1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 010442; WV Archives Website.
Bertha Blankenship; age 77; born 24 Apr 1894 in WV; married; wife of Millard Blankenship; housewife;
living at Justice, WV; daughter of Jim and Thursey (Browning) Justice; died 24 Jul 1971 in Doctors
Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; due to probale acute coronary occlusion; buried 27 Jul 1971 in
Justice Cemetery, Justice, WV; informant, Lowell Mounts, Gilbert, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1946); Page 408; WV Archives Website.
Odell Boyce; age 26; born at Kimball, WV; single; Colored; living at Anawalt, WV; married on 1 May
1946 at Anawalt, WV; Oretha Huff; age 24; born in Scarborough, WV; single; Colored; living at
Anawalt, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1946); Page 408; WV Archives Website.
Odell Boyce; age 26; born at Kimball, WV; single; Colored; living at Anawalt, WV; married on 1 May
1946 at Anawalt, WV; Oretha Huff; age 24; born in Scarborough, WV; single; Colored; living at
Anawalt, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 010443; WV Archives Website.
Jerry William Boice; age 24; born 30 May 1947 in WV; never married; Negro; SS# 232-78-0154;
verteran and student; served in Vietnam; living at Anawalt, WV; son of Odell and Oretha (Huff) Boice;
died at Anawalt, WV; due to self inflicted drug poisoning with alcoholism; buried 8 Jul 1971 in Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, Odell Boice, Anawalt, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'71 010447; WV Archives Website.
Rebecca Allen Harris; age 67; born 25 Dec 1903 in VA; widow; Negro; domestic in private homes;
SS# 233-34-9225; living at Box 667, Kimball, WV; daughter of Charles and Mary (____) Allen; died
1 Jul 1971 at Kimball, WV; due to cerebral vascular accident; buried 4 Jul 1971 in Oak Grove
Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, EUgene Brown, Box 667, Kimball, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'71 010449; WV Archives Website.
Vernia Hughes; age 64; born 17 Sep 1906 in VA; widow; Negro; housewife; SS# 235-07-3846; living
at Box 847, Kimball, WV; daughter of John and Sophia (Holland) Hollard; died 14 Jul 1971; DOA
Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to acute coronary thrombosis; buried 18 Jul 1971 in Oak Grove
Cemetery, Bluewell, WV; informant, Hattie Hughes, Box 847, Kimball, WV.
1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1948); Page 93; Line #20; WV Archives Website.
Wash W. Kozar; age 21; born at Elkhorn, WV; single; living at Maybeury, WV; married on 6 Nov 1948
at Princeton, WV; Ruth T. Gray; age 21; born in Pocahontas, VA; single; living at Freeman, WV.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'71 010452; WV Archives Website.
Wash William Kozar; age 43; born 23 Dec 1927 in WV; married; husband of Ruth Gray; pin man
(roof bolter) in coal mine; living at Maybeury, WV; son of George and Julia (Zuber) Kozar, Sr; died
23 Jul 1971 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to myocardial infarction; buried 26 Jul 1971 in
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell, WV; informant, Ruth G. Kozar, Box 179, Maybeury, WV.
1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1948); Page 93; Line #20; WV Archives Website.
Wash W. Kozar; age 21; born at Elkhorn, WV; single; living at Maybeury, WV; married on 6 Nov 1948
at Princeton, WV; Ruth T. Gray; age 21; born in Pocahontas, VA; single; living at Freeman, WV.