1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #70-037077; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Everett Samuel Willhite; age 27; born 27 Dec 1943 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; 1 yr HS
education; living at Box 178, Maybeury, WV; son of Sam and Myrtle (Brock) Willhite; married on 24
Sep 1970 in Buchanan Co, VA; Maxine Kennedy; age 21; born 26 May 1949 in WV; single; this is her
1st marriage; 3 yrs HS education; living at Box 54, Beartown, WV; daughter of Daniel; Boone and
Ella Mae (Kelly) Kennedy.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; By Geneva Steel, Tom Hatcher
and Sandra Long; "Betty Willhite Church"; article; Page 119; submitted by Betty Willhite Church; Box
918, Iaeger, WV 24844.
3. Fanning Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
"Everett Samuel Willhite, 75, of Bluefield, WV passed away Monday, September 9, 2019 in Saint
Francis Select Specialty Hospital in Charleston, WV."Everett was born December 27, 1943 in Lex, WV a son of the late Samuel and Myrtle Howell Willhite. In addition to his parents Everett was preceded in death by two brothers, Franklin D. and George Willhite.
"Survivors include one daughter, Betty Church, one granddaughter, Candice Church and one great granddaughter, Caylee Walters all of Gary, WV."In honoring the wishes of the deceased his body has been cremated and there will be no services.
"Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV, is assisting the family.
"Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fanningfuneralhomes.com"
4. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1995"; 1995; Edited by Dr, Thomas C.
Hatcher; Geneva Steele; Sandra Long and Christine Carr McGuire; "Samuel and Myrtle Willhite,
Miner"; Article; Page 262; submitted by Betty Willhite Church, PO Box 918, Iaeger, WV 24844.
"...of Logan, W. Va...."
1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #70-037077; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Everett Samuel Willhite; age 27; born 27 Dec 1943 in WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; 1 yr HS
education; living at Box 178, Maybeury, WV; son of Sam and Myrtle (Brock) Willhite; married on 24
Sep 1970 in Buchanan Co, VA; Maxine Kennedy; age 21; born 26 May 1949 in WV; single; this is her
1st marriage; 3 yrs HS education; living at Box 54, Beartown, WV; daughter of Daniel; Boone and Ella
Mae (Kelly) Kennedy.
2. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; By Geneva Steel, Tom Hatcher
and Sandra Long; "Betty Willhite Church"; article; Page 119; submitted by Betty Willhite Church; Box
918, Iaeger, WV 24844.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Joan of VA; 16 Dec 2008.
" Oliver Perry Gates
Birth 24 Mar 1866
Pennsylvania, USA
Death 8 Jan 1938 (aged 71)
Dryfork, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Lomax-Yukon Cemetery
Yukon, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA "
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Joan of VA; 16 Dec 2008.
" Emily Ellen Sale Gates
Birth 1871
Denbighshire, Wales
Death 16 Dec 1937 (aged 65–66)
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Lomax-Yukon Cemetery
Yukon, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA "
1. 1930 Census, Pike Co, KY; District #7; Knox Precinct; Lower Elk; taken 23 Apr 1930; Page 281B;
Image 16 of 25; Family #145/149.
Listed as Dewey Smith; age 27; born in KY; married at 26; railroad laborer; head of household.
1. 1930 Census, Pike Co, KY; District #7; Knox Precinct; Lower Elk; taken 23 Apr 1930; Page 281B;
Image 16 of 25; Family #145/149.
Listed as Violet Smith; age 23; born in WV; married at 23; in household of husband, Andrew J.
"Dewey" Smith.
2. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #15318; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Dr Samule Haddly Speer; age 46; born in Russell Co, VA; divorced; one previous marriage; dentist;
living at Woodman, KY; son of Spence H. and Cathern (Lockhart) Speer; married on 12 Jul 1937 in
Stacy, VA; Violet Hester Smith; maiden name Christian; age 30; born in McDowell Co, WV; widow;
one previous marriage; living at Woodman, KY; daughter of James D. and Mary E. (Harrison)
Christian.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007: Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Mrs Violet Hester Speer
[Mrs Violet H Speer]
[Mrs Violet Hester Christian ]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Jun 1908
Birth Place: Squire McDow, West Virginia
Death Date: Jun 1989
Father: James D Christian
Mother: Mary E Harrison
SSN: 235382184
Notes: Sep 1943: Name listed as VIOLET HESTER SPEER;
13 Jul 1989: Name listed as VIOLET H SPEER"
4. Smyth Co, VA; Death Certificate #89-022921; Ancestry.com Wev Site.
Violet H. Smith Speer; age 82; born 2 Jun 1907; born in Squire, WV; widow of Samuel H. Speer;
housewife; owns home; 9th grade education; living at PO Box 479, Chilhowie, VA; daughter of
James Davenport and Mary Elizabeth (Harrison) Christian; died 19 Jun 1989; DOA Smyth County
Community Hospital, Marion, VA; due to possible myocardical infarction; buried in Shortridge
Cemetery, Garland, WV.
5. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Vitginia, 1858-1999"; Volume II; by Geneva Steele, Sandra
Long and Tom Hatcher; Page 157; "Violet H. Christian Smith Speer; Mother" article submitted by
Alice S. Addair. PO Box 82, Avondale, WV with excerpts from book by Claude Hadley Speer, son.
1. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Polly Fry Hagerman; 10 Jun 2012.
" Stewart Matney
Birth 1 Oct 1886
Death Dec 1973 (aged 87)
Burial
Perry Vance Cemetery
Rockridge, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA "
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Roten Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1968
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 19 May 1987
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Father: Roten Cooper
Mother: Peggy Geneva Roberts
Spouse: Neva Annette Hawks
Certificate Number: 1987019640"
2. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Roten R Cooper Jr [Jr R Cooper Jr] [Roten Cooper Jr]
Birth Date: Oct 1968
Residence Date: 2014-2020
Address: 791 Springs East Rd
Residence: Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA
Postal Code: 28092
Second Residence Date: 1994-2014
Second Address: 6458 Sherwood Ln
Second Residence: Denver, North Carolina, USA
Second Postal Code: 28037
Third Residence Date: 1993
Third Address: 115 Cara Ln
Third Residence: Statesville, North Carolina, USA
Third Postal Code: 28677
Fourth Residence Date: 1992-1993
Fourth Address: 1 Maw 1st Laad B Btry
Fourth Residence: Fpo
Fourth Postal Code: 96603"
1. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Neva Annette Hawks
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 16
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1970
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 19 May 1987
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Father: Russell Clinton Hawks
Mother: Glenna Lois Payne
Spouse: Roten Cooper
Certificate Number: 1987019640"
2. U.S., Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Neva Cooper
Residence Years: 2002
Address: 6458 Sherwood Ln
Residence Place: Denver, North Carolina, USA
Zip Code: 28037-6460
Phone Number: 704-489-6287"
3. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Daisy Taylor; 15 Jun 2019.
" Neva Annette Kennedy Cooper
Birth 12 Dec 1970
Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Death 18 Apr 2010 (aged 39)
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Burial Burial Details Unknown
Memorial ID 200140828"Additional Information Posted:
"D/O Larry Ray Kennedy & Glenna Lois
Birth Father Russell Hawks
Burial said Mullins Cemetery however unable to confirm which, will move the memorial to correct cemetery if someone can confirm which."
(She is buried in the "Adam Mullins Cemetery, Iaeger, WV". This is on Coon Branch Mtn.)"Neva Annette Cooper
(Hurley)
" Neva Annette Cooper, 39, of Hurley, was dead on arrival at Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy
on Sunday, April 18, 2010.
"Born December 12, 1970 in Geauga (sic, Cuyahoga) County, OH, she was a homemaker, a movie buff and a poetry
writer.
"She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Harvey and Alice Hawks; her step-
maternal-grandparents Celia and Hollie Kennedy; and her paternal grandparents, Burl and Mildred
Payne.
"She is survived by five sons, Dustin Andrew Cooper of Denver, NC, Corey Alexander Cooper of
Bradshaw, WV, Kasey Adam Cooper and Dakota Ceyenne Cooper, both of Denver, NC and Joseph
Burl Cooper of the home; special friend, Lester Dostson of Hurley; her father and mother, Larry Ray and Glenna Lois Kenedy of Coon Branch Mountain near Iaeger, WV; her birth father, Russell Hawks of
Paynesville, WV; three brothers, Dale Lee Hawks of Rocky Point, NC, Larry Ray Kennedy Jr, and wife,
Stephanie of Statesville, NC, John Kenedy and wife, Misty, of Garland, WV; two nephews, Skylar Hawks and Jamie Ray Kennedy, both of Statesville; three nieces, Kayla Kennedy and Melanie Kennedy, both of Iaeger and Brooklyn Kennedy of Garland; numerious uncles, aunts and cousins.
"Funeral srevices will be conducted today (Thursday), April 22 at 1 p.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel in Iaeger with the Revs, Jerry Stacy, Doug Lowe, Curtis Crouse and Roscoe Crouse officiating. Burial will follow in the Mullins Cemetery on Coon Branch Mountain near Iaeger.
"Pallbears will be family and friends.
"Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger is in charge of arrangemants."
1. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Dustin Andrew Cooper
Birth Date: 1990
Residence Date: 2012-2015
Address: 2949 Lees Way Ln
Residence: Denver, North Carolina, USA
Postal Code: 28037
Second Residence Date: 2008-2014
Second Address: 6458 Sherwood Ln
Second Residence: Denver, North Carolina, USA
Second Postal Code: 28037
Third Address: 791 Springs East Rd
Third Residence: Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA
Third Postal Code: 28092"
1. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Kacey A Cooper
Birth Date: Jun 1994
Residence Date: 2016-2020
Address: 791 Springs East Rd
Residence: Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA
Postal Code: 28092
Second Residence Date: 2019
Second Address: 2516 15th Ave SW
Second Residence: Hickory, North Carolina, USA
Second Postal Code: 28602
Third Address: 6203 Sherwood Ln
Third Residence: Denver, North Carolina, USA
Third Postal Code: 28037
Fourth Address: Po Box 271
Fourth Residence: Denver, North Carolina, USA
Fourth Postal Code: 28037"
1. Logan Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1967); Page 328; WV Archives Web Site.
Vester Rafe Osborne; age 19; born 25 Sep 1947 in Cyclone, WV; no previous marriage; living at
Cyclone, WV; son of Vester and Susie (Nailey) Osborne; married on 7 Aug 1967 at Davin, WV; Shirley
Mae Browning; age 20; born 8 Jun 1947 in Fort Branch, WV; no previous marriage; living in Davin,
WV; daughter of Joe and Hazel A. (Kenny) Browning.
1. Logan Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1967); Page 328; WV Archives Web Site.
Vester Rafe Osborne; age 19; born 25 Sep 1947 in Cyclone, WV; no previous marriage; living at
Cyclone, WV; son of Vester and Susie (Nailey) Osborne; married on 7 Aug 1967 at Davin, WV; Shirley
Mae Browning; age 20; born 8 Jun 1947 in Fort Branch, WV; no previous marriage; living in Davin,
WV; daughter of Joe and Hazel A. (Kenny) Browning.
1. Dickenson Co, VA; Marriage License #84-057651; Ancestry.Com Web Site.
Danny Hayse Preece; age 29; born 6 Sep 1955 in WV; divorced; this is his 3rd marriage; last marriage
ended in Feb 1982; 12th grade education; living at Box 968, Inez, Martin Co, KY; son of Curtis H.
and Violet (Smith) Preece; married on 26 Nov 1984 in Clintwood, VA; Phyllis Diane Davis, maiden
name Preece; age 26; born 8 Apr 1958 in KY; widow; this is her 2nd marriage; last marriage ended
12 Mar 1983; 12th grade education; living at Box 659, Inez, Martin Co, KY; daughter of Stewart and
Nadine (Robinson) Preece.
1. Stafford Funeral Home; Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Alva Eugene Sizemore, 71, of Clear Fork, WV went home to be with the Lord on Saturday December 21, 2019 at
Select Specialty Hospital, Charleston, WV. He was born on May 1, 1948 in Maben, WV a son of the late Freman and
Della Sizemore. Alva attended the Garwood Church of God. He worked for many years for Ford and then the
Wyoming County Board of Education. Survivors include his loving wife Shirley Browning Sizemore; four step sons
Gene (companion Abby) Osborne of Cape Girardeau, MO, Chris (Melissa) Osborne of Tazewell, VA, Tracey (Stacey)
Osborne of Oceana and Adam (Heather) Osborne of Bolt; nine grandchildren; many friends in the maintenance
department of the Wyoming County Board of Education; and a host of other loving family and friends. Funeral
services will be held at 12 pm on Thursday December 26th at the Garwood Church of God, Garwood, WV with
Pastor Ricky Shrewsbury officiating. He will be laid to rest in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley, WV. Friends
may gather with the family from 11 am until time of services on Thursday at the church. Pallbearers will be family
and friends. The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Oceana, WV."
1. Logan Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1967); Page 328; WV Archives Web Site.
Vester Rafe Osborne; age 19; born 25 Sep 1947 in Cyclone, WV; no previous marriage; living at
Cyclone, WV; son of Vester and Susie (Nailey) Osborne; married on 7 Aug 1967 at Davin, WV; Shirley
Mae Browning; age 20; born 8 Jun 1947 in Fort Branch, WV; no previous marriage; living in Davin,
WV; daughter of Joe and Hazel A. (Kenny) Browning.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1930); Page 133; WV Archives Web Site.
Dan Rose; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; timberman; living in Caretta, WV; son of Glenn
and Betty; married on 15 Jun 1930 in Caretta, WV; Nonnie Click; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Harve and Rosana.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; By Geneva Steel, Tom Hatcher
and Sandra Long; "Harve and Roseanna Click Family"; article; Page 120; submitted by Mary Ann
Prater Justice; PO Box 458, War, WV 24892.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1930); Page 133; WV Archives Web Site.
Dan Rose; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; timberman; living in Caretta, WV; son of Glenn
and Betty; married on 15 Jun 1930 in Caretta, WV; Nonnie Click; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Harve and Rosana.
3. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Nonnie Hazel Rose
[Nonnie Rose]
[Nonnie Hazel Click]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1913
Birth Place: Caretta Mcdo, West Virginia
Death Date: 7 Mar 1999
Father: Harve Click
Mother: Rosna Hicks
SSN: 235962660
Notes: 24 Jan 1973: Name listed as NONNIE HAZEL ROSE;
17 Mar 1999: Name listed as NONNIE ROSE"