McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Elsie Lester

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, Indian Creek Road, taken on 14 Apr 1930, Page
81B, Family # 179.
Listed as Elsie Lester, age 7, born in WV, in household of father, James T. Lester.


Lonnie Chambers Sr

1. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonnie Chambers
Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1960
Spouse: Ginger Carper
Marriage Location: Cook County, IL
Marriage license: {AAF48AF5-5B2E-4841-8525-75B53487EA71}
File Number: 2591057
Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages)
Archive repository location: Chicago, IL
Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk"
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonnie Chambers
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1935
Death Date: 15 Jan 1999
Claim Date: 15 Oct 1970
SSN: 233545800"
3. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonnie Chambers
Social Security Number: 233-54-5800
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1935
Issue Year: 1951-1952
Issue State: West Virginia
Last Residence: 24822, Clear Fork, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Death Date: 15 Jan 1999"


Ginger Carper

1. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonnie Chambers
Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1960
Spouse: Ginger Carper
Marriage Location: Cook County, IL
Marriage license: {AAF48AF5-5B2E-4841-8525-75B53487EA71}
File Number: 2591057
Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages)
Archive repository location: Chicago, IL
Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk"
2. Stafford Furnal Home; Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Ginger Chambers, 83, of Clear Fork, WV went to her Heavenly home on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. She was born on October 1, 1938 in Oceana, WV a daughter of the late Callie and Margie Graham Carper. Ginger was a long time attendee of the Clear Fork Advent Christian Church. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Lonnie Chambers two sons Lonnie Chambers, Jr. and John Dee Chambers a sister Evelyn Blankenship a brother Richard Carper and a niece Laura Dancy Sampson. Survivors include her daughters Terri (Dave) Cox, Lisa (Chris) Sturgell all of Bluefield, VA, and Sherri Chambers of TN a son Tim Chambers a sister Thelma Dancy of OH a brother Phillip Carper of Oceana granddaughters Lexi Sturgell, Bella Sturgell, Bree Cox, and Katie Cox all of Bluefield, VA and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors who were very good to help her. Funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, December 30th in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV with Rev. Hannibal Blankenship, Jr. officiating. She will be laid to rest in Chambers Cemetery, Clear Fork, WV. Friends may gather with the family from 12 pm until time of service on Thursday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV."


John Dee Chambers

1. Safford Funeral Home; Pineville, WV; Posted Obit.
"John Dee Chambers, 39, of Clear Fork, WV, passed away on Friday April 3, 2020 in Logan Regional Medical Center,
Logan, WV. He was born on March 21, 1981 in Man, WV a son of Ginger Carper Chambers of Clear Fork and the
late Lonnie Chambers. John is a 1999 graduate of Oceana High School. In addition to his father he is preceded in
death by his grandparents Margie and Callie Carper and Dewey and Stella Chambers. In addition to his mother
survivors include three sisters Terri (Dave) Cox of Bluefield, VA, Lisa (Chris) Sturgell of Bluefield, VA and Sherri
Chambers of Johnson City, TN; two brothers Tim Chamber s of Clear Fork and Lonnie Chambers, Jr. of Cleveland,
OH; four nieces Katie Cox, Bree Cox, Lexi Sturgell and Bella Sturgell all of Bluefield, VA; and a host of other loving
family and friends. A private service will be held on Friday April 10th in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral
Home, Lynco, WV. He will be laid to rest in Chambers Cemetery, Clear Fork, WV. The family is being served by the
Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco."


George William Asbury

1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1935); Page 61; Line #33; WV Archives Web Site.
George William Asbury; age 39; born in VA; divorced; living at Lowe, WV; married on 19 Jan 1935
at Princeton, WV; Cecil Pauline Cleavers; age 21; single;; living at Princeton, WV.


Cecile Pauline Cleaver

1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1935); Page 61; Line #33; WV Archives Web Site.
George William Asbury; age 39; born in VA; divorced; living at Lowe, WV; married on 19 Jan 1935
at Princeton, WV; Cecil Pauline Cleavers; age 21; single;; living at Princeton, WV.
2. Bland Co, VA; Marriage License #23684; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Fred Vernie Howerton; age 58; born in Mercer Co, WV; divorced; one previous marriage; miner for
Odell Coal Co; living at Princeton, WV; son of William and Nora (Blankenship) Howerton; married
on 11 Aug 1962 at Bastian, VA; Cecile Patricia (sic?) Cleavers; age 40; born in McDowell Co, WV;
divorced; one previous marriage; living in Princeton, WV; daughter of William and Eliza (Deskins)
Cleavers.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Cecile Cleavers Asbury
[Cecile Howerton]
[Cecile Cleavers Cleavers]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1912
Birth Place: Louisville, Kentucky
[McDowell, West Virginia]
Death Date: 24 Jul 2000
Father: William Cleavers
Mother: Eliza Deskins
SSN: 229246640
Notes: Oct 1942: Name listed as CECILE CLEAVERS ASBURY;
12 Jan 1979: Name listed as CECILE HOWERTON;
02 Aug 2000: Name listed as CECILE C HOWERTON"
4. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Cecile C. Howerton
SSN: 229-24-6640
Last Residence:
24740 Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
BORN: 3 Sep 1912
Died: 24 Jul 2000
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)"
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Modfreak; 5 Sep 2015.
" Cecile P Cleavers Howerton
Birth 3 Sep 1912
West Virginia, USA
Death 24 Jul 2000 (aged 87)
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia"

Additional Information Posted:
"Princeton - Mrs. Cecile Howerton, 87, of 109 Hilltop Lane, Princeton, died peacefully and quitely late Monday evening, July 24, 2000, at the Princeton Community Hospital.

"Born Sept, 3, 1912 in West Virginia, she was a homemaker and a member of the Rgers Street Community Church. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, and friend.

"She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Howerton; one brother, Edgar Clevers; and one sister, Clara Anders.

"Survivors include a daughter, Arlene Patricia Nelson and husband, James of princeton; two grandchildren, Freddie Nelson, and Dwayne Nelson and wife Alice; great-granddaughter, Brooke
Alexandria Nelson; special friends, Shirley Harmon, Edna Nelson, and Linda Lanterns.

"Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Burns Wornal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton with the Rev. Gene Pennington officiating. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery on the New Hope Road in Princeton..."


Grady Fannin

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1943); Page 207; WV Archives Web Site.
Grady Fanin; age 20; born in Hardy, KY; single; living at Iaeger, WV; married on 3 Sep 1943 in
Iaeger, WV; Polly Hughes; age 19; born in KY; single; living in Iaeger, WV.


Polly Hughes

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1943); Page 207; WV Archives Web Site.
Grady Fanin; age 20; born in Hardy, KY; single; living at Iaeger, WV; married on 3 Sep 1943 in
Iaeger, WV; Polly Hughes; age 19; born in KY; single; living in Iaeger, WV.


Garland Clyde Bevins

1. 1910 Census, Mingo Co, WV; Williamson District; Williamson; taken 3 May 1910; Page 246A; Image
13 of 40; Family #125/125.
Listed as Garland Bevins; age 11 mons; born in KY; in household of father, Tobis Bevins.
2. 1930 Census, Mingo Co, WV; Williamson; taken on 21 Apr 1930; Page 209A; Image 19 of 39;
Family #163/185.
Listed as Garland Bevins; age 20; born in KY; single; coal loader in coal mine; in household of
father, Toby Bevins.
3. 1940 Putnam Co, WV; Buffalo District; E.D. 40-3; taken on 4/5 Apr 1940; Page 23A; Image 3 of 29;
Household #25.
Listed as Garland Bevins; age 31; born in KY; married (crossed out); 6th grade education; lived in
Putnam Co, WV on 1 Apr 1935; laborer in coal mine; in household of father, Toby Bevins.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'59 016523; WV Archives Web Site.
Garland Clyde Bevins; age 50; born 2 May 1909 in KY; married; living at Mohawk, WV; miner;
SS# 404-07-8305; son of Toby and Mary (Maynard) Bevins; died 18 Dec 1959 in Grace Hospital,
Welch, WV; from arteriosclerotic heart disease with obstructive emphysema and chronic bronchitis;
buried 21 Dec 1959 in the J.C. Cline Cemetery, Mohawk, WV; informant, Woodow Bevins, Mohawk,
WV.


Marion Hubert Fannin

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 455; WV Archives Web Site.
Marion Hubert Fanin; age 18; born 9 Sep 1947 in Lick Branch, WV; single; no previous marriage; living
in Iaeger, WV; son of Grady and Polly (Hughes) Fanin; married on 23 Oct 1965 in Baisden, Mingo Co,
WV; Christine Lynn Bevins; age 16; born 8 May 1949 in Mohawk, WV; single; no previous marriage;
living at Box 12, Mohawk, WV; daughter of Garland and Joyce (Cline) Bevins; with consent of Patty
(sic, Polly) and Grady Fanin, parents of Marion Hubert Fanin, and Joyce Bevins, mother of Christine
Lynn Bevins, father deceased.


Christine Lynn Bevins

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 455; WV Archives Web Site.
Marion Hubert Fanin; age 18; born 9 Sep 1947 in Lick Branch, WV; single; no previous marriage; living
in Iaeger, WV; son of Grady and Polly (Hughes) Fanin; married on 23 Oct 1965 in Baisden, Mingo Co,
WV; Christine Lynn Bevins; age 16; born 8 May 1949 in Mohawk, WV; single; no previous marriage;
living at Box 12, Mohawk, WV; daughter of Garland and Joyce (Cline) Bevins; with consent of Patty
(sic, Polly) and Grady Fanin, parents of Marion Hubert Fanin, and Joyce Bevins, mother of Christine
Lynn Bevins, father deceased.