Born in Odessa, Clay County, West Virginia, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Kenna Ankrum
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Leo Richard Ankrum, Marie Ellen (Ankrum) Melton, Lorraine Mae (Ankrum) Caplinger, Betty Lou Ankrum and William Joseph Ankrum
Died
at age 73
in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
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Biography
The Charleston Gazette Friday, December 23, 1966 Page 6
ANKRUM, Mrs. Bertha Paxton, 78, of 2326 Pennsylvania Ave. formerly of Gassaway, Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Member Gassaway Baptist Church. Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Marie Melton, with whom she made her home, Mrs. Lorriane Caplinger of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Ella Jean Wakefield of Philadelphia: sons, Leo and William J., both of Gassaway, Don of Texas: sisters, Mrs. Bess Baker of Charleston. Mrs. Bernice Patton of Charleston. Mrs. Muriel Whitt of Richmond. Va. Body from Elk Funeral Home. Charleston, to Bartlett Funeral at Home. Gassaway.
BURIAL Bealls Mill Cemetery Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA
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