1. Stafford Funeral Home, Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Kathy Lynne Belcher, 69, of Mile Branch Road Indian Creek, WV went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by her loving family on June 13, 2024 at her home. She was born on May 4, 1955 in Welch, WV a daughter of the late Urchel Blaine and Burley Fay Barrett Jackson. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt. She was a faithful member of the Indian Creek Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, George and Mary Louise Belcher, three sisters Rosalie Beverly, Barbara “Bobbie” Barnette, and Lela Lester, two brothers-in-law Gerald Beverly and Harold Barnette, and nieces Violet Okoll and Anne Marie Mitchell. Survivors include her loving husband of 38 years, David Edward Belcher, a daughter Megan Gibson and husband Dale of Hanover, three grandchildren Braeden Gibson, Jordynn Gibson, and Alexis Lester, two brothers Donald “Gene” Jackson and wife Barbara of Mile Branch Road Indian Creek and Bernie “Jum” Jackson and wife Pamela of Galax, VA, a special brother-in-law Ronald Leroy Lester, special nieces Tereasa Barnette West (her best friend), Ronda Lester Perry, Traci Lester Hoback, and Shawna Lester, and a host of other loving family and friends. Funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Monday, June 17th in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV with Pastor Gary Walker, Bro. Adam Vance, and Rev. Ronald Leroy Lester officiating. She will be laid to rest in the Belcher Cemetery, Welch, WV. Friends may gather with the family from 12 pm until time of service on Monday at the funeral home Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV."
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Joe Woolweaver; 17 Apr 2009; maintained by Meredith
Lovell-Thayer.
" Joseph Melvin Ferrell
Birth 17 Apr 1875
Logan County, West Virginia, USA
Death 1 Jun 1949 (aged 74)
Pie, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Ferrell Cemetery
Pie, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 35980344"Additional Information Posted:
"Son of Joseph James and Elizabeth Catherine "Katie" (Mangus) Ferrell."Husband to Effie Jane (Brewster) Ferrell. She was born 8 February 1878 in Boyd Co. KY and died 2 July 1958 in Pie, WV.
She was mother of 17 children.∼He was born in the southern part of Logan County that later became Mingo."
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Geo, Swann; 8 Feb 2013.
" Effie Jane Brewster Ferrell
Birth 8 Feb 1878
Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Death 2 Jul 1958 (aged 80)
Pie, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Ferrell Cemetery
Pie, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 104871051"Additional Information Posted:
"Cemetery is grown up. Her grave may be marked. But it was not found 2/6/2013. Death cert. gives her birthplace as "Olive Hill, Boyd Co." But Olive Hill is actually in Carter Co. KY."
Denny Hobert "Pluto" Lester Sr
1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #73-013129; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Danny (sic, Denny) Hobert Cline; age 21; born 19 May 1951 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage;
4 yrs HS education; living at Rt #3, Box 440; Mohawk, WV; son of Mart and Louise (Hunt) Lester;
married on 13 Apr 1973 in Grundy, VA; Bonnie Lou Cline; age 16; born 15 Mar 1957 in WV; single;
this is her 1st marriage; 1 yrs HS education; living at Rt #3; Box 524, Mohawk, WV; daughter of
Robert Rex and Magalene (Cline) Cline.
2. Fanning Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
"Denny Hobert Lester, Sr.69, of Oxford, NC, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 in Duke Regional Medical Center in Durham, NC."Denny was born May 19, 1951 a son of the late Mart and Louise Hunt Lester. Denny was a coal miner, loved spending time with his family and friends, and enjoyed hunting.
"In addition to his parents, Mart and Louise Lester, Denny was preceded in death by three brothers, Clark, Scotty and Charlie Lester; two brothers-in-law, W.R. Keen and Jim Mullins.
"Survivors include one daughter, Peggy Abbott and husband David of Oxford, NC; one son, Denny Lester Jr. and Missy of Polk County, TN; five grandchildren Demi Lester of Iaeger, WV, Nathaniel Abbott, Hunter Abbott, Isaiah Abbott and Landyn Abbott all of Oxford, NC; three sisters, Sally Griffith and Lewis of War, Wv, Opal Mullins of Lindside, WV, and Agnes Klayko of Ohio; three brothers, Lacy Lester of Bluefield, WV, Ricky Lester and Connie of Mohawk, and Leon Lester and Linda of Mohawk: and special friends, Bobby Shoemaker of Kentucky and Dr. Sam of Duke Regional.
"Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11 o’clock with Elder Jackie Yates, Elder Fred Bailey, and Elder Dallas Dotson officiating at the Mt. Zion Old Regular Baptist Church at Bull Creek,with burial to follow in the Lester Cemetery at Mohawk, WV. Serving as pallbearers will be David, Nathaniel and Hunter Abbott, Mckee, Clark, Jeremy, Landon, and Travis Lester.
"Friends may visit with the family Friday evening, August 14, 2020, after 6 p.m. at the Mt. Zion Old Regular Baptist Church at Bull Creek; evening services will be held at 7 p.m. Services will be held in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines, mask are to be worn by all attending and social distancing is to be practiced.
"Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV, is assisting the family.
"Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fanningfuneralhomes.com"
1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #73-013129; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Danny (sic, Denny) Hobert Cline; age 21; born 19 May 1951 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage;
4 yrs HS education; living at Rt #3, Box 440; Mohawk, WV; son of Mart and Louise (Hunt) Lester;
married on 13 Apr 1973 in Grundy, VA; Bonnie Lou Cline; age 16; born 15 Mar 1957 in WV; single;
this is her 1st marriage; 1 yrs HS education; living at Rt #3; Box 524, Mohawk, WV; daughter of
Robert Rex and Magalene (Cline) Cline.
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, page 247B, Family #152.
Listed as John D. Payne, age 17, born in Jan 1883 in WV, in household of
his grandmother, Mary Payne, with his father, David Payne.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Bradshaw Precinct, taken on 23 Apr 1910,
Page 68 B, Family #57.
Listed as John D. Payne, age 28, born in WV, married for 9 years, farmer, head of household.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Virginia Gal; 24 Nov 2006; maintained by Patty Greene.
"John David Payne
Birth 28 Jan 1882
Death 1956 (aged 73–74)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 16759741"Additional Information Posted:
"Married to Ida Isabelle Blevins-Payne (1885–1990)."Mother of Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Payne (1899–1977), Bertha Mae Payne-Blankenship (1904–1999), and George E. Payne (1934–2015). "
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Bradshaw Precinct, taken on 23 Apr 1910,
Page 68 B, Family #57.
Listed as Ida B. Payne; age 24; born in VA; married once for 9 yrs; 5 children; all living; in household
of husband, John D. Payne.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Virginia Gal; 24 Nov 2006; maintained by Patty Greene.
"Ida Isabelle Blevins Payne
Birth 3 Nov 1885
Death 13 Jan 1990 (aged 104)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 37.3410129, Longitude: -81.8452417
Memorial ID 16759745"Additional Information Posted:
"Married to John David Payne (1882–1956)."Mother of Theodore Roosevelt Payne (1899–1977), Bertha Mae Payne-Blankenship (1904–1999), and George E. Payne (1934–2015)".
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Bradshaw Precinct, taken on 23 Apr 1910,
Page 68 B, Family #57.
Listed as Lawrence Payne; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, John D. Payne.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Bradshaw Precinct, taken on 23 Apr 1910,
Page 68 B, Family #57.
Listed as Howard Payne; age 3; born in WV; in household of father, John D. Payne.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by P.A.; 30 May 2017.
"Lewis Howard Payne
Birth 1 Jan 1906
Death 3 Jul 1984 (aged 78)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 179883082"
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Bradshaw Precinct, taken on 23 Apr 1910,
Page 68 B, Family #57.
Listed as Howard Payne; age 11 mons; born in WV; in household of father, John D. Payne.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Mary Fry Stevens; 10 Jan 2013.
"Huffard Payne
Birth 12 May 1909
Death 22 Oct 1911 (aged 2)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 103380131"
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Mary Fry Stevens; 10 Jan 2013.
"Virginia Payne
Birth 31 May 1922
Death 3 Jul 1923 (aged 1)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 103380102"
1. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Earnest Oble Payne [Earnest O Payne]
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Date 25 Apr 1924
Birth Place Lex McDowell, West Virginia [Lex McDowell|]
Death Date 16 Jan 1994
Claim Date 4 Jan 1975
Father John D Payne
Mother Ida B Payne
SSN 236288683
Notes Mar 1941: Name listed as EARNEST OBLE PAYNE;
03 Jan 1975: Name listed as EARNEST O PAYNE
2. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010: Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Johnnie Payne
Gender Male
Birth Date 26 Mar 1923
Death Date 25 Nov 1994
SSN 414188000
Enlistment Branch ARMY
Enlistment Date 26 Jan 1943
Discharge Date 4 Nov 1944
Page number 1"
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Virginia Gal; 24 Nov 2004; maintained by Patty Greene.
"Earnest Oble Payne
Birth 25 Apr 1924
Death 16 Jan 1994 (aged 69)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 16759785"Additional Information Posted.
"Inscription PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #16310; WV Archives Website.
Charles T. Payne; age 2 mons, 11 days; born 2 May 1928 at Lex, WV; infant son of John D. and
Ida B. (Payne) Payne; died 13 Jul 1928 at Lex, WV; due to ileo-colitis; no burial information;
informant, A? R. Payne, Lex, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Mary Fry Stevens; 10 Jan 2013.
"Charlie Payne
Birth 2 May 1928
Death 23 Jun 1928 (aged 1 month)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 103380072 "
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #7072; Ancestry.com Website.
James Bascom Price; age 24; born in Wise Co, VA; single; coal miner; living at St. Paul, VA; son of
Manse and Lila (Price) Price; married on 10 Mar 1945 in Lebanon, VA: Bernie (sic, Benice) Matilda
Dunford; age 16; born in Hopewell, VA; single; living at St. Paul, VA; daughter of W. M. and Ethel
(Mullins) Dunford.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 26 Jul 2018.
" James Bascom Price Sr.
Birth 6 Mar 1917
Death 22 Dec 1997 (aged 80)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 191680528 "Additional Information Posted:
"Son of Mance Garfield Price (1888-1935)."Brother of Robert David Price (1920–1920).
"Married to Bernice Matilda Dunford-Price (B. 1930) on March 10, 1945.
"Father of Earl Jennings Price (1947-2017), James ”Jim” Bascom Price Jr. (1948-2012), Ralph Edward Price (1953-1977), Dianne Price-Adams-Craven (1955-2015), Priscilla A. "Kit" Price-Rutherford (1960-1994), Randy Price, Chester Price, Roger Price, William "Billy" Price, Bryan Price, Rita Price-Hankins, Ruby Price-Adams, Mary Boyd Price-Payne, Barbara Price-Holt, Elsie Price-McDaniel, Jennifer “Jenny” Price-Munsey, Susan Price-Green, Ethel Price-Jones, Charlotte Price-Dowell, and Melissa
Price-Duncan."
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #7072; Ancestry.com Website.
James Bascom Price; age 24; born in Wise Co, VA; single; coal miner; living at St. Paul, VA; son of
Manse and Lila (Price) Price; married on 10 Mar 1945 in Lebanon, VA: Bernie (sic, Benice) Matilda
Dunford; age 16; born in Hopewell, VA; single; living at St. Paul, VA; daughter of W. M. and Ethel
(Mullins) Dunford.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 26 Jul 2018.
" Bernice Matilda Dunford Price
Birth 25 Aug 1930
Death unknown
Burial
Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 191680540"Additional Information Posted:
"Married to James Bascom Price, Sr. (1917-1997) on March 10, 1945."Mother of Earl Jennings Price (1947-2017), James ”Jim” Bascom Price Jr. (1948-2012), Ralph Edward Price (1953-1977), Dianne Price-Adams-Craven (1955-2015), Priscilla A. "Kit" Price-Rutherford (1960-1994), Randy Price, Chester Price, Roger Price, William "Billy" Price, Bryan Price, Rita Price-Hankins, Ruby Price-Adams, Mary Boyd Price-Payne, Barbara Price-Holt, Elsie Price-McDaniel, Jennifer “Jenny” Price-Munsey, Susan Price-Green, Ethel Price-Jones, Charlotte Price-Dowell, and Melissa Price-Duncan."
(Since there is no death date on grave stone,she may not be buried here)
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 26 Jul 2018.
"Ralph Edward Price
Birth 20 Mar 1953
Death 11 Apr 1977 (aged 24)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 191679950"Additional Information Posted:
"Son of James Bascom Price Sr. (Deceased) and Bernice Dunford-Price ."Brother of Earl Jennings Price (1947-2017), James ”Jim” Bascom Price Jr. (1948-2012), Dianne Price-Adams-Craven (1955-2015), Priscilla A. "Kit" Price-Rutherford (1960-1994), Randy Price, Chester Price, Roger Price, William "Billy" Price, Bryan Price, Rita Price-Hankins, Ruby Price-Adams, Mary Boyd Price-Payne, Barbara Price-Holt, Elsie Price-McDaniel, Jennifer “Jenny” Price-Munsey, Susan Price-Green, Ethel Price-Jones, Charlotte Price-Dowell, and Melissa Price-Duncan.
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"Man Bludgeoned To Death In War; Suspect Arrested""War police have arrested David Whitt, 26, of War on charges stemming from the alleged April 2, 1977 murder of Ralph Edward Price, 24, also of War. According to War Assistant Police Chief Roosevelt Crockett, Price was severely beaten about the head with a baseball bat. The incident, Crockett said, occurred at the Owl Night Club in War about 1:30 a.m. on April 2, 1977. Crockett said he transported the victim from the night club and turned him over to the Big Creek Rescue Squad. The squad took Price to a Welch hospital. Subsequently, Price was transported to the Bluefield Community Hospital. He died on Tuesday, April 11, 1977. On April 2, 1977, Crockett said he received reports that several fights were in progress at the Owl Night Club. However, when he arrived on the scene, the fighting had stopped, he said. Crockett said Whitt was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder. He is currently lodged in the McDowell County Jail pending a magistrate’s hearing. Funeral arrangements for Price are incomplete at the Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
"He was born March 20, 1953. Survivors include his parents, James B. Price (Deceased) and Bernice Dunford Price, both of War; and his siblings, Earl Jennings Price (1947-2017), Priscilla A. Price-Rutherford (1960-1994), James ”Jim” Price Jr. (Deceased), Dianne Price-Adams-Craven (1955-2015), Randy Price, Chester Price, Roger Price, William "Billy" Price, Bryan Price, Rita Price-Hankins, Ruby Price-Adams, Mary Boyd Price-Payne, Barbara Price-Holt, Elsie Price-McDaniel, Jennifer “Jenny” Price-Munsey, Susan Price-Green, Ethel Price-Jones, Charlotte Price-Dowell, and Melissa Price-Duncan."
1. 1900 Census, Tazewell Co, VA; Jeffersonville District; taken on 23 Jun 1900; Page 120A;
Family #343.
Listed as Thomas Dunford; age 15; born in WV in June 1884; in household of father, William
Dunford.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Virginia Gal 5 Feb 2007; maintained by Memorializer.
" Thomas D. Dunford
Birth 1 Jul 1883
West Virginia, USA
Death 5 Jun 1969 (aged 85)
Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Plot Garden 3, Section 257, Plot B1
Memorial ID 17818012"
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Virginia Gal 5 Feb 2007; maintained by Find a Grave
" Amelia B. Lewis Dunford
Birth 1886
Death 1984 (aged 97–98)
Burial
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Plot Garden 3, Section 257, Plot B2
Memorial ID 17818019"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: James Council Cruise
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1896
Marriage Registration Place: Washington, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 12 Aug 1939
Marriage Place: White Top Mountain, Virginia, USA
Father: James S Cruise
Mother: Alice Minton
Spouse: Arietta Pansy Burnett Hawks
Certificate Number: 1939029571"
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1961); Page 182; WV Archives Website.
James Council Cruise; age 68; born in Darby, NC; widowed; living at Box 443, Bluefield, VA; married
on 20 Feb 1961 in Welch, WV; Arietta Pansy Hawks; age 55; born in Kyle, WV; widow; living at
English, WV.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: James Council Cruise
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1892
Birth Place: Wautauga Co, North Carolina
Father: James S Cruise
Mother: Alice P Mintor
SSN: 238123749
Notes: Oct 1937: Name listed as JAMES COUNCIL CRUISE"
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Susan Pescosolida Richardson;14 Apr 2018.
" James Council Cruise
Birth 14 Nov 1892
North Carolina, USA
Death 16 Jan 1966 (aged 73)
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 188807698 "
1. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Arietta Banett
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1906
Marriage Date: 25 Apr 1925 (sic, 28 Mar 1925)
Marriage Place: Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
Spouse:
Otis G Hawks
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 28
Event Type: Marriage"
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Arietta Pansy Burnett Hawks
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 33
Birth Date: abt 1906
Marriage Registration Place: Washington, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 12 Aug 1939
Marriage Place: White Top Mountain, Virginia, USA
Father: Ed James Burnett
Mother: Stella Crawford
Spouse: James Council Cruise
Certificate Number: 1939029571"
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1961); Page 182; WV Archives Website.
James Council Cruise; age 68; born in Darby, NC; widowed; living at Box 443, Bluefield, VA; married
on 20 Feb 1961 in Welch, WV; Arietta Pansy Hawks; age 55; born in Kyle, WV; widow; living at
English, WV.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Susan Pescosolida Richardson;14 Apr 2018.
" Arietta Pansy Burnett Cruise
Birth 21 Sep 1905
Kyle, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 13 Jun 1998 (aged 92)
Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 188807851"