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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Herbert Wade Doyle: Birth: 08 JAN 1905 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, USA. Death: 20 JUN 1963 in Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

  2. Lucy Bee Doyle: Birth: 06 OCT 1908 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, USA. Death: 25 MAR 2008 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., Florida, USA

  3. Alline Doyle: Birth: 25 APR 1911 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, USA. Death: 15 OCT 1998 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA

  4. Clyde Doyle: Birth: 23 FEB 1914 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA. Death: 04 APR 1914 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA

  5. Sarah Virginia Doyle: Birth: 25 AUG 1916 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA. Death: 14 OCT 2005 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA

  6. Elizabeth Frances Doyle: Birth: 20 OCT 1919 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA. Death: 05 SEP 1985 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Sarahjane Doyle Nelson Swarstad Family Book
2. Title:   "The Budding of the Tree - The Doyle Family"
Author:   Ranae Doyle Hazewood
3. Title:   World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com
Page:   Serial # 240, order 580, File 45-2-42C, Salem, Roanoke Co., Va. Sep 12, 1918
4. Title:   Sarahjane Doyle Nelson Swarstad Family Book
Page:   Marriage Certicate

Notes
a. Note:   H00212
Note:   Herbert Bee Doyle as written by Sarahjane Doyle Nelson Swarstad Herbert B. Doyle, a brakeman, switchman, and later a flag man for the Norfork and Western Railroad, was born 13 February 1886 in the Beaver Pond District, now Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va. He was the fourth child of nine. His parents were William Montgomery and Sarah Evelyn Winfery Doyle. He was reared on a farm, which is now located on the old Bluefield- Princeton Rd., off highway 460 The quite valley of south western West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountain range, among the Maple, Catalba, Oke and Birch trees with an abundance of wild to hunt and clear streams to fish, would be considered a utopia to raise children today. When he was in his late teens he hired on with the Norford and Western Railway; since his older brother,William C., was already working and earning good money with the railway. Part of his job to ride the train to Richlands, Va. and back to Bluefield. While in Richlands, Va. he met Nannie Lou Hall , who was born 13 July 1883. Her parents were Alexander and Margaret M. Cruey Hall. Bee and Nannie, with another couple, ran away by horse and buggy to Bristol, Tenn., because they were not of age,and married 19 November 1903. He was 17, she was 20. They lived in Bluefield, W.Va. until about 1914 when he received a transfer from N.& W. Railroad to Roanoke, Va. They had six children: Herbert Wade, Lucy B., Aileen, Clyde, Sarah Virginia, Elizabeth France. Clyde, who died, age 2 mo,11 days, of whooping cough and spinal meningitis, is buried Jones Chapel, Cedar Bluff, Va. Wade died 20June 1963, Tucson Az of a coronary from complications of emphysema and buried South Lawn Cemetery, Tucson Az. Frances died 5 Sept 1985 of cirrous of the liver, buried Green Memorial Cemetery, Roanoke, Va. Aileen died 15 Oct 1998 of double pneumonia, She had been bed ridden with arthritis for a number of years, and buried in Roanoke, Va. Herbert Bee was the kindest man I ever knew. No matter the problem he could always find a way to make a person laugh, either by a riddle, song or a story. One could always find him in the vegetable garden, or in the evening , if he could find someone to go with him, "The Rialto Theatre", for a western movie, and afterwards, a chocolate ice cream cone, at Granden Rd. Drug Store. I spent all my summer vacation with my grandparents, when I was a child, and I cannot ever remember hearing a cus word from his mouth. The worst was, " Carnsarn the carnsarn luck". Sometimes we would take a drive in the car, not often, because the city bus was more covenant and cheaper. But when we did, the route would take us down thur Norwich area and Shaffer's Crossing, thru the railway tunnel. This tunnel was enclosed on both sides, so you couldn't see the other side of traffic. Then he would blow the horn, on the country setting, not the city setting, tapping the horn in such a way that the horn sounded like a train whistle. Many times he would let me sit on his lap and steer the car. I thought I was driving! Other times, he would drive to the railway yards, tapping the horn in such a way that the engineer driving the train, would answer with the toots of the train whistle. It was a lot of fun. When he retired from the N.&W. Railway, he was bored and lonesome for people, other than family. He got a job driving a taxi cab. Once he was stopped by the police. When he asked what was wrong, the policeman said, "Nothing, I just wanted to give you a reward for your good driving habits." Sometimes he would take his vacation time, ride the train to Bluefield, W.Va., where we lived, without telling anyone he was comings. Many times, by chance, we would look out a window, and there he would be , walking up the road. We all would be very excited. One of us, would run to meet him, while everyone else would try to straighten the house before he could reach the fount door. He loved the Lord and he could really preach, even though he had no formal training to be a minister. He was the guest speaker for many small churches around Roanoke, Va. Nannie Lou was a wonderful person too, her family always came first. When any of her children or grandchildren were sick or needed her in anyway, she would drop what she was doing and go to them. As a child , I was always sick. She was probably at our house more times than any other. When I was 6 years old, i had pneumonia. I remember, lying in bed, while Mother , daddy, the doctor, and Ma Ma (That's what we call her.) were sitting at the food of my bed, and the doctor said," This is the crisis, if she makes it through tonight, all will be well". I remember, thinking, "What's a crisis?". My grandmother asked the doctor if he minded her trying something, and went to the kitchen, make a mustard poltis and put it on my chest. During my recuperation,and before I could even return to school, I had German Measles and then mumps. Not just for me, but this is only one of the many examples how she saved our lives; Durning a time before antibiotics were invented. Nannie Hall Doyle had other talents. Dressmaking. I was always amazed. She could look at a garment in the department store, purchase material,go home,cutting her own pattern, creating a garment exactly like the one she had seen downtown. All of her grand daughters were very lucky to be the recipients of these lovely garments. In fact, she made my mother's wedding dress. Herbert Bee died 6 August 1960 of heart failure and emphysema ( he had a functional genetic heart mitro valve prolapse) He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Roanoke, Va. In 1954, Nannie Lou Hall Doyle suffered a stroke, which left her unable to remember many of her family and to care for herself. Her oldest daughter, Lucy, quit her job and stayed home lovingly caring for her mother and father, only leaving the house once in 9 years, and that was to bury her father. Nannie Lou Hall Doyle, died 20 September 1963. She is buried at Greenlawn cemetery in Roanoke, Va. Census 1910 Mercer Co., W.Va. 1930 Roanoke, Va. Beaver Pond Bluefield City Roanoke City Dist 126 ED 117-32 sheet 8B page 23A, page 219 Herbert B. Doyle 25 Herbert B. Doyle 44 Nannie L. 24 Nannie L. 43 Herbert W 5 Wade H. 24 Lucy B. 1 6/12 Lucy 21 Alline 18 S. Virginia 12 E. Frances 10 Note By Wade: Some of the Halls also worked on the railroad from Tazewell. In 1910 Herbert B. lived next to his father William M.


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