1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Powhatan Village; taken on 7 Jan 1920;
Page 132A; Image 11 of 28; Family #110/110.
Listed as ______ (can't read) daughter Corner; age 16; born in WV; in household of father,
John E. Corner.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Gracie Corner Eller
[Gracie C Eller]
[Gracie Corner Corner]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1906
Birth Place: Oklahoma
[Unk, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 29 Dec 1990
Father: John E Corner
Mother: Callie Sanders
SSN: 243280250
Notes: Apr 1941: Name listed as GRACIE CORNER ELLER;
02 Oct 1989: Name listed as GRACIE C ELLER"
3. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Gracie C. Eller
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1901
Death Date: 29 Dec 1990
Cemetery: Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-..."
4. "Greensboro News & Record'; Greensboro, NC; Sunday, 30 December 1990; Newspaper Obit.
"LEXINGTON - Mrs. Gracie Ellen Corner Eller, 89, of 208 Hawkinstown Road in Salisbury, formerly of 5 Fair Circle, died Saturday at Rowan Memorial Hospital.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Voglers-Piedmont Funeral Home. Burial will be in Jersey Baptist Church cemetery.
A native of Oklahoma, she was a homemaker and attended Church of God on East Center Street.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Pat Ingram, Mrs. Jean Ellis, both of Lexington, Mrs. Margaret Norris of Salisbury; sons, Ulis Eller, Donald Eller, both of Lexington; sister, Mrs. Georgia Rock of Lexington; brother, Sam Corner of Monroe, Mich.; 14 grandchildren...."
1. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: James Floyd Harman
Race: White
Age: 24
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Pageton, West Virginia, USA
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1916
Residence Place: Pocahontas, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 1940
Occupation: James Floyd Harman
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: James Floyd Harman
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Floyd Harman Self (Head)
James Floyd Harman Father"
2. Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1991; Ancestry.com Wbe Site.
Janice Harman, plainiff; age 43; housewife; living in Tazewell Co, VA; defendant, James Floyd
Harman, Jr; age 46; convict; VA State Penitentiary; marriage date, 14 Dec 1936 in McDowell
Co, WV; duration 26 yrs, 6 mons; 8 children; defendeant convicted of a felony sentenced to
penitentiary; divorce granted to wife 19 Jun 1963.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: James Floyd Harman Jr
[James Harman Jr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1916
Birth Place: McDowell CO, West Virginia
Death Date: May 1977
Father: James F Harman
Mother: Lula Chapman
SSN: 230186714
Notes: Dec 1940: Name listed as JAMES FLOYD HARMAN JR;
28 Dec 1987: Name listed as JAMES HARMAN"
4. Tazewell Co, VA; Death Certificate #77 018413; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James F;oyd Harman, Jr.; age 61; born 5 Sep 1916 in McDowell Co, WV; divorced; coal miner;
living at P.O. Box 131, Skygusty, McDowell Co, WV; son of James Floyd and Lula Belle (Chapman)
Harman; died 20 May 1977 in office building, Pocahontas, VA; due to gunshots to head and
chest; cause undertermined; buried in Harman Cemetery, Skygusty, WV.
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by ancestryhunter2; 20 Jan 2016.
" James Floyd Harman Jr.
Birth 5 Sep 1916
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 20 May 1977 (aged 60)
Pocahontas, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Harman Cemetery
Skygusty, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 157286107".
3. Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1991; Ancestry.com Wbe Site.
Janice Harman, plainiff; age 43; housewife; living in Tazewell Co, VA; defendant, James Floyd
Harman, Jr; age 46; convict; VA State Penitentiary; marriage date, 14 Dec 1936 in McDowell
Co, WV; duration 26 yrs, 6 mons; 8 children; defendeant convicted of a felony sentenced to
penitentiary; divorce granted to wife 19 Jun 1963.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Powhatan Village; taken on 7 Jan 1920;
Page 132A; Image 11 of 28; Family #110/110.
Listed as Samuel Corner; age 9; born in WV; in household of father, John E. Corner.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1929); Page 137; WV Archives Web Site.
Sam Corner; age 21 (sic, 18); born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Powhatan, WV;
son of Ester (sic, Estel) and Callie; married on 17 Jul 1929 at Northfork, WV; Stella Garrett; age
18; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; daughter of Isaac and Victoria.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1929); Page 137; WV Archives Web Site.
Sam Corner; age 21 (sic, 18); born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Powhatan, WV;
son of Ester (sic, Estel) and Callie; married on 17 Jul 1929 at Northfork, WV; Stella Garrett; age
18; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; daughter of Isaac and Victoria.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer Co, WV; submitted
by Orval Hodges; 25 Jul 2016.
James Howard Bechcher, I; born 30 Nov 1946 in Hemphill, WV; died 23 Jul 2016 in Richmond,
VA; buried here; no grave marker photo shown; personal photo and obit posted.
"s/o James P. and Ella Mae Cox Belcher
h/o Marsha Kish BelcherJames Howard Belcher, I
November 30, 1946 - July 23, 2016
James Howard Belcher, I, 69, of Highland Lane, Bastian, VA, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Henrico Doctor’s Hospital in Richmond, VA.
Born on November 30, 1946 in Hemphill, he was a son of the late James P. and Ella Cox Belcher. He had lived in Bastian for 30 years and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was a veteran of the US Marines and was retired from the US Postal Service.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Darrell Belcher.
Survivors include his wife, Marsha Kish Belcher of the home; daughter, Angela Renee Lindblad and Paul of Ruckersville, V; sons, Joshua Belcher and wife Crystal of Bastian, VA, and James Belcher, II of Christiansburg, VA; 5 grandchildren, Elijah, Carter, Savannah, Lilygrace, and Shaine; brother, Clarence Belcher of Welch; and sister, Linda High of Virginia Beach, VA.
Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:00AM at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel in Bluewell with Rev. Allen Ashworth officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton with family and friends serving as pallbearers. Military honors will be performed by the Mercer County Veterans Honor Guard.
1. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph"; Bluefield, WV; Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010; Newspaper Obit.
"BLUEFIELD — Ella Mae High, 86, of Welch, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Bluefield.
Born July 19, 1924 in Hemphill, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Charlie Franklin Cox and Lillie May Young Cox. She formerly worked for Peerless Laundry in Welch, Superior Company Store in Superior, and was a retired employee of G. C. Murphy Co. in Welch. She was a charter member of the Trinity Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church, Welch, and was very active in her church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Paris Belcher; her second husband, Harold "Tommy" High; a son, Joe Belcher; three brothers, Charles L. "Buddy" Cox, Carlos Cox and Wilburne Ray Cox; and a sister, Georgia Love.
Left to cherish her memory are two sons, James H. Belcher and wife Marsha of Bastian, Va., and Clarence W. Belcher and wife Barbara of Welch; one daughter, Linda S. High of Virginia Beach, Va.; two stepsons, Michael High Sr. of Virginia Beach, and Tommy High and wife Bena of Raleigh, N.C.; two stepdaughters, Judy Adkins and husband Elmer of Georgia, and Cindy McCarthy and husband Rob of Rochester Hills, Mich.; two sisters, Emmaline Sigmon and husband Bobby of Callaway, Va., and Agnes Sexton of Bluefield, Va.; eight grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and five stepgreat-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be conducted Friday, September 3, at 12 p.m. at Trinity Temple in Welch with the Reverends Larry Roberts, Michael Brooks and Dan Pruitt officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton...."
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Valerie Neal; 3 Sep 2018.
" Charles Franklin Cox
Birth 21 Apr 1902
McDowell County, North Carolina, USA
Death 4 May 1976 (aged 74)
Hemphill, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA"
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Valerie Neal; 3 Sep 2018.
" Lillie Mae Young Cox
Birth 11 Nov 1905
Floyd County, Virginia, USA
Death May 1983 (aged 77)
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA "
1. Douglas Mortuary; Welch, WV; Posted Obit.
"Charles Andrew “Andy” Belcher, 48, of Carswell passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 in Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley."Born November 6, 1972 in Welch he was the son of Nancy Kaye Wyatt Belcher of Carswell, and the late Clarence Wayne Belcher. Andy was a 1991 graduate of Mount View High School, and a former clerk with Rite Aid in Welch. He was a former dispatcher for the Welch Police Department, and had been a volunteer with the McDowell and Welch Fire Departments.
"In addition to his mother he is survived by two daughters, Tiffani Belcher of Welch and Kalei Adkins of Athens; a brother Shawn Belcher and girlfriend Melissa Green of Carswell; a niece Sophia Belcher of Arizona; and a nephew Derrick John of Shepherdstown, WV. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.
"Andy has been cremated, and the family will honor his memory at a later date.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.douglasmortuary.com."