Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Orville Spicer    
       Also known as: Arvil Spicer 1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Susan Pratt   2,1  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Melba Louise Spicer      
                Born: Sep- 8-1917          in Harrison Co, WV  3,4
                Died: Apr-23-2005          in Marengo, Morrow Co, OH  5,6
              Buried:                      in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV  3,7
             Resided:                      in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  3
          Occupation:                      Gold Circle Department Stores (retired)  3
             Husband: Robert Abram Gaston  b. Dec- 4-1914  d. May-11-1981  
             Married: Dec-29-1934          in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) Obituary of daughter. 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Robert Gaston, 22, b. Dec 4 1912 in Lewis Co, res. Lost 
Creek in Harrison Co, son of Wade Compton Gaston & May (Gaston) Gaston; and Melba Louise Spicer, 21, b. Sep 8 1913 in 
Harrison Co, res. Lost Creek, dau of Orville Spicer & Susan (Pratt) Spicer.  Married Dec 29 1934 in West Milford.  (Ages 
and birth dates of both parties appear to have been misstated.  Headstone & SSDI entry for Robert Gaston show his birth 
date as Dec 4 1914, and Melba Spicer Gaston's obituary, headstone and SSDI entry all show her birth date as Sep 8 
1917.), MR Bk 51, p. 28. 







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