Cabell County, WV Heritage 1809 - 1996
Produced by: KYOWVA Genealogy Society, Huntington, WV
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Normal A. Nash
     Normal Albert Nash born November 10, 1912 at the home place on Davis Creek was the youngest of eight children of Girard Augustus and Delia Benson Nash. On September 10, 1932, Normal married the love of his life, Weltha Frye, daughter of Thomas and Perlina Elliott Frye, in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. She was born in Lincoln County September 20, 1916. They had fourteen children: Doris, Normal Jr., Brenda, Sandra, Sheila, Stephen, Mary Hope, Paul, Donna, Barry, Martha, Susan, Sherry, and William.
     Normal and Weltha worked diligently side by side to care for, feed, and educate their children. They were well known as local general store merchants at the top of Doss Hill, which included long distance hauling of produce. They also bought a farm at the foot of Doss Hill on Davis Creek. The family had an orchard, raised livestock, food, and cash crops such as tobacco and cane for molasses. The Nash family periodically acquired more acreage with modest houses which were used as rental property. There were many difficult times, but their family was their life and it continued to grow.
     1. Doris June born January 1, 1934 married Hobart Adkins May 18, 1951. They have four children: Pamela Annette (Artrip), Hobart Alan, Stanley Owen, and Charles Brian. They currently have five grandchildren. They reside in Cabell County.
     2. Normal Albert Jr. (Buzz) born August 7, 1935 married Norma Merritt December 25, 1953. They have four children: Normal Albert III, Donald Ray, Mary Alice (Yingling), and Paul Adam. They currently have nine grandchildren. They reside in Cabell County.
     3. Brenda Kaye born January 27, 1942 married Richard Lee Isner and they had two children: Rhonda Lee (Detrow) and Donald Lee. They divorced and then Brenda married Carl W. Sparks Jr. They have two children: Catherine Courtney Lee, and Rachel Elizabeth Lee. They have four grandchildren. They reside in Ohio, Kentucky, and Cabell County.
     4. Sandra Gaye born June 9, 1943 married Carl Merritt December 30, 1958. They have five children: Carl Jr., Carla Gaye (Jordan), Carlana Robin Renee (Farley), Carlton Dale, and Carlen Glen. They soon will have ten grandchildren. They reside in Cabell and Putnam Counties.
     5. Sheila Dawn born October 15, 1944 married Lannes Clay Williamson June 5, 1965 and divorced in 1982. They have two children: Lannes Clay II, and Damon Nash. They have three grandchildren. Sheila married George B. Foster January 29, 1985 and was widowed in 1992. They reside in Mason and Cabell Counties.
     6. Stephen Dallas born November 25, 1945 married Deborah Kaye Knapp August 10, 1969 and divorced in 1970. They have one child, Melissa Dawn. Stephen married Sandra Jean Werling Chadwell June 3, 1978. He adopted her son Jerome Lee. They reside in Kentucky and Cabell and Putnam Counties.
     7. Mary Hope born May 15, 1947 married Danny Luther Wallace April 27, 1978. They have one child, Dannielle Lee. They reside in Wayne County.
     8. Paul Hunter born July 28, 1948 died November 15, 1966 of a lifelong heart condition at St. Mary's Hospital. He was a student at Marshall University and is buried at Oaklawn Cemetery in Barboursville.
     9. Donna Lynnette born January 1, 1950 married John David Flowers November 2, 1968. They have three children: Coy Alden, Cole Hunter, and Melody Jon. They reside in Cabell County.
     10. Barry Winston (Joe) born March 10, 1951 perished when the airplane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed on November 14, 1970. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery with the six unidentified players.
     11. Martha Elaine born October 5, 1952 married James Grady Ferguson December 19, 1972. They have two children: Allen Scott, and Barry James. They reside in Cabell County.
     12. Lora Susan born November 29, 1953 married Terriell Richard Sperry November 23, 1973 and divorced in 1986. They have one child, Terriell Richard II. They reside in Cabell County.
     13. Sherry Beth born May 25, 1955 married Jeffrey Parish Flesher November 26, 1975. They have three children: Alisha Marie, Meredith Renee, and Heather Nicole. They reside in Harrison County.
     14. William Lyndon (Bill) born May 19, 1957 married Bonita Gail Wellman July 8, 1978. They have four children: William Joel, Derek Homer Eldon, Travis Lyndon, and Katelyn Michelle. They reside in Wayne County.
     Normal and Weltha passed on their attributes of high ethics, love of education, and work skills to their descendants. Several are college graduates or current students. All are involved in careers such as business, medicine, education, missionary, community and military service.
     The main thing that endured and dominated throughout their lives was their Christian work. When Normal received the calling, he began tirelessly working as an evangelist, preacher, pastor and eventually an ordained minister having completed his seminary at Duke University. Their years of Christian work took the family throughout Lincoln, Mason, Logan, Wayne, and Cabell Counties. Reverend Normal Albert Nash was minister at Salt Rock and Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Churches at the time of his death April 24, 1977. Weltha then attended Dillon Chapel Methodist until she passed away August 7, 1978. The greatest legacy left by Normal and Weltha is their huge, close-knit family.

Submitted by: Donna Lynnette Nash Flowers