1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Raysal; E.D. 24-60; taken 1 May 1940; Page
1226A; Image 89 of 133; Household #707.
Listed as Roxie Sweeney; age 10 mons; born in WV; in household of father, William G. Sweeney.
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Peggy Short; 16 Sep 2006.
" Ashby Mullins
Birth 10 Jun 1932
Death 3 Sep 2006 (aged 74)
Burial
Sonny Mullins Cemetery
Whitewood, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 15772652"Additional Information Posted:
"Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Sonny and Linnie Church Mullins. He was preceded in death by his wife of 43 years, Ethel May Sweeney Mullins. Survivors: children: Betty Owens and husband Carl, Orpha Kelly and husband Bill, Pat Joyce and husband Steve, Peggy Joyce and husband Johnny, Nancy Nichols and husband Shannon, Rhonda Alley and husband Kenneth, Bobby Mullins and wife Debbie, and Elmer Mullins and wife Jennifer; Sisters: Carma Blevins, Elsie Reed, Gaynell Potter, Norma Horn, Ora Workman, Kaye Bailey, and Rita Bailey; grandchildren: Chad Owens, Daniel Kelly, Savannah Mullins, Hunter Rowe, Nathanial Mullins, Jaren Nichols, Crystal Wimmer, Derick Joyce, Sunshine Wilmoth, Sommer Griffith, Benjamin Nichols, Travis, Angel, Morgan and Carrie Mullins, Tiffany, Joshua, Jacob, and McKenzie Alley and great grandchildren Luke Wimmer, Katlyn Wilmoth, Kayla Griffith, Katherine, Sarah, Seth, and Conner Owens."
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Raysal; E.D. 24-60; taken 1 May 1940; Page
1226A; Image 89 of 133; Household #707.
Listed as Ethel Sweeney; age 6; born in WV; no education; not attending school; lived in same
place on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, William G. Sweeney.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Ethel Mae Mullins [Ethel M Mullins] [Ethel Mae Sweeney]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1934
Birth Place: Macdowel, West Virginia [Raysal, West Virginia]
Death Date: 19 Aug 2006
Father:
Willie Sweeney
Mother:
Lula B Rose
SSN: 406845773
Notes: Sep 1972: Name listed as ETHEL MAE MULLINS;
06 Sep 2006: Name listed as ETHEL M MULLINS"
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Raysal; E.D. 24-60; taken 1 May 1940; Page
1226A; Image 89 of 133; Household #707.
Listed as Gladys Sweeney; age 2; born in WV; in household of father, William G. Sweeney.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Raysal; E.D. 24-60; taken 1 May 1940; Page
1226A; Image 89 of 133; Household #707.
Listed as Bessie Sweeney; age 12; born in WV; 4th grade education; attending school; lived in same
place on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, William G. Sweeney.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 349; WV Archives Website.
Lawrence Forester; age __; born and living in Columbus, OH; divorced; married on 15 Mar 1947 at
Jolo, WV; Bessie Lue Verna Sweeney; age 19; born at Sprigg, WV; single; living at Raysal, WV; with
consent of Willis Sweeney, father of Bessie Lue Verna Sweeney.
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #24005; Ancestry.com Website.
William Sweeney, Jr; age 22; born in Raysal, WV; employed by Appalachian Power Co; living at
Paynesville, WV; son of Willie and Lula Bell (Rose) Sweeney; married on 19 Aug 1961 in Lebanon,
VA; Ruth Lester; age 20; born and living in Paynesville, WV; single; daughter of Dewey and Lula Mae
(Horn) Lester.
2. United States Public Records, 1970-2009; LDS Web Site.
"Name William G Sweeney
Event Date 15 Nov 2007
Event Place Cool Ridge, West Virginia, United States
Birth Date 1941
Address Cool Ridge, West Virginia 25825
Possible Relatives Andrew J Sweeney, Angela B Sweeney, Carol A Sweeney
Affiliate Identifier 1242416981"
3. Fanning Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
"William (Belt Walker) Sweeney Jr, 77, of Stony Point, NC, formerly of Paynesville, WV, passed away peacefully at his home in Stony Point on April 1, 2019."William was born September 12, 1941in Raysal, WV, a son of the late William Sr. and Lula Belle Rose Sweeney. He was a retired coal miner and an ordained minister of the Church of God.
"In addition to his parents William was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Lester Sweeney; his second wife, Carol Allen Sweeney; sisters, Bessie Kelly, Gladys Segers, Edith Salyers, Ethel Mullins and Roxie Johnson; and brothers, Shurla Sweeney, and Charlie Sweeney.
"Survivors include one daughter, Loretta Bryant of Taylorsville, NC; two sons, Joe Sweeney and wife Loretta of Statesville, NC and David Sweeney of Seagrove, NC; grandchildren, LeAnn Sparks and husband Adam of Hiddenite, NC, Joe Sweeney and wife Renea of Taylorsville, NC, Brian Keith Sweeney of Swords Creek, VA, and Damian Sweeney of Seagrove, NC; eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Rosetta Rosenbaum and Frances Lester; and three brothers, Cleve Sweeney, Benny Sweeney and Henry Sweeney.
"Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 6, 2019, at 12 o’clock with Reverend Tommy Jenks Reverend Charles Rose and Reverend Danny Bowles officiating at the Three Forks Church of God at Three Forks near Jolo, WV. Burial will follow in the Tom Sparks Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain at Rockridge near Paynesville, WV. Serving as pallbearers will be family and friends. ..."
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Patty Greene; 30 Jul 2018.
"William “Belt Walker” Sweeney Jr.
Birth 12 Sep 1941
Raysal, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 1 Apr 2019 (aged 77)
Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 191805094"
1. United States Public Records, 1970-2009; LDS Web Site.
"Name Carol A Sweeney
Event Date 15 Nov 2007
Event Place Cool Ridge, West Virginia, United States
Birth Date 1941
Address Cool Ridge, West Virginia 25825
Possible Relatives Andrew J Sweeney, Angela B Sweeney, William G Sweeney
Affiliate Identifier 1242416945"
1.1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Stone Coal Road; taken 3 Apr 1930; Page 227B;
Image 4 of 35; Family #24/32.
Listed as James A. Davis; age 46; born in NC; married at 26; coal miner; head of household.
1.1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; Stone Coal Road; taken 3 Apr 1930; Page 227B;
Image 4 of 35; Family #24/32.
Listed as Lorine Davis; age 49; born in NC; married at 29; in household of husband, James A. Davis.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Panther; E.D.; 24-57; taken 10 Apr 1940;
Page 1091B; Image 18 of 74; Household #148.
listed as Edward Salyers; age 8; born in WV; no education; not attending school; lived in
McDowell Co, WV on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Leander Salyers.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Raysal; E.D. 24-60; taken 1 May 1940; Page
1226A; Image 89 of 133; Household #707.
Listed as Edith Sweeney; age 7; born in WV; no education; not attending school; lived in same place
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, William G. Sweeney.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Edith V Salyers [Edith V Sweeney]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1932
Birth Place: Raysal McDow, West Virginia
Death Date: 15 Nov 1991
Father:
Willie B Sweeney
Mother:
Lula B Rose
SSN: 234964614
Death Certificate Number: 052072
Notes: 17 Oct 1972: Name listed as EDITH V SALYERS "
1. Wilkes Co, NC; General Index to Births; Page 39; Ancestry.com Web Site.
William Oliver Burchette; born in 1914; son of E.V. (sic, U) Burchette; birth certificate located at,
Vol A, Page 1108.
2. 1920 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Walnut Grove Township; taken on 12/13 Jan 1920; Page 307B;
Family #91/91.
Listed as William Burchett; age 6; born in NC; in household of father, Emory Burchette.
3. 1930 Census, Wilkes Co, NC; Walnut Grove Township; taken on 2 Apr 1930; Page 23A; Family #8/8.
Listed as William Burchett; age 17; born in NC; in household of father, Emory Burchette.
4. NC Death Collection, 1908-2004; Ancestry.com Web Site.
William Oliver Burchette; age 67; born on 12 Feb 1914 in NC; married; living in Winston-Salem, NC;
died on 9 Feb 1982 in General Hospital, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC; buried in NC.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Virginia Gal; 2 Jul 2007.
" Henry Leroy Anderson
Birth 24 Sep 1887
Death 26 Sep 1941 (aged 54)
Burial
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA "
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Virginia Gal; 2 Jul 2007.
" Ethel V. Walker Anderson
Birth 5 Nov 1895
Death 30 Aug 1990 (aged 94)
Burial
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA"