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Virgie (Minard) Mayle
(1900-1977)

Virginia "Virgie" (Minard) Mayle was born in 1900 in Barbour County, WV, the daughter of William and Elvira (Male) Minerd.

Virgie married her sister Hulda Mayle's stepson, Artemus Mayle (1882- ? ). At age 17 at the time of marriage, she was 11 years younger than her 28-year-old husband. He had been married once before, in January 1911, to Tensy Mayle.

The Mayles had 10 children: Violet Kennedy, Robert Edward Mayle, Madeline Newman, Audrey Kennedy, Therman (or "Thurman") Mayle, Norman Mayle, John Mayle, James Mayle, Ema Jean (Delaine) Abbott and Juanita Eudy.

Old color-tinted postcard view of Philippi -- with the Chestnut Ridge looming in the background

The 1920 census records show the couple living near Philippi, where Artemus was a coal miner. In their home that year lived Artemus's brothers Clyde Mayle and Edgar Mayle, who also were coal mine laborers.

By 1930, Artemus was working as a farmer, and they lived next to her sister and his brother (married to each other), Mary and Henry "Edgar" Maylee.

The Mayles resided in the 1940s and '50s in Dresden, near Zanesville, Muskingum County, OH. They are mentioned in several Zanesville Signal articles where they are named as grandparents in the births or deaths of offspring Jeffrey Lynn Kennedy (died 1944), Cynthia Jean Gill (born 1956) and Gene Irvin Gill Jr. (born 1957).

The fate of Artemus is not known. He is mentioned as alive in the October 1964 newspaper obituary of his brother, Henry "Edgar" Maylee, of Clarksburg, WV.

Like her sister Hulda, Virgie resided in Canton circa 1974. She is believed to have died in Canton in April 1977, at the age of 77.

~ Daughter Violet (Mayle) Kennedy ~

Daughter Violet Mayle (1918-2009) married Benjamin Franklin Kennedy Sr. ( ? - ? ). They lived in Zanesville, and were Methodists. They had 10 children -- Gerald Lee Kennedy, Donald Eugene Kennedy, Jeffrey Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin Kennedy Jr., JoAnn Gill, Delores Jean Garrett, Velma Miller, Fred Kennedy, Daniel Kennedy and Timothy Kennedy.

Violet passed away at the age of 90 on March 19, 2009. She was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in Zanesville.

Son Benjamin Franklin Kennedy Jr. (1938-2008) was born in Zanesville. He married Sue Ann Paynter ( ? -2005), the daughter of Ray E. and Juanita (Archer) Paynter, on July 8, 1961. The Kennedys went on to have five children -- Benjamin Franklin Kennedy III, Ann Freniere, Matthew Kennedy, Andrew Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy. Said a Zanesville newspaper, he "was a graduate of South Zanesville High School class of 1957 and a U.S. Army veteran. he retired as an electrician for Shelly & Sands, had worked for C.W. Taylor as a concrete finisher and owned and operated Kennedy Construction. He was a member of the First Christian Church and was a member and past president of Eagles Lodge 302." Sue Ann was employed in the human resource department of The Longaberger Company, and in her free time was a member of Eagle Auxiliary Lodge 302, Dresden Branch of the CCL and a Boy Scout den mother. Benjamin and Sue loved vacationing in Florida every winter and spending time with their children and families. Sadly, Sue Ann passed away on June 27, 2005. Benjamin outlived her by three years. He died at the age of 70 on Nov. 25, 2008, at Genesis Hospice, Zanesville. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery in Zanesville following full military rites. He was survived by 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Zanesville as seen from Putnam Hill Park, in an old postcard

~ Son Robert Edward Mayle ~

Son Robert Edward Mayle (1921-2007) married Ida B. "Mickey" Mayle on June 25, 1955. They moved to Canton in about 1952, and remained there for the rest of their lives.

Robert served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and spent 36 years working for Republic Steel Corporation. Said the Canton (OH) Repository, "He was a 52 year member of the Canton Baptist Temple , accepting the Lord as his Savior in 1957."

They had two children -- Robert L. Ressler and Joanna Thompson.

Robert passed away at age 86 in Canton on June 5, 2007, with burial at Sunset Hills Burial Park. At the time of his death, he and Mickey had produced eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

~ Daughter Audrey (Mayle) Kennedy ~

Daughter Audrey Mayle (1924-1994) was born on March 4, 1924, in West Virginia. She married (?) Kennedy ( ? - ? ).

She lived in Louisville, Stark County, OH. She died in a long-term care facility at the age of 70 on May 7, 1994.

~ Son Therman Mayle ~

Son Therman Mayle (1926-2004) was born on Dec. 1, 1926. He moved to Canton, Stark County, OH. In about 1958, he wed Martha Leyda (1929-2000), the daughter of Roy V. and Lilly (Richards) Leyda. They were married for 46 years and were members of the Canton Baptist Temple.

The Mayles had three daughters -- Sherry Aldridge, Marci David and Gloria Smith.

With only a sixth-grade education, Therman obtained employment in Canton with Portec Inc., and retired from the company after serving there for 31 years. Said the Canton Repository, he "enjoyed fishing, hunting and being outside. He also had a great love of music."

Sadly, Martha died on Jan. 12, 2000, at age 70, in Union Hospital in Dover, OH. She was laid to rest in Bethlehem Cemetery in Malvern, OH. After several years as a widower, Therman remarried again in about 2002 to Sue Peters.

Sadly, Therman died just 18 months after his marriage to Sue, at age 77, on July 5, 2004, at the Pines Nursing Facility.