1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA; submitted by
Grace Michele; 6 Dec 2008 grave marker photo added by PGC.
Jimmy Mullins; born 13 May 1932 at Davy, WV; died 12 Aug 1999 in Wytheville, VA; buried here;
double grave marker photo shown with 2nd wife Loretta Ramey Mullins; "IN GODS CARE";
"Joann Wellman was his first wife married December 24, 1954"
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA; submitted by
Grace Michele; 6 Dec 2008 grave marker photo added by PGC.
Loretta Ramey Mullins; born 25 Nov 1936; no death date; may not be buried here.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 58; WV Archives Web Site.
James Finney; age 24; born in Cythe (sic, Forsyth) Co, NC; single; Colored; miner; living at Welch, WV;
son of George and Mary; married on 17 May 1927 at Welch, WV; Hallie Gray; age 19; born in Norton, VA;
single; Colored; daughter of Fletcher and Edie. (Parents are reversed on certificate).
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Wilcoe; taken on 31 Jan 1920; Page 161A; Image
15 of 24; Family #310/334.
Listed as Hallie Gray; age 8; born in VA; Black; in household of father, Fletcher R. Gray.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 58; WV Archives Web Site.
James Finney; age 24; born in Cythe (sic, Forsyth) Co, NC; single; Colored; miner; living at Welch, WV;
son of George and Mary; married on 17 May 1927 at Welch, WV; Hallie Gray; age 19; born in Norton, VA;
single; Colored; daughter of Fletcher and Edie. (Parents are reversed on certificate).
3. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Welch; Howard Camp; taken on 8 Apr 1930;
Page 255B; Image 18 of 21; Family #136/184.
Listed as Hallie Finney; age 18; born in VA; married at 16; Negro; in household of father, Fletcher R. Gray.
1 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Welch; Howard Camp; taken on 8 Apr 1930;
Page 255B; Image 18 of 21; Family #136/184.
Listed as Helen Finney; age 2 yrs, 4 mons; Negro; in household of grandfather, Fletcher R. Gray, with mother.
1. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Garden District; Spruce Pine Creek; taken on 22 Jan 1920;
Page 12B; Image 26 of 52; Family #191/191.
Listed as Jackson Mullins; age 26; born in VA; married; farm laborer; head of household.
2. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #66/66.
Listed as Jack Mullins; age 36; born in VA; married at 18; farmer; head of household.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Clifford Edsel Miller; 25 Nov 2011; maintained by Michael
Dye.
" Jackson “Jack” Mullins
Birth 16 Jun 1893
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Death 26 Sep 1963 (aged 70)
West Virginia, USA
Burial Elihue Mullins Cemetery
Pilgrims Knob, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 80967462"
1. 1900 Census, Buchanan Co, VA, Grundy District, taken on 12 Jun 1900, Page 235A, Family #121.
Listed as Cily J. Muncey, age 3, born in Oct 1896 in VA, in household of father, Isaiah Muncey.
2. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Garden District; Spruce Pine Creek; taken on 22 Jan 1920;
Page 12B; Image 26 of 52; Family #191/191.
Listed as Ceilie Mullins; age 23; born in VA; married; in household of husband, Andrew J. Mullins.
3. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #66/66.
Listed as Celia J. Mullins; age 32; born in VA; married at 14; in household of husband, Andrew J.
Mullins.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Clifford Edsel Miller; 25 Nov 2011; maintained by Michael
Dye.
" Celia Jane Muncy Mullins
Birth 9 Oct 1896
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Death 20 Mar 1948 (aged 51)
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Elihue Mullins Cemetery
Pilgrims Knob, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 80967663"
1. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Garden District; Spruce Pine Creek; taken on 22 Jan 1920;
Page 12B; Image 26 of 52; Family #191/191.
Listed as Nancy Mullins; age 3; born in VA; in household of father, Andrew J. Mullins.
2. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #66/66.
Listed as Nancy Mullins; age 13; born in VA;; in household of father, Andrew J. Mullins.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Clifford Edsel Miller; 10 Dec 2011; maintained by Michael
Dye.
" Nancy Mullins
Birth 13 Apr 1917
Pilgrims Knob, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Death 13 Dec 1934 (aged 17)
Pilgrims Knob, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Burial Elihue Mullins Cemetery
Pilgrims Knob, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 81771948"
1. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #66/66.
Listed as Lonzo Mullins; age 4 yrs, 6 mons; born in VA;; in household of father, Andrew J. Mullins.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1918); Page 297; WV Archives Web Site.
Tom Payne; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Lex, WV; son of
_________; married on 12 Dec 1918 at Lex, WV; Mary J. Mullins; age 18; born in McDowell
Co, WC; single; daughter of ______ and Clara.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Paynesville; taken 14 May 1940; Page 1178 B; Household #488.
Listed as Tom J. Payne; age 42; born in WV; married; 2nd grade education; lived in same place on
1 Apr 1935; head of household.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #7723; WV Archives Website.
Thomas C. Payne; age 58; born 28 Jan 1898 in McDowell Co, WV; married; coal miner; living at
Ground Hog Hollow, Jolo, WV; son of D.C. Payne and unknown mother; died 8 May 1956 at his
home; due to pneumonia with carcinoma of lung; buried 10 May 1956 in Jewel Cemetery, Jolo,
WV; informant, James H. Payne.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Joe Watson; 2 Aug 2014.
"Thomas Colbert Payne
Birth 28 Jan 1898
Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 8 May 1956 (aged 58)
Jolo, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 133661176"
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Bradshaw, taken on 23 Apr 1910, Page 68A,
Family #58.
Listed as Mary J. Mullins, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, Joseph Mullins.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1918); Page 297; WV Archives Web Site.
Tom Payne; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Lex, WV; son of
_________; married on 12 Dec 1918 at Lex, WV; Mary J. Mullins; age 18; born in McDowell
Co, WC; single; daughter of ______ and Clara.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Paynesville; taken 14 May 1940; Page 1178 B; Household #488.
Listed as Mary J. Payne; age 40; born in WV; married; 8th grade education; lived in same place on
1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Thomas J. Payne.
4. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph", Bluefield, WV, Wednesday, 13 Apr 2005, Newspaper Obit.
"CARETTA - Lola 'Memmie' Hicks Woods Dunigan, 88, of Caretta, went to be with the Lord, Monday, April 11, 2005, at
her residence.
"In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her three husbands, Willie Hicks, Claude Woods and
Ralph Dunigan; three sisters, Rebecca Asbury, Alice Hawks and Mary Jane Payne; and one brother, Paul Mullins..."
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Joe Watson; 2 Aug 2014.
"Mary Jane Mullins Payne
Birth 4 Sep 1900
Jolo, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 25 Sep 1992 (aged 92)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 133714505"Additional Information Posted.
"MARY JANE MULLINS PAYNE - Funeral services was conducted Monday, Sept. 28, 1992 for Mary Jane Payne, 92, of Batesburg, SC, formerly of the Jolo area who died early Thursday, Sept. 25, 1992 in the Lexington Medical Center, near Columbia, SC.
Service was held at the chapel of Fanning Funeral Home, Iaeger. Burial followed in Tom Sparks Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain, Paynesville.
Born Sept. 4, 1900 in the Jolo area she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Clara Mullins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, Jolo.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Colbert in 1956; two sons, Homer and Charles; one sister Mrs. Alice Hawks and one brother, Paul Mullins.
Survivors include four sons, J.C. of Hollywood, MD, Harold of Greenville, TN, Troy of Batesburg, SC, with whom she made her home and Rufus of Derby, KS; three daughters, Edith King, Kathleen Mullins, both of Bluefield, and Dorothy Duty of Zanesville, OH; four sisters, Becky Asbury of Princeton, Samantha Payne of Bradshaw, Grace Mullins of Paynesville, and Lola Dunnigan of Caretta; 26 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren."
1. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Garden District; Spruce Pine Creek; taken on 22 Jan 1920;
Page 12B; Image 26 of 52; Family #191/191.
Listed as Isaiah Mullins; age 7; born in VA; in household of father, Andrew J. Mullins.
2. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #67/67.
Listed as Isaiah Mullins; age 18; born in VA; married at 18; farm laborer; head of household.
3. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License # 71 049444; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Isaiah Mullins; age 58; born 1 Mar 1913 in WV; widowed; this was his second marriage; 7th grade
education; living at Box 36, Raysal, WV; son of Jack and Celia (Muncey) Mullins; married on 1 Dec
1971 at Grundy, VA; Melda Kathleen Fletcher; maiden name Payne; age 47; born 29 Aug 1924 in WV;
widow; this was her second marriage; 7th grade education; living at Box 54, Raysal, WV; daughter of
Thomas Colbert and Mary Jane (Mullins) Payne.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 7 Apr 2014.
Isaiah Mullins; born 1 Mar 1913 in Buchanan Co, VA; died 31 Jan 1979 in Durham, Durham Co, NC;
buried here; double headstone photo shown with wife, Annie L. Mullins.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1948); Page 145; WV Archives Web Site.
Rufus Noah Fletcher; age 40; born in VA; single; living at Bartley, WV; married on 24 Aug 1948
at Jolo, WV; Melda Kathleen Payne; age 23; born and living at Jolo, WV; single.
2. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License # 71 049444; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Isaiah Mullins; age 58; born 1 Mar 1913 in WV; widowed; this was his second marriage; 7th grade
education; living at Box 36, Raysal, WV; son of Jack and Celia (Muncey) Mullins; married on 1 Dec
1971 at Grundy, VA; Melda Kathleen Fletcher; maiden name Payne; age 47; born 29 Aug 1924 in
WV; widow; this was her second marriage; 7th grade education; living at Box 54, Raysal, WV;
daughter of Thomas Colbert and Mary Jane (Mullins) Payne.
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by P.A.; 31 Mar 2017.
"Kathleen Fletcher
Birth 29 Aug 1924
Death 25 May 2003 (aged 78)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 179910884"
. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Miller Cemetery, Gallia Co, OH; submitted by Ricky Sheets; 4 Nov 2008.
Arthur Eugene Sheets; born 18 Mar 1883 in Ashe Co, NC; died 11 Apr 1983 in Winnebago Co, WI;
buried here; double headstone photo shown with wife Hannah Virginia Surber Sheets;
"Arthur was the son of William David and Sarah Elizabeth Jennings Sheets, husband of Hannah Virginia Surber Sheets.
"Family links:
Parents:
William David Sheets (1855 - 1942)
Sarah Elizabeth Jennings Sheets (1857 - 1935)
"Spouse:
Hannah Virginia Surber Sheets (1885 - 1941)
"Children:
Willie Levi Sheets (1904 - 1980)*
Frank E Sheets (1908 - 1987)*
Josie Sheets Hylton (1910 - 2003)*
Maybelle Sheets Wildman (1913 - 1961)*
Catherine Marie Sheets Smith (1925 - 2005)*..."
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Miller Cemetery, Gallia Co, OH; submitted by Ricky Sheets; 4 Nov 2008.
Hannah Virginia Surber Sheets; born 4 Jan 1885 in Smyth Co, VA; died 20 Jan 1941 in Gallia Co, OH;
buried here; double headstone photo shown with husband, Arthur E. Sheets;
"Hannah was the daughter of Martin Huston and Orlena Landreth Surber, wife of Arthur Eugene Sheets.
Mrs. Sheets, 56, Passes At Home In Morgan Tp.
Funeral Service To Be Held There 2 Wednesday
Mrs. Hannah Virginia Sheets, 56, wife of Eugene Sheets, died at 5 o'clock this morning at their home in the Eno community (Vinton R.D.). Death was ascribed to pnewmonia, which followed the flu.
This family moved to Gallia county from McDowell county (Welch), W. Va., five years ago.
Mrs. Sheets is survived by her husband and these seven children : William and Frank Sheets and Mrs. Josie Hylton, all of McDowell county; Mrs. Mabel Wildman, Harry Sheets, Mrs. Anna Wilson, all of this county; Catherine, at home; and Frank Brewer who was reared from babyhood in the Sheets home. There are two sisters; Mrs. Maggie Barr and Mrs. Vina Hash, both of Bidwell, R. D.
Funeral services will be held at 2 Wednesday at the residence with Rev. Howard Williams in charge. Burial in Miller cemetery by Butler-McCoy."Gallipolis newspaper
1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin
Obituary provided by Cheryl Ayres.
"Family links:
Parents:
Martin Hustin Surber (1858 - 1895)
Orlena Landreth Surber (1865 - 1947)
' Spouse:
Arthur Eugene Sheets (1883 - 1983)*
" Children:
Willie Levi Sheets (1904 - 1980)*
Frank E Sheets (1908 - 1987)*
Josie Sheets Hylton (1910 - 2003)*
Maybelle Sheets Wildman (1913 - 1961)*
Catherine Marie Sheets Smith (1925 - 2005)*
" Sibling:
Hannah Virginia Surber Sheets (1885 - 1941)
Frank Floyd Surber (1890 - 1911)*..."
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 384; WV Archives Web Site.
Hugh M. Mullins; age 21; born and living at Hempill, WV; single; married on 30 Nov 1945 at
Hemphill, WV; Ivey bernice Osborne; age 17; born and living at Hemphill, WV; with consent
of Vicy Osborne, mother of Ivy Beatrice Osborne.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 384; WV Archives Web Site.
Hugh M. Mullins; age 21; born and living at Hempill, WV; single; married on 30 Nov 1945 at
Hemphill, WV; Ivey Bernice Osborne; age 17; born and living at Hemphill, WV; with consent
of Vicy Osborne, mother of Ivy Beatrice Osborne.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #6289; WV Archives Web Site.
Hugh Monroe Mullins, Jr; age 3 mons, 15 days; born 27 Nov 1946 in Welch, WV; living at
Hemphill, WV; son of Hugh, born at Mohegan, WV, and Bernice (Osborne), born at Premier, WV, Mullins;
died 12 Mar 1947; due to "Probably due to something, child well at bed time, parents awakened in
morning to find child dead in bed between them"; buried 13 Mar 1947 in cemetery at Roderfield, WC;
informant, Hugh Mullins, Hemphill, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 22 Jun 2014.
Hugh Mullins, Jr; born and died in 1947; buried here; Headstone photo shown.
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, page 88B, Family 31.
Listed as J.C. Mullins, age 14, born in 1886, in household of step-father, Daniel L. Cox.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1908); Page 100; WV Archives Web Site.
Jackson Cleveland Mullins; age 21; born in Greenbrier Co, WV; living in McDowell Co, WV;
son of Crockett and Christina; married on 28 Oct 1908 at the residence of Tom Dameron;
Emeline Dameron; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV; living in Wyoming Co, WV; daughter
of Thomas and Sarah J.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #4255; WV Archives Web Site.
Jackson Mullins; age 50 yrs, 4 mons, 4 days; born 13 Nov 1886 in Greenbrier Co, WV; married;
husband of Emmie Mullins; not employed; livin gat Sandy Huff, WV; son of Crockett and Christine
(Collins) Mullins; died 17 Mar 1937 at Sandy Huff, WV; due to lobar pneumonia with tuberculosis of
lungs; buried 19 Mar 1937 ay Premier, WV; informant, Jackson Mullins, Jr..
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Baileysville District, Family #6.
Listed as Emeline Danrow (sic Damron), age 12, in household of father,
Thomas Damron.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage records; Vol #__(1908); Page 100; WV Archives Web Site.
Jackson Cleveland Mullins; age 21; born in Greenbrier Co, WV; living in McDowell Co, WV;
son of Crockett and Christina; married on 28 Oct 1908 at the residence of Tom Dameron;
Emeline Dameron; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV; living in Wyoming Co, WV; daughter
of Thomas and Sarah J.
3. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysvelle District, taken on 20 Apr 1910;
Page 186B, Family #60.
Listed as Emma Damron (sic) Mullins, age 22, born in WV, married 2 yrs, 1
child, in household of father, Thomas Damron, with husband, Jackson Mullins.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'62 008546; WV Archives Web Site.
Emma Dameron; age 74; born 22 feb 1888 in Pikeville, KY; widow; living at Davy, WV;
daughter of Thomas Dameron and unknown mother; died 13 Jun 1962 in Davy, WV;
due to coronary thrombosis with arteriosclerosis; buried 15 Jun 1962 in Iaeger Memorial,
Roderfield, WV; informant, Mrs. Sarah Hopkins, Davy, WV.
5. FindAgrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Gathering Roots; 30 Aug 2013; headstone photo added by B. Walls.
Emma Damron Mullins; born 22 Feb 1888; died 13 Jun 1962; buried here; headstone photo shown.
1. 1920 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Garden District; Spruce Pine Creek; taken on 22 Jan 1920;
Page 12B; Image 26 of 52; Family #191/191.
Listed as Isaiah Mullins; age 7; born in VA; in household of father, Andrew J. Mullins.
2. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #67/67.
Listed as Isaiah Mullins; age 18; born in VA; married at 18; farm laborer; head of household.
3. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License # 71 049444; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Isaiah Mullins; age 58; born 1 Mar 1913 in WV; widowed; this was his second marriage; 7th grade
education; living at Box 36, Raysal, WV; son of Jack and Celia (Muncey) Mullins; married on 1 Dec
1971 at Grundy, VA; Melda Kathleen Fletcher; maiden name Payne; age 47; born 29 Aug 1924 in WV;
widow; this was her second marriage; 7th grade education; living at Box 54, Raysal, WV; daughter of
Thomas Colbert and Mary Jane (Mullins) Payne.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 7 Apr 2014.
Isaiah Mullins; born 1 Mar 1913 in Buchanan Co, VA; died 31 Jan 1979 in Durham, Durham Co, NC;
buried here; double headstone photo shown with wife, Annie L. Mullins.
1. 1930 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 8 Apr 1930; Page 57B; Image 8 of 26;
Family #67/67.
Listed as Annie Mullins; age 16; born in WV; married at 16; in household of husband, Isaiah Mullins.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'71 003833; WV Archives Web Site via LDS Web Site.
Annie Mullins; age 54; born in WV; married; wife of Isaiah Mullins; housewife; SS# 235-56-5986;
living at Raysal, WV; daughter of unknown father and Lillie Woodie; died 28 Feb 1971 in Stevens
Clinic, Welch, WV; due to cerebral hemorrhage with essentail hypertension; buried 3 Mar 1971 in
Iaeger Memorail, Roderfield, WV.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site;Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 7 Apr 2014.
Annie L. Salyers Mullins; born 3 Oct 1916; died 28 Feb 1971; buried here; double headstone photo
shown with husband, Isaiah Mullins.