September 2, 2019

The O'Neal Times

Wyoming County

September 2, 2019 edition

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Announcements:

Births:

Calendar:

September 2, 1946-Carrie Carol O'Neal Ashley was born:

Deaths:

Record of Deaths

Entertainment:

Family Tree Spotlight of the Day:

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The O'Neal Family Fourth Generation O'Neal/Ashley Connection

Father: Miles Franklyn "Frank" O'Neal

Carrie Carol O'Neal Ashley

Born: September 2, 1946

Place: Wyoming County West Virginia.

Married: 

Place: Wyoming County WV

Spouse: Douglas Skip Ashley

In-laws: 

Died: December 13, 2005

Place: Mullens West Virginia

Cause of death: Unknown

Burial: September 5, 2005

Cemetery: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity Raleigh County West Virginia

Mother:

Zola Imogene (Smith) O'Neal

Siblings:

Herbert Smith O'Neal (deceased)

Gene O'Neal (M) Doris

Samuel O'Neal (M) Lenora

Dave O'Neal (M) Rose 

Gracie O'Neal Stone (M) Lewis

Donna O'Neal Cayton (M) Wayne

Children:

Lisa Ashley Mitchell (M) Brandon Mitchell

Timothy Ashley (M) Kim 

Grandchildren:

Ian, Courtney, Hannah Ashley, and Morgan Mitchell

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Funerals:

Genealogy Corner:

Ashley- If your last name is Ashley you may have found this page because you were researching your family tree and in particular searching for information about this Douglas Skip Ashley mentioned in this edition. I haven't really had that much time to research the Ashley family yet. What I do know is that the Ashley family was joined to the O'Neal family when Douglas married Carol O'Neal. I haven't actually found the date of their marriage yet but perhaps this edition will open up the opportunity to fill that in.

O'Neal- If your last name is O'Neal you may have found this page because you were researching the Connie Carol O'Neal Ashley mentioned in today's edition. I just found her obituary today and didn't know of her existence until today. The sad thing is I should have known all about her by now. Just yesterday I was researching her father's information along with her sister-n-law Lenora the wife of her brother Herbert O'Neal. However, because of that research, I can tell you all about the O'Neal side of this union. 

Carrie Carol O'Neal Ashley was born on Sept 2, 1946. She was named after her grandmother Carrie O'Neal. I do not know her grandmother's maiden name yet. She is recorded in my personal notes as a Fourth Generation O'Neal because I have traced her O'Neal lineage back three previous generations as follows; (Miles Franklyn O'Neal, Jacob "Jake" O'Neal, Joseph "Joe" O'Neal. I may have found Jake's father too but I don't have enough documentation to prove it yet so for now she's only listed as a fourth generation O'Neal. 

This line of O'Neals as far as I can tell are not directly related to my line of O'Neals. That is not to say that we are not related somewhere I just haven't found the connection yet. They evidently originally came from Tennessee by way of North Carolina. I'm still researching.

History:

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Letter From the Editor:

Dear Reader,

I was so upset yesterday. I had written the first newsletter for the month of September and it was full of so much great new information. I had researched the Dixon/O'Neal connection and tried putting into words my personal interaction with the Dixon family and I was satisfied with my post. After proofreading it however it failed to save and there went four hours of work down the drain. I was so frustrated. I told myself starting in September I'm becoming a writer and I'm gonna post a blog every day regardless. I posted a sorry newsletter yesterday late but I posted it. Then when I got started writing today's edition highlighting a life event in the O'Neal family for September 2nd I was happy to see it was the same family that of Frank and Zola O'Neal. I had found some information yesterday but even with all that research I missed a daughter. This edition was dedicated to the birth of their daughter Carrie Carol O'Neal Ashley.

Sincerely,

Ray A O'Neal

Notes:

Insert from the book " The O'Neals of West Virginia Unknown Connections written by Ray A.O'Neal

The O'Neal family

Fourth Generation

Unknown Connection

Wyoming County Files

Carrie Carol O'Neal Ashley

Ancestry:

Carrie Carol O'Neal Ashley is recorded in my personal notes as a "Fourth Generation O'Neal" in my Wyoming County files under the category of unknown connections because I have traced her O'Neal lineage back three previous generations but they are none related to my line of O'Neals thus far. 

Her  O'Neal lineage looks like the following; (Miles Franklyn O'Neal, Jacob "Jake" O'Neal, and Joseph "Joe" O'Neal). She was listed in my Wyoming County Files because of her birth, marriage and death information.

Birth Information:

Carrie O'Neal was born on Sept 2, 1946 in Wyoming County, West Virginia.She was the daughter of the late Miles "Frank" O'Neal and Zola Smith O'Neal of Corrine West Virginia. 

Marriage Information:

Carrie O'Neal married Douglas Skip Ashley. I have yet to find their marriage certificate and or application.

Death Information:

Carrie O'Neal Ashley died on December 13, 2005. She fell asleep in death most likely due to cancer seeing as how she was under hospice care. She was preceded in death by her husband. She was buried in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens of Prosperity Raleigh County West Virginia.

Legacy:

Carrie left behind two children and four grandchildren at the time of her death.

Sources:

obituary

Obituaries:

Carrie ‘Carol’ Ashley

MULLENS — Carrie “Carol” Ashley, 59, of Mullens, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005.

Born Sept. 2, 1946, in Wyoming County, she was the daughter of the late Frank O’Neal and Zola Smith O’Neal.

Carol loved to shop, do crafts, garden, and embroider. She was a graduate of Mullens High School. She worked for Kroger’s at Beckley Crossing for 10 years. She was a member of the Solid Rock Worship Center.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas “Skip” Ashley; and a brother, Herb O’Neal.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Lisa Mitchell and husband, Brandon, of Mullens; a son, Tim Ashley and wife, Kim, of King, N.C.; grandson, Ian Ashley; three granddaughters, Courtney Ashley, Morgan Mitchell and Hannah Ashley; three brothers, Gene O’Neal and wife, Doris, of Still Run, Sam O’Neal and wife, Jean, of Barkers Ridge, and Dave O’Neal and wife, Rose, of Mullens; two sisters, Gracie Stone and husband, Lewis, of Mullens and Donna Cayton and husband, Wayne, of Parkersburg.

Services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, with the Rev. David Pollock and the Rev. Mickey Mitchell officiating. Entombment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.

Friends may gather with the family from 2 p.m. until time of the service Friday at the funeral home.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the Hospice of Southern West Virginia, and to her caregivers, Vickie Webb and Tammy Mogeni.

Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, is serving the family.

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Photos:

If you have a photo of anyone mentioned in today's newsletter and would like to see it posted in this edition for future readers I'd love to post it.

Questions Unanswered:

When and where was she married?

Who are Douglas Skip Ashley's  parents?

Scripture of the Day:

1 Timothy 4:16

"Pay constant attention to yourself and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you."

Cross-references:

2 Timothy 4:2 "Preach the word; be at it urgently in favorable times and difficult times; reprove, reprimand, exhort, with all patience and art of teaching."

1 Cor 9:22 "To the weak I became weak, in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to people of all sorts, so that I might by all possible means save some."

Getting the Point:

When I read today's scripture I nearly missed the point. At first I thought it was all about  paying attention to sharing the message. However, I nearly missed the warning. Did you notice the beginning "Pay constant attention to yourself". How many times have you met someone who says one thing and yet does another. Hypocrite comes to mind does it not?

I had a hard pill to swallow. Yes, we should be sharing the message and we should be at it urgently! Yes, we should tailor our words with salt and put ourselves in our listeners shoes, paying close attention to how we preach. Yes, we should be Christlike in our compassion. However, we can't forget the hard part where we don't forget to reprove and reprimand as well. 

In this scripture I feel as if we must first pay constant attention to how we act. We sometimes need our own self discipline. For only then will the message truly have an impact on our listeners because they will have already recognized by our actions the proof in the pudding! I admit I fall short many times and yet I  do try to get the words off the page and into my heart.

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Timeline:

September 2, 1946- Carrie was born.

???? Carrie married Douglas Skip Ashley

????-Lisa Ashley was born

???? Timothy Ashley was born

December 13, 2005- Carol O'Neal Ashley Died.