McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Reggie Ward Jones

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


Grat Wooldridge

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)


May Casey

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.


William Smith

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.


Edith Margaret 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..."


Joyce Lynne Fain

1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #80-033433; Ancestry.com Website.
Ricky Lee Smith age 19; born 16 Jan 1961 (sic) in Welch, WV; this is his 1st marriage; 10th grade
education; living at Box 304, Gary, WV; son of William and Edith Margaret (Wyatt) Smith; married on
30 Sep 1908 in Lebanpn, VA; Joyce Lynne Fain; age 19; born 29 Jul 1961 in Welch, WV; this is her
1st marriage; 12th grade education; living at Box 705, Welch, WV; daughter of Robert and Mildred
(Jarrett) Fain, Sr.
2. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; 5 Mar 2021; On-Line Edition.
"Joyce Lynne VanSickle, age 59, of McKeesport, PA, formerly of Welch, WV, died Sunday, February 28th, at UPMC McKeesport Hospital. Born July 29, 1961, in Welch, WV, she was the daughter of the late Mildred (nèe Jarrett) and Robert Fain. Joyce was a nurse and worked primarily in West Virginia. She always enjoyed art and poetry and had a lifelong love of owls.

"She is survived by children Ricci Smith, Matthew Smith (wife Johanna), and River Davis (husband Jeremy); grandchildren, Simon Smith, Liam Smith, Joseph Smith, Alexis Worrel, Mauricio Davis, Carabeth Davis, Chloe Davis, and Caleb Davis; siblings, RJ “June” Nanz, Kathy Bardeen, Robert Fain, Jr., and Janice Rotenberry. She was also preceded in death by sisters, Jean Pettus and Beth Surface and a brother, Jimmy Fain.

"Stand Tall. Walk Proud. Be Remembered.

"Arrangements were entrusted to Willig Funeral Home & Crematory.

"Condolences and memories may be shared at www.willigfuneralcremationservices.com.

"Memorial Services were held at Ms VanSickle’s home in McKeesport, PA on Wednesday March 3rd. Charles Danforth, Supervisor."