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     Ashlee Jo Elmore was buried at Harold Family Cemetery, Uler, Roane Co., West Virginia.² She was born circa 1986 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.² She died on September 24, 1995 at Genoa, Wayne Co., West Virginia.² She Genoa - Ashlee Jo Elmore, 9, of genoa died Sept. 24, 1995, at home after a short illness. She was born in Charleston. Surviving: stepfather and mother, Larry L. and Deedrea Harold Wilson of Newton; father, Joe Ray Elmore of Tariff; foster parents, Sidney and Beverly Wilson Jr. of Genoa; stepsister, Lorrie Ann Wilson of Glenville; foster sister, Jessica Rena Wilson of Genoa; maternal grandparents, James R. and Marion Harold of Newton; paternal grandparents, O. Ray Elmore of Tariff, Phyllis Elmore of Tariff; maternal great-grandmother, Ruth Hensley of Newton; paternal great-grandparents, Otmer and Faye Elmore of Orlando, Denver and Cora Morris of Uler. Graveside service and burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Harold Family Cemetery, Uler, with the Rev. Eddie Young officiating. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Sinnett-Taylor Funeral Home, Spencer. on September 26, 1995.²

     Ralph Ardell "Hank" Rardon was buried at Clover Cemetery, Clover, Roane Co., West Virginia.^2,5,4 He was born on February 3, 1924 at Spencer, Roane Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3 He married Mary Louise Elmore, daughter of Jacob Ott Elmore and Mary Jane Looney, on March 15, 1946 at Morgantown, Monongalia Co., West Virginia.^6,1,7 Ralph Ardell "Hank" Rardon died on June 3, 1960 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, at age 36.^2,5 He Ralph Rardon, 36 years old, 2135 Pamela Drive, died yesterday in Methodist Hospital. Born in Spencer, W.Va., he had been a resident of Indianapolis 13 years. He was a member of the Broadway Methodist Church and was a salesman for the Sutton Garden Company. He was a member of the Millersville Masonic Lodge. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary with burial in the Clover Cemetery at Clover, W.Va. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary Louise Rardon; two daughters, Miss Joan and Miss Kathryn Rardon, both of Indianapolis a son, David Rardon of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Gordon Dalton of Pennsboro, W.Va; two brothers, Clair Rardon of Parkersburg, W.Va., and W. Ray Rardon of Miami, Fla; and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rardon of Spencer, W.Va. on June 4, 1960.⁵

     Cecil Homer Reed was buried at Grandview Memorial Park, Dunbar, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^1,5 His Social Security Number was 233-10-8490.⁸ He Cecil was an out of wedlock son fathered by Jacob Elmore.⁶ He was born on February 10, 1898 at Roane Co., West Virginia.^8,3,9,4,5 He married Mary Cecil Glass on December 20, 1922 at Dunbar, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^1,9 Cecil Homer Reed died on January 9, 1992 at West Virginia at age 93.^8,1,5 He Cecil H. Reed, 93, of Dunbar, died Jan. 9, at home after a long illness. He was retired salesman and driver from Pure Oil Co. He was a member of First Church United Methodist, Dunbar, and a 75-year resident of Dunbar. Surviving: wife, Mary Cecil Glass Reed; daughters, Doris at home, Rosemary Hoffman of Mineral Wells; half brother, Ellis Rock of Campbells Creek; half sisters, Helen McClung of St. Albans, Toots Garvin of Dupont; two grandchildren; two great-granddaughters. Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First Church United Methodist with Pastor John A. Mason the Rev. Milan H. Johnson and the Rev. Williams Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Park, Dunbar. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.

on January 10, 1992.¹

     Glada Brannon was buried at Tariff Cemetery, Tariff, Roane Co., West Virginia.^5,4 Her Social Security Number was 234-96-0478.⁶ She Glada Boggs, 87, of Spencer, died Sunday, October 25, 1987 in Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, W. Va., after a short illness. She was born at Newton and was a lifelong resident of Roane County. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Spencer and the Eastern Star. Surviving; son, Dalton of Left Hand, daughters, Garnett Sinnett of Parkersburg, Freda Nicholson of Elizabeth, Violet Nichols and Icie Mills, both of Akron, Ohio. 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services were held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at Sinnett Funeral Home at Spencer, with the Rev. Lester Walker officiating. Burial was in Tariff Cemetery, Tariff, W. Va. Eastern Star services were held at 7:30 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home. (Glada was an out of wedlock daughter fathered by Jacob Elmore. This can be seen in the Roane County Birth Records.)^1,5 She was born on December 22, 1899 at Newton, Roane Co., West Virginia.^6,5 As of April 26, 1914,her married name was Boggs.² She married John L. Boggs on April 26, 1914 at Roane Co., West Virginia.^2,3 Glada Brannon died on October 25, 1987 at Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia, at age 87.^6,5

     John L. Boggs was buried at Tariff Cemetery, Tariff, Roane Co., West Virginia.⁵ His Social Security Number was 236-09-0116.³ He was born on March 11, 1894 at Tariff, Roane Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He married Glada Brannon, daughter of Jacob Ott Elmore and Louisa Helmic, on April 26, 1914 at Roane Co., West Virginia.^1,4 John L. Boggs died on December 29, 1961 at Spencer, Roane Co., West Virginia, at age 67.³

     John Henry Surface was buried at Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He was born on March 11, 1870 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.^4,2,3 He married Hathe Watson "Hallie" Elmore, daughter of Andrew Jackson "Andy" Elmore and Sarah Frances "Sallie" Snodgrass, on November 12, 1893 at Roane Co., West Virginia.^2,5 John Henry Surface died on November 12, 1926 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia, at age 56; Died in a train accident.^1,2,3

     His Social Security Number was 233-14-5708.⁹ Ohlen Camden "Skip" Surface was buried at Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.³ He was born on September 19, 1894 at Tariff, Roane Co., West Virginia.^5,1,2,3,4 He married Luella Williams on October 3, 1914 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^10,11 Ohlen Camden "Skip" Surface died on March 26, 1954 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia, at age 59.^1,12,3 He RICHWOOD, W.Va., March 26 - Ohlen Surface, 60-year-old Fenwick resident burned March 15 when gasoline he was using to start a fire ignited, died today in a hospital here. He was a salesman for a fire extinguisher firm. on March 27, 1954.¹²

     Claude VanBuren "Van" Surface was buried at Taylor Cemetery, Taylor Cemetery Road, Fenwick, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^8,3,4 His Social Security Number was 234-24-3084.⁴ He was born on February 16, 1900 at Roane Co., West Virginia.^5,2,9,3,4 He married Lucy M. Taylor on May 2, 1937 at Lowland, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.¹⁰ Claude VanBuren "Van" Surface died on May 30, 1963 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia, at age 63.^8,3,4 He FENWICK — Claude Van Surface, 63-year-old lifelong resident here, died yesterday in a Richwood Hospital. He was a retired employee of Mount Hope Coal Co., a member of Richwood Moose Lodge and UMW Local 8136. Surviving: wife Lucy; daughter, Mrs. Eugene Ward of Nettie; mother, Hallie of Fenwick; brother, Gale of Richwood; sister, Mrs. Wave Bowers of Texas; two grandchildren. Service will be held Sunday 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church here by the Revs. Charles Dameron, A. A. Angle Jr., and Hertzel Mills. Burial wiil be in Taylor Cemetery. The body will be at the residence after 4 p.m. tomorrow. on May 31, 1963.⁸

     His Social Security Number was 235-10-5672.¹ Gale Jackson "Gayle Jaxon" Surface Gayle Jaxon Surface, 93, was born December 4, 1907 at Fenwick, the son of the late John and Hallie Elmore Surface. He was one of four children, two brothers, Ohlen "Skip" Surface died in 1951 and Claude Surface in 1961. His sister, Wavie married Farley Bowers (deceased) and lives in Texas. The family lived at Fenwick across the tracks from where Kyle O’Dell formerly had a meat market and from the Methodist Church. A childhood memory, Gayle recalled was of his mother's trips to town for needed purchases and when she came back on the train she would always bring him a little bag of candy, which she would lean from the train on the way as it passed their house and toss Gayle the candy. She would ride to the train stop a little ways down and walk back. His father lost his life in an accident at the Saxman Coal and Coke Company in 1926. Gayle has a clipping from the "Advance" by the late C. Donee Cook about his father's funeral., "a man held in the highest esteem by his town's people" whose funeral was attended by 1,200 people (80 cars full) Very remarkable, don't you agree? After John Surfaces' death, Hallie brought her children to Richwood, where she cared for and supported them on a $30 per month compensation check plus what she earned sometimes cooking at Juergen's Restaurant. She saw that they graduated from high school. Gayle was active in the RHS Glee Club and was in "The Garden of the Shah" from which he was dubbed "Sheik" by his classmates. He was also on the staff of Wee Tell It All and G. E. O. R. C. Tribute written in his annual by former classmates bespeak his popularity and the admiration they had for his artistic ability. He signed his works at that time simply as Gayle and later, Gayle Surface and at the present ... Gayle Jaxon Surface.² He was buried at Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁸ He was born on December 4, 1907 at Fenwick, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^9,1,2,8,3,4 He married Dosha Savannah Russell on October 10, 1934 at Summersville, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^9,10 Gale Jackson "Gayle Jaxon" Surface and Dosha Savannah Russell were divorced in 1959.¹¹ Gale Jackson "Gayle Jaxon" Surface married Verna Sparks on September 1, 1961 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁴ Gale Jackson "Gayle Jaxon" Surface died on January 22, 2000 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia, at age 92.^12,1,8

     Wave "Wavie" Surface was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 234-28-5680.⁵ Her married name was Bowers.⁶ She married Farley Minter Bowers.^6,3 Wave "Wavie" Surface was born on January 20, 1912 at Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁵ She died on December 10, 1995 at Texas at age 83.⁶

     Dosha Savannah Russell was buried at Russell Cemetery, Crupperneck Road, Craigsville, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 236-26-6215.⁵ She was born on October 21, 1910 at Craigsville, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^1,4,5 As of October 10, 1934,her married name was Surface.² She married Gale Jackson "Gayle Jaxon" Surface, son of John Henry Surface and Hathe Watson "Hallie" Elmore, on October 10, 1934 at Summersville, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^1,2 Dosha Savannah Russell and Gale Jackson "Gayle Jaxon" Surface were divorced in 1959.⁶ Dosha Savannah Russell died on February 28, 1983 at Nicholas Co., West Virginia, at age 72.^7,4

     Gail Diana Surface was buried at Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.² She was born on February 15, 1935 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.² She died on March 30, 1937 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia, at age 2.²

     Luella Williams was buried at Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 236-22-6550.² She was born on January 10, 1894 at Fenwick, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^1,2,4 She married Ohlen Camden "Skip" Surface, son of John Henry Surface and Hathe Watson "Hallie" Elmore, on October 3, 1914 at Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^1,3 As of October 3, 1914,her married name was Surface.³ Luella Williams died on February 1, 1983 at West Virginia at age 89.⁴

     Ruth Gray Surface was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.⁵ Her Social Security Number was 236-16-3479.⁶ She was born on July 11, 1915 at Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^3,6,5 As of June 14, 1936,her married name was Cutlip.³ She married Clifford Gerald Cutlip on June 14, 1936 at Philippi, Barbour Co., West Virginia.³ Ruth Gray Surface died on April 27, 1983 at Newport News, Virginia, at age 67.^6,5

     Wayne Curtley Surface was buried at Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania.⁶ His Social Security Number was 364-14-7440.⁷ He Wayne Curtley Surface died in his home at 425 E. Euclid Ave., after a lengthy struggle with respiratory illness. Parents: Ohlen Surface and Luella Williams Surface. Wife: Della Blanche Ward. He attended Thorny Knob and Richwood High School and was part of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He worked as a lumberjack and shipyard welder. He joined the US Army in 1945 and served in Japan during the post-war occupation. Upon returning home in 1947, he did some ranching and worked as a coal miner. He became a highly skilled plasterer and in 1950 moved with family to New Castle seeking more employment. He worked as a plasterer for more than 20 years. Finally, he worked for Youngstown Sheet and Tube, retiring in the late 1970s. His hobbies were hunting and fishing. He was a member of the Lawrence County Sportsman Association and Kuskuski Sportsman Club. Relatives: his sons, Ohlen Wayne "Skip" Surface, William Edward Surface and Randall Paul Surface; his sister, Dawn Boswell; a grandson, William Vernon Surface; and great-granddaughter, Hanna Marie. He was preceded in death by his wife; his father, Ohlen; his mother, Luella Williams Surface; a sister, Ruth Cutlip; and brother, Larry Surface.¹ He married Della Blanche Ward.¹ Wayne Curtley Surface was born on June 27, 1917 at Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^5,7,2 He died on December 29, 2007 at New Castle, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, at age 90.^7,1

     Farley Minter Bowers was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park, Richwood, Nicholas Co., West Virginia.^2,3 His Social Security Number was 236-07-6857.⁵ He married Wave "Wavie" Surface, daughter of John Henry Surface and Hathe Watson "Hallie" Elmore.^6,7 Farley Minter Bowers was born on October 28, 1907 at Camden, Lewis Co., West Virginia.^5,2,3,4 He died on June 9, 1978 at Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas, at age 70.^1,2,3