1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ronald Alston
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Age: 34
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1945
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1980
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Allen Phillip Alston
Mother: Mattie Belle Cleague
Spouse: Wilma Jean Padgett "
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ronald Alston
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1945
Birth Place: Capels McDow, West Virginia
Death Date: May 1985
SSN: 236706658
Notes: Oct 1962: Name listed as RONALD ALSTON"
3. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ronald Alston
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1945
Death Date: 31 May 1985
Cause of Death: Other
SSN: 236706658
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 23 Sep 1968
Release Date 1: 2 Oct 1974"
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Wilma Jean Padgett
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Age: 37
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1942
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1980
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Woodrow Padgett
Mother: Helen Gertrude Baylor
Spouse: Ronald Alston "
2. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2018; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Wilma Jean Padgett
Gender: Female
Residence Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
Death Date: 5 Nov 2012
Obituary Date: 15 Nov 2012
Newspaper Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA"
1. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Wesley Shelton
Gender: Male
Race: Colored (Black)
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1916
Birth Place: Greenville, Kentucky
License County: Wayne
Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1946
Marriage Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Marshall W Shelton
Mother: Lizzie Bard
Spouse: Arvie Aretha Alstan
County File Number: 669132
State File Number: 348878"
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Wesley Shelton
[John W Shelton]
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1915
Birth Place: Greenville, Kentucky
Death Date: 3 Jan 1996
Father: Marshall Shelton
Mother: Lizzie Bard
SSN: 378073106
Notes: Jan 1937: Name listed as JOHN WESLEY SHELTON; 06 Jan 1996: Name listed as JOHN W SHELTON"
3. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010: ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Shelton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1915
Death Date: 3 Jan 1996
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 378073106"
4. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996: ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Wesley Shelton
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1915
Death Date: 3 Jan 1996
Gender: Male
Residence: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Place of Death: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan"
1 .Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Arvie Aretha Alstan
Gender: Female
Race: Colored (Black)
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1921
Birth Place: Big T (F)our, W, Virginia
License County: Wayne
Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1946
Marriage Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Earnest Alstan
Mother: Jennie Smith
Spouse: John Wesley Shelton
County File Number: 669132
State File Number: 348878"
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Aretha Alston
[Arvie Alston]
[Arvie Shelton]
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1922
Birth Place: Big Four Mcd, West Virginia
Death Date: Mar 1981
Father: Ernest Alston
Mother: Jennie Smith
SSN: 374220345
Notes: Sep 1942: Name listed as ARETHA ALSTON; :
Name listed as ARVIE ALSTON; : Name listed as ARVIE A SHELTON;
30 Dec 1987: Name listed as ARVIE SHELTON"
3. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Arvie A Shelton
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1922
Death Date: 19 Mar 1981
Gender: Female
Residence: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Place of Death: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan"
4. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Arvie Shelton
Birth Date: 1922
Cemetery: Westlawn Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: John Shelton
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem..."
1. Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Nancy J. Hensly
Gender Female
Marriage Date 11 Aug 1904
Marriage Place Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse John Lester
Film Number 001943485"
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken 25 Apr 1910; Page 195B; Image 2 of
4; Family #216/229.
Listed as Nancy Lester; age 30; born in KY; married twice; last time for 5 yrs; 7 children, 4 living;
in household of husband, John Lester.
3. 1940 Census, Mingo Co, WV; Stafford District; Gilbert Creek; taken 27 Apr 1940; Page 418 B;
Household #282.
Listed as Nancy Lester; age 66; born in KY; married; 2nd grade education; lived in same house on 1
Apr 1935; in household of husband, John C. Lester.
4. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Panther; taken 27 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 45; Dwelling #295.
Listed as Nancy Lester; age 73; born in KY; married; in household of husband, John C. Lester.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken 25 Apr 1910; Page 195B; Image 2 of
4; Family #216/229.
Listed as Matilda Lester; age 16; born in KY; single; in household of step-father, John Lester.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site.
" James S Sampson
Birth 3 Mar 1878
USA
Death 8 (sic, 5) Jul 1958 (aged 80)
USA
Burial
Grassy Spur Church Cemetery
Bishop, Tazewell County, Virginia"
Additional Information Posted:
"James married Bertie Reed on September 4, 1901
James married Louise Hatmaker on October 3, 1948"
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site.
"Bertie Reed Sampson
Birth 9 Sep 1884
Death 30 Nov 1945 (aged 61)
Burial
Grassy Spur Church Cemetery
Bishop, Tazewell County, Virginia"
1. Lynchburg, VA; Marriage License #72 010229; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James keith Lockhart; age 26; born 14 Dec 1945 in WV; single;4yrs HS education; this was his 1st
marriage; living at 109 Adams Dr, Lynchburg, VA; son of Meredith L. amd Martha E. (Keene)
Lockhart; married on 2 Apr 1972 in Grundy, VA; Connie Ann Smith; age 20; born 5 Sep 1951 in VA;
single; 4 yrs HS education; this was her 1st marriage; living at Lot 15, Lbg, Trailer Court, Lynchburg,
VA; daughter of Andrew B. and Alice M. (Mann) Smith.
1. Lynchburg, VA; Marriage License #72 010229; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James keith Lockhart; age 26; born 14 Dec 1945 in WV; single;4yrs HS education; this was his 1st
marriage; living at 109 Adams Dr, Lynchburg, VA; son of Meredith L. amd Martha E. (Keene)
Lockhart; married on 2 Apr 1972 in Grundy, VA; Connie Ann Smith; age 20; born 5 Sep 1951 in VA;
single; 4 yrs HS education; this was her 1st marriage; living at Lot 15, Lbg, Trailer Court, Lynchburg,
VA; daughter of Andrew B. and Alice M. (Mann) Smith.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 17 Apr 1930;Page 78A;
Family #239/245.
Listed as Rush Justice, age 6, born in WV, in household of father, Albert Justice.
2. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #17967; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Rush Justice; age 29; born in Davy, WV; single; barber; living at War, WV; son of Albert and Julia
(Hawks) Justice; married on 8 Jun 1953 in Russell Co, VA; Mary Ann Creed; age 21; born in Caretta,
WV; single; store clerk; living at War, WV; daughter of Early Wayne and Stella (Leftwich) Creed.
3. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Rush T. Justice
Last Residence:
24892 War, Mcdowell, West Virginia
BORN: 11 Apr 1924
Died: 1 Sep 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)"
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #17967; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Rush Justice; age 29; born in Davy, WV; single; barber; living at War, WV; son of Albert and Julia
(Hawks) Justice; married on 8 Jun 1953 in Russell Co, VA; Mary Ann Creed; age 21; born in Caretta,
WV; single; store clerk; living at War, WV; daughter of Early Wayne and Stella (Leftwich) Creed.