Benjamin Coy Quesenberry

1901 - 1976  (75 years)

• Name	Benjamin Coy Quesenberry
  Birth	6 Feb 1901	Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Death	4 Oct 1976	Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia
  	Ben Coy Quesenberry, 75, of Willow Bend in Monroe County died Monday in a Princeton hospital following a long illness. Born in Richlands, Va., Feb. 6, 1901, he was a son of the late James and Alice Caldwell. He was a retired miner, veteran of Word War I, and member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, Survivors Include his wife, Mrs. Ida Whitt Quesenberry; one daughter, Mrs. George Davis of Virginia Beach, Va.; six step-sons, Johnny and Douglas Sparks, both of Columbus, Ohio, Jim Sparks of Caney, Ky., Donald Sparks of Marion, Tx., Bill Sparks of Squire, Joe Sparks of Willow Bend; six brothers, Alfred Quesenberry of Kensington, Md., John Quesenberry of Cucumber, Joe, Foster, Harvey and Jess Quesenberry Jr, all of Newhall; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Pennington and Mrs. Vogle Bandy, both of Newhall; 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Broyles-McCuire Funeral Home Chapel in Unldn with Rev. James Coburn officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield-tazewell Road.
  Siblings	10 siblings
  1. Walter Quesenberry           b. Jun 1871, Tazewell County, Virginia   2. William M Quesenberry           b. Abt 1897, Virginia           d. United States   3. Sallie Elizabeth "Bessie" Quesenberry           b. 5 Sept 1898, Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 28 July 1991, Newhall, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 92 years)   4. Forrester Quesenberry           b. 27 Oct 1903, Virginia           d. Mar 1982, Newhall, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 78 years)   5. John Henry Quesenberry           b. 7 Aug, 1906, Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia           d. June, 1996, Lerona, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 89 years)   6. Harvey G. Quesenberry           b. 04 Dec 1908, Virginia           d. 16 May 2000, Newhall, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 91 years)   7. Jessie B Quesenberry           b. 7 July 1911, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. After 1976, Newhall, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 65 years)   8. Joseph Melvin Quesenberry           b. 15 Feb 1914, Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 01 Apr 2004, Newhall, McDowell, West Virginia  (Age 90 years)   9. James Alfred Quesenberry           b. Abt 1917, Virginia           d. After 1976, Kensington, Montgomery, Maryland  (Age 60 years)   10. Cynthia Anna Quesenberry           b. Abt 1920, Virginia
  Person ID	P1481	Burress

  
  

  Father	James "Jim" Preston Quesenberry           b. 07 Sep 1875, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 4 Nov 1942, McDowell County, West Virginia (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Alice Matilda Caldwell           b. 22 Mar 1876, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 04 Nov 1949, McDowell County, West Virginia (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1895	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Family ID	F988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Ida Whitt
  Family ID	F979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Feb 1901 - Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia Death - 4 Oct 1976 - Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth