1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008843; WV Archives Website.
Elmer Avent Bowman; age 76; born 19 May 1895 in VA; married; husband of Edna Wellman; coal
miner; SS# 236-10-3538; living at Caretta, WV; served in the military; son of Lee Bowman and
unknown mother; die 18 Jun 1971 in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; chronic congestive
heart failure with pulmonary embolism; buried 21 Jun 1971 in Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield,
VA; informant, Mrs. Edna Bowman, Caretta, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008844; WV Archives Website.
Michele Chiensolo; age 75; born 6 Jun 1896 in Italy; married; husband of Lucia Pontoleo; coal miner;
SS# 236-07-1776; served in WW I; living at Roderfield, WV; son of Nick and Angeline (Stozieno)
Chiensolo; died 9 Jun 1971 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to repiratory failure and probable
cardiac failure; buried 12 Jun 1971 in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV; informant, Lucia
Chiensolo, Roderfild, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008845; WV Archives Website.
Nathaniel Dismond; age 50; born 14 Feb 1921 in MD; married; husband, of Loraine Hairston; Negro;
coal miner; SS# 224-12-7248; living at Box 207 Eckman, WV; son of Nathaniel and Lizzie (_____)
Dismond; died 13 Jun 1971; DOA Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to bullet wound of head; homicide;
shot by another in car at Coalwood, WV; buried 18 Jun 1971 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bluewell, WV;
informant, Loraine Dismond, Box 207, Eckman, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008846; WV Archives Website.
Charles Ford; age 35 yrs, 5 mons; born 25 Dec 1935 in WV; never married; Negro; laborer for City of
Welch, WV; served in the military; living at Hemphill, WV; son of Warren Lovelace and Jospehine
Ford; died 20 Jun 1971 in Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch, WV; due to bullet wound of abdomen;
homicide; shot by another at Hemphill, WV; buried 21 Jun 1971 in Springhill Cemetery, Charleston,
WV; informant, Josephine Ford, Charleston, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #'71 008849; WV Archives Website.
Edward Hill; ae 68; born 21 Apr 1903 in PA; married; husband of Lizzie Toney; miscelleous work;
Negro; living at Kimball, WV; son of Edward and Alice (Casey) Hill; 12 Jun 1971; DOA Stevens Clinic,
Welch, WV; due to acute coronary thrombosis; buried 15 Jun 1971 in Norwood Cemetery, Kimball,
WV; informant, Mary Kessler, 524th St, NW, Roanoke, VA.