1. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Roger Lee Vance
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Date abt 1974
Marriage Date 17 Apr 1996
Marriage Place Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Spouse Kristi Veleta Toney"
1. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Roger Lee Vance
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Date abt 1974
Marriage Date 17 Apr 1996
Marriage Place Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Spouse Kristi Veleta Toney"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1951); page 208; WV Archives Website.
Ferrell Clarence Vance; age 19; born and living at Bradshaw, WV; single; married on 26 May 1951
at Welch, WV; Lucille Mae Mullins; age 18; born in Jenkins, KY; single; living at Bradshaw, WV; with
consent of Mythias Vance, father of Ferrell Clarence Vance; and Helen Mullins, step-mother of
Lucille Mae Mullins.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Tom and Eva Jewell"; Article; Page 201; submitted by Geneva Steele;
HC 61; Box 37B; Paynesville, WV 24873.
3. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #66 462386; Ancestry.com Website.
Ferrell Vance; age 33; born and living in Bradshaw, WV; divorced in 1965; one previous marriage;
miner; son of Mythias and Louise (Cannody) Vance; married on 20 Jan 1966 in Lebanon, VA; Orpha
Lee Pruitt; age 31; born in Ashland, WV; widow; one previous married; living in Yukon, WV; daughter
of Coy and Orpha (Baldwin) Ball.
4. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 25 Jul 2018.
"Ferrell Clarence Vance
Birth 27 Feb 1932
Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 12 May 1992 (aged 60)
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 191656882"Additional Information Posted:
"Son of Mathias Scaggs Vance (1888-1960) and Louvisa Kenneda-Vance (1890-Deceased)."Brother of Lilly M. Vance (B. 1921), Mose E. Vance (1922-1945), Charles Vance (B. 1925), Lady Lou Vance-Cooper (1928-1963), and Betty Jean Vance-Ball (B. 1936).
"Half brother of Virgie J. Mitchem-Privett (1907-Deceased), Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mitchem-Hagerman-Thomas (1909-Deceased), Marinda "Rinda" Mitchem-Van Dyke (1913-Deceased), John Vance (1912-Deceased), and Alexander Vance Sr. (1913-1970).
"Married to Lucille Mae Mullins-Vance (B. 1933) on May 26, 1951 in Welch, McDowell County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, McDowell County, WV, 1951, Page 208, Application Date: May 23, 1951).
"Also married to Orpha Lee Ball-Vance (B. 1934) on January 20, 1966."
1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License #66 462386; Ancestry.com Website.
Ferrell Vance; age 33; born and living in Bradshaw, WV; divorced in 1965; one previous marriage;
miner; son of Mythias and Louise (Cannody) Vance; married on 20 Jan 1966 in Lebanon, VA; Orpha
Lee Pruitt; age 31; born in Ashland, WV; widow; one previous married; living in Yukon, WV; daughter
of Coy and Orpha (Baldwin) Ball.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Orpha Lee Ball [Orpha L Vance] [Orpha Pruitt]
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Date 25 Mar 1934
Birth Place Ashland Merc, West Virginia [Ashland, West Virginia]
Death Date 25 Jan 1998
Father Lewis C Ball
Mother Orpha E Baldwin
SSN 236487343
Notes May 1950: Name listed as ORPHA LEE BALL;
09 Jun 1993: Name listed as ORPHA L VANCE; :
Name listed as ORPHA LEE PRUITT'
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Patty Greene; 25 Jul 2018.
"Orpha Lee Ball Vance
Birth 25 Mar 1934
Death unknown
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 191656900"
1. West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Willis Ward Bowling
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Eula Lambert
Spouse Gender Female
Marriage Date 1946
Marriage Place Mcdowell, West Virginia, United States"
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by John Pratt; 26 Mar 2010.
"Willis Ward Bowling
Birth 7 Mar 1923
Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Death 1 Sep 1978 (aged 55)
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 50266415"
1. West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Willis Ward Bowling
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Eula Lambert
Spouse Gender Female
Marriage Date 1946
Marriage Place Mcdowell, West Virginia, United States"
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by John Pratt; 26 Mar 2010.
"Eula Lambert Bowling
Birth 17 Sep 1924
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 5 Jan 2007 (aged 82)
Pineville, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 50266447"
1. Evans-Calfee Funeral Service; Pineville, WV; Posted Obit.
"Karen Marie Bowling of Charleston, and a proud native of Pineville, made her final metamorphosis into a butterfly headed to Heaven on April 22, 2024. She was 69."She was born on January 28, 1955, to the late Willis and Eula Lambert Bowling. She was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Pineville where she was the pianist until moving to Charleston, where she attended the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
"Karen was a much loved and dedicated kindergarten teacher before her retirement in 2012. Her classroom had always been themed according to season or project and required a U-Haul truck to move her resources back home. She was a lover of dogs, proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a passionate Mountaineer and Loved Elvis. She enjoyed music, riding rollercoasters, traveling, and attending any event where she could spend time visiting people. She was a social butterfly.
"She is survived by her brother Everett and his wife Junemarie, niece Veronica and her husband Isaiah, great niece Olivia who has inherited Karen’s ability to color coordinate her outfits and accessorize with sparkles and great nephew Brayden who inherited Karen’s ability to hold long phone conversations. She leaves behind Agnus her 8 ft giraffe and 4ft zebra who shall remain nameless.
"In keeping with Karen’s love of theme she requested that her celebration of life be an explosion of color.
"The family would like to thank Bowers Hospice House of Beckley for the care given to Karen in her final days."