1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 007605; WV Archives Website.
James Ira Payne; age 89; born 24 Mar 1883 in TN; widowed; SS# 719-05-5688; retired railroad
telegrapher; living at Kimball, WV; son of William Miller and Betty (Rice) Payne; died 21 Apr 1972
in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to acute myocardial infarction; buried 25 Apr 1972 in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bluewell, WV.
1. Richmond, Chesterfield Co VA; Death Certificate #21062; Ancestry.com Website.
James Robert Pruitt, Jr; born 14 Aug 1922 at Itmann, WV; married; husband of Naomi Pruitt; served
in WW II; railroader; living at Nimitz, VA; son of James Robert and Marie (Spence) Pruitt, Sr; died
27 Aug 1961 in the VA Hospital, Richmond, VA; due to bronchogenic carcinoma with metastases to
brain; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Narrows, VA; informant, Naomi Pruit, widow, Nimitz, VA.
1, FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by mom2mine; 27 Jul 2015.
" Liddie Naomi Pruett
Birth 1922
Death 1983 (aged 60–61)
Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 149887535"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 007607; WV Archives Website.
Richard Ray Pruitt; age 19; born 27 Apr 1952 in MI; student; never married; SS#232-86-2982; living
in Calloway Heights, Beckley, WV; son of James R. and Naomi (Cook) Pruitt; died 17 Apr 1972 on
Rt 16, Welch-Pineville Rd, near Welch, WV; due to injuries in single car accident; buried 21 Apr 1972
in Blue Ridge Memorial Gadens, Prosperity, WV; informant, Naomi Pruitt, Beckley, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 007609; WV Archives Website.
Marguerite Elizabeth Wagner; age 71; born 27 Feb 1901 in KY; widow; housewife; living on
Tennessee Ave, Caretta, WV; daughter of Harry Joseph and Amanda (Adams) Fallon; died 26 Apr
1972 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to myocardial infarction; buried 30 Apr 1972 in Colson
Cemetery, Middlesboro, KY; informant, William H. Wagner, Caretta, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 007610; WV Archives Website.
James Henry Wilson; age 84; born 1 Apr 1888 in VA; widowed; SS# 236-10-9865; retired coal miner;
living at Jenkinjones, WV; son of William and Barbara (Helms) Wilson; died 19 Apr 1972 in Stevens
Clinic, Welch, WV; due to myocardial infarction with pneumoconiosis; buried 22 Apr 1972 in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, Johnson Wilson, Pageton, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 007611; WV Archives Website.
Henry Clay Adams; age 64; born 19 Jun 1907 in VA; married; husband of Mary Johnson; retired;
SS# 235-28-1954; Negro; living at PO Box 893, Keystone, WV; son of William and Mary (Curtis)
Wilson; died 6 May 1972, DOA Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to acute coronary thrombosis; buried
11 May 1972 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, Mary L. Adams, PO Box 893,
Keystone, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 007612; WV Archives Website.
Thoams Lawrence Anderson; age 85; born 7 Jul 1886 in VA; married; husband of Olive Beauford;
mining machinist; SS# 235-07-3187; living at gary, WV; son of Zachariah and Charlotte (Thompson)
Anderson; died 20 May 1972 in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; due to cerebral thrombosis;
with diabetes mellitus; buried 24 May 1972 in Restlawn Memorial, Littlesburg Rd, WV; informant,
Olive Anderson, Gary, WV.