Dorse Ryan Richardson

Dorse Ryan Richardson (son of Drury Vance Richardson and Mary Ellen Cozart) was born on October 25, 1911 in Mandeville, Summers, West Virginia.  He died on November 10, 2003 in Low Moor, Allegheny, Virginia.  He married Eloise Turner.  She was born on December 12, 1914 in Summers County, West Virginia.  She died on September 13, 2010 in Hinton, Summers, West Virginia.

Children of Dorse Ryan Richardson and Eloise Turner

1.  Anna Christine Richardson was born in 1932.

2.  Neelas Richardson was born in 1934.

3.  Mary Alice Richardson was born in May 16, 1935.

4.  Novella Richardson was born in 1938

5.  Maynard Douglas Richardson

6.  Gerald Richardson

7.  Michael Richardson

8.  Nadine Richardson

Sources
1920 Census: Summers County, West Virginia
1930 Census: Forest Hill, Summers, West Virginia

1940 Census: Forest Hill, Summers, West Virginia

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Obituary of Dorse R. Richardson -- November 2003

Dorse Ryan Richardson, 92, of 180 Pleasant St., Hinton, formerly of Zion Mountain, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, in Allegheny Regional Hospital at Low Moor, Va., following a long illness.

Born Oct. 25, 1911, at Mandeville, he was the son of the late Drury and Mary Cozort Richardson.

Mr. Richardson was the grounds supervisor at Pipestem State Park, retiring in 1976.  He was a member of the Mount Zion Methodist Church and was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Hartwell; and six brothers and six sisters.

Survivors include his loving wife of 72 years, Eloise Turner Richardson, four sons, Neelas and wife, Patricia Richardson, of Akron, Ohio, Maynard and wife, Deanna Richardson, of Beallsville, Ohio, Gerald "Jerry" and wife, Judy Richardson, of Peterstown and Michael Richardson; three daughters, Christine Bobbs and husband, David of Lerona, Novella Cook and husband, George, of Hinton and Nadine Taylor and husband, Warren, of Lerona; 24 grandchildren , 35 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Services was 2 p.,. Thursday, November 13th. at Pivont Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with Pastor Ron Cook officiating.  Burial follow in Mount Zion Methodist Church Cemetery on Zion Mountain near Hinton. 

Friends called 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, November 12th. at the funeral home.

Grandsons served as pallbearers.

Arrangements by Pivont Funeral Home, Hinton.

Obituary of Mary A. Hartwell – April 24, 2001