1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: William C Davidson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 57
Birth Date: abt 1896
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1953
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: E H Davidson
Mother: Jane Stevenson
Spouse: Florence Maxfield
Certificate Number: 1953025082"
1. 1940 Census, Tazewell Co, VA; Jeffersonville; E.D. 93-14; taken 15 May 1940; Page334B;
Image 23 of 52; Household #162.
Listed as Florence Lawson; age 27; born in VA; married; 6th grade education; lived in same place
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Bane C. Lawson.
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Florence E Maxfield
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 36
Birth Date: abt 1911
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1947
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Hugh Maxfield
Mother: Annie Owens
Spouse: Sherman Edward Puckett
Certificate Number: 1947029683"
3. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Florence Maxfield
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1910
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1953
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Hugh Maxfield
Mother: Annie Owens
Spouse: William C Davidson
Certificate Number: 1953025082"
1. 1940 Census, Pike Co, KY; District #2; Elkhorn Creek; E.D. 98-13; taken 23 Apr 1940; Page 295B;
Household #225.
Listed as Martha Vanover; age 1, born in KY; in household of father, Leaf Vanover.
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Martha Oney Vanover
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1940
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1957
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Leaf Levi Vanover
Mother: Goldie Stiddom
Spouse: Robert Dale Goodwin
Certificate Number: 1957002472"
3. Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Martha Oney Parmelee
[Martha Oney Vanover]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 27
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1939
Birth Place: Kentucky
Death Date: 27 Jun 1966
Death Place: Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA
Father: Leaf Vanover
Mother: Goldie Vanover
Spouse: Charles Parmelee "
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Sherman Edward Puckett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 35
Birth Date: abt 1912
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1947
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Hugh Puckett
Mother: Elizabeth Hoops
Spouse: Florence E Maxfield
Certificate Number: 1947029683"
1. 1940 Census, Tazewell Co, VA; Jeffersonville; E.D. 93-14; taken 15 May 1940; Page334B;
Image 23 of 52; Household #162.
Listed as Florence Lawson; age 27; born in VA; married; 6th grade education; lived in same place
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Bane C. Lawson.
2. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Florence E Maxfield
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 36
Birth Date: abt 1911
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1947
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Hugh Maxfield
Mother: Annie Owens
Spouse: Sherman Edward Puckett
Certificate Number: 1947029683"
3. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Florence Maxfield
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1910
Marriage Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1953
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Father: Hugh Maxfield
Mother: Annie Owens
Spouse: William C Davidson
Certificate Number: 1953025082"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1950); Page 186; WV Archives Website.
Walter Lawrence Davis; age 19; born and living in Filbert, WV; single; married on 26 Aug 1950 at
Wilcoe, WV; Marie Esther Blevins; age 18; born in Filbert, WV; single; living in Capels, WV; with
consent of James L, Davis, father of Walter Lawrence Davis; and Helen V. Blevins, mother of Marie
Esther Blevins.
2. "The Welch News"; Welch, WV; 10 Nov 2021; On-Line Edition.
"Walter Lawrence “Skinny” Davis, 90, Foothills Lane, Princeton, died peacefully, Sunday, November 7, 2021, at his home with his family by his side.
Born April 27, 1931, in Filbert, WV to the late James L. Davis and Lois Colley Davis.
Walter was a loving husband, son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend.
Skinny retired from U.S. Steel with over 32 years of service as Maintenance Foreman.
After his retirement, he moved to Orlando, FL where he loved to fish and play golf and was of the Methodist faith."In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of over 62 years, Marie Blevins Davis and two brothers, James L. Davis, Jr. and George “Bunky” Davis.
"Left to cherish his memory are his loving children,
Robin Ann Hunt and husband Kuba,
Walter Earl Davis and wife Helen;
Four loving grandchildren, Brandy Davis, Michael Davis, April Neely and husband Brock and Brittney Huffman and husband Braxton;
Loving step-granddaughter, Courtney Siers and husband Josh;
Nine loving great-grandchildren, with Ava Marie
being his special little girl;
Three loving sisters,
Marian Shatley, Edith Dickinson and Carol Atkinson;
Several loving nieces, nephews and friends."The family has honored Walter’s request that he be cremated.
"Private services for the family will be held at a later date.
"The family requests that donations be sent in Walter’s name to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678 or to Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center, 110 Conn Terrace, Lexington, KY 40508.
"Online condolences may be shared with the family via www.memorialfd.com.
"The Davis family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton."
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Northfork District; Indian Ridge; E.D. 24-54; taken 19 Apr 1940;
Page 1037B; Image 42 of 46; Household #351.
Listed as Marie Blevins; age 7; born in WV; 1st grade education; attending school; lived in same
house on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Wells Blevins.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1950); Page 186; WV Archives Website.
Walter Lawrence Davis; age 19; born and living in Filbert, WV; single; married on 26 Aug 1950 at
Wilcoe, WV; Marie Esther Blevins; age 18; born in Filbert, WV; single; living in Capels, WV; with
consent of James L, Davis, father of Walter Lawrence Davis; and Helen V. Blevins, mother of Marie
Esther Blevins.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 290; WV Archives Website.
James Edward Woody; age 22; born 19 Jul 1946 in Keystone, WV; single; no previous marriage;
Negro; living at Box 275, Keystone, WV; son of Ernest and Emma Jane (Smith) Woody; married on
18 Jan 1969 in Keystone; WV; Amonata Catherine Smith; age 21; born 4 Dec 1947; in Keystone,
WV; single; no previous marriage, Negro; living at Box 724, Kimball, WV; daughter of Nathaniel and
Loreatha (Burks) Smith.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1969); Page 290; WV Archives Website.
James Edward Woody; age 22; born 19 Jul 1946 in Keystone, WV; single; no previous marriage;
Negro; living at Box 275, Keystone, WV; son of Ernest and Emma Jane (Smith) Woody; married on
18 Jan 1969 in Keystone; WV; Amonata Catherine Smith; age 21; born 4 Dec 1947; in Keystone,
WV; single; no previous marriage, Negro; living at Box 724, Kimball, WV; daughter of Nathaniel and
Loreatha (Burks) Smith.