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The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 12 Jan 2010

DAMERON ? Gale P. Martin, 80, of Dameron, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at a Charleston hospital due to an extended illness.

He was born May 25, 1919, in Greenbrier County, to the late Phil and Mattie Kennison Martin.

He served in the Air Force, was a member of the U.M.W.A. and was a farmer who also loved to feed his birds and deer. He was a Christian.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Garland and Lockie; a sister, Virginia; and one daughter, Laura.

Gale is survived by a sister, Glenna of Charleston; seven children; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; special caregivers, Ronnie Martin and Jane Davis; numerous nieces and nephews; staff of Hilltop Nursing Home, who made his last years happy and comfortable, and numerous friends and neighbors.

Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Chapel, Rainelle. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the funeral home. He will be laid to rest at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.

Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.

Gale married Virginia Ellen Lowe [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married Mattie Kennison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV, 9 May 1976

Pal Lowe, 66 of Fries, Va., formerly of the Drill Community near Honaker, Va., died Saturday morning in a Lebanon hospital of natural causes.

Born in Russell County, Va., he was the son of the late John and Ellen Sanders Lowe. He was a retired coal miner.

Survivors include three daughters: Mrs. Virginia Johnson of Cold Harbor, N. Dak., Mrs. Bonnie Dotson of Lambertville, Mich., Mrs. Juanita Counts of Meadow Bluff; one sister, Miss Minnie Lowe of Honaker; two brothers, Clyde Lowe of Honaker and Earl Lowe of Meadowview, Va., 17 grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Honaker Funeral Home in Honaker, Va.

Lewis married Margie Carrie Phipps on 6 Apr 1934 in Quinwood, Greenbrier Co., WV, and was divorced on 21 Apr 1959 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV. Margie (daughter of Lewis Russell (Edward) Phipps, Sr. and Virginia Ellen Haley) was born on 21 Dec 1916 in Kilsyth, Fayette Co., WV; died on 9 Feb 1997 in Meadow Bridge, Fayette Co., WV; was buried on 13 Feb 1997 in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, 12 Feb 1997

MEADOW BRIDGE - Margie Carrie Counts, 80, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 1997, in a Hinton hospital following a short illness.

Born Dec. 21, 1916, in Kilsyth, she was the daughter of the late Lewis E. and Virginia Haley Phipps.

Mrs. Counts was a homemaker and had been a resident of Meadow Bridge since 1987.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Watson Counts in 1987; a daughter, Bonnie Dotson; three sisters, Effie Chase, Blanch Thompson and Frances Hizer; four brothers, Hansford Phipps, Lewis E. Phipps, Harry F. Phipps and Noah F. Phipps.

Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Falls of Sinks Grove and Juanita Counts of Meadow Bridge; a son-in-law, Robert Dotson of Lambertville, Mich.; three sisters, Stella Hunter of Meadow Bluff, Gertrude Thompson and Louise Lloyd, both of Lordsburg, N.M.; a brother, Ulysses Phipps of Arizona; 17 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Rainelle with the Rev. Leroy Crane officiating. Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville.

Friends may call from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home in Rainelle.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.

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Married:
The Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 17 February 1959

Divorces Filed

LEWISBURG, Feb. 16 (RNS) - The following divorces have been filed in the Greenbrier County Circuit Clerk's office:

Margie Phipps Lowe vs. Pal Lowe of Drill, Va....

Samuel married Mary Ellen "Ella" Thompson on 6 Apr 1892 in Greenbrier Co., WV. Mary (daughter of David T. Thompson and Mary Frances "Fanny" Snyder) was born in 1867 in Greenbrier Co., WV; died before 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Height: 6 ft. 0 in.
• Physical Description: having blue-green eyes and black hair (red beard)
• Soc Sec Num: 236-54-0490
• Weight: 195 lb. 0 oz.
• Occupation: Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV; timberman (Phipps & Sons Lumber Co.)
• Occupation: Between 1917 and 1918, Oswald, Raleigh Co., WV; timberman (McKell Coal & Coke Co.)

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1920 Giles Co., VA Census
Newport District
23 Jan 1920

191/194 Phipps, Louis 34 M Head WV WV WV Forester Saw Mill
Virginia 28 F Wife WV WV WV
Effie 10 F Dau WV WV WV
Blanche 8 F Dau WV WV WV
Hansford 6 M Son WV WV WV
Margory 3 F Dau WV WV WV
Frances 11/12 F Dau WV WV WV

1930 Greenbrier Co., WV Census
Meadow Bluff District, Marfrance Town (G & E Addition)
ED #13-17, SD #8, Sheet 8A - 8B (p. 21)
9 April 1930

4/136/144 Phipps, Lewis Head ($12.50/mo. Rent) M W 42 M 21 WV WV WV Laborer Woods
Virginia H. Wife F W 36 M 16 WV WV WV
Blanch Dau F W 18 M 17 WV WV WV
Hansford Son M W 15 S WV WV WV Laborer Woods
Margie Dau F W 13 S WV WV WV
Francis Dau F W 11 S WV WV WV
Stella Dau F W 8 S WV WV WV
Louise Dau F W 5 S WV WV WV
Edward Son M W 4 S WV WV WV
Frank Son M W 2-1/12 S WV WV WV
Day, Ernest Son-in-Law M W 25 M 24 NC NC NC Laborer Tincher


The Raleigh Register, 3 June 1953

Police Court Fines

Two motorists were lodged in the Raleigh County Jail Tuesday on charges of driving while intoxicated after both had been involved in minor accidents.

Clint Howery, of Daniel, was arrested after a wreck at Daniels. Lewis Phipps, 66, of Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, was jailed after he ran his car through a guard rail at Crab Orchard. The car was damaged extensively, but Phipps was not injured.

The Beckley Post-Herald, 6 June 1953

Lewis Phipps, Meadow Bluff, was fined $50 and costs yesterday by Thurman after pleading guilty to a charge -of driving while intoxicated. Phipps also had his license revoke for six months because of the charge.


The Beckely Post-Herald, 14 October 1966

Lewis E. Phipps Rites Saturday

MEADOW BLUFF (RNS) - Lewis Edwards Phipps, 78, of Meadow Bluff died at 10 a.m. Thursday following a long illness.

A retired timberman, Edwards was born in Raleigh County, Jan. 16, 1888, son of the late Crockett and Mary Luvene Phipps.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia Ellen; seven daughters, Mrs. Chase of Hillsboro, Ore., Mrs. Louise Lloyd of Banks, Ore., Mrs. Blanch Thompson of Clintonville, Mrs. Stella Hunter of Meadow Bluff, Mrs. Marjorie McCarty of Hines, Mrs. Francis Hizer of Crawley, and Mrs. Gertrude Thompson of Sam Black; four sons, Hansford of Hillsboro, Edward of Banks, Ulysses of Hillsboro and Noah of Beaverton, Ore.; three sisters, Norma Phipps of Prosperity, Mrs. Wade Foster of Beckley, and Della Honaker of Beckley; 35 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at the Nickell Funeral Home Chapel at East Rainelle at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Rex Ball in charge.

Burial will follow in the Old Amwell Cemetery.

(Research):Lewis had a sawmill set up at Marfrance, Pollock Knob and at Meadow Bluff.

Lewis married Virginia Ellen Haley on 27 Jul 1908 in Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV. Virginia (daughter of Henry Virgil Haley and Mildred "Millie" Greeley) was born on 22 Jul 1892 in Hinton, Summers Co., WV; died on 21 Aug 1975 in Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV; was buried on 24 Aug 1975 in Old Amwell Cemetery, Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Height: 5 ft. 6 in.
• Physical Description: having brown eyes, black hair
• Weight: 170 lb. 0 oz.

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The Beckley Post-Herald, Friday, 22 August 1975

Mrs. Phipps' Rites Slated

MEADOW BLUFF (RNS) - Mrs. Virginia Ellen Phipps, 83, died Thursday in a Fairlea hospital ater a long illness.

She was a member of the Soule Chapel United Methodist Church at Meadow Bluff.

Born July 22, 1892, at Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Mildred Haley.

Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Gertie Thompson of Lordsburg, N.M., Mrs. Elsie Chase of Hillsboro, Ore., Mrs. and Blanche [T]hompson of Meadow Bluff, Mrs. Margie Counts of Alderson, Mrs. Frances Hiser of Crawley, Mrs. Stella Hunter o[f] Meadow Bluff and Mrs. Louise Lloyd of Valbese, N.C.; two sons, Ulysses of Tucson, Ariz., and Noah of Toledo, Ore., one brother, John Haley of Sophia; one sister, Mrs. Goldie Cook of Baltimore, Md.; 38 grandchildren; 63 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Smathers Funeral Home in Rainelle with Rev. Esker S. Groves in charge. Burial will be in Old Amwell Cemetery at Crawley.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday.