West Virginia Pioneers

Laura Bethany Fields

Female 1892 - 1995  (102 years)


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  • Name Laura Bethany Fields 
    Born 3 Apr 1892  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Feb 1995  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Laura Bethany Fields Powers
      Birth: Apr. 4, 1892
      Fletcher
      Jackson County
      West Virginia, USA
      Death: Feb. 12, 1995
      Evans
      Jackson County
      West Virginia, USA

      EVANS - Laura Bethany Powers, 102, of Ripley, died Feb. 12, 1995 at her residence after an extended illness.
      She was born in Fletcher, W.Va., a daughter of the late William Webster and Rebecca Ann Smith Fields. She was a domestic care giver and was the last charter member of the Ephesis Baptist Church on Grass Lick.
      Surviving are one son, Carl O. Powers of Spring Hill, Fla.; one daughter, Grace Madden of Coral Gables, Fla.; one sister, Cazzie Snyder of Ripley; eight grandchildren; 14 g4reat-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
      She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Overton Powers, and one son, Hiram Powers.
      Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Ripley Tabernacle, the Rev. William Sullivan officiating. Burial Fairplain Cemetery.
      Visitation 4 - 8 p.m. today, Casto Funeral Home, Evans, and at the church 10 - 11 a.m. Thursday.
      Unknown newspaper

      Family links:
      Parents:
      William Webster Fields (1867 - 1943)
      Rebecca Ann Smith Fields (1860 - 1943)
      Spouse:
      Thomas Overton Powers (1859 - 1946)*
      Sibling:
      Laura Bethany Fields Powers (1892 - 1995)
      Cazzie Jane Fields Snyder (1902 - 1997)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Fairplain Cemetery
      Fairplain
      Jackson County
      West Virginia, USA
      Created by: Carol McConkey Skeen
      Record added: Oct 12, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 60026042
    Person ID I36719  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2015 

    Father William Webster Fields,   b. 15 Jul 1867, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1943, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Ann Smith,   b. 1860, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1891  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • 1900 Jackson Co WV Washington Dist
      William W Fields 7/1867 m 9y WV VA VA
      Rebecca A 9/1860 5-5 WV VA VA
      Laura B 4/92
      Oscar C 9/93
      Orfa E d 3/96
      Martha M 8/98

      1910 Washington, Jackson, WV # 37
      Fields, William W 49 m1- 19y
      Rebeca A 49 m1- 19y 6-6 children WV KY VA
      Oscar C son 16
      Orpha C (E?) da 14
      Martha da 11
      William H son 9
      Jane C da 8

      1920 Charleston Wd 2, Kanawha, WV # 245-261
      Fields, William M 53
      Rebecca 59 WV KY KY
      Oscar C son 26 s
      William H son 19
      Cayzil J da 17
      McClanhan, Marel boarder f 19 s

      Buried Parsons Cemetery, Gay, WV
    Family ID F10652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S898] Gravestone or Memorial posted on Findagrave.com.

    4. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.