================================================
SOURCE: DD Form 214, Department of Defense Form 214.
NAME: Herbert Stoots
ORGANIZATION: Service Company, 20th Tank Battalion
DATE OF SEPARATION: October 15, 1945
PLACE OF SEPARATION: Camp Cooke, California (Vandenburg Air Force Base)
DATE OF INDUCTION: June 27, 1941
DATE ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE: June 27, 1941
DATE OF BIRTH: August 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH: Eccles, West Virginia
PLACE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE: Huntington, West Virginia
MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND DATE: Carbine Expert, November 43
GRADE: TEC 4
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: American Defense Service, Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS): Cook
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: Central Europe
[Department of Defense information comes
through the courtesy of David Cliborne.]
=============================================
obituary:
-------------
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Herbert A. Stoots, 27, died at memorial hospital at
Princeton early Thursday morning.
Survivors include the widow, the former Beulah
Westmoreland, and two children; the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stoots of Echols; one brother and a sister.
Funeral arrangements have not be completed.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Friday Morning
March 5, 1948
page three
=============================================
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Funeral services for Herbert A. Stoots, 27, who died
at Memorial hospital at Princeton, early Thursday
morning, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Mt.
Tabor church at Harper, W. Va. The Rev. Jim Godoy
will be in charge of the services. Burial will bein the
Mt. Tabor cemetery.
Pallbearers and flowerbearers will be selected at
the home prior to the services.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
March 7, 1948
page three
=============================================
Card of Thanks
OUR sincere thanks to all who assisted
in any way during our recent be-
reavement, the death of our son, hus-
band and brother, Herbert Stoots.
Especially do we thank the Rev. God-
bey, the Mercer Funeral Home and
those who sent flowers and furnished
cars. We are especially grateful for the
floral tributes.
Wife, Mrs. Beulah Stoots
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Stoots and
Family
____________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Wednesday Afternoon
March 17, 1948
page 10
=============================================
Many Damage Actions In Court
[Fives cases and then this. ~terry]
Also slated for Wednesday is the $10,000 damage
claim of Beulah H. Stoots, administratrix of the es-
tate of Herbert Stoots against Cobert (C. E.) Pool, for
the death of Herbert Stoots. The plaintiff declares that
Pool, a contractor, excavated a ditch, 25 feet wide and
22 feet deep, on a pathway customarily traveled by
employees of the Winding Gulf Collieries to a lamp
house and mine entrance, and that Stoots enroute to
work on March 3, 1948, fell into the excavation and
broke his neck.
[One other case follows. ~terry]
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
November 28, 1948
page thirteen
===============================================
Eccles Woman Gets $5,000 in Death Suit
Beulah Stoots, of Eccles, was awarded $5,000 in a suit
against Cobert Pool, in Mercer County circuit court yes-
terday, the result of the death of her husband, Herbert
Stoots, who died as the result of a fall in an excavation
ditch.
The plaintiff was represented by Walter Burton, of
Princeton, and Clay Crouse, Beckley attorney.
________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Friday Afternoon
March 18, 1949
page 12
===============================================
Herbert Alfred Stoots' father, Harry Franklin Stoots, survived the 2nd worst coal mining disaster in West Virginia history when on April 28, 1914 the Eccles No. 5 mine exploded and took 183 miners to their grave.
SOURCE: DD Form 214, Department of Defense Form 214.
NAME: Herbert Stoots
ORGANIZATION: Service Company, 20th Tank Battalion
DATE OF SEPARATION: October 15, 1945
PLACE OF SEPARATION: Camp Cooke, California (Vandenburg Air Force Base)
DATE OF INDUCTION: June 27, 1941
DATE ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE: June 27, 1941
DATE OF BIRTH: August 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH: Eccles, West Virginia
PLACE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE: Huntington, West Virginia
MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND DATE: Carbine Expert, November 43
GRADE: TEC 4
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: American Defense Service, Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS): Cook
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: Central Europe
[Department of Defense information comes
through the courtesy of David Cliborne.]
=============================================
obituary:
-------------
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Herbert A. Stoots, 27, died at memorial hospital at
Princeton early Thursday morning.
Survivors include the widow, the former Beulah
Westmoreland, and two children; the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stoots of Echols; one brother and a sister.
Funeral arrangements have not be completed.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Friday Morning
March 5, 1948
page three
=============================================
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Funeral services for Herbert A. Stoots, 27, who died
at Memorial hospital at Princeton, early Thursday
morning, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Mt.
Tabor church at Harper, W. Va. The Rev. Jim Godoy
will be in charge of the services. Burial will bein the
Mt. Tabor cemetery.
Pallbearers and flowerbearers will be selected at
the home prior to the services.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
March 7, 1948
page three
=============================================
Card of Thanks
OUR sincere thanks to all who assisted
in any way during our recent be-
reavement, the death of our son, hus-
band and brother, Herbert Stoots.
Especially do we thank the Rev. God-
bey, the Mercer Funeral Home and
those who sent flowers and furnished
cars. We are especially grateful for the
floral tributes.
Wife, Mrs. Beulah Stoots
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Stoots and
Family
____________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Wednesday Afternoon
March 17, 1948
page 10
=============================================
Many Damage Actions In Court
[Fives cases and then this. ~terry]
Also slated for Wednesday is the $10,000 damage
claim of Beulah H. Stoots, administratrix of the es-
tate of Herbert Stoots against Cobert (C. E.) Pool, for
the death of Herbert Stoots. The plaintiff declares that
Pool, a contractor, excavated a ditch, 25 feet wide and
22 feet deep, on a pathway customarily traveled by
employees of the Winding Gulf Collieries to a lamp
house and mine entrance, and that Stoots enroute to
work on March 3, 1948, fell into the excavation and
broke his neck.
[One other case follows. ~terry]
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
November 28, 1948
page thirteen
===============================================
Eccles Woman Gets $5,000 in Death Suit
Beulah Stoots, of Eccles, was awarded $5,000 in a suit
against Cobert Pool, in Mercer County circuit court yes-
terday, the result of the death of her husband, Herbert
Stoots, who died as the result of a fall in an excavation
ditch.
The plaintiff was represented by Walter Burton, of
Princeton, and Clay Crouse, Beckley attorney.
________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Friday Afternoon
March 18, 1949
page 12
===============================================
Herbert Alfred Stoots' father, Harry Franklin Stoots, survived the 2nd worst coal mining disaster in West Virginia history when on April 28, 1914 the Eccles No. 5 mine exploded and took 183 miners to their grave.
================================================
SOURCE: DD Form 214, Department of Defense Form 214.
NAME: Herbert Stoots
ORGANIZATION: Service Company, 20th Tank Battalion
DATE OF SEPARATION: October 15, 1945
PLACE OF SEPARATION: Camp Cooke, California (Vandenburg Air Force Base)
DATE OF INDUCTION: June 27, 1941
DATE ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE: June 27, 1941
DATE OF BIRTH: August 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH: Eccles, West Virginia
PLACE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE: Huntington, West Virginia
MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND DATE: Carbine Expert, November 43
GRADE: TEC 4
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: American Defense Service, Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS): Cook
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: Central Europe
[Department of Defense information comes
through the courtesy of David Cliborne.]
=============================================
obituary:
-------------
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Herbert A. Stoots, 27, died at memorial hospital at
Princeton early Thursday morning.
Survivors include the widow, the former Beulah
Westmoreland, and two children; the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stoots of Echols; one brother and a sister.
Funeral arrangements have not be completed.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Friday Morning
March 5, 1948
page three
=============================================
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Funeral services for Herbert A. Stoots, 27, who died
at Memorial hospital at Princeton, early Thursday
morning, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Mt.
Tabor church at Harper, W. Va. The Rev. Jim Godoy
will be in charge of the services. Burial will bein the
Mt. Tabor cemetery.
Pallbearers and flowerbearers will be selected at
the home prior to the services.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
March 7, 1948
page three
=============================================
Card of Thanks
OUR sincere thanks to all who assisted
in any way during our recent be-
reavement, the death of our son, hus-
band and brother, Herbert Stoots.
Especially do we thank the Rev. God-
bey, the Mercer Funeral Home and
those who sent flowers and furnished
cars. We are especially grateful for the
floral tributes.
Wife, Mrs. Beulah Stoots
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Stoots and
Family
____________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Wednesday Afternoon
March 17, 1948
page 10
=============================================
Many Damage Actions In Court
[Fives cases and then this. ~terry]
Also slated for Wednesday is the $10,000 damage
claim of Beulah H. Stoots, administratrix of the es-
tate of Herbert Stoots against Cobert (C. E.) Pool, for
the death of Herbert Stoots. The plaintiff declares that
Pool, a contractor, excavated a ditch, 25 feet wide and
22 feet deep, on a pathway customarily traveled by
employees of the Winding Gulf Collieries to a lamp
house and mine entrance, and that Stoots enroute to
work on March 3, 1948, fell into the excavation and
broke his neck.
[One other case follows. ~terry]
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
November 28, 1948
page thirteen
===============================================
Eccles Woman Gets $5,000 in Death Suit
Beulah Stoots, of Eccles, was awarded $5,000 in a suit
against Cobert Pool, in Mercer County circuit court yes-
terday, the result of the death of her husband, Herbert
Stoots, who died as the result of a fall in an excavation
ditch.
The plaintiff was represented by Walter Burton, of
Princeton, and Clay Crouse, Beckley attorney.
________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Friday Afternoon
March 18, 1949
page 12
===============================================
Herbert Alfred Stoots' father, Harry Franklin Stoots, survived the 2nd worst coal mining disaster in West Virginia history when on April 28, 1914 the Eccles No. 5 mine exploded and took 183 miners to their grave.
SOURCE: DD Form 214, Department of Defense Form 214.
NAME: Herbert Stoots
ORGANIZATION: Service Company, 20th Tank Battalion
DATE OF SEPARATION: October 15, 1945
PLACE OF SEPARATION: Camp Cooke, California (Vandenburg Air Force Base)
DATE OF INDUCTION: June 27, 1941
DATE ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE: June 27, 1941
DATE OF BIRTH: August 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH: Eccles, West Virginia
PLACE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE: Huntington, West Virginia
MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND DATE: Carbine Expert, November 43
GRADE: TEC 4
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: American Defense Service, Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS): Cook
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: Central Europe
[Department of Defense information comes
through the courtesy of David Cliborne.]
=============================================
obituary:
-------------
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Herbert A. Stoots, 27, died at memorial hospital at
Princeton early Thursday morning.
Survivors include the widow, the former Beulah
Westmoreland, and two children; the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stoots of Echols; one brother and a sister.
Funeral arrangements have not be completed.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Friday Morning
March 5, 1948
page three
=============================================
HERBERT A. STOOTS
Funeral services for Herbert A. Stoots, 27, who died
at Memorial hospital at Princeton, early Thursday
morning, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Mt.
Tabor church at Harper, W. Va. The Rev. Jim Godoy
will be in charge of the services. Burial will bein the
Mt. Tabor cemetery.
Pallbearers and flowerbearers will be selected at
the home prior to the services.
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
March 7, 1948
page three
=============================================
Card of Thanks
OUR sincere thanks to all who assisted
in any way during our recent be-
reavement, the death of our son, hus-
band and brother, Herbert Stoots.
Especially do we thank the Rev. God-
bey, the Mercer Funeral Home and
those who sent flowers and furnished
cars. We are especially grateful for the
floral tributes.
Wife, Mrs. Beulah Stoots
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Stoots and
Family
____________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Wednesday Afternoon
March 17, 1948
page 10
=============================================
Many Damage Actions In Court
[Fives cases and then this. ~terry]
Also slated for Wednesday is the $10,000 damage
claim of Beulah H. Stoots, administratrix of the es-
tate of Herbert Stoots against Cobert (C. E.) Pool, for
the death of Herbert Stoots. The plaintiff declares that
Pool, a contractor, excavated a ditch, 25 feet wide and
22 feet deep, on a pathway customarily traveled by
employees of the Winding Gulf Collieries to a lamp
house and mine entrance, and that Stoots enroute to
work on March 3, 1948, fell into the excavation and
broke his neck.
[One other case follows. ~terry]
______________________
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va.
Sunday Morning
November 28, 1948
page thirteen
===============================================
Eccles Woman Gets $5,000 in Death Suit
Beulah Stoots, of Eccles, was awarded $5,000 in a suit
against Cobert Pool, in Mercer County circuit court yes-
terday, the result of the death of her husband, Herbert
Stoots, who died as the result of a fall in an excavation
ditch.
The plaintiff was represented by Walter Burton, of
Princeton, and Clay Crouse, Beckley attorney.
________________
Raleigh Register
Beckley, W. Va.
Friday Afternoon
March 18, 1949
page 12
===============================================
Herbert Alfred Stoots' father, Harry Franklin Stoots, survived the 2nd worst coal mining disaster in West Virginia history when on April 28, 1914 the Eccles No. 5 mine exploded and took 183 miners to their grave.
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