Jul-28-2018Husband: Robert Junior Britton Also known as: Junior Britton Born: May-31-1926 in Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Died: Feb-27-2013 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Resided: formerly in Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: 2005 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: rural mail carrier (retired) 1,3 Education: Pullman H.S. (1944) 1 Military: Electrician's Mate, US Navy, WW II Pacific, USS Charles Lawrence (APD-37) 4,1,3 Father: Robert Elsworth Britton (1897 - 1965) Mother: Mary Jane Sweeney (1900 - 1979)
Wife: Laurel Nutter Married: Jun-24-1949 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,6 Born: Oct- 8-1924 in Gilmer Co, WV 7 Died: May-27-2011 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Occupation: during WW II Westinghouse, Fairmont WV 1 Education: Pullman H.S. (1943), nursing school in Charleston 3,1 Father: Josiah Blaine Nutter (1884 - 1965) Mother: Tracy Ruhana Bush (1896 - 1990)
F Child 1: Living Husband: Living
F Child 2: Living Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Obituary of brother. (3) Newspaper anniversary announcement, West Union Herald Record, 6/16/2009. (4) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (5) Newspaper anniversary announcement, West Union Herald-Record, 6/15/1999. (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Robert Junior Britton, b. May 31 1926 in Ritchie Co, res. Oxford WV, son of Robert E. & Mary (Sweeney) Britton; and Laurel Nutter, b. Oct 8 1924 in Gilmer Co, res. Auburn WV, dau of J. B. & Tracy (Bush) Nutter. Married Jun 24 1949. But newspaper announcement of 50th wedding anniversary stated marriage location as Clarksburg, Harrison County. (7) Robert Junior (1926-2013) & Laurel Nutter (1924-2011) Britton, West Union, WV. (8) Obituary - Nursing home.Name Index