1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 323; WV Archives Website.
William Thomas Spencer, Jr; age 20; born in Pikeville, KY; single; living at Box 677, Kimball, WV;
married on 4 Aug 1963 in Kimball, WV; Venie Margaret Spangler; age 20; born in Hemphill, WV;
single; living in Premier, WV; with consent of William and Gay Spencer, parents of William Thomas
Spencer, Jr; and Brack and Melvie Spangler, parents of Venie Margaret Spangler.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 323; WV Archives Website.
William Thomas Spencer, Jr; age 20; born in Pikeville, KY; single; living at Box 677, Kimball, WV;
married on 4 Aug 1963 in Kimball, WV; Venie Margaret Spangler; age 20; born in Hemphill, WV;
single; living in Premier, WV; with consent of William and Gay Spencer, parents of William Thomas
Spencer, Jr; and Brack and Melvie Spangler, parents of Venie Margaret Spangler.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1914); Page 197; WV Archives Web Site.
Pownee W. Spangler; age 21; born in Patrick Co, VA; single; miner; living at Canebrake, WV; son
of Sam B. and Mentora; married on 23 May 1914 at Canebrake, WV; Myrtle Bowman, age 20;
born in Tazewell Co, VA; single; daughter of John and Molly Jane.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken on 15 Apr 1940; E.D.24-40;
Page 786A; Image 17 of 36; Household #105.
Listed as P.W. Spangler; age 48; born in VA; married; 4th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; motorman in coal mine; head of household.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1914); Page 197; WV Archives Web Site.
Pownee W. Spangler; age 21; born in Patrick Co, VA; single; miner; living at Canebrake, WV; son
of Sam B. and Mentora; married on 23 May 1914 at Canebrake, WV; Myrtle Bowman, age 20;
born in Tazewell Co, VA; single; daughter of John and Molly Jane.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken on 15 Apr 1940; E.D.24-40;
Page 786A; Image 17 of 36; Household #105.
Listed as Myrtle Spangler; age 42; born in VA; married; 5th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Pownee W. Spangler.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Premier; taken on 15 Apr 1940; E.D.24-40;
Page 786A; Image 17 of 36; Household #105.
Listed as Alfred Spangler; age 14; born in WV; 7th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Pownee W. Spangler.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1937); Page 117; WV Archives Web Site.
Herman Landreth; born on 20 Jan 1916 at Roderfield, WV; living at Roderfield, WV; son of Charles
and Pearl; was issued a license on 27 Jul 1937 to marry; Edith Thompson; born on 23 Oct 1918 in
Franklin Co, VA; living at Premier, WV; daughter of Ervin and Maud Thompson.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #16306; WV Archives Web Site.
Charles Herman Landreth; age 27 yrs, 10 mons, 21 days; born 20 Jan 1917 at Roderfield, WV; single;
miner; living at Roderfield, WV; SS# 236-10-3612; son of C.E. and Pearl (Sizemore) Landreth; died
11 Dec 1944 in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV; due to mine injury on 8 Dec 1944; buried 13 Jan 1944
in Iaeger Memorial, Roderfield, WV.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 4 Dec 2013.
Herman Landreth; born 20 Jan 1917; died 11 Dec 1944; buried here; headstone and grave marker
photos shown;
"Family links:
Parents:
Charles Eli Landreth (1894 - 1963)
Pearl Grace Sizemore Landreth (1885 - 1945)
Siblings:
Herman Landreth (1917 - 1944)
Arthur Robert Landreth (1919 - 2000)*
Bonnie Helen Landreth Flippen (1923 - 1991)*
*Calculated relationship..."
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy-Pocahontas; taken on 17 Feb 1920;
Page 208A; Image 11 of 16; Family #266/266.
Listed as Edith M. Thompson; age 1; born in VA; in household of father, Irvin Thompson.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 28 Apr 1928; Page 223A Image 61
of 76; Family #543/560.
Listed as Edith Thompson; age 11; born in VA; in household of father, Irvin Thompson.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1937); Page 117; WV Archives Web Site.
Herman Landreth; born on 20 Jan 1916 at Roderfield, WV; living at Roderfield, WV; son of Charles
and Pearl; was issued a license on 27 Jul 1937 to marry; Edith Thompson; born on 23 Oct 1918 in
Franklin Co, VA; living at Premier, WV; daughter of Ervin and Maud Thompson.
4. Obit Extractions
DERRICK, Edith M
b. Oct 23, 1918 Rocky Mountain VA
d. Sept 2, 1998 Racine WI
m. 6/4/1943, Pikeville KY
age 79
survived by: husband, Donald C; daughters,
Kathryn Derrick (Edwin Fraley) and
Rebecca Derrick; grandson, Todd Fraley;
sisters, Joyce England, Maggie Farmer,
Melvie Spangler & Clara (Frank) Walls
Fellowship Baptist Church, Racine WI
burial, West Lawn Memorial Park
Wilson FH, Racine WI
source; Journal Times, Racine WI
1. McDowell Co, Death Certificate #'63 007656; WV Archives Web Site.
Charles Eli Landreth; age 69; born 30 Mar 1893 in Smyth Co, VA; married; retired miner;
SS#236-10-3689; living at Roderfield, WV; son of Robert and Unice (Hopkins) Landreth; died 9 Apr
1963 in Stevens Clinic; due to uremia with hepatorenal syndrome; metaststic adenocarcinoma to the
liver, primary site, adenocarcinoma of the colon; following resection of the sigmond and rectum on
15 May 1961; buried 12 Apr 1963 in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV; informant, Mrs C.E.
Landreth, Roderfield, WV
2. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 4 Dec 2013; maintained by HA Blackmon.
Charles Eli Landreth; born 30 Mar 1894; died 9 Apr 1963; buried here; headstone and grave marker
photos shown:
"...Family links:
Parents:
Robert Franklin Landreth (1866 - 1929)
Eunice Hopkins Landreth (1868 - 1897)
Spouse:
Pearl Grace Sizemore Landreth (1885 - 1945)*
Children:
Herman Landreth (1917 - 1944)*
Arthur Robert Landreth (1919 - 2000)*
Bonnie Helen Landreth Flippen (1923 - 1991)*
Siblings:
William Henry Landreth (1890 - 1985)*
Nancy Annabell Landreth Taylor (1892 - 1973)*
Charles Eli Landreth (1894 - 1963)
Laura Cornelia Landreth Gravely (1896 - 1991)*
Fannie Landreth (1900 - 1953)**
Rosa Ellen Landreth Taylor (1904 - 1992)**
Josephine Landreth Webb (1909 - 1980)**
Wayne Edwin Landreth (1917 - 1988)**
*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Elkhorn District, taken on 14 Jun 1900; Page 155B, Family #99/99.
Listed as Pearl Sizemore, age 4, born in Jun? 1895 in WV; in household of father, George Sizemore.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 15 Apr 1910; Page 266B;
Family #8/8.
Listed as Pearl Sizemore, age 14, born in WV; in household of father, George W. Sizemore.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #14782; WV Archives Web Site.
Mrs. C.E. Landreth. Pearl Grace Landreth, age 50 yrs, 5 mons, 26 days; born 8 Jun 1895 in McDowell
Co, WV; married; wife of Charles Eli Landreth, age 51; living at Roderfield, WV; daughter of Rev George
and Keziah (Mitchem) Sizemore; died 4 Dec 1945 in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV; due to "magligant
hypertension" with renal failure and uremia; buried 7 Dec 1945 in Iaeger Memorial; Roderfield, WV.
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 4 Dec 2013; maintained by HA Blackmon.
Pearl Grace Sizemore Landreth; born 8 Jun 1885; died 4 Dec 1945; buried here; headstone and grave
marker photos shown.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 28 Apr 1928; Page 223A Image 61
of 76; Family #543/560.
Listed as Basel Thompson; age 4 yrs, 5 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Irvin Thompson.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1950); Page 192; WV Archives Web Site.
Basil Everett Thompson; age 24; born and living at Premier, WV; single; married on 27 Jan 1950 at
Iaeger, WV; Laura Ola McCoy; age 17; born at Hensley, WV; single; living at Iaeger, WV; with consent
of Ellis McCoy, father of Laura Ola McCoy.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1950); Page 192; WV Archives Web Site.
Basil Everett Thompson; age 24; born and living at Premier, WV; single; married on 27 Jan 1950 at
Iaeger, WV; Laura Ola McCoy; age 17; born at Hensley, WV; single; living at Iaeger, WV; with
consent of Ellis McCoy, father of Laura Ola McCoy.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 219A; Image
53 of 75; Family #466/483.
Listed as Ellis McCoy; age 28; born in WV; married at 18; loader in coal mine; head of household.
2. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Ellis McCoy; born 11 May 1900; died in Oct 1987; last residence, Big Sandy, McDowell Co, WV;
SS #235-10-1480; card issued in WV before 1951.
Virginia Margaret "Jennie" Burks
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 219A; Image
53 of 75; Family #466/483.
Listed as Jennie McCoy; age 23; born in WV; married at 16; in household of husband, Ellis L. McCoy.
2. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Jennie McCoy; born 4 Sep 1906; died in May 1976; last residence, Big Sandy, McDowell Co, WV;
SS #233-96-5536; card issued in WV in 1973.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 15 Jun 2014,
Jenny M. McCoy; born in 1905; died in 1976; buried here; double headstone photo shown with husband,
Ellis L. McCoy; "MOTHER * ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE".
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 219A; Image
53 of 75; Family #466/483.
Listed as Johnny McCoy; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Ellis L. McCoy.
2. "WWII Young American Patriots, 1941-1945"; McDowell Co, WV; Page 732; Ancestry.com Web
Site.
Johnnie McCoy; PO, US Navy; born 2 Feb 1922; entered service 27 Jan 1939; served at Norfolk,
VA; Atlantic; Pacific; attended Iaeger HS; Holiness Church; son of M/M Ellis McCoy, Roderfield, WV;
husband of Mrs, Nancy Allen McCoy, Welch, WV.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 25 Apr 1930; Page 219A; Image
53 of 75; Family #466/483.
Listed as Fred McCoy; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Ellis L. McCoy.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #10746; WV Archives Web Site.
Maggie Ellen McCoy; age 3 mons, 23 days; born 14 Mar 1932 in WV; daughter of Ellis and Jennie
(Burks) McCoy; died 7 Jul 1932 at Roderfield, WV; from cholera infantum; buried 9 Jul 1932 at
Blackey, VA; informant, Ellis McCoy.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
B. Walls; 15 Jun 2014.
Eddy McCoy; born 4 Sep 1946; died 19 Mar 1966; buried here; headstone with personal photo shown;
"WE WILL MEET AGAIN".
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy-Pocahontas; taken on 17 Feb 1920;
Page 208A; Image 11 of 16; Family #266/266.
Listed as Brown Thompson; age 17; born in VA; in household of brother, Irvin Thompson.
1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy-Pocahontas; taken on 17 Feb 1920;
Page 208A; Image 11 of 16; Family #266/266.
Listed as Vinnie Gillespie; age 13; born in VA; in household of brother-in-law, Irvin Thompson.