Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ora Willis Earle    
                Born: Sep-22-1912          at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Feb- 6-1978           2,3
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      at Bristol, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1949                 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1940                 in Cheswick, Allegheny Co, PA  
             Resided: 1933, 1935           at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
              Census: 1930                 in Norfolk, VA   (see note 1)
              Census: 1920                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 filling station attendant  7
            Military: Mar-21-1944 - Dec-16-1945 MM2, US Navy, World War II  8
              Father: Samuel Irvin Earle   (1863 -     ) 
              Mother: Genevra Sarah Bates   (1877 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Martha Vietta Ritter   9  
             Married: Dec-26-1933          in Salem, WV  6
                Born: Feb- 7-1912          in Tyler Co, WV  10,5,2,6
                Died: Oct-27-1990          in Los Angeles Co, CA  10,5,2
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Oakley, Contra Costa Co, CA  12
             Resided: 1987                 in Burbank, Los Angeles Co, CA  13
              Census: 1940                 in Cheswick, Allegheny Co, PA  
             Resided: 1935                 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930                 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
              Father: Elsworth E. Ritter   (1883 - 1930) 
              Mother: Delia Bell Edgell   (1893 - 1985) 
           F Child 1: Living      
           M Child 2: Living      

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Social Security Death Index. 
(4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. 
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(7) 1940 Census. 
(8) Military Grave Marker. 
(9) Obituary of wife's brother. 
(10) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health 
Statistics. 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(13) Obituary of brother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Listed as one of many enlisted Seamen at the Hampton Roads US Naval Operating
Base.







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