Donald Erwin Ransom

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CENSUS RECORDS

1940 Census
Name: Donald Ransom
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: abt 1930
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
House Number: 702
Inferred Residence in 1935: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade
Household Members:
Name Age
Dona Ransom 41
Christine Ransom 38
H Eugene Ransom 13
Donald Ransom 10
Robert Ransom 8
Kenneth Ransom 6
Doris Ransom 2

OBITUARY

Donald E. Ransom, 63, of 205 Foxhill Place, died at 7:15 am Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1929 in Jackson, Mich., a son of the late Dana June and Christine Leonard Harrington Ransom.

Before retirement he was employed by the Museum of American Frontier Culture. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and a past deacon of Linden Heights Baptist Church. He was a member of Staunton Masonic Lodge No 13 AF&AM and also of the Lynchburg Scottish Rite Bodies, the Consistory ACCA Temple of Richmond and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He was an Army Air Force and Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and the Korean Conflict.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sharon Fansley Kenney Ransom, four daughters; Ms. Cheri Ann Ransom of Waynesboro, Mrs. Susan Leonors Morris of Fresno, Calif., Miss Janet Lynn Ransom of Raleigh, NC and Ms Lois Kay Clatterbaugh of Las Vegas, New.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Helen Kenney Riddle of Stuarts Draft and John Andrew Kennedy of Waynesboro; three brothers, Harry Eugene Ransom of Brentwood, Tenn., Robert Raymond Ransom of St. Peters, MO., and Kenneth Alan Ransom of Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Eileen Hawkins of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhn of Rives Junction, Mich.; and eight grandchildren, Nancy Marion, Chad Clatterbaugh, Veronica Riddle, Scottie Riddle II, John David Kenney, Andrew Nathan Kenney, Armanda Morris and Jefrey Morris.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Anne Gaylor Ransom, on July 22, 1981 and a son, Byron Tate Ransom on Sept. 26, 1973.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Temple D. Myers. Burial will follow in Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, with rites by Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and military honors will be conducted by Bolling United States Air Force of Washington, DC. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Staunton Masonic Lodge No. 13 AF&AM and Chapter No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star.

The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 this evening in the Henry Funeral Home. It is suggested that those desiring may make memorial donations to the Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 224 Taylor St., Staunton, VA 24401.

Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Donald Erwin Ransom
SSN: 365261815
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1929
Birth Place: Jackson Jack, Michigan
Father Name: Dana J Ransom
Mother Name: Leanora C Harrington
Death Date: 14 Dec 1992
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Oct 1943: Name listed as DONALD ERWIN RANSOM; 22 Dec 1992: Name listed as DONALD E RANSOM

Buried:
Grave location and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106020499&ref=acom

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Donald Erwin Ransom
Death Date: 14 Dec 1992
Death Place: Staunton, VA

Social Security Death Index
Name: Donald E. Ransom
SSN: 365-26-1815
Last Residence: 24401 Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia
BORN: 11 Apr 1929
Died: 14 Dec 1992
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951)

Donald married Mary Ann Galyor 05 Jul 1952, Northampton Co. VA. Mary (daughter of Tate Graham Galyor and Ruby Nicely) was born 10 Mar 1936, Lexington Rockbridge Co. VA; died 22 Jul 1981, Waynesboro, VA; was buried , Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Byron Tate Ransom was born 31 Mar 1953, Pennsylvania; died 26 Sep 1973, Waynesboro, VA; was buried , Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Augusta Co. VA.
2. Lois Kay Ransom
3. Janet Lynn Ransom
4. Cheri Ann Ransom
5. Susan Ransom