Ruby Marie Cole1,2,3,4

F, b. 1922, d. January 12, 1963
FatherPierce Ireland Cole1,2,4,5 b. April 16, 1889, d. June 2, 1971
MotherPearl Ethel Helma1,2,4,5 b. 1896, d. August 13, 1968
     Her Social Security Number was 435-42-6482.6 Ruby Marie Cole was buried at Shade Creek Cemetery, Fayette Co., West Virginia.4 She and Clarence C. Propps were divorced.3 Ruby Marie Cole was born in 1922 at Elliot, Fayette Co., West Virginia.2 As of April 9, 1943,her married name was Propps.2 She married Clarence C. Propps on April 9, 1943 at Ansted, Fayette Co., West Virginia.2,4 Ruby Marie Cole died on January 12, 1963 at Montgomery, Fayette Co., West Virginia.3 She Victor - Mrs. Ruby Marie Propps, 40, died Saturday in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Fayette County and a member of the Victor Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, Clarence; a son, Melvin, at home; three daughters, Brenda, Ethel and Iris, all at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Cole of Ramsey; a brother, Woodrow Cole of South Charleston; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Justice of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Arna Harper of Hico. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Victor Methodist Church with the Rev. Homer Elkins and the Rev. Wesley Pennington in charge. Burial will be in the Shade Creek Cemetery. The body will remain at Combs Funeral Home in Gauley Bridge and will be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral. on January 14, 1963.4

Census Records

1930Dwelling 307, District 27, Mountain Cove, Fayette Co., West Virginia1
1940Dwelling 85, District 10-36B, Mountain Cove, Fayette Co., West Virginia5

Family

Clarence C. Propps b. November 27, 1917, d. January 19, 1964
Divorce*Ruby Marie Cole and Clarence C. Propps were divorced.3 
Marriage* Ruby Marie Cole married Clarence C. Propps on April 9, 1943 at Ansted, Fayette Co., West Virginia.2,4 
Children
  • Iris Propps7,4
  • Brenda Marie Propps7,4,8
  • Melvin C. Propps4,7
  • Ethel Ann Propps4,7,9

Citations

  1. [S118] National Archives and Records Administration, 1930 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S996] West Virginia Division of Culture and History, online http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/, From the Propps-Cole marriage record.
  3. [S996] West Virginia Division of Culture and History, online http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/, From the Ruby Marie Propps death record.
  4. [S1863] Beckley Post Herald, From the Ruby Marie Propps obituary in the Jan 14, 1963 edition.
  5. [S3353] National Archives and Records Administration, 1940 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.
  7. [S1863] Beckley Post Herald, From the Clarence C. Propps obituary in the Jan 20, 1964 edition.
  8. [S996] West Virginia Division of Culture and History, online http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/, From the Cullum-Propps marriage record.
  9. [S996] West Virginia Division of Culture and History, online http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/, From the Crouch-Propps marriage record.

Ruth Susan "Rutha" Humphries1,2

F, b. circa 1880, d. July 28, 1965
     Ruth Susan "Rutha" Humphries was born circa 1880 at Alleghany Co., Virginia.3,4 As of circa 1901,her married name was Sorrell.1,5 She married Frank Sorrell circa 1901.1,5 As of June 14, 1911,her married name was Cole.1 Ruth Susan "Rutha" Humphries married Roy Oakley Cole, son of Ballard Lucian Cole and Virginia Ellen Bailey, on June 14, 1911 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.1 Ruth Susan "Rutha" Humphries died on July 28, 1965 at Oak Hill, Fayette Co., West Virginia.4,3 She OAK HILL - Mrs. Ruth Susan Cole, 85, Oak Hill, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday in an Oak Hill hospital after illness. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Sorrell Hess, Oak Hill and Miss Hattie Sorrell, Hico and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel at Oak Hill with the Rev. Ernest Barley in Charge. Burial will be in the Hilltop Cemetery at Hilltop. The body will remain at the funeral home where friends may call after 5 p.m. today. on July 29, 1965.3

Census Records

1920Dwelling 117, District 165, Lanark, Raleigh Co., West Virginia5
1940Dwelling 77, District 10-36B, Mountain Cove, Fayette Co., West Virginia6

Family 1

Frank Sorrell
Marriage*Ruth Susan "Rutha" Humphries married Frank Sorrell circa 1901.1,5 
Child

Family 2

Roy Oakley Cole b. June 19, 1891, d. October 20, 1979
Marriage*Ruth Susan "Rutha" Humphries married Roy Oakley Cole, son of Ballard Lucian Cole and Virginia Ellen Bailey, on June 14, 1911 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.1 

Citations

  1. [S996] West Virginia Division of Culture and History, online http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/, From the Cole-Sorrell marriage record.
  2. [S5223] Social Security Administration, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  3. [S1863] Beckley Post Herald, From the Ruth Susan Cole obituary in the Jul 29, 1965 edition.
  4. [S2877] FamilySearch, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973.
  5. [S119] National Archives and Records Administration, 1920 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S3353] National Archives and Records Administration, 1940 United States Federal Census.

Stanton Elmore Manning1,2

M, b. May 6, 1876, d. January 12, 1951
FatherCharles A. Manning3 b. December, 1840, d. September 13, 1916
MotherZilphia Ann Frances "Zilla" Craghead3 b. June 16, 1843, d. May 27, 1929
     Stanton Elmore Manning was buried at Martin Memorial Cemetery, Singing Hills Road, Roanoke Co., Virginia.2 He was born on May 6, 1876 at Virginia.4,3,2 He married Ida Emily Brown circa 1898.5,6 Stanton Elmore Manning died on January 12, 1951 at Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 74.2

Census Records

1880Dwelling 7, District 30, Locust Grove, Floyd Co., Virginia3
1900Dwelling 152, District 73, Cave Spring, Roanoke Co., Virginia5
1910Dwelling 86, District 92, Alleghany, Montgomery Co., Virginia7
1920Dwelling 364, District 54, Amsterdam, Botetourt Co., Virginia1
1930Dwelling 133, District 28, Roanoke, Virginia8
1940Dwelling 187, District 10-17, Lisbon, Bedford Co., Virginia9

Occupation

1900Farm laborer5
1910Farm laborer7
1920Farm laborer1
1930Rayon mill laborer8
1940farmer9

Family

Ida Emily Brown b. July 18, 1880, d. November 25, 1944
Marriage*Stanton Elmore Manning married Ida Emily Brown circa 1898.5,6 
Children

Citations

  1. [S119] National Archives and Records Administration, 1920 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2738] Roanoke Co. VA Archives - Martin Memorial Cemetery, online http://files.usgwarchives.org/va/roanoke/cemeteries/
  3. [S109] National Archives and Records Administration, 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S533] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18.
  5. [S132] National Archives and Records Administration, 1900 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S1033] Unknown name of person, Virginia Department of Health Death Certificate, From the Charles Manning death certificate.
  7. [S205] National Archives and Records Administration, 1910 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S118] National Archives and Records Administration, 1930 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S3353] National Archives and Records Administration, 1940 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S5149] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014.

Ida Emily Brown1,2,3

F, b. July 18, 1880, d. November 25, 1944
     Ida Emily Brown was buried at Martin Memorial Cemetery, Singing Hills Road, Roanoke Co., Virginia.2 She was born on July 18, 1880 at Virginia.1,2 As of circa 1898,her married name was Manning.1 She married Stanton Elmore Manning, son of Charles A. Manning and Zilphia Ann Frances "Zilla" Craghead, circa 1898.1,3 Ida Emily Brown died on November 25, 1944 at Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 64.2

Census Records

1900Dwelling 152, District 73, Cave Spring, Roanoke Co., Virginia1
1910Dwelling 86, District 92, Alleghany, Montgomery Co., Virginia4
1920Dwelling 364, District 54, Amsterdam, Botetourt Co., Virginia5
1930Dwelling 133, District 28, Roanoke, Virginia6
1940Dwelling 187, District 10-17, Lisbon, Bedford Co., Virginia7

Family

Stanton Elmore Manning b. May 6, 1876, d. January 12, 1951
Marriage*Ida Emily Brown married Stanton Elmore Manning, son of Charles A. Manning and Zilphia Ann Frances "Zilla" Craghead, circa 1898.1,3 
Children

Citations

  1. [S132] National Archives and Records Administration, 1900 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2738] Roanoke Co. VA Archives - Martin Memorial Cemetery, online http://files.usgwarchives.org/va/roanoke/cemeteries/
  3. [S1033] Unknown name of person, Virginia Department of Health Death Certificate, From the Charles Manning death certificate.
  4. [S205] National Archives and Records Administration, 1910 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S119] National Archives and Records Administration, 1920 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S118] National Archives and Records Administration, 1930 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S3353] National Archives and Records Administration, 1940 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S5149] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014.

Capt. John Taylor Williamson Jr.1,2,3

M, b. August 8, 1925, d. January 25, 2003
FatherJohn Taylor Williamson1,4,5 b. March 26, 1904, d. February 28, 1992
MotherElizabeth Lucille Lawrence1,4,5 b. November 17, 1905, d. April 30, 1980
     His Social Security Number was 224-24-9722.6 Capt. John Taylor Williamson Jr. was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.3 He married Jo Unknown.2,4 Capt. John Taylor Williamson Jr. was born on August 8, 1925 at Virginia.1,6,3 He died on January 25, 2003 at Falls Church, Fairfax Co., Virginia, at age 77.1,6,3

Census Records

1940Dwelling 142, District 119-42, Roanoke, Virginia5

Family

Jo Unknown
Marriage*Capt. John Taylor Williamson Jr. married Jo Unknown.2,4 
Child
  • John Taylor Williamson III2

Citations

  1. [S1026] Richard Loren Hall, online http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3022977&id=I587015983
  2. [S102] Roanoke Times, From the John Taylor Williamson obituary in the Mar 1, 1992 edition.
  3. [S3235] Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Co., VA, online http://www.findagrave.com
  4. [S102] Roanoke Times, From the Martha Anne Hall obituary in the Jan 3, 1994 edition.
  5. [S3353] National Archives and Records Administration, 1940 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.

Martha Anne Williamson1

F, b. August 9, 1927, d. January 1, 1994
FatherJohn Taylor Williamson1,2,3,4 b. March 26, 1904, d. February 28, 1992
MotherElizabeth Lucille Lawrence1,2,3,4 b. November 17, 1905, d. April 30, 1980
     Her Social Security Number was 229-36-5459.5 Martha Anne Williamson was born on August 9, 1927 at Roanoke, Virginia.1,3,5 As of December 26, 1949,her married name was Hall.1 She married Dr. Waverly Dean Hall on December 26, 1949 at Roanoke, Virginia.1,3 Martha Anne Williamson died on January 1, 1994 at Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Virginia, at age 66.1,3,5 She HALL, Martha Anne, 66, of 1809 Oakwood Street, Bedford, died Saturday, January 1, 1994 at the Brian Center, Fincastle. She was born in Roanoke on August 9, 1927, a daughter of the late John T. Williamson Sr. and Elizabeth Lucille Lawrence Williamson of Roanoke. She was an elementary school teacher and reading specialist for several years in California, Guam and Taiwan. Upon retirement from teaching in 1983, she supervised student teachers for Fresno State University in Fresno, California until 1989. She was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and an active participant in Daughters of the King. She is survived by her husband, W. Dean Hall, Bedford; one brother and sister-in-law, John T. Williamson Jr. and Jo Williamson, Arlington; daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Kenneth Baxley, Visalia, Calif., Muriel and Eric Helvestine, Fincastle; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Maria Hall, Roanoke; five grandchildren, John and Lloyd Keeling, Exeter, Calif., Erica, Amy, and Sarah Helvestine, Fincastle. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 4, 1994 at the St. John's Episcopal Church, with Rev. James A. Creasy officiating. Private family inurnment to follow the service in the St. John's Episcopal Church Columbarium. The family suggests that memorials be made to the Boys Home, Covington, Va. 24426. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory, Bedford. on January 3, 1994.3

Census Records

1940Dwelling 142, District 119-42, Roanoke, Virginia4

Family

Dr. Waverly Dean Hall
Marriage*Martha Anne Williamson married Dr. Waverly Dean Hall on December 26, 1949 at Roanoke, Virginia.1,3 
Children
  • Richard L. Hall2,3
  • Susan Hall3
  • Muriel Hall3

Citations

  1. [S1026] Richard Loren Hall, online http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3022977&id=I587015983
  2. [S102] Roanoke Times, From the John Taylor Williamson obituary in the Mar 1, 1992 edition.
  3. [S102] Roanoke Times, From the Martha Anne Hall obituary in the Jan 3, 1994 edition.
  4. [S3353] National Archives and Records Administration, 1940 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.

Virginia Peters1

F, b. October 10, 1896, d. May 9, 1996
     Her Social Security Number was 229-60-2496.2 Virginia Peters was born on October 10, 1896 at Virginia.3,2 As of June 26, 1920,her married name was Lawrence.1 She married Sala Wilmer Lawrence, son of James E. Lawrence and Elizabeth Ann Stuart, on June 26, 1920.1 Virginia Peters died on May 9, 1996 at Virginia at age 99.2

Census Records

1930Dwelling 187, District 38, Roanoke, Virginia3

Family

Sala Wilmer Lawrence b. July 13, 1881, d. October 24, 1955
Marriage*Virginia Peters married Sala Wilmer Lawrence, son of James E. Lawrence and Elizabeth Ann Stuart, on June 26, 1920.1 

Citations

  1. [S331] William Lindsay Lawrence, Judy G. Blackwell, Erma C. Sowers, and Mabel Collins Willis Ora Belle Mayberry McColeman, Descendants of Elder John Lawrence.
  2. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.
  3. [S118] National Archives and Records Administration, 1930 United States Federal Census.