Reta Pearl Hathaway ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Center District, Calhoun, WV on 3 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 2, Dwelling 12, Family 12, Roll 2530
Center District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Pearl Van Horn..Wife..18..WV..M at 17
(Living with husband, son, and brother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Nov 1912, then her age should have been 17 instead of 18.
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• She was buried after 13 May 2003 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Calhoun County, WV.

• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 13 May 2003.

Reta Pearl Hathaway Van Horn, 90, of Grantsville, died Tuesday, May 13, 20 03, at Delmar Gardens On the Green, Chesterfield, Mo.

She was born on Pine Creek, the daughter of the late Curtis and Hattie Hathaway. In the 1950s, the family owned a restaurant and raised broilers on their farm. She worked at Rubber Fabricators as a supervisor until retirement. She belonged to Rebekah Lodge and Eastern Star, and was a Calhoun Homemakers Club belle and a 50-year member. She was a member of Prosperity Baptist Church.

Surviving are one son, Earl Thomas Van Horn of Ballwin, Mo.; two half-brothers, Charles and Darrell Hathaway; one half-sister, Dixie Greg; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leavy Oressie Van Horn, and one son, Donald Oral Van Horn.

Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. Kenneth Heiney officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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Reta married Leavy Oressie Van Horn on 13 November 1927 in Calhoun County, WV.^{1 2} (Leavy Oressie Van Horn was born on 29 November 1906 in Stumptown, WV,¹ died on 12 June 1957 in Clarksburg, WV ¹ and was buried on 16 June 1957 in Calhoun County, WV ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Center District, Calhoun, WV on 3 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 2, Dwelling 12, Family 12, Roll 2530
Center District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Leavy Vanhorn..Head..22..WV..M at 20..Teacher, Public School
Pearl Vanhorn..Wife..18..WV..M at 17
Donald Vanhorn..Son..1..WV
Harold Vanhorn..Neph..18..WV

(Living with Pearl's parents)
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  Marriage Notes:

Calhoun County, West Virginia Marriages
Bride: HATHAWAY, Pearl
Age: 16
Birthplace: Calhoun
Parents: Curtis & Hattie
Groom: VANHORN, Leavy O.
Age: 21
Birthplace: Gilmer
Parents: W. T. & Iver
Marriage date: 13 Nov 1927
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