09-11-2001 GOD BLESS AMERICA

Thank you, Jim C., my California friend. (Jim is a Viet Nam, U S Navy, Vet) for this beautiful graphic.

West Virginia Music and History

A friend suggested I add some of our Cultural Heritage to my pages. A wonderful idea. Though I have lived in NORTHERN Virginia (not a separate State, as yet, haha) more years than in my native WEST VIRGINIA, my home is as this song so aptly puts it, Among The Hills!!

He sent the link to this site. To hear this song, click on the link below, or copy to your browser.

HOME AMONG THE HILLS
Words & Music by E. W. James, Jr.
Audio by West Virginia Wesleyan Choir
Conducted by Larry Parsons
There's a land of rolling mountains
Where the sky is blue above;
And though I may roam I hurry home
To the friendly hills I love.
Where the moonlit meadows ring with the call of whipporwills, Always you will find me in my home among the hills. And where the sun draws rainbows in the mist of waterfalls and mountain rills,
My heart will be always in the West Virginia Hills

http://www.wvaworldschool.org/caw/htm/myhome.htm

GENEALOGY SEARCH

MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE

courtesy of Jim Ruckman, Pleasants County, WV

My Baker Family: Isaac Thomas Baker m. Nettie Carpenter= their son, My Father Rev. Wiley Robert Baker m. Vergie A.J. Corbin/Wingrove, dau. of Thomas Franklin Wingrove and Vernie Corbin , at Williamstown WV October 1925. Light refreshments were served at the Wingrove home following the ceremony.

Linda B. Mitchell and my first Grandchild, Sarah Elizabeth at the McClellan "ranch", 1991 Octeber.

General Description:

I have a large quantity of genealogical data
that I will attempt to share on these pages.
e-mail:rocketteone@hotmail.com
Principal Surnames are: <.BR>BAKER<.BR> CORBIN; CARPENTER (aka Zimmerman in some gene pools); GOLDMAN; WINGROVE; MOOSE(MUSGNUG); MORRIS;
FLOWERS;RAWSON
Some of the most recent data verified by living relatives. Other data from IGI; Census lists; DAR; GENWEB; Family Bibles, etc.

**Note on documentation: I have found errors in Census lists (my g gf listed as my gg gm's husband for instance) and questioned some of the IGI records. Familysearch.org is a very good place to start. They do have a DISCLAIMER and suggest we do our own documentation, I believe.
Family groupings and list of names is the way I choose to go. Remember, this is a work in progress!

Flowers Family courtesy Ray Howell, Weirton, WV and wingrove@canada.com, V isit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wingrove/10-10-index.htm for in depth study and resources for Wingrove surname. Michael Wingrove, Webmaster

Minerva "Molly" Flowers m. Franklin Cornelius Wingrove parents of my maternal GF, Thomas Franklin Wingrove.

PICTURED : John Lemuel Flowers taken prior to 1900.

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Thomas Franklin Wingrove b.June 1892, Wood
County WV. d February 1981.
parents of T. F.:

f. Franklin Cornelius Wingrove m. Minerva Jane "Molly" FLOWERS b.09March1860 PLEASANTS County, VA(WV).
d/o John Lemuel FLOWERS b.23April1831
PLEASANTS County, VA. and Mary Jane Conkle b.10January1836, Marshall County, VA

Married :Vernie Irene Corbin 26December 1912, Wood County, WV. She was born 06May1891
Wood County, WV d/o Daniel Goldman Corbin and Eliza Jane Rawson.(of PLEASANTS COUNTY, VA)
Dan Corbin was born in 1832 the s/o David Corbin and Sophia _____(possibly Goldman). He was a farmer and also member of the Home Guard during the Civil War.

Wingrove Reunion, Pumpkin Knob, Waverly, Wood County, WV. August 1999

l-r: Luther Burdette Wingrove (Youngest son of

Thomas Franklin and Vernie Corbin Wingrove), Ruth Moore Wingrove, wife.Aunt Myrtle Flowers BROWN, her husband Rev. Jack Brown d.2000 ; Cousin Ray Howell, Ray's parents: Annie FLOWERS Howell, and Uncle "Bud" HOWELL.

Carl Flowers Obituary; son of Thomas Jefferson Flowers

FLOWERS - Carl8/12/01 Formerly of Blasdell, NY, in South Daytona Beach, FL, August 10, 2001, beloved husband of the late Lusta (Jackson) (nee Dougherty) and Gladys Flowers; dearest father of Teddy (Barbara) Flowers, Del (Dorothy) Jackson, and the late Floyd (late Dot) Jackson, Wade Jackson, and Leroy (Betty) Jackson; brother of Myrtle (late Jack) Brown, Annie (Bud) Howell; also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; predeceased by brothers and sisters. Funeral services Wednesday morning at 10 from the (Blasdell Chapel) JOHN J. KACZOR FUNERAL HOME, INC., 3748 South Park Ave. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Friends invited. Mr. Flowers was a 50+ year member of F. & A.M. Fraternal Lodge No. 625. Family present Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 PM.

Thomas Jefferson Flowers, 18yo, son of John Lemuel Flowers. Brother of Minerva Flowers Wingrove.

Pleasants County, WV.
Marshall County, WV
Wood County, WV
Tyler County,WV
Lewis County,WV
Ritchie County,WV
Belmont County, Ohio
Monroe County, Ohio
Loudoun County, VA
Augusta County, VA Mother of 7(seven!) States

email: oomi1@webtv.net

And away we go

A little entertainment for the easily amused!

Thomas Franklin Wingrove m. Vernie Irene Corbin Wingrove

VERGIE WINGROVE 1920'S My "MOM"

Winsom Lass

Daughters of Thomas Franklin Wingrove and Vernie CORBIN Wingrove

VERGIE ALFREDA JUDITHA WINGROVE BAKER
"MOM"

In Honor of Mom- Mothers Day 2000

1.Vergie Alfreda Juditha Wingrove Baker b.11March1908 Waverly, Wood Co., WV
d. 03June1965 Parkersburg, WV at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. Cause of death: Carcinoma of the breast with metastases , generalized. Diagnosis and radical mastectomy, followed with Chemo. and radiation treatments, 1962. She resided at South Webster, Ohio with her husband Rev. Wiley Robert Baker at the time.
Funeral Services at Doudna and McClure Funeral Home, Marietta, Ohio followed by a second service at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Waverly, Bull Run, Wood Co., WV and burial in the Church Cemetery. Both services were attended by many, many friends and relatives. Her nephews and sons served as pall bearers. "Mom" was a lifelong member of this Church, as was her father Thomas Franklin Wingrove and mother Vernie Corbin Wingrove. As a Minister's wife, she had moved several times and was an unofficial "Counselor" to many. Besides being a Preacher's wife, Mother and Grandmother, she worked outside the home at various jobs: School Cook; Nurse Assistant; and factory worker. Her Religious belief sustained her and came first in her life. Mom also wrote poems and songs.

3. Charlotte Opal Jane Wingrove b.07Oct1918 d.
m.Watson Oliver (Uncle Bob) Bayles b.06June1915 d. Both are b. in the Corbin Cemetery, Waverly, Bull Run, WV

4. Mary Grace Wingrove b.03March1921-d.22August, 2001
m. James Yost(1) Noah Marshall(2).

Lyle Eugene, Linda Marlene, Vergie Alfreda Juditha (Corbin Wingrove), Rev. Wiley Robert Baker, Ruth Elaine (Parks), Robert Allen, and Norman Gale Baker abt.1951, Silverton, WV. MY BAKER FAMILY photo courtesy Scotty Dean Wilkinson

1.Norman Gale Baker -living WV.
Signalman U.S. Navy WW2.

2.Lyle Eugene Baker -living Florida.
U. S. Air Force, Korean War

3.Ruth Elaine Baker Parks - living Ohio

4.Robert Allen Baker - living WV.
USAFRET. Served in Korean War. Crew Chief. Final six years spent at Andrews Air Force Base, MD. Served on Air Force ONE.

5.Linda Marlene Baker Mitchell - living VA. (the "Baby" sister)! Registered Nurse, 1957 WV; 1969 VA.
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One baby a daughter, was stillborn. She is buried in the Corbin Cemetery, Bull Run, Waverly, Wood
County, WV. on my great Grandfather's property.

"Gene" Baker (Lyle E. Baker)

The GOOD life in FL. Nov. 2000

'Nuff said!

Almost Heaven
post card courtesty Jim R.

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