Frenchie Lee Blagg
1932 - 1992 (60 years)-
Name Frenchie Lee Blagg Birth 17 Mar 1932 Hyer, Braxton Co., WV 
[1] Gender Male Military Korea/Vietnam: US Army Death 7 Sep 1992 Richmond, VA [1] Cause: respiratory distress/squama cell of lung Burial 9 Sep 1992 Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Person ID I16184 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 14 Nov 2025
Father William Ivy "Bill" Blagg, Sr., b. 18 Apr 1895, Newville, Braxton Co., WV d. 11 Jan 1989, Hinton, Summers Co., WV (Age 93 years) Mother Mabel Della "Mary" Burkes, b. 12 Aug 1897, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 14 Jun 1934, Sutton, Braxton Co., WV (Age 36 years) Marriage 18 Jul 1919 Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV [2] - Married by H. B. Workman, Pastor Richwood M. E. Church.
Family ID F6750 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Shizuko "Susie" Kasegi, b. 6 Mar 1933, Tattori, Tattori, Japan d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. George G. Blagg, b. 18 Mar 1955, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan d. 10 Oct 1992, Streamwood, Cook Co., IL (Age 37 years)2. Ann Marie Blagg, b. 1 Apr 1956, NY d. 9 Oct 2014, Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV (Age 58 years)3. Jackie Lee Blagg, b. 14 Mar 1957, North Tonawanda, Niagara Co., NY d. 19 May 2018, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV (Age 61 years)Family ID F227 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Nov 2025
Family 2 Jane Marie Timm, b. 31 Jan 1935, Kewaunee, Kewaunee Co., WI d. 20 Nov 2002, Green Bay, Brown Co., WI (Age 67 years) Children 1. Scott Michael Blagg Family ID F8075 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jul 2015
Family 3 Johanna Rudulfina Neubauer, b. 20 Jun 1931, Briesen, Dux, Czechoslovakia d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F13917 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Nov 2025
Family 4 Wanda Sue Ward Family ID F457 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jul 2015
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Event Map 
Birth - 17 Mar 1932 - Hyer, Braxton Co., WV 
Burial - 9 Sep 1992 - Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Hinton News, Hinton, WV, Tuesday, 15 Sep 1992, p. 3, col. 1
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Obituaries
FRENCH LEE BLAGG
French Lee Blagg, 60, died Mon. Sept. 7, 1992, in a Richmond, Va. hospital, following a short illness.
Born Mar. 17, 1932, in Braxton Co., he was the son of the late W. M. Blagg Sr. and Mary Burks Blagg.
Mr. Blagg was a retired U.S. Army Vietnam and Korean War veteran.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Vesta Mae Blagg; and a brother, James C. Blagg.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Richmond Blagg; stepmother, Martha Blagg of Danese; a daughter, Marie Blagg, address unknown; a stepdaughter, Priscilla Richmond at home; two sons, George and Jack Blagg, address unknown; a stepson, Kevin Richmond at home; two sisters, Juanita Self of Louisville, Ky., and Maxine Fox of Meadow Bridge; four halfsisters, Betty Stump of Rainelle, Kay Hunter of Meadow Bluff, Kendall Lane of Layland and Connie Garten of Danese; a brother, Herbert G. Blagg of Russellville; and three halfbrothers, W. M. Blagg Jr. of Layland, Carl Blagg of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Dennis Blagg of Bis Gtone Gap, Va.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Wed. Sept. 9 at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Rainelle, with the Rev. Bill Lilly officiating. Burial followed in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.
- Hinton News, Hinton, WV, Tuesday, 15 Sep 1992, p. 3, col. 1
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Sources - [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 92-033036 (1992), French Lee Blagg, accessed 14 Nov 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1307] West Virginia. Nicholas County., Nicholas Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register p.338, Blagg-Burkes, 1919; accessed 11 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 92-033036 (1992), French Lee Blagg, accessed 14 Nov 2025. (Reliability: 3).