WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 10 Today's Topics: #1 OBIT: Thomas Blackburn Barrett ["Jean R. Monk" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Thomas Blackburn Barrett Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit THOMAS BLACKBURN BARRETT Born: November 21, 1890; Died; May 13, 1977; Age, 86 years, 5 months, 23 days. Funeral services 2:00 o'clock pm, Sunday, May 15, 1977, at the Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, WV, with Reverend E.E. Hall officiating. Burial will be in the Scites Cemetery, West Hamlin, WV. Son of the late Alonzo Barrett and the late Mattie Bostick Barrett. SURVIVORS: Widow; Laura Scites Barrett: Two sons; Haven and Hircle: Two daughters; Juanita Lucas and Freeda Weaver: One sister; Ora Woodall: One stepson; Lester Scites; twelve granchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, WV, in charge of Funeral Arrangements. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 20:40:20 -0500 From: "Jean R. Monk" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Hercile H. "Chick" Barrett, Hamlin, WV Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit HERCILE H. 'CHICK' BARRETT Born: January 26, 1929; Died: May 2, 1991; Age: 62 years, 3 months and 6 days. Funeral services will be at the Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, West Virginia. Sunday, May 4, 1991 - 2:00 oclock pm with Reverend Clarence Hutton and Reverend Frances Brown officiating. Interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park, Hamlin, W. Va. He was a son of the late Thomas and Laura Scites Barrett. He was a former Member of the Oriental band, Beni Kadem Shrine, Charleston, WV; was a Member of Hamlin Lodge #79, F.F. & A. M.; was a Member of Trinity Methodist Church; and was a member of Guy M Edwards Post #8886, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a former principal at Cabell High School; and was a former Coat at John Adams Jr. High School and Charleston High School. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. SURVIVING: his wife; Jo Ann Turley Barrett; two sons: Stephen Frazier Barrett and Michael Aaron Barrett; one brother: Haven Barrett; two sisters Juanita Lucas and Freda Weaver; one half-brother: Lester Scites and three granchildren: Stephanie Barrett, Tiffany Nicole Barrett, and Ian Frazier Barrett. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 20:45:16 -0500 From: "Jean R. Monk" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: OBIT: Haven 'Bus' Barrett, Hamlin, WV Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit HAVEN 'BUS' BARRETT Born: September 4, 1923; Died: April 25, 1992; Age: 68 years, 7 months, 21 days. Funeral services will be at the Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, West Virginia Monday, April 27, 1992 - 1:00 o'clock pm with Reverend James Mounts and Reverend John Losh officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Memory Garden, Hamlin, W. Va. with Military graveside rites by Members of the U. S. Army from Fort Knox, KY. He was a son of the late Thomas and Laura Scites Barrett. He was a retired Veteran of the U. S. Army with Service in World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. He was of Foreign Wars, abd the Disabled American Veterans. He was a retired Barber; and was a member of the Central Methodist Church, Hamlin, West Virginia. SURVIVING: his wife: Geraldine Thaxton Barrett; one son: Thomas Barrett; and one Daughter: Trina Miller; two step-sons: Charles Dana Wilkinson and Gary Wilkinson; one sister: Juanita Lucas; grandson: Joshua Miller; step-grandsons: Jody and Chad Wilkinson; step-granddaughter: Missy Wilkinson. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:39:15 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38734983.A8565497@newwave.net> Subject: Monroe "Buck" Bailey - Obit.- Kanawha Co. 1946 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Monroe "Buck" Bailey (NOTE* I found this obituary, along with several others, in the back of my great grandmother's Rumford Cookbook! Of all places!) The Charleston Gazzett, Sunday, November 10, 1946 Monroe "Buck" Bailey - 84, a lifelong resident of Putnam County, died yesterday in a local hospital. Surviving are five sons, Carl and Leslie, Heizer; Gallie, Dunbar; Herman, Middleport, Ohio; Bennett, Poca; and three daughters, Mrs. Mary Carney of Red House, Mrs. Alda Landers of Poca, and Mrs. Ida Holstead of Seth; 56 grandchildren and 68 great grandchildren. Service will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the residence at Poca with Nat Cavender officiating. Gatens Mortuary of Poca will direct burial in Humphreys Cemetary, grandson's will act as pallbearers. ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:40:41 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <387349D9.6B126F61@newwave.net> Subject: Ruth Ross Booth- Obit.- Wayne Co.- 1964 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mrs. Ruth Ross Booth Huntington Herald Dispatch July 27, 1964 Page 9 Mrs. Ruth Ross Booth, 45 years old, of Dearborne, Mich., formerly of Wayne, died Sunday in a Detroit hospital. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 1 p.m., at the Spurlock Memorial Church on Wayne Rt 1. by the Rev. Paul Mullins and the Rev. Roby Fraley and the burial will be in the Mt. Vernon cemetary. She was born October 13, 1919, a daughter of the late Taylor and Rebecca Powers Ross, and was an employee of the Burroughs Corp. in Detroit. Survivors include the husband, Walter Booth; a brother, Muss Ross of Huntington, and seven sisters; Pearl and Judy Ross and Mrs. Hazel Cline, Mrs. Elva Workman of Wayne, Mrs. Ruby Vaughn of Dearborne Heights, Mich., Mrs. Shirley Crockett of Garden City, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Ashworth of Cleveland. The body is at the Morris - Booton Funeral Home at Wayne and will be taken to the church an hour before the service. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:43:03 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38734A67.52CC648C@newwave.net> Subject: Finley F. Caldwell-Obit.- Beckley,W.Va. - 1946 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Finley F. Caldwell (I found this obituary in the back of my great grandmother's "Rumford Cookbook"! ) The Charleston Gazzett, Sunday, November 10, 1946 Finley F. Caldwell - 58, of Beckley, World War I veteran, died early yesterday morning at a BeckleyHospital after several years illness. He was a member of of the Oak Hill Baptist Church and theVeterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Caldwell; two daughters, Patty Jeanand Donna Lynn; four brothers, G.A. and W.F. of Clifty, Charles of Oak Hill, and J.Q. of Logan; a sister, Mrs. J.E. Wiseman of Anstead. Service will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Calfee mortuarychapel, Beckley. Shirley Donnelly will officiate. Burial will be in Calfee cemetary, Mt. Tabor. ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:44:56 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38734AD8.9A5C2323@newwave.net> Subject: Hazel Ross Cline-Obit.- Wayne Co.- 1986 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mrs. Hazel Ross Cline Mrs. Hazel Ross Cline, 77, of Wayne, W.Va. Route 2, died Wednesday, June 25, 1986, at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday at Morris Funeral Home, Wayne, by the Rev. Paul Mullins. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetary. She was born Sept.8,1906 in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Zachariah Taylor Ross and Rebecca Powers Ross. She was also preceaded in death by her husband, Clarence Cline in 1963; one son, Ted Franklin Cline; and four sisters, Oma Sansom, Ruby Vaughn, Ruth Booth, and Mary Ashworth. Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Don (Lucille) Eagleston, of Ypsilanti, Mich., Miss Mildred Cline of Wayne, Mrs. John (Patsy) Lucas of Ontario, Calif.,Ms. Emma Gay Bank of Covina, Calif., Mrs. Bob (Geraldine) Daly of Springfield, Va., Mrs. Craig (Eva) Quackenbush, of Lake Forest, Ill., and Mrs. Claude (Zella) Adkins of Ashland; five sons, Hubert Cline and Willis Cline, both of Wayne, Darrell Cline of Lavalette, Ronnie Cline of Burton, Ohio; and Clarence Ray Cline of Jacksonville, Fla.; four sisters, Miss Judy Ross and Miss Pearl Ross and Mrs. Elva Workman, all of Wayne, and Mrs. Shirley Crockett of Wayne, Mich.; one brother, Muss Ross of Huntington; 24 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Morris Funeral Home. ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:46:13 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38734B25.2B4E4151@newwave.net> Subject: Ted. S. Cline - Obit.- Wayne Co.- 1963 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ted S. Cline The Herald Advertiser - Sunday, Dec.1, 1963 Gunner's mate 2-C, Ted S. Cline - Twenty-seven years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cline of Wayne Route 2, was killed in a traffic accident in North Chicago on Wednesday, will be buried in Mount Vernon cemetary in Wayne county following funeral services at 2 p.m. today at the Spurlock Memorial Church on Wayne Route 1, with the Rev. Roby Fraley and the Rev. Emil Hamlin officiating. The body has been taken to the residence from the Morris - Booton Funeral Home at Wayne. ______________________________X-Message: #10 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:47:34 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38734B76.D01120F8@newwave.net> Subject: Clarence Cline - Obit.- Wayne Co.- 1983 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Clarence Cline Huntington Herald Dispatch - April 1, 1983 Clarence Cline, 83, of Wayne Rt. 2, died Wednesday, March 30, 1983, at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Morris Funeral Home, Wayne, by Elder Frank Meddings, and Elder Doyle Thomas. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Cemetary, Wayne Rt.2. He was born March 10,1900, in McDowell County, a son of the late Peter and Matilda Mounts Cline. He was also preeceded in death by one son, Ted Franklin Cline. He was a retired employee of Kerr Glass co. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Ross Cline, seven daughters; Mrs. Don ( Lucille) Eagleston, of Ypsilanti, Mich.,Miss Mildred Cline of Wayne, Mrs. John (Patsy) Lucas of Ontario, Calif., Mrs. Richard (Emma Gay) Bank of West Covina, Calif., Mrs. Bob (Geraldine) Daly, of Springfield, Va., Mrs. Craig (Eva) Quackenbush of Barrington Hills, Ill., and Mrs. Claude (Zella) Adkins of Ashland, Ky.; and five sons, Hubert Cline, Willis Cline, and Darrell Cline, all of Wayne. Ronnie Cline of Burton Ohio, and Clarence Ray Cline, stationed with the U.S. Navy in Honolulu. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Morris Funeral Home. ______________________________X-Message: #11 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:49:55 -0500 From: Lorna Workman To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <38734C03.92D45FBD@newwave.net> Subject: Dorothy Powers Corns - Obit.- Cabell Co.-1977 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mrs. Dorothy Powers Corns Huntington Herald Dispatch - Feb.3, 1977 Huntington- Mrs. Dorothy Corns, 73, of Huntington, died Tuesday in a Huntington Hospital after a short illness. Surviving: sons, William Jr. of Charleston, Kenneth and David, of Huntington; daughters, Mrs. Betty Mowdy and Mrs. Janice Bias, of Huntington, Mrs. Helen Ross of Chesapeake, Ohio, Mrs. Wilma Berry and Mrs. Pauline Goff, of Philadelphia; one brother and one sister. Service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in Reger Funeral Home, Huntington. Burial will be in Woodmere Memorial Park. Friends may call today anytime at the funeral home.