Nellie Blanche RICHARDS
1920 - 2008 (87 years)
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Name Nellie Blanche RICHARDS Born 29 Jul 1920 Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Census 1930 Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Residence Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [4, 5, 6] Residence 1952, 1954, 1959 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3, 7, 8] Died 18 Mar 2008 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [9] Buried Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV [4, 10] Person ID I58442 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 8 May 2023
Father Okey RICHARDS, b. 30 Jul 1890, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 1 Feb 1952, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 61 years) Mother Lulla Jane NORMAN, b. 9 Dec 1903, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV , d. 12 Feb 1959, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 55 years) Family ID F11016 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Richard Manford THOMPSON, b. 16 Sep 1917, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 25 Sep 1969, Marietta, Washington Co, OH (Age 52 years) [11] Married 18 Mar 1935 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [12] Divorced Y [13] Children 1. Junior M. THOMPSON, b. 1939, d. 1993 (Age 54 years) Documents 
58447_RichardManfordThompson_NellieBlancheRichards_MarriageRecord_18Mar1935.jpg Family ID F24151 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Benjamin Pearl HOLDEN, b. 25 Sep 1878, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV , d. 6 Jul 1962 (Age 83 years) [14] Married 14 Mar 1954 Harrison Co, WV [3] Documents 103363_BenjaminPearlHolden_NellieBlancheCannonThompson_MarriageRecord_14Mar1954.jpg Family ID F43055 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Benjamin Howard WYER, b. 4 Mar 1889, Gilmer Co, WV , d. 1 Jan 1979 (Age 89 years) Married 17 Jul 1965 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [5] Documents 103376_BenjaminHowardWyer_NellieBlancheCannonHolden_MarriageRecord_17Jul1965.jpg Family ID F43063 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
Identified as Nellie Blanche Richards, white female, born July 29 1920 at Greenwood, Doddridge County, daughter of Okey Richards and Lula Jane Richards.
(Note: Birth date on headstone is Jul 29 1918, inconistent with this birth record, with her marriage records, and with her age 10 in the 1930 Census.) - [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.
- [S1577] Obituary of sister.
- [S643] Obituary of father.
- [S960] Obituary of mother.
- [S1696] Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 272 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796681&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Richard Manford Thompson, 18, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co; and Nellie Blanche Richards, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 18 1935 in West Union, officiated by Rev. Clarence Edman, a United Brethren Minister. Informants for marriage license: "Okey Richards et als of Doddridge & Harrison Counties." - [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.
- [S1368] Obituary of wife's mother.
- [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).