1. Fannng Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
"Alice Faye Jones, 74, of Paynesville, WV passed away at her home Tuesday, August 15, 2023."Alice was born March 1, 1949 in Paynesville, WV a daughter of the late Lawson and Daisy Roberts Baker. She was a McDowell County School Bus Driver of 37 ½ years. Alice was of the Old Regular Baptist Faith. She loved making jewelry, gardening, taking care of her flowers and most of all sitting by her fire pit.
"In addition to her parents Alice was preceded in death by one son, Gilmer Tracy Jones; one brother Oliver Baker; four brothers-in-law, Larry Smith, Packy Helmintoller, Tommy Cashion and Michael Johnson; niece, Racine Steffanic and her beloved pet, Coco.
"Survivors include one son, Casey Lawson Jones of Pleasant Garden, NC and his girlfriend, Sara Shaffer of Climax, NC; six sisters, Dorothy Helmintoller of Kannapolis, NC, Patsy Cashion of Tryon, NC, Judy Vance and Freddy of Paynesville, WV, Lois Ann Keenan of River Falls, SC, Elaine Hagerman and Jeff of Spartanburg, NC, and Melinda Kennedy of Farmington, NM; the father of her sons, Lowell Jones; two sisters-in-law, Joy Walls and Rita Sayer; one brother-in-law, Vaughn Walls; and numerous nieces and nephews.
"Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 1 o’clock with Elder George Baker, Elder Gary Estep, Elder Fred Bailey, Elder Phillip Hagerman, and Elder Arthur Short officiating at the Mary Lou Old Regular Baptist Church on Panther Creek Road at Paynesville, WV. Burial will follow in the Hannibal Roberts Cemetery at Paynesville, WV. Serving as pallbearers will be Earl Stacy, Michael Vangilder, Freddy Vance, Gabriel Keenan, Jeff Hagerman and Daniel Hagerman. Honorary pallbearers will be Dakota Cashion, Carl Wayne Hagerman, Chris Hagerman, Ernie Spears, Margaret Compton, Iris Shelton, Katherine Dotson, Kenneth and Jason Rowe, and Phillip and Reva Hagerman.
"Friends may visit with the family at the Mary Lou Old Regular Baptist Church Friday evening, August 18, 2023 after 6 p.m.; evening services will be held at 7 o’clock.
"Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger is assisting the family.
"Online condolences may be sent to the family at fanningfuneralhomes.com"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 019192; WV Archives Website.
Mary Hurt; age 86; born 30 Jun 1887 in WV; married; wife of C.H. Hurt; retired' living at Herndon, WV;
daughter of Levi and (______) Thompson; died 12 Nov 1972 in Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch,
WV; due to bronchopneumonia; buried 22 Nov 1972 in Family Cemetery, Rock, WV; informant, C.H.
Hurt, Herndon, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 019199; WV Archives Website
Sadie Huff; age 80; born 13 Jul 1892 in WV; widow; housewife; SS# 236-70-6938; living in Southwood
Addition, Welch, WV; daughter of Edward and Virginia F. (Dillon) Huff; died 25 Nov 1972 in Stevens
Clinic, Welch, WVl due to ruptured cerebral vessel, in prolonged coma; buried 29 Nov 1972 in
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 019200; WV Archives Website
Jessie Woods; age 65; born 2 Feb 1907 in NC; married; husband of Jennie Barnett Woods; coal
miner; SS# 236-16-1964; living at Newhall, WV; son of Will and (______) Woods; died 28 Nov 1972
in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; due to advanced pneumonconiosis; buried 30 Nov 1972
in Brewster Cemetery, Newhall, WV; informant, Jennie Woods, Newhall, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 239; WV Archives Website.
Walter Basham; age 28; born in Floyd Co, VA; single; N&W clerk; living at Wilcoe, WV; son of J.L. and
May; married on 5 Feb 1927 in Welch, WV; Beatrice Brown; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single;
daughter of D.H. and Daisy.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 019201; WV Archives Website
Walter Basham; age 74; born 3 Jun 1898 in VA; widowed; retired railway clerk; living at Wilcoe, WV;
so of John L. and Mae (Sumner) Basham; died 4 Dec 1972 at Wilcoe, WV; due to acute myocardial
infarction; buried 7 Dec 1972 in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 239; WV Archives Website.
Walter Basham; age 28; born in Floyd Co, VA; single; N&W clerk; living at Wilcoe, WV; son of J.L. and
May; married on 5 Feb 1927 in Welch, WV; Beatrice Brown; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single;
daughter of D.H. and Daisy.