1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Ezra Linkous Thornsberry
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1932
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Jul 1955
Marriage Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Father: Tom Thornsberry
Mother: Mazie Rife
Spouse: Laura Jean Stacy
Certificate Number: 1955020535"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Laura Jean Stacy
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1937
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Jul 1955
Marriage Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Father: Louis Stacy
Mother: Cynthia Baker
Spouse: Ezra Linkous Thornsberry
Certificate Number: 1955020535"
1. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #87-057118; Ancestry.com Website.
Joseph Wayne Blankenship; age 18; born 28 jan 1969 in WV; this is his 1st marriage; 12th grade
education; living at Box 1022, Oceana, WV; son of Ola Glen and Glenda Garnell (Morgan)
Blankenship; married on 23 Nov 1987 in Pearisburg, VA; Dorene Gaugliardo; maiden name Cozart;
age 19; born 16 Jul 1968 in WV; divorced; this is her 2nd marriage; first marriage ended 29 Sep
1987; 10th grade education; living at Rt 1, Box 79, Ballard, Monroe Co, WV; daughter of Harmon and
Rosetta Maude (Brooks) Cozart.
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Dennis B Grindstaff
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 20
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1950
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 25 Jul 1970
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Virginia, USA
Father: Clemon B Grindstaff
Mother: Betty Frances Kern
Spouse: Deborah Elaine Sparks
Certificate Number: 1970028578"
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; "William and Sarah Christian
Sparks"; Article; Page 241; submitted by Mrs. Carl Sparks; 2041 Burgess Rd, Chester, VA 23831.
(lives in WV)
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Deborah Elaine Sparks
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1952
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 25 Jul 1970
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Virginia, USA
Father: Carl B Sparks
Mother: Genevieve Cox
Spouse: Dennis B Grindstaff
Certificate Number: 1970028578"
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Hester and Nannie New"; Article; Page 220; submitted by Nannie New 2800
S. Main Street, Apt 509, New Castle, IN 47362.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Robert Fulton Worley Family"; Article; Page 258; submitted by Shelvie J. Nickles;
5055 Tibbitt Lane, Burke, VA 22015.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Robert Fulton Worley Family"; Article; Page 258; submitted by Shelvie J. Nickles;
5055 Tibbitt Lane, Burke, VA 22015.