1. 1930 Cenus, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Gary; taken 6 Apr 1930; Page 23A; Family #165/170.
Listed as King Mann; age 39; born in VA; married at 22; Negro; coal loader in mine; head of
household.
1. 1930 Cenus, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Gary; taken 6 Apr 1930; Page 23A; Family #165/170.
Listed as Sarah Mann; age 37; born in VA; married at 19; Negro; in household of husband, King
Manns
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 017514; WV Archives Web Site.
Sarah Manns; age 78; born 28 Nov 1894 in VA; widown; Negro; domestic; living at Gary, WV; daughter
of Martin and Mary (_____) Smith; died 21 Nov 1972 at Gary, WV; due to;cardieo-vascular accident;
buried 24 Nov 1972 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, Katherine Dunlap, Gary, WV.
1. 1930 Cenus, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Gary; taken 6 Apr 1930; Page 23A; Family #165/170.
Listed as Catherine Mann; age 17; born in VA; single; Negro; in household of father, King Manns.
1. 1930 Cenus, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Gary; taken 6 Apr 1930; Page 23A; Family #165/170.
Listed as Louis Mann; age 15; born in NC; single; Negro; in household of father, King Manns.
1. 1930 Cenus, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Gary; taken 6 Apr 1930; Page 23A; Family #165/170.
Listed as Henry Mann; age 12; born in WV; single; Negro; in household of father, King Manns.
1. McDowell co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 334; WV Archives Website.
Steven Szarka; age 34; born in PA; single; living at Keystone, WV; married on 10 Nov 1945 at
Powhatan, WV; Mary Stockie (sic, Stocchi); age 18; born in Gary, WV; single; living at Crumpler, WV;
with consent of Julie Stockie, mother of Mary Stockie (sic).
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 017515; WV Archives Web Site.
Steve Szarka; age 61; born 21 Jan 1911 in PA; married; husband of Mary E, Shoto (sic, Stocchi);
SS# 232-16-4255; coal miner; living at Northfork, WV; son of Stephen and Susie (Egri) Szarka; both
born in Hungary; died 11 Nov 1972 in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; due to heart disease
with myocardial failure; buried 13 Nov 1972 in Resthaven Cemetery, Princeton, WV.
1. McDowell co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 334; WV Archives Website.
Steven Szarka; age 34; born in PA; single; living at Keystone, WV; married on 10 Nov 1945 at
Powhatan, WV; Mary Stockie (sic, Stocchi); age 18; born in Gary, WV; single; living at Crumpler, WV;
with consent of Julie Stockie, mother of Mary Stockie.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Eula Mary Stocchi [Mary Eula Szarka] [Mary Szarka]
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Date 7 Oct 1927
Birth Place Filbert, West Virginia [Crumpler Mcd??, West Virginia]
Death Date 18 Jan 2006
Father Frank Stocchi
Mother Julia Stocchi
SSN 235380286
Signature on SSN Card Mary Stocchi
Relationship of Signature Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes May 1943: Name listed as EULA MARY STOCCHI;
Oct: Name listed as MARY EULA SZARKA;
26 Jan 2006: Name listed as MARY E SZARKA"
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 299; Wv Archives Website.
Jesse White; age 18; born in Buchanan Co, VA; single; living at Pineville, WV; son of Elbert and Liddie
White; married on 29 Jan 1944 at Pineville, WV; Gladys Evans; age 17; born and living in Pineville,
WV; daughter of Ezra and Dorotha Evans.
1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 11 Apr 1930; Page 157A; Family #26/26.
Listed as Gladys Evans; age 4; born in WV; in household of father, Ezra H. Evans.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 299; Wv Archives Website.
Jesse White; age 18; born in Buchanan Co, VA; single; living at Pineville, WV; son of Elbert and Liddie
White; married on 29 Jan 1944 at Pineville, WV; Gladys Evans; age 17; born and living in Pineville,
WV; daughter of Ezra and Dorotha Evans.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 017516; WV Archives Website.
Freeman White; age 26; born 7 Jun 1946 in WV; married; husband of Myrtle Shores; timber truck
driver; living at Wyoming, WV; son of Jesse and Gladys (Evans) White; died 8 Nov 1972 at Roderfield,
WV; due to broken neck and crushing injuries to chest and abdomen from truck and auto accident on
highway near Roderfield; buried 11 Nov 1972 in Cooper Cemetery, Wyoming, WV; informant, Myrtle
White, Wyoming, WV.
2. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985; Ancestry.com Website.
Freeman White; born 7 Jun 1946; died 8 nov 1972; SP4 US Army; SS# 231-56-3243; enlisted 15 Oct
1968; honorable discharged 10 Nov 1970; service #67 009 756; flat bronze marker with Christian
Cross; applied for by Myrtle White, widow, 14 Nov 1972; buried in Cooper Cemetery, Wyoming, WV.
1. Evans-Calfee Funeral Home; Pineville, WV; Posted Obit.
"Violet Lea Miller Meadows, 94, of Brenton, WV, went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 17, 2023, at her home. Born April 1, 1929, in Welch, WV, Violet was the daughter of the late Luther Terry and Thelma Gladys Morgan Miller. She graduated from Beckley College and Bluefield State College with B.S. in Education. Mrs. Meadows was employed by the Wyoming County Board of Education as principal/teacher at Fanny Grade School (a one-room school with 18 students) and an elementary teacher at Long Branch Grade School, Coal Mountain Grade School, and Baileysville Elementary & Jr. High School, retiring in 1988. Violet attended Lewis Memorial Baptist Church in Huntington for several years and Baileysville Baptist Church in recent years. She loved her family, her church family, gospel hymns, reading the Bible, and talking with loved ones and friends. Violet especially enjoyed visits from her nephew, Luther Terry Miller of Front Royal, VA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald K. Meadows; her daughter, Carolyn Jeanette Meadows; a daughter-in-law, Mary Highwart Meadows; a son-in-law, Curtis Steven Rose; a brother, Luther Terry Miller, Jr.; a sister, Frances Lorraine Miller; a brother and sister-in-law, Raymond Howard and Dorothy Green Miller; and a great-grandchild, Stephen Maria Bartz. Survivors include her daughter, Loretta Sue Meadows Rose of Brier Creek; her son, Kevin Keith Meadows of Huntington; five grandchildren, Richard (Marie) Rose of Huntington, Janet Frazier of Huntington, Tara (Robert) Bartz of Pittsburgh, PA, Joselyn Meadows of Huntington, and Anastacia Meadows of West Huntington; nine great-grandchildren, Teryn Hubbard, Jayson Griffin, and Marcus Frazier (all of Huntington), Gretchen, Matthew, Miriam, Sophia, and Caroline Bartz (all of Pittsburgh, PA), and Sadie Hensley of West Huntington; and one great-great-grandchild, Teagan Smith of Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2023, at Evans-Calfee Funeral Home in Oceana, WV, with Rev. Glenn Hatfield officiating. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Burial will follow at Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, WV. Special thanks are extended to Family Health Care and the Wyoming County Council on Aging. Evans-Calfee Funeral Service, Oceana, is serving the Meadows family."