Portrait of Dock Robert Hannah

Portrait of Dock Robert Hannah

ca. 1935

Portrait of Dock Hannah, worked for the Bank of Marlinton. Dock Robert Hannah was born July 11, 1901 in Slaty Fork, W.Va. Father was Samuel David Hannah. Mother was Amanda Margaret Moore. He was one of seven children. Family lived in the Elk Valley area in what is called "the old field." Dock Hannah married Thelma Pearl Newman in 1935. They had no children. Mr. Hannah was a former schoolteacher in Pocahontas County and a promiment banker with Bank of Marlinton. He died on July 7, 1988 and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Marlinton. The notation with his senior picture in the high school yearbook reads: "Brief of speech, slow to act, but an accomplisher of great things."

Marlinton, W.Va.

Cal Gay

Laura Defibaugh McLaughlin

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