Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Forrest Glenn Ford    
         Census name: Forest G. Fordt 
                Born: Sep- 5-1913           1
                Died: Dec-31-1961          in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  1,2
      Cause of death:                      fell at work  2
             Resided:                      in Pennsylvania  1
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      millwright  1
            Military:                      T/Sgt, US Merchant Marines, World War II  3,4
              Father: Jesse Cleveland Ford   (1886 - 1940) 
              Mother: Eska Pearl Hutson   (1891 - 1980) 
                Wife: Opal Leona Hyde   5,6  
       Also known as: Leona Hyde 
                Born: Aug-30-1915          at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  7,8,9,10
                Died: Jul-15-1970          in Monongalia Co, WV  1,8
              Buried:                      in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1941                 in Watson, Marion Co, WV  9
              Census: 1940                 in Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Byram Milton Hyde   (1875 - 1939) 
              Mother: Arie Odell Hays   (1879 - 1944) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Ronald Lee Ford      
         Census name: Ronald Roderick 
                Born: Aug-12-1935          in Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  7,12,13,14
                Died: Feb-17-2007           14,12
              Buried:                      in Lone Tree Cemetery, Everly, Clay Co, IA  2
             Resided:                      in Scottsdale, Maricopa Co, AZ  15,13
             Resided:                      in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ  13
             Resided: 1960                 near Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  16
                Wife: Living  
                Wife: Melanie Lynn Nellis  b. Aug-29-1962  d. Sep-19-2011  

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) West Union Herald, 1/11/1945. 
(4) U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Birth record of son. 
(6) Marriage record of son. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Headstone (year only) 
(9) Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com. 
(10) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(11) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  O. Leona Roderick. 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(14) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(16) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12557149&Type=Marriage. 







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