Friends may call at the church in War today from 6 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers: Larry Marshall, Charles Pruitt, Tommy Ray, Arnold Deskins and Cecil Patterson. Douglas..."
1. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph"; Bluefiled, WV; 13 Aug 1983 via Facebook Posting by David Mullins.
"Shaw Rites Set Monday Funeral services for Paul Clifford Shaw, 25, of Richmond, Va., one of two persons killed in a boating accident earlier this week off Newport News, Va., in Chesapeake Bay, will be conducted Monday at ll a.m. at War Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev. Roger Roberts and Rev. Martha Boyd will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Grandview Memory Gardens on Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Shaw had relatives in McDowell and Tazewell Counties. Funeral home spokesmen said the mishap occurred this past Tuesday, and Shaw's body was recovered the following day. Also killed in tdhe accident was Shaw's father, Paul Jessee Shaw. The younger Shaw’s sister, Elaine, a male companion and one other person were reported missing and presumed dead. The family apparently was attempting to avoid a storm when its boat struck something in the water and reportedly overturned, funeral home spokesmen said. The younger Shaw was a machinist at Machine and Conveyor Manufacturing Co. in Richmond. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Margie Faye Quesenberry Shaw of Richmond; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Almeedia Quesenberry of Caretta; his paternal grandfather, Frank W. Flannery of Tazewell, Va.; two brothers, Barry D. and Kenneth W. Shaw, both of Chesterfield, Va.; and the sister who is missing, Elaine Shaw of Richmond. Friends may call at the church in War today from 6 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers: Larry Marshall, Charles Pruitt, Tommy Ray, Arnold Deskins and Cecil Patterson. Douglas..."
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Douglas Wayne Testerman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 20
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1947
Marriage Registration Place: Smyth, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1968
Marriage Place: Marion Smyth, Virginia, USA
Father: Earl Testerman
Mother: Betha May Null
Spouse: Patricia Armstrong "
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Patricia Armstrong
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1948
Marriage Registration Place: Smyth, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1968
Marriage Place: Marion Smyth, Virginia, USA
Father: Charles Preston Armstrong
Mother: Emma Ruth Parks
Spouse: Douglas Wayne Testerman "
1. Douglas Mortuary; Welch, WV; Posted Obit.
"Hilda V. Hockett, 79, of Caretta, WV, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at her residence. Born May 4, 1943 in War, WV, she was the daughter of the late Henry Ambrice Thomas and Gladys Christian Thomas."Hilda was a homemaker and a member of the War Advent Christian Church in War and resident of Caretta for many years.
"In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph “Bobby” Hockett; brothers, John, Dale, David “Dockie”, Willie, Eddie and J.D. Thomas; and sisters, Mary Thomas, Geneva White and Yvonne Sawyers.
"Those left to cherish her memories are three daughters, Cara Mays and husband Chuck of London, KY, Naida Hayslette of War, and Natasha Shaffer and husband Dan of Caretta; one sister, Donna Jean Thomas of the home; one grandson, Garrett Mays of Jackson, GA and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
"Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 12 Noon from the War Advent Christian Church in War with Pastor Danny Cyphers, officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, VA.
"Friends may call at the church Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.
Pallbearers will be family and friends."The Douglas Mortuary in Welch is serving the family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.douglasmortuary.com"