September 3, 2019

The O'Neal Times

Wyoming County,  WV

September 3, 2019 Edition

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Calendar:

September 3, 1938 Donna Susie Dotson O'Neal was born.

Family Tree Spotlight of the Day:

The Dotson Family

Second Generation

Dotson/O'Neal Connection

Father: William J. Dotson

Donna Susie Dotson O'Neal

Born: September 3, 1938

Place: Pike County, Kentucky

Married: 1957

Place: 

Spouse: Carl Robert "Bob" O'Neal

In-laws:

Died: March 5, 2009

Place: Wyoming County WV

Cause:

Burial:

Cemetery: Lusk Cemetery

Mother: Blanche K. Keesee

Siblings:

Carol Faye Dotson Clark

Phyliss Dotson Ellis

Edward Dotson

Children:

Steven Keith O'Neal

William Robert O'Neal

Genealogy Corner:

Dotson- The Dotson Family was attached to the O'NEALS when Donna married Carl O'Neal in 1949.

Keesee- The Keesee Family was Donna's maternal line. I haven't traced this line at all.

O'Neal- Donna Married Bob O'Neal and I have traced his O'Neal lineage back seven previous generations.

Letter From the Editor:

Dear Reader, 

I was researching the O'Neal life events for September 3rd in the past and I had a hard time finding one. I finally found a record of a birth that took place back in 1938. The O'Neal in question was a Donna O'Neal. She was an O'Neal for fifty-two years. Prior to that she was a Dotson. I can't say I remember ever meeting her but I knew her husband "Bob" fairly well. He always came up to my sister-n-law's house. I used to spend a lot of time up there and so I knew him. What I wasn't aware of though was his wife's name. I may have heard it but I never recall meeting her and when I found a record of her burial on-line I found it hard to believe that she had died that long ago.This edition was created in her honor.

I got to proofread this letter and I noticed I forgot to mention that the obituary I found on-line said she was buried in the Moran Cemetery up on Bud, Mountain. I wasn't aware of any Cemetery by that name. I believe we always called that cemetery the Lusk cemetery. If anyone knows where she's buried I'd like to know if it's the same cemetery. I think it would be nice to have a photo of her and Bob's headstone as well to post in this edition of the newsletter.

Sincerely

Ray A. O'Neal

Notes:

The O'Neal family

Unknown Generation

Wyoming County Files

Donna "Susie" Dotson O'Neal

Ancestry:

I have placed this Susie O'Neal in my personal notes as an "8th Generation O'Neal" because that is the tier of O'Neals she married into when she and Bob were married.I had previously traced his O'Neal lineage back seven generations as follows; Andrew Jackson O'Neal, William Mathew O'Neal, John Wolf O'Neal, William O'Neal, John H. O'Nea, James O'Neal, Unknown O'Neal)

Birth Information:
Donna Susie Dotson O'Neal was born on September 3, 1938 in Pike Kentucky. She was the daughter of the late William Jefferson and Blanche K. (Keesee) Dotson.

Marriage Information:
Donna Married Carl Robert "Bob"O'Neal sometime in 1949. He was the son of Andrew Jackson O'Neal and Laura Mitchem O'Neal.

Death Information:

Obituaries:

Donna “Susie” Dotson O’Neal, 70, of Garwood died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. She Was born September 3, 1938 in Pike County, Ky., she was the daughter of the late William Jefferson and Blanche K. (Keesee) Dotson.

Susie was a homemaker and was a Baptist by faith.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by one daughter, Tammy Carol Mills; a sister, Wilma Jean Smith; two brothers, William S. Dotson and Larry Dotson.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband of fifty two years, Carl Robert (Bob) O’Neal, two sons, Steven Keith O’Neal and his wife Brenda of Garwood, William Robert O’Neal of Garwood; two sisters, Carol Faye Clark and her husband, David of Piqua, Ohio., and Phylis Ellis and her husband Lee of Wapakoneta, Ohio., a brother, Edward Dotson and his wife Sharon of Piqua, Ohio., five grandchildren, four great -grand children, several nieces and nephews and several great nieces and nephews. 

Services will be 12 Noon Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lee Ellis officiating. Burial will follow in the Moran Cemetery on Bud Mountain.

Friends may call one hour prior to services Sunday at the funeral home.

See more https://www.tankersleyfh.com/obituary/964346

Photos:

If anyone wants to place a photo of Susie on this page for future readers to enjoy I'd love to add it to this newsletter.

Questions Unanswered:

Scripture of the Day:

Mathew 3:6

"and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, openly confessing their sins."

Cross-references:

Mark 1:9"In the course of those days, Jesus came from Nazʹa·reth of Galʹi·lee and was baptized in the Jordan by John."

Getting the Point:

Many go to their places of worship and feel the need to repent and get baptized. That is a good thing. However, it's not going under the water that makes you approved by God it's the act of true repentance or turning around that makes one clean. The water immersion is just the outward symbol of the first step in becoming someone new. It's also important for us to realize that Jesus himself was baptized although he had no sins to confess yet his baptism was one of dedication to God as an act of showing his heartfelt desire to do God's will. When we get baptized it's like a promise to God that we will stop living for ourselves and start living for him and the doing of his will.

Read More https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/jehovahs-will/will-you-do-jehovahs-will/

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