Sarah Melvina "Sallie" Burress

Other Events:

• Census 1900: 1900, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia; Home Value $2000; Both Henry and Sarah can read/write
• CV News: 22 Mar 1935, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mr. & Mrs. Henry Shortridge (Sarah M. Burress) , Cinda Waldron & Mrs. R. H. Burress were visiting relatives in Raven Saturday night on account of illness in the family. (The illness would have been that of Raleigh & Sarah's stepmother, Jennie Chambers Burress)
• Newspaper: 9 Nov 1941, Tazewell County, Virginia; Bluefield Daily Telegraph Court Happenings. Sarah and Henry Shortridge VS. John Tizen, notice of motion. The Shortridge vs. Tizens cases are the outcome of an automobile collision which occurred at the point where the road from the county farm intersects Route 19 a short distance east of the Tazewell corporation line on August 10 1941. Sarah Shortridge claims damage for personal injury to the extent of $5,000 and Henry Shortridge $10,000.
• Will: 1967, Tazewell County, Virginia

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 Page 219 Sarah Melvina Burress :: 23 Apr 1885, McDowell County, WV. Father :: John Wesley Burress, Mother :: Matilda Burress

Census 1920:
Both Henry and Sarah are listed as being able to read and write

Will:
I, Sarah M. Shortridge, a resident of Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me at any time heretofore made.

First: I direct that all my just debts be paid, if I shall owe any at the time of my death, including funeral expenses and any hospital or doctor bills.

Second: All the balance and residue of my property, both real and personal, I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Gloria June Nuckels, to be hers absolutely and in fee simple, but subject to this proviso: that should my said daughter, Gloria June Nuckels, precede me in death, then and in that event only, all the balance and residue of my property, both real and personal, shall pass equally, share and share alike, to my other children, namely: John Shortridge, Grace Rimmer, Bill Shortridge, Nannie Houchins, Pansy Damron, I.C. Shortridge, Thelma Joyce, Anne Blevins, Raymond Shortridge, Mae O'Byrne and Robert Shortridge.

Third: I do appoint my daughter, Gloria June Nuckels, as Executrix of this my last will and testament; and, I do direct no security be required of her as Executrix hereof upon her qualification.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal to this my last will and testament, this the 14th day of December 1966.

Sarah M. Shortridge

The above signature of the Testatrix was made and the foregoing will was acknowledged to be her last will and testament by the said Testatrix, in the presence of us, two competent witnesses, present at the same time; and we, the said witnesses, do hereunto subscribe the said will on the date last above written, in the presence of the said Testatrix and of each other, at the request of the said Testatrix, who was then of sound mind and over the age of twenty one years.

Emma Mabe
Gloria June Nuckles

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Virginia: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, the 30th day of March, 1967.

IN RE: PROBATE OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SARAH M. SHORTRIDGE, DECEASED.

A writing dated the 14th day of December, 1966, purporting to be the last will and testament of Sarah M. Shortridge was on the 28th day of March 1967, presented in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit court of Tazewell County, Virginia, by Gloria June Nuckles, daughter of Sarah M. Shortridge, and offered for probate. It appearing from the evidence introduced that the said Sarah M. Shortridge died on the 13th day of Mary, 1967: that at the time of her death she had a known place of residence in Tazewell County, Virginia, and owned real property therein. Thereupon came Emma Mabe, one of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, who, after being duly sworn, stated that the said writing was signed by placing her mark thereon, and acknowledge by the said Sarah M. Shortridge as and for her last will and testament in her presence, and in the presence of Gloria June Nuckles, the other subscribing witness thereto, all three being present together at the same time, and that she, the said Emma Mabe, and Gloria June Nuckels signed their names thereto as subscribing witnesses at the request of the said Sarah M. Shortridge and in her presence and in the presence of each other, all three being present together at the same time, and that in her opinion, the said Sarah M. Shortridge was of sound mind at the time thereof. It, therefore, appearing that the said writing was properly executed as a will is required to be executed under the law and that the same has been legally proven, the said writing is hereby admitted to probate and
ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of Sarah M. Shortridge, deceased.

Whereupon, on this 30th day of March 1967, again came Gloria June Nuckels, who is named in said writing as Executrix thereof, and declined to act as such Executrix, and moved no personal representative be appointed to administer said estate; and it appearing from the evidence introduced the Sarah M. Shortridge at the time of her death owned no personal property, no personal representative is appointed to administer said estate. Given under my hand this the 30th day of March, 1967

Rhea F. Moore, Jr. Clerk.

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VIRGINIA: In the Clerks office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell

Estate of Sarah M. Shortridge (Widow), Deceased.

I, the undersigned, daughter, and sole heir under the Last Will and Testament of Sarah M. Shortridge, decease, late of the County of Tazewell, Virginia, on my oath say that I have made diligent inquiry and that I believe the following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and the addresses of the heirs of my decedent, Sarah M. Shortridge, who died testate on March 13, 1967

LIST OF HEIRS

John Raleigh Shortridge 63 son Jewell Ridge VA
Grace S. Rimmer 62 Daughter Richlands VA
William H. Shortridge 58 Son Cedar Bluff VA
Nannie S. Houchins 60 Daughter Bluefield WV
Pansy S. Damron, 57 Daughter Richlands VA
Isaac C. Shortridge 52 Son Richlands VA
Thelma S. Joyce 50 Daughter Cedar Bluff VA
Anne S. Blevins 47 Daughter Jewell Valley VA
Raymond Shortridge 44 Son Portsmouth VA
Gloria June Nuckles 39 Daughter Richlands VA
Mae S. O'Bryne 39 Daughter Gold Vein VA
Robert Shortridge 37 Son Flushing MI

Given under my hand this 30th day of March, 1967
Gloria June Nuckels Daughter and Beneficiary

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30th day of March 1967 Rhea F. Moore, Jr. Clerk

Died:
Age at Death: 81

Sarah married William Henry Shortridge on 20 Jul 1902 in Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia. William (son of Smith Shortridge and Nancy Childress) was born on 16 Aug 1878 in Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia; died on 5 Jan 1958 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 10 Jan 1958 in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Notes:

Died:
John R. Shortridge, 72, of Edgewater Drive, Cedar Bluff, Va., died Thursday in a Richlands, Va., hospital after a long illness. Born in Tazewell County, he was a son of the late Henry and Sarah Burress Shortridge. He was a mine superintendent for (more...)

John married Myrtle Fisher in Sep 1927 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Nannie married Ira O. Houchines on 26 Sep 1926 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1910: 1910, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Gracie married Elmore Jay Rimmer in Jan 1922 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Elmore was born on 12 Jul 1904; died in Jul 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

William married Okie Meadows in May 1928 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Okie was born on 28 Sep 1907; died in Sep 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Pansy married William Damron in Nov 1937 in Tazewell County, Virginia. William was born on 23 May 1910; died in Oct 1979 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Newspaper: 26 Jan 1947, Jewell Valley, Buchanan County, Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Shortridge and family & Miss June Shortridge, visited there parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry Shortridge, in Richlands, Sunday.
• Newspaper: 26 Jan 1947, Jewell Valley, Buchanan County, Virginia; Mrs. Edythe Shortridge was called to her honme in Cedar Bluff, because of the death of her uncle Mr. Hinkle.

Notes:

The News Progress November 18, 1937 (Richlands)

Mr. and Mrs. I.C SHORTRIDGE spent Wednesday shopping in Bluefield.

Isaac married Edythe Cruey on 20 Aug 1936 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1920: 1920, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia
• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Notes:

Died:
Mrs. Thelma Shortridge Joyce, 93 of Richlands, VA died Wed. Nov 10, 2010 at a Richlands Va. Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Singleton Funeral Service. Cedar Bluff.

Thelma married English Joyce in Jun 1934 in Tazewell County, Virginia. English was born about 1918 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Robert married Nellie Anderson in Aug 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Annie married Robert C. Blevins in Feb 1948 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Family/Spouse: Marjorie Prichett (2nd Wife). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Helen Hale in Sep 1941 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

Gloria married Raymond Beavers in Jan 1948 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gloria married Marvin Earl Nuckles in Mar 1956 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Marvin (son of George E. Nuckles and Ida Street) was born on 13 May 1923 in Buchanan, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Jun 2000 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1930: 1930, Maiden Springs District, Tazewell, Virginia

L. married Kyle O'Bryne in Nov 1947 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]