Notes for: Velma ___
Local news item, West Union Herald, Thursday, July 24 1913:
"Ralph Bee, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bee, was operated on for appendicitis at the home of his parents on Church Street last Thursday evening, the operation being performed by Drs. Mason, of Clarksburg, and McGovern and Poole of this place. He is getting along as well as can be expected. Miss Margeret Thomas, of Bellvue, N.Y., is nursing him. His many friends hope for his speedy recovery."
1930 Census, Washington, District of Columbia, enumerated on May 16 1930:
Ralph F. Bee, 42, b. West Virginia, advertising salesman, age 39 at first marriage; wife Velma, 38, b. New York, stenographer, age 19 at first marriage.
In 1940, Ralph Bee, 52, divorced, four years of college, advertising salesman, was listed as a lodger in the household of Arnold & Edrie Stitt at 306 Church Street, West Union, WV. He was indicated as residing at the same residence as of April 1935.