Thanks to Rebecca Sheffield for the photo of Calvin & Emma Sizemore & three of their children, taken about 1909. Calvin & Emma were her great-grandparents.ts.
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Emma was the daughter of Dr. J.F. & Sarah K. (Roberts) Holcomb.

Emma married Calvin Lewis Sizemore in Greenbrier Co, WV on January 16, 1904.

Their children were: Herbert Alonzo, Elva Floretta, Aulden Curtis, Della Christine, Ava Catherine, Berlin Novel, Joseph Nelson, Lola Frances, Carl Lewis, Margie Bertran, & Nieva Ilene.
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ON FEBRUARY 25, 1920,
Calvin & Emma, ages 35 & 31, were renting a home on Jerry's Run in Dunlap Precinct, Alleghany Co, VA near his parents. He had a job as a fireman in a local sawmill. Their children were Herbert A., age 15; Elva F., 13; Aden C., 11; Della C., 9; Ava C., 7; Berlin N., 5; Joseph N., 3 years & 4 months; & Lola F., 1 year & 2 months.

ON APRIL 8, 1930,
Calvin & Emma were renting a home on Clark St. in Covington Magisterial District, Alleghany Co, VA. He was working as a millwright in a rayon plant. Their daughter, Ava, age 17, had a job as a bleacher at a paper mill; their son, Berlin, had a job at the rayon plant with his father.

Emma had given birth to three more children; Carl L, now age 7; Marjorie B., 5; & Nera, 2.

ON APRIL 17, 1940,
Calvin, age 56, lived in Edgemont, Alleghany Co, VA, with his daughter, Ava Hurt, 27, a widow, who had a job as a reel inspector in a rayon plant.
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Emma was a patient in Alleghany Memorial Hospital when she died at 10:15 p.m. on October 26, 1950, from Acute Congestive Heart Failure. She had lived 62 years, 3 months, & 12 days. Her daughter, Mrs. Ava Reynolds of Covington, VA, was the informant on her death certificate. She was buried in Cedar Hills Cemetery on October 29th.

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Emma D Sizemore
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 62
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1888
Death Date: 26 Oct 1950
Death Place: Alleghany, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 7 Nov 1950
Father: Dr J F Halcomb
Mother: Sarah K Roberts
Spouse: Calvin L Sizemore