1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1906); Page 5; WV Archives Website.
Luther S. Comer; age 18; born and living in Mercer Co, WV; married on 30 Aug 1906 in Mercer Co,
WV; Lona Perdue; age 16; born and living in Mercer Co, WV; with consent of parents.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 28 Apr 1910; Page 231A; Family #404/402.
Listed as Luther Comber; age 24; born in WV; married once for 4 yrs; coal miner; head of
household.
3. McDowell Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #3979; 5 Jun 1917; Ancestry.com Website.
Luther Comer; age 30; born 19 Sep 1887 in Glen Lyn, VA; living at Maybeury, WV; coal miner for
Elkhorn Coal and Coke, Co, Maybeury, WV; married; dependent wife and three sons; medium
height and build; gray eyes and Black hair.
4. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 11 Jan 1920; Page 75B; Family #142/143.
Listed as Luther Comer; age 33; born in WV; married; coal miner; head of household.
5. FindAGrave.com Website.; submitted by Janice Campbell; 28 Sep 2017.
" Luther Sterling Comer
Birth 19 Sep 1888
Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, USA
Death 22 Nov 1962 (aged 74)
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 183815274"Additional Information Posted:
"Luther Sterling is the son of the late Levi Gene...1864-1934 and Dicie Ann Perdue Comer. His siblings are Marshall Lee...1885-1962, William Gaston...1890-1964, Erkie...1895-1978, Rhoda Katherine "Rosey"...1895-1942, Annie Mae "Sallie"...1896-1967, India F....1897-1978, Jessie Edward...1900-1963, Comkerment Roscoe...1900-1969, Gertrude...1910-1976, Hattie...1911-1959. He married Lonnie Mae Perdue...1893-1968 in 1906 in Mercer Co., West Virginia. They had 6 children, Dewey...1910-Ukn., Edward...1911-Ukn., Oakley Garfield...1914-1972, Hazel May...1917-1996, Shirley M....1929-2003, Alene...Ukn."
1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1906); Page 5; WV Archives Website.
Luther S. Comer; age 18; born and living in Mercer Co, WV; married on 30 Aug 1906 in Mercer Co,
WV; Lona Perdue; age 16; born and living in Mercer Co, WV; with consent of parents.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 28 Apr 1910; Page 231A; Family #404/402.
Listed as Lona Comber; age 16; born in WV; married once for 4 yrs; one child; one living; in
household of husband, Luther S. Comer.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 11 Jan 1920; Page 75B; Family #142/143.
Listed as Lonie Comer; age 28; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Luther S. Comer.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 28 Apr 1910; Page 231A; Family #404/402.
Listed as Dewey Comber; age 7 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Luther S. Comer.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 11 Jan 1920; Page 75B; Family #142/143.
Listed as Dewey Comer; age 10; born in WV; in household of father, Luther S. Comer.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; taken 11 Jan 1920; Page 75B; Family #142/143.
Listed as Oakley Comer; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, Luther S. Comer.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #4848; WV Archives Website.
Baby Comer; male; age 5 days; born 2 May 1925; son of Luther and Lonie (Perdue) Comer; died 7
May 1925 at Maybeury, WV; due to umbilical hemorrhage; buried 9 May 1925 at Wills (?), WV;
informant, Luther Comer; Maybeury, WV.
1. "The Indianapolis Star"; Indianapolis, IN; Sunday, 2 Feb 2003; Page 41; Newspapers.com Website.
"Karen Ann Taylor 44, Beech Grove, died Jan. 31, 2003. Ms. Taylor worked as a retail manager for Fashion Bug for 20 years, retiring in Jan. 2003. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Berea College. She was a member of Indianapolis Baptist Temple where she worked with the Cancer and Youth Ministries. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Visitation will be on Monday, Feb. 3 from 4-7 p.m. with die funeral service to follow at 7 p.m. in the Little & Sons Stop 11 Chapel. She is survived by her father James E. Taylor; brothers James (Barbara), Matthew (Edwina), and Mark (Laura) Taylor; sisters Norma Taylor, BJ Taylor, Barbara (Thomas) Fields, Marietta Taylor and Sue Taylor; nieces and nephews Brittany, Mallory, Joseph, and Jeremy Taylor and Corbyn Fields; godchild Serina McCoy; and grandmother Norma Taylor."
2. Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Ann Taylor
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 44
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1958
Birth Place: Jiaeger (sic, Iaeger) WV
Death Date: 31 Jan 2003
Death Place: Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana, USA
Father: James E Taylor
Mother: Mary Etta Taylor"
1. 1940 Census; Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; E.D. 5-6; taken on 27 Apr 1940; Page 123A;
Image 27 of 64; Household #235.
Listed as Billy Jo Cook; age 8; born in WV; 2nd grade education; attending school; lived in same
house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Fred H. Cook.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1949); Page 171; WV Archives Web Site.
Billy Joe Cook; age 19; born and living in Rockview, WV; single; son of Fred H. and Faye Cook;
married on 24 Sep 1949 at Pineville, WV; Alpha Ellison; age 19; born in Sabine, WV; single;
living at Rockview, WV; daughter of Everett H. and Mary E. Ellison.
3. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Billy Joe Cook
Birth Date: May 1931
Residence Date: 2019-2020
Address: Po Box 147
Residence: Rock View, West Virginia, USA
Postal Code: 24880
Second Residence Date: 1993-2002
Second Address: 903 Hunters Ridge Rd
Second Residence:
Second Postal Code: 25314
Third Residence Date: 1997-1999
Third Address: Rr 10 488
Third Residence: Pineville, West Virginia, USA
Third Postal Code: 24874
Fourth Residence Date: 1997-1999
Fourth Address: Rr 10 Box 488
Fourth Residence: Pineville, West Virginia, USA
Fourth Postal Code: 24874 "
4. Evans-Calfee Funeral Home; Pineville, WV; Posted Obit.
"Billy Joe Cook, 89, of Rock View, passed away Thursday April 29, 2021 at his residence."Born May 25, 1931 in Rock View, he was the son of the late Fred Cook and Faye Mullins Cook Daugherty.
"Most of Billy Joe’s career was spent with Buycrus-Erie, an American surface and underground mining equipment company. His work took him around the world before finally retiring to his hometown of Pineville.
"He was an avid hunter, loved to fish and was an expert gardener. Billy Joe enjoyed any activity that took him outdoors. He also was a craftsman, woodworker and could build anything.
"In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his stepdad, Bill Daugherty, brothers, Roger and Herbert Cook, a sister, Cletis Calhoun and a daughter Sherri Fawn Cook.
"Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Janice, sons, Joseph Keith Cook and wife Francis, Chris Cook and wife Michelle, daughters, Robin Lamb, Shelia Long and husband Marshall, Gwenn Mayhew and husband Ronnie, Tammy Repass and husband Bill, Myra O’Neal, Djedda Denka and husband Mike, stepchildren, Melissa Stable and Joe Flaugher, brother, Shelby Cook, sisters, Delma Rainwater, Sonja Brewer, Reva McMillian, Janie Williams and Trilla Cook, and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews."
1. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #72-022258; Ancestry.com Website.
Billy Joe Flaugher; age 35; born 3 Mar 1937 in KY; widowed; this is his 2nd marriage; 1 yr HS
education; living at Box 465, Oceana, WV; son of Henry and Laura Belva (Hammons) Flaugher;
married on 30 Jun 1972 in Pearisburg, VA; Janice Kay Lewis; maiden name Green; age 26; born
10 Oct 1945 in WV; divorced; this is her 3rd marriage; 7th grade education; living at Pineville, WV;
daughter of Milburn Lee and Zelva Reba (Blankenship) Green.
2. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Janice Kay Flaugher [Janice Kay Cook]
Birth Date: Oct 1945
Residence Date: 2019-2020
Address: Po Box 147
Residence: Rock View, West Virginia, USA
Postal Code: 24880
Second Residence Date: 1984-2006
Second Address: Rr 10 488
Second Residence: Pineville, West Virginia, USA
Second Postal Code: 24874
Third Residence Date: 1984-2006
Third Address: Rr 10 Box 488
Third Residence: Pineville, West Virginia, USA
Third Postal Code: 24874
Fourth Residence Date: 1990-2001
Fourth Address: Po Box 1365
Fourth Residence: Pineville, West Virginia, USA
Fourth Postal Code: 24874
1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barkers Ridge District, taken on 23 Jan 1920, Page 152A,
Family #128.
Listed as William P. O'Neal, age 3 yrs, 2? months, born in WV, in household of father, Daniel H. O'Neal.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 17 Apr 1930; Page 105A;
Family #297.
Listed as William P. O'Neal, age 14, born in WV, in household of father, Daniel H. O'Neal.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 22 Aug 2006.
" William Patten O'Neal
Birth 16 Oct 1916
Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death 15 Nov 1995 (aged 79)
Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Hickory Ridge Cemetery
Bud, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 15462813"Additional Information Posted:
"Son of Daniel Harrison O'Neal (1891-1937) & Martha J. Mitchem O'Neal (1894-1983)."Brother of Nancy J. O'Neal-Green (1913-1990), Paul S. O'Neal (1915-Deceased), Benjamin H. "Ben" O'Neal (1918-1996), Ray B. O'Neal (1919-Deceased), Mary Ann O'Neal-Davis (1921-Deceased), Charlotte O'Neal (1923-Deceased), William Morris O'Neal (1924-1957), Vida M. O'Neal (1926-Deceased), Samuel "Sam" Ray O'Neal (1929-2012), & Luther O'Neal (1931-1994).
"Married to Sylvia Mae Lane-O'Neal (1922-Deceased).
"Father of William Homer O'Neal (1939–2016), Roger Lee O'Neal (1942–2004), James Lloyd O'Neal (1945–1969), Martha Esther O'Neal-Adkins (Deceased), Rachel O'Neal-Mellott (Deceased), Michael Patten O’Neal, Ann O'Neal-Musser and Clinton Ray O'Neal (1953-1953)."
1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; taken on 11 Apr 1930; Page 100B;
Family #214/214.
Listed as Sylvia N. Lane; age 8; born in WV; in household of mother, Virginia Stanley Lane.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 22 Aug 2006.
"Name: Michael Patten O'Neal
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1954
Marriage Registration Place: Giles, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1980
Marriage Place: Giles, Virginia, USA
Father: William Patten O'Neal
Mother: Sylvia Mae Lane
Spouse: Myra Sue Cook"Additional Information Posted:
"Sylvia "Mae" Lane-O'Neal"Daughter of Ray Bogle Lane (1893–1929) and Virginia Frances Stanley-Lane-Lester (1897–1971).
"Sister of Paris "Harvey" Lane (1917-1981), Howard Lane (1918-Deceased), Homer H. Lane (1919-1993), Gladys Lane-Lilly, and Silas Lane (1927-2012).
"Married to William Patton O'Neal (1916-1995).
"Mother of William Homer O'Neal (1939–2016), Roger Lee O'Neal (1942–2004), James Lloyd O'Neal (1945–1969), Martha Esther O'Neal-Adkins (Deceased), Rachel O'Neal-Mellott (Deceased), Michael Patten O’Neal, Ann O'Neal-Musser and Clinton Ray O'Neal (1953-1953)."
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Michael Patten O'Neal
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1954
Marriage Registration Place: Giles, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1980
Marriage Place: Giles, Virginia, USA
Father: William Patten O'Neal
Mother: Sylvia Mae Lane
Spouse: Myra Sue Cook"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Myra Sue Cook
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 19
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1960
Marriage Registration Place: Giles, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1980
Marriage Place: Giles, Virginia, USA
Father: Billy Joe Cook
Mother: Alphia Eldine Ellison
Spouse: Michael Patten O'Neal
Certificate Number: 1980005621"
1. Internet e-mail, dbishop2@ameritech.net, 7 Nov 1999, Douglas A. Bishop.
Walter L. Bishop was born on 16 Feb 1905. He married Bertha Mae Crouse on 20
Aug 1943 at Welch, WV. She was born in 1914 in VA.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, taken on 28 Apr 1910, Page 201A,
Family #317.
Listed as Walter Bishop, age 5, single, born in WV, in household of father, Floyd Bishop.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, taken on 2 Jan 1920, Page 228A,
Family #17.
Listed as Walter L. Bishop, age 15, born in WV, in household of father, Floyd Bishop.
4. 1930 Census, Logan Co, WV, Tridelphia District, Main Street, Greenville, taken on 4 Apr 1930,
Page 143A, Family #28
Listed as Walter Bishop, age 24, single, born in WV, laborer in coal mine, in household of father,
Floyd Bishop.
5. Summit County, Ohio, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1980; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Walter Bishop
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 29
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1904
Birth Place: Mc donell w VA (McDowell Co, WV)
Marriage Date: 28 Sep 1933
Marriage Place: Summit, Ohio, USA
Father: Floyd Bishop
Mother: Mary Lester
Spouse: Bertha Crouse "
6. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1943); Page 180; WV Archives Web Site.
Walter Bishop; age 39; born in Wyoming Co, WV; divorced; living at Iaeger, WV; married on 20
Aug 1943 at Welch, WV; Bertha Mae Crouse; age 29; born in VA; divorced (sic?); living at Iaeger,
WV.
7. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Roger Milford; 29 Aug 2010; maintained by Find a Grave.
" Walter L Bishop
Birth 1903
Death 14 Apr 1973 (aged 69–70)
Burial
Mount Hope Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
Plot 1CP - Row 2
Memorial ID 57887665 "
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Robert Timothy Riley"; Article; Page 228; submitted by Peggy Dagley Little, PO
Box 2266; Cashiers, NC 28717.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Robert Timothy Riley"; Article; Page 228; submitted by Peggy Dagley Little, PO
Box 2266; Cashiers, NC 28717.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Robert Timothy Riley"; Article; Page 228; submitted by Peggy Dagley Little, PO
Box 2266; Cashiers, NC 28717.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Robert Timothy Riley"; Article; Page 228; submitted by Peggy Dagley Little, PO
Box 2266; Cashiers, NC 28717.