1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1954); Page 208; WV Archives Web Site.
James Smith; age 23; born and living at Gary, WV; single; Colored; married on 27 Feb 1954
at Gary, WV; Evelyn Colonia Anthony; age 24; born and living at Gary, WV; single; Colored.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1954); Page 208; WV Archives Web Site.
James Smith; age 23; born and living at Gary, WV; single; Colored; married on 27 Feb 1954
at Gary, WV; Evelyn Colonia Anthony; age 24; born and living at Gary, WV; single; Colored.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Evelyn Colonia Anthony
[Evelyn Anthony Smith]
[Evelyn Miller]
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1930
Birth Place: Gary McDowel, West Virginia
Death Date: 17 Dec 1987
Father: Robert Anthony
Mother: Colonia Hairston
SSN: 234409227
Death Certificate Number: 36655
Notes: May 1944: Name listed as EVELYN COLONIA ANTHONY;
Aug 1957: Name listed as EVELYN ANTHONY SMITH;
Oct 1967: Name listed as EVELYN ANT MILLER;
22 May 1998: Name listed as EVELYN A MILLER"
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Maggie 9 Jul 2013
" Reggie Ward Jones
Birth 18 Mar 1915
USA
Death 6 Feb 1994 (aged 78)
West Virginia, USA
Burial
Fourteen Mountain Cemetery
Skygusty, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 113576278"Inscription: PVT * US ARMY * WORLD WAR II
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1923); Page 42; WV Archives Website.
Grat Wooldridge; age 36; born in McDowell Co, WV; widowed; laborer; living at Newhall, WV; son of
Richard and Mollie; married on 9 dec 1923 at Dearing; May Caisy; age 19; born in McDowell Co, WV;
daughter of J. K. and India.
(Grat and George Wooldridge may be the same person)
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1923); Page 42; WV Archives Website.
Grat Wooldridge; age 36; born in McDowell Co, WV; widowed; laborer; living at Newhall, WV; son of
Richard and Mollie; married on 9 dec 1923 at Dearing; May Caisy; age 19; born in McDowell Co, WV;
daughter of J. K. and India.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 175; WV Archives Website.
William Smith; age 22; born and living in Thorpe, WV; single; married on 1 Sep 1945 in Wilcoe, WV;
Edith Wyatt; age 18; born in O'Toole, WV; single; living at Thorpe, WV; with consent of Eva Wyatt;
mother of Edith Wyatt.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Adkin District, taken on 10 Apr 1930, Page 155A, Family #124.
Listed as Edith Wyatt, age 2 yrs, 2 mons, born in WV, in household of father, Charles W. Wyatt.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 175; WV Archives Website.
William Smith; age 22; born and living in Thorpe, WV; single; married on 1 Sep 1945 in Wilcoe, WV;
Edith Wyatt; age 18; born in O'Toole, WV; single; living at Thorpe, WV; with consent of Eva Wyatt;
mother of Edith Wyatt.
3. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Thursday 2 Jun 2005, Newspaper Obit.
"Vivian M. Blankenship, 87, of Beckley, formerly of Oceana, went home to be with the Lord on
Tuesday, May 31, 2005, in Raleigh General Hospital..."
"Survivors include... three sisters, Virginia Zeravsky of Petersburg, Va., Mamie Willard of Eden, N.C.,
and Edith M. Smith of Gary..."