Gerlean Bennett Gadd, 81, of Cool Ridge, W.Va., died on March 2, 1998, in the Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, W.Va., after a short illness.
She was born on Sept. 7, 1916, in Raleigh County, W.Va., a daughter of William Haley Bennett and wife Roxie May Plumley Bennett.
Mrs. Gadd was a homemaker and attended Shady Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John Robert Bragg in 1950; husband Noah Levi Gadd Sr. in 1967; and several sisters and brothers.
Mrs. Gadd was survived by two sons, Robert "Jimmy" Bragg of Cool Ridge, and the Rev. Davy C. Bennett of Akron, Ohio; three daughters, Mary Bragg Lawson and Helen Bragg Stauffacher, both of Beckley, and Margie Bragg Evans of Glen White, W.Va.; two brothers, Ellas Bennett of Shady Spring, W.Va., and Amos Bennett of Beckley; two sisters, Banna Bennett and Gertrude Plumley, both of Abraham, W.Va.; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Franklin Adkins officiating. Burial was in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Abraham.
Note: on some records her given name is Geraldine.
SOURCES: Obituary; birth record for Gerlean Bennett, West Virginia Vital Research Records, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcdetail.aspx?Id=2223439; 1938 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11508989; 1960 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11530506; Social Security Death Index.
Name: Gerlean Gadd
Last Residence: Cool Ridge, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 7 Sep 1916
Died: 2 Mar 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (1973)
She was born on Sept. 7, 1916, in Raleigh County, W.Va., a daughter of William Haley Bennett and wife Roxie May Plumley Bennett.
Mrs. Gadd was a homemaker and attended Shady Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John Robert Bragg in 1950; husband Noah Levi Gadd Sr. in 1967; and several sisters and brothers.
Mrs. Gadd was survived by two sons, Robert "Jimmy" Bragg of Cool Ridge, and the Rev. Davy C. Bennett of Akron, Ohio; three daughters, Mary Bragg Lawson and Helen Bragg Stauffacher, both of Beckley, and Margie Bragg Evans of Glen White, W.Va.; two brothers, Ellas Bennett of Shady Spring, W.Va., and Amos Bennett of Beckley; two sisters, Banna Bennett and Gertrude Plumley, both of Abraham, W.Va.; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Franklin Adkins officiating. Burial was in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Abraham.
Note: on some records her given name is Geraldine.
SOURCES: Obituary; birth record for Gerlean Bennett, West Virginia Vital Research Records, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcdetail.aspx?Id=2223439; 1938 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11508989; 1960 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11530506; Social Security Death Index.
Name: Gerlean Gadd
Last Residence: Cool Ridge, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 7 Sep 1916
Died: 2 Mar 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (1973)
Gerlean Bennett Gadd, 81, of Cool Ridge, W.Va., died on March 2, 1998, in the Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, W.Va., after a short illness.
She was born on Sept. 7, 1916, in Raleigh County, W.Va., a daughter of William Haley Bennett and wife Roxie May Plumley Bennett.
Mrs. Gadd was a homemaker and attended Shady Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John Robert Bragg in 1950; husband Noah Levi Gadd Sr. in 1967; and several sisters and brothers.
Mrs. Gadd was survived by two sons, Robert "Jimmy" Bragg of Cool Ridge, and the Rev. Davy C. Bennett of Akron, Ohio; three daughters, Mary Bragg Lawson and Helen Bragg Stauffacher, both of Beckley, and Margie Bragg Evans of Glen White, W.Va.; two brothers, Ellas Bennett of Shady Spring, W.Va., and Amos Bennett of Beckley; two sisters, Banna Bennett and Gertrude Plumley, both of Abraham, W.Va.; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Franklin Adkins officiating. Burial was in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Abraham.
Note: on some records her given name is Geraldine.
SOURCES: Obituary; birth record for Gerlean Bennett, West Virginia Vital Research Records, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcdetail.aspx?Id=2223439; 1938 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11508989; 1960 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11530506; Social Security Death Index.
Name: Gerlean Gadd
Last Residence: Cool Ridge, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 7 Sep 1916
Died: 2 Mar 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (1973)
She was born on Sept. 7, 1916, in Raleigh County, W.Va., a daughter of William Haley Bennett and wife Roxie May Plumley Bennett.
Mrs. Gadd was a homemaker and attended Shady Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John Robert Bragg in 1950; husband Noah Levi Gadd Sr. in 1967; and several sisters and brothers.
Mrs. Gadd was survived by two sons, Robert "Jimmy" Bragg of Cool Ridge, and the Rev. Davy C. Bennett of Akron, Ohio; three daughters, Mary Bragg Lawson and Helen Bragg Stauffacher, both of Beckley, and Margie Bragg Evans of Glen White, W.Va.; two brothers, Ellas Bennett of Shady Spring, W.Va., and Amos Bennett of Beckley; two sisters, Banna Bennett and Gertrude Plumley, both of Abraham, W.Va.; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Franklin Adkins officiating. Burial was in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Abraham.
Note: on some records her given name is Geraldine.
SOURCES: Obituary; birth record for Gerlean Bennett, West Virginia Vital Research Records, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcdetail.aspx?Id=2223439; 1938 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11508989; 1960 marriage record, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=11530506; Social Security Death Index.
Name: Gerlean Gadd
Last Residence: Cool Ridge, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 7 Sep 1916
Died: 2 Mar 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (1973)
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