Jul-28-2018
Husband: Lawrence Emery Richards
Born: Apr-19-1911 1,2,3 Died: Jun-29-1992 1,2 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Creed Richards (1873 - 1945) Mother: Carrie Emily Thomas (1873 - 1961)
Wife: Thelma D. Bee 4,5,6 Married: Jul-11-1936 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Sep-29-1920 8,1 Died: Apr- 7-1989 2,1 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 9,10,2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 11 Father: Leonidas "Lonnie" Bee (1876 - 1966) Mother: Mida Alice Prather (1887 - 1970)
M Child 1: Carl Richards Born: Nov-10-1936 1 Died: Nov-10-1936 1 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 11
M Child 2: Owen Richards Born: Nov-10-1936 1 Died: Nov-10-1936 1 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 11
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 198. (5) Obituary of wife's father. (6) Obituary of wife's brother. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Lawrence Emery Richards, age 24, of Ritchie Co; and Thelma Bee, age 21 [sic], of Ritchie Co. Married Jul 11 1936. (8) Social Security Death Index, Susie Davis Nicholson erroneously states birth date as Sep 29 1930. SSDI shows it as Sep 29 1920, which is also more consistent with birthdates of siblings. (9) Obituary of father. (10) Obituary of brother. (11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.Name Index