Marion County Remembers

Remembering SSGT John Lawrence Nary Ford (Fairmont) February 24, 1922 - October 12, 1943 ---- SSGT John Lawrence Nary Ford (Service Number 15115355)   was born February 24, 1922 in Beckley, WV, the son of William David and Anastasia (Nary) Ford. William was an electrician in an electric shop. 1930 found their family living back in Marion County, at 518 Merchant Street (1930 Census). At some point between the recording of the 1930 Census and 1935, the Fords moved to Wheeling, WV, where William continued his career as an electrician (1940 Census). In March of 1936, William, now 52, was diagnosed with an abscess in his right lung as a result of tuberculosis. Unfortunately, he never fully recovered, and on May 4, 1936, William died of a cerebral embolism in Wheeling, WV (WV Death Certificate). Anastasia was left with two teenage sons and a young daughter to raise alone. She and her kids moved in with her parents in Fairmont at 419 Quincy Street, while working for a paper company a...

From the 1946 Orion: "In grateful recognition of the valiant services of our returning veterans we dedicate to them this volume- the 1946 Orion. We would not forget to especially remember those who sacrificed most. In the honor to their memory we record here the names of those who gave their lives to allow us one more chance to preserve our American ideals for which so many of our forefathers have striven." Charles Adams: 1938 Ralph Bartholow Ray Boyers Howard Brown : 1930 Leonard "Leo" Brown : 1941 Fred Cannon: 1934 (also attended FSU) James Cervo Melvin Conner Frank Cosco Delmas C. Curry Robert Davis: 1931 (also attended FSU) Howard Dodd : 1941 Forrest F. Estel William David Ford: 1941 (not listed in 1946, but appeared in 1941 Orion) Samuel Fox, II Ralph Friscenda Glenn Nichols William Von Harris James H. Hayhurst Carl C. Heflin Tom Knox: 1941 William Layman : 1941 James Maddox : 1931 (also attended FSU and WVU) Payson McCray : 1930 J ohn McKinney, III : 1933 (als...

Fairmont State University's Fallen Servicemembers  * Denotes Marion County Resident From the Jaynes Hall Plaque (1948 Yearbook): Note: This is not necessarily a complete list of all fallen Falcons. Asterisk denotes Marion County citizen.  Frank Alessio* Lawrence Richard Berry* John K. Boyles Wilbert Burns Fred B. Cannon Barton Core Angelo Crescenzi * Robert G. Davis John Dragoo* 1LT Frank Kinsey Evans * John L. Ford* William Goetz * Ray Goode Donald Haggerty* Harold Hicks* William Howells Hale D. Hyer Glenn E. Kern * James Maddox * Edward McCray * John McKinney * Virgil Nataly* Warren Owens Oral Postlethwait Richard Shurtleff * Dwight Skaggs James Smith Grafton Stidger* Victor Stiles* William Watson * Harry F. Wells James Houston James S. Sweeney Tau Beta Iota Members: Lawrence Richard Berry* 1LT Frank Kinsey Evans * William Bebb Howells Glenn Elbert Kern * SSGT Kenneth Lawrence Morgan * James Shirley Sweeney William LaVelle Watson, Jr. * Henry Alfred Weber, Jr.