Melvin O'Brien

1916 - 2003  (87 years)

• Name	Melvin O'Brien
  Birth	24 Jun 1916	Blaker Mills, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Dec 2003	Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  Burial	19 Dec 2003	Hanger Cemetery, Fort Spring, Greenbrier Co., WV   [3]
  Person ID	I36644	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Cornelius William "Con" O'Brien,   b. 9 Oct 1882, Fort Spring, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 1 Dec 1941, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Pansey Ethel Kelly,   b. 20 Jul 1885, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 27 Jan 1963, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1905	Greenbrier Co., WV   [4]
  Family ID	F6166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche Evelyn Ridgeway,   b. 13 May 1909, Union, Monroe Co., WV d. Bef 2003 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1937	White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Children	1. Mike O'Brien,   b. 2 Oct 1937, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 2 Mar 2002, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 64 years)   2. Melvin Douglas "Chick" O'Brien,   b. 15 Jun 1939, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 16 Jul 1990 (Age 51 years)   3. William Edward "Bill" O'Brien
  Family ID	F12943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  The Mountain Messenger, Lewisburg, WV, Online Edition, 20 December 2003 Ronceverte - Melvin O'Brien, 87, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003, at the Brier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ronceverte. Born June 24, 1916, in Greenbrier County, he was the son of the late Con and Ethel Kelly O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien was a member of the First Church of God in Ronceverte and was a self-employed contractor and farmer. He was preceded in death by: two sons, Mike and M.D. "Chick" O'Brien; two stepsons, Marvin and George Ambler; sister, Virginia O'Brien; five brothers, Cecil, Earl, Joe, his twin brother, Mike, and Paul O'Brien. Survivors include: son, Bill O'Brien of Ronceverte; stepdaughter, Mildred Neuner of Ronceverte; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 19, at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte where Rev. Gene Cook officiated. Burial was in the Hanger-Welch Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S555] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 16, page 45 (Reliability: 3). [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S897] Obituary: The Mountain Messenger, (Lewisburg, WV). [S560] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 1B, page 164, line 11 (Reliability: 3).