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Walter Engle "Jack" Rollins (September 15, 1906 – January 1, 1973) was an American musician born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania and raised in Keyser, West Virginia. [1] Rollins wrote the lyrics to holiday favorites "Here Comes Peter Cottontail," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Smokey the Bear." The music was written by his partner Steve Nelson.
Ruth Ann Davis (May 25, 1936 – September 18, 2009) was an American educator and academic who lived and worked in the U.S. states of Michigan and West Virginia.Davis was born in Keyser, West Virginia, in 1936 and graduated from Keyser High School as valedictorian and an honor student in 1954.
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2015. ... F. Ray Keyser, Jr., ... American politician, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture (1965–1989 ...
Marshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1914. [1] [2] She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood. [1]From the age of nine until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia, [1] where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942.
The town of Keyser, West Virginia was named for him. While at the B&O, he was instrumental in labor negotiations during the 1871 and 1877 railroad workers strikes. In 1881, Keyser left the B&O. His action was precipitated by Garrett's decision to promote his son, Robert Garrett, over Keyser. [2]
It took its name after the 1928 merger of the Mineral Daily News and the Keyser Tribune. [4] The Daily News was founded in Keyser in 1912; [1] the other paper had begun as the West Virginia Tribune, published in New Creek, West Virginia, in 1870. [5] Gannett sold the newspaper in 2022 to NCWV Media. [6]
The Bishop of Richmond, Most Rev. Francis X. DiLorenzo, retired Father Quinlan in June, 2005 from service at Holy Family in Virginia Beach. [2] A Christmas Eve homily, which made references to Mary's humanly giving birth to Jesus, offended some members of the parish and was reported to Bishop DiLorenzo.
Stonewall Jackson, C.S. Army general born in Clarksburg and died before the region was formed into West Virginia; Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician; Jonah Edward Kelley, U.S. Army soldier; Medal of Honor recipient; Edwin Gray Lee, C.S. Army general born in Shepherdstown before it became part of the newly formed West Virginia