He has a stone at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, but there is no death date on it. The virtual memorial indicates a death date of 4 Nov 2014.[3]
Per this same gravestone, he had a wife named Betty Jones, b 27 August 1928; also no death date.
At the age of 22, he married on 8 March 1947 in Staunton, Bettie Lee Jones, age 18, daughter of Paul Samuel Jones and Besse Elizabeth Evers.[4]
In 1950, George Jr and Bettie, with no children yet, lived in Staunton. George was a superintendent of road construction for a private construction company.[5]
Children included three daughters, two of whom were living as late as June 2021. The third died in 2007:
Vicki Ann Labonte born 25 Feb 1952 (twin), married Richard Badger Hodsdon 21 Jun 1975 in Staunton;[7] they divorced in 1999.[8] She died 2007.[9]
Research Notes
A collection of about forty photos clearly associated with his branch of the family were found in a ditch in/near Mocksville, NC in 2022 by genealogist B.C., who restored them, researched them, found Jillaine Smith through WikiTree and sent the collection of photos to her. see Pfifferling-LaBonte Photos for more information.
Sources
↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KYWX-PLG : 23 May 2014), G V Labonte, Residence, Staunton, Virginia, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45338828/george-victor-labonte: accessed 18 August 2022), memorial page for George Victor Labonte Jr. (16 Nov 1924–4 Nov 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45338828, citing Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shock (contributor 47473371).
↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Staunton, Staunton, Virginia; Roll: 5059; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 122-15
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYZ-KRP5 : 20 February 2015), Mr George V Labonte in entry for Vicki Ann Labonte Avoli Lumsden, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, 18 Apr 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily News-Record, born-digital text.
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