Martha Estellee "Esta" WOOLDRIDGE
- Born: 1889, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
- Marriage: Buzz Oakey SIMMS on 12 Nov 1914 in Greenbrier Co., WV 3416
- Died: 2 Aug 1957, Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV at age 68 74
- Buried: 4 Aug 1957, Holliday Cemetery, Sandstone, Summers Co., WV 74
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 3 August 1957
SIMMS, Mrs. Martha Estellee - 68, a former Rainelle resident who had been living for the past three years at Sandstone, Summers County, died yesterday at McClung Hospital at Richwood after a long illness. She had lived at Rainelle for 49 years and was a member of Little Creek Baptist Church near there. Surviving are her husband, B. O.; two daughters, Martha at home and Mrs. Morse O'Dell of Rainelle; a son, James of Elton; two sisters, Mrs. W. D. Simms of East Rainelle and Mrs. Sallie Osborne of Rainelle; a brother, S. J. Wooldridge of Rainelle; and two grandchildren. Service will be tomorrow at Lick Creek Baptist Church at Green Sulphur Springs, conducted by Rev. J. Townley Davis and Rev. Billy Apostlin. Burial will be at Holliday Cemetery at Sandstone. The body is to be taken from Wallace and Wallace mortuary at East Rainelle to the home at 6 p.m. today, then to the church an hour before service.
Esta married Buzz Oakey SIMMS, son of John Matthew SIMS and Margaret Jane OSBORNE, on 12 Nov 1914 in Greenbrier Co., WV.3416 (Buzz Oakey SIMMS was born on 16 Nov 1890 in Simms Mountain, Fayette Co., WV 32,55 and died on 24 Jul 1966 in Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV 55,66.)
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