1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Jessie Cole
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1926
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1947
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Father: Abe Cole
Mother: Okie Jones
Spouse: Georgie Katherine Hicks
Certificate Number: 1947034991"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Georgie Katherine Hicks
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1929
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1947
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Father: John D Hicks
Mother: Peggy Dillon
Spouse: Jessie Cole
Certificate Number: 1947034991"
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Georgia Katherine Hicks [Georgia K Cole] [Georgia Cole]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 May 1930
Birth Place: Jolo Buchana, West Virginia [McDowell, West Virginia]
Death Date: 7 Jul 1992
Father:
John Hicks
Mother:
Peggy Dillon
SSN: 282646430
Notes: 26 Sep 1973: Name listed as GEORGIA KATHERINE HICKS;
30 Jun 1975: Name listed as GEORGIA K COLE;
03 Jun 1993: Name listed as GEORGIA COLE "
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1964); Page 37; WV Archives Website.
Junior Lee Kennedy; age 19; born 12 May 1945 at Coal Mtn, WV; single; living at Detroit, MI; no
previous marriage; son of Mason and Ilene (Blankenship) Kennedy; married on 28 Nov 1964 at
Brenton, WV; Alice Marie Adkins; age 18; born 5 May 1946 in Pikeville, KY; no previous marriage;
living at Brenton, WV; daughter of Millard and Edna (Straton) Adkins.
1. Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Alice M Adkins
Date of Birth: 5 May 1947
Birth Place: Pike, Kentucky, USA
Mother's name: Marie Stratton
Volume Number: 082
Certificate Number: 40964
Volume Year: 1947"
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1964); Page 37; WV Archives Website.
Junior Lee Kennedy; age 19; born 12 May 1945 at Coal Mtn, WV; single; living at Detroit, MI; no
previous marriage; son of Mason and Ilene (Blankenship) Kennedy; married on 28 Nov 1964 at
Brenton, WV; Alice Marie Adkins; age 18; born 5 May 1946 in Pikeville, KY; no previous marriage;
living at Brenton, WV; daughter of Millard and Edna (Straton) Adkins.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #196.
Listed as Charlie Webb, age 2, in household of father, Cal Webb.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 21 Apr 1910, Page 217A, Family #58.
Listed as Charles C. Webb, age 13, born in WV, in household of father, Calvin Webb.
3. Wyomng Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #999; Pineville, WV Draft Board; 12 Sep 1918.
Charley Enoch Webb; age 20; born on 19 Dec 1897; living at Itmann, WV; carpenter for Huntington
Lumber and Supply; nearest relative, Pheobe Webb, Itmann; medium height and build; blue eyes
and light hair.
4. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 20 Jan 1920, Page 288A, Family #10.
Listed as Charles Webb, age 22, born in WV, in household of father, Cal Webb.
6. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Mullens; taken on 10 Apr 1930; Page 224A;
Family #66/92.
Listed as Charley Webb; age 32; born in WV; single; works in machine shop; in household of father,
Cal Webb.
7. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 316; WV Archives Web Site.
Charley Webb; age 36; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living in Mullens, WV; son of Cal Webb; married on
13 Jun 1934 in Pineville, WV; Velva Belcher; age 35; born in McDowell Co, WV; living in Mullens, WV;
daughter of B.F. and Thursa Belcher.
8. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by JMC; 29 Jun 2015.
" Charles Enoch Webb
Birth 19 Dec 1897
Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death 25 Dec 1960 (aged 63)
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
New Belcher Mountain Community Cemetery
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA "Additional Information Posted:
"Charles Enoch Webb, 63, of Maitland, died in a Welch hospital Sunday night. He was a retired coal miner of the Eastern Gas and Fuel Co."Survivors include his wife, Velva Belcher Webb; one son, Charles Webb of Iaeger; four step-children, William Stover of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Maria Eggers of Kissimmee, Fla., Mrs. Betty Dennis of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Isabell Goode of Portland; two brothers, Cal Webb of DeLand, Fla. and Thomas Webb of Beckley; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Harmon, Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell, Mrs. Blanche Gravely, all of Mullens, and Virginia Webb of DeLand, Fla.
"Funeral services will be conducted from the Douglas Mortuary Chapel in Welch Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Morgan Belcher officiating. Burial will follow in the Belcher Cemetery on Belcher Mountain.
"[Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Tue, Dec. 27, 1960]"
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 27 Jun 1900; Page 143B;
Family #440/515.
Listed as May Belcher; age 3; born in WV in 1897; in household of father, Ballard F. Belcher.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 23 Apr 1910, Page 218B, Family #90.
Listed as Belva Belcher, age 15, born in WV, in household of father, Ballard F. Belcher.
3. Ancestry.com Web Site, Thursa Harris Search, 29 Dec 2002, submitted by
Dan Betts, danbetts@home.com.
Thursa Jane Harris, born on 15 May 1876; married Ballard F. Belcher.
Daughter, Velva (sic, Belva) Mae Belcher was born in 1897 (sic 1895).
4. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Itmann; taken on 27 Jun 1920; Page 265B;
Family #482/515.
Listed as ?elvet Belcher; age 22; born in WV; in household of father, Ballard F. Belcher.
5. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 316; WV Archives Web Site.
Charley Webb; age 36; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living in Mullens, WV; son of Cal Webb; married on
13 Jun 1934 in Pineville, WV; Velva Belcher; age 35; born in McDowell Co, WV; living in Mullens, WV;
daughter of B.F. and Thursa Belcher.
6. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by JMC; 30 Jun 2015.
" Velva Mae Belcher Webb
Birth 6 Oct 1892
Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death 25 Feb 1983 (aged 90)
Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, USA
Burial
Rose Hill Cemetery
Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, USA "
1. 1880 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry Township; taken on 4 Jun 1880; Page 66A; Family #87.
Listed as Grant Elledge; age 8; born in NC; in household of father, Alfred Elledge.
2. FindAgrave.com Web Site; submitted by Charlotte Hardamon Coble; 5 Apr 2009.
" Gettius Grant “Grant” Elledge
Birth 23 Jun 1872
Death 12 Sep 1935 (aged 63)
Burial
Center Baptist Church Cemetery
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA"Additional Information Posted:
"Former Sheriff of Wilkes County Dies in Statesville -- Funeral on Sunday"North Wilkesboro, Sept 12 -- Grant G. Elledge, 63, former sheriff of Wilkes County, died at 11 o'clock this morning in a Statesville hospital. He had been in declining health for some time.
"Mr. Elledge for many years was a leader in the Republican party in Wilkes County. In 1922 he was elected sheriff and served for three terms, the last one ending in 1928. Prior to his terms as sheriff, he served for 12 years as county surveyor.
"He was a member of a family long prominent in Wilkes County, being a son of the late Alfred and Elizabeth Rhoades Elledge.
"He was married to Miss Gertie Jennings, who survives with the following children: Boyd M., Alfred, Claude and Miss Nannie Elledge, and Mrs. C. B. Hayes, all of North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Carl Jackson of Fort Bragg; Mrs. Dave Miller of Hickory.
"Also surviving are two brothers and one sister: T.C. and L.O. Elledge of North Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Bill Elledge of New Castle.
"Funeral service will be held at Bethel Church, Sunday at one o'clock.
"Greensboro Daily News, Sept. 13, 1935, p. 4."
1. FindAgrave.com Web Site; submitted by Charlotte Hardamon Coble; 5 Apr 2009.
" Gertrude A “Gertie” Jennings Elledge
Birth 5 Jan 1879
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death 13 Aug 1966 (aged 87)
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
Burial
Center Baptist Church Cemetery
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA "
1. 1860 Census, McDowell Co, VA, Family 238.
"First Families of McDowell Co, West Virginia", Evans, page 40.
Household of Eli Rose.
A Francis Rose married Sally Puryear (Purlear) on 23 Sep 1811 in Stokes Co,
NC.
In the 1810 Census for NC there are two Francis Roses, one in Haywood Co and
one in Surry Co.
2. E-mail 11 May 2016; John E. Martin:
"...Joel Rose b 1780 was not the father of Joel Rose b 1810 who married Virginia Jane Sizemore, his father was Francis Rose b 1753 and can be proven by the Guion Miller and Dawes rolls testimony of his children!..."
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 35; WV Archives Website.
Kenneth Williams; born 24 Jul 1914 in Appalachia, VA; living at Coalwood, WV; son of Jessie and
Ludema; married on 31 Dec 1938 in Coalwood, WV; Helen Kurley; born in 1916 in Marion, VA; living
in Coalwood, WV; daughter of Jasper and Mollie.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 35; WV Archives Website.
Kenneth Williams; born 24 Jul 1914 in Appalachia, VA; living at Coalwood, WV; son of Jessie and
Ludema; married on 31 Dec 1938 in Coalwood, WV; Helen Kurley; born in 1916 in Marion, VA; living
in Coalwood, WV; daughter of Jasper and Mollie.
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; Friday Evening; 20 Mar 2020; Page 6.
"Benneta "Tex"Smith, 63 of Al-
gema. WV passed away Monday,
March 16. at McDowell County
Continuous Home. after a short ill—_
ness. She was born January 23, 1957
in Welch, WV to
Mrs. Mildred Lowe Smith and the
late Benjamin ”Bennie" Smith of
Algoma. WV. "Tex “ was а lifelong
membe rof Mt Ebenezer Baptist
church where was active in sev-
eral auxiliares she was a faithful
member and loved her church until
her health began to fail. She attended
school in '
McDowell County and was a l976
graduate of Northfork High School.
"Tex" loved to read, particularly the
"Church News Column" of the local
news papers.
In addition to her father; she was
preceded in death by her maternal
grandparents, Moyer and Nettie
Lowe. of Gary. W V and her pater-
nal grandparents "Charlie"
Smith and Viola Smithof Algoma,
WV; her uncles Robert Smith and
John Smith of Algoma, WV, and
Robert "Coot" Rosenbalm of Gary,
WV, Her cousin Rennae Lowe of
Detroit, Michigan
In addition tn her mother, Mrs.
Mildred Lowe Smith. she is sur—
vived by her sister Jo Ann Smith ..."
"... A host, of
other cousins, relatives, her church
family, and friends. And her special,
special fur baby, Bo Bo Smith.
A home— going service will be held
Saturday, March 21, 2020 in the Mt.
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Algoma,
WV at 12: Noon with Pastor Timo-
thy Hairston officiating. Burial will
follow at Restlawn Memorial
Gardens, Route 20, Bluefield, WV..."