• Grandson David S. Johnson was born in Ohio. He was joined in wedlock with Jeannie Sells ( ? -living). They live in Canton.

Dosha's stepdaughter Bessie Kennedy (1911- ? ) was born in about 1911.

Dosha's stepdaughter Claudia Kennedy (1913) was born in about 1913 in Philippi.

Dosha's stepson Carson Kennedy (1914- ? ) was born in about 1914. At the age of 17, on Feb. 28, 1931, he was wedded to 19-year-old Leona Norris (1912- ? ), daughter of William and Frances Norris. Rev. Norman P. Farrior officiated at the nuptials held in Philippi. Leona was two years older, and Carson fibbed on his marriage license, stating that he was 19 years old. The Kennedys lived in Philippi before relocating to Canton and were the parents of three daughters -- Revel Zelastine Kennedy, Lola Collins and Shelda Jane (Kennedy) Kennedy. They also lost an unnamed infant in a premature birth on July 2, 1931, with the baby's tender remains placed into repose in Chestnut Ridge Cemetery. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1940, the Kennedys dwelled in Philippi, with Carson earning a living providing labor for road work. Leona's widowed father, 56-year-old William Norris, lived under their roof and also worked doing road labor.

• Step-granddaughter Revel Zelastine (or "Reval" or "Reaval") Kennedy (1933- ? ) was born in about 1933 in Philippi. She was deceased by 2018.

• Step-granddaughter Shelda Jane Kennedy (1936-2018) was born on Nov. 16, 1938. She married a step-cousin, Herbert "Hoover" Kennedy (1928-1999), son of William "Boyer" and Osa Bell (Minard) Kennedy. See their biography for more.

• Step-granddaughter Lola Kennedy (1942-2018) was born on May 16, 1942 in Philippi. At a young age, she relocated with her parents to Canton, Stark County, OH, where she spent the remainder of her long life. She wedded a step-cousin, Milford Collins (1939-2012), son of Hartford "Hart" and Thelma (Croston) Collins of the family of George Riley Minard. They did not reproduce. See the Minard biography for more.

Dosha's stepson Robert Kennedy (1916-1982) was born on Nov. 26, 1916. On Nov. 4, 1938, when he was 21 years of age, he was joined in wedlock with 15-year-old cousin Evelene Croston (March 17, 1922-2010), daughter of Earl and Laura "Fez" (Mayle) Croston of Philippi, of the family of Francis "Frank" Mayle. See Frank's biography for more details.

Dosha's stepdaughter Dorothy Kennedy (1919- ? ) was born in about 1919. At age 14, on Nov. 13, 1933, she married 20-year-old Luther Croston (1913- ? ), son of Albert and Inez Croston. The wedding was performed at Meriden by Rev. R.L. Parker. They resided in Canton and produced these known offspring -- Marvin Wayne Croston, Darlene Allender, Louise Mayle, Donna Buskirk and David Lee Croston.

• Dosha's step-granddaughter Louise V. Croston (1935-2024) was born on Jan. 26, 1935 in Philippi. She tied the marital cord with James D. Mayle ( ? - ? ). The three children they bore together were Sheila Miner, Richard Mayle and Aubrey Mayle. The family resided in Canton. Louise died at home at the age of 88 on Jan. 3, 2024. She was suervived by eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Their daughter Sheila married Daniel Miner and son Aubrey wed Mary (?) Mayle, all of Canton.
  

• Dosha's step-granddaughter Darlene Croston (1945-2024) was born on Oct. 13, 1945 in Philippi. She moved to Canton, OH in girlhood and was an alumna of East Canton High School. She entered into marriage with Alvin L. Allender ( ? - ? ). Their union endured the ebbs and flows of a remarkable 58 years. Two sons born into this family were Dana Allender and Duane Allender. Said an obituary, Darlene "was a people person, many will remember her for organizing, attending, and hosting family gatherings. She especially loved her time spent with family at the West Virginia picnic." Their final home together was in Canton South. She died in St. Luke's Nursing Home on March 4, 2024, at the age of 78. Pastor Ron Mayle led the funeral rites, with burial following in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.

• Dosha's step-granddaughter Donna Croston wed (?) Buskirk. She was in Canton in 2015.

• Dosha's step-grandson David Lee Croston moved to Cleveland, OH and tied the knot with Mary Jane.

• Dosha's step-grandson Marvin Wayne Croston (1956-2015) was born in 1956. He was a lifelong resident of Canton, OH and held a membership in the New Covenant Church of Canton. He was employed for 15 years as a security officer with the Stark County Sheriff's Office. Marvin was the father of three -- Regina Ann Croston, Joe McCartney and Timmy Lee Croston. As a patient in Mercy Medical Center, Marvin was swept away by the spirit of death at age 59 on May 11, 2015. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens following a funeral presided by Pastor Ron Mayle.

Dosha's son Correll Kennedy (1937-1972) was born on Aug. 31, 1937 in Philippi. On April 2, 1960, when he was 22 years of age, Correll married 21-year-old Velvie Johnson (Nov. 2, 1938- ? ), daughter of Hayward and Bertie Johnson. Rev. J. Frank Peoples, of St. Peter's Methodist Church of Philippi, led the marriage ceremony. (Showing that the two families were close, Velvie's brother Shirley was wed to Correll's sister Opal.) The couple produced three children -- Correll (or "Carroll") Kennedy, Jane Kennedy and Mary Kennedy. They dwelled in Philippi, where Correll earned a living through his work for the Mineral Coal Company. Tragically, the family was cleaved apart on June 21, 1971 when Correll died at the age of 33. Rev. Peoples -- who had performed the Kennedys' marriage ceremony some 11 years earler -- conducted the funeral service in the Chestnut Ridge United Methodist Church. Correll rests for eternity in Welch Cemetery in Philippi.

Dosha's son Harold Kennedy ( ? -2003) married Diane Dalton ( ? - ? ). They dwelled in Moatsville, Barbour County in 1971. He is believed to have died in 2003.

Dosha's daughter Mary Kennedy (1944-2010) was born on Feb. 24, 1944. She was thrice married. Her first husband was Delmus Jimmy Croston (Jan. 16, 1942-2013), the son of Carol Evelyn and Ethel May Croston. They had at least two children, Kathy Jean Mayle and Jimmy "Wolfe" Croston. Delmus was employied by National Iron Metals in Canton. After Mary and Delmus divorced, she wed again. Her second spouse was Jim Everhart ( ? - ? ), and they were together circa 1971 when named in her mother's newspaper obituary. After the marriage to Jim ended, she married her third husband, W. Randall Bolyard (1954- ? ). Mary died on Feb. 2, 2010, just a few weeks before her 66th birthday. She rests for eternity in Welch Cemetery, as does her first husband, who died May 6, 2013. Mary's ex-husband wedded again on April 4, 1975 to Alta Marie McCartney, who was in Moatsville in 2020. Delmus is thought to be the father of Pam (Croston) Cunningham, Sabrina Lynn Croston, Julia Ann Croston and Desiree Dawn Croston.

• Dosha's granddaughter Kathy Jean Croston married (?) Mayle. They lived in Philippi in 2020.

• Dosha's grandson Jimmy "Wolfe" Croston (1960-2020) was born on April 8, 1960 in Barbour County. He was the father of Kenny Dotson, Halie Norris, Linda Dotson and Zach Dotson. Wolf made his home in Belington, near Philippi. He liked to fish and hunt, ride his Harley Davidson motorcycle and enjoy his dogs. At the age of 60, on May 11, 2020, he passed away at home. His remains were cremated.

Dosha's stepdaughter Dollie Mayle wed (?) Davis and lived in 1971 in Philippi.

Dosha's stepdaughter Helen Mayle resided in 1971 in Moatsville.

Dosha's stepson Eulah "Ulie" Mayle was in Moatsville in 1971.

Dosha's son Ira K. Mayle (1946-1994) was born on June 19, 1946. Circa 1971, his home was in Moatsville, Barbour County. He lived to be the age of 48. Ira died on Sept. 24, 1994, with interment in Philippi's Welch Cemetery. Etched on his grave marker was a scene of dogs chasing a raccoon at night, along with these words: "You will be missed and loved."

~ Son John Edward Mayle ~

Son John Edward Mayle (1891-1968) was born in 1891. He was a coal miner, following a long-term area of employment in the family at large. He was married at least twice. The details of his first marriage are not known, except that he was divorced.

He wed his second wife, Flossie M. Kennedy ( 1897- ? ) on April 9, 1948. She also was divorced from a previous marriage. Rev. Warner T. Gifford of the First Baptist Church officiated.

The Mayles resided in Webster, Taylor County. They had no children. 

John died at age 76 on April 6, 1968, and was laid to rest in the West Hill Cemetery. His funeral service was preached by Rev. Winfield Mayle and Rev. Murray Mayle. 

Flossie's fate is unknown, but will be reported here when learned.

~ Son Henry C. Mayle ~

Son Henry C. Mayle (1897-1972) was born on June 29, 1897, and likely was named for his grandfather.

He was tall and of medium build, with brown eyes and brown hair.

He registered for the military draft during World War I, and gave his employment in 1918 as the Lee Sandridge Coal Company of Meriden. He lived with his parents, working in a local coal mine, when the 1920 census was taken.

At the age of 31, in 1928, Henry married 30-year-old Magdalene Mackey (1898- ? ). She was a native of Zanesville, Muskingum County, OH, and the daughter of Sidney and Lucy Mackey. The wedding took place in Randolph County, WV.

Magdalene was a graduate of Ohio University in Athens, quite an accomplishment at that time.

In the 1930 census, the Mayleses are shown living next door to Henry's mother in Philippi. That year, Henry was employed as a farmer, and Magdalene's occupation was "teacher - public school."

Said the Barbour Democrat, Magdalene "was a retired Barbour County school teacher, having taught for 44 years. She was a member of the Chestnut Ridge Church, a member of the ladies' aid, and a member of the National Retired Teachers Association." They made their home in their later years in Moatsville.

Henry passed away on Jan. 10, 1972, at the age of 75. His obituary in the Barbour Democrat said Henry was "a member of the Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, and was a retired miner and farmer." 

Magdalene outlived him by only two years. Apparently while visiting one of her nephews or nieces in Columbus, OH, Magdalene fell ill and died in a local hospital. Her remains were returned to Philippi for the funeral held at the Chestnut Ridge Church, led by Rev. Frank Peoples, followed by burial in the Chestnut Ridge Cemetery.

~ Son Emard Mayle ~

Son Emard Mayle (1905-1923) was born in 1905. In 1910, when shown in his family's household in that year's federal census, his name was written as "Emert."

He learned the skills of a coal miner and worked in that occupation. Sadly, he passed away of tuberculosis at the age 18 on Jan. 27, 1923. He was buried in the family row in the Chestnut Ridge Cemetery.

Emard's grave (seen here) was marked with an upright, hand-lettered stone (as photographed in 2007). 

His brother Enoch, who would follow him to the grave six years later, would be buried next to him, with a similarly shaped and hand-lettered stone marking the final resting place.

~ Son Rev. Okey Mayle Sr. ~

Son Rev. Okey Mayle, Sr. (1903-1994) was born on Jan. 18, 1903. 

He was a well known preacher who "was an early leader in the drive to recognize the native heritage on Chestnut Ridge," said a feature article, "We, the People of Chestnut Ridge," published in the Fall 1999 edition of Goldenseal magazine. "Okey was a wise and gentle man, and a true community leader."

On Feb. 5, 1933, Okey married Rosalee Margaret Adams (May 3, 1914-1999), the daughter of E.E. and Lora Adams. Okey was age 30, and Rosalee 18, at the time of their wedding. 

They produced a family of seven children -- Okey Mayle Jr., Rev. Menelus Mayle, Elzie "Quentin" Mayle, Tressie Walton, Olivia "Libby" Spiva, Barbara Newman and Geraldine Kathleen (Mayle) Mayle.

When the federal census enumeration was made in 1940, the Mayleses made their home on Chestnut Ridge, with Okey earning a living as a road work laborer. The census taker that year marked their race as negro.

Circa 1959-1968, he resided in Detroit, MI, but later returned to his home region of Philippi. He obtained a ministry certificate from the Church of Gospel Ministry in Chula Vista, CA. According to a local newspaper, Okey "was, at the time of his death, minister of St. Peter's A.M.E. Church at Chestnut Ridge. He was a member of the Barbour County Senior Citizens and the Allegany Nation, Native American Association."

He is known in the summer of 1979 to have organized a large gathering of the Allegany Nation, drawing hundreds of people from all over the United States.

Okey Sr. appears extensively in the book, Our Kind of People: Identity, Community and Religion on Chestnut Ridge, authored by Thomas McElwain and published in 1981 in Sweden by Almqvist & Wiksell International. He wrote that wrote that the Minerd-Miner descendants he interviewed in the 1970s "claim a Pennsylvania origin and Dutch background."

As well, Okey was interviewed at length for a story published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on New Year's Eve 1984. Barry Paris, the reporter who traveled to Philippi to gather his material, referred to Okey as “the most famous resident of the ridge” and noted that his mother was “a half-blooded Delaware.” The article said that Okey’s grandfather had told him stories about hiding runaway slaves in the years leading up to the Civil War.

The Post-Gazette article observed that “The main social feature of the Chestnut Ridge people today is their familial cohesion. All 1,500 of them bear one of less than a dozen surnames” and that a “few vestiges of the old customs survive up on the ridge.” While Native American meals were “fading away,” Paris wrote that corn was still a favorite for parching and ash boiling to give the corn a sweeter taste. He noted that other traditional dishes included cooked blackberry tops, plantains, poke greens and white milkweed. Locals enjoyed a hot drink brewed from dried sycamore bark and dogwood tea for indigestion.

Part of Paris' article dealt with the discrimination Okey and others had felt as mixed-race individuals. Okey was quoted saying “Most people in Philippi was always down on us. It’s gettin’ a little better now, but used to be, whites would talk to you as if they were doin’ you a favor.” The story added that many generations of the Chestnut Ridge community denied having any non-white genes in their blood until such time as their children were allowed to integrate into “white” schools. For those who moved to nearby West Hill, near Grafton, they took on more of a Native American identity, and if moving to Ohio could “pass” for white. But those who remained on Chestnut Ridge in Philippi “still inhabit a kind of racial limbo … the stigma of being nobody at all.”

Okey's beloved church building on Chestnut Ridge was destroyed in the late 198s or early 1990s by fire. Although age 87 or 88 at the time, he oversaw its reconstruction in 1991, with the structure built of concrete block to prevent another conflagration.

He died at the age of 91 on April 11, 1994, and was laid to rest in the sacred soil of Chestnut Ridge Cemetery near his parents, siblings and Minerd grandparents.

Rosalee lived for five years as a widow. She was swept away by the angels on Feb. 27, 1999. Funeral services were held in her husband's church, Okey's Gospel Chapel, with their son Menelus officiating in cooperation with Rev. Rebecca Carr and Rev. Winfield Mayle. She was laid to rest in Welch Cemetery in Philippi, to be joined there in death a year later by her son Quentin.

In the Fall 1999 edition of Goldenseal Magazine, he was prominently featured in an article co-authored by his grand-niece, Beverly Joanne (Johnson) Smith.

Rev. Okey Mayle - Top view courtesy Margaret (Mayle) Dalton - bottom by Thomas McElwain, courtesy Beverly Joanne (Johnson) Smith.

Son Okey Mayle Jr. (1933-1990) was born on March 27, 1933 in Moatsville, Barbour County. During the Korean War, he served as a private with the U.S. Army. He married Carole Lee O'Neal (March 1, 1940-2003). The couple produced four known children -- Ronald Allen Mayle, Brenda Mayle, William Mayle and David Adam Mayle. In the late 1950s, the Mayles dwelled in rural Pulaski Township near New Brighton, Beaver County, PA. Sadly, on April 12, 1959, their six-week-old son Ronald died of pneumonia in Beaver Valley General Hospital. The boy's obituary was published in the Beaver Valley Times, with burial taking place in Grandview Cemetery in Big Beaver Township. The family appears to have moved to Ohio at some point in time. Sadly, Okey died in Ohio on Nov. 6, 1990. His remains were transported to Philippi for burial in Welch Cemetery. Carole Lee outlived him by a baker's dozen years. She passed into eternity at the age of 62 on Feb. 20, 2003. She sleeps for all time in Welch Cemetery.

• Granddaughter Brenda Mayle

• Grandson William Mayle

• Grandson David Adam Mayle

Daughter Tressie Mayle (1935- ? ) was born in about 1935 in Philippi. She entered into wedlock with (?) Walton ( ? - ? ). They were the parents of at least one daughter, Karen Thomas. Tressie resided circa 1994 in Canton, Stark County, OH.

• Granddaughter Karen Walton ( ? -living) wedded (?) Thomas ( ? - ? ).

Daughter Olivia "Libby" Mayle (1938-living) was born in about 1938 in Philippi. By the age of 21, she had relocated to Cleveland, OH. On Oct. 29, 1959, she was united in matrimony with Dr. Ulysses "Van" Spiva (1931-2016), a native of New Market, TN and the son of Samuel and Mary Ruth (McFarland) Spiva. Their wedding was held in Cleveland, and their marriage endured for 55 years until cleaved apart by death. The couple together produced three offspring -- Vanessa Spiva, Valerie Spiva and Bruce Spiva. Ulysses was the first of his immediate family to attend college when he enrolled at Tennessee State University and graduated in 1954, majoring in mathematics. He went on to a long career as a pioneering educator in six states -- Tennessee, Ohio, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. He was tapped as a department chair of the Cleveland (OH) Public Schools, where he also was principal of an adult school. He received his master's degree from Case-Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and went on to earn a doctorate in educational administration and political science from Stanford University. During his time at Stanford, he spent two years as assistant to the dean of the Graduate School of Education. The U.S. Office of Education in Washington, DC then engaged him as a Washington Policy Fellow where he spent a year before moving to Florida International University as executive assistant to the president and dean of the School of Education. Then from 1979 to 1984 Ulysses served as the first Black dean at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, with the family making a residence in Virginia Beach. From 1984 to 1994 he remained employed by ODU as professor of education, and on behalf of Nova Southeastern University lectured throughout the United States.

Ulysses published three books, among them Leadership Plus Administration in School Management (1978) and Legal Outlook: A Message to College and University People (1981). Within the profession, he held board seats with the National School Boards Association, Council of Urban Boards of Education (president), Virginia Beach School Board, Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Program (president) and the Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men. In 1994, he received ODU's Martin Luther King Jr. Award. The Spivas belonged to Bank Street Memorial Baptist Church in Norfolk, where he was involved with usher, men's fellowship, chorus and social justice ministries. Ulysses succumbed to the angel of death on March 29, 2016. He is pictured in the 2017 book Old Dominion University, co-authored by Steven Bookman and Jessica Ritchie. Today, a memorial endowed scholarship bearing his name is active at Tennessee State.

• Granddaugter Vanessa Spiva is married to Paul Jones.

• Granddaugter Dr. Valerie Spiva entered into marriage with (?) Collins. She is believed to be the mother of Hunter Collins. Valerie received her bachelor of arts followed by her master's in health science (1984) from James Madison and then obtained her doctorate in health science in 2007 from the School of Allied Health and Nursing from Nova Southeastern University. She has spent her career of more than 35 years in serving children, youth and families afflicted with substance abuse, teen pregnancy, injuries and violence. From 2003 to 2010, she was employed by the North Carolina Division of Public Health as teen pregnancy prevention initiatives supervisor and then branch head for injury and violence prevention. In 2010, she was named director of FRIENDS National Center for Community Based Child Abuse Prevention in Durham, NC. In this role, she has supervised training and technical assistance for CBCAP state leads in development and provision of on-site and distance services.

• Grandson Bruce Spiva was joined in marriage with Anna Gelpern. The couple has two sons. Bruce holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University (1988) and a law degree from Harvard College (1992), where he was editor and treasurer of the prestigious Law Review, serving on the staff with future President Barack Obama. Bruce first was employed as an associate with the law firm Jenner & Block and was elected partner in 2000. In 2006, he co-founded his own firm in Washington, DC and then in 2015 joined the firm Perkins Coie LLP, where he served on the firmwide executive committee and serves as managing partner of the District of Columbia office. As a litigator, Bruce has tried cases, conducted arbitrations and argued appeals in issues such as congressional redistricting, civil rights, First Amendment, antitrust and securities matters. In the specialty of political law, he has tried at least 10 redistricting and voting rights cases, and as a business litigator, he has managed a broad range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters. As a an appellate lawyer, he has authored briefs presented to the U.S. Supreme Court and argued appeals cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. Active in the profession, he has held a seat on the board of directors of the D.C. Bar Foundation to provide funding for access to justice for low income individuals. He also has held positions on the advisory boards of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies and American Antitrust Institute and has chaired the board of DC Vote, a group dedicated to securing full congressional representation in Washington. In 2018-2020, he was named Super Lawyer. In 2012, he was recognized as a Champion of Democracy by D.C. Vote and was honored at a Mayflower Hotel event rubbing elbows with legends Julian Bond, Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., Cokie Roberts and District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, among many others. Then in 2020, he was honored when named to the Lawyers of Color Power List. Bruce left Perkins Coie in 2022 to run for election as Attorney General of the District of Columbia.
  
  Bruce's wife Anna Gelpern was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and today is a United States citizen. She has her own page on Wikipedia and is considered a prominent legal scholar and expert on the subjects of sovereign debt and financial regulation. She holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, a law degree from Harvard College and a master of science from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She initially practiced law with Cleary Gottlieb in New York and London. She went on to join the American University Washington College of Law, Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Rutgers University Division of Global Affairs. From 1996 to 2002, she held positions at the U.S. Treasury Department. Today she is an Anne Fleming Research Professor at Georgetown Law and a senior fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics. She co-directs the Sovereign Debt Forum, a collaboration among Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law and academic institutions in the United States and Europe, dedicated to cutting edge research and capacity building in sovereign debt management. A prolific writer and publisher, she has authored her research findings on government debt, contracts, and regulation of financial institutions and markets and in 1995 co-authored a law textbook, International Finance: Transactions, Policy, and Regulation.

Son Rev. Menelus Mayle (1940-living) was born in 1940. He took over as pastor of his father's church, which became known as Okey's Gospel Church. He was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock with a cousin, Fronia Mayle (1945-living), daughter of Elijah "Eligh" and Beatrice (Miner) Mayle of the family of George Riley and Sarah Ann "Sally" (Croston) Minard.

Son Elzie "Quentin" Mayle (1946-2000) was born on New Year's Day 1946 in Philippi, Barbour County. He died on Sept. 4, 2000. Interment of the remains was next to his mother's in Welch Cemetery in Philippi.

Daughter Barbara Mayle ( ? - ? ) married (?) Newman ( ? - ? ). Her home in 1994 was in Philippi, Barbour County.

Daughter Geraldine Mayle (1948- ? ) was born on Nov. 26, 1948 in Barbour County. She grew to womanhood in Moatsville, Barbour County. When she was 17 years of age, on Feb. 19, 1966, she was joined in the bonds of wedlock with 19-year-old Arliss Mayle (March 16, 1946- ? ), son of Charlie and Ness (Parsons) Mayle. Rev. Hilding Lind, of the Baptist Church, officiated at their wedding. Geraldine is known to have made her home in Philippi in 1994-2011.

~ Son Andrew Mayle ~

Son Andrew Mayle (1908-1922) was born in 1908. 

He died on May 21, 1922, in Barbour County, at the age of 14. The cause of his passing was listed as tubercular meningitis.

Burial was in Chestnut Ridge Cemetery in Philippi.

~ Daughter Icie Clara (Mayle) Norris ~

Daughter Icie Clara Mayle (1912-1955) was born in 1912. 

She married Isaac Norris (1893-1974) on June 6, 1932. She was age 21 at the time, and he age 39 and had been married at least once before. Isaac was the son of Granville "Chug" and Polly Norris of Meriden. 

The Norrises resided in Philippi. They apparently had no children. 

Icie suffered from Hodgkins Disease, and died at the age of 43 at the Union Protestant Hospital in Clarksburg, Harrison County, on Oct. 21, 1955. Her remains were returned to Philippi for burial in the Norris Cemetery, with the funeral service conducted by Rev. M. Harris at the Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church. Icie's obituary was published in the Philippi Republican newspaper.

Isaac survived his wife by almost two decades. He joined her in eternity in November 1974.