Roy Jackson Dempsey
1888 - 1968 (80 years)-
Name Roy Jackson Dempsey Birth 24 Feb 1888 Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 5 Jul 1968 Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV [1, 2, 3] Burial 8 Jul 1968 Huse Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV [2] Person ID I47912 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 18 Feb 2016
Family Elonza Ethel Akers, b. 24 Mar 1891, Summers Co., WV d. 5 Jul 1965, Montgomery, Fayette Co., WV (Age 74 years) Marriage 3 Apr 1912 Winona, Fayette Co., WV [4] Children 1. Myrtle Zelia Dempsey, b. 15 Aug 1913, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV d. 29 Jul 1990, Turbotville, Northumberland Co., PA (Age 76 years)2. Seth Alderson "Jack" Dempsey, b. 14 Jun 1916, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV d. 15 Dec 1978, Thousand Oaks, Ventura Co., CA (Age 62 years)3. Faye Elizabeth Dempsey, b. 23 Nov 1917, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV d. 23 Jul 1999, St. Albans, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 81 years)4. Buster Dempsey, b. 20 Jun 1919, Fayette Co., WV d. 8 Sep 1920, Elverton, Fayette Co., WV (Age 1 year)Family ID F16591 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Feb 2016
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Notes - Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, WV, Sunday, 7 Jul 1968, p. 2, col. F
Deaths and Funerals
Roy Dempsey
Roy Jackson Dempsey, 80, of Fayetteville, died Friday in the Oak Hill Hospital.
Born Feb. 25, 1888 in Fayetteville, he was the son of the late Andrew Seaton and Caroline Burgess Dempsey.
A member of the Baptist Church, he was a retired stone mason and custodian of Fayetteville High School.
Survivors include a son, Seth Alderson Dempsey of Moorpark, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Shave of Charleston, and Mrs. Faye Lahoda of St. Albans; one sister, Mrs. Lillian Fix of Belle; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Church of God in Fayetteville with the Rev. Billy Reed Wickline and the Rev. Leon E. Nunley officiating. Burial will follow in Huse Memorial Park at Fayetteville. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the services. Friends may call the Dodd-Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville after 2 p.m. today.
- Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, WV, Sunday, 7 Jul 1968, p. 2, col. F
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