1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, taken on 2 May 1910, Page 119B,
Family #310.
Listed as Dewey Stanley, age 7, born in WV, in household of father, Hiram Stanley.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1919); Page 419; WV Archives Web Site.
Dewey Stanley; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Mohawk, WV; son of
Hiram and Rebecca; married on 25 Dec 1919 in McDowell Co, WV; Jane Harless; age 17; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; single; daughter of J.C. and Cora.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Mohawk, taken on 27 Jan 1920,
Page 273B, Family #418.
Listed as Dewey Stanley, age 18, born in WV, in household of father, Hiram Stanley, with wife,
Jane, age 17.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 28 Apr 1930; Page 199A; Image
53 of 56; Family #446/453.
Listed as Dewey Stanley; age 28; born in WV; married at 18; farmer; head of household.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Huff Creek District; taken on 25 Apr 1910; Page 253A;
Family #57/60.
Listed as Jane Harless; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, James C. Harless.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1919); Page 419; WV Archives Web Site.
Dewey Stanley; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Mohawk, WV; son of
Hiram and Rebecca; married on 25 Dec 1919 in McDowell Co, WV; Jane Harless; age 17; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; single; daughter of J.C. and Cora.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Mohawk, taken on 27 Jan 1920,
Page 273B, Family #418.
Listed as Jane Stanley, age 18, born in WV, in household of father-in-law, Hiram Stanley, with
husband, Dewey Stanley.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 28 Apr 1930; Page 199A; Image
53 of 56; Family #446/453.
Listed as Jane Stanley, age 28, born in WV, married at 18, in household of husband, Dewey
Stanley.
5. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'66 019363; WV Archives Web Site.
Jane Stanley; age 64; born 16 Feb 1902 in WV; married; housewife; living at Iaeger, WV; daughter of
Chapman and Cora (Cook) Harless; died 1 Oct 1966 in Iaeger, WV; due to acute coronary thrombosis;
buried 4 Oct 1966 in Family Cemetery, Long Pole, WV; informant, Herbert Lambert, Iaeger, WV.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 28 Apr 1930; Page 199A; Image
53 of 56; Family #446/453.
Listed as Belva Stanley, age 9, born in WV, in household of father, Dewey Stanley.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 28 Apr 1930; Page 199A; Image
53 of 56; Family #446/453.
Listed as Leonard Stanley, age 7, born in WV, in household of father, Dewey Stanley.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 28 Apr 1930; Page 199A; Image
53 of 56; Family #446/453.
Listed as Evert Stanley, age 4, born in WV, in household of father, Dewey Stanley.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 28 Apr 1930; Page 199A; Image
53 of 56; Family #446/453.
Listed as J.D.Stanley, age 1 yr, 3 months, born in WV, in household of father, Dewey Stanley.
1. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 24 Feb 2005; daughter.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 28 Apr 1930, Page 199A,
Family #441.
Listed as Arlan Adkins (sic, Bailey), age 7, born in WV, in household of grandfather, J.Z. Adkins,
with parents.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 406; WV Archives Web Site.
Ernest A. Bailey; age 21; single; born and living in Mohawk, WV; married on 8 Aug 1944 at Welch, WV;
Glada Goebel; age 21; single; born at Mohawk, WV; living at Iaeger, WV; with consent of Judge Thomas H.S. Curd,
Circuit Court Judge.
4. E-mail; Kathryn Bailey Sanders; 7 Dec 2008.
"I just visited the Wyoming/McCowell County 50 yrs. website. I saw that my father's name had been removed and "Living" inserted in its place. My father was Ernest Arland Bailey. the son of Wyatt Pemberton Bailey and Myrtle Adkins. Daddy always spelled his name Ernest. It is misspelled on his Social Security card as Earnest but on his last driver's license, which was due to expire on Aug. 1, 1979, it was spelled correctly. Daddy was born on June 15, 1923 and he died in February 1977, His social security # was 233-34-9437.
"This morning I was cleaning out a closet and found an old purse of Mommy's (Glada Goebel) in which she had kept Daddy's wallet. It contained his his SS card, driver's license, a picture of my mother as a teenager, coal miners certificate #127258, photo-sized copy of Navy discharge (name spelled Ernest Arland Bailey) stating day of honorable discharge as May 2 1946 and stating rank as Ships Serviceman 2nd Class, and several locks of hair from dead relatives, one of whom seems to be his mother (Who knew?) and a picture of my brother who was hit by a train and killed when on leave from Thailand in the 70's. I don't remember the exact date but have it here somewhere. He was still a teenager. "
Kathryn June Bailey Sanders.
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 30 Nov 2013.
Earnest A. Bailey; born in 1923; died in 1977; buried here; "Baileys" headstone and grave marker shown;
"Earnest A. Bailey, SSM US Navy, World War II, 1923, 1977"
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 25 Apr 1930, Page 198B, Family #439.
Listed as Gladys Goebel, age 5, born in WV, in household of father, Roland Goebel.
2. Social Security Death Index, LDS Web Site.
Glada Bailey; born on 18 Apr 1925; died on 7 May 1991; living at Iaeger, McDowell Co, WV at death.
3. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 24 Feb 2005; daughter.
4. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 31 May 2006.
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 30 Nov 2013.
Glada Bailey; born 18 Apr 1925; died 7 May 1991; buried here; "Baileys" headstone and grave marker shown;
"Wife and Mother, Always in Our Hearts".
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '70 012121; WV Archives Web Site.
Jerry Lee Bailey; age 18; born on 23 Sep 1951 in WV; single; US Army; SS # 234-74-8364; living at
Iaeger, WV; son of Ernest and Glada (Goebel) Bailey; died on 1 Aug 1970 on N&W tracks at Iaeger,
WV; hit by train; DOA Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; buried on 4 Aug 1970 in Iaeger Memorial,
Roderfield, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 30 Nov 2013.
Jerry Lee Bailey; born on 23 Sep 1951; died on 1 Aug 1970; " WV Spr 809, Engineers Battleon,
Vietnam, son of Earnest A. and Glada Bailey"; buried here; Baileys headstone and grave marker
photos shown.
1. 1850 Census, Floyd Co, KY; taken on 6 Sep 1850; Page 467B; Family #766.
Listed as Christopher Gobble; age 19; born in VA; in household of father, Jacob Goebel.
2. 1860 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Prestonsburg PO; taken on 18 Jul 1860; Page 118; Family #111.
Listed as Christy Gobble; age 32; borrn in KY; farmer; head of household.
3. 1870 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Prestonsburg PO; taken on 20 Aug 1870; Page 594B; Family #78.
Listed as Christopher Gobel; age 44; born in VA; farmer; head of household.
4. 1880 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Johns Creek District; taken on 26 Jun 1880; Page 28B; Family #226.
Listed as Christopher Gobel; age 52; born in VA; farmer; suffering from liver poisoning; head of
household.
5. 1900 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Dicks Creek Township; taken on 13 Jun 1900; Page 220B; Family #129.
Listed as Cristopher Gobel; age 71; born in VA in Oct 1828; married 8 yrs; farmer; head of household.
1. 1900 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Dicks Creek Township; taken on 13 Jun 1900; Page 220B; Family #129.
Listed as Eliza Gobel; age 27; born in VA in Jan 1873; married 8 yrs; 3 children, all living; in
household of husband, Christopher Goebel.
2. 1910 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Johns Creek; taken on 25 apr 1910; Page 6A; Family #99/99.
Listed as Eliza Skeans; age 40; born in KY; married twice, last time for 8 yrs; 6 children, 5 living;
in household of husband, Will Skelus?
3. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 31 May 2006.
Roland's mother was Liza Thompson per family Bible.
1. 1900 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Dicks Creek Township; taken on 13 Jun 1900; Page 220B; Family #129.
Listed as Mary E. Gobel; age 7; born in KY in May 1893; in household of father, Christopher Goebel.
2. 1910 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Johns Creek; taken on 25 apr 1910; Page 6A; Family #99/99.
Listed as Mary E. Gobel; age 16; born in KY; in household of step-father, Will Skeans.
1. 1900 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Dicks Creek Township; taken on 13 Jun 1900; Page 220B; Family #129.
Listed as John W. Gobel; age 1; born in KY in Mar 1899; in household of father, Christopher Goebel.
2. 1910 Census, Floyd Co, KY; Johns Creek; taken on 25 apr 1910; Page 6A; Family #99/99.
Listed as John Gobel; age 11; born in KY; in household of step-father, Will Skeans.
3. Floyd Co, KY; WW I Draft registration Card #2578; Prestonsburg, KY Draft Board; 12 Sep 1918.
John Wesley Gobel; age 19; born on 3 Mar 1898; living at lancer, Floyd Co, KY; miner fpr
Mohawk Coal & Coke Co, Mohawk, WV; nearest relative, Lisa Skeons, mother, Lancer, KY; short
with medium build; blue eyes and light hair.
4. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
John W. Goble; born on 23 May 1895; died on 12 Jun 1988; last residence, Allen, Floyd Co, KY.
1. Social Security Death Index, LDS Web Site.
Daulton Lester; born on 24 Jan 1930; died on 15 Feb 1993; living at Iaeger, McDowell Co, WV at death.
1. Social Security Death Index, LDS Web Site.
Eloise Lester; born on 13 Dec 1932; died on 21 Apr 1993; living at Iaeger, McDowell Co, WV at death.
2. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 31 May 2006.
1. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 24 Feb 2005, wife of Roy Clarence Sanders, Jr.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1962); Page 93; WV Archives Web Site.
Roy Clarence Sanders, Jr; age 18; born at Hensley, WV; single; living at Iaeger, WV; married on 10
Aug 1962 at Iaeger, WV; Kathryn June Bailey; age 17; born at Johnny Cake, WV; single; living at
Iaeger, WV; with consent of Florence Va. and Roy Clarence Sanders, Sr, parents of Roy Clarence
Sanders, Jr; and Glada and Ernest Bailey, parents of Kathryn June Bailey.
1. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 24 Feb 2005.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1962); Page 93; WV Archives Web Site.
Roy Clarence Sanders, Jr; age 18; born at Hensley, WV; single; living at Iaeger, WV; married on 10
Aug 1962 at Iaeger, WV; Kathryn June Bailey; age 17; born at Johnny Cake, WV; single; living at
Iaeger, WV; with consent of Florence Va. and Roy Clarence Sanders, Sr, parents of Roy Clarence
Sanders, Jr; and Glada and Ernest Bailey, parents of Kathryn June Bailey.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 27 Apr 1910; Page 198B;
Famiyl #262/274.
Listed as Edd Hager; age 14; born in KY; in household of father, Joseph Hager.
2. McDowell Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #2412; 5 Jun 1917.
Edward Hager; age 22; born on 27 Jan 1895 in Johnston Co, KY; miner for J.B.B. Coal Co,
Hensley, WV; married; 2 children; medium height and build.
3. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 14 Jan 1920; Page 220A;
Family #178/182.
Listed as Edward H. Hager; age 24; born in KY; married; coal miner, head of household.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 63A;
Family #471/489.
Listed as James E. Hager; age 35; born in KY; married at 19; coal miner; head of household.
5. Lincoln Co, WV; WW II Draft Registration Card #467; 27 Apr 1942.
Edward Hager; age 47; born on 27 Jan 1895 in Whitehouse, KY; living at Lick Branch, Iaeger,
McDowell Co, WV; person who will always know address, Mrs. Sarah Hager; employed by Arrow
Pocahontas Coal Co, Iaeger, WV; 6' 4" tall; 120 (sic?) lbs; Black eyes and Black hair; sallow
complexion.
6. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
K. Sanders; 20 Mar 2014.
James Edward "Ed" Hager; born 27 Jan 1895 in Whitehouse, johnson Co, KY; died 14 Jan 1976 at
Roderfield, WV; buried here; double headstone photo shown with wife, Sarah Blankenship Hager.
7. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999", McDowell Co, Historical Society,
1999, Page 192; "Joe and Missouri Hager", Article; submitted by granddaughter, Kathryn Vance, HC
71, Box 258, Princeton, WV 24740.
1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Huff Creek District, taken on 8 Jun 1900, Page 260A, Family #85.
Listed as Sarah Blankenship, age 4, born in Nov 1895 in WV, in household of father, Lewis
Blankenship.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 14 Jan 1920; Page 220A;
Family #178/182.
Listed as Sarah Hager; age 24; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Edward H. Hager.
3. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 16 Apr 1930; Page 63A;
Family #471/489.
Listed as Sarah Hager; age 34; born in WV; married at 18; in household of husband, Edward H.
Hager.
4. July18, 2010; e-mail from Kathryn Bailey Sanders.
"Sarah Bailey Blankenship had a son called Lewis Blankenship and he had a daughter named Sarah Blankenship who is my husband's grandmother, Sarah Blankenship Hager. Grandma Hager lived up Lickbranch Hollow with her husband Ed Hager and for a number of years after he died. Her hair was curly and a pretty white color. She always wore scarf on her head around home and house slippers. The only time I ever saw her without the scarf was on an "occasion" that required a little dressing up. That's the way I remember her. Oh, I almost forgot. Shortly after Roy and I were married we went to visit and like most older people she started asking who are your parents and then figured out who the grandparents were concluding with "I think your grandpa Bailey are first cousins." Leaving me thinking that I had just gone and proven that old disparaging remark that West Virginians marry their cousins.
"Most old people did that when they met someone. They try to establish who your family is and "where you come from". Of course people in her generation probably never moved more than within a 50 mile radius from where they were born so it stands to reason that if you toss a rock chances are you'll hit a relative of some kind. But I guess we're all cousins to some degree anyway.
"Kathryn Sanders.."
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Virginia Gal; 13 Jun 2007; double headstone photo added by B. Walls.
Sarah Blankenship Hager; born 14 Nov 1895; died 30 Nov 1980; buried here; double headstone
photo shown with husband, Joseph Edward Hager.
5. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999", McDowell Co, Historical Society,
1999, Page 192; "Ed and Sarah Hager", Article; submitted by daughter, Kathryn Vance, HC 71, Box
258, Princeton, WV 24740.
1. McDowell Co, WV Death Certificate #2523; WV Archives Web Site.
Ruth Hager; age 4 mons; born on 19 Oct 1922 at Hensley, WV; daughter of Ed, born in Jonson(sic)
Co, KY, and Sarah Blankenship, born in Logan Co, WV, Hager; died on 19 Feb 1923 at Roderfield,
McDowell Co, WV; buried on 20 Feb1923 at Hensley, WV; informant, Ed Hager, Hensley, WV.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999", McDowell Co, Historical Society,
1999, Page 192; "Ed and Sarah Hager", Article; submitted by daughter, Kathryn Vance, HC 71, Box
258, Princeton, WV 24740.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Panther Precinct, taken on 12 May 1910,
Page 105B, Family #200.
Listed as Wyatt Pemberton Bailey, age 9, born in WV, in household of father, Melvin Bailey.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, Mohawk, taken on 27 Jan 1920,
Page 273B, Family #426.
Listed as Wyat Bailey, age 17, born in WV, in household of father, Melvin Bailey.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1921); Page 108; WV Archives Web Site.
Wyatt Bailey; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Mohawk, WV; son of
Melvin and Mary; married on 28 Sep 1921 at Welch, WV; Myrtle Adkins; age 21; born in McDowell
Co, WV; single; daughter of Joe and Mary.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 28 Apr 1930, Page 199A,
Family #441.
Listed as Wyatt Bailey, age 30, born in WV, boarder, in household of father-in-law, J.Z. Adkins.
5. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #7760; WV Archives Web Site.
Wyatt Bailey; age 49; born on 17 Jan 1901 at Mohawk, WV; married; coal miner; living at
Mohawk, WV; son of Melvin and Mary (Blankenship) Bailey; died on 1 May 1950 in Grace Hospital,
Welch, McDowell Co, WV from a cerebral hemorrhage; buried on 4 May 1950 in Bailey Cemetery,
Mohawk, WV.
6. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 24 Feb 2005; grandaughter.
7. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 5 Aug 2012; grandaughter.
"...According to 1940 census it goes in order like this:
Ernest Arland (listed as Arland) 16 (Daddy to me)
John 14
Lorine (or Lorene) 12
(Mohawk) listed as Edward 10
Fred 8
Frank 6
Magdalene 3
Tom 1
"Not included on 1940 census are
Iona (who still lives down on Longpole - I think)
Dave ( the baby)
"Iona and Dave were more nearly my age. We used to play together. As a very small child Iona once talked me into sitting inside a tire while she rolled me down the road. That was okay but she got it into her head to push me into the creek. Actually now that I think about it I guess it could be called a small stream. I lost my enthusiasm instantly and started screaming as soon as we approached the water. She turned loose of the tire and over I went into hardly enough water to get me damp. Scared me spitless. She has probably forgotten about it but I have not. (I'd kind of like to pay her back but I don't think I could find a tire big enough. Even if I could, I probably wouldn't be able to push a tire that big. So there, Ony!).."
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 30 Apr 1910, Page 101A, Family #120.
Listed as Myrtle Adkins, age 7, born in WV, in household of father, Joseph Z. Adkins.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1921); Page 108; WV Archives Web Site.
Wyatt Bailey; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Mohawk, WV; son of Melvin
and Mary; married on 28 Sep 1921 at Welch, WV; Myrtle Adkins; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Joe and Mary.
3. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 28 Apr 1930, Page 199A, Family #441.
Listed as Myrtle Adkins (sic, Bailey), age 26, born in WV, married at 16, in household of father, J.Z.
Adkins, with husband, Wyatt P. Bailey, and children.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #__(1966); Browns Creek District; WV Archives Web Site.
Myrtle "Merl" Bailey; age 64; born on 5 Jun 1902 at Mohawk, WV; widow; living at Iaeger, WV; daughter
of Joe and Mary (Wimmer) Adkins; died on 29 Jul 1966 in Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch,
McDowell Co, WV from generalized carcinomatosis; buried on 1 Aug 1966 in Bailey Cemetery,
Long Pole, WV; informant, Everett Bailey, Iaeger, WV.
5. E-mail, Kathryn Bailey Sanders, 24 Feb 2005; grandaughter.
6. Letter received from Kathryn Sanders, May 2011; with Newspaper Obit.
"A Tribute published in the page of "The Daily News"; Welch, WV; 30 Jun 1966.
" Mrs. Myrtle merl Bailey, 64, of Iaeger, died Friday morning at Welch Emergency Hospital in Welch
following a long illness,
"Mrs Bailey was a native of McDowell county.
"Survivors include three daughters, Mr. Lorine Bailey of Panther, Mrs. Magdalene Mounts, Baisden, W.Va. and Mrs. Iona Baileyof Iaeger; seven sons, Ernest, Dave andFredof Iaeger, John Bailey of Alexandria, Va., Ed Bailey of Cleveland, Ohio and Tommy Bailey of Chicago; on brother,Juim Adkins of Panther.
"Funeral Service will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at the Panther Community Churchwith Rev. Clyde Roberts officiating.Burial will follow in the Bailey Cemetery at Panther..."
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, taken on 28 Apr 1930, Page 199A, Family #441.
Listed as Sis Adkins (sic, Bailey), age 2, born in WV, in household of grandfather, J.Z. Adkins, with parents.
1. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Sunday 23 Jan 2005, newspaper Obit.
"BALLARD - Jenkie Lester, 85, formerly of the Gilbert area, went to be with her Lord and Savior at
5:05 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Princeton Community Hospital. "Born June 17, 1919, in Wolfpen, Ky., she was the daughter of the late James Harmon and Lora
Jennings Ward. "Mrs. Lester was a postal clerk with the Gilbert Post Office. "She was married to Arnold Lester. "She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anita Lester; a granddaughter, Jennifer Gibson; two
sisters, Lottie Lyall and Georgie Hileman; and a brother, Prentice Ward. "Mrs. Lester was a member of Rosa Regular Baptist Church at Baisden for many years. When she
moved to Ballard, she became a member of Bethlehem Regular Baptist Church at Red Sulphur. "Survivors include three daughters, Loretta (Neal) Gibson, with whom she made her home, of
Ballard, Barbara "Honey" (Billy) Hatfield of Ballard and Carolyn (Chuck) Prager of Wellington, Fla.;
a son, Steve (Wooline) Lester of Mesquite, Texas; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a
brother, Cecil (Mary) Ward of Gilbert; and a special brother-in-law who made his home with them,
Floyd Lester of Gilbert. "Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Mounts Funeral Home Chapel, Gilbert, where funeral
service will begin at 7 p.m. with Pastors Fred Justice and Freddie Fields officiating. "Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hollywood Cemetery, Gilbert...."
1. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Sunday 23 Jan 2005, newspaper Obit.
"BALLARD - Jenkie Lester, 85, formerly of the Gilbert area, went to be with her Lord and Savior at
5:05 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Princeton Community Hospital. "Born June 17, 1919, in Wolfpen, Ky., she was the daughter of the late James Harmon and Lora
Jennings Ward. "Mrs. Lester was a postal clerk with the Gilbert Post Office. "She was married to Arnold Lester. "She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anita Lester; a granddaughter, Jennifer Gibson; two
sisters, Lottie Lyall and Georgie Hileman; and a brother, Prentice Ward. "Mrs. Lester was a member of Rosa Regular Baptist Church at Baisden for many years. When she
moved to Ballard, she became a member of Bethlehem Regular Baptist Church at Red Sulphur. "Survivors include three daughters, Loretta (Neal) Gibson, with whom she made her home, of
Ballard, Barbara "Honey" (Billy) Hatfield of Ballard and Carolyn (Chuck) Prager of Wellington, Fla.;
a son, Steve (Wooline) Lester of Mesquite, Texas; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a
brother, Cecil (Mary) Ward of Gilbert; and a special brother-in-law who made his home with them,
Floyd Lester of Gilbert. "Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Mounts Funeral Home Chapel, Gilbert, where funeral
service will begin at 7 p.m. with Pastors Fred Justice and Freddie Fields officiating. "Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hollywood Cemetery, Gilbert...."
1. 1930 Census, Logan Co, WV, Logan District, taken on 9 Apr 1930, Page 162B, Family #231.
Listed as Georgie Ward, age 14, born in KY, in household of father, James H. Ward.
2. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Sunday 23 Jan 2005, newspaper Obit.
"BALLARD - Jenkie Lester, 85, formerly of the Gilbert area, went to be with her Lord and Savior at
5:05 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Princeton Community Hospital. "Born June 17, 1919, in Wolfpen, Ky., she was the daughter of the late James Harmon and Lora
Jennings Ward. "Mrs. Lester was a postal clerk with the Gilbert Post Office. "She was married to Arnold Lester. "She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anita Lester; a granddaughter, Jennifer Gibson; two
sisters, Lottie Lyall and Georgie Hileman; and a brother, Prentice Ward. "Mrs. Lester was a member of Rosa Regular Baptist Church at Baisden for many years. When she
moved to Ballard, she became a member of Bethlehem Regular Baptist Church at Red Sulphur. "Survivors include three daughters, Loretta (Neal) Gibson, with whom she made her home, of
Ballard, Barbara "Honey" (Billy) Hatfield of Ballard and Carolyn (Chuck) Prager of Wellington, Fla.;
a son, Steve (Wooline) Lester of Mesquite, Texas; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a
brother, Cecil (Mary) Ward of Gilbert; and a special brother-in-law who made his home with them,
Floyd Lester of Gilbert. "Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Mounts Funeral Home Chapel, Gilbert, where funeral
service will begin at 7 p.m. with Pastors Fred Justice and Freddie Fields officiating. "Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hollywood Cemetery, Gilbert...."