1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Huff Creek District; taken on 26/27 Jan 1920; Page 223B;
Family #123.
Listed as Joda Blankenship; age 17; born in WV; in household of father, Lewis Blankenship.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Scott Hill; 25 Dec 2015.
" Joda Lafayette Blankenship
Birth 22 Nov 1902
Hanover, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death 21 Apr 1983 (aged 80)
Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Robert Bailey Cemetery
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 156354864"
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 11 Sep 2019.
" Cynthia Bailey Blankenship
Birth 1900
Mohawk, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 26 Sep 1990 (aged 89–90)
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Robert Bailey Cemetery
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 202915996"Additional Information Posted:
"Cynthia Blankenship, 90, of Hurley, VA died on Wednesday, September 26, 1990 at a Buchanan County hospital. She was a member of the North Springs Old Regular Baptist Church in Wolford, VA."She was born in 1900 at Mohawk, WV to the late Robert Bailey (Deceased) and Zetta Cline-Bailey (Deceased). She was preceded in death by her husband, Joda Lafayette Blankenship (1902-1983); son, Cloyd Blankenship (Deceased); daughter, Pauline Blankenship-Blankenship (1930-1990); two sisters; and one brother.
"Survivors include her daughters, Violet Blankenship-Presley (1926-2002) of Skygusty and Geneva Blankenship of Hurley; son, Lafayette Blankenship of Newport News, VA; brother, Cloyd Bailey of Hurley; thirty grandchildren; forty nine great grandchildren; and five great great grandchildren.
"The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at North Springs Old Regular Baptist Church in Wolford with the Elders Delbert Justus, Hershell Hurley and Josh Justus Jr. officiating. Burial will be at Rob Bailey Cemetery at Hurley.
"Bluefield Daily Telegraph; Bluefield, WV; Thursday, September 27, 1990; Page B-2."
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Addison Mounts
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1930
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1951
Marriage Place: Blackey, Virginia, USA
Father: Oce Mounts
Mother: Rebecca Bailey
Spouse: Violet Blankenship
Certificate Number: 1951029470"
2. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Addison Mounts
Social Security Number: 233-44-9424
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1930
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: West Virginia
Last Residence: 24883, Skygusty, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Last Benefit: 24883, Skygusty, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Death Date: Feb 1984"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
Name: Violet Blankenship
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1927
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1951
Marriage Place: Blackey, Virginia, USA
Father: Joda Blankenship
Mother: Cynthia Bailey
Spouse: Addison Mounts
Certificate Number: 1951029470"
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Violet Blankenship Mounts
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1926
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1988
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Joda Lafayette Blankenship
Mother: Cynthia Bailey
Spouse: Stewart Clifford Presley
Certificate Number: 1988001537"
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Beverly Aker; 28 Aug 2012.
" Violet Blankenship Presley
Birth 15 Nov 1926
Death 25 Jul 2002 (aged 75)
Burial
Glenn Spurlock Blankenship, Jr. Cemetery at Knox C
Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 96147419"Additional Information Posted:
"PAGETON—Our dearly beloved mother, Violet Blankenship Mounts Blankenship Presley, 75, of Box 150 (Skygusty) Pageton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 25, 2002 at her residence after a long illness."Born November 15, 1926, in Hensley, she was a daughter of the late Joda L. Blankenship and Cynthia Bailey Blankenship.
"Mrs. Presley had been a resident of Skygusty for 36 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Regular Baptist Church of the Friendship Association and she was baptized into the Lord 57 years ago. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, sister and friend and she loved her church and her many friends.
"In addition to her parents, she ws preceded in death by her first husband, Addison Mounts, her second husband, Glenn Spurlock Blankenship, Jr. and her third husband, Stewart Presley; sons, Acie Clyde Mounts and William Toby Mounts; sister, Pauline Blankenship; and brothers, Cloyd and Lafyette Blankenship.
"She leaves to cherish her memory her sons, Elmer Blankenship and wife, Sybil of Sweet Home, Or., Hollie Blankenship and wife, Wilda of Forks, Wa., and Earnest Mounts and wife, Sherry of Northfork; daughers, Grace Justice of Grundy, Va., Betty Hagerman and husband, Roger of Damascus, Va., Velda Dingus and husband, Dwayne of Castlewood, Va., and Sharon Starcher and husband, Ronald of Pageton; sister Geneva Blankenship of Hurley, Va., 22 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; and special friends, Earnest and Maxine Grubb of Princeton.
"Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at North Springs Old Regular Baptist Church in Wolford, Va. with Elders Dennie Lee Mullins and Elbert Justice officiating.
"Burial will follow in the Glenn Spurlock Blankenship, Jr. Cemetery at Knox Creek, Va. where Billy Ray Blankenship, Rodney Hagerman, Robbie Blankenship, Paul Ray Blankenship, Homer Blankenship, Jr., Richard Blankenship, Jerry Blankenship, Jason "
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; Newhall; taken on 9 Apr 1930; Page 188A;
Family #144/162.
Listed as Roy Lewis; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, William G. Lewis.
2. 1940 Census, Tazewell Co, VA; Maiden Spring District; E.D. 93-18; taken on 29 May 1940;
Page 411B; Image 6 of 26; Household #47.
Listed as Roy Lewis; age 15; born in VA; single; 4th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; farm laborer; in household of father, William G. Lewis.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; Squire; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 195A;
Family #277/307.
Listed as Alice Whitt; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, John C. Whitt.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Slab Fork District, taken on 12 /13 Feb 1920; Page 272B,
Family #113.
Listed as Clifton Adkins, age 2 yrs, born in WV, in household of father, Azel F. Adkins.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 8 Apt 1930; Page 233A; Image 13 of 38;
Family #116/117.
Listed as Robert Adkins, age 12, born in WV, in household of father, Azel F. Adkins.
3. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; Mill Creek of Bartley; E.D. 55-1; taken on 29
Apr 1940; Page 11B; Image 22 of 45; Household #154.
Listed as Robert Adkins; age 22; married; 4th grade education; lived in same house on 1 Apr 1935;
coal miner; in household of step-father-in-law, John O. Blankenship, with wife and child.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 251; WV Archives Website.
Robert Adkins; age 29; born and Living at Glen Fork, WV; divorced; son of Azel and Myrtle Adkins;
married on 4 Jan 1947 at Glen Fork, WV; Merlie Adams; age 26; born in Baileysville, WV; divorced;
living at Jim, WV; daughter of James Adams and Eva Adams Blankenship.
5. Summers Co, WV; Death Certificate #11317; WV Archives Website.
Robert Ford Adkins; age 37; born in Aug 1917 in WV; married; coal miner; living at Brenton, WV; son
Azil and Myrtle (Sizemore) Adkins; died 3 Sep 1954 in the Bluestone River at Hinton, WV; due to
drowning; buried 6 Sep in Miller Cemetery; informant Troy Adams.
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; taken on 9 Jan 1920; Page 137A;
Family #36/37.
Listed as Murlie A. Adams; age 11 mons; born in WV; in household of father, James Adams.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 83A;
Family #188/199.
Listed as Murlie Adams; age 11; born in WV; in household of step-father, John (sic, Alex Elmer)
Blankenship.
3. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; Mill Creek of Bartley; E.D. 55-1; taken on 29
Apr 1940; Page 11B; Image 22 of 45; Household #154.
Listed as Merley Adkins; age 21; born in WV; married; wife's daughter; 8th grade education; lived
in same house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of step-father, Alex Elmer Blankenship, with husband
and child.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 251; WV Archives Website.
Robert Adkins; age 29; born and Living at Glen Fork, WV; divorced; son of Azel and Myrtle Adkins;
married on 4 Jan 1947 at Glen Fork, WV; Merlie Adams; age 26; born in Baileysville, WV; divorced;
living at Jim, WV; daughter of James Adams and Eva Adams Blankenship.
1. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; Mill Creek of Bartley; E.D. 55-1; taken on 29
Apr 1940; Page 11B; Image 22 of 45; Household #154.
Listed as James Adkins; age 2; born in WV; no education; in household of step-grandfather, John
O. Blankenship, with parents.
1. 1860 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Wilkesboro PO; taken on 12 Jul 1850; Page 28B; Family #394/394.
Listed as Adolphus Hays; age 9; born in NC; in household of father, Reuben Hayes, Jr.
2. 1870 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry Township; taken on 13 Sep 1870; Page 347B; Family #88/88.
Listed as Adolphus Hays; age 19; born in NC; in household of father, Reuben Hayes, Jr.
3. 1880 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry Township; taken oon 5 Jun 1880: page 66 B; Family #94/97.
Listed as Adolphus Hayes; age 29; born in NC; married; farmer; head of household.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Charlotte nmn Hardamon; 5 Apr 2009.
" Adolphus Martin Hayes
Birth 23 Mar 1851
Death 8 Jan 1932 (aged 80)
Burial
Center Baptist Church Cemetery
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 35539576"Additional Information Posted:
"married 4 March 1872, Wilkes Co NC"ADDITIONAL CHILDREN
Thomas Milton Hayes 6-11-1884 / Nov 1967 Crumpler Ashe NC"
1. 1860 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry PO; taken on 11 Jun 1860; Page 4B; Family #55.
Listed as Delilah Elledge; age 4; born in Wilkes Co, NC; in household of father, Joseph Elledge.
2. 1870 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry PO; taken on 14 Sep 1870; Page 348A; Family #94.
Listed as Delilah Ellege; age 15; born in NC; in household of father, Joseph Elledge.
3. 1880 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry Township; taken oon 5 Jun 1880: page 66 B; Family #94/97.
Listed as Delilah Hayes; age 24; born in NC; married; in household of husband, Adolphus Hayes.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Jo Ellen Caccamise Parker; 23 Jan 2005; maintained by
Find a Grave.
" Delilah Elledge Hayes
Birth 31 Mar 1856
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death 10 Sep 1936 (aged 80)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Center Baptist Church Cemetery
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Memorial ID 10360697"
1. 1880 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry Township; taken oon 5 Jun 1880: page 66 B; Family #94/97.
Listed as Jane Hayes; age 7; born in NC; in household of father, Adolphus Hayes.
1. 1880 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Mulberry Township; taken oon 5 Jun 1880: page 66 B; Family #94/97.
Listed as Uriah Hayes; age 5; born in NC; in household of father, Adolphus Hayes.
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Brenda (Donathen) Bryant; 24 May 2014.
" John Ray Ritchie
Birth 15 Jul 1958
Ohio, USA
Death 23 May 2014 (aged 55)
Pineville, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Unknown
Memorial ID 130307943"Additional Information Posted:
"John Ray Ritchie"John Ray Ritchie passed away Friday, May 23, 2014, at his residence following a long illness.
"Born July 15, 1958, in Ohio, he was the son of the late Chester and Louella Price Ritchie. John enjoyed spending time with his family.
"In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Claude Jackson and Randy Jackson; father-in-law, Homer Perdue; sister-in-law, Joyce Stone; brother-in-law, Bobby Perdue.
"Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 36 years, Donna Perdue Ritchie; two daughters, Crystal Ritchie and her companion, Kevin Price, of Key Rock, and Misty Ritchie of Pineville; two very, very special grandchildren, Tyler Wells and Taylor Brooke-Lynn Price; two brothers Robert Clay of Kentucky and Larry Green of North Dakota; very, very special sister Kathy Jackson of Danville and a sister Lois Jean Tablor of Cumberland, OH; mother-in-law, Bonnie Perdue; two brothers-in-law, Homer Perdue Jr. and James Perdue; and two very special friends Greg and Annie Adkins; and a host of family and friends.
"Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Calfee Funeral Service chapel with the Rev. Bill Stewart officiating. Friends may call Monday evening from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
"Online condolences may be sent to Calfeefuneralservice.com.
"Calfee Funeral Service of Pineville is serving the Ritchie family.
"Source: The Register-Herald ,,,Beckley, WV
May 26, 2014"
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #75-017997; Ancestry.com Website.
Michael Jack Dunford; age 19; born 29 Feb 1956 at Warriormine, WVl single; this is his 1st marriage;
2 yrs HS education; living at Warriormine, WV; son of Mathias and Ethel (Mullins) Dunford; married on
23 May 1975 in Lebanon, VA; Tena A. Wimgo; age 17; born 11 Apr 1958 in Welch, WV; single; this is
her 1st marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at Box 81, Warriormine, WV; daughter of Earl and Betty
(Wolfe) Wingo.
2. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Michael Dunford
Birth Date: 29 Feb 1956
Residence Date: 1992
Address: 804 Liberty Dr
Residence: Kingsport, TN
Postal Code: 37663-3683
Second Residence Date: 1992
Second Address: 804 Liberty Dr
Second Residence:
Second Postal Code: 37663-3683 "
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #75-017997; Ancestry.com Website.
Michael Jack Dunford; age 19; born 29 Feb 1956 at Warriormine, WVl single; this is his 1st marriage;
2 yrs HS education; living at Warriormine, WV; son of Mathias and Ethel (Mullins) Dunford; married on
23 May 1975 in Lebanon, VA; Tena A. Wimgo; age 17; born 11 Apr 1958 in Welch, WV; single; this is
her 1st marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at Box 81, Warriormine, WV; daughter of Earl and Betty
(Wolfe) Wingo.
1. Fanning Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
"Teresa Ann Fisher, 67, of Gary, West Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Born February 12, 1954 Nottoway County, Virginia; Hometown: Manassas, Virginia; Teresa was the daughter of Wallace D. Henry of Leesburg, VA and Thelma Cosner of Arlington, VA; she was a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Homemaker & active member of thirty four years to The Jesus Church, Welch, WV of Apostolic Faith. Teresa will be remembered as Loving Wife and Mother who cherished her family, friends and loved to cook. Remaining to cherish her memory are husband Gary L. Fisher of the home, as well as her five children: Jody Fisher and spouse Laura Mitchell of Gaithersburg, MD, David Fisher, Priscilla Fisher and Significant Other Ethan Shaffer of Gary, WV, Joseph Fisher of Gary, WV and Christa Fisher of Tazewell, VA; eight grandchildren; as well as siblings: Kenny Ball of Lexington, NC, Larry Ball of King, NC, Sherri Farmer of Jacksonville, NC and Gary Ray Cosner, Sr. of Warrenton, VA. Services will be conducted at 12 Noon Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at the Fanning Funeral Home in Welch, WV with Brother Raymond Mchone and Brother Raymond Lee. Family will receive friends from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Burial will follow at Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV. The Fisher Family wishes to extend a special Thank You to Richard and Mary Jane Riel. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fanningfuneralhomes.com. Fanning Funeral Home of Welch is serving the family."