1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #"71 003846; WV Archives Website.
Sam Harris; age 79; born 22 Jun 1890 in SC; married; husband of Viola; coal loader in mine; Negro;
living at War, WV; son of unknown father and Ella Harris; died 17 Mar 1971 in Stevens Clinic, Welch,
WV; due to myocardial infarction with pneumoconosis; buried 21 Mar 1971 in Restlawn Memorial
Cemetery, Littlesburg Rd, WV; informant, Viola Harris, War, WV.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Keystone; E.D. 24-25; taken 24 Apr 1940;
Page 513A; Image 54 of 77; Household #563.
Listed as Ernestine Irving; age 12; born in WV; Negro; 6th grade education; attending school; lived in
same house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Walter Irving.
2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ernestine A Irving
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1928
Address: PO Box 596 Apt, Keystone, WV, 24868-0596 (1993)
[PO Box 26, Keystone, WV, 24868-0026 (1984)] "
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ernestine Arrena Irving
[Ernestine A Irving]
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1928
Birth Place: Keystone Mcd, West Virginia
Death Date: 15 Dec 1996
Father: Walter Irving
Mother: Lucy B Sparrow
SSN: 234407944
Notes: Apr 1944: Name listed as ERNESTINE ARRENA IRVING;
22 Feb 1997: Name listed as ERNESTINE A IRVING"
4. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ernestine A. Irving
SSN: 234-40-7944
Last Residence:
24852 Keystone, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
BORN: 25 Jan 1928
Died: 15 Dec 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #"71 003847; WV Archives Website.
Ernie Randall Irving; age 21; born 19 Jan 1950 in WV; single; Negro; SS# 235-80-3292; unemployed;
living at PO Box 596; Keystone, WV; son of unknown father and Ernestine Irving; died 5 Mar 1971;
DOA Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to bullet wound in back; shot by another; homicide; buried 10
Mar 1971 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, Ernestine Irving, PO Box 596, Keystone,
WV.
1, McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 231; WV Archives Website.
Raymond Kestner; age 27; born at Big Four, WV; single; living at Kimball, WV; married on 11 Feb
1945 at Maybeury, WV; Hazel Margarette Moore; age 25; born at Switchback, WV; single; living at
Maybeury, WV.
2. US Public Records Index, Vol 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Raymond E. Kestner; born 16 Jun 1917; living at PO Box 877, Welch, WV 24801.
3. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #72 040241; Ancestry.com Website.
Raymond Ervin Kestner; age 55; born 16 Jun 1917 in WV; widowed; this is his 5th marriage; 4 yrs
HS education; living at Box 947, Welch, WV; son of Venor Ervin and Rosa Lee (Sullivan) Kestner;
married on 9 Sep 1972 in Pearisburg, VA; Mary Jane Mays; age 30; born 22 Oct 1941 in WV;
divorced; this is her 4th marriage; 4 yrs HS education; living at Box 36, Premier, WV; daughter of
John Baird and Cletis Esther (Elledge) Mays.
4. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Raymond E Kestner
Gender Male
Birth Date 16 Jun 1917
Death Date 1 Jan 1986
SSN 234183637
Enlistment Branch ARMY
Enlistment Date 19 Oct 1942
Discharge Date 18 Jul 1945
Page number 1"
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by F. Hylton; 10 Jul 2010.
" Raymond E Kestner
Birth 16 Jun 1917
Death 1 Jan 1986 (aged 68)
Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 54743545"Inscription: S SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS * WORLD WAR II
1, McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 231; WV Archives Website.
Raymond Kestner; age 27; born at Big Four, WV; single; living at Kimball, WV; married on 11 Feb
1945 at Maybeury, WV; Hazel Margarette Moore; age 25; born at Switchback, WV; single; living at
Maybeury, WV.
1, McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 231; WV Archives Website.
Raymond Kestner; age 27; born at Big Four, WV; single; living at Kimball, WV; married on 11 Feb
1945 at Maybeury, WV; Hazel Margarette Moore; age 25; born at Switchback, WV; single; living at
Maybeury, WV.
2. US Public Records Index, Vol 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Raymond E. Kestner; born 16 Jun 1917; living at PO Box 877, Welch, WV 24801.
3. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #72 040241; Ancestry.com Website.
Raymond Ervin Kestner; age 55; born 16 Jun 1917 in WV; widowed; this is his 5th marriage; 4 yrs
HS education; living at Box 947, Welch, WV; son of Venor Ervin and Rosa Lee (Sullivan) Kestner;
married on 9 Sep 1972 in Pearisburg, VA; Mary Jane Mays; age 30; born 22 Oct 1941 in WV;
divorced; this is her 4th marriage; 4 yrs HS education; living at Box 36, Premier, WV; daughter of
John Baird and Cletis Esther (Elledge) Mays.
4. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Raymond E Kestner
Gender Male
Birth Date 16 Jun 1917
Death Date 1 Jan 1986
SSN 234183637
Enlistment Branch ARMY
Enlistment Date 19 Oct 1942
Discharge Date 18 Jul 1945
Page number 1"
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by F. Hylton; 10 Jul 2010.
" Raymond E Kestner
Birth 16 Jun 1917
Death 1 Jan 1986 (aged 68)
Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 54743545"Inscription: S SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS * WORLD WAR II
1, McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 231; WV Archives Website.
Raymond Kestner; age 27; born at Big Four, WV; single; living at Kimball, WV; married on 11 Feb
1945 at Maybeury, WV; Hazel Margarette Moore; age 25; born at Switchback, WV; single; living at
Maybeury, WV.
2. US Public Records Index, Vol 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Raymond E. Kestner; born 16 Jun 1917; living at PO Box 877, Welch, WV 24801.
3. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #72 040241; Ancestry.com Website.
Raymond Ervin Kestner; age 55; born 16 Jun 1917 in WV; widowed; this is his 5th marriage; 4 yrs
HS education; living at Box 947, Welch, WV; son of Venor Ervin and Rosa Lee (Sullivan) Kestner;
married on 9 Sep 1972 in Pearisburg, VA; Mary Jane Mays; age 30; born 22 Oct 1941 in WV;
divorced; this is her 4th marriage; 4 yrs HS education; living at Box 36, Premier, WV; daughter of
John Baird and Cletis Esther (Elledge) Mays.
4. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Raymond E Kestner
Gender Male
Birth Date 16 Jun 1917
Death Date 1 Jan 1986
SSN 234183637
Enlistment Branch ARMY
Enlistment Date 19 Oct 1942
Discharge Date 18 Jul 1945
Page number 1"
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by F. Hylton; 10 Jul 2010.
" Raymond E Kestner
Birth 16 Jun 1917
Death 1 Jan 1986 (aged 68)
Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 54743545"Inscription: S SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS * WORLD WAR II
1, McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 231; WV Archives Website.
Raymond Kestner; age 27; born at Big Four, WV; single; living at Kimball, WV; married on 11 Feb
1945 at Maybeury, WV; Hazel Margarette Moore; age 25; born at Switchback, WV; single; living at
Maybeury, WV.
2. US Public Records Index, Vol 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Raymond E. Kestner; born 16 Jun 1917; living at PO Box 877, Welch, WV 24801.
3. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #72 040241; Ancestry.com Website.
Raymond Ervin Kestner; age 55; born 16 Jun 1917 in WV; widowed; this is his 5th marriage; 4 yrs
HS education; living at Box 947, Welch, WV; son of Venor Ervin and Rosa Lee (Sullivan) Kestner;
married on 9 Sep 1972 in Pearisburg, VA; Mary Jane Mays; age 30; born 22 Oct 1941 in WV;
divorced; this is her 4th marriage; 4 yrs HS education; living at Box 36, Premier, WV; daughter of
John Baird and Cletis Esther (Elledge) Mays.
4. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Raymond E Kestner
Gender Male
Birth Date 16 Jun 1917
Death Date 1 Jan 1986
SSN 234183637
Enlistment Branch ARMY
Enlistment Date 19 Oct 1942
Discharge Date 18 Jul 1945
Page number 1"
5. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by F. Hylton; 10 Jul 2010.
" Raymond E Kestner
Birth 16 Jun 1917
Death 1 Jan 1986 (aged 68)
Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 54743545"Inscription: S SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS * WORLD WAR II
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 22; WV Archives Website.
Andrew Michael Sironko, Jr; age 22; born and living at Gary, WV; single; married on 26 Dec 1947 at
Gary, WV; Alice Marie Blevins; age 22; born and living at Thorpe, WV; single.
2, McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 003848; WV Archives Website.
Alice Kestner; age 45; born 11 Nov 1925 in WV; married; wife of Raymond Kestner; bookkeeper for
hospital administion; living at Southwood Addition, Welch, WV; daughter of Letcher and Ellen (Dinkins)
Blevins, Sr; died 11 Mar 1971 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to cerebral hemorrhage with rupture
of internal carotid artery caused by malignant melanoma of Chorid, left eye; buried 13 Mar 1971 in
Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, WV;
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 22; WV Archives Website.
Andrew Michael Sironko, Jr; age 22; born and living at Gary, WV; single; married on 26 Dec 1947 at
Gary, WV; Alice Marie Blevins; age 22; born and living at Thorpe, WV; single.
2. Richmond, VA; Death Certificate #21889; Ancestry.com Website.
Andrew Michael Sironko, Kr; age 32; born 21 Apr 1925 at Gary, WV; married; husband of Alice (_____);
living at Thorpe, WV; son of Andrew Michael and Thelma (Tabor) Sironko, Sr; died 27 Sep 1957 in the
Medical College of VA Hospital, Richmond, VA; due to renal failure; buried 30 Sep 1957 in Roselawn
Memorial Gardens, Princeton, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 22; WV Archives Website.
Andrew Michael Sironko, Jr; age 22; born and living at Gary, WV; single; married on 26 Dec 1947 at
Gary, WV; Alice Marie Blevins; age 22; born and living at Thorpe, WV; single.
2, McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 003848; WV Archives Website.
Alice Kestner; age 45; born 11 Nov 1925 in WV; married; wife of Raymond Kestner; bookkeeper for
hospital administion; living at Southwood Addition, Welch, WV; daughter of Letcher and Ellen (Dinkins)
Blevins, Sr; died 11 Mar 1971 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to cerebral hemorrhage with rupture
of internal carotid artery caused by malignant melanoma of Chorid, left eye; buried 13 Mar 1971 in
Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, WV;
1. 1910 Census, Tazewell Co, VA; Clear Fork District; taken on 23 Apr 1910; Page 51A; Family #59/62.
Listed as Thelma Tabor; age 5; born in VA; in household of mother, Rosa B. Taber.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Wilcoe; taken on 29 Jan 1920; Page 156A;
Family #194/205.
Listed as Thelma N. Tabor; age 15; born in VA; in household of mother, Rosa B. Taber.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '57 014837; WV Archives Website.
Thelma Tabor Sironko; age 52; born 17 Dec 1904 in Falls Mills, VA; married; housewife; living at
Gary, WV; daughter of Hugh and Rosie B. (Harrison) Tabor; died 9 Nov 1957 in Grace Hospital,
Welch, WV; due to coronary thrombosis; buried 12 Nov 1957 in Roselawn Memorial Gardens,
Princeton, WV; informant, Andrew M. Sironko, Gary, WV.