James Edwin Messick
(1907-1979)
Rachel Smitherman Hurley
(1910-1986)
John Frank Messick
(1934-1968)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Kay Frances Beeker

John Frank Messick 1 2 3

  • Born: 3 Jul 1934, , Montgomery, NC 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Kay Frances Beeker on 4 Aug 1956 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA 1
  • Died: 10 Aug 1968, Charleston, Kanawha, WV at age 34 2 3
  • Buried: Winston-Salem: Forsyth Memorial Park, Forsyth, NC, USA 3

   FamilySearch ID: G46V-C8Y.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Cause of Death: John, a pilot for Piedmont Airlines, was one of 32 persons tragically killed in a plane crash at Kanawha County Airport where a part of the airport's instrument landing system was not functioning., 10 Aut 1968, Charleston, Kanawha, WV. 4


John married Kay Frances Beeker, daughter of Preston Lee Beeker and Lela Emmaline Fulk, on 4 Aug 1956 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA.1 (Kay Frances Beeker was born on 9 Mar 1937 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA,5 6 died on 4 Feb 2021 in Clemmons, Forsyth, NC, USA 5 6 and was buried in Winston-Salem: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Forsyth, NC, USA 5 6.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 (Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.), John Frank Messick and Kay Frances Beeker.

2 FamilySearch.org, West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM8Y-KH9 John Frank Messick, 10 Aug 1968; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, 12068, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,194.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=161885107.

4 News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), 11 Aug 1968, page 1. Vital Airport Device Out, 32 Die in Crash.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222430735.

6 Salem Funeral and Cremation Services (Winston-Salem, NC) (https://www.salemfh.com/), Obituary of Kay Beeker Deese.


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