John Jefferson Phipps

1880 - 1937  (56 years)

• Name	John Jefferson Phipps
  Birth	21 Sep 1880	Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Mar 1937	Maynor, Raleigh Co., WV   [2]
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Burial	27 Mar 1937	Maynor, Raleigh Co., WV   [2]
  Person ID	I18094	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	George Calvin "Jesse" Phipps, Sr.,   b. 25 Dec 1851, Sand Lick, Raleigh Co., VA d. Between 1930 and 1940, Montgomery Co., VA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Zorah Martha Vaughn,   b. 23 Jan 1861, Floyd Co., VA d. 21 Apr 1931, Maynor, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1877	Raleigh Co., WV   [3]
  Family ID	F7752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Etta Wykle,   b. 1886, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Apr 1904	Raleigh Co., WV   [4]
  Children	1. Virgil Ward Phipps,   b. 16 Apr 1905, Raleigh Co., WV d. 25 May 1988, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 83 years)   2. Everette Phipps,   b. 1911, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   3. Zorah Phipps,   b. 1912, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   4. Donna Phipps,   b. 1914, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   5. Edith Phipps,   b. 1915, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   6. Othleen Phipps,   b. 1918, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ruth Phipps,   b. 1922, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  The Beckley Post-Herald, Saturday, 27 March 1937 PHIPPS FUNERAL IS SET FOR DAMERON Pneumonia Is Fatal To Lanark Man After Short Illness John Jefferson Phipps, 56-year old farmer of Dameron, died at his home Thursday night following a month's illness of influenza and pneumonia. Phipps was born at Maynor in September 1880, the son of Jess Phipps and Mrs. Zora Vaughn Phipps. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a life long resident of Raleigh county. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Etta Phipps, of Maynor; two sons, Virgil Phipps, of Corrine; Everett Phipps, Maynor; five daughters, Mrs. Lacy Phipps, Sophia; and Misses Zora Phipps, Edith Phipps, Othleen Phipps, and Ruth Phipps, all of Maynor; three brothers all of Maynor, George, Ward and Ace Phipps; and five sisters, Mrs. John Billups, Cirtsville; Mrs. Norval Pittman, Daniel; Mrs. Cart Stover, Stover; Mrs. Vesper Dillon, Maynor; and Mrs. Jonnie Bailey, of Sophia. He also leaves five grand children. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Adkins at the home in Dameron this morning at ten o'clock. Interment will be made in the family cemetery.

  
  

• 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.) (Reliability: 3). lists date of birth as 22 September 1878 [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #4810, Dist. No. 4111, Series No. 2 (Reliability: 3). [S960] Raleigh Co., WV Marriages 1871-1887. [S984] Haga, Pauline A., Raleigh County Marriages Vol. 4, 1902-1909.