Mabel (Whaley) Majors (1918 - 2011)

Born 6 Nov 1918 in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States

Died 31 Jan 2011 at age 92 in Pickaway, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Mabel was born in 1918. She passed away in 2011.

She is not listed in the Shonkwiler book

TWO LICENSES ISSUED

Two marriage licenses were issued in Probate Judge Will H. Accord’s office Friday as follows:

Frank Shonkweiler[sic], 23, laborer, Beaver, and Mabel Whaley, 21, housekeeper, Beaver. Rev. James Shonkweiler[sic] officiating.

The Waverly Watchman, Waverly, Ohio, Thursday, 18 Mar 1937, Page 3.

Mabel Whaley Majors

CIRCLEVILLE - Mabel Erma Whaley Majors, 92, of Circleville, died Jan. 31, 2011 at Brown Memorial home.

She was born Nov. 6 1918 in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, the daughter of the late James Edward and Anna Elizabeth (Reisinger) Whaley.

She cooked for and managed the Knotty Pine Restaurant on N. Court St. before her marriage to Gerald W. Majors in 1953.

Mable is survived by her niece, Diana Wise (Brian) Bell of Montclair, Va,. and several other nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Gerald Majors; seven brothers, Willard, James, David, Clarence, Everett, Raymond, and Carl Whaley; four sisters, Iva Smith, Mae Large, Lottie Reed, and Ruby Wise. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Wellman Funeral Home, Circleville, with Chaplain Jim Ferrell officiating. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice Care or Brown Memorial Home.

Circleville Herald (OH) - Thursday, February 3, 2011

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Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWXZ-97W : 9 January 2021), Mabel Shonkwiler in household of Frank Shonkwiler, Paint Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-12, sheet 10A, line 22, family 208, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3067.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138598654/mabel-erma-majors : accessed 19 September 2021), memorial page for Mabel Erma Whaley Majors (6 Nov 1918–31 Jan 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138598654, citing Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Sally Dupler (contributor 47681955).