Yoho, Billy Lee (1925-2012)

BILLY LEE YOHO  

1925-2012  

OBITUARY:
Billy Lee Yoho (86), residing in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.

Bill, a practicing attorney for 58 years in Prince George's and Washington counties in Maryland, was the son of Wilbur Wiley and Nellie Pansy Hawkins of Huntington, West Virginia, and is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann Yoho; son Kevin R. Yoho and wife Melissa J. Arnott; daughter Karen L. Yoho; John M. Dolby and wife Shelley A. Dolby; Dianne C. Arter and husband Jim Arter; Jean M. Dolby; Joan D. Dolby; sister Charlotte L. Kelly; brother Gene E. Yoho and wife Mabel; Robert W. Yoho and wife Alice; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by four brothers, four sisters, two step-brothers and two step-sisters that he deeply missed.

Services will be held on Saturday, September 22  [2012] at 11:00 a.m. at Warm Springs Baptist Church, 3683 Pious Ridge Rd., Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Visitors may call beginning at 10 a.m. A lunch will immediately follow hosted by Bill's church family. Interment will be Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made to the Warm Springs Baptist Church for education.

Arrangements entrusted to the Grove Funeral Home, Hancock, Maryland. 

(Source: Internet)

OBITUARY:

Billie [sic] Lee Yoho, age 86, of Berkeley Springs, [West Virginia] passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.

Bill, a practicing attorney for 58 years in Prince George’s and Washington counties in Maryland, was the son of Wilbur Wiley and Nellie Pansy Hawkins, of Huntington, W.Va.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann Yoho; son, Kevin R. Yoho and wife, Melissa J. Arnott; daughter, Karen L. Yoho; John M. Dolby and wife, Shelley A.; Dianne C. Arter and husband, Jim; Jean M. Dolby; Joan D. Dolby; sister, Charlotte L. Kelly; brothers, Gene E. Yoho and wife, Mabel, and Robert W. Yoho and wife, Alice; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers; four sisters; two step-brothers; and two step-sisters he deeply missed.

Bill held many leadership roles, including Lions Clubs International, the Maryland Bar Association, and in Municipal Government. He participated in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the Shriners, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and Knights Templar.

He enlisted in the United States Navy, and after his Honorable Discharge, he attended the University of Maryland as an undergraduate, and then law school. Bill earned advanced pilot certifications both in aviation and boating, which he enjoyed.

Engaged by faith in Jesus Christ and involved with church, Bill loved to learn and teach Bible classes as a Presbyterian ruling elder, and as a Baptist, bringing full circle his mother telling him he was named for preacher Billy Sunday.

Services will be held on Saturday, September 22, at 11:00 a.m., at Warm Springs Baptist Church, 3683 Pious Ridge Road, Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Visitors may call, beginning at 10:00 a.m. A lunch will immediately follow, hosted by Bill’s church family. Interment will be in Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, at the convenience of the family.

Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Warm Springs Baptist Church, for education.

Arrangements were entrusted to the Grove Funeral Home, in Hancock, MD.

(Source: Grove Funeral Home, on the Internet)

FRIENDSHIP:

Bill Yoho was interested in the genealogy and family history of his Yoho family.  Bill and researcher, Richard E. Henthorn became friends and shared information.  Bill used an Apple computer to record his information. Bill invited Richard to accompany him to the Yoho family reunion in New Martinsville, WV. Richard and his wife, Melva, later attended several other Yoho reunions where they enjoyed meeting other researchers face-to-face. Bill's office was located about three blocks from the Henthorn's house. Richard and Bill often got together at the office to talk about genealogy and the Yoho family. He will be missed.

(Written by: Richard E. Henthorn, 24 June 2013)

WEBSITE:
Billy Lee Yoho webpages

Autobiographical Sketch

Johnson, Mary I. (Yoho)

ORD [NE] -- Mary I. Johnson, 82, of Ord, [NE] died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2003, at the Valley County Hospital in Ord [NE].

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ord Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Debra Thompsett-Welch will officiate.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow services.

Mrs. Johnson was born July 24, 1920, at Cumberland, Ohio, to Tom and Sarah (Phelps) Yoho.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Johnson.

Survivors of the immediate family include a daughter and son-in-law, Elaine and Don Kasper of Ord; and a sister, Mable Fitzgerald of Beverly, Ohio.
(4 Jan 2003 Ord, NE to Cambridge Jeffersonian, Cambridge, OH, Furnished by Terry Willis)

Conger, Richard R.

The Washington Post

November 06, 2003, Thursday, Final Edition

HEADLINE: Richard R. Conger, Navy Specialist In Underwater Photography, Dies

BYLINE: Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post Staff Writer

BODY:
Richard Russell Conger, 82, a Navy photographer who specialized in underwater and cold-weather photography, died Oct. 9 of complications from colon cancer at his home in Ijamsville.

Mr. Conger was a resident of Chevy Chase from 1967 until 1996, when he moved to Leisure World in Silver Spring. He had lived in Frederick County since 1999.

Mr. Conger, who was born in Detroit, enlisted in the Navy in 1938. He was one of five people chosen to learn cinematography from the staff who made the "March of Time" newsreels, an experiment to see if non-Navy training would be useful to the military. On his nights off, he worked at Life magazine to learn still photography.

Assigned to aerial mapping, he photographed or filmed many Pacific islands and Japan during World War II.

In 1946, he went to the Antarctic, where he would travel three more times.

The Bluejacket, a civilian publication that covers the Navy, reported that a plane carrying an eight-person crew and the captain of the USS Pine Island crashed into the icy mountains. After the wreck was discovered 23 days later, the plane that Mr. Conger was assigned to undertook the rescue mission, but the closest place to land was 12 miles away. The rescue plane's commander and Mr. Conger set out in a lifeboat, threading their way through ice-choked waters and pulling a sled. They reached the crew, got them aboard the lifeboat and arrived back at their plane just in time to take off before they would have been iced in. Six of the rescued crew members survived.

Mr. Conger told a Pensacola, Fla., newspaper that he and his crew were enthusiastically received during one Antarctic trip to a naval station. But when their plane had engine trouble and the visitors were stuck at the station for six weeks, the personnel there turned standoffish. The station didn't have enough food, bed or space for the extra people, but the visitors redeemed themselves by pitching in on chores and other work.

In 1947, Mr. Conger and a commander found the Mount Erebus hut that was abandoned in 1910 by polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Mr. Conger's photographs showed that the hut was just as Shackleton's team had left it.

A glacier was named for Mr. Conger in 1948, according to the policy at the U.S. Board of Geographic Names of honoring those who have advanced hydrographic and geodetic work. The glacier flows to Antarctica's Knox Coast, five miles east of Glenzer Glacier.

Mr. Conger also made amphibious-warfare training films. He developed underwater motion photography to make training films for demolition teams. In 1949 and 1950, he was lent to the 20th Century Fox studio to shoot underwater sequences for the 1951 movie "The Frogmen," starring Richard Widmark. He was sent to the Arctic in the early 1950s to shoot photos for maps. In 1963, he took the first combat photo team into Vietnam.

He retired in 1969 as a lieutenant after 28 years in the service. Among his awards was the Air Medal.

He worked briefly as government sales manager for a photo chemical company and in 1974 went to work in the micrographics department at the National Archives. From 1981 to 1986, he worked in Bechtel Power Co.'s micrographic division in Rockville and also ran his own business, Conger Consultants, to repair and service microfilm equipment and cameras. In the 1990s, he worked part time at a tropical fish and pond retail shop in Ijamsville.

His wife of 55 years, Eleanor M. Conger, died in 1998.

Survivors include three children, Sue Bernard of Augusta, W.Va., Richard S. Conger of Rockville and Laurie J. Ridgway of Frederick; two sisters; a half brother; six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Will of David Watson - 17690102

Will of David Watson
2 Jan 1769
Frederick County, Province of Maryland

PROBATE: Last Will and Testament of David Watson
2 Jan 1769, Frederick Co., Maryland

In the Name of God Amen Know all Men by these Presents that I
David Watson of Frederick County and Province of Maryland
Farmer, being weak in Body but of sound Mind and memory;
revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made, do make this
my Last Will and Testament in manner and Form following. Imprimis
I leave and bequeath to my son John Wattson five pounds
Sterling. Item to my son George Wattson five pounds Sterling.
Item To my Daughter Mary Fugate five pounds Sterling which
several Legacies are to be paid to the Respective Legates
Provided the Lands I expect to hold become my property, and
not otherwise, Likewise it is my Desire and full Intention that
M. Henry Hall Convey to my Daughter Mary Fugate and her Heirs
One hundred and Sixty five acres of Land including the Houses and
Cultivated Lands and Spring whereon She now Dwelleth, which
said Lands are part of the Thousand Acres Sold to Michael
Miller. Item I leave to my Daughter Mary all that quantity of
Land which George Coler stands obligated to make over to me or
my Heirs, Provided the said Mary or her Husband Peter Fugate
pays unto the said George Coler or his Heir's the Purchase agreed
upon between him and me. Item It is my Will and Desire that my
Wife Sarah and my Son William be joint Heirs and Inheritors of
all the Residue of my Estate both Real and Personal. Likewise I
Constitute and appoint my Wife Sarah and my Son William Wattson
Joint Executors of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness
and Confirmation of all and Singular the foresaid Premifses I
have hereunto affixed my hand and Seal this second Day of
January 1769

s/David Watson {Seal}

Signed Sealed and perfected in the presence of
Jos Perry
Andrew Hoover
Peter (his mark)Knowls

On the back of the aforegoing Will was thus Written Viz.

On the 13th Day of February 1769 Came Peter Knowles one of the
Subscribing Witnesses to the aforegoing Will and made Oath on
the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he did see the
Testator David Wattson Sign and Seal the said Will and heard him
publish pronounce and declare the same to be his Last Will and
Testament, and that at the Time of his so doing he was to the
best of his apprehensions of Sound disposing mind & memory
and that he also saw Joseph Perry and Andrew Hoover the other
Subscribing Witnesses to the said Will Sign their Names as
Witnefses thereto and in presence of the Testator and in
presence of him.

Sworn before s/JBowles Depy Com
Examined Fred. County

[Note: This will typed, by Richard E. Henthorn, on 20 Aug 1998, from a copy of the orignial obtained by Clive F. Watson.]

(Source: Prerogative Court Records (Wills) Frederick County, Maryland, 1769. Liber 37, Folio 293-294, SR 4431, Maryland State Archives - furnished by Rosemary A. Colvin and Clive F. Watson)

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Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com
Posted: 4 Aug 1998
Revised: 21 Sep 2009
File: 17690102