Husband: Ray Hadsel Richards
Born: Aug-16-1925 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-15-2014 at Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV 4
Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Resided: at Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Resided: 1946 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Resided: 1943 in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV
Census: 1930, 1940 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: oil field worker 5
Occupation: (bef WW II) glass blower
Military: Nov- 6-1943 - Mar-30-1946 Pfc, Co A, 330th Inf, 83rd Div, US Army, WW II (Europe) 7
Father: George Washington Richards (1880 - 1949)
Mother: Icy Lucretia Cunningham (1887 - 1986)
Wife: Lora Gale Maxine Dodd 8 Also known as: Gale Dodd 9 Married: May-10-1946 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10
Born: Apr-29-1928 at Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 5,1 Died: Apr-10-2008 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5 Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Resided: in Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: 1946 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1930, 1940 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Alva Allen Dodd (1880 - 1949) Mother: Laura Jane McCloy (1888 - 1942)
M Child 1: Living Wife: Living
F Child 2: Living Husband: Living
M Child 3: Living Wife: Living
F Child 4: Living Husband: Living Husband: Living
F Child 5: Living Husband: Living
M Child 6: Living Wife: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Immediate family. (4) Obituary - At home. (5) Obituary. (6) Obituary of wife. (7) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (9) Obituary of grandson. (10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Ray Hadsel Richards, 21, b. Aug 16 1924 in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro Rt 3, son of George W. & Icie Richards; and Lora Gail Maxine Dodd, 18, b. Apr 29 1928 in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro Rt 3, dau of Alva & Laura Dodd. Married May 10 1946 in Harrisville by Rev. French Boone, minister. A notation states "Consent of her father filed with application.", MR p. 132 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11546387&Type=Marriage. (11) Obituary of brother. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, on Aug 16 1924. But his military discharge papers state Greenwood (considered to be in Doddridge County near the Ritchie County line) on Aug 16 1925. Doddridge County birth records indicate his birth as Aug 15 (sic) 1925 in Central District. His age in the 1930 Census, enumerated in Apr 1930, was 5. Immediate family report his birth date as Aug 16 1924, but his obituary states Aug 16 1925.