Toney Melvin Sanford
1893 - 1978 (84 years)-
Name Toney Melvin Sanford Birth 27 Mar 1893 Sevy, Fayette Co., WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death 14 Jan 1978 Ravenna, Portage Co., OH [4, 5] Burial 18 Jan 1978 Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH [6] Person ID I37443 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
Father John Henry Sanford Mother Lucy E. ? Family ID F13188 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Leona Catherine Sims, b. 10 Aug 1890, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 10 Sep 1976, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH (Age 86 years) Children 1. Rev. Earl H. Sanford, b. Aug 1917, Fayette Co., WV d. 28 Aug 1983, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH (Age 66 years)2. Bertha M. Sanford, b. Oct 1918, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown3. Rev. Melvin Sanford, b. 1921, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown4. Retha F. Sanford, b. 1923, Fayette Co., WV d. 19 Nov 1982, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH (Age 59 years)5. Linda Sanford, b. 1927, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown6. Dallas Sanford 7. Rush Sanford Family ID F5897 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
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Notes - The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 18 January 1978
RAVENNA, Ohio - Toney Melvin Sanford, 85, of Ravenna, died Saturday after a long illness.
He was a native of Rainelle, a retired coal miner, and a member of Black Horse Baptist Church, Ravenna.
Surviving: daughters. Mrs. Bertha Perdue of Leewood, W.Va., Mrs. Retha Boothe of Revenna, Miss Linda Sanford at home; sons, Rev. Melvin Sanford of Irwin, Rev. Earl Sanford, Dallas and Rush, all of Ravenna; sisters, Mrs. Dovie Smith of Heins, W.Va.; Mrs. Delia Glisspie of Lewisburg; brother, Homer of Rainelle.
Service will be 11 a.m. today in Shorts Funeral Home, Ravenna. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Revenna.
- The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 18 January 1978
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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.).
- [S1043] United States, Selective Service System, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Ancestry.com, database online. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.) (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as 27 March 1894 - [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.) (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as 7 March 1892 - [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.).
- [S934] Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002, (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.).
- [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.).