1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 346; WV Archives Website.
Paul Andrew Cox; age 18; born 20 Mar 1951 in Raleigh Co, WV; single; no previous marriage; living
at Box 174, Rhodell, WV; son of Silas C. and Bessie (McKinney) Cox; married on 13 May 1969 at
Rhodell, WV; Donna Sue Heath; age 16; born 21 Nov 1952 in Oceana, WV; single; no previous
marriage; living at Box 473, Davy, WV; daughter of Frank, deceased, and Ethel Marie (Webb) Heath;
with consent of Bessie Pearl Cox, father deceased, mother of Paul Andrew Cox; and Ethel Marie
Heath, father deceased, mother of Donna Sue Heath.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 346; WV Archives Website.
Paul Andrew Cox; age 18; born 20 Mar 1951 in Raleigh Co, WV; single; no previous marriage; living
at Box 174, Rhodell, WV; son of Silas C. and Bessie (McKinney) Cox; married on 13 May 1969 at
Rhodell, WV; Donna Sue Heath; age 16; born 21 Nov 1952 in Oceana, WV; single; no previous
marriage; living at Box 473, Davy, WV; daughter of Frank, deceased, and Ethel Marie (Webb) Heath;
with consent of Bessie Pearl Cox, father deceased, mother of Paul Andrew Cox; and Ethel Marie
Heath, father deceased, mother of Donna Sue Heath.
1. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 369; WV Archives Website.
Silas Cleophas Cox; age 29; born 27 Sep 1908 in Montgomery Co, VA; living at Rhodell, WV; son of
Norwood and Mary Cox; married on 10 Sep 1938 at Rhodell, WV; Bessie Pearl McKinney; age 26;
born and living at Rhodell, WV, daughter of Jim and Rosie Belle McKinney.
2. Montgomery Co, VA; Death Certificate #19859; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Silas C. Cox; age 42; born 27 Sep 1942 in Radford, VA; married; miner; living at PO Box 195, Rhodell,
WV; son of M.S. and Mary (Ingle) Cox; died 6 Sep 1951 in the Radford Community Hospital, Radford,
VA; due to cerebral vascular accident with nephrosclerosis and hypertension; buried 9 Sep 1951 in
West View Cemetery, Radford, VA; informant, R.G. Cox, Radford, VA.
1. West Virginia, U.S., Births Index, 1804-1938; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Bessie P McKinney
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1912
Birth Place: Raleigh, West Virginia, United States
Birth County: Raleigh
FHL Film Number: 598417"
2. 1920 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Amigo Precinct, Rhodell; taken on 20 Jan 1920; Page 101B;
Family #399.
Listed as Bessie McKinney; age 8; born in WV; in household of step-father, Ulysses L. Gorby.
3. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 369; WV Archives Website.
Silas Cleophas Cox; age 29; born 27 Sep 1908 in Montgomery Co, VA; living at Rhodell, WV; son of
Norwood and Mary Cox; married on 10 Sep 1938 at Rhodell, WV; Bessie Pearl McKinney; age 26;
born 24 Mar 1912 at Rhodell, WV; living at Rhodell, WV, daughter of Jim and Rosie Belle McKinney.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 8 Mar 2006.
" Bessie Pearl McKinney Cox
Birth 17 Mar 1912
Rhodell, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Death 3 May 1983 (aged 71)
USA
Burial
Rube Howerton Cemetery
Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 13562651"Additional Information Posted:
"Daughter of William Edward McKinney (1874-1929), & Rosa Belle Lilly-McKinney (1865-1941).
(poosible error here. Her marriage certificate states her father was Jim McKinney. She nor her brother
is listed in the 1920 census in the household of William Edward McKinney. There is a lot of confusion
because there are Rosa belle Lillys about the same age)
"Married to Silas Cleophas Cox (1908-1951) on September 10, 1938 in Rhodell, Raleigh County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Raleigh County, WV, 1938, Page 369, Application Date: August 31, 1938).Mother of Janice Lou Cox-Smith (1941-2014), Albert B. Cox (1944-1993), & James Edgar Cox (1948-2013)"
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Maitland; E.D. 24-41; taken 10 Apr 1940;
Page 813B; Image 30 of 36; Household #265.
Listed as Percy Hairston; age 6; born in WV; no education; Negro; lived in McDowell Co, WV on 1
Apr 1935; lodger in household of Alfred Fergueson with parents.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1956); Page 236; WV Archives Web Site.
Percy Hairston; age 22; born in Eckman, WV; single; Colored; living at Berwind, WV; married on 17
Dec 1956 at Eckman, WV; Alice Jean Mitchell; age 18; born and living in Keystone, WV; single.
Colored; with consent of Claude Allen Mitchell, father, mother edceased, of Alice Jean Mitchell.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Percival Hairston
[Percy Hairston]
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Birth Date: 17 Apr 1934
Birth Place: Eckman McDow, West Virginia
Death Date: 30 Sep 2007
Father: Joseph T Hairston
Mother: Hallis Hall
SSN: 232528841
Notes: Mar 1951: Name listed as PERCIVAL HAIRSTON;
Feb 1956: Name listed as PERCY HAIRSTON"
4. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Percy Hairston
Last Residence:
24868 Northfork, Mcdowell, West Virginia
Born: 17 Mar 1934
Died: 30 Sep 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina or West Virginia (Before 1951)"
5. Hairston Family Tree; posted by nmoonchild; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Percy Hairston
1934–2007
Birth 17 APR 1934 • Eckman McDow, West Virginia
Death 30 SEP 2007 • Northfork, Mcdowell, West Virginia"
5. Facebook Posting by Bridgette Saunders: 30 Mar 2021.
"...My dad was Mr. Percy Hairston, his wife was Alice Hairston of Keystone and Northfork Wva ‘ his occupation was Mr. Tax man, He has done many people taxes in McDowel county and the surrounding counties."
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1956); Page 236; WV Archives Web Site.
Percy Hairston; age 22; born in Eckman, WV; single; Colored; living at Berwind, WV; married on 17
Dec 1956 at Eckman, WV; Alice Jean Mitchell; age 18; born and living in Keystone, WV; single.
Colored; with consent of Claude Allen Mitchell, father, mother edceased, of Alice Jean Mitchell.
1. "Wyoming County WV Hertiage", WGS 1995, "Woodrow and Ruby Jones Cameron" Article, Page 92.
" WOODROW AND RUBY JONES
CAMERON
"My name is Ruby Jones Cameron, born
August 9, 1923 at home to parents Richard
and Siggie Bertha Blankenship Jones with
midwife Mickey Ty England attending.
"My parents were farmers. I grew up on a
farm in the head of Pad Fork in Wyoming
County. We raised big gardens, and canned
everything we could for the winter months,
including fruit and Blackberries, laying away
apples, cabbages and potatoes in a large
hole in the ground, usually under the house,
covered securely to keep from freezing.
Nothing was wasted in those days.
"My paternal grandparents, Johnny and
Mary Jones were from Kentucky and my
maternal grandparents Lewis and Muby
Patsy Blankenship were born and raised in
and around Wyoming County.
"I met and married Woodrow Wilson
Cameron, born September 26, 1922 son of
Seth and Mary Richmond Cameron on May
28, 1943. The day we were married at the
Pineville courthouse, they called a preacher
Rob Dameron, who had been painting. He
came right over, looking very colorful with
paint all over him.
"We moved to Cub Creek at Baileysville in
1949. Woodrow worked in the coal mines,
mainly at Red Jacket, Twin Branch, and for
Leck Addair around thirty years retiring in
1968. His hobbies were hunting, mostly
squirrel and deer, and Ginsenging. Bad
health has forced him to stay home now, so
his only hobby is playing the lottery and hop-
ing to win the Power Ball someday. He also
loves to make quilts.
"Woodrow has two sisters Dora and Lau-
rie, seven brothers; Council, Silas “Moody”,
John and Jacob twins, Jacob is deceased,
Charlie, deceased, Wiley, deceased, and
Callis deceased. He knows barely anyone
beyond an uncle whose name is Bill and a
few cousins.
"To our marriage were born the following
children: Calvin died shortly after birth, Wal-
ton who lived in Michigan, died May З0,
1990. Franklin lives in Wisconsin, Wanda
lives in Woodbridge, Va. She is in sen/ice,
soon to retire. Truman Lee married Marietta
Fritz and lives at Cub Creek. Eleanor mar-
ried Eugene Dunnigan of McDowell County.
They live at Twin Branch, and daughter Ellen
whom we raised, whose mother, who was
Woodrow’s first cousin, had died at her birth.
She married Okey Miller. Ellen has been with
the public school system for twenty-seven
years teaching at Bailysville Elementary and
Junior High Schools. She lives in Sophia.
"In 1980, while we were away, our house
burned. We lost everything. We built back in
1981. Our family and friends gave us a
household shower and a lot of our old pho-
tographs were replaced.
" My hobbies have been sewing, making
hundreds of quilts in my lifetime, but my great-
est joy has been Ginsenging with my buddies,
Ruby Vance and Juanita Barnett. We’ve dug
lots of Ginseng and killed numerous Copper-
heads and Rattlesnakes. Getting into Yellow
Jackets were worse than the snakes.
"One day we decided to go up the hollow
to do some “sangin”, but somehow we got
turned around on a point and ended up over
in Huff Creek. We made it home at dark after
a three-hour walk via of the roadway. Submit-
ted by: Ruby Cameron "
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by grace michele; 27 Aug 2012.
" Joseph Walton Cameron
Birth 17 Jan 1946
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 30 May 1990 (aged 44)
Goodrich, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Ortonville Cemetery
Brandon Gardens, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Memorial ID 96079366 "
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Richard S.; 21 Sep 2011.
" Betty Ann Cameron
Birth 24 Mar 1949
Iaeger, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 17 Sep 2011 (aged 62)
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Ortonville Cemetery
Brandon Gardens, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Memorial ID 76862382"Additional Information Posted:
"CAMERON, BETTY ANN, age 62 of Pontiac, passed away peacefully at her home with her children by her side. She is reunited in heaven with her husband Joseph Walton Cameron who she married on December 25, 1964; mother of Terry and Joseph Jr. (Phyllis); daughter of Rosnell and the late Clarence Pruitt; grandma of Brittney, Breanna, Joel and Knycoal Cameron; great grandma of Jaden, Jullianna, and Jaxsen Cameron; sister of Clarence (Mary) Pruitt, Bobby (Linda) Pruitt, Deanna (Dusty) Yates, Peggy Lyons and the late Jesse and Danny Pruitt; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Betty made her family her primary focus. She worked at GM Truck and Bus for 28 years and graduated from Hazel Park High School with her fellow employees on June 28, 1993. Funeral service Saturday 12:30 p.m. at the Lewis E. Wint & Son Funeral Home, Clarkston where friends may visit Friday 3-5 & 7-9 p.m. Pastor Jerry Boritzki officiating."
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Terry Lynn Hagy
Gender Male
Race White
Marriage Registration Place Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date 14 Aug 1989
Marriage Place Russell, Virginia, USA
Spouse Sandra Lee Sparks
Certificate Number 1989044212"
1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #69 050042; Ancestry.com Website.
James Wesley Sexton; age 20; born 2 Aug 1949 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; 1 yr HS
education; living at Rt 2, Box 28-A, Paynesville, WV; son of Garland and Mae (Hicks) Sexton; married
on 19 Dec 1969 in Grundy, VA; Sandra LeeRose; age16; born 5 sep 1953 in WV; single; this is her
1st marriage; 2 yrs HS education; living at Box 52; Jolo, WV; daughter of John A. and Ida Mae
(Underwood) Rose.
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Sandra Lee Sparks
Gender Female
Marriage Registration Place Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date 14 Aug 1989
Marriage Place Russell, Virginia, USA
Spouse Terry Lynn Hagy
Certificate Number 1989044212"
1. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; 24 Sep 2021; On-Line Edition.
"Whitten Osborne, Sr. 76, of Iaeger, WV, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in Welch Community Hospital, Welch, WV."Whitten was born September 2, 1945, in Iaeger, WV, a son of the late Dennis and Dorothy Hunt Osborne. He was a retired coal miner and loved to hunt and fish.
"In addition to his parents Whitten was preceded in death by two brothers, Willie and Randy Osborne; a grandson, Nicholas Osborne; and two great grandchildren, Reece and Trenton Osborne.
"Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Pauline Osborne of the home; two sons, Whitten Osborne Jr. and wife Drema of Iaeger, WV, and Richard Osborne and wife Melissa also of Iaeger, WV; five grandchildren, Amber Rose and husband Chris of Morgantown, WV, Travis Jewell and wife Megan of Lebanon, VA, Hannah Osborne of Virginia, Danielle Osborne of Roderfield, WV, and Dan Osborne of Iaeger, WV; four great grandchildren, Alyonna Collins, Hunter Osborne, Carter Bartley, and Adalynn Harris; five sisters, Fannie McCoy of Bradshaw, WV, Alaifair Christian of Gilbert, WV, Helen Powell of Beckley, WV, Ruby Roberts of Athens, WV, and Sadie Riffe of Brush Fork, WV; and two brothers William Osborne of Princeton, WV and Lawrence Osborne of Athens, WV.
"Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 1 o’clock with Reverend Ervin Dotson and Tommy Osborne officiating at the Chapel of Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV. Burial will follow in the Osborne Cemetery on Coon Branch Mountain near Iaeger, WV. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
"Friends may visit with the family at the Chapel of Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV, Tuesday morning September 28, 2021, from 11 a.m. until the time of services at 1 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"