Vance Cemetery Logan Co. WV Submitted by Betty Dulcie Listed by families and beginning with oldest in each family spouses will be listed together: Roland Bias Vance (s/Washington & Cynthia Dempsey Vance) b. C. 1838 -- d. April 1906 Julie Ann Lowe Vance(d/Susan Lowe Dillon) b.1845 -- d. 1920 or 1921 Bill Vance(s/Roland Bias & Julie Ann Lowe Vance) Bill was said to be the first person buried at the Vance Cemetery...the site was a corn field and he was working and rode his horse through the branch ........cold water caused him to take "quick tb" and he died within 3 days. WASHINGTON LEE VANCE'S FAMILY Washington Lee Vance.Sr(s/Roland Bias & Julie Ann Lowe Vance) b. May 24, 1864 -- d. July 09, 1925 Lydia Newsome Vance(d/John & Rebecca Dillon Newsome) b.May 27, 1873 d. after 1902 before 1906....first wife of Washington Lee Vance,Sr. Uriah Vance (s/Washington Lee & Lydia Newsome Vance) b.May 6, 1894 --died a young child Robert Vance (s/ Washington Lee & Lydia Newsome Vance) b. July 4, 1896 -- died a young child Washington Lee Vance,Jr.(s/Washington Lee, Sr.& Lydia Newsome Vance) b. Oct. 25, 1902 -- d. June 28, 1990 Charles Frederick "Freddy" Vance(s/Washington Lee, Jr.& Allie Williams Vance) Freddy drown in the Guyan River b. Jan., 25, 1935 -- d. June 15, 1944 Florance Canterbury White-Vance (d/Bill & Betty Evans Canterbury) b. Nov. 15, 1911 -- d. June 3, 1991 Third wife of Washington Lee Vance, Jr Joe Harrison Sturgell(s/Joe"Hooter" & Mitchell Vance Sturgell) b.Jan.22, 1922 -- Grandson of Washington Lee, Sr. & Lydia Newsome Vance Bettie Ann Evans Vance(d/Joseph & Elizabeth Dillon York-Evans) b. Feb. 17,1889 -- d. Feb. 12, 1977 second wife of Washington Lee,Sr. Rachel Vance Bush(d/Washington Lee, Sr.&Bettie Ann Evans Vance) Oldest child b. Sept. 25, 1909 -- d. Nov. 25, 1973 Ermal Bush (s/Will and Dicie Adams Bush) Husband of Rachel Vance ---second husband of Julie Vance Fields Bush b.1918?--d.1996 --fall of the year June Bush (d/ Ermal & Rachel Vance Bush) Baby........still born Dicie Marle Bush (d/ Ermal & Rachel Vance Bush) b. Aug., 26, 1941 -- d. June 23,1996 Leah Vance (d/Washington Lee, Sr & Bettie Ann Evans Vance) Second child b. Feb., 7, 1911 -- d. Sept. 8, 1915 Leliah Vance Evans-Allman(d/Washington Lee, Sr.& Bettie Ann Evans Vance -- Fourth child b. March 18, 1916 -- d. April 5, 1982 Orville Evans(s/Bill & Jane Runyon Canterbury-Evans) b. Nov., 5, 1911 -- d. Sept.,3, 1972--first husband of Leliah Vance Clyde Allman second husband to Leliah Vance Evans-Allman s/ Frank & Tennessee Coe Allman b. May 30, 1912 -- d. July 27, 1972 Betty Jane Evans Maynard (d/Orville & Leliah Vance Evans-Allman) Second child b.July 1, 1938 -- d. Feb., 13, 1995 Millard Filmore Vance(s/Washington Lee, Sr. & Bettie Ann Evans Vance) ---Sixth child b. April 10, 1920 -- d. April 9, l989 Billy Vance (s/Washington Lee, Sr. & Bettie Ann Evans Vance) Seventh child b. July 18, 1923 -- d. Jan. 22, 1974 Orpha Lucus Vance(d/George & Ethel Curry Lucus) b. April 3, 1932 -- d. June 1982 second wife of Lafe Vance John Ed Sheppard(s/Lewis & Julie Ann Browning Sheppard) First child b. August 1, 1902 -- d. Nov., 29, 1969-husband of Bersheba Vance Sheppard second daughter of Washington, Lee,& Bettie Ann Evans Vance William "Bill" Evans(s/Joseph & Elizabeth Dillon York-Evans) First surviving child b. Oct., 10, 1887 -- d. Sept., 27, 1964 brother of Bettie Ann Evans Vance JOHN VANCE'S FAMILY John Vance(s/Roland Bias & Julie Ann Lowe Vance) b. Feb., 11, 1870 -- d. Aug., 19,1928 Brook Jane Vance Sturgell (d/John & Rhoda Browning Vance) born about 1895....died about 1928 Second child Rufus French Sturgell (s/Eli, Sr. & Brookie Jane Vance Sturgell) b. June 1915.. died as a child Audry Mae Sturgell (d/Eli, Sr. & Brookie Jane Vance Sturgell) baby Eli Sturgell, Sr. (s/Eli & Alice Belcher Sturgell) b.Sept. 16, 1898 -- d. Oct., 1976 Eli Sturgell, Jr. (s/Eli & Polly Runyon Sturgell) May 30, 1934 --died about 1943 Polly Runyon Sturgell(d/Alex Runyon & Jane Runyon Runyon) second wife of Eli Sturgell, Sr. Confort Hall (s/Lewis & Sarah Runyon Hall) b. 1917 -- d. 1979 second husband of Maude Sturgell Vance-Hall Perry Allen Hall(s/Confort & Maude Sturgell Vance-Hall) b. 1962 -- d. 1963 Melanie Jeanette Hall(d/Comfort & Maude Strugell Vance-Hall) Baby Sally Vance Sturgell (d/John & Rhoda Browning Vance) Second child b.Mar., 8,1893 -- d. May 30, 1953 Grover Cleveland "Cleve"Sturgell(s/Eli & Mary Alice Belcher Sturgell) b. Dec., 23, 1887 -- d. Aug., 24,1975 Nora Sturgell Workman(d/Grover Cleveland "Cleve" & Sally Vance Sturgell) ---First child b. July 27, 1913 -- d. Oct. 9, 1998 Dorthy Sturgell(d/Grover Cleveland "Cleve" & Sally Vance Sturgell) Second child b. Oct.,16, 1916 -- d. Oct.,17, 1916 Easter Sturgell Blankenship-Hall(d/Grover Cleveland "Cleve" & Sally Vance Sturgell) -- Third child b. April 3, 1918 -- d. Nov. 14, 19 Harthard Sturgell (s/Grover Cleveland "Cleve" & Sally Vance Sturgell)----Fourth child b. April 20, 1921 -- d. Sept., 16, 1977 Lendsey Sturgell (s/Grover Cleveland "Cleve" & Sally Vance Sturgell) Sixth child b. April 27, 1927 --d. Nov., 6, 1987 John James Sturgell(s/ Grover Cleveland & Sally Vance Sturgell) Ninth child b. Nov., 14, 1934 -- d. Dec., 6, 1997 Alma Dillon Vance (d/ Albert & Rose Marcum Dillon) b. April 6, 1913 -- d. Aug. 4, 1934 First wife of Gilbert Vance Elizabeth Luster Vance b. May 1913 -- d.? second wife of Gilbert Vance JOSEPH VANCE'S FAMILY Joseph "Joe" Vance (s/Roland Bias, Sr. & Julie Ann Lowe Vance) first husband of Molly Matherly Vance-White Molly Matherly Vance-White b. 1873 -- d. 1940 Alan White b. 1881 -- 1963 second husband of Molly Matherly/Vance-White R. B. (Roland Bias) Vance(s/Joseph "Joe" & Molly Matherly Vance-White) First child b. Nov., 7, 1897 -- d. Sept. 4, 1975 Vernon Vance(s/R.B. (Roland Bias & Ida Runyon Vance) b. 1925 -- d. 1948 Cynthia Vance Chafin(d/Joseph "Joe"& Molly Matherly Vance-White) Second child b. April 7, 1902 -- d. Aug., 15, 1985 Overlene Vance(s/Cynthia Vance Chafin) Baby.....about 15 months old ------only child of Cynthia Abner Chafin b. 1894 -- d. Sept., 11, 1972 SUSANNA VANCE'S FAMILY Susanna Vance Kiser(d/Roland Bias, Sr. & Julie Ann Lowe Vance) b. 1879 -- Will Kiser was husband of Susanna Vance. Will died sometime after 1925 Willard Kiser(s.Will & Susanna Vance Kiser) Was about 42 years old when he died of tb RHODA VANCE BLANKENSHIP'S FAMILY Frank Blankenship(s/James Madison "Tood"& Rhoda Vance Blankenship) b. Aug., 11, 1893 -- Betty Whitt Blankenship (d/Richard & Francis White Whitt) b. March 18, 1885 -- d.Dec., 29, 1932 Ed Blankenship(s/Frank & Bettie Whitt Blankenship) First child b. Dec., 1, 1911 --d. Aug., 4, 1990 Ellen Estep Blankenship(d/ Glen & Bertha Sturgell Estep) First child b. March 31, 1924 -- d. June 19, 2000 wife of Ed Blankenship Larry Blankenship(s/Ed & Ellen Estep Blankenship) First child b. Dec., 9, 1940 -- d. Sept., 25, 1941 Emmett Blankenship(s/Frank & Betty Whitt Blankenship) Second child b. June 28, 1913 -- d. April 14, 1936 Richard "Dick" Blankenship(s/Frank & Betty Whitt Blankenship) Third child b. Nov., 2,1915 -- d. April 14, 1998 Rachel Ramey Blankenship(d/ Thomas P. & Sarah Milinda Maynard Ramey) b. Jan., 16, 1922 -- d. June 16, 1988 wife of Richard "Dick" Blankenship Aubra Blankenship b. April 13, 1942 -- d. April 13, 1942 Aulda Blankenship b. April 13, 1942 -- d. June 11, 1942 Twins of Richard "Dick" & Rachel Ramey Blankenship May Blankenship Mayhorn-Hunt(d. Frank & Betty Whitt Blankenship) b. May 18, 1922 -- d. June 9, 1998 Frank Hunt(s/Elbert & Parlee Dempsey Hunt) b. March 24, 1928 -- Feb., 17, 1981 husband of May Blankenship Mayhorn-Hunt ( second husband) Nancy Likens Curry ...second wife of Rev. Jeff Curry don't know how to spell Nancy's name..Lycans or Likens Earl Curry died as a child (s/Jeff & Nancy Likens Curry) Victory Blankenship Curry(d/James Madison "Tood"& Rhoda Vance Blankenship) first wife of Rev. Jeff Curry Charlotte Ann Curry (d/Levi & Beulah McGuire Curry born 1941 died 3 days old......Levi s/Jeff & Victory Blankenship Curry Macie Adkins(d/Van & Ada Curry Adkins) b. Aug., 1941...died one day old...Ada d/of Jeff & Victory Blankenship Curry Minnie Blankenship Vance(d. James Madison "Tood" & Rhoda Vance Blankenship) b. Sept. 8, 1904 -- d. July 17, 1949 Dewey Vance (s/Elizabeth "Liz" Vance Newsom) Second child of "Liz" d.Sept., 19, 1953 Don Vance(s/Dewey & Minnie Blankenship Vance) b. Jan. 31, 1924 -- d. Nov. 27, 1982 Elizabeth "Lizzy" Jackson Vance(d/Matt & Brook Ellis Jackson) b. May 29, 1923 -- d. Sept. 28, 1996 Imojean Vance Arend (d. Dewey & Minnie Blankenship Vance) b. May 4, 1935 -- d. Nov. 6, 1967 Abner Vance, Sr. Abner "Ab" Vance(s/Roland Bias & Julie Ann Lowe Vance) b. 1872 -- Dec., 31, 1952 Mary Sheppard Vance(d/Lewis, Sr. & Elizabeth Belcher Sheppard) b.Nov., 17, 1885 -- d. Oct., 29, 1928 first wife of Abner, Sr. Loranzo "Ranz" Vance(s/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance) Second child b. about 1908 or 09 -- d. 1937 Virgie Vance Mayhorn(d/Loranzo "Ranz"Vance & Mary Sheppard Spry) only child of Mary and Loranzo......first child of Mary. Only child of Loranzo b. April 10, 1930 -- d. June 18, 1948 Abner "Abby" or "Dock" Vance(s/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance)---Third child b. Aug. 22, 1910 -- d. March 9, 1989 Julie Vance Fields-Bush(d/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance) Fourth child b. 1913 -- d. 1976 Chris Fields first husband of Julie Vance Fields-Bush b. Jan. 30, 1899 --d. May 14, 1973 Linnie Vance Buzzard(d/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance) Fifth child b. Feb. 18, 1915 -- d. Aug. 31, 1977 Summers Buzzard(s/Thomas & Kathern Sturgell Buzzard) b. Aug. 3, 1912 -- d. Sept., 13, 1991 Epherm "Eff"Vance(s/Abner, Sr & Mary Sheppard Vance) Sixth child b. July 11, 1917 -- d. Jan. 26, 1997 Cora Nelson Vance (d. Elander & Polly Williamson Nelson) first wife of Epherm Vance b. Nov. 24, 1931 -- d. Aug. 3, 1984 Lawrence Vance (s/Epherm & Cora Nelson Vance) Third child b. Nov.16, 1956 --d. Dec., 3, 1998 Yvonne Workman Vance(d.George & Sally Vance Workman b. March 19, 1956 -- d. Sept. 12, 1997 wife of Lenord Vance Enoch "Strawberry"Vance(s/Abner, Sr.& Mary Sheppard Vance) Seventh child b. March 10, 1919 -- d. Aug., 11, 1996 Enos "Red" Vance(s/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance) Eighth child ---twin to Cindy b. Dec. 4, 1922 -- d. Aug., 23, 1989 Cindy Vance Williamson(d/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance) Eighth child --- twin to Enos b. Dec., 4, 1922 -- d.Nov. 25, 1969--"Red & Cindy were twins Elijah "Cobby" Vance(s/Abner, Sr. & Mary Sheppard Vance) Ninth child b. Aug., 25, 1925 -- d. June 25,1990 Rose Dunigan Parsley-Vance b.June 4, 1904 -- d. March 13, 1989 second wife of Abner, Sr. Noah Vance (s/Abner, Sr. & Rose Dunigan Parsley-Vance) First child of Abner, Sr. & Rose b. Jan. 21, 1932 -- d. Feb., 2001 Janetta Sue Vance(d/Abner,Sr. & Rose Dunigan Parsley-Vance) b. Aug. 22, 1941--------still born Roland Vance(s/Abner, Sr. & Rose Dunigan Parsley-Vance) Third child b. Oct., 1937 -- d. Jan., 27, 1985 Everett Vance(s/Abner, Sr. & Rose Dunigan Parsley-Vance) Fourth child of Abner, Sr. & Rose b.March 22, 1940 -- d. June 16, 1991 FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE VANCES Lloyd George Blankenship b. 1942 --1942 Thomas Richard Blankenship Nov. 11, 1966.....only date on stone A.B. Browning b. 1897 -- d. 1965 Sally Browning b. Jan., 5, 1897 -- d. April 2, 1917 Perry Lee Callaway son - in - law of Anderson D. "Ance" Ellis Dave Dempsey Is the only Black man buried in the Vance Family Cemetery Baby Dillon (George & Sena McCoy Dillon) Baby Dillon (George & Sena McCoy Dillon) Baby Girl Dillon (d/Hesikiah & Mary Meade Dillon) Eunice Tackett Dillon wife of James Harvy Dillon James Harvy Dillon (s/Samual & Susan Lowe Dillon) Noah Dillon (s/ James Harvy & Eunice Tackett Dillon) Saul Dillon(s/James Harvy & Eunice Tackett Dillon) b. June 2, 1896 -- d. Oct., 12, 1961 William Fredrick Evans (s/Alex,Sr & Martha Sheppard Evans) b. Oct., 10, 1930 --d. Oct. 1961 Anderson D. "Ance" Ellis (s/Elizabeth Belcher Sheppard) b. 1867 -- d. 1948 Bruce Ellis(s/Anderson & Dora Ellis) baby Dora E. Ellis wife of Anderson D. "Ance" Ellis b. 1877 -- d. 1962 Wilson Ellis (s/ Anderson D. "Ance" & Dora E. Ellis) b. 1909 -- d. 1958 William "Bill" Evans (s/Joseph & Elizabeth Dillon York-Evans) b. Oct., 10 1887 -- d. Sept., 27, 1964 brother of Bettie Ann Evans Vance Jamson Lycans b. 1862 -- d. 1919 Henry Marcum (s/Anthony, Sr. & Nona or Nola Whitt Marcum) b. Jan., 18, 1931 -- d. Feb., 21, 1997 Willard Sansom b. 1887 -- d. 1919 Connie Ramey (d/Thomas P. & Sarah Milanda Maynard Ramey) b. April 9, 1945 -- d. April 9, 1945 Conrad Ramey (s/Thomas P. & Sarah Milanda Maynard Ramey) b. Dec., 23, 1943 -- d. Dec., 23, 1943 Ivory Vance Newsom-Runyon(d/Alan "Bear" Runyon) Adopted by Lewis "Lew" & Maude Vance b. Sept., 3, 1913 Chauncy Sheppard (s/Lewis & Julie Ann Browning Sheppard) Child Dave Sheppard (s/George & Letha White Sheppard) b. June 22, 1912 -- d. May 12, 1956 Elijah Sheppard (s/Lewis & Julie Ann Browning Sheppard) b. Jan. 7, 1916 -- d. April 27, 1955 Julie Ann Browning Sheppard(d/Robert Browning & Rhoda Browning) b. Jan. 7, 1884 -- d. Oct., 11, 1948 Lewis Sheppard,Jr.(s/Lewis, Sr. & Elizabeth Belcher Sheppard) b. 1880 -- d. Oct. 1937 Lewis Sheppard III (s/Lewis, Jr. & Julie Ann Browning Sheppard) small child Virgil Lee Sheppard , Sr. (s/Lewis & Julie Ann Browning Sheppard) b. Aug. 18, 1925 -- d. Jan., 5, 1970 Mary Sheppard Spry(d/Lewis & Julie Ann Browning Sheppard) b. Dec. 27, 1906 -- d. July 4, 1948 May Jinkins Vance wife of Bill Vance........unknown .....both John Blackburn Sturgell(s/Blackburn Sturgell & Elizabeth Vance Newsom) b.June 6, 1904 -- d. July 26,1974 Lewis "Lew" Vance(s/Tony & Amanda Belcher Vance) b. March 2, 1880 -- d. Jan. 1, 1953 Maude Clay? Vance b. Oct. 23, 1872 -- d. April 29, 1956 Polly Dillon White(d/Samual & Susan Lowe Dillon) b. 1865 -- d. 1945 the half sister of Julie Ann Lowe Vance