McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Lincoln Wayne Ball

1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Lincoln Wayne Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1919
Marriage Registration Place: Frederick, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1957
Marriage Place: Frederick, Virginia, USA
Father: Asbury Ball
Mother: Bell Lewis
Spouse: Virginia Wyatt
Certificate Number: 1957033839"


Virginia "Dovey" Wyatt

1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Adkin District, Blackwolf, taken on 3 Jan 1920, Page 271B,
Family #301.
Listed as Doveie Wyatt, age 3 yrs, 9 mons, born in WV, in household of father, Charles W. Wyatt.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Adkin District, taken on 10 Apr 1930, Page 155A, Family #124.
Listed as Virginia Wyatt, age 14, born in WV, in household of father, Charles W. Wyatt.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1936); Page 95; WV Archives Web Site.
Albert Mitchem; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Thorpe, WV; son of J.A.
and India; married on 3 Oct 1936 at Anawalt, WV; Dovey Virginia Wyatt; age 21; born in McDowell
Co, WV; single; daughter of Charlie and Eva.
4. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Vivian; E.D. 24-32; taken on 18/19 Apr
1940; Page 638A; Image 18 of 47; Household #146.
Listed as Virginia Mitchem; age 24; born in WV; married; 6th grade education; lived in McDowell Co,
WV on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Albert M. Mitchem.
5. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Virginia W. Zeravsky; born 12 Mar 1916; lived at 3112 Cedar Grove Dr, Fairfax, VA 22031 in 1984.
6. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Thursday 2 Jun 2005, Newspaper Obit.
"Vivian M. Blankenship, 87, of Beckley, formerly of Oceana, went home to be with the Lord on
Tuesday, May 31, 2005, in Raleigh General Hospital..."
"Survivors include... three sisters, Virginia Zeravsky of Petersburg, Va., Mamie Willard of Eden, N.C.,
and Edith M. Smith of Gary..."
7. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Virginia Wyatt
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 41
Birth Date: abt 1916
Marriage Registration Place: Frederick, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1957
Marriage Place: Frederick, Virginia, USA
Father: Charles Wyatt
Mother: Eva Rose
Spouse: Lincoln Wayne Ball
Certificate Number: 1957033839"
8. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Virginia Wyatt Ball
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 34
Birth Date: abt 1927
Marriage Registration Place: Arlington, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 8 Feb 1961
Marriage Place: Arlington, Virginia, USA
Father: Charlie Wyatt
Mother: Eva Rose
Spouse: Daniel Anthony Zeravsky
Certificate Number: 1961003141"
9. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Virginia Wyatt Mitchem [Virginia Wya Ball] [Virginia Ball] [Virginia Zeravsky] [Virginia Schirling] [Virginia Wyatt Wyatt]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1916
Birth Place: McDowell Cou, West Virginia [Gary McDowel??, West Virginia]
Death Date: 4 Oct 2006
Father:
Charlie W Wyatt
Mother:
Margaret E Rose
SSN: 234326114
Notes: Oct 1941: Name listed as VIRGINIA WYATT MITCHEM;
Oct 1955: Name listed as VIRGINIA WYA BALL;
Jan 1959: Name listed as VIRGINIA WYATT BALL;
Sep 1961: Name listed as VIRGINIA WYA ZERAVSKY; :
Name listed as VIRGINIA WYA SCHIRLING;
07 Oct 2006: Name listed as VIRGINIA W ZERAVSKY"
10. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Virginia W. Zeravsky; born 12 Mar 1916; died 4 Oct 2006; last residence, Colonial Heights, VA; card
issued in WV before 1951.


Dorothy Jean Clowers

1. Evans-Calfee Funeral Home; Pineville, WV; Posted Obit.
"Dorothy Jean Sluss, 93, of Princeton, formerly of Kopperston, went to be with the Lord, Saturday March 16, 2019.

"Born January 12, 1926 in Harlan KY, she was the daughter of the late Wallace and Margaret Murphy Clowers.

"Dorothy had tremendous faith in the Lord and was known for being a hard worker. She loved taking care of her precious grandchildren.

"She was preceded in death by her husband, Malvern Sluss Jr. and her daughter, Deborah Walters.

"Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Elizabeth Pendry and her husband Ted of Princeton and Greg Sluss and his wife Susan of Kopperston; grandchildren, Larry Pendry and his wife Cindy of Gassaway, Chuck Pendry and his wife Suzie of Stephenville TX, Timothy Walters of Sevierville TN, Heather Roop and her husband Kevin of Mt. Hope, Sunny Cook and her husband Ben, of Mooresville NC and Matt Sluss of Oceana; Seven great-grandchildren and two great great-grandchildren."


Bulin Whitley Vaught

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); Page 363; WV Archives Web Site.
Bulin W. Vaught; age 34; born and living at Ravencliff, WV; single; son of Herbert and Goldie Vaught;
married on 9 oct 1948 at Pineville, WV; Dora bailey; age 21; born and living at Jesse, WV; single;
daughter of Henry and Laura Bailey.


Dora Bailey

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 24 Apr 1930, Page 202A, Family #284.
Listed as Dora Bailey, age 2, born in WV, in household of father, Henry L. Bailey.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); Page 363; WV Archives Web Site.
Bulin W. Vaught; age 34; born and living at Ravencliff, WV; single; son of Herbert and Goldie Vaught;
married on 9 oct 1948 at Pineville, WV; Dora bailey; age 21; born and living at Jesse, WV; single;
daughter of Henry and Laura Bailey.
3. Stafford Funeral Home; Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Dora Bailey Vaught Vinson, 91, of Ravencliff, WV went home to be with the Lord on Thursday January 10,
2019 at her home. She was born on May 3, 1927 in Jesse, WV a daughter of the late Henry Luther and Laura
Allen Bailey. Dora is a member of the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she
is preceded in death by her first husband Bulin Whitley Vaught; second husband Ezra Vinson; brothers and
sisters-in-law Frankie and Helen Bailey and George and Betty Bailey; nephew Danny Bailey; and an infant
twin brother. Survivors include a daughter Mary Beth (Jamie) Combs of Stephenson; a son Raymond Vaught
of Ravencliff; three grandchildren April Vaught and Ezra and Jessica Combs; best friend who was like a
sister Connie Barnett of Ravencliff; and a host of other loving family and friends. Funeral services will be
held at 1PM on Monday January 14th in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV with Pastor
Scottie Lusk officiating. She will be laid to rest in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV. Friends may gather
with the family from Noon until time of services on Monday January 14th at the funeral home. Pallbearers
will be family and friends. The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. "


Earl Lee Addair

1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #31736; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Earl Lee Addair; age 18; born in Lex, WV; single; truck driver; living at Beartown, WV; son of Wallace
and Roxie Addair; married on 19 Oct 1957 in Lebanon, VA; Alice Shirley Christian; age 17; born in
Avondale, WV; single; living in Beartown, WV; daughter of Dexter and Mary (Dale) Christian.
2, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Earl L Addair
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1939
Residence Date: 1990
Address: PO Box 15
Residence: Avondale, WV
Postal Code: 24811-0015"


Alice Shirley Christian

1. "McDowell County WV Heritage", Vol II, 1999, "Mary Margaret C. Addair" article, page 156.
Mary Margaret Christian; born on 11 Apr 1929 at Freeburn, KY; married Howard S. Addair;
siblings: Daisy Lorene; Connie Jean, Crockett Joe, Alice Shirley and Farley MacArthur Christian.
2. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #31736; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Earl Lee Addair; age 18; born in Lex, WV; single; truck driver; living at Beartown, WV; son of Wallace
and Roxie Addair; married on 19 Oct 1957 in Lebanon, VA; Alice Shirley Christian; age 17; born in
Avondale, WV; single; living in Beartown, WV; daughter of Dexter and Mary (Dale) Christian.
3. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Vitginia, 1858-1999"; Volume II; by Geneva Steele, Sandra
Long and Tom Hatcher; Page 157; "Violet H. Christian Smith Speer; Mother" article submitted by
Alice S. Addair. PO Box 82, Avondale, WV with excerpts from book by Claude Hadley Speer, son.