Husband: Leonard Guy Drain
Also known as: Guy Drain 1
Born: Sep-21-1918 in Gilmer Co, WV 2,3
Died: Mar-27-2018 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5,1
Resided: 1938 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Occupation: farmer, livestock producer 5 (see note 1)
Education: Pullman High School (1938) 5
Military: U.S. Army, World War II (South Pacific), Korea 2,6,5 (see note 2)
Father: James Franklin "Frank" Drain (1875 - 1957)
Mother: Viola Mae Spurgeon (1878 - 1944)
Wife: Virginia Brooks Hinzman 7,8,1 Married: Jun-25-1938 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Born: Apr-16-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,10,3 Resided: 1997, 2005, 11, 18 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12 Resided: 1985, 89 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13,11 Resided: 1920, 1938 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 10,3 Father: Eathen Egbert "Tom" Hinzman (1873 - 1950) Mother: Justina Melrose "Jettie" Goode (1880 - 1956)
M Child 1: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife's sister. (2) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1082. (3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (4) Obituary - At home. (5) Obituary. (6) Pennsboro News, 9/12/2012. (7) Marriage record of son. (8) Obituary of wife's brother. (9) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (10) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Berea District) (11) Obituary of sister. (12) Obituary of husband. (13) Obituary of brother. Event Notes Note (1) In 1956 he was employed by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture as manager of the Lamberton Farmers Market, Parkersburg Farmers market and assistant director of the Rural Resources Division, Charleston, WV. Note (2) Guy Drain was a World War II Veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Marianna Islands in the South Pacific, and was recalled to active duty in 1950 to Fort Campbell, KY, as a medical technician to administer to our Korean War casualties in the Fort Campbell Hospital. He was First Sergeant of Hq. & Hq. Company, 1092d Engr. Bn., West Virginia National Guard of Parkersburg, WV, retiring at the rank of Master Sergeant with thirty years of military service.