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Donald Ray Gaines 1944–2020 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Nov 1944

Birth Location: Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 9 Apr 2020

Death Location: Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA

Father: George Gaines

Mother: Pauline James

Spouse(s): Peggy Nicholson

Children(s):

Donald Ray Gaines was born in 1944 in Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA, the child of George Martin Gaines And Pauline Virginia James. Donald Ray Gaines married Peggy S Nicholson. Donald Ray Gaines passed away in 2020 in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Donald Ray Gaines was born in 1944 in Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA, the child of George Martin Gaines And Pauline Virginia James.
  • Donald Ray Gaines married Peggy S Nicholson.
  • Donald Ray Gaines passed away in 2020 in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.

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Donald Gaines's Ancestors

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Donald Gaines
1944–2020
Birth Place: Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Parents
George Martin Gaines
1918–1969
West Virginia, USA
Pauline (Virginia) James
1923–2001
Grandparents
Jesse (Dee) James
1896–1974
Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA
Edra (O) Straley
1905–1946
Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Straley
1873–1929
Amanda Nicholson
1873–1963
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Asa Straley
1829–1908
Louisa Horner
1829–1907

Donald Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1944
13 Nov 1944
Birth of Donald Ray Gaines in Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
2020
9 Apr 2020
Age 76
Death of Donald Ray Gaines in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Nov 1944
    Event Place: Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Apr 2020
    Event Place: Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA

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