Husband: Gale Earnest Bussard
Census name: Gale Buzzard
Born: Jan-22-1917 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Dec- 2-1970 2,3
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 4
Resided: in Frankfurt, Germany 5
Resided: in Washington, DC 5
Resided: 1941 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 6
Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 manager of skating rink 7
Military: US Navy, WW II (USS Ericsson, Atlantic & Mediterranean) 8
Father: John Howard Bussard (1877 - 1948)
Mother: Ina Helen Richards (1892 - 1955)
Wife: Anita May Morris 5 Married: Jan- 3-1937 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9,10
Born: Oct-19-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Died: May- 3-1997 11 Resided: in Beltsville, Prince Georges Co, MD 5,11 Resided: 1941 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 6 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 typist (N.Y.A) 7 Father: Lindsay Franklin Morris (1881 - 1967) Mother: Minnie Davis Hickman (1891 - 1979)
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (3) Headstone. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) Obituary of mother. (6) City Directory. (7) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (8) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (9) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. (10) Newspaper wedding announcement. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 250.