1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020326; WV Archives Website.
Emmett Lee Akers; age 49; born 13 Apr 1923 in VA; divorced; coal miner; SS# 231-16-2396; served in
WW II; living at PO Box 353, War, WV; son of John and Rosie (Phillips) Akers; died 10 Dec 1972 in
Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to congestive heart failure; buried 13 Dec 1972 in Osborne Cemetery,
Sylvatus, VA.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020327; WV Archives Website.
Bascom S. Bales; age 64; born 12 Feb 1908 in VA; married; husband of Virginia Eller; coal miner;
SS# 235-05-2224; living at Jolo, WV; son of Tom and Gay (Serber) Bales; died 11 Dec 1972 ; DOA
Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to penetration duodenal ulcer with erosion into the pancreas; buried;
14 Dec 1972 in Hankins Cemetery, Richlands, VA.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020341; WV Archives Website.
Grace Virginia Knox; age 27; born 22 Jul 1945 in WV; married; wife of Robert Knox; housewife; living
at Paynesville, WV; daughter of Charlie and Vada (Stacy) Blankenship; died 30 Dec 1972 at
Paynesville, WV; due to severe burns over entire body; caught in house fire; buried 3 Jan 1973 in
Family Cemetery, Paynesville, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020328; WV Archives Website.
Steven Keith Blankenship; age 7; born 26 Jul 1965 in MI; living in Paynesville, WV; son of Joe Llano
Gracie Blankenship; died 30 Dec 1972 in Paynesville, WV; severly burned, caught in house fire; buried
3 Jan 1973 in Family Cemetery, Paynesville, WV
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020329; WV Archives Website.
Stoney Benton Blankenship; age 5; born 6 Feb 1967 in MI; living in Paynesville, WV; son of Joe Llano
Gracie Blankenship; died 30 Dec 1972 in Paynesville, WV; severly burned, caught in house fire; buried
3 Jan 1973 in Family Cemetery, Paynesville, WV
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1937); Page 468; WV Archives Website.
Fred Counts; born 26 Aug 1912 in Ally, VA; living at Caretta, WV; son of Ezra and Chloe; married on 24
Dec 1937 in Berwind, WV; Gertrude Withrow; born in Mar? 1916 (sic, 1918) in Kanawha Co, WV: living
at Berwind, WV; daughter of Walter and Fannie.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020331; WV Archives Website.
Fred Ernest Counts; age 60; born 26 Aug 1912 in VA; married; husband of Mildred Gertude Withrow;
retired coal miner; SS# 236-10-2894; living at Bartley, WV; son of Ezra V. and Chloe (Grizzle) Counts;
died 28 Dec 1972 at home in Bartley, WV; due to myocardial failure with arteriosclrosis; buried 30 Dec
1972 in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, WV; informant, Mrs. F E Counts, Bartley, WV.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Big Creek District; taken on 4 Apr 1930; Page 181A; Image 3 of 36;
Family #18/21.
Listed as Gertrude M. Withrow; age 12; born in WV; in household of father, Walter Withrow.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1937); Page 468; WV Archives Website.
Fred Counts; born 26 Aug 1912 in Ally, VA; living at Caretta, WV; son of Ezra and Chloe; married on 24
Dec 1937 in Berwind, WV; Gertrude Withrow; born in Mar? 1916 (sic, 1918) in Kanawha Co, WV: living
at Berwind, WV; daughter of Walter and Fannie.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020332; WV Archives Website.
Charlie L. Dalton; age 76; born 19 May 1895 in NC; married, husband of Marva J. Bagley; retired
miner; Negro; SS# 235-10-4879; living at PO Box 326, Jenkinjones, WV; son of unknown parents;
died 23 Dec 1972 at Jenkinjones, WV; due to acute myocardial infarction with chronic lung disease;
buried 27 Dec 1972 in Stoneville Cemetery, Stoneville, NC; informant, Marva J. Dalton, Jenkinjones,
WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 020333; WV Archives Website.
Arthur Wirt Halsey; age 54; born 31 Jan 1918 in WV; married; husband of Ruth Payne; caol miner;
living at New Richmond, WV; son of Steven and Eunice (Weaver) Halsey; died 28 Dec 1972 in Welch
Emergency Hospital, Welch, WVl due to acute myocardial infarction; buried 30 Dec 1972 in Blue
Ridge memorial Gardns, Prosperity, WV; informant, Ruth Halsey, New Richmond, WV.