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| 14901 | He previously served as a security guard for Salem International University, worked for Spurgeon Funeral Home in West Union, and was a member of the West Union Lions Club. He was also the very first driver for the Doddridge County EMS in 1971. | KNIGHT, Ronald Lee "Ronnie" (I17165)
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| 14902 | He purchased a place in Woodbury, Bethlehem Society, Jan 6 1758. | KASSON, William (I38777)
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| 14903 | He received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Salem College and completed advanced management and accounting courses from West Virginia University. He was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He was employed by Monongahela Power Co. and retired as Controller and Director of Regulatory Accounting in 1996 after 37 years of dedicated service. While in Fairmont, Dick was a member of the Fairmont Rotary Club and served on the Board of Directors of the Marion County Health Department. He was also a member and past president of the Central WV chapter of the Society of CPA's and was a past Director and Secretary/Treasurer of the WV Society of CPA's. In 1995 he was awarded the Outstanding CPA in Business and Industry by the WV Society of CPA's. | MYERS, Richard Earl (I61276)
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| 14904 | He received his degree in mathematics from West Virginia University, where he attended on an athletic scholarship. He volunteered in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant Junior Grade during World War II. In the war, he served as skipper of a PT boat that helped liberate prisoners in the Pacific, including survivors of the Bataan Death March. After moving with his family from West Virginia in 1953, he taught math and coached golf at Chula Vista High School for over 20 years, retiring in 1976. He was a charter member of the Coronada Municipal Golf Course. | HAUGHT, Ralph Marvel (I980)
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| 14905 | He received several awards including three Bronze Stars, American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, and Victory Medal. | STOUT, Robert Edward (I88027)
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| 14906 | He resided in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV when employed by the Philadelphia Oil Co. He moved to Parkersburg in 1942. He was a retired employee of the Johns Manville Co in Parkersburg. He was survived by four grandchildren, all of Baltimore, MD. | HAUGHT, William Berkley (I5530)
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| 14907 | He retired after 33 years as a teacher and assistant basketball coach at Doddridge County High School. He had also served as a substitute postal clerk and rural mail carrier for 42 years. | DAVIS, Herbert Murray (I10599)
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| 14908 | He retired as a cutter from PPG Industries with 40 years of service. He was an Eagle Scoutmaster and the first fire chief of the Stonewood Volunteer Fire Department. | BORROR, Wilbert Leroy (I2229)
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| 14909 | He retired as a deputy assessor of Doddridge County with over ten years of service. He had formerly worked with the Doddridge County ASCS in West Union for several years and had been a self-employed farmer and timberman. | POWELL, Kermit Doyl "Johnny" (I10540)
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| 14910 | He retired as a Master Sergeant with the U.S. Air Force, and was a member and commander of VFW Post 3408 at West Union. He was also a farmer and stockman, was a member of the Doddridge County Planning Commission, and was past president of the West Virginia Wool Marketing Association. | WILLIS, Harry Wayne (I17133)
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| 14911 | He retired from Consolidated Gas Transmission Corporation (a successor to Hope Gas) after 36 years of service: starting as a construction laborer in Field Operations, to Manager of Gas Measurement, and finally to VP of Administration. In West Virginia, he was an active member of Clarksburg Baptist Church, President of United Way of Harrison County, and held many board and officer positions in both the YMCA of Harrison County and the Lion's Club- focusing on their work for the blind and visually impaired. Professionally, he was active and held several officer and board positions in the American Gas Association, West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, Southern Gas Association, and Clarksburg Development Corporation. | YOST, Kenneth Carroll (I137139)
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| 14912 | He retired from Ravenswood Aluminum as a mechanic. He was past president of the Ripley Business Association, a member of the Sons of the American Legion and of the Gold Wing Motorcycle Club, and was a past member of the Ripley Jaycees. | PITTS, William Murl (I17275)
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| 14913 | He retired from the Franklin Box Board of Franklin, Ohio as a truck driver. | SINNETT, Glenn Edward (I9405)
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| 14914 | He retired from the Nestle Company in 1979 and was the former owner of the City Restaurant in Salem. | BOOHER, Edison Duane "Ed" (I12717)
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| 14915 | He retired from the U.S. Postal Service with 36 years of service and had served 11 years as manager of the Postal Credit Union. He was a recipient of US Army Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Germany on November 26, 1944 during World War II. Discharged in 1947 after prolonged hospital treatments. | SNIDER, Charles Edward "Ed" (I47)
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| 14916 | He retired from the US Army as Shop Chief in charge of heavy equipment maintenance. He was a member of the 119th Engineering Company, US Army National Guard for 37 years, and retired as Sergeant First Class in 2006. He saw active duty service during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. | BENNETT, Bernard Ray "Butch" (I43977)
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| 14917 | He retired from Union Carbide Corporation, and was a retired minister of the Union Mission Conference with 50 years of service. | HILEMAN, Floyd Isaac Smith (I293)
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| 14918 | He seems to have changed the spelling of his surname to Fisher at about the time of his marriage. | FISCHER, John Martin (I21527)
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| 14919 | He served as a Little League coach for many years for Pennsboro and he served as an assistant coach for the Ritchie Rebel Baseball team. Rick took great pride in maintaining and working on the athletic fields at Ritchie County High School as well as the T-ball and Little League fields in Pennsboro, WV. Rick greatly enjoyed serving as the statistician for the Ritchie Rebel football and boys basketball team for many years. | DAVIS, Richard Wayne "Rick" (I53605)
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| 14920 | He served as superintendent of the city of Asheville's Bee Tree Watershed from 1935 to 1941. From 1941 to the end of World War II, he served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Camp David near Wilmington, N.C., and later at the Miami Beach Service Base. As a professional engineer, he worked in the field of sanitary engineering for more than 50 years, and for 30 years he operated a private practice as a consulting engineer. For 34 years, he was a resident of Atlantic Beach, Fla., where he served as an engineering consultant and as a city commissioner. | PARKS, Walter John Jr. (I36689)
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| 14921 | He served during World War II as an Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class for the United States Navy in the Lighter Than Air (LTA) "Dirigibles", Antisubmarine Division stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | WALDRON, Ralph K. (I51641)
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| 14922 | He served in Europe and at Fort Campbell, KY, as well as at the Quartermaster Center at Ft. Lee, VA. | STANLEY, Ralph Edward (I139251)
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| 14923 | He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II and was the holder of many honors and awards. After his return from the Pacific, he became an Army Planner for the first thermonuclear test at Eniwetok Atoll in 1952, and he participated in the briefing and film presentation given to President Eisenhower and his cabinet. Subsequent assignments included tours in Southeast Aisa as a U.S. Adivser, in Europe as Chief of Special Weapons, LANDSOUTH and later as the Secretary, Joint Staff of the U.S. European Command. Col Tyson was also a battalon cammandar in the 1st Armored Division and later was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the latter capicity he was highly commended by President Nixon for briefings on NATO following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He was a magna cum lauda graduate of Mayland University and received his masters degree in international relations from George Washington University. He attended the U.S. Army War College in the Class of 1966. Upon his retirement from the Army in 1972, Colonel Tyson obtained art degrees from Harrisburg Community College and York Acadamy of Art and became locally recognized as a historical mrualist and portrait painter. A mural on the history of Carlisle is a part of Calrisle Plaza Mall and different pieces of his work are at the Carlisle Army War College. He is a member of the local chapter of The Military Officers Association and former member of the Carlisle Exchange Club. | TYSON, Charles Matthew (I37578)
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| 14924 | He served one term in the South Carolina House of Representatives. | GASTON, Amzi Cason "Case" (I36470)
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| 14925 | He served two terms as city councilman, was public safety director; was owner and operator of Paul's Barber Shop in South Parkersburg, and was owner and operator of Bee's Quick Shop in Mineral Wells. | BEE, Paul Defiance Jr. (I52691)
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| 14926 | He served two terms as mayor of Santa Anna in the ten years that he lived there. | FLINT, Corley Emerson "Carl" (I140167)
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| 14927 | He served with the 103rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division in the European Theatre of Operations. He was awarded six battle stars, including the European Theatre medal. He fought in many battles, including the Invasion of North Africa, the Invasion of Sicily, the Invasion of Normandy, the Liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes, the Bridge at Remagen and Central Europe. | STANLEY, Roy Averill (I139250)
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| 14928 | He served with the 459th ENGR Co (Clarksburg) and Co D, 463 ENBN (New Martinsville) along with 2093 RD USAR School and 80th Training Division (DIT). | FLEMING, Danny Gerald (I136519)
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| 14929 | He set the Little Kanawha Conference scoring record for Harrisville High School basketball in 1951. He was also an honorable mention All-State for two years. He was a high school baseball pitcher, striking out the first 11 batters in his first game. | ROBINSON, Ira Theodore (I137627)
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| 14930 | He spent four years active duty as a Diesel Engineman, two years in the Coast Guard Reserve, and attained the rank of Engineman 2nd class. After an eight-year break in service, MSgt Norman enlisted in the 119th Engineer Company in 1974 as a truck driver. Two years later, he accepted a full-time position as the Unit Clerk and, in 1979, became the Supply Sergeant. In 1987, he became the Operations Sergeant for C Co. 1092nd Engineer Battalion and served as the First Sergeant there prior to accepting the position of Senior NCO Logistician for the 111th Engineer Group. In 1992, Bernard received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Military Management from the University of Charleston. MSgt Normans awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Good Conduct Medal with a Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, the Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Service Ribbon, the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the West Virginia Emergency Service Ribbon with a Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, and the West Virginia State Service Ribbon with a Silver Oak Leaf Cluster. He retired in 2002 from the WV Army National Guard with the rank of Master Seargent. | NORMAN, Bernard L. "Bernie" (I137870)
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| 14931 | He spent his early working years in construction on the Corridor D project, Harrison Power Station, Haywood, WV, Mountwood Park in its early years of development, Dupont and Tippits. | JENNINGS, David Alan (I10419)
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| 14932 | He spent his lifelong career serving Doddridge County Schools as a principal and teacher for several years. He even continued upon retirement as a substitute teacher until last year in 2020. Rodney was a principal at Sedalia Elementary, Greenwood Elementary, Middle Island Grade School, and he taught sixth grade history at Doddridge County Middle School. Rodney was active in the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department as Chief, Assistant Chief, training, leader, V.P. and firefighter for 20 plus years. https://www.mcculloughraiguel.com/obituaries/Rodney--Cecil--Jones-?obId=22686077#/celebrationWall | JONES, Rodney Cecil (I17952)
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| 14933 | He spent his working career in the glass industry; first working for the former Tiffany Corporation of Salem, WV as a foot setter and later for the former Mid Atlantic Glass of Ellenboro, WV as a foot setter for 40 years. | ALKIRE, James Clarence (I135937)
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| 14934 | He spent most of his adult working years in Washington, where he raised his family, farmed, and started Barker's Variety Store, which the family ran for 20 years. After retiring, he and wife Marjorie spent nearly 30 years traveling the United States, settling in Arizona and Oregon, before returning to Washington in their later years to be near family. Mr. Barker served Washington for about 60 years, as the town's first fire chief and forest fire warden. He had been selectman for 19 years and was police chief for many years. He had been the town perambulator and served on several committees. He represented Washington to the Dartmouth Lake Sunapee Region, and belonged to the N.H. Police Chiefs Association, Sullivan-Grafton Law Enforcement Association and the Fire Wardens Association. He was also a hunting guide for several years. | BARKER, Abner H. Jr. (I59859)
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| 14935 | He spent the greater part of his life in West Union, where he was a blacksmith and tooldresser. He went to Akron in 1943 to work for the B. F. Goodrich Co, retiring in 1959. | JETT, Joseph (I14919)
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| 14936 | He started his career as a television announcer in the Clarksburg area as a radio announcer with WHAR radio, later going to WSAZ-TV in Huntington, and then on to KMOX-TV in St. Louis, MO. | BROOKS, Thomas Gale (I19665)
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| 14937 | He started his teaching career at Highland County High School in Monterey, VA. He continued to teach and coach various football programs in West Virginia including Lumberport High School, Buckhannon Upshur Middle School, and Buckhannon Upshur High School. | TUSTIN, Harlen Glen "Buck" (I137756)
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| 14938 | He started with DuPont in 1958, and worked with the company in several cities including Buffalo, New York, Martinsville, Virginia and Wilmington, Delaware. In 1976, transferred to DuPont in Chattanooga and retired in 1983, after 25 years of service with the company. | JAMES, Virgil Eugene "Gene" (I92941)
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| 14939 | He taught and coached in Raleigh County, W.Va., for 12 years, coming to St. Marys in 1944, where he served as a coach and teacher. He retired from coaching in 1956 and became assistant principal. He retired as principal of St. Marys High School in 1973. He was a member if the Pleasants County Retired Teachers Association. In 1989 he was named retired coach of the year by the West Virginia Coaches Association. | INGRAM, Lester P. "Horse" (I41228)
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| 14940 | He taught at Clearfork High School, Whitesville, Williamstown High, Parkersburg High School and Parkersburg South High School | LEGGETT, Nathan Leroy "Roy" (I6222)
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| 14941 | He taught at Doddridge County High School for 38 years, retiring in 2011, then substituting for another ten years. Danny coached varsity boys basketball leading his 1994 team to the the school's only state title. He also coached the girls basketball team for four years, the baseball team for seven years, as well as track & field (shotput), assistant football coach, and finally head football coach until his retirement in 2011. | MCCONNELL, Danny Lynn (I96651)
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| 14942 | He taught in the Doddridge County schools for eleven years, was a former owner and manager of the West Union Feed Store, and was a retired salesman for the Dr. Salsbury Company. A display advertisement in a Doddridge County homeowners directory of the mid-1930s was as follows: WEST UNION FEED & SUPPLY CO. Cecil Hutson, Mgr. A Complete Line of Hay, Feed, Flour, Building Supplies, Lime, Fertilizer, Cement, Sand, Gravel & Coal We Deliver Any Place In The County WE SPECIALIZE IN DEWEY QUALITY FEED Phone 213J __ P.O. 82, West Union, W.Va. We Give You a |_| Deal the Year O | HUTSON, Cecil Edward (I47288)
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| 14943 | He volunteered on the Appalachian Trail and had received a 1000 Hours Award. His hobby was attending auctions and collecting antique tools and gas engines. He could always be found at antique engine shows with his tool display, "What Is It and What Does It Do?" | HENDERSON, Gailey Alvin (I86142)
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| 14944 | He was "the original settler on the Muse plantation where Popes Creek meets the Potomac River. Although a portion of this property is now George Washington's Birthplace owned by the National Park Service, the remainder is the oldest American farm still under continual ownership by the founding family." http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245360 | MUSE, John Sr. (I35666)
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| 14945 | He was "the son of John P. and Alice (Hurst) Hayes. An aunt and uncle, John and Rebecca Jenney, became his parents." [obit] 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (city of Salem), enumerated on Apr 3 1930 at 56 Terrace Avenue: John W. Jenny, 63, b. Pa (father b. Md, mother b. Pa), rig builder in oil fields, age 33 at time of first marriage; wife Rebbecca, 51, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), age 21 at first marriage; nephew Russel D. Hayes, 1, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa). 1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (city of Salem), enumerated on Apr 8 1940 at 54 Traugh Avenue: John W. Jenney, 73, b. Pa, road construction supervisor; wife Rebecca V, 61, b. WVa; nephew Russel D. Hays, 11, b. WVa. | JENNEY, Russell Dewain (Hayes) (I84586)
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| 14946 | He was 6 ft 3 in in height and had a handlebar mustache. Worked for the B & O Railroad, where he helped organize the union. But he was blackballed for that, so moved to Cumberland, MD, where he worked for a tin plating company. Married Jennie Dotson, who weighed no more than 100 pounts. They had two sons. | SQUIRES, Ulysses S. Grant (I6294)
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| 14947 | He was a Doddridge County Elementary School principal, retiring with 32 years of service. He was also retired from State Farm Insurance Company as an agent with 25 years of service. | COX, James Maynard (I16842)
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| 14948 | He was a 1935 graduate of Doddridge County (then West Union) High School, where he excelled in football. He was retired from the City of West Union after 20 years service as supervisor of the Water Department filtration plant. He was a former member of the Doddridge County Lions Club, serving one term as president, and was also a member of the Doddridge County Emergency Squad. | VANSCOY, Raymond Jesse "Johnny" (I16585)
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| 14949 | He was a 1939 graduate of Pullman High School in Ritchie Co, then attended Glenville State College before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He served as a pilot in Italy during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He continued his education at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he graduated with an aeronautical engineering degree. He was employed by Boeing Corporation in Seattle on rocket space projects, working there until his retirement his 1987. | BUSH, Dallace Kline (I22418)
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| 14950 | He was a 1940 graduate of Talcott High School and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from West Virginia University, Morgantown. He continued his graduate studies at the University of Arizona at Tucson and post-graduate studies at Syracuse University. | BOWYER, Norvin Lee (I55422)
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