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Lucy M Casto

Female 1906 - 2008  (102 years)


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  • Name Lucy M Casto 
    Born 17 Mar 1906  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Jul 2008  Ripley, Jackson, 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 

    • Lucy M. Harlow - Charleston Gazette, The - (Jul/29/2008)

      Lucy M. Harlow, 102, of Ripley departed this life July 26, 2008, in Jackson General Hospital, Ripley.

      She was born March 17, 1906, in Ripley and was a daughter of the late Abraham and Flora Sharp Casto. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Don Harlow; brothers, Boyd, Warren, Abe and Reuben Casto; sisters, Pearl Pringle and Myrtle Casto; son-in-law, Blaine King; and great-grandson, Lars Smith.

      She was a co-owner and operator of Harlow Lime and Harlow Construction Company. She was a farmer, attended Ripley Baptist Temple and was a lifelong resident of Jackson County.

      Survivors include her daughter, Jean Harlow King of Ripley; stepdaughter, Doris Williams of Memphis, Tenn.; grandchildren, Jimmy LeFay of Evans, Lisa King of Hickory, N.C., Rachel Roberts and her husband, Frank, of Canaan Valley and Vickie McLaughlin of Charleston; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Blaine McLaughlin, Rebecca Roberts, Emily Roberts, Frank Roberts and Megan McVey; and great-great-grandchildren, Carter Crihfield, Cameron Crihfield and Nicholas McVey.

      Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, at Casto Funeral Home, Evans, with Pastor Rick Perrine officiating. Burial will follow in Fairplain Cemetery.

      Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

      Online condolences may be sent to castofuneralhome@citynet.net.
    Person ID I73498  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2011 

    Father Abel B Casto,   b. 17 Aug 1862,   d. 20 May 1938, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Flora Bell Sharp,   b. 6 Feb 1877, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1974  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1896  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • 1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV # 225-227
      George 6/1832, 67, wd, WV VA GY
      Abel B, sn, 10/1862, m 4y
      Flora B, dil, 2/1876, 1-1 WV OH OH
      James B, gd, 11/1897

      1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 50
      Casto, Abel B 47 m1- 13y WVWVWV
      Flora B 35 m1- 13y 5-5 children WV OH OH
      James B son 12
      George W son 9
      Myrtle da 7
      Lucy M da 4
      Abel B Jr son 8/12
      George W father 82 wd WVWVWV

      1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 40-39
      Casto, Abe 52
      Flora 42
      James B son 22
      George W son 19
      Lucy da 13
      Pearl da 1

      1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 153-155
      Casto, Ab. 64 m age 33
      Glora 53 m age 21
      Pearl da 12
      Philip son 10
      Orvalee gd 6 WVWVWV

      1940 ED 18-10 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV p 9A
      #133 owns farm $700 all born WV - 1935 same Jackson WV
      Casto, Flora 63 wd
      Warren son 39 s
      Philip R son 20s

      Buried Fairplain Cemetery, Fairplain, Jackson Co, WV
      Casto
      Abe 8/17/1865 - 5/11/1938
      Flora B 2/6/1877 - 7/22/1974
      Flora's dob shows 1877, but 1900 census shows 1876
      Starting at the driveway;
      George Warren, Phillip, Abe & Flora, Myrtle, Abe & RP, then daughter-in-law Dorotha Kessel Casto
      Pearl & husband are nearby and Lucy and husband are also in Fairplain
      Don't know where James Boyd is buried

      Births
      unnamed female, 3/17/1906, Abraham & Cora (Sharp) Casto, Fairplain
    Family ID F6856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Don Homer Harlow,   b. 28 May 1897, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1992  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1931  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 12/19/1931 at Charleston
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Don Harlow, 32, Roane, Spencer
      Lucy Casto, 24, Jackson, Fairplain
    Children 
     1. Jean Dorsay Harlow
    Family ID F24218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

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

    3. [S21] Obit.

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