1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #2221; WV Archives Website.
Allie Bridgeman; age 37 yrs, 2 mons, 8 days; born 1 dec 1888 in Victoria, TN; married Negro;
housekeeper; daughter of Matteson and Eliza (Anderson) Hicks; died 9 Feb 1926 in Welch #1
Hospital, Welch, WV; due to gun shot wound of abdomen; buried 14 Feb 1926 at Thorpe, WV;
informant, Matt Hicks.
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #68-051783; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Maceo Rogers Forte; age 34; born 3 Aug 1934 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; Negro; 2 yrs
HS education; living at PO Box 27, Vivian, WV; son of Joe and Lula Belle (Cheeks) Forte; married on
8 Dec 1968 in Tazewell, VA; Norma Jean Howell; age 22; born 27 Ag 1946 in WV; single; this is her
1st marriage; Negro; 2 yrs HS education; living at PO Box 694, Kimball, WV; daughter of Mack Arthur
Johns and Gladys Mae Howell.
2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Maceo R Forte Jr
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1934
Address: PO Box 27, Vivian, WV, 24853-0027 (1988)
[PO Box 702, Kimball, WV, 24853-0702 (1990)] "
3. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Maceo R. Forte
Last Residence:
24853 Kimball, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Born: 3 Aug 1934
Died: 18 Jun 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)"
4. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Maceo R. Forte Sr.
Gender: Male
Death Age: 72
Birth Date: abt 1935
Residence Place: Landgraff
Death Date: 18 Jun 2007
Obituary Date: 23 Jun 2007
Obituary Place: Welch, ..."
5. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Monday Evening; 16 Sep 2019; Page 8; Newspaper Obit.
(Names and dates extracted from obit)
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #68-051783; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Maceo Rogers Forte; age 34; born 3 Aug 1934 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; Negro; 2 yrs HS
education; living at PO Box 27, Vivian, WV; son of Joe and Lula Belle (Cheeks) Forte; married on 8
Dec 1968 in Tazewell, VA; Norma Jean Howell; age 22; born 27 Ag 1946 in WV; single; this is her 1st
marriage; Negro; 2 yrs HS education; living at PO Box 694, Kimball, WV; daughter of Mack Arthur
Johns and Gladys Mae Howell.
2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Norma J Forte
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1946
Address: PO Box 702, Kimball, WV, 24853-0702 (1992)
[PO Box 703, Kimball, WV, 24853-0703]
[RR 52 POB 27, Vivian, WV, 24891 (1990)]
[RR 52 POB 702, Kimball, WV, 24853 (1995)]
[PO Box 27, Vivian, WV, 24853-0027] "
3. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Monday Evening; 16 Sep 2019; Page 8; Newspaper Obit.
(Names and dates extracted from obit)
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Monday Evening; 16 Sep 2019; Page 8; Newspaper Obit.
(Names and dates extracted from obit)
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Monday Evening; 16 Sep 2019; Page 8; Newspaper Obit.
(Names and dates extracted from obit)
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Monday Evening; 16 Sep 2019; Page 8; Newspaper Obit.
(Names and dates extracted from obit)
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Monday Evening; 16 Sep 2019; Page 8; Newspaper Obit.
(Names and dates extracted from obit)
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'59 003536; WV Archives Website.
Michael Anthony Marshall; age 16 days; born 30 Jan 1959 in Welch, WV; son of unknown father and
Fay Marshall; died 16 Feb 1959 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to prematurity; buried 17 Feb 1959
in Big Jenny Cemetery, WV; informant, Howard C. Marshall, Davy, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Marshall/Davidson; 8 Feb 2017.
" Michael Anthony Marshall
Birth 30 Jan 1959
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 16 Feb 1959 (aged 17 days)
Wilcoe, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Big Jenny Cemetery
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 176135288"
1. Evans-Calfee Funeral Home; Pineville, WV; Posted Obit.
"Born July 4th, 1946 in Emmett WV. Patsy Nell Earnest Mullins was the daughter of the late Clay & Georgia Earnest. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her granddaughter Alexis Mullins, four brothers and three sisters."Patsy was a proud wife, mother and Mamaw to several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
"She was always the happiest when she was surrounded by her family which meant the world to her. Patsy was her family’s “real” live 4th of July firecracker.
"In her early years Patsy was a homemaker and later in life, after her children were grown, she chose a career as a beautician. She had a gift for beauty."Those left to cherish her memory are her devoted and loving husband William Harold Mullins of Skin Fork, WV, who cared for her unconditionally until her final day. Her 5 children, Eugene Mullins ( Melanie) of Stateville, NC, Tim Mullins of Skin Fork WV, Joey Mullins ( Christy) of Shelby, Al, Jamie Mullins (Portia) of Pineville, WV, Tina Mullins (Stephanie) of Shady Spring, WV; and a very special daughter in law Dina Price of Oceana WV, twelve grandchildren, Nick Lawson of Denver,CO, Brittney Mullins of Uneeda, WV, Kelsey Mullins (Poonie) Saulsville, WV, Kody Mullins of New York City, NY, Hannah Mullins of Randleman, NC, Lauren Clower of Cross Lanes, WV, Hunter Mullins (Brooke) of Jacksonville, NC, Alex Mullins of Cross Lanes, WV, Hope Mullins of Cross Lanes, WV, Benjamin Mullins of Oceana, WV, Isabella Mullins of Cross Lanes, WV, Savannah Kidwell of Shady Spring WV, Santino Mullins of Oceana, WV; three great grandchildren, Zane Mullins, Rhett Mullins and Remington Mullins; her brother Edward Earnest of Emmett, WV and sister Brenda Johnson (Cecil) of Gilbert, WV, as well as wonderful and compassionate caregivers Wanda Carter, Angie Carter and Jessica Steele.
"A special note―our mother Patsy had a fondness for birds, while her favorite was always the Redbird (Cardinal), and this poem is dedicated to her spirt that is now free from the bonds of human suffering to find a place in Heaven where we shall meet her again.
"The Redbird’s Spirt
Soft, the breeze whispers from the wing of a Redbird
With turbulence of time the days remembered,
Briefly perched among lofty boughs with song and praise.
But, to fly she soars with joy knowing freedom;
Her enduring spirit observes, and how she lingers
Still with us where seasons have no limit.
The memory of her children, the kind heart followed
By a smile reflecting over a stream
To meet the sky and the forest beyond our sight - there, she wanders."
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Glade Goodson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1950
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1968
Marriage Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Father: Roby Goodson
Mother: Emma J Snow
Spouse: Sandra Steele
Certificate Number: 1968038910"
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Sandra Steele
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 16
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1951
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1968
Marriage Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Father: Civil Steele
Mother: Ocie Puckett
Spouse: Glade Goodson
Certificate Number: 1968038910"
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "James Vincent Ricci"; Article;
Page 228; submitted by Elena Ricci Muckenfuss, 207 Stewart St, Welch, WC; 24801.
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: James Kiah Harman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1949
Marriage Registration Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1974
Marriage Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Father: Kiah Fuller Harman
Mother: Yolanda Ricci
Spouse: Judith Lynne Martin
Certificate Number: 1974025179"
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: James Kiah Harman [James K Harman]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1949
Birth Place: Welch McDowe, West Virginia
Death Date: 30 Dec 2001
SSN: 233781621
Signature on SSN Card: Jimmy Kiah Harman
Notes: 22 Nov 1983: Name listed as JAMES KIAH HARMAN;
24 Jan 2002: Name listed as JAMES K HARMAN"
4. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: James Kiah Harman
Death Date: 30 Dec 2001
Death Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA"
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "James Vincent Ricci"; Article;
Page 228; submitted by Elena Ricci Muckenfuss, 207 Stewart St, Welch, WC; 24801.
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Judith Lynne Martin
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1949
Marriage Registration Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1974
Marriage Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Father: John William Martin
Mother: Gladys Dare Agee
Spouse: James Kiah Harman
Certificate Number: 1974025179"
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "James Vincent Ricci"; Article;
Page 228; submitted by Elena Ricci Muckenfuss, 207 Stewart St, Welch, WC; 24801.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "James Vincent Ricci"; Article;
Page 228; submitted by Elena Ricci Muckenfuss, 207 Stewart St, Welch, WC; 24801.
1. "World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945"; McDowell Co, WV; Page 672; Ancestry.com
Web Site.
Robert Marion Amos; born 29 Jun 1923; PFC US Army; entered service 8 Apr 1943; served at Ft.
Thomas, KY; San Francisco, CA; Ft. lewis, WA; Europe and Pacific; awarded three Battle Stars;
attended Elkhorn HS; Methodist; son of M/M Leonard and Etta Amos; husband of Ann Amos,
Charleston, WV.
1. Virginia Funeral Home; Grundy, VA; Posted Obit.
"Luther Marshall, age 76 of Avondale, West Virginia passed away
Sunday, November 12, 2017 at his home."Born September 21, 1941 at Avondale, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Wiley and Evie Osborne Marshall. He was retired from US Steel #9 at Gary, West Virginia and was a member of UMWA. Luther attended Christ Cathedral of Iaegar, West Virginia. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, 4 wheeling, and spending time at the lake.
"In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Rufus Marshall, one sister, Amanda Marshall Walls, mother-in-law, Virginia “Jenny” Keen, and father-in-law, Dewey Keen.
"Those left to cherish his memory include:
His wife of 55 years, Shirley (Keen) Marshall of Avondale, West virginia
One Daughter
Diane Justice and husband Eddie of Avondale, West Virginia
Two Sons
Luther Junior Marshall and wife Elisha of Avondale, West Virginia
Jeffrey Allen Marshall and companion Sallie Pruitt of Avondale, West Virginia
One Grandson
Brandon Justice and wife Jordan of Rock, West Virginia
Three Granddaughters
Missy Potts and husband Eric of Statesville, North Carolina
Ashley Marshall of Avondale, West Virginia
Stephanie Marshall of Chilhowie, Virginia
Great Grandchildren
Mason and Marissa Potts of Statesville, North Carolina
Blake and Layne Justice of Rock, West Virginia
Shane and Kailey Mullins of Avondale, West Virginia
Braiden and Madilynn Marshall of Chilhowie, Virginia
He loved them all very much.
One sister
Vennie Honaker and husband Freddie of Amelia Court, Virginia"Funeral services for Luther Marshall will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2017, 1 PM at Christ Cathedral, Iaegar, West Virginia with Russell King officiating, with burial to follow in the Lester Cemetery, Paynesville, West Virginia...."
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; 23 Jun 2021 On-Line Edition.
"Shirley Jean Marshall age 78, passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at her home in Avondale, West Virginia."She was born on October 22, 1942, in Buchanan County, Grundy, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Dewey Keen and Virginia “Jenny” Ward Keen. She was a member of the Christ Cathedral Church in Iaeger, West Virginia. She was a homemaker. She loved trout fishing, deer hunting, and gardening. She loved anything dealing with nature and was an outdoors person.
"In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Marshall; one sister, Lenora Marcus; and two brothers, Arnold Keen and Denny Keen.
"Survivors left to cherish her memory include: one daughter, Diane Marshall Justice and husband Eddie of Avondale, West Virginia; two sons, Luther Marshall and wife Elisha of Avondale, West Virginia, and Jeffery Marshall and wife Sallie of Bristol, Tennessee; two grandsons, Brandon Justice and wife Jordan of Rock, West Virginia, and Dalton Poore of Bristol, Tennessee; three granddaughters, Missy Potts and husband Eric of Statesville, North Carolina, Ashley Marshall of Avondale, West Virginia, and Stephanie Marshall of Bradshaw, West Virginia; eight great-grandchildren, Mason and Marissa Potts of Statesville, North Carolina, Shane and Kailey Mullins of Avondale, West Virginia, Blake and Layne Justice of Rock, West Virginia, and Braiden and Madilynn Marshall of Bradshaw, West Virginia; seven sisters, Stella Cook and husband Charlie of Tazewell, Virginia, Nadine Stewart and husband Walter of Grundy, Virginia, Trecy Vandyke of Grundy, Virginia, Patsy Coleman of Grundy, Virginia, Arlene Spence of Coalwood, West Virginia, Tina Estep and husband Don of Grundy, Virginia, and Sharon Daniels and husband Bobby of Grundy, Virginia; three brothers, Mack Keen and wife Arlene of Grundy, Virginia, Stanley keen and wife Delores of Grundy, Virginia, and Radford Keen and wife Rachel of Grundy, Virginia; and sister-in-law, Vennie Honaker and husband Freddie of Amelia, Virginia.
"The funeral service for Shirley Jean Marshall will be held at the Christ Cathedral Church in Iaeger, West Virginia on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at 1:00 P.M., officiated by Pastor Russell King.
"Burial will follow at the Lester Cemetery, State Line Ridge, in Paynesville, West Virginia.
"There will be a service on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at the Christ Cathedral Church in Iaeger, West Virginia at 7:00 P.M. The family will receive friends at 6:00 P.M.
"Pallbearers will be family and friends.
"Virginia Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia is in charge of the arrangements."