Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Merle Scott Groah    
                Born: Apr-25-1928          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Oct- 8-1987          in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  3,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  5
             Resided: 1954                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  1
            Military:                      Cpl, US Army, Korea  6
              Father: John Franklin Groah   (1877 - 1969) 
              Mother: Martha M. Webb   (1889 - 1970) 
                Wife: Sarah Jean Layfield     
             Married: Oct- 7-1954          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Born: Jul-14-1934          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Jan-29-1990          in Canton, Stark Co, OH  3,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Wayne Co, OH  3
             Resided: 1954                 near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: Emerson Leroy "Roy" Layfield   (1907 - 1963) 
              Mother: Blanche Edith Rexroad   (1908 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Edith Merle Groah      
                Born: Jan-14-1955          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2,7
                Died: Jun-29-1999          in Wayne Co, OH  3,2
              Buried:                      in Cairo Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH  8
             Resided: 1972                 in Wayne Co, OH  9
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 2: Living      
           M Child 3: Living      

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) Military Grave Marker. 
(7) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(9) Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health Offc of Vital Statistics. 







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