Biography of Myrtle Lilly Hager Acord

She was born January 1,1929 at Kistler, Logan County, West Virginia on what my grandmother said was the biggest snow and was the coldest it had been in many years.
She is the daughter of Watson Riley Hager and Sylvia Belle Davidson Hager
Her paternal grandparents are Claibourne G. Hager and Arabess (Arispie) Price
Maternal grandparents are Blevins Davidson and Ellen Romaine Potter Davidson
She grew up in Logan County,West Virginia on Buffalo Creek
She came to live in Oceana,Wyoming County, West Virginia and that is where she met Robert Lee Acord Jr in 1944 in Oceana and the married 3 months later in Oceana on December 21,1944 where they made their home .
To this marriage were born 8 children 7 daughters and 1 son .
The 3 oldest daughters still live in Oceana .
Their children are as follows,
Sylvia Acord Bragg,Betty Acord Goodwin,,Myrna Acord Walker,Nancy Acord Paynter,Virginia Acord Gladden Bradley,Stallie Acord Sheppard Allen,Robert Edward Acord,Mary Acord George Hood Bradley Lundy.
She loved the beach and enjoyed going to Myrtle Beach,South Carolina she always joked about it she said it was named after her.Mom was a very happy person always laughing she had a beautiful smile and her eyes just had a twinkle of mischief to them.when I slip on a long sleeve blouse at times its as if Moms hands are coming through the sleeve . She was very sick the last 7 years of her life as she had diabetes and was insulin dependant for 20 years ,the last seven years she spent in a wheel chair .
Myrtle Lilly Hager Acord lived in Oceana until her death at the age of 65 years. February 21,1994 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia as her husband had died 26 years before her she was laid to rest beside him on what would have been his 74th birthday in Palm Memorial Gardens ,Matheny West Virginia

Submitted by her daughter ;
Sylvia Acord Bragg
sbragg@mail.woolco.com