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DALES, Dallas s/o Cleveland and Statsie (Bell) Dales b: May 3 1914 d: May 24 1966; 1st md: Lillian May JACKSON; 2 children: Gerin Lee Dales and Janice Marie O'Quinn; 2nd md: Mattie CAMPBELL; 3 children, Dorothy Whited, Ian Dales, adn Grover Allen Dales, also leaves, 5 brothers, and 3 sisters. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

BOGGS, James Oakley b: Apr 5 1917 d: 1965 Witten by his mother, Elsie Boggs Hall

HIBBITTS, Nannie b: Dawin, Va, Dickenson Co. d: Apr 28 1966 at age 87; d/o Richard and Elizabeth (Henderson) Hibbitts; md: George Fields AUSTIN, May 15 1897; 4 children: Minnie Dell, died 6 mos prior; Mary Stidham, W. F. "Bud" and Fields Austin. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

MORRISON, Asa P. s/o Jack Morrison; b: Oct 14 1989 d: Oct 14 1965 heart attack, he was raised in Floyd and Martin Counties but for the last 40 years lived in Pike County and Mango Co., WVa; md: the widow of the late James Stanley, Williamson, WVa, on Jun 1 1925; 5 sons, 3 deceased, leaving, Andrew J. and Henry L. both of Columbus, Ohio; After his the death of his 1st wife in 1956, he md: Mrs. Elzie Ferrell, also leaves, 3 steps son by his 1st wife, Rell, Ernest, and Earl Stanley; also 3 step daughters, Pluma Chapman, Blanch Allawatt and Martha Meadows; 3 step sons by his 2nd marriage, Burlan, Charles and Jack Ferrell; and a step daughter, Mae Adkins, Huntington, WVa. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

HOPKINS, Henry s/o John Miles and Usley (Kinney) Hopkins; b: Mar 4 1871 d: Jul 11 1966 md; Pricy COMPTON, Oct 18 1899; 13 children, 6 deceased, leaving, Joe, Wharton, WVa; Fannie Swiney, Yeager; Fred, Chloe Creek; Maudie Robinson, Shelbania; Lexis Smith, Henry, Jr and James Lindsey of Salem, IN, also leaves, one brother and one sister. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

KINNEY, John s/o Drew and Lucinda Kinney b: Jan 2 1874 d: Oct 25 1957; md: Rosa WILLIAMSON; leaving, 4 boys one girl. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

HOPKINS, Alice d/o Harrison and Lila (Romans) Hopkins b: Jul 21 1888 d: Mar 27 1965; md: Henry ROBINSON; 12 children, 3 boys: Nollie, Arnold and Dickie; girls: Dorsey, Lurla, Ola, Sharlene and Ocie; 4 children deceased.

COLE, Martha d/o George and Abby (VanDike) Cole b: Apr 1 1899 at Grundy, Va d: at age 66 yrs 10 mos; md: Logan RIFE, 1918; 6 children, 4 deceaed leaving, girls: Ruby Grayson, Kansas City, MO; Ruth Halring, Baltimore, MD. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

MITCHELL, Zachariah Taylor b: May 28 1881 d: Jan 19 1966; s/o alex and Mary Elizabeth (McGuire) Mitchell; md: Hannah SPANKS, 1904 d: 1927; 14 children; 2nd md: Etta Hunt Abbott, 1930; no children. Buried at the Hunt Cemetery, half mile east of Council, Virginia.

OWENS, Sarah Amanda b: Aug 15 1898 d: Dec 7 1965; md: Jessie OWENS; 6 boys 6 girls, one of each deceased, also leaves, 4 sisters, and 2 brothers. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

BAKER, Marvin b: Apr 18 1944 d: Feb 3 1966 s/o Garfield and Nellie Baker md: Linda Sue RAKES, Feb 5 1965, one son, Wesley Marvin, age 3 months, also leaves his parents and two brothers, Harold and Donald Baker, Clintwood, Va.

JOHNSON, Lloyd Thomas b: May 16 1942 d: Jul 19 1966 when struck by a car on his way to work md: Fay Revis; 4 children, LaDonna Jean, Debbie Fay, Sheila Ranel and John Lloyd, leaving his parents, Jay and Ollie Johnson, 3 brothers, James Luther, Rufus Gene and Leon Johnson; 2 sisters, Della May Honaker and Effie Fay Deskins.

RATLIFF, Sarah Ann b: Jun 16 1882 d: Nov 27 1965; d/o Paul L. and Emma (Hall) Ratliff, her parents and brothers and sister all deceased; md: Ben WRIGHT; 10 children, her husband and one child deceased. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church. Written by daughter, Elsie Fields

POTTER, Mary Jane b: Mar 10 1887 d: Mar 8 1966 md: Samuel NEWSOME, deceased; 5 boys 3 girls: Harrison, George, Arlie, Joe and Johnny, deceased, Roxie Carter, Lizzie Adams, and Alice Vanover; one sister, Roxie Bentley. Written by her daughter in law, Mary Newsome

JOHNSON, Buster b: Mar 9 1912 d: Sep 2 1966 s/o Ben and Martha (Branham) Johnson; md: Virginia JOHNSTON, Dec 26 1941; no children, leaving, his parents, wife, 3 brothers and 4 sisters. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

OWENS, W. M. b: Mar 11 1873 d: Feb 28 1966 md: Pricey F. OWENS; 2 boys 3 girls deceased, leaving, Bertie Owens, Haysi, Va; Lonnie, Breaks, Va; Dempsey, Memphis, TN; Laura Mullins, Breaks, Va; Gertrude Mullins, Zell Zooney and Ada Ramey all of Breaks, Va; 2 sisters, Princie Elswick, Ashland, Ky; and Bessie Colley, Oak Ridge, TN; and one brother, Taw Owens, Maringo, OH. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

STEVENSON, Abbie Angeline b: May 29 1896 d: Apr 27 1966 md: Joseph L. FIELDS d: 1943; 2 boys: A. G. Fields, Grundy Va; and Ezra Theodore Fields, Grundy Va; 3 girls, Lona Skeens, and Stella Stiltner, Grundy, Va; Birchie Skeens, Painesville, Ohio; also leaves one brother, Bud Stevenson, Grundy, Va.

FIELDS, Alafair b: Nov 8 1871 d: Nov 25 1965 md: James FIELDS; 11 children, Julie, Leon, Alice, Dewey, Kimper, Mack, Elma, Edith, Ocie, Atly and Italy; also two step children, Rice and Daisy. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

DEEL, Lewis s/o Floyd and Morgania Deel b: Feb 12 1905 d: Jan 10 1966 md: Naomie STILTNER, Jan 13 1925; 7 boys 5 girls. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

HALL, Saul b: Apr 30 1880 d: Nov 28 1952 s/o Riley and Sally Hall md: Minnie HATFIELD; 3 boys 2 girls 2nd md: Ruthie MOORE; 5 boys 3 girls. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church. Written by son, George Hall

MERCER, Arlen b: Apr 25 1907 d: Aug 11 1966 cancer; 1st md: Hazel BLACKBURN; one girl; Christine Shaffer, Springfield, ILL; 2nd md: Louise CLARK; one girl, Norma Messer, Jacksonville, Ohio. Also leaves, 2 brothers, Woodrow, Elkhorn City, Ky; and Warren, Springfield, Ohio; 5 sisters, Pebble Rowe, and Ina Rowe of Rockhouse, Ky; Hazel Goff and Marie Mercer of Raccoon, Ky; and Zella Dayheart, Fairborn, Ohio. Member of the Freewill Baptist Church.

BRYANT, Lula d/o William and Mary (Wheatly) Bryant; b: Nov 12 1892 d: Dec 27 1965; md: Nolan MULLINS, Jul 22 1925; 3 sons, Junior Mullins, the oldest lived 3 days; William E., Flint Mich; and Ira Mullins, Barberton, Ohio; one daughter deceased leaving one girl: Margie Webb, St. Paul. Va, also leaves one sister, Melvie Sluss, Dungannon, Va. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

COLLEY, Ida Mae b: Jan 23 1884 d: Nov 1 1963; md: Rufus WILLIS; 6 children, Bertha died in infancy, Ottie, Clarence, Della, Ruby, and Victor. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

PUCKETT, Marion b: Feb 13 1875 d: Jul 9 1966 md: Viola RAKES; 4 boys 4 girls. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

SPEARS, Nora b: Apr 12 1913 d: May 29 1966 d/o Willie and Louemma Spears, Regina, Ky; her brother, Jesse Spears and her father deceased; 2nd md: Clinard OWENS, Belcher, Ky, Apr 18 1931; 3 children, one son deceased at 6 months, she leaves, her son Clifford, Marion, IN; one daughter, Jean Yates, Harmon, Va, 5 brothers, and 2 sisters. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

HAMILTON/MULLINS/GIBSON, Sally b: Aug 27 1875 d: Dec 27 1963; md: Aaron Hamilton, 1890 d: 1896; 3 boys: Charley, James and Arvil Hamilton; 2nd md: A. M. GIBSON d: Feb 1935; 11 children, 2 boys: Lilburn and Alex, Jr.; and 9 girls: Sarah Jane, Essie Pearl, Maxie Arminey, Myrtle May, Thelma, Sadie, Alpha, Vernie, and Opal; md 3rd: Wash MULLINS, Clintwood, Va. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church. Written by son, James M. Hamilton, Lookout, Ky

FIELDS, Rev. Bascom s/o James and Sarah Fields b: Nov 13 1912 d: Mar 5 1966, md: Alice BELCHER, Sep 11 1943; 4 boys 4 girls. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

SWINEY, Anna b: Nov 17 1907 d: Jun 5 1966; md 1st: Clarence STEWART deceased; 6 children, one deceased, leaving, Kenneth, Hamlot, SC; Flaude and Ishmael Lee Stewart, Flint, Mich; Emogene Potter, Elkhorn City, Ky; Jacqueline Stewart, at home; 2nd md: Barney HILL; 3 sons: Ira D., deceased, Bernis, Flint, Mich; Johnnie Lee, Breaks, Va. Member of the Old Regular Baptist Church.

WRIGHT, Eura d/o Wiley and Matilda (Hughes); b: Nov 22 1897 at Jenkins, Ky; d: Mar 31 1966; md: Henry STEWART, Sep 23 1915; 4 children: Albertie Mullins and Lillie Morris, Hadmen, Ohio; Della Hamilton, Jenkins, Ky; Bobby Stewart, Garden City, Mich, also leaves 2 sisters and one brother: Louis Casteel, Polly Ratliff and Arthur Wright, one brother, Gabe, deceased.

ARRINGTON, Sherry Faye d/o Bobby and Pauline Arrington of Bee, Va; b: Jan 24 1961 d: Apr 8 1970, leaving her parents, 2 sisters: Rita Kay and Gleendeen Arrington; 2 brothers: Timmy Willard and twin brother, Terry Ray Arrington, paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Caney Barton, Bee, Va; maternal grandparetns, Mr. & Mrs. George Hess, Vansant, Va.

BARTON, Rosa b: Jun 18 1908 d: Dec 2 1969, d/o William and Vicy Barton; md: Jim BARTLEY, Dec 16 1957, she leaves her husband, 5 brothers, Hobart Barton, Poplar Hill, Va; Jessie Barton, Bee, Va; Samuel Barton, Bee, Va; Asa Barton, Council, Va; one sister, Elizabeth Rasnake, Davenport, Va; step children, Ada Wallace, Haysi; Allene Fassanella, Rockville, MD; Virginia Thomas, Bristol, Tenn; Carrol Bartley, Haysi; A. J. Bartely, Haysi; Denver Bartley, Chicago, Ill; Wade Bartley, Chicago, Il. Joined the Primitive Baptist Church, Sep 1969.

GREEN, Caroline d/o James and Gelana Green, b: July 19 1912, Bell Co., Ky; d: Dec 16 1968; md: Herbert BUELL, Sept 1 1927, CH: boys, Herbert, Jr., Detroit, Mich; Otis, Livonia, Mich; Ronnie, Farmington, Mich; and Donnie, Libonia, Mich; girls: Flo Wilder, Tipp City, Ohio; Jean Kelley, Southfield, Mich; Darlene Bartley, Farmington, Mich; Jeanette Casey and Tevis Taylor, Hampton, Va; 4 sisters: Etta Lee Sullivan, Pineville, Ky; Hazel Fultz, Ft. Wayne, IN; Ollie Blanton, Totz, KY; and Gertrude Brock, Pineville, KY: 2 brothers: Brownlee Gree, Pineville, KY: and Victor Green, Cincinnati, OH. Joined the Pontiac Primitive Baptist Church, Jul 12 1964.

DEEL, Elijah C. d: Dec 1 1965 b: at age 73 yrs, 9 months, and 17 days old born in Dickenson Co., Va; s/o the late Charlie and Rachel (Counts) Deel; md: Gracie OWENS, Jan 15 1914; 9 children: one girl, Beulah, died Nov 21 1941; he leaves his wife, 3 boys: Eutaw, Madison Heights, Mich; Killow, Bel Air, MD; Harold, Leemaster, Va; 5 girls: Dollie Caperton, Martha Boyd and Lorine Hagy, all of Leemaster, Va; Vercil Looney, Oakwood, Va; and Irene Hurt, Garden City, Mich; 2 brothers: Bruce, Hampton, Va; Bryon, Edgewood, MD; 2 sisters: Edith Arthur and Lou Branom, both of May King, Ky.

DEEL, Byrd Allen b: Jan 1 1900 d: Jul 11 1970, s/o the late Henry and Lizza Deel; enlisted in the Army and served in WWI; md: Hulda OWENS, d/o Frank and Barbara Owens Jul 30 1920, no children to this union, he had 6 sisters and 5 brothers deceased, leaving his wife, one half brother and one half sister. Joined the Old Sand Lick Church of Old Regular Baptist in Aug, 1949.

EDWARDS, Andy J. b: Oct 8 1876 d: Aug 10 1935, s/o B. H. Edwards and Sally (Hay) Edwards; md: Elizabeth DEEL, Dec 14 1894, deceased; 12 children, one died in infancy; he leaves 8 boys: Webster, Jonah, Clarence, Archie, Burns, Vernon, Ernest and Archie; 2 deceased; 3 girls: Bertha, Prince, and Ruby. Joined the Primitive Baptist Church, Feb, 1905.

EDWARDS, Archie b: May 20 1907 d: Oct 20 1969; md: Emma VIERS, Jan 19 1934; 5 children; boys: Edmond, Birchleaf, Va;; Wayne, St. Paul, Va; Woodrow and Delmon, Madison Heights, Mich; one girl: Edna Thomas, Haysi, Va; his mother, Elizabeth Edwards of Clinchco, Va; 6 brothers: Webster, Clintwood, Va; Clarence, Vernon and Ernest, Birchleaf, Va; and Burns and Arcie, Detroit, Mich; 3 sisters; Bertha Owens, Haysi, Va; Prince Deel, Birchleaf, Va and Ruby Robinson, Clinchco, Va.

DEEL, Elizabeth, the d/o Richard and Orpha (Sutherland) Deel; b: Apr 6 1877 d: Jun 29 1970; md: Andy EDWARDS, 1894; 12 children, 3 deceased: Lawrence, an infant, and Jonah and Archie, both have children and grandchildren of their own; her husband, Andy, died Aug 10 1935; she leaves 6 sons: Webster, Clintwood, Va; Clarence and Ernest, Birchleaf, Burns and Archie, Michigan; Vernon, Haysi, Va; 3 girls: Bertha Owens, Haysi, Va; Prince Deel, Birchleaf, and Ruby Robinson, Clinchco, Va; she leaves 66 grandchildren, 140 ggrandchildren, and 30 gggrandchildren; 2 brothers: Charlie Deel, Birchleaf; and McKinley Deel, Haysi, Va; one sister, Lillie Stanley, Harman, Va. She was member of the Primitive Baptist Church for nearly 73 years.

FULLER, Noah Caudle s/o Tom and Tilda (Deel) Fuller b: Nov 4 1874 d: Mar 18 1959; md: Unicy DEEL d: Apr 1924; 10 children, 6 boys: Richard and Arnold of Hanover, WVA; Arvil of Chesterville, Ohio; Basil of Deskin, Va; Park of Willington, Del, and Grover deceased; 4 girls: Ellan Cartwright of Alexandria, Va; Bell Deel of Birchleaf, Va; Mary Ann Combs of Council, now deceased, and Pearl, deceased; 2nd md: Zerelda OWENS, Mar 7 1928; one son, Garnie of Galion, Ohio; one girl, Alene, deceased. He also leaves 2 sisters, Marg Colley of Alexandria; Sara McCown, now deceased. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church.

GRIFFEY, Bascom Slemp s/o James D. and Lilley Griffey (d: 1963) b: May 22 1919 d: Mar 28 1970; 1st md: Lena SMITH they had 2 children: Herbert Lee Griffey and Phyliss Jean Williams; 2nd md: Fern Ball; 2 children: Mary Elizabeth Griffey and Hazel Ann Griffey. He also leaves, one granddaughter, Anita Williams; 5 step children: Charlotte, Tivis, Louise, Rodney and Christine Ball, all of them at home; also leaves 3 brothers: Clyde, Hershel, and Cornellous Griffey; 5 sisters: Hazel Estep, Dorothy Robinette, Carene Wolford, Obesa Sloan and Venia Lester.

JACKSON, Lydia Margaret d/o Charles and Sarah Jane Jackson, b: Aug 18 1880 d: Jul 29 1970; md: Sampson HESS (d: May 8 1940); 6 children, 3 girls: Mary Osborne of Raven, Va; Julia Presley of Davenport, Va; Eliza Presley of Alexandria, Va; 3 sons, George of Davenport, Va; Bud and Lymon deceased, also leaves one brother, Albert Jackson, Warsaw, Ohio. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church at Johnson's Bottom at Davenport, Va.

KISER, Carrie b: Aug 11873 d: Oct 25 1969; md: Powell KISER, 1914 (d: Apr 9 1933); one girl, Mrs. Zora Rasnich; her son-in-law, Con Rasnick;2 grandsons, Raiford Hendricks and Jimmy Rasnick; one granddaughter, and a daughter in law, Mrs. Raiford Hendricks, all of Lebanon, Va. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church since Oct 16 1904.

OWENS, Crissie d/o Rean and Elminia (Hay) Owens, b: Aug 29 1892 d: Aug 18 1967; md: George OWENS, abt 1912; children: Lonzy, Lacy, Farley, Terry, Dewey, and Glenn, deceased: 2 girls: Eva and May; after George's death she 2nd md: Howard OWENS; her sisters: Fannie Robinson, Alexandria, Va; Zerelda Fuller, Galion, Ohio; Pearl Wood, Meta, Ky; Mary Owens, Bradshaw, WVA; Flora Anderson, Haysi, Va; Price Edwards, Clintwood, Va; Virgie Edwards, Rural Retreat, Va; Bertha Owens, Jonesboro, Tenn; Mary Wood, Haysi, now deceased; one brother, Dow Owens, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church since 1920.

PRESLEY, Virgil d/o Elbert Presley of Davenport, Va; b: Jun 5 1925 d: Feb 10 1970; he leaves, his wife, Nadine Presley; 2 daughters, Mrs. Ralph Wolf of Detroit, Mich; Mrs. Wayne Giles of Detroit, Mich; 2 sons: Jack Presley of Detroit, Mich; Don at home; 3 granddaughters, Tammy, Sandra and Julia; also leaves 3 brothers: Earl, Council, Va; Orb of Davenport, Va; Burl of Dayton, Ohio; 4 sisters, Myrtle Anderson, War, WVA; Faye Crabtree, Caretta, WVA; Iskey Breeding, Vansant, Va; Gladys Hicklin, Detroit, Mich; his parents and 2 brothers: Kermit and Claude Presley, all deceased.

POWERS, Granville b: May 6 1895 d: Mar 20 1970; md: Mary DEEL; 11 children, 3 deceased; leaving 5 boys and 3 girls: Radford Powers, Dewey, Leonard, Lawrence, and Pierce, Ethel, Blanche, and Pearl; 3 brothers: Woodrow, Burnes and Kermit; 3 sisters; Ella, Ida and Dallas. Written by daughter, Ethel McCowan

QUILLEN, Otto was born at Middlesboro, Ky on Sept 12 1913 d: Aug 28 1970; md: Verda ROBBINS, Apr 17 1934; 2 boys 4 girls: William E. and Willard P. Quillen; girls: Jean, Joan, Ann, and Elaine; also leaves his mother, Mary A. Redmond; 4 brothers, John, Grant, Robert and Christopher; 2 sisters, Mary Etta and Ruth. Member of the Pontiac Primitive Baptist Church. Buried at the Roselawn Cemetery, Middlesboro, Kentucky

ROBINSON, George W. s/o Billy Jeff and Elizabeth Jane Robinson; b: Oct 30 1903 d: May 9 1966; md: Ruby EDWARDS, Jan 19 1934; 2 children, Rodney A. of Abingdon, Va and JoAnn Branham of Baltimore, Md; also leaves 2 brothers, N. H. Robinson of Clinchco, Va and Elbert, of Birchleaf, Va; 2 sisters: Eura Deel of Honaker, Va; and Pherby Lee of Detroit, Mich.

O'QUIN, Sylvia d/o Silas and Phoebie O'Quin; b: 1903 d: Jul 24 1974; md: Floyd EDWARDS, Jan 5 1922; 9 children, 4 boys: Glen, Eugene, Gonion, and Wayne; 5 girls: Mae Mullins, Helen Barnhart, Geraldine Dillard, Geneva Harris, and Mable Rose, also leaves, 2 brothers: Hallie and Orville O'Quin; 2 sisters: Margaret Deel and Estille Sullivan. Member of the Duty View Primitive Baptist Church since 1955. Buried in the O'Quin Family Cemetery.

SCHULTZ, Ellen K. d: Oct 16 1974. Baptized into the Pontiac Primitve Baptist Church on Jun 8 1974.

COMPTON, William H. b: Dec 13 1886 d: Apr 28 1974; md: Margaret FULLER for 67 yrs; survivors include, his wife, 3 sons: Gaylord, Graham, and Eddie all of Columbus, Ohio; 7 girls: Vesta Davenport, Ruby Sutherland, Fanda Duty, and Price Leonard of Columbus, Ohio; Braxie Sykes of Bee, Va; Beulah Leonard and Phrona Green of Johnson City, Tenn.

EDWARDS, Elliott Ray s/o Peter Marion and Bessie (Woods) Edwards (step mother, Hattie Edwards) b: Jul 19 1915 d: Apr 11 1975; md: Inez McCARTHY; 12 children. He leaves his wife, 7 boys: Elmer of Linwwod, NC; Joe of Woodford, Va; Roger of Clintwood, Va; Casey of Cleveland, Ohio; Conn of Clinchco, Va; Jeff and Todd at home; 5 girls: Gladys Counts of Clintwood, Va; Juanita Sneeuwjagt of Forestville, Md; Jeanette Mullins of Palatka, Fla; Deborah and Vonda Edwards of Madison Heights, Mich; 2 half sisters: Naomi Owens of Birchleaf, Va; Millie Shampoo of Clintwood, Va; 5 half brothers: Junion, L. C., Palmer all of Birchleaft, Va; Clayton of Washington, D.C.; Malog of Chinchco, Va.

DEEL, William Parot b: May 26 1873 d: Aug 5 1937 s/o Silas and Mary Jane (Noonkester) Deel md: Nannie Emaline Fuller, Apr 20 1897 b: Nov 6 1873 d: Mar 17 1941 d/o Thomas and Matilda Fuller; 3 boys: Silas Kilby, James Floyd, and Thomas Stanford, deceased; 3 girls: Mary Jane Deel, Tilda Deel Duty, and Carrie Ellen, deceased. Nannie Emaline joined the San Lick Primitive Baptist Church after 1919. William was a carpenter and Masonary worker including building chimneys. He had a record of building 63 chimneys out of rocks which he hewed and dressed himself with a chisel and hammer. He would walk far and near to do his work. He would carry the rocks, climb a ladder and lay the rock until he reached the top and the chimney complete.

RASNAKE, Joe b: Nov 11 1885 d: Jun 9 1975 md: Lucy Jane STEVENS, deceased; 11 children, 4 girls and 7 boys, 8 children deceased, one girl, Oakley Irene, 7 boys deceased: Emory, Claude, Donald, Bill and also 3 boys that were not named; leaving: 3 girls: Ruth Bruce, Geneva Vance, and Velma Owens. 2nd md: Nettie RASNAKE (d: Nov 14 1973); 4 children: Audry Gilbert, Alice Castle, Vernard and Jimmy Rasnake; one step son: Walter Helmondollar; 2 sisters: Pearl Grizzle and Kate Neal; 2 brothers: Calvin and Lake Rasnake.

LOCKHART, Maude the d/o Preston and Sarah Lockhart b: Jan 1 1895 d: Nov 14 1974; md: James Marion HALE, Mar 10 1915 (d: Nov 11 1969); one son, Eulis Hale, d: Oct 31 1974; survived by: 3 sons: Clyde and Herbert both of Vansant, Va; Carl, Dayton, Ohio; 3 girls: Lee Ora Newton, and Artie Harris, Portsmouth, Va; Gola Presley, Vansant, Va; 2 brothers: Tom, Vansant, Va; Arthur, Mt. Sterling, Ky; 3 sisters: Maggie Perkins, Ida Jackson, Mae Boyd all of Vansant, Va; also two step children. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 40 years.

DEEL, Nancy b: Jan 16 1901 d: Aug 18 1968; d/o Samuel and Katie C. Deel; md: the late Walker SUTHERLAND; 2 children: Fern Plunckett of Delaware, Ohio; Donna Maming of NC; one grandson, Robert Hayworth of Columbus, Ohio; 4 brothers: Willie, deceased; Frank and Roy of Bee, Va; Delmer of Plain City, Ohio; 7 sisters: Cora Deel, Edith Daughty, Goldie Wanner, Hattie Doring all of Columbus, Ohio; Bertha Brown of Bucyrus; Emma Powers and Edna Gilbert of Bee, Va.

BRADY, Michael Lee b: Jul 17 1960 d: Oct 7 1974 s/o George Richard and Lillian Brady; grandparents: George Lewis and Nevada Brady of Westland, Mich and John and Lisa McDermott of Brighton, Mich; one sister, Tammy Lynn Brady and one brother, Tyler Brady of Brighton, Mich. Was baptized into the Pontiac Primitive Baptist Church at Farmington, Mich. Written by grandmother, Nevada Brady

VanDYKE, Bennie, a resident of Dry Fork community of Vansant, Va; b: Buchanan Co; s/o Fernando and Josephine VanDyke; md: Rosa C. VanDyke, Deceased; 2nd md: Alta Breeding, Vansant, Va: 6 boys: Buddy, Clyde, Memphis, Virgle, Harold, and Ray VanDyke all of Vansant, Va; 6 girls: Freda Yates, Middletown, Va; Cleo Ratliff and Inez Cline both of Vansant, Va; Gay Jewell, Richlands, Va; Jean Goff, Doraville, Ga; Hola Everson, Decator, Ga; 9 brothers: George, Keen Mountain, Va; Bascom and F. P. VanDyke both of Oakwood, Va; Cahrles, Portsmouth, Ohio; C. B. and Alvie both of Swords Creek, Va; Bill, Oakwood, Va; Donald, Vansant, Va; Hurley, Manassas, Va; 4 sisters: Virgie Shiely of Michigan; Hassie Jackson, Oakwood, Va; Naomia Deel, Patterson, Va; Rosellie Matney, Swords Creek, Va. Member of the Breeding Primitve Baptist Church.

DEEL, Matilda d/o William P. and Nancy E. Deel b: Aug 16 1908 d: Jan 28 1975 md: Starlin DUTY, 1927; one son both husband and son deceased. She leaves one sister: Mary Jane Deel, Vansant, Va; 2 brothers: Silas Kilby and James Floyd Deel, Vansant, Va.

GILBERT, Louisa of Murphy, Va died Monday at the home of a son, Lacy Gilbert of Haysi, Virginia; leaving 3 other sons: Arthur of Murphy, Va; Garfield of Gallipolis, Ohio; 2 girls: Ethel Gilbert of Murphy, Va; and Jennie O'Quinn of Bee, Va. Buried at the Family Cemetery. Written Jul 16 1963

SMITH, Nettie b: May 9 1916 d: Jul 29 1975; 1st md: E. A. MULLINS; 6 children; 2nd md: Clarence Everette Davidson; one girl: She leaves 6 children: Thelma Dalton, Evelyn Fleming, Jimmy Mullins, Garnet Robinson, Pauline Barton and Fannie Davidson; one girl, Edna Mullins and her husband, Clarence both deceased. Also leaves, 4 step children: Betty Deel, Lucille Mead, Patsy Austin, and Junior Davidson; one brother: Tony Smith; one sister: Jettie Hicks.

OWENS, Noah S. b: Jul 1898 d: Apr 23 1975; md: Hettie Deel, Jul 13 1916; 8 children, 5 sons: Milford, Eugene and Clyde of Haysi, Va; Jennings of Frenchburg, Ky; one son, Berlin, killed in WWII, 1914; 3 girls: Mary Jane at home; Margaret and Fannie both deceased. Also leaves 2 brothers: Henry and Harmon of Haysi, Va; 2 sisters: Lula O'Quinn of Haysi, Va; and Maudie O'Quinn of Ohio.

GILBERT, James b: Jan 18 1916 d/o James and Louisa Gilbert d: Nov 7 1974; md: Edna DEEL, Dec 21 1938; 10 children, 5 boys: Dannie, Dexter, Sammy, Melvin all of Bee, Va; Carl of Clincho, Va; 5 girls: Juanita Rasnake, Norfolk, Va; Jerolene Howard, Blacksburg, Va; Mary Lou Duty, Detroit, Mich; Linda Howard, Bee, Va; and Beatrice Gilbert at home; one brother, Perry Gilbert, Council, Va; 2 sisters: Jinnie O'Quinn, Bee, Va; and Ethel Baker, Clintwood, Va.

DEEL, Samuel s/o Larkin and Elizabeth Deel b: Jul 3 1902 Dickenson Co., Va; d: Feb 19 1975; he leaves 2 brothers: Meredith Deel, Kingsport, Tenn, and Henry Deel, Anawalt, WVA; one sister, Vicey O'Quinn, Bee, Va. He was never married. Member of the Sand Lick Primitive Baptist Church.

VIERS, Randall Woodrow, the s/o Woodrow and Connie Viers b: Feb 17 1960 d: Jul 30 1975, he leaves his parents; 5 sisters: Patsy Tiller, Council, Va; Darlene Rice, Fairfax, Va; Patricia, Debbie and Donna Viers all at home; one brother, Keith Allen, at home; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Clara Viers of Vansant, Va; his maternal grandfather, Bill Compton of Honaker, Va.

DEEL, Master Sergeant Harold Butler, b: Mar 5 1930 d: May 10 1969 while serving in the USAF; he was credited with 125 B-52 Combat Missions and also received 8 other outstanding medals; a graduate of Haysi High Schoool; survived by 2 daughters: Cynthia and April Deel; his mother and father: Mr & Mrs. Corbett Deel; 2 brothers: Jim and Bob Deel; one sister, Mrs. Marcella Campari.

SUTHERLAND, Harmon C. s/o Frank and Hattie Sutherland b: Jan 1 1925; d: Jul 5 1974; survived by father of Chichco, Va; 2 brothers: George of Enon, Ohio and Billy of Jacksonville, Fla; one sister: Alene Gigi of Hialiah, Fla; 6 children: Franklin, George, Harmon, Sherry, Johnnie and Lynn.

DEEL, James Allen b: Apr 26 1940 d: Feb 27 1974; s/o Sylvia and Isaac Deel and the step sonof Rosco Deel; leaving 7 sisters and 3 brothers: Pinky of Birchleaf, Va; Ollie Raines of Birchleaf, Va; Maggie Hackney of Haysi, Va; Betty Riva of Milwaukee, Wis; Patsy Blakenblecker of Mich; Lonnie Deel of Birchleaf, Va; Sue Sparrow of Mich; Barbara O'Quinn of Birchleaf, Va; Randy of Mich; Rocky Deel of Mich; also leaves his wife, Ledna O'Quinn Deel: 4 girls: and 2 boys: Jewell, Wendall, Louise, Jenny, Susie and James Everett.

VIERS, Nancy Jane d/o Joe and Leah Viers b: Apr 7 1882 d: Nov 9 1974 md: to the late Marion DAVIS for 61 years; leaving, one sister: Susie Sykes of WVa; 4 sons: Holiday, Arthur and Mack of Haysi Va; and Stewart of Narrows, Va; 3 girls: Delphie Newberry, Stella Sykes and Dorothy Newberry of Haysi, Va. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church

NUNLEY, Fannie Inice d/o Robert and Tennessee Nunley, b: May 27 1915 d: Jun 8 1974; md: Carson EDWARDS, Mar 19 1938; 9 children, one son deceased, David Lee, leaving: 6 boys: Curtis Gene, Dewey Robert, Donald Carson, Douglas Lynn, Neil Van and Danny Darrell; 2 girls: Bernice Davis and Dorothy Mustard; 4 sisters: Geneva Chaffin, Anna Mae Hale, Cleo Holbrook and Maudie Brooks; one brother: Garvis Nunley and one half brother: Mac Arthur Nunley. Member of the San Lick Primitive Baptist Church since Aug 12 1973

DAVIS, Joseph S. s/o the late Hugh C. and Mary (Cosby) Davis; b: Feb 7 1895 d: Jan 26 1975; survived by wife, Lou Davis; one son: Jarvis Davis, Birchleaf Va; one girl: Evelyn Maynard, Ocala, Fla; one sister, Alta Edwards, Haysi, Va; 4 brothers: Fletcher Davis, Birchleaf, Va; Aubrey Davis, Clintwood, Va; Claude Davis, Dearborn, Mich; Lee Davis, Clinchco, Va.

EDWARDS, Rilda Belle d/o Benjamin and Sindusty Edwards b: Mar 20 1886 d: Jan 10 1974; md: Jacob James WOOD, Mar 29 1910 (d: May 20 1971); 11 children: Fred and Stacy Wood of Clinchco, Va; Stella Fuller and Tilda Robinson, Clintwood, Va; Edna Ramey, Clinchco, Va; Jacob Wood, Jr. and Dorsie S. Wood, Troy, Mich; and Mary Lyall, Lake Orian, Mich; Deceased: Lacy, Granville and Dewey Wood. Member of the Sand Lick Primitive Baptist Church.

STEVENS, Hazel b: Apr 18 1925 d: Apr 10 1975; leaving her husband, Truman SMITH; one son: James Duty, 2 step daughters: Janice Ann Edwards and Rosie Ellen Turner; her mother, Lillian Mae Stevens; 6 brothers: Roby Stevens, Arvil Lee, Rev. William Elbert, G. w. Stevens, David Albert Stevens, and Clyde Raymond Stevens; 3 sisters: Sarah Duty, Lillie Mae Robinson, and Imagene Stanley. Member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 35 years.

DUTY, Starlin s/o Charlie and Gencie May Duty b: May 15 1895 d: Jan 13 1975; md: Matilda DEEL, 1927; one son deceased, leaving his wife, one brother, Henry, Coeburn, Va; 3 sisters: Elizabeth Runyons, Vansant, Va; Martha Artrip, Bristol, Va; and Mary Dotson, Lebanon, Va.

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