Elmira Milam

1864 - 1954  (90 years)

• Name	Elmira Milam
  Birth	11 Mar 1864	Wyoming Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Mar 1954	Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  	Cause: cerebral hemorrhage
  Burial	18 Mar 1954	Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I18306	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Russell G. Milam,   b. 1822, Tazewell Co., VA d. 2 Aug 1897, Glomera, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Narcissa "Sessy" Sizemore,   b. 1825, Ashe Co., NC d. 6 Mar 1891, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F7814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Clarkson Lucas,   b. Apr 1862, Raleigh Co., VA d. Bef 1930 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1882	Raleigh Co., WV
  Children	1. Charles Lewis Lucas, Sr.,   b. 2 Feb 1883, Saxon, Raleigh Co., WV d. 8 Feb 1967, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 84 years)   2. Sarah Lucas,   b. 6 Apr 1884, Raleigh Co., WV d. Oct 1977 (Age 93 years)   3. Henry Harrison Lucas,   b. 16 Oct 1885, Raleigh Co., WV d. 10 Jan 1952, Sophia, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 66 years)   4. Alfred Lucas,   b. 16 Mar 1888, Redbird, Raleigh Co., WV d. Bef 1967 (Age 78 years)   5. Emma Jane Lucas,   b. 3 Sep 1889, Saxon, Raleigh Co., WV d. 30 Mar 1971, Oceana, Wyoming Co., WV (Age 81 years)   6. Cittie C. Lucas,   b. 15 Dec 1892, Raleigh Co., WV d. Aug 1980, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV (Age 87 years)   7. Lacy Aden Lucas,   b. Aug 1893, Raleigh Co., WV d. Aft 1967 (Age 74 years)   8. Effie Lucas,   b. Feb 1895, Raleigh Co., WV d. Aft 1930 (Age 35 years)   9. French G. Lucas,   b. 16 Apr 1897, Saxon, Raleigh Co., WV d. Aft 1967 (Age 70 years)   10. Nettie M. Lucas,   b. Apr 1900, Raleigh Co., WV d. Bef 1907 (Age 6 years)   11. Rosa Lucas,   b. Jun 1901, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   12. Bessie Louise "Betty" Lucas,   b. 29 Sep 1907, Raleigh Co., WV d. 3 Feb 1993, Saxon, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F7840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 17 March 1954, p. 1 Elmira Lucas, 90, Claimed By Death Ninety-year-old Mrs. Elmira Lucas left 142 survivors when she died at 12:05 p.m. yesterday at he home of her son, French Lucas, at 806 Woodlawn Ave. Mrs. Lucas, who suffered a stroke about a week ago, had been in ill health for six months at her son's home where she resided. Born March 11, 1864, she was a member of the Saxon Baptist Church. Survivors include three other sons, Charley Lucas and Alfred Lucas, both of Glen Daniel, and Aden Lucas of Maplewood; five daughters, Mrs. James Godbey of Harper, Mrs. F. L. Daniel of Oceana, Mrs. E. H. Manning of Milton, Mrs. R. E. Westmoreland of Glen Daniel and Mrs. R. R. Dillon of Beckley; 54 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church in Beckley. Officiating ministers will be Dr. A. H. Wilson, pastor of the church and Dr. Alvin J. Cook, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Roy Lucas, Chester Lucas, Ivan Daniel, D. K. Daniel, Herbert and Dawson Lucas, W. W. Lucas and French Manning. Granddaughters will be flowerbearers. The body will be removed from Keyser Funeral Home to the church one hour before the services.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #3520, Dist. No. 410, Serial No. 126 (Reliability: 3). [S1504] Guion Miller Enrollment Records., Eastern Cherokee Applications, (Fold3. http://www.fold3.com : 2009), File No. 36208, Elmira Lucas, 21 Aug 1907; accessed 3 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 3).