Weekend at the Beach and our first Elyse90505 video

Sorry for the lack of posts for the past few days. I took my wife and kids to Virginia Beach for the weekend and then I have been tied up with work. We went to Sandbridge for one day and then the Virginia Aquarium on the next. We had a great time but I am slow getting back up and running. I spent yesterday answering a bunch of e-mail so I have not gotten back to posting new stuff yet. I will have an Oakwood Cemetery update soon.

I was going over some sites that I check out from time to time and I found a video series produced by a young lady named Elyse. She is a college student in California, loves Harry Potter and is a big genealogy buff. She makes videos like those I am working on but I have not released yet. She seems like a sweet girl and has a natural love for our hobby. I am going to post a few of her videos here, over the next few days, in case you are interested in watching them.

Henry Headen Stinnett of Richmond, 1915-1980

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Thursday, October 2, 1980:
"HENRY STINNETT, CITY CONTRACTOR, DIES AT AGE 64 - Henry H. Stinnett, a general painting contractor in Richmond for 50 years, died yesterday at his home at 5623 Chamberlayne Ave. He was 64. He started working as a painter at age 14. Mr. Stinnett was born in Botetourt County and his family moved to Richmond when he was 4. He attended Richmond public schools. He was a sergeant in the Richmond Light Infantry Blues before World War II. During the war he served in the Marine Corps and was assigned as a painter in Riverside, Cal. Mr. Stinnett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ollie K. Stinnett; a son, Cavell Wayne Stinnett of Richmond; five daughters, Mrs. Winnie Virginia Beadles, Mrs. Barbara Newman, Mrs. Rosa Golden, Miss Cora May Stinnett and Miss Tina Marie Stinnett, all of Richmond; a brother, Richard L. Stinnett of Clearwater, Fla.; and three half-sisters, Mrs. Cora Stinnett and Mrs. Gladys Lawhorn, both of Richmond, and Mrs. Debbie Carter of Virginia Beach. A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery."

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Thursday, October 2, 1980:
"STINNETT - Died at his residence, Wednesday, October 1, 1980, Henry H. (Bud) Stinnett, of 5623 Chamberlayne Ave. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ollie K. Stinnett; one son, Cavell Wayne Stinnett; five daughters, Mrs. Winnie Virginia Beadles, Mrs. Barbara Newman, Mrs. Rosa Golden, Miss Cora May Stinnett and Miss Tina Marie Stinnett; one step-son, Eugene Rousey; one brother, Richard L. Stinnett of Fla.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Debbie Carter of Virginia Beach, Mrs. Cora Stinnett, and Mrs. Gladys Lawhorne; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sons-in-law, Harold G. Beadles, Thomas M. Golden, John Henry Newman. His remains rest at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, . 3rd and Marshall, where a Christian Wake will be held Friday at 7 P.M. Funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Saturday 11 A.M. Interment Mt. Calvary."

Henry is buried in section 3A, lot 141 of Mount Calvary Cemetery in Richmond.

Mary Hazel Wall of South Hill, 1997

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Thursday, c. June 12, 1997:"WALL - Mary Hazel Wall, 84, of South Hill, Va., widow of Charles Emory Wall, died June 11, 1997. She is survived by two daughters, Joyce W. Wright of South Hill, Betsy W. Walter of Virginia Beach; two sons, Charles M. Wall of Lexington Park, Md. and William H. Wall of South Hill; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Lenis Lett Hall of Bracey; Mrs. Wall was a member of South Hill United Methodist Church for 72 years. The family will receive friends at the Clarke Funeral Home, Kenbridge, Va. Thursday (tonight) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday 11 a.m. in the South Hill United Methodist Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery, South Hill. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions to the South Hill United Methodist Church or the National Alzheimer Association, 919 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611-1676."