Harold V. Haley

1922 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	Harold V. Haley
  Birth	19 May 1922	Long Branch, Fayette Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Dec 1944	Germany   [1]
  Burial	19 Sep 1948	Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I16373	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2009

  
  

  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   [2]
  	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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 May 1922 - Long Branch, Fayette Co., WV Burial - 19 Sep 1948 - Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 17 September 1948 Six County War Dead To be Buried Sunday Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 will be in charge of six burial services Sunday for veterans killed overseas in the recent war. Two sets of brothers are among the six veterans for which services will be held. J. A. Thompson, Post 32 chaplain, appealed to Legionnaires to aid in the services for their fellow veterans. The six veterans are Pvt. Frank E. Bryant, 20, and Sgt. Floyd E. Bryant, Jr., 22, brothers from Helen; Private First Class Connie M. Bilbrey, 27, and Pfc. Hollis E. Bilbrey, 25, Glen Rogers brothers; Sgt. Jack D. Canaday, 23, of Crab Orchard; and Pfc. Harold V. Haley, 22 of Glen Daniel… Pfc. Haley was killed Dec. 25, 1944, while serving with the 95th division of the Third army in Germany. He was born on May 19, 1922, in Long Branch, the son of Minnie Haley Lucas and the late Henry Virgil Haley. He attended Woodrow Wilson high school. He is survived by his mother; one sister, Mrs. Goldie McGown, Mr. Hope; five half sisters, Mrs. Nora Berry, Beckley, Mrs. Cary Worrell, Crab Orchard, Mrs. Virginia Phipps, Meadow Bluff, Mrs. Ethel Berry, Fire Creek, and Mrs. Minnie Acord, Glen White; and one half brother, John Haley, Beckley. The body arrived in Beckley at the Calfee Funeral home Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Mt. Tabor Baptist church, with the Rev. B. C. Jennings officiating. Interment will be made in the Calfee cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S912] Obituary: The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV. [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).