Viney (Ollie) Cannaday

Vina Olive "Ollie" Canaday was the first of two wives for William Aenos "Will" Hawley. They were married on 21 Oct 1902 by the Rev. James Sweeney, at his residence in Raleigh Co., W. Va. After Ollie's death on 28 Jan 1910, William was remarried to Stella Frances Smith on 25 Dec 1912 by the Rev. J. E. Pannell, at the Baptist Church in Sophia, Raleigh Co., W. Va.

1900 Census Raleigh Co WV #184 P. Canaday 52 Feb 1848 Farmer Christina Canaday 47 Aug 1852 Wife, 8 children/5 or 6 living...(Christine Ellen (Bower) Canaday) Vina O. Canaday 15 May 1885 Daughter

The Raleigh Register Beckley, West Virginia Thursday Morning February 3, 1910

Young Wife Dies

Mrs. Ollie Hawley, wife of William Hawley, of Cedar, this county, died last Friday morning after a lingering illness of consumption, and was buried Saturday afternoon at the Canaday graveyard.

Mrs. Hawley was about 25 years of age and is survived by a husband and two small children. She was a daughter of Pleasant Canaday of the Crab Orchard neighborhood.

1910

ODD Mrs. J. B. F. Hawley has just returned from Pemberton, where she was called to attend the funeral of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Will Hawley.

--Contributed by Rita Hawley O'Brien* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 9 2021, 1:14:45 UTC