Goldia Helen "Goldie" Haley
1918 - 1998 (80 years)-
Name Goldia Helen "Goldie" Haley Nickname Goldie Birth 18 Mar 1918 Pax, Fayette Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 27 Sep 1998 Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV [1] Burial 1 Oct 1998 Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV [3] Person ID I16362 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 10 Jan 2026
Father Henry Virgil Haley, b. 10 Sep 1861, Brush, Lee Co., VA d. 11 Sep 1934, Clear Creek, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 73 years) Mother Minnie Margaret Sheppard, b. 4 Jan 1898, Willis Branch, Fayette Co., WV d. 24 Jun 1994, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV (Age 96 years) Marriage 20 Jan 1917 Long Branch, Fayette Co., WV [4] - Ceremony performed by J. Q. Souder. Henry's place of residence is listed as Mt. Hope and his occupation as foreman.
Family ID F7100 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Wilbur Lee McGown, Sr., b. 22 Nov 1914, Elkins, Randolph Co., WV d. 29 Dec 1967, McKees Rocks, Allegheny Co., PA (Age 53 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1936 Mount Hope, Fayette Co., WV [5] Children 1. Wilbur Lee "Jack" McGown, Jr. 2. Harold Thomas "Tom" McGown 3. Phyllis McGown 4. Nellis Margaret "Nellie" McGown Family ID F7120 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Nov 2009
Family 2 Albert Emelous Eugene Cook, b. 11 Dec 1921, Gilbert, Mingo Co., WV d. 18 Feb 1991, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 69 years) Marriage 4 Oct 1968 Clifton Forge, VA [2] Family ID F7121 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Jan 2026
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Birth - 18 Mar 1918 - Pax, Fayette Co., WV 
Marriage - 4 Oct 1968 - Clifton Forge, VA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Charleston Daily Mail, 30 Sep 1998
Goldie H. McGown, 80, of Pax, Fayette County, died Sept. 27, 1998, in Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, after a long illness. She was a former restaurant owner, a Baptist, a former member of the Suburban Homemakers Club, Bradley, and last worked at Kelly's Korner restaurant, Oak Hill. Surviving: sons, Wilbur Lee "Jack" McGown of Mansfield, Mass., H. Thomas McGown of Reisterstown, Md.; daughters, Phyllis Kelly of Pax, Nellie Hudson of Oak Hill; stepsister, Lillie Dillon of Mount Tabor; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Service will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Bill Parker officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m.
- Charleston Daily Mail, 30 Sep 1998
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Sources - [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.).
- [S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 68-039575 (1968), Cook-McGown accessed 10 Jan 2026. (Reliability: 3).
- [S871] Obituary: The Charleston Daily Mail.
- [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, 5: 71, line 30, Haley-Shepard, 1917; accessed 30 Oct 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S108] Fayette Co., WV MB 7, page 275 (Reliability: 3).
- [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.).