John Wesley Eary

1875 - 1955  (80 years)

• Name	John Wesley Eary
  Birth	27 Feb 1875	Fayette Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Judge
  Death	4 Aug 1955	Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV   [1]
  	Cause: internal hemorhage (fall)/congestive heart, cerebral thrombosis, senility
  Burial	6 Aug 1955	Huse Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I10100	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2016

  
  

  Family	Ada Rachel Arthur,   b. 2 Jul 1879, Laurel Creek, Fayette Co., WV d. 9 Aug 1968, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1906	Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV   [2]
  Children	1. Gladys Eary,   b. 5 Jul 1907, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV d. 8 Feb 1998, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV (Age 90 years)   2. Ruth Opal Eary,   b. 26 Aug 1909, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV d. 3 Sep 1991, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F4388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Friday, 5 August 1955, p. 1, col. A John Eary, Ex-Judge, Succumbs FAYETTEVILLE - Aug. 4 (RNS) - John Wesley Eary, 80, a former judge, died at his home here at 4:30 p.m. today after a long illness. He was born Feb. 27, 1875, at Mulvane, Fayette County, and was the son of Alec and Sally Eary. His father was a pioneer settler, farmer, and school teacher. He attended Fayette County schools, West Virginia Wesleyan, West Virginia University, and received his law degree from the University of Virginia. In 1906 he married Miss Ada Arthur. He was appointed judge of the Fayette County Criminal Court in 1905 upon the death of Judge Koontz. After serving out the unexpired term, Eary was elected for a four-year term. In 1918 he was elected judge of the circuit court of the 12th Judicial District and he served as judge of circuit court until 1936. Youngest Judge He was the youngest judge ever to serve in Fayette County and served longer than any other one man. Upon retirement from the bench he practiced law in Fayetteville until he was confined to his home because failing health. He was a member of the Methodist Church here and served as teacher of the Adult Bible Class and superintendant of the Sunday school for many years. He was a member and past president of the Fayette County Bar Assn. and LaFayette Lodge No. 67, A.F. and A.M. Survivors include his widow and two daughters, Miss Gladys Eary, who is a teacher in Fayetteville, and Miss Ruth Eary, a teacher in Kanawha County; one brother, W. H. Eary of Charleston; one sister, Mrs. Leonah Renick of Richmond, Virginia. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Fayetteville Methodist Church with the Rev. C. R. Bright and the Rev. B. B. Breitenbirt officiating. Burial will follow in Huse Memorial Park. The body will be removed from the Dodd-Payne Funeral Home one hour prior to the services. Masonic rites will be conducted at the grave and members of the Fayette County Bar Association will serve as pallbearers and flower bearers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 9803 (1955), John W. Eary, accessed 19 Jan 2016. (Reliability: 3). [S1288] West Virginia. Fayette County., Fayette Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 3: 42, Eary-Arthur, 1906; accessed 19 Jan 2016. (Reliability: 3).