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Walter Alphonso Overbey

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Walter Alphonso Overbey

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
29 Nov 1979 (aged 80)
South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Nelson, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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WALTER ALPHONSO OVERBY IS THE GRANDSON OF ROBERT YANCEY OVERBY FIND A GRAVE #180773227 AND SARAH CAROLINE GLASSCOCK OVERBY FIND A GRAVE # 180773300 . WALTER IS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF JOHN MACK OVERBY FIND A GRAVE # 180741227 AND SARAH ANN CHANDLER OVERBY FIND A GRAVE # 180762803.ALL FROM ARRONS CREEK VA AND LATER ON RED BANK VA.
WALTER MARRIED SALLIE BETT AND MOVED ON TO THE PURYEAR FARM AT NELSON VA. HE LIVED THERE WITH SALLIE BETT PURYEAR HIS MOTHER IN LAW AND HIS WIFE SALLIEBETT PURYEAR OVERBY. IT IS SAID THAT SALLIE BETT PURYEAR WAS A CHARACTER AND AS I STATED ON HER GRAVE SITE SHE RAN THE FARM AND KEPT THE LAND RIGHT THROUGH THE DEPRESSION TIMES.
IN THOSE DAYS EVERYONE HAD WORK TO DO AND HAD TO CARRY THEIR WEIGHT. FARMING ,CUTTING TIMBER AND STORING FOOD FOR THE WINTER . FAR CRY FROM TODAYS SOCIETY THAT THINKS GOING DOWN TO THE FAST FOOD JOINT IS HARD WORK .
WALTER AND SALLIE BOTH HAD LOST THEIR FATHERS WHEN YOUNG SO WERE RAISED BY THEIR MOTHERS. SO THEY HAD A LOT IN COMMON. I HAVE NEVER HEAR NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT WALTER AND SALLIE . THEY LIVED AND WORKED WITH NATURE AND GOD.THEY DID NOT RUN AROUND WITH A BIBLE IN THEIR HAND AND HOLIER THAN THOU ATTITUDE. THEY SHOWED GOD BY THE WAY THE LIVED AND TREATED PEOPLE.THERE IS MUCH TO THEIR STORY BUT NO ONE WANTS TO TALK[WHY I DO NOT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND] UNABLE TO FIND THE BURIAL OF INFANT MERVIN M. OVERBEY BORN 1930 HOWEVER WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE PURYEAR CEMETERY ON THE PROPERTY.
WALTER ALPHONSO OVERBY IS THE GRANDSON OF ROBERT YANCEY OVERBY FIND A GRAVE #180773227 AND SARAH CAROLINE GLASSCOCK OVERBY FIND A GRAVE # 180773300 . WALTER IS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF JOHN MACK OVERBY FIND A GRAVE # 180741227 AND SARAH ANN CHANDLER OVERBY FIND A GRAVE # 180762803.ALL FROM ARRONS CREEK VA AND LATER ON RED BANK VA.
WALTER MARRIED SALLIE BETT AND MOVED ON TO THE PURYEAR FARM AT NELSON VA. HE LIVED THERE WITH SALLIE BETT PURYEAR HIS MOTHER IN LAW AND HIS WIFE SALLIEBETT PURYEAR OVERBY. IT IS SAID THAT SALLIE BETT PURYEAR WAS A CHARACTER AND AS I STATED ON HER GRAVE SITE SHE RAN THE FARM AND KEPT THE LAND RIGHT THROUGH THE DEPRESSION TIMES.
IN THOSE DAYS EVERYONE HAD WORK TO DO AND HAD TO CARRY THEIR WEIGHT. FARMING ,CUTTING TIMBER AND STORING FOOD FOR THE WINTER . FAR CRY FROM TODAYS SOCIETY THAT THINKS GOING DOWN TO THE FAST FOOD JOINT IS HARD WORK .
WALTER AND SALLIE BOTH HAD LOST THEIR FATHERS WHEN YOUNG SO WERE RAISED BY THEIR MOTHERS. SO THEY HAD A LOT IN COMMON. I HAVE NEVER HEAR NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT WALTER AND SALLIE . THEY LIVED AND WORKED WITH NATURE AND GOD.THEY DID NOT RUN AROUND WITH A BIBLE IN THEIR HAND AND HOLIER THAN THOU ATTITUDE. THEY SHOWED GOD BY THE WAY THE LIVED AND TREATED PEOPLE.THERE IS MUCH TO THEIR STORY BUT NO ONE WANTS TO TALK[WHY I DO NOT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND] UNABLE TO FIND THE BURIAL OF INFANT MERVIN M. OVERBEY BORN 1930 HOWEVER WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE PURYEAR CEMETERY ON THE PROPERTY.


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