Husband: Danie David Messenger
Census name: Dana Messenger
Born: Apr-14-1927 1,2,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-22-1958 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,4
Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,4
Cause of death: suicide - self-inflicted gunshot wound to head 4
Resided: 1947, 1955, 1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,5
Census: 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1930 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Occupation: glass worker at Adamston Flat Glass Co. 4,5
Education: Adamston Junior High School 6
Military: Nov-25-1944 - Jul-15-1946 Seaman 1/C, US Navy, World War II (Marshall Islands, Japan) 2,6,4
Father: Fred Ammond Messenger (1899 - 1950)
Mother: Opal Russell (1896 - 1956)
Wife: Roberta Gale "Birdie" Bland
Married: Oct-11-1947 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1
Born: Jan-14-1929 in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV 7,1,8
Died: Mar- 1-2017 in Dover, Tuscarawas Co, OH 9
Resided: in Dover, Tuscarawas Co, OH 7
Resided: 1989, 2009 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 10,11
Resided: 1947, 1955, 1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,5
Father: Ray Bland (1901 - 1983)
Mother: Goldie M. Ball (1897 - 1989)
Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=62182&Type=Marriage. (2) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1442203&Type=Death. (5) City Directory. (6) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), Harrison County, p. 246. (7) Obituary. (8) 1930 Census, Taylor County, WV. (9) Obituary - Nursing home. (10) Obituary of mother. (11) Obituary of brother. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage and death records as Gilmer County, but West Virginia Births Index shows it as Barbour County.