Walter Jackson Staley (1891 - 1966)

Born 11 Jul 1891 in Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Feb 1966 at age 74 in San Mar, Washington, Maryland, United States

Biography

Walter Staley lived in Appalachia, in Maryland.

Walter was born in 1891. He is the son of Elijah Pearson Staley and Virginia Isabelle Snavely. He died in 1966.

Boonsboro --- WALTER J. STALEY, 74, formerly of Tampa, Florida, died suddenly at the Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home here Saturday evening. He was born in Rural Retreat, Va., the son of the late Tierson and Virginia Snavely Staley.

He was a member of the Methodist Church of Rural Retreat. Staley was a graduate of Roanoke Colege, Roanoke, Va., and taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., for 37 years. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa national honoroary fraternity and a veteran of World War I.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Goldie Miller Staley; three daughters, Mrs. Corgie Grubs, Vinita, Okla.; Mrs. Mida Hammond, Roanoke; and Mrs. Inez S. Brooks, St. Paul, Minn.; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at the Bast Funeral Home, Boonsboro; burial was in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hagerstown.

Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD) Monday, Feb. 7, 1966

The following was provided by Find a Grave contributor Sue Hale Sheppard (46923581):

The obituary has the following errors: survived by three daughters - but it should say three sisters. Also his father's name is Pierson - not Tierson.

Sources

• Black Lick Magisterial District, Wythe County, Virginia April 26, 1910 US Census, Pg. 8-A (8), Household ID 136, Family ID 140, Ln. 16 NARA microfilm publication T624).

• Find A Grave: Memorial #118920049