Leona Catherine Sims

1890 - 1976  (86 years)

• Name	Leona Catherine Sims
  Birth	10 Aug 1890	Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Sep 1976	Ravenna, Portage Co., OH   [3, 4]
  Burial	13 Sep 1976	Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH   [5]
  Person ID	I13393	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Charles Andrew Sims,   b. 3 Oct 1855, Greenbrier Co., VA d. Aft 1920 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Nancy Jane Osborne,   b. Nov 1848, Greenbrier Co., VA d. Bef 1920 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1872	Greenbrier Co., WV   [6]
  Family ID	F5867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Toney Melvin Sanford,   b. 27 Mar 1893, Sevy, Fayette Co., WV d. 14 Jan 1978, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Rev. Earl H. Sanford,   b. Aug 1917, Fayette Co., WV d. 28 Aug 1983, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH (Age 66 years)   2. Bertha M. Sanford,   b. Oct 1918, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   3. Rev. Melvin Sanford,   b. 1921, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   4. Retha F. Sanford,   b. 1923, Fayette Co., WV d. 19 Nov 1982, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH (Age 59 years)   5. Linda Sanford,   b. 1927, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   6. Dallas Sanford   7. Rush Sanford
  Family ID	F5897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Aug 1890 - Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 11 September 1976 RAVENNA,Ohio - Mrs. Leona Catherine Sanford, 85, of Ravenna, died Friday in Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ravenna. She was a native of Fayette County, W.Va., and was a member of the Blackhorse Baptist Church, Ravenna. Surviving: husband, Toney; daughters, Mrs. Robert Perdue of Decota, W.Va., Mrs. Robert Boothe of Ravenna and Miss Linda Sanford of Ravenna; sons, the Rev. Earl Sanford, Dallas, and Rush, all of Ravenna, the Rev. Melvin Sanford of Irwin, Ohio; 24 grandchildren; and 25 greatgrandchildren. Service will be 10 a.m. Monday in Blackhorse Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Nichols and the Rev. Lorren Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Shorts Funeral Home, Ravenna.

  
  

• Sources

  [S593] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Birth Records 1853-1899, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1995). [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.) (Reliability: 3). lists date of birth as 10 August 1891 [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S934] Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002, (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.). [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette. [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991).