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Jesse Carpenter Gainer
(1834-1915)
Catherine Stalnaker
(1836-1915)
Jacob W. Wigner
(1853-1885)
Christina Barr
(1857-1888)
Okey Johnson Gainer
(1871-1945)
Esther Wigner
(1881-1966)
Melba Dutch Gainer
(1911-1994)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lester S. Jarvis

2. Creed Barker

Melba Dutch Gainer 1

  • Born: 4 May 1911, Henrietta, WV 1
  • Marriage (1): Lester S. Jarvis on 28 October 1928 in Calhoun County, WV 1
  • Marriage (2): Creed Barker on an unknown date
  • Died: 9 December 1994, Parkersburg, WV at age 83 1
  • Buried: December 1994, Mount Zion, WV 1
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bullet  Death Notes:


SSDI:
Dutch BARKER
Birth Date: 4 May 1911
Death Date: Dec 1994
Social Security Number: 234-38-4708
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: West Virginia
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 26147
Localities: Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried in December 1994 in the Sycamore in Mount Zion, WV.

• Her obituary was published in the Calhoun Chronicle on 15 December 1994 in Grantsville, WV.

Melba Dutch Barker, 83, of Grantsville, died Friday, Dec. 9, 1994, at Saint Joseph's Hospital, after an extended illness.

She was born in Henrietta, a daughter of the late Oak and Esther Wagoner Gainer. She was a former employee of Rubber Fabricators of Grantsville and was a member of First Baptist Church of Grantsville.

Surviving are two daughters, Thelma Weekley of Grantsville and Ann Kwasnicki of Carson City, Nevada.; two brothers, Frank Gainer of Grantsville and George Gainer of Bloomingdale, Ohio; three sisters, Clara Smith of Elba, Ohio, Louise Rusnak of Bloomingdale and Gladys Bower of Parkersburg; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Lester Jarvis; her second husband, Creed Barker; one daughter, Bernice Hustead; and one son, Troy Jarvis.

Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. Mike Worf officiating. Burial was in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery, Millstone.

(Source: Calhoun Chronicle, Grantsville, West Virginia, 15 Dec 1994)
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Melba married Lester S. Jarvis on 28 October 1928 in Calhoun County, WV.1 (Lester S. Jarvis was born on 15 September 1906 in Calhoun County, WV,1 died on 17 June 1974 1 and was buried in June 1974 in Chloe, WV 1.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:


Calhoun County, West Virginia Marriages
Groom: JARVIS, Lester
Age: 22
Birthplace: Calhoun
Parents: Amos & Anne
Bride: GAINER, Melva
Age: 17
Birthplace: Calhoun
Parents: OJ & Ester
Marriage date: 28 Oct 1928
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Melba next married Creed Barker on an unknown date. (Creed Barker was born on 14 June 1891 1 and died in August 1979 1.)


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Sources


1 Polli Kreaps, "Walker Kreaps APRIL 2008" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pollee_tribe; Updated: 2008-04-10 04:15:54 UTC (Thu)).


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