Henry Ford ALTIZER

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CENSUS RECORDS

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry F Allizer [Henry F Altizer]
Age: 10 months
Birth Year: abt 1920 [abt 1919]
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Elbert G Altizer
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Mary B Altizer
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Ford Altizer
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1919
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: G E Altizer
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Mary B Altizer
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

MILITARY RECORDS

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Henry F Altizer
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
County or City: Tazewell

Enlistment Date: 25 Mar 1943
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Abingdon
Branch: No branch assignment
Grade Code: Private

Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled miners, and mining-machine operators
Marital Status: Single, without dependents

OBITUARY

Bluefield Daily Telegraph; 7 Nov 2010

TAZEWELL, Va. Henry F. Altizer, age 91, of Tazewell, Va., died Friday, November 5, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, W.Va. Born February 13, 1919 at Cliffield, Va., he was a son of the late George Elbert Altizer and Bertie Patton Altizer. He was a member of the Tazewell Christian Church and the Christian Men's Fellowship. Mr. Altizer was a U.S. Army Air Force Veteran of World War II and was a life member of the Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, Va. He was a retired coal miner and member of the UMWA Local # 2322 at Amonate. He also worked for a time at the Pocahontas Shop. He was a former member of the North Tazewell Lions Club and the Tazewell Moose Lodge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters, Ruth Witt, Ruby Suiter, Ella Lambert, and Helen Lockhart; two brothers, Hoyt Altizer and Charles Altizer.

He is survived by his wife, Edith Griffin Altizer; two sons, David Altizer and wife, Lori of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Eddie Altizer and wife, Sharon of Mechanicsville, Va.; two sisters, Irene Nichols of Bluefield, W.Va. and Jean Strickland of Suffolk, Va.; six grandchildren, Sarah Altizer, Matthew Altizer, Chuck Altizer, Lonnie Altizer, Stephen Altizer, and James Henry Altizer; three great-grandchildren, Grayson Altizer, Bailey Altizer, and Xavier Altizer; numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Tazewell Christian Church in Tazewell, Va. with the Reverend Michael Stump officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, Va. where military graveside rites will be conducted by members of the Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, Va. Grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell, Va. from 6-8 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 2010.

The family requests memorial contributions be directed to Tazewell Christian Church 302 E. Pine St. Tazewell, VA 24651.




Birth:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Henry F. Altizer
Last Residence: 24651 Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
Born: 13 Feb 1919
Died: 5 Nov 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location:
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Henry married Edith Elaine Griffin. Edith was born 29 May 1920. [Group Sheet]

David married Lorraine Anne Edwards. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Heidi Ann Roberts. [Group Sheet]