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Frank N. Gadd

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Frank N. Gadd

Birth
Talcott, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
Death
13 Mar 1967 (aged 17)
Fairfax City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Frank N. Gadd was born 30 March 1949 at Talcott, Summers County, W.Va., a son of Noah Levi Gadd Sr. and wife Beatrice Gore Gadd.

Frank, 17, died on 13 March 1967 in Fairfax, Va., of a gunshot wound. Frank's roommate accidentally discharged a sawed-off shotgun and killed Frank. Confirmed by a witness. (Northern Virginia Sun, Wed., 15 March 1967, Page 2.)

Services were held in the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor in Hinton, W.Va. According to a family member, he was buried in Athens Cemetery, Athens, W.Va., but was reinterred in Resthaven Cemetery in Princeton, W.Va.

SOURCES: Northern Virginia Sun, Wed., 15 March 1967, Page 2.; Gunshot Wound Fatal To Youth, Post-Herald, Beckley, W.Va., 15 March 1967, Page 16; Frank N. Gadd, Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va., 15 March 1967, Page 40; Rite Friday For Former State Youth, Charleston Gazette, W.Va., 16 March 1967, Page 36.
Frank N. Gadd was born 30 March 1949 at Talcott, Summers County, W.Va., a son of Noah Levi Gadd Sr. and wife Beatrice Gore Gadd.

Frank, 17, died on 13 March 1967 in Fairfax, Va., of a gunshot wound. Frank's roommate accidentally discharged a sawed-off shotgun and killed Frank. Confirmed by a witness. (Northern Virginia Sun, Wed., 15 March 1967, Page 2.)

Services were held in the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor in Hinton, W.Va. According to a family member, he was buried in Athens Cemetery, Athens, W.Va., but was reinterred in Resthaven Cemetery in Princeton, W.Va.

SOURCES: Northern Virginia Sun, Wed., 15 March 1967, Page 2.; Gunshot Wound Fatal To Youth, Post-Herald, Beckley, W.Va., 15 March 1967, Page 16; Frank N. Gadd, Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va., 15 March 1967, Page 40; Rite Friday For Former State Youth, Charleston Gazette, W.Va., 16 March 1967, Page 36.


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  • Created by: E.M. Smith
  • Added: Sep 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58323867/frank_n-gadd: accessed ), memorial page for Frank N. Gadd (30 Mar 1949–13 Mar 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58323867, citing Resthaven Memorial Park, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by E.M. Smith (contributor 47134804).