West Virginia Pioneers

Rondus Guy Casto

Male 1937 - 2011  (74 years)


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  • Name Rondus Guy Casto 
    Born 7 Feb 1937  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Mar 2011  Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • JCBR
      Rhodus Guy
      Rondies Gay same date

      The Jackson Herald
      Ripley, WV
      Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Rondus Guy Casto    
      Kenna — KENNA – Rondus Guy Casto, 74, of Kenna went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Hubbard House in Charleston surrounded b y his family.  Born February 7, 1937 to Luster and Dessie Hatcher Casto, he lived his entire life in the Kenna area.  He was retired from Century Aluminum at Ravenswood and was well known throughout the region for his bluegrass music, specifically his fiddle playing. His wife of 52 years, Connie Southall Casto, preceded him in death on December 1, 2010.  Surviving are his two children and their spouses, Rondus W. & Regina Casto and Annette & Gary Moore; grandchildren Natalie Archer, Rondus A. Casto, Lonnie Spencer, James K. Casto; great-grandchildren Kelsey R. Archer, Bailey M. Archer, Nicholas Spencer, Isaiah Casto, Shannon Spencer, Cash Spencer, Logan Kelli Stone, J. J. Casto and Ronnie Brooke Casto; two sisters Evelyn Carpenter and Dorothy Hunt. Rondus reared several generations of his family including son, daughter and granddaughter.  He was a wonderful son, husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Waybright Funeral Home, 511 S. Church St., and Ripley, with Pastor Roger Burdette officiating. Interment will follow at the Casto family Cemetery, Stone Lick Road, Kenna. Friends may call on the family at the funeral home Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.
    Person ID I60228  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Perry Luster Casto,   b. 5 Dec 1903, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Della Dessie Hatcher,   b. 12 Jun 1907, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1995  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 16 Jun 1929  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1930 Belgrove, Washington, Jackson, WV # 109 all WV
      Casto, John R 65 m age 26
      Louisiana 62 m age 23
      Luster 26 m age 25
      Raymond 23 s
      Dessie dil 26 m age 24

      1940 ED 18-14 Belgrove, Washington, Jackson, WV p5B
      #75 owns $500, farm all born WV - same house
      Casto, Luster 36
      Dessie wife 32
      Evlyon da 10
      Dortha da 6
      Guy son 3

      Casto Cemetery
      Casto, Dessie 1907 - 1995
      Casto, Luster 1903 - 1964
    Family ID F14404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Connie Karen Southall,   b. 30 May 1942, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 2010, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1958  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 2/1/1958
      Place: Kanawha
      Rondus Guy Casto, 22, Jackson, Kenna
      Connie Karen Southall, 16, Kanawha, Charleston
    Children 
     1. Rondus Wayne Casto
     2. Annette Lynn Casto
    Family ID F22069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    2. [S21] Obit.

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

    4. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.