Robert Lee Acord Jr. was born February 25,1922 in Clear Fork, Wyoming County, WV. He was the son of Robert "Bob" Lee Acord Sr (1879-1951) and Mary "Eva" Ann Allen-Acord (1881-1945).
He was one of fifteen children: Leola Acord-Bailey (1900-1963), Cora Accord-Francis (1902-1976), Josephine "Josie" Acord-Blankenship (1904-1986), Letha Acord-Walls (1906-1975), Gussie Acord (1909-Deceased), Hiram "Jack" Acord (1910-1970), Mary Lurecia "Larise" Acord-Bryson-Gray (1912-1993), Louise Acord-Argabright-McComas (1915-1987), Lillian Etta "Bill" Acord-Blankenship-Dyke (1916-1990), James Dee Acord (1918-1986), Bertha M. Acord-Walker (1921-1960), Nellie Vivian Acord-Dameron-Steele (1923-1986), Gibson "Gip" Acord (1924-1992), and Millie Acord-Dameron.
His paternal grandparents were Benjamin "Ben" Henderson Acord (1824-1912) and Nancy Allen-Acord (1838-Deceased).
His maternal Grandparents were Henly Helm Allen (1843-1929) and Juliet Ann Blankenship-Allen (1856-Deceased).
He worked on Crouch's Farm for E.G. Crouch Farm and Lumber Company. He married Myrtle Lilly Hager-Acord (1929-1994) in Oceana, Wyoming County, West Virginia on December 21, 1944 by the Reverend Lon Cook (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1944, Page 493, Application Date: December 16, 1944).
Into this marriage the following children were born: Sylvia Ann Acord-Bragg & husband Danford, Betty Jo Acord-Goodwin & husband Joe, Nancy Carol Acord-Paynter (1951-2015) & husband Benjamin, Virginia Acord-Gladden-Bradley & husband Ronnie, Stallie Acord-Sheppard-Allen & husband Harry, Robert Edward Acord, Mary Helen Acord-George-Hood-Bradley-Lundy & husband Ken, Myrna "Tiny" Acord-Walker (1949-2011), Linda Lou Acord (1955-1955), and Sabrina Acord (1962-1962).
He loved to work in the garden and he always said there's something special about anyone who tilled the soil and raised his own food it was what God intended for us to do. His favorite fruits were peaches and pears and he always canned them.
He later went to work in the Coal Mines at Eastern Gas and Fuel at Kopperston, West Virginia.
He loved Blue Grass music as well as anyone. His favorite religious song was "Come Home it's Supper Time" which he said it was his mothers favorite song and he felt close to her when he listened to it.
When he was learning to drive, about 1956, he bought a "Mint Green Woody" with the wood panels all along the sides. All of the kids thought it was a great place to play in the back of that station wagon and we loved it as the music would play. For some reason daddy had a hard time learning to drive forward, as we lived in Oceana just below city hall and the streets were not paved. Every day after he came in from work, he would put the kids in the back seat of that "Woody" and would go around and around all the city blocks, "Backwards" that is, one of my favorite memories of Daddy. After we were grown we joked with him all the time about how hard it was for him to learn to drive forward.
When he heard an upbeat song, he would dance a Flat Foot or clog depended on the song. I can still see him and mom dance a jitterbug how they would smile at each other.
He loved to hunt and ginseng and was always ready for a fox chase and a workout for his dog. I remember their first store bought Christmas tree in 1967. We had always gone to the mountains and cut our own Christmas tree. Mom wanted no part of a plastic tree but after a lot of talking from me and daddy we talked her into it. Daddy and I went to the Western Auto store in Oceana, West Virginia and bought new lights and a beautiful green Christmas tree and even new ornaments we were so excited we could hardly keep the little ones away until we finished. They were right in there to and how I remember when we got it all together and the lights on Daddy would sit and just look at that tree for hours. He didn't want us to take it down after Christmas. We had no way of knowing that would be his last Christmas
Robert Acord died on November 1, 1968 at the age of 46 of Coal Miners Lung Disease (Black Lung) in Beckley, Raleigh County,West Virginia (per WV Register of Deaths, Raleigh County, 1968, page 216A).
He was one of fifteen children: Leola Acord-Bailey (1900-1963), Cora Accord-Francis (1902-1976), Josephine "Josie" Acord-Blankenship (1904-1986), Letha Acord-Walls (1906-1975), Gussie Acord (1909-Deceased), Hiram "Jack" Acord (1910-1970), Mary Lurecia "Larise" Acord-Bryson-Gray (1912-1993), Louise Acord-Argabright-McComas (1915-1987), Lillian Etta "Bill" Acord-Blankenship-Dyke (1916-1990), James Dee Acord (1918-1986), Bertha M. Acord-Walker (1921-1960), Nellie Vivian Acord-Dameron-Steele (1923-1986), Gibson "Gip" Acord (1924-1992), and Millie Acord-Dameron.
His paternal grandparents were Benjamin "Ben" Henderson Acord (1824-1912) and Nancy Allen-Acord (1838-Deceased).
His maternal Grandparents were Henly Helm Allen (1843-1929) and Juliet Ann Blankenship-Allen (1856-Deceased).
He worked on Crouch's Farm for E.G. Crouch Farm and Lumber Company. He married Myrtle Lilly Hager-Acord (1929-1994) in Oceana, Wyoming County, West Virginia on December 21, 1944 by the Reverend Lon Cook (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1944, Page 493, Application Date: December 16, 1944).
Into this marriage the following children were born: Sylvia Ann Acord-Bragg & husband Danford, Betty Jo Acord-Goodwin & husband Joe, Nancy Carol Acord-Paynter (1951-2015) & husband Benjamin, Virginia Acord-Gladden-Bradley & husband Ronnie, Stallie Acord-Sheppard-Allen & husband Harry, Robert Edward Acord, Mary Helen Acord-George-Hood-Bradley-Lundy & husband Ken, Myrna "Tiny" Acord-Walker (1949-2011), Linda Lou Acord (1955-1955), and Sabrina Acord (1962-1962).
He loved to work in the garden and he always said there's something special about anyone who tilled the soil and raised his own food it was what God intended for us to do. His favorite fruits were peaches and pears and he always canned them.
He later went to work in the Coal Mines at Eastern Gas and Fuel at Kopperston, West Virginia.
He loved Blue Grass music as well as anyone. His favorite religious song was "Come Home it's Supper Time" which he said it was his mothers favorite song and he felt close to her when he listened to it.
When he was learning to drive, about 1956, he bought a "Mint Green Woody" with the wood panels all along the sides. All of the kids thought it was a great place to play in the back of that station wagon and we loved it as the music would play. For some reason daddy had a hard time learning to drive forward, as we lived in Oceana just below city hall and the streets were not paved. Every day after he came in from work, he would put the kids in the back seat of that "Woody" and would go around and around all the city blocks, "Backwards" that is, one of my favorite memories of Daddy. After we were grown we joked with him all the time about how hard it was for him to learn to drive forward.
When he heard an upbeat song, he would dance a Flat Foot or clog depended on the song. I can still see him and mom dance a jitterbug how they would smile at each other.
He loved to hunt and ginseng and was always ready for a fox chase and a workout for his dog. I remember their first store bought Christmas tree in 1967. We had always gone to the mountains and cut our own Christmas tree. Mom wanted no part of a plastic tree but after a lot of talking from me and daddy we talked her into it. Daddy and I went to the Western Auto store in Oceana, West Virginia and bought new lights and a beautiful green Christmas tree and even new ornaments we were so excited we could hardly keep the little ones away until we finished. They were right in there to and how I remember when we got it all together and the lights on Daddy would sit and just look at that tree for hours. He didn't want us to take it down after Christmas. We had no way of knowing that would be his last Christmas
Robert Acord died on November 1, 1968 at the age of 46 of Coal Miners Lung Disease (Black Lung) in Beckley, Raleigh County,West Virginia (per WV Register of Deaths, Raleigh County, 1968, page 216A).
Robert Lee Acord Jr. was born February 25,1922 in Clear Fork, Wyoming County, WV. He was the son of Robert "Bob" Lee Acord Sr (1879-1951) and Mary "Eva" Ann Allen-Acord (1881-1945).
He was one of fifteen children: Leola Acord-Bailey (1900-1963), Cora Accord-Francis (1902-1976), Josephine "Josie" Acord-Blankenship (1904-1986), Letha Acord-Walls (1906-1975), Gussie Acord (1909-Deceased), Hiram "Jack" Acord (1910-1970), Mary Lurecia "Larise" Acord-Bryson-Gray (1912-1993), Louise Acord-Argabright-McComas (1915-1987), Lillian Etta "Bill" Acord-Blankenship-Dyke (1916-1990), James Dee Acord (1918-1986), Bertha M. Acord-Walker (1921-1960), Nellie Vivian Acord-Dameron-Steele (1923-1986), Gibson "Gip" Acord (1924-1992), and Millie Acord-Dameron.
His paternal grandparents were Benjamin "Ben" Henderson Acord (1824-1912) and Nancy Allen-Acord (1838-Deceased).
His maternal Grandparents were Henly Helm Allen (1843-1929) and Juliet Ann Blankenship-Allen (1856-Deceased).
He worked on Crouch's Farm for E.G. Crouch Farm and Lumber Company. He married Myrtle Lilly Hager-Acord (1929-1994) in Oceana, Wyoming County, West Virginia on December 21, 1944 by the Reverend Lon Cook (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1944, Page 493, Application Date: December 16, 1944).
Into this marriage the following children were born: Sylvia Ann Acord-Bragg & husband Danford, Betty Jo Acord-Goodwin & husband Joe, Nancy Carol Acord-Paynter (1951-2015) & husband Benjamin, Virginia Acord-Gladden-Bradley & husband Ronnie, Stallie Acord-Sheppard-Allen & husband Harry, Robert Edward Acord, Mary Helen Acord-George-Hood-Bradley-Lundy & husband Ken, Myrna "Tiny" Acord-Walker (1949-2011), Linda Lou Acord (1955-1955), and Sabrina Acord (1962-1962).
He loved to work in the garden and he always said there's something special about anyone who tilled the soil and raised his own food it was what God intended for us to do. His favorite fruits were peaches and pears and he always canned them.
He later went to work in the Coal Mines at Eastern Gas and Fuel at Kopperston, West Virginia.
He loved Blue Grass music as well as anyone. His favorite religious song was "Come Home it's Supper Time" which he said it was his mothers favorite song and he felt close to her when he listened to it.
When he was learning to drive, about 1956, he bought a "Mint Green Woody" with the wood panels all along the sides. All of the kids thought it was a great place to play in the back of that station wagon and we loved it as the music would play. For some reason daddy had a hard time learning to drive forward, as we lived in Oceana just below city hall and the streets were not paved. Every day after he came in from work, he would put the kids in the back seat of that "Woody" and would go around and around all the city blocks, "Backwards" that is, one of my favorite memories of Daddy. After we were grown we joked with him all the time about how hard it was for him to learn to drive forward.
When he heard an upbeat song, he would dance a Flat Foot or clog depended on the song. I can still see him and mom dance a jitterbug how they would smile at each other.
He loved to hunt and ginseng and was always ready for a fox chase and a workout for his dog. I remember their first store bought Christmas tree in 1967. We had always gone to the mountains and cut our own Christmas tree. Mom wanted no part of a plastic tree but after a lot of talking from me and daddy we talked her into it. Daddy and I went to the Western Auto store in Oceana, West Virginia and bought new lights and a beautiful green Christmas tree and even new ornaments we were so excited we could hardly keep the little ones away until we finished. They were right in there to and how I remember when we got it all together and the lights on Daddy would sit and just look at that tree for hours. He didn't want us to take it down after Christmas. We had no way of knowing that would be his last Christmas
Robert Acord died on November 1, 1968 at the age of 46 of Coal Miners Lung Disease (Black Lung) in Beckley, Raleigh County,West Virginia (per WV Register of Deaths, Raleigh County, 1968, page 216A).
He was one of fifteen children: Leola Acord-Bailey (1900-1963), Cora Accord-Francis (1902-1976), Josephine "Josie" Acord-Blankenship (1904-1986), Letha Acord-Walls (1906-1975), Gussie Acord (1909-Deceased), Hiram "Jack" Acord (1910-1970), Mary Lurecia "Larise" Acord-Bryson-Gray (1912-1993), Louise Acord-Argabright-McComas (1915-1987), Lillian Etta "Bill" Acord-Blankenship-Dyke (1916-1990), James Dee Acord (1918-1986), Bertha M. Acord-Walker (1921-1960), Nellie Vivian Acord-Dameron-Steele (1923-1986), Gibson "Gip" Acord (1924-1992), and Millie Acord-Dameron.
His paternal grandparents were Benjamin "Ben" Henderson Acord (1824-1912) and Nancy Allen-Acord (1838-Deceased).
His maternal Grandparents were Henly Helm Allen (1843-1929) and Juliet Ann Blankenship-Allen (1856-Deceased).
He worked on Crouch's Farm for E.G. Crouch Farm and Lumber Company. He married Myrtle Lilly Hager-Acord (1929-1994) in Oceana, Wyoming County, West Virginia on December 21, 1944 by the Reverend Lon Cook (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1944, Page 493, Application Date: December 16, 1944).
Into this marriage the following children were born: Sylvia Ann Acord-Bragg & husband Danford, Betty Jo Acord-Goodwin & husband Joe, Nancy Carol Acord-Paynter (1951-2015) & husband Benjamin, Virginia Acord-Gladden-Bradley & husband Ronnie, Stallie Acord-Sheppard-Allen & husband Harry, Robert Edward Acord, Mary Helen Acord-George-Hood-Bradley-Lundy & husband Ken, Myrna "Tiny" Acord-Walker (1949-2011), Linda Lou Acord (1955-1955), and Sabrina Acord (1962-1962).
He loved to work in the garden and he always said there's something special about anyone who tilled the soil and raised his own food it was what God intended for us to do. His favorite fruits were peaches and pears and he always canned them.
He later went to work in the Coal Mines at Eastern Gas and Fuel at Kopperston, West Virginia.
He loved Blue Grass music as well as anyone. His favorite religious song was "Come Home it's Supper Time" which he said it was his mothers favorite song and he felt close to her when he listened to it.
When he was learning to drive, about 1956, he bought a "Mint Green Woody" with the wood panels all along the sides. All of the kids thought it was a great place to play in the back of that station wagon and we loved it as the music would play. For some reason daddy had a hard time learning to drive forward, as we lived in Oceana just below city hall and the streets were not paved. Every day after he came in from work, he would put the kids in the back seat of that "Woody" and would go around and around all the city blocks, "Backwards" that is, one of my favorite memories of Daddy. After we were grown we joked with him all the time about how hard it was for him to learn to drive forward.
When he heard an upbeat song, he would dance a Flat Foot or clog depended on the song. I can still see him and mom dance a jitterbug how they would smile at each other.
He loved to hunt and ginseng and was always ready for a fox chase and a workout for his dog. I remember their first store bought Christmas tree in 1967. We had always gone to the mountains and cut our own Christmas tree. Mom wanted no part of a plastic tree but after a lot of talking from me and daddy we talked her into it. Daddy and I went to the Western Auto store in Oceana, West Virginia and bought new lights and a beautiful green Christmas tree and even new ornaments we were so excited we could hardly keep the little ones away until we finished. They were right in there to and how I remember when we got it all together and the lights on Daddy would sit and just look at that tree for hours. He didn't want us to take it down after Christmas. We had no way of knowing that would be his last Christmas
Robert Acord died on November 1, 1968 at the age of 46 of Coal Miners Lung Disease (Black Lung) in Beckley, Raleigh County,West Virginia (per WV Register of Deaths, Raleigh County, 1968, page 216A).
Family Members
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Goldie Acord Bailey
1898–1980
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Leola Acord Bailey
1900–1963
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Letha "Lacie" Acord Walls
1906–1974
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Hiram Jack "Jack" Acord
1910–1970
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Louise Acord Argabright McComas
1915–1987
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Lillian Etta Acord Dyke
1916–1990
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James Dee Acord
1918–1986
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Bertha M. Acord Walker
1921–1960
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Nellie Vivian Acord Dameron Steele
1923–1986
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Gibson "Gip" Acord
1924–1992
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