West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 137 Today's Topics: #1 Robert Morrison Lambie of Stone Cl ["Chris & Kerry" ] #5 OBIT: Gene A Bess, Longwood Fla. [Jean Monk ] #6 OBIT: Crosbey E Bias, West Hamlin [Jean Monk ] #7 OBIT: CHAUNCEY BIAS [Jean Monk ] #8 OBIT: Kenny Adkins, Peach Creek [Jean Monk ] #9 OBIT: Dorsey Ashworth [Jean Monk ] #10 OBIT: Blanche Adkins [Jean Monk ] #11 OBIT: Homer Adkins, [Jean Monk ] #12 OBIT: Clyde W Beckett, Milton [Jean Monk ] #13 OBIT: Charles Vinson Bias [Jean Monk ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 10:36:36 -0500 From: "Chris & Kerry" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <009d01bf3e6d$5aa9d460$69421104@ChrisKerry> Subject: Robert Morrison Lambie of Stone Cliff, Fayette County, West Virginia Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York, Volume II pg.64 & 65 STATE DEPARTMENT OF MINES. The first law governing the mining industry of West Virginia was enacted by the Legislature in 1883, creating the office of state mine inspector, with one inspector for the entire state. At the session of the Legislature in 1887 the act was amended, providing for two inspectors, and in 1893 it was again amended, increasing the number of inspectors to three. At the session of the Legislature of 1897 the original act was further amended by providing for a chief inspector and four district inspectors. This number was again increased by the Legislature of 1901 to five district mine inspectors, and increased again in 1905 to seven district mine inspectors. At the session of the Legislature of 1907 the Department of Mines was created, the head of the department being given the title of chief of department of mines, with twelve district mine inspectors. This act was again amended at the session of the Legislature in 1915 by a provision of three additional district mine inspectors, making fifteen in all. At the session of the Legislature of 1917 the law was further amended by placing all sand mines, sand pits, clay mines, clay pits, quarries and cement works under the jurisdiction of the department and provided for an inspector for same. In the year 1919 the Legislature re-enacted the mining law and provided for four district mine inspectors, making a total of nineteen inspectors. The Legislature of 1919 also provided for the establishment of seven mine rescue stations and for a director of mine rescue, who has headquarters at Charleston, and since the office has been created hundreds of men have been trained in first aid and mine rescue work. The stations are established at Charleston, Mount Hope, Fairmont, Elkins, Wheeling, Logan and Welch. At the session of the Legislature of 1921 the mining law was again amended and three additional district mine inspectors provided for, bringing the total of the department to twenty-two district mine inspectors, one inspector of sand mines, etc., a director of mine rescue and chief of department of mines. In 1920 the first annual first aid meet was held by the Department of Mines at Charleston. The first concerted action of West Virginia in the International First Aid Contest resulted in the Scarbro Team of the New River Company carrying off the championship. The Mine Rescue Team from Scarbro took sixth place in mine rescue work; and at the International First Aid and Mine Rescue Contest at St. Louis, Missouri, on September 1, 2, 3, 1921, the White Oak Team of the New River Company won the international championship for mine rescue work, thus bringing to West Virginia both championships in successive years. Logan County first produced coal in 1904, 52,673 tons being mined that year, and it has had the most rapid growth of any coal field in the world, as they produced 9,824,785 gross tons and employed 1,000 men in and about the mines in 1920. Logan County has seventy-three coal companies operating 146 mines. According to the reports of the United States Geological Survey in 1883, 2,335,833 tons of coal were mined in the State of West Virginia, and this has gradually increased until in 1920 there was mined in this state 89,590,274 tons, and at the present time the potential tonnage of West Virginia is 140,000.000 tons. Total available coal yet remaining in West Virginia is estimated to be 159,814,662,527 short tons. In 1920 there were 882 coal companies operating 1,440 mines and employing in and about the mines 105,000 men. So far there has not been anything discovered that will permanently take the place of coal. It is true we have oil gas, which have been tried out, but no one has been to determine the amount in reserve we have of either, we do know that the amount of coal in West Virginia is almost inexhaustible and that the West Virginia coals the best quality coals known. It is also true that several fields of the United States are rapidly becoming exhausted, therefore it is only natural that West Virginia with great resources will supply the shortage created by these different sections falling off in production. The chief of the Department of Mines is Robert Morrison Lambie, a native of Scotland, and trained in the practical technical business of mining in that country, though nearly all his active career and experience have been in the industry of West Virginia. Mr. Lambie was born at Stirling, Scotland, in 1886, son Robert and Elizabeth (Morrison) Lambie, representing some of the good families of Scotland that have made that country distinguished for its brain and brawn. After Robert M. Lambie came to America his parents followed and they all lived together in West Virginia. Robert Lambie becoming ill, went back to Scotland for his health died while there. In Scotland he acted as agent for a British Explosive Syndicate. The mother is still living and divides her time between Scotland and West Virginia. Robert Morrison Lambie was educated in the schools of Stirling, and spent four years in night school in that city, studying mining practice and mining engineering. In 1903, at the age of seventeen, he came to America and located at Stone Cliff, Fayette County, West Virginia. His first employment there was as a driver in the coal mines, and he has performed practically every duty in connection with coal mining from laborer to managing official. His duty for a number of years involved important responsibilities with leading coal mine corporations. For three years he had charge of the operations of the Havoca Mining Company in McDowell County. For three years he was employed in a managerial capacity by the McKell Coal & Coke Company's three operations in Fayette County. He resigned to become district inspector for the State Department of Mines, an office he held two years. He then became division superintendent of the New River Coal Company on the White Oak Branch, having charg! e of eight operations of that company in Fayette County. Mr. Lambie and family reside in Fayette County, and he is a member of the Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church there. He married Miss Annie Hope Thompson, of that county. Their three children Bessie Morrison, Robert Alexander and Annie Laurie Lambie. In 1919 Governor John J. Cornwell called Mr. Lambie to the office of chief of the Department of Mines, and he is serving by reappointment in 1921 from Governor E. F. Morgan. The outstanding purpose of the Department of Mines is to safeguard the miners in their work and to eliminate as far as possible the hazards and dangers of their mine operations. Experts have declared the Department of Mines of West Virginia possesses the most scientific and efficient safety devices and equipment of any state of the Union. Costly and very technical instruments for detecting gas, devices to be worn as safeguards from gas effects, are part of the department's regular equipment. Another instrument is the Geophone, invented and used in France during the World war by sappers, so highly sensitive that in a mine where a fire or explosion or falling walls have cut off miners their location can be detected through many feet of solid coal. This safety equipment is so located at strategic points thr! ough the coal mining district that it can be rushed to the desired points in the quickest possible time. Mr. Lambie having made these subjects his life work is eminently fitted for the responsible office he fills, and is constantly making experiments and investigations to increase the usefulness of the department. He is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 10:46:38 -0500 From: "Chris & Kerry" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00af01bf3e6e$d2556640$69421104@ChrisKerry> Subject: Elijah James Stone of Wheeling West Virginia Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York, Volume II pg.65 ELIJAH JAMES STONE, assistant manager of the department store of Stone & Thomas, one of the largest and most popular retail mercantile establishments not only in the City of Wheeling but also in the State of West Virginia, has the further distinction of having been one of the gallant young men who represented this state in the nation's military service in France at the time of the great World war. Mr. Stone was born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, March 17, 1890, but he is a representative of one of the old and honored families of what is now West Virginia. His grandfather, Elijah James Stone, whose full patronymic he bears, was a native of Massachusetts and was one of the pioneer merchants of Wheeling, West Virginia, the business which he here established having been the nucleus around which has been evolved the substantial mercantile enterprise now conducted by the firm of Stone & Thomas. He was associated with his brother-in-law, the late Jacob C. Thomas, in founding the business at Wheeling, and here he continued as an honored and representative citizen until his death, which occurred prior to the birth of his grandson and namesake, the subject of this sketch. His wife, Elizabeth (Thomas) Stone, likewise died in this city. Edward L. and Elizabeth (Elson) Stone, parents of him whose name initiates this review, still maintain their home at Wheeling, where the father is liv! ing virtually retired, he having been succeeded by his only son in the active supervision of the great department store to the upbuilding of which he gave his splendid energies for many years. He succeeded his father in the business, and has lived in Wheeling and vicinity all his life, his wife having been born in this city and the subject of this sketch being the younger of their two children. The elder child, Katharine Elson, became the wife of J. S. Gibbs, Jr., who is engaged in the insurance business at Wheeling, and she was thirty-one years of age at the time of her death. After having profited by the advantages of the public schools of Wheeling, Elijah J. Stone here continued his studies in Linsly Institute, and thereafter he attended St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire. He then entered historic old Yale University, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1911 and with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. At the university he became affiliated with the Chi Phi fraternity. After leaving Yale Mr. Stone returned to Wheeling and identified himself actively with the department store of Stone & Thomas, the modern building of which is situated at the corner of Main and Bridge streets. Under the original firm name the business has been incorporated, and its officers are as here noted: W. E. Stone, president; E. L. Stone, vice president; J. S. Jones, secretary; W. E. Rowns, treasurer; and E. J. Stone, assistant manager. Mr. Stone is loyal to his home city, is one of its liberal and progressive young business men and popular citi! zens, is a republican in politics, and holds membership in the Wheeling Country Club, the Fort Henry Club and the University Club. In May, 1917, the month following that in which the United States entered the World war, Mr. Stone enlisted and was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he later received commission as a first lieutenant. On the 10th of September of that year he was sent overseas as a casual, and in France he attended the artillery school at Saumur. He then became a member of the Twenty-sixth Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, with which be was in service in the Chemin des Dames sector, northwest of Toule, for three months, next passed two months in the Chateau Thierry sector, and thereafter was in the Meuse-Argonne sector, where he was stationed at the time of the signing of the armistice. In each of these sectors Mr. Stone was with the artillery on the firing line, and in September, 1918, he was advanced to the rank of captain. He returned to the United States in May, 1919, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. After this ex! cellent record of patriotic service Captain Stone returned to Wheeling and resumed his association with the business of the company of which he is assistant manager. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:47:20 EST From: PJSTON@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.3e6c158f.257ae5e8@aol.com> Subject: BIO: BUCHANAN, Joseph K.-Uniontown, PA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II pg 93 Joseph Kerr Buchanan, manager of the West Virginia Utilities Company, and one of the younger prominent business men of Morgantown, was born April 22, 1883, at Clinton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of the Rev. Aaron Moore Buchanan, D.D., now of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The Buchanan genealogy appears on record as follows: (I) James Buchanan, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on May 23, 1761, served as a private in Captain Morrison's Company of Potter's Battalion of Pennsylvania Infantry in the Revolutionary war; he removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died November 25, 1823; he married Margaret Ross. (II) John, son of James and Margaret (Ross) Buchanan, was born February 28, 1798; married on February 4, 1823, Margaret Chambers, and removed to Hancock County, Virginia-now West Virginia, where he died in 1834. (III) Joseph Kerr, son of John and Margaret (Chambers) Buchanan, was born in Hancock County, West Virginia, January 23, 1830. His parents dying before he had reached his fifth year, he was reared in the family of Aaron and Polly (Stevens) Moore, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He married Martha Bigger, who was born April 9, 1830; he died August 30, 1894, his widow on January 16, 1909. (IV) Aaron Moore Buchanan, D.D., son of Joseph K. and Martha (Bigger) Buchanan, was born in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1856. He attended Frankfort Springs academy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College A.B., Class of '79; graduated from Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1882; was licensed to preach April 21, 1881, by the Presbytery of Washington, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Pittsburgh, October 4, 1882; from October 1882, to May, 1886, he was pastor of Hebron Presbyterian Church, Clinton, Pennsylvania, and became pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Morgant own, West Virginia, in May, 1886,continuing until 1915; he is now superintendent of missions of Redstone Presbytery and resides at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Washington and Jefferson College gave him the D.D. degree in June, 1899; he served as chaplain of the First Regiment of Infantry, West Virginia National Guard, from July 24, 1894, for twenty years. On June 28, 1882, he was united in marriage with Sarah Wiley, of Washington, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John and Margaret (McLain) Wiley, and granddaughter of William Taylor and Martha (Harbison) Wiley. Her maternal great-grandparents, John and Massy (White) Harbison, figure in the early history of Western Pennsylvania, both John Harbison and Edward White having served in the American Revolution. Massy (White) Harbison was twice captured by Indians, and all of her children except a baby in arms were killed by savages. Joseph K. Buchanan was reared in Morgantown, where he was prepared for college and entered West Virginia University. He left the university before completing his junior year in 1904 to enter the employ as meter reader and general utility man of the then Union Utilities Company at Morgantown and has continued with that corporation through its different reorganizations, having been made manager in 1910 and continues in that position with what is now the West Virginia Utilities Company. He is president of the Morgantown Hardware Company, president of the Reger Oil Company and a director in the Morgantown Savings and Loan Society. He is first vice president of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and a member of Morgantown Rotary Club and of the Kappa Psi Phi fraternity, of which fraternity his father is also a member. Mr. Buchanan married Frances Louisa, daughter of Hugh Craig and Pauline (Davis) Allison, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and they have one daughter, Mary Buchanan, born December 26, 1919. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:01 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Flossie M Bias, West Hamlin Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 Flossie M Bias WEST HAMLIN-Flossie M Bias, 82 of West Hamlin, died June 25 in St. Maryıs Hospital. She was born Jan 3, 1911, in Sheridan, WV., the daughter of the late Lucian and Anna Hayes Midkiff. She was a retired teacher of 44 years for the Lincoln County Board of Education. She was a member of the Rebecca Lodge, the West Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department Womenıs Auxillary and the West Hamlin United Methodist Church. She was a devoted mother, wife and teacher. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Willie D. Bias; one son and daughter-in-law, William K and Sonia Bias of Texas City, Texas; one daughter, Delois Preston of Huntington; one brother, Donald Gene Midkiff of West Hamlin; one sister, Jewell Midkiff, also of West Hamlin; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral was at 2 p.m. Sunday at the McGhee-Handley Funeral home, West Hamlin, WV. Burial was in Enon Cemetery, Salt Rock. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:02 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Gene A Bess, Longwood Fla. Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 GENE A. BESS, 62, of Longwood, Fla., formerly of Branchlad, W.Va. died Friday, Jan 1, 1993, in St. Maryıs Hosppital, Huntington. He was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Branchland, W.Va., son of Mildred V Lusher of Barboursville, W. Va., and the late Clyde L. Bess. He was a member of the Protestant faith and a member of the Disabled American Veterans of Sanford, Fla. He was a retired postal worker. He also is survived by his wife, Juanieta Harmon Bess; two daughters, Andrea V. Bess of Florida and Martina L. Baca of California; one son, Thomas G. Bess of Florida; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Marie McComas of Salt Rock, W. Va., and Donna and Tom Miller of Newark, Ohio; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Clyde L. Bess Jr. of Barboursville, Callie Bess of Salt Rock, George E. and Patty Lusher and John I. And Stephanie Lusher, all of Barboursville; and three granchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at McGhee-Handley Funeral home by the Rev. Carl Merritt. Burial will be in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Lake Mary, Fla. Friends may call from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:02 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Crosbey E Bias, West Hamlin Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MR CROSBEY E BIAS CLAIMED BY DEATH Was Known Farmer of West Hamlin Route 1, And A Son Of The Late Sheriff Dan Bias Crosby E. Bias, fifty-three years old of West Hamlin, Route 1, who died Tuesday night of last week at his home, was buried Friday at 2:30 P.M. in Lincoln Memorial Park following funeral services at the West Hamlin Baptist Church, with the Rev. R. P. Isaacs officiating. Mr Bias was an excellent farmer citizen and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was a son of the late Sheriff Dan Bias, and spent most of his life on a farm on Buffalo Creek, near Hamlin. Surviving are the widow: Mrs. Eva Johnson Bias; five sons, C. J. Bias of Huntington, Forest Bias of Hamlin, Dorsey and Calvin Bias of the U. S. Army, and Crosby Bias Jr, at home; six daughters Mrs. Oneida Bias of Huntington, Mrs. Juanita Hodge of Culloden and Misses Glennith , Jessie, Doris and Dendandalee Bias, all of West Hamlin; six brothers, Ross, Charley, Otis, Chancey, mack and Shelby Bias, all of West Hamlin; a sister, Mrs. Queen Sikes of Huntington, and four grandchildren. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:02 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: CHAUNCEY BIAS Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CHAUNCEY BIAS Born December 14, 1892 died December 4, 1976. Age 83 yrs. 11 months, 20 days. Son of the late Daniel and Emily Alford Bias. Funeral services 11 a.m. Monday December 6, 1976, Koontz Funeral home, Hamlin, W.Va. Rev. Roscoe Bias, and Rev. Bobby Burns officiating. Burial in Bias Cemetery, Route 1 West Hamlin, W.Va. Surviving, 1 son Wilford Bias, 3 daughters, Mrs. Nella Mae Pridemore, Mrs. Eloise Kingery, and Mrs. Mildred Johnson. 24 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren. ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:02 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Kenny Adkins, Peach Creek Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 KENNY ADKINS PEACH CREEK ­ Kenny Adkins, 86, died Friday, July 2, 1993 at Logan General Hospital. He was born July 7, 1906, at Gill, WV, a son of the late Ira and Valeria Adkins. Mr Adkins was preceded in death by his wife, Virgie Hatfield Adkins on August 15, 1992. He was a retired coal miner from Ethel Chilton Coal Co., and a member of the United Mine Workers of America. He is also of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include two daughters, Maxine Bowen of Columbus, Ohio and Barbara Jean Jeffery of Henlawson; one son, Logan County Clerk Glen D Adkins of Peach Creek; one sister, Ora Holley of Hamlin; seven grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Monday, July 5, 2 p.m., at Rocky Hill Freewill Baptist Church at Chapmanville, with the Rev. Douglas Young, the Rev. Gernie Bailey, and the Rev. T. F. Burchett officiating. Burial was in Highland Memorial Gardens, Godby. Pallbearers were Tom Com, Sid Radburn, Roger Mullins, Bud Mullins, Jerry Nash, Glenwood Bowen. Honory pallbearers were harry (Butch) Smolenski, Howard Farley, Jr., Charles (Buddy) Stollings, Dennie Ferrell, Jesse Estep, David Nelson, Eddie Puskas, Danny Maynard, Brian Fry, Claude Stinson, George (Bubbles) Hall, Greg Butcher, Willis Blevins, Jack Huffman, Elmer Huffman, Eugene Huffman, Dennie Huffman, Amos Holland, and Jack Sexton. Evans Funeral Home, Chapmanville was in charge of arrangements. ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:02 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Dorsey Ashworth Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 DORSEY ASHWORTH Born: September 10, 1914; Died: January 30, 1983; Age: 68 years, 4 months and 20 days. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, February 2, 1983, at Eleven OıClock Am., at the Koontz Funeral home, Hamlin, W.V., with Rev. Lawrence Duiley officiating. Interment in the Curry Chapel Cemetery, near Hamlin, W.V. He was the son of the late Henderson "Bill" and Arguilla Carpenter Ashworth, and the Widower of Fannie Baker Ashworth. Surviving are: 3 Sons: Roy, Billy and Guy Ashworth; 2 Daughters: Mary Ann Pinkus and Sylvia Campbell; 2 Brothers: Herman and Leslie Ashworth; 2 Sisters: Zola Blankenship and Louise Garrett; 9 Granchildren and 1 Great Grandchild. ______________________________X-Message: #10 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:03 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Blanche Adkins Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 BLANCHE ADKINS Born: September 25, 1899; Died: May 14, 1991; Age: 91 Years, 7 Months, and 19 Days. Funeral Services will be at the Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, West Virginia, Friday, May 17, 1991 ­ 11:00 OıClock A. M. with Reverend K. D. Bragg officiating. Interment will be in Bear Branch Cemetery, Spurlocksville, West Virginia. She was a Daughter of the late William and Laura Lovejoy Hill; was the Widow of John W Adkins; and was a Member of the New Bethel Baptist Church, Spurlocksville, W. Va. SURVIVING: Two Sons: William C Adkins and Charles Dwayne Adkins; Two Daughters: Joyce Ramey and Nadine White; Two Brothers: Eustace Hill and Ronald Hill; One Sister: Irene Linville; Seventeen Grandchildren, Twenty-eight Great Grandchildren, and Two Great Great Grandchildren. ______________________________X-Message: #11 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:03 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Homer Adkins, Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 Homer Adkins Born: October 6, 1909; Died: October 2, 1988; Age: 78 years, 11 months and 27 days. Funeral services will be at the Koontz Funeral home, Hamlin, W. Va. Wednesday, October 5th, 1988 ­ 11:00 O;Clock A.M. with Reverend J. W. Burch officiating. Interment will be in Goldsbury Cemetery, Sias, W. Va. He was a Son of the late Ira and Valarie Adkins; was the widower of Ida Adkins; was a retired Farmer and former Taxi Cab Driver. SURVIVING: Two Daughters: Essie Keister and Linda Brown; One Brother: Kenny Adkins; One Sister: Ora Holley; Four Grandchildren, One Great Grandchild; and a Special Friend: Thelma Tomblin. ______________________________X-Message: #12 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:03 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Clyde W Beckett, Milton Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Clyde W. Beckett CLYDE W BECKETT, 70 years, 11 months and 7 days, of Milton, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 7, 1995, in St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, march 10, 1995, at Milton Funeral Home by the Rev. Bob Mayes and the Rev. David Adkins. Burial will be in Portersville Cemetery, West Hamlin, W. Va. He was born March 8, 1924, in Milton, a son of the late Ernest Beckett and Ella Venoy Beckett. He was retired from Connors Steel and was a member of the Portersville Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Amy Stratton Beckett; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Michael of Milton, Gerald and Janice of West Hamlin, Faron and lisa of Hamlin, W. Va., and Tracey and Stacie of Milton; one daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Roger Adkins of Hamlin; 11 grandchildren; 2 sisters, Leslie Heath of Lorain, Ohio, and Violet Woodward of Culloden, W. Va., two brothers, Garland Beckett of Milton and Raymond Beckett of Huntington, and two special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Spurlock. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Milton Funeral Home. ______________________________X-Message: #13 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:56:02 -0500 From: Jean Monk To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Charles Vinson Bias Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id RAA25389 CHARLES VINSON BIAS Born: June 29, 1929; Died: December 2, 1982; Age: 53 years, 5 months and 4 days. Funeral Services will be Sunday, December 5, 1982, at Two oıclock Pm., at the Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, W.V., with Rev. Emil Parker officiating. Interment in Enon Cemetery, Salt Rock, W.V. He was a graduate of Guyan Valley High School, a veteran of the US Air Force in the Korean Conflict, and was a pipefitter. Surviving are: his Parents, Romie and Opal Pridemore Bias; 2 Daughters: Deborah Friberg, and Kathleen Bias; 1 Brother, Larry Bias; 1 Sister, Carolyn Perry; and 1 Granddaughter Ileah Friberg