Samuel Lawrence Roark

Birth: 5 Mar 1909
Powhatan, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 3 May 1957 (aged 48)
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens

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Samuel Lawrence, Lona Lee, Robert Lee, Henry and Lucille were children of William Edward "Ed" Roark and his first wife Sudia Tenneesee Johnson. He was married to Hazel Ethel Kale, a son Rush Dean Roark, and a daughter Mrs. (Billie) Robert B. Callaway and one grandson.

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William Edward "Ed" Roark

1886–1963
Sudie Tennessee Johnson Roark

1887–1912

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Hazel Ethel Kale Roark

1912–1977 (m. 1932)

Siblings

Lona Lee Roark Elliott

1905–1975
Robert Lee Roark

1906–1906
Lucille Roark Wallace

1911–1999

Half Siblings

Edith Marie Roark Long

1915–1987
Thomas James Roark

1916–1993
Hazel Janette Roark Johnson

1918–2014
Raymond Benson "Benny" Roark

1920–1996
Robert Wesley Roark

1922–2001
Everett Delmar Roark

1924–1981
William Elmer Roark

1924–1986
Martha Jane Roark Bryant

1927–1992
Margaret Elizabeth Roark Morris Suptic

1929–2012
Charlotte Lorraine Roark Hope

1930–2001
Frankie Howard Roark

1932–1970
Peggy Ann Roark Harman

1935–2020

Children

Billie Mae "Patty" Roark Callaway

1933–1959
Rush D Roark

1934–1996

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Post Herld and Raleigh Register pg. 18, May 5, 1957. Obituary of Samuel Lawrence Roark son of William Edward "Ed" and his first wife Sudia Tenneesee Johnson Roark.

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Certificate of Death for Samuel Lawrence Roark, son of William Edward "Ed" Roark and Sudie Tenneesee Johnson Roark. Cropped copy--cuts #s at top left side of page--2074135_0000563.

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Funeral Notice in Beckley Post Herald & Register, Pg 18, May 5, 1957

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Back left to right, Bertha "Bertie" Lou Dolinger Roark, her husband, William Edward "Ed" Roark, Bertie's sister, Sarah Lessie Dolinger. Front left Samuel Lawrence and Lona Lee Roark, children of Ed and his first wife Sudie Tennesee Johnson Roark.

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1910 US Federal Census for William Edward Roark, age 24, his first wife Sudie Tennessee Johnson, age 22. They had 1 son, Robert Lee, who died on May 3, 1906. They have 2 children in this census, Lona, age 5, and Lawrence, age 1.

They have 1 more daughter on April 18, 1911, Lucille. Sudie dies on June 21, 1912. Lucille was raised by the Simmons family. After the death of their mother, Lona Lee and Samuel Lawrence was raised by their stepmother, Bertha "Bertie" Lou Dolinger, who married their dad in 1913.

Ed and Bertie had 6 daughters, Edith Marie, Hazel Jeanette, Martha Jane, Margaret Elizabeth, Charlotte Lorraine and Peggy Ann.

They had 6 sons, Thomas J., Raymond "Bennie", Robert Wesley, twins, Everett Delmer and William Elmer, and Franklin "Frankie" Howard.

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William Edward "Ed" Roark

Sudie Tennessee Johnson Roark

Hazel Ethel Kale Roark

Lona Lee Roark Elliott

Robert Lee Roark

Lucille Roark Wallace

Edith Marie Roark Long

Thomas James Roark

Hazel Janette Roark Johnson

Raymond Benson "Benny" Roark

Robert Wesley Roark

Everett Delmar Roark

William Elmer Roark

Martha Jane Roark Bryant

Margaret Elizabeth Roark Morris Suptic

Charlotte Lorraine Roark Hope

Frankie Howard Roark

Peggy Ann Roark Harman

Billie Mae "Patty" Roark Callaway

Rush D Roark

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