Raleigh-Summers County WV Archives Obituaries.....Vest, Sanford Walter May 13, 1961
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Post-Heral/Raleigh Register May 14, 1961
Sanford Walter Vest, 71, of Jumping Branch, Summers County, died on May 13, 
1961, in a Martinsburg hospital. (This was probably the Veterans 
Administration Center since Mr. Vest was a World War I veteran.) He was a 
retired farmer and a member of the Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church. 
Mr. Vest was a long-time resident of White Oak Mountain in Raleigh County. He 
was a son of Columbus Washington "Lum" Vest and wife Malinda Cochran Vest. He 
was survived by a brother, Ethiel B. Vest.

Additional Comments:
Followup obituary: Raleigh Register, May 15, 1961. 

Sanford Walter Vest's nickname was "Samp." He was a very devout man who was 
devoted to his church, the Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church. 

His grandniece Eva Smith said, "We all remember Uncle Sanford as a man with a 
deep personal relationship with God. He lived with my family when I was a tiny 
girl and I still have the impression 50-some years later that this was the 
only true saint I will ever meet.  It wasn’t what he said or even what he did. 
Sanford just had this 'aura' that even a little girl picked up on. Sanford 
would take a walk each evening. I wanted to tag along but he would shoo me 
away. One winter day when the snow was very deep, he only walked a short way 
into the wood. I saw him kneeling in prayer. These were his private times with 
God."


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