1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 019200; WV Archives Website
Jessie Woods; age 65; born 2 Feb 1907 in NC; married; husband of Jennie Barnett Woods; coal
miner; SS# 236-16-1964; living at Newhall, WV; son of Will and (______) Woods; died 28 Nov 1972
in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; due to advanced pneumonconiosis; buried 30 Nov 1972
in Brewster Cemetery, Newhall, WV; informant, Jennie Woods, Newhall, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 239; WV Archives Website.
Walter Basham; age 28; born in Floyd Co, VA; single; N&W clerk; living at Wilcoe, WV; son of J.L. and
May; married on 5 Feb 1927 in Welch, WV; Beatrice Brown; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single;
daughter of D.H. and Daisy.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 019201; WV Archives Website
Walter Basham; age 74; born 3 Jun 1898 in VA; widowed; retired railway clerk; living at Wilcoe, WV;
so of John L. and Mae (Sumner) Basham; died 4 Dec 1972 at Wilcoe, WV; due to acute myocardial
infarction; buried 7 Dec 1972 in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1927); Page 239; WV Archives Website.
Walter Basham; age 28; born in Floyd Co, VA; single; N&W clerk; living at Wilcoe, WV; son of J.L. and
May; married on 5 Feb 1927 in Welch, WV; Beatrice Brown; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single;
daughter of D.H. and Daisy.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'72 019203; WV Archives Website.
Bertha Mae Cunningham; age 49; born 16 Mar 1923 in WV; widow; Negro; housewife; living at 10
Court St, Welch, WV; daughter of Ike and Fannie L. (Coates) Watts; died 19 Dec 1972 in Welch
Emergency Hospital, Welch, WV; due to thyroid cancer; buried 23 Dec 1972 in Oak Grove Cemetery,
Bluewell, WV; informant, Mattie L. Cunningham, Welch, WV.
1. 1900 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Jeffersonville District, taken on 15/16 Jul 1900, page 113B,
Family #229.
Listed as Polly M. White, age 10, born in Sep 1889 VA, in household of father, Joseph F. White.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '72 019212; WV Archives Website.
Polly White Sparks; age 83; born 26 Sep 1889 in VA; widow; housewife; living at PO Box 117,
Warriormine, WV; daughter of Joe F. and Pattie Mae (White) White; died 5 Dec 1972 ; DOA Stevens
Clinic, Welch, WV; due to acute myocardial infarction; buried 9 Dec 1972 in Underwood Cemetery,
Warriormine, WV.