Dewey Bryant Rollyson, Sr.
1899 - 1975 (75 years)-
Name Dewey Bryant Rollyson Suffix Sr. Birth 16 Oct 1899 Jumping Branch, Summers Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation Between 1917 and 1918 [1] Sawmill Worker (Blue Jay Lumber Co.) Residence Between 1917 and 1918 [1] Blue Jay, Raleigh Co., WV Death 16 May 1975 Richmond, VA [3] Burial 19 May 1975 Blue Jay Cemetery, Blue Jay, Raleigh Co., WV [3] Person ID I15020 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
Father Charles A. Rollyson, b. 7 Aug 1870, Mercer Co., WV d. 24 Jul 1942, Beaver, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 71 years) Mother Sarah Bell Smith, b. May 1882, Summers Co., WV d. 23 Nov 1972, Lynchburg, VA (Age 90 years) Marriage 2 Feb 1899 Summers Co., WV Family ID F6609 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dorothy Marie Stover, b. 1901, Raleigh Co., WV d. Bef 1967 (Age 65 years) Marriage 6 Apr 1927 Daniels, Raleigh Co., WV [2] Children 1. Dewey Bryant Rollyson, Jr., b. 9 Oct 1927, Blue Jay, Raleigh Co., WV d. 20 Apr 1955, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 27 years)2. Betty Jane Rollyson 3. James Alfred Rollyson 4. Helen Marie Rollyson Family ID F6610 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
Family 2 Eliza Jane Wood, b. 7 Jan 1899, Saulsville, Wyoming Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 3 May 1967 Mabscott, Raleigh Co., WV [2] Family ID F6611 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
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Notes - The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, 17 May 1975
MacARTHUR ? Dewey Bryant Rollyson, 75, of MacArthur, Raleigh County, died Friday in Richmond, Va., V.A. Hospital.
He was a native of Jumping Branch and was a World War I Army veteran. Mr. Rollyson was a retired shipping clerk for Sunbeam Baking Co. where he was employed 24 years.
Surviving: daughters, Mrs. William Lee of Sophia, Mrs. Betty Kidd of Mount Hope; son, James of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Dexter Turpin and Mrs. Mary Prince, both of Beaver, Mrs. Allie Bowers of Gretna, Va, Mrs. Reba Vaughn of Halifax, Va.; brothers, Charles of Blue Jay, J. E. of AltaVista Va., William of Hart, Va.; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Monday in Melton Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. L. A. Garten officiating. Burial will be in Blue Jay Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
- The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, 17 May 1975
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Sources - [S1076] National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, DC, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).
- [S959] Raleigh Co., WV Marriage Register.
- [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette.
- [S1076] National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, DC, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).