1. McDowell Co, WV; WW I Draft Registration Card #4301; 12 Sep 1918; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Gordon Testerman; age 20; born 15 Jul 1898; living at Thorpe, WV; motor brakeman for NS
Coal & Coke Co.; nearest relative, George Testerman, Thorpe, WV; medium height and build;
blue eyes and light hair.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1920); Page 41; WV Archives Web Site.
Gordon Testerman; age 22; born in Smyth Co, VA; single; miner; living at Kimball, WV; son
of Geore (sp?) and America; married on 10 Nov 1920 at Kimball, WV; Ida Taylor; age 21;
born in George (sic, no such county), NC; single; daughter of Andy and Nancy.
3. 1930 Census, Mercer Co, WV; Rock District; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 223B; Image 10 of 66;
Family #99/103.
Listed as Gordon Testerman; age 30; born in VA; married at 22; coal loader in coal mine;
head of household.
4. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Superior; E.D. 24-41; Taken on 6 Apr
1940; Page 898B; Image 20 of 36; Household #179.
Listed as Gordon Testerman; age 43; born in NC (sic, VA); married; 3rd grade education; lived in
same house on 1 Apr 1935; coal loader in coal mine; head of household.
5. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Gordon Testerman
Race: White
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Marion, Virginia, USA
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1898
Residence: Superior, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Occupation: Lake Superior Coal Company
Weight: 130
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Ida Testerman
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Gordon Testerman"
6. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Gordon Testerman
Race: White
Age at Death: 73
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1898
Death Date: 4 Jan 1972
Death Place: Marion, Florida, United States"
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1920); Page 41; WV Archives Web Site.
Gordon Testerman; age 22; born in Smyth Co, VA; single; miner; living at Kimball, WV; son
of Geore (sp?) and America; married on 10 Nov 1920 at Kimball, WV; Ida Taylor; age 21;
born in George (sic, no such county), NC; single; daughter of Andy and Nancy.
2. 1930 Census, Mercer Co, WV; Rock District; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 223B; Image 10 of 66;
Family #99/103.
Listed as Ida T. Testerman; age 26; born in NC; married at 16; in household of husband, Gordon
H. Testerman.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Superior; E.D. 24-41; Taken on 6 Apr
1940; Page 898B; Image 20 of 36; Household #179.
Listed as IdaTesterman; age 34; born in NC; married; 8th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Gordon H, Testerman.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #3191; WV Archives Web Site.
Ida Jane Testerman; age 51; born in May 1904 in Cranberry, NC; married; housewife;
living at Superior, WV; daughter of William and Nancy (Stausberry) Taylor; died 9 Feb 1956;
in Grace Hospital, Welch, WV; due to carcinoma of right lung with matastases; buried 11 Feb
1956 in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery.
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV; submitted by
Sandy Cline (Littlejohn); 1 Jan 2011; headstone photo added by B. Walls.
Ida Jane Taylor Testerman; born 1 May 1904 in NC; died 9 Feb 1956 in Welch, WV; buried here;
headstone photo shown.
1. 1930 Census, Mercer Co, WV; Rock District; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 223B; Image 10 of 66;
Family #99/103.
Listed as Gordon F. Testerman; age 9; born in WV; in household of father, Gordon H. Testerman.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Superior; E.D. 24-41; Taken on 6 Apr
1940; Page 898B; Image 20 of 36; Household #179.
Listed as Edward Testerman; age 19; born in WV; single; 6th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; new worker; in household of father, Gordon H, Testerman.
1. 1930 Census, Mercer Co, WV; Rock District; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 223B; Image 10 of 66;
Family #99/103.
Listed as Howard L. Testerman; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Gordon H. Testerman.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Superior; E.D. 24-41; Taken on 6 Apr
1940; Page 898B; Image 20 of 36; Household #179.
Listed as Howard Testerman; age 17; born in WV; single; 6th grade education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; new worker; in household of father, Gordon H, Testerman.
1. 1930 Census, Mercer Co, WV; Rock District; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 223B; Image 10 of 66;
Family #99/103.
Listed as Opal M. Testerman; age 2; born in WV; in household of father, Gordon H. Testerman.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Superior; E.D. 24-41; Taken on 6 Apr
1940; Page 898B; Image 20 of 36; Household #179.
Listed as Opal Testerman; age 12; born in WV; 4th grade education; attending school; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Gordon H, Testerman.
1. 1930 Census, Mercer Co, WV; Rock District; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 223B; Image 10 of 66;
Family #99/103.
Listed as Junior W. Testerman; age 11 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Gordon H. Testerman.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Superior; E.D. 24-41; Taken on 6 Apr
1940; Page 898B; Image 20 of 36; Household #179.
Listed as Gordon Testerman, Jr; age 10; born in WV; 3rd grade education; attending school; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Gordon H, Testerman.
1. Stafford Funeral Home; Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Ann Clark Kelly, 61, of Oceana, WV passed away on Sunday November 22, 2020 at Bowers Hospice House,
Beckley, WV. She was born on April 12, 1959 in Man, WV a daughter of the late Ernest Denver and Rosie Mae
Elkins Clark. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by a son Nicholas Kelly; and siblings Ernest
Clark, June Roupe, Dan Clark and Glendale Clark. Survivors include her children Josh (Brittany) Kelly,
Brittany Kelly and Whitney Kelly; grandchildren Brooklyn Kelly, Victoria Kelly, Londyn Kelly, D. J. Crooks,
Haverly Griffith and Jaxon Kelly; siblings Charles Clark of Kimbolton, OH, Robert Clark of Oceana, Doug
Clark of Oceana, Drema Sue Adkins of Beaver and Phoebe Price of Oceana; and a host of other loving family
and friends. Funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Friday November 27th in the Chapel of Stafford Family
Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. She will be laid to rest in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, WV. Friends may
gather with the family from 12pm until time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations can
be made to the funeral home. The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV"
1. US Public Records Index, Vol 1; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Albert H. Falvo; born on 19 Aug 1947; living at PO Box 297; Roderfield, WV 24881 in 1992.
2. "Welch and It's People"; by Rose Marino; 1985; Page 313; "Albert Falvo" article.
1. "Welch and It's People"; by Rose Marino; 1985; Page 313; "Albert Falvo" article.
2. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014: Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Phyllis Ann Falvo
[Phyllis Ann Hearl]
Marriage Date: 26 Mar 1997
Marriage Place: Washington, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Samuel Edward Greathead"
1. "Welch and It's People"; by Rose Marino; 1985; Page 313; "Albert Falvo" article.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Vitginia, 1858-1999"; Volume II; by Geneva Steele, Sandra
Long and Tom Hatcher; Page 187; "Dwight and Teresa Estep"; article; submitted by Joyce Reed, 1581
Maiden Wood Circle, Maiden, NC 28650.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell Co, WV, 1858-1999", Vol II, "William Harvey Estep"
article, Page 188, sbumitted by daughter, Debra Estep Kennedy.
William Harvey Estep; born on 14 Jan 1940; son of Carlos and Linnie Roberts Estep; died on 18
Dec 1995; married Addie Lee Mullins, daughter of Jim and Mary Mullins.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; rural; E.D.24-58; Page 1143B; Image 48 of
60; Household #352.
Listed as William Harvey Estep; age 2 mons; born in WV; no education; lived in same place on 1
Apr 1935; in household of father, Carlos Estep.
3. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Willia H Estep
Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1961
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Addie L Mullins "
4. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Valerie Neal; 22 Apr 2014; maintained by Jason Riley
Estep.
" William Harvey Estep
Birth 14 Jan 1940
West Virginia, USA
Death 18 Dec 1995 (aged 55)
Jolo, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Lawrence Mullins Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 128395515 "
5. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Keith and Debra Kennedy"; Article; Page 206; submitted by Debra Kennedy.
HC-61; Box 44, Paynesville, WV 24873-9801.
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Addie L Mullins
Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1961
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Willia H Estep "
2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Addie L Estep
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1942
Address: General Delivery
Residence Place: Jolo, West Virginia, USA
Zip Code: 24850-9999"
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Keith and Debra Kennedy"; Article; Page 206; submitted by Debra Kennedy.
HC-61; Box 44, Paynesville, WV 24873-9801.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; Geneva Steel, Sandra Long,
and Tom Hatcher; "Keith and Debra Kennedy"; Article; Page 206; submitted by Debra Kennedy.
HC-61; Box 44, Paynesville, WV 24873-9801.