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Myrtle Gertrude Sims

Myrtle Gertrude Sims

Female 1905 - 1986  (80 years)


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  • Name Myrtle Gertrude Sims 
    Birth 9 Jun 1905  Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Jun 1986  Beckley, Raleigh County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    • MYRTLE G. GILKESON
      Mrs. Myrtle Gertrude Gilkeson, 80, died June 4, in a Beckley
      hospital after a long illness.
      Born June 9, 1905, at Rainelle, she was a daughter of the late
      Wilson and Betty Duncan Sims.
      Mrs. Gilkeson was a member of the Bellburn United Methodist Church
      and was a homemaker.
      She was preceded in death by her husband, Corliss in 1966.
      Survivors include two sisters, Alma Gilbert of Lewisburg, and
      Margaret Gilkeson of Rainelle.
      Services was June 6, at 11 a.m. at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral
      Home chapel in Rainelle, with the Rev. Keith Moore officiating.
      Burial was in the Simms Cemetery at Rainelle.
      (June 19, 1986 newspaper)
    Burial 6 Jun 1986  Howard F. Sims Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I750  Crane Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2022 

    Father Wilson Hannah Fox Sims,   b. 17 Oct 1856, Sims Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1941, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Cassa Elizabeth Duncan Harrah,   b. 8 Oct 1871, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1948, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 6 Apr 1904  [1


    • MARRIAGE CONTRACT

      This Contract made and entered into on this 2nd day of April 1904 between W. H. Sims of the county of Greenbrier and State of West Virginia of the first part and Mrs. Bettie Harrah of county and State aforesaid of the second part. Witnesseth that the aforesaid parties contemplating matrimony do make this contract before entering into the marriage bonds, which is as follows:

      First the party of the first part agrees to mary [sic] the party of the second part and provide a support for her as long as the party of the second part is his wife or widow provided she remains at his home, and agrees to support and keep her two children that she now has, and school them until they are of lawful age provided they remain with him and are reasonably respectful to him, that he is [to] furnish the same support and same advantages of school that he furnishes his own children, and on same terms party of second part is to remove what personal property she now owns to the home of the party of the first part there to be used as the property of both parties.

      Second, it is expressly agreed to and understood, by and between the parties that the party of second part is to have no part in the division of the real or personal estate of the party of the second part such as the laws of the State of West Virginia give to a wife in case of the death of her husband, but the herein before mentioned support is all she is to get and that only on the conditions hereinbefore mentioned and it is further expressly understood and agreed to by the parties that party of the first part is not responsible for any debts now owing or due to any person from party of second part, nor responsible for any debts contracted by party of second part after marriage with the party of first part, except as may be here after agreed to, by the parties, and it is further understood that any money derived from the sale of any real estate now owned by
      party of second part is to remain her sole and separate property to do so as she pleases with.

      In witness whereof the parties have signed their names and affixed their seals.

      W. H. Sims. {SEAL}

      Bettie Harrah {SEAL}

      State of West Virginia; County of Greenbrier S.S. I, Z. A. Sandige, a Notary Public in and for the county and State aforesaid do verify that W. H. Sims and Bettie Harrah whose names are signed to the writing above bearing date on the 2nd day of April 1904 have this day acknowledged the same before me in my said county.

      Given under my hand this 2nd day of April 1904.

      {signed} Z. A. Sandige N. P.

      Greenbrier County Court Clerks Office April 18, 1904. This contract was on this day presented in this office and thereupon together with the certificate thereto annexed admitted to record. Testi A. B. Buster, Clerk
    Family ID F206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Corliss Aaron Gilkerson,   b. 1901, Fayette County, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1966 (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1927  Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Children 
     1. Woodrow Gilkerson
    Family ID F207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S113] A. Simms to D. Benelli, 17 Aug 1999, 38.

    2. [S182] 1920 U.S. Census, Greenbrier County, 3.

    3. [S519] Obituary, Sims, Lue A., (Newspaper Item Obtained February 4, 2002 from Karen Kessler Cottrill), 5047.

    4. [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 15.
      Book 8; Page 158.

    5. [S632] Margaret Pearl Simms, Simms - Gilkeson, FGS, (7 Feb 2003), 37.

    6. [S652] Obituary, Sims, Wessie V., 5047.

    7. [S653] Obituary, Sims, Myrtle G., 5047.

    8. [S641] Melba B. Purkey, Purkey to DCB Email 14 Feb 2003, (14 Feb 2003), 41.

    9. [S653] Obituary, Sims, Myrtle G., 7 Sep 2013, 5047. (Reliability: 2).