REAMEY Family

FIRST GENERATION

1. Gene Wayne Reamey was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Gene Wayne Reamey went by Wayne while in high school. Also used Wayne in the Navy and in the work force.

He attended North Miami High Junior High School in North Miami, Dade County, Florida from which he graduated the ninth grade in June 1955. At that time the new high school was still being built so all students from the 8th grade and above attended one high school that combined the junior and senior high classes together. The student population was 3,200 students. Wayne then continued his schooling at North Miami Senior High, graduating with 557 other students in June 1958.

While attend high school his family lived in Sunhaven Terrace Park in Ojus, Dade County, Florida. His home room at North Miami High was #3. Wayne was low keyed in high school and did not get involved in very many school activities. He did attend the senior prom with Gail Wilder. She was not a member of the "Class of 1958".

After graduating from high school Wayne joined the United States Navy. When Wayne was discharged from the Navy he went to work for DuPont in Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, working in the fibers division. Wayne retired after twenty nine years from DuPont but stayed in Martinsville.

Wayne's hobbies include hunting, traveling across the United States, racing and sports fan. He is also a very big Civil War buff.

Wayne has ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the Civil War. Many of his lines go back to the mid-1600's in Virginia. Wayne's ancestry goes back 32 generations, through the English and Scottish Royal families and the landed gentry.

Gene Wayne Reamey married Rebecca Campbell in November 22, 1962. She goes by the name of Becky. Her parents are John L. Campbell and Blanch Mills. Blanch married a second time to Edwin H. Seay. From the second marriage Blanch had another daughter named Donna Seay and a son named Michael Seay.

Gene Wayne Reamey and Becky Campbell had two sons:

1) Kevin Wayne Reamey was born in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida. He married Lynn Smith and had one daughter named Billie Leigh Reamey. He then married 3rd to Denise Jenkins.

2) Patrick Wayne Reamey was born in Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia. He married Tamara Turner and they have one son named Patrick Wayne Reamey Jr.

The surname Reamey was originally Remi in France in the 1400's but changed to Remy after his ancestors arrived in the Virginia Colony in the mid-1600's. In the mid-1700's, each of the sons of Asbury Remy took different spellings of the surname that included Ramey, Rainey, Raney, Rayme, Reamy and Reamey.

A few Remy cousins include county singer Loretta Lynn and Patty Loveless. Patty's mother was Ruth Ramey from the Kentucky branch of the line.

Another hobby Wayne has is doing family genealogical research. Through his research he found that he had a few ancestors who fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy. This love for his ancestors led Wayne to join the National Sons of the Confederacy organization with his two sons, Kevin and Patrick, and his grandson in 2003.

Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause. The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans, and the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers. Organized at Richmond, Virginia in 1896, the SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.

Membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to all male descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. Membership can be obtained through either direct or collateral family lines and kinship to a veteran must be documented genealogically. The minimum age for membership is 12.

Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans:

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Are you also ready to die for your country? Is your life worthy to be remembered along with theirs? Do you choose for yourself the greatness of soul?

Not in the clamour of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves are triumph and defeat."

SECOND GENERATION

2. Glenward Earl Reamey was born on January 5, 1912 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He died on May 26, 1989 in Axton, Henry County, Virginia. Glenward Earl Reamey and Emma Wilson had one son who died at birth. The name and date and place of birth is unknown.

Glenward attended elementery school, quitting school after the seventh grade to work on a farm as his family were in financial need. Glenward later did farming in both Virginia and Dade County, Florida and also worked in construction.

In the 1950's Glenward and Emma moved to Northern Dade County, Florida, where they farmed tomatoes along US Route 1, next to the Boulevard Drive-In Theater in North Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida. They stayed there for a few years. At that time the family home was in the small town of Ojus, Dade County, Florida.

Glenward Reamey loved to work in his family garden, raising flowers and attending the local Nascar races. Both Glenward and Emma loved to grow and assortment of fresh vegetables for the family table. Both also enjoyed spending time with family members at all types of family gatherings. He was married to Emma Logan Wilson on January 22, 1938 in Halifax County, Virginia.

3. Emma Logan Wilson was born on January 16, 1920 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She died in May 1984 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Emma Logan Wilson only attended school through the tenth grade. She later worked in farming and in textiles. Glenward Earl Reamey and Emma Logan Wilson had the following children:

1 i. Gene Wayne Reamey.

THIRD GENERATION

4. Richard Baxter Reamey was born in 1881 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He died in 1940 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was buried in 1940 in Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Richard Baxter Reamey and his wife Bessie Viola Wilkerson were lifelong hard working farmers. He was married to Bessie Viola Wilkerson in 1909 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

5. Bessie Viola Wilkerson was born on July 19, 1891 in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia. She died in September 1966 in Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She was buried in September 1966 in Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. On the 1900 census Bessie's birth is given as March 1893. She was living with her parents on her grandmother's farm in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia in enumeration district 30, on page 10. Richard Baxter Reamey and Bessie Viola Wilkerson had the following children:

2 i. Glenward Earl Reamey.
ii. Hilda Clay Reamey was born in 1914 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
iii. Geneva Francis Reamey was born in 1917 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
iv. Richard Baxter Reamey Jr. was born in 1920 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
v. Elmer Lacy Reamey was born in June 1923 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
vi. Aubrey Harold Reamey was born on April 15, 1928 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He died on December 31, 2001 in Keyville, Charlotte County, Virginia.

6. Eddie Lawrence Wilson was born on September 5, 1890 in Halifax County, North Carolina. He died in May 1971 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was buried in May 1971 in Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Eddie Lawrence Wilson and his wife Donie Queen were lifelong farmers. In 1930 he is listed with family members in district 10, on sheet 4 A of the Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia census. He was married to Donie Queen in 1915 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

7. Donie Queen was born on May 4, 1898 in Keyser, Cleveland County, North Carolina. She died on July 24, 1995 in Keysville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She was buried on July 27, 1995 in Friendship Methodist Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. A visitation was held on Wednesday, July 26, 1955 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home. Her funeral was held from the Newcomb Allgood Funeral Home, with church services from the Friendship United Methodist Church at 11:00 am. Reverend Brent A. Shaw officiated. Eddie Lawrence Wilson and Donie Queen had the following children:

i. Jim Bailey Wilson was born on January 8, 1916 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He died in December 1977 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
ii. Irene Hardington Wilson was born in April 1918 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
3 iii. Emma Logan Wilson.
iv. Donie Leone Wilson was born in January 1922 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She is listed as Leona on the 1930 census.
v. James Hicks Wilson was born in November 1924 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
vi. Lindsey Otis Wilson was born in December 1925 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. In 1930 his name was spelled Lonzie on the census.
vii. Eddie Lawrence Wilson Jr. was born in January 1928 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The 1930 census lists him as Lorance Jr., not Eddie Lawrence.
viii. Myrtle Elvin Wilson was born in June 1930 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
ix. Dan Twink Wilson was born in November 1933 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
x. Lillie Ann Wilson was born in October 1937 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

FOURTH GENERATION

8. Edward Leander Reamey Jr. was born on November 4, 1852 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. On the 1880 census he was a farmer, living in District 142, Blue Stone, Mecklenbury County, Virginia. He is listed on page 74 C. In 1920 he was living in enumeration district 43 and is listed on sheet 10 A of the census. At that time he was still working as a farmer.

Many of those who were born prior to 1850 were not educated and they did not know how to read or write. The spelling of surnames was usually left to the person recording the event. If the recorder or clerk knew others in the area with a certain spelling of a surname they just assumed the spelling for all others was in the area was the same. So the surname of
Reamey is found as Reamy, Remy, Rhemy, Rainey, Ramey in the Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

William Remy and his wife Catherine Asbury had at least six sons. Each of the sons took a different spelling as they spread out over Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Iowa. He was married to Harriet Atwood Reamey in 1876 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

9. Harriet Atwood Reamey was born in August 1857 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She died on January 17, 1933 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Edward Leander Reamey Jr. and Harriet Atwood Reamey had the following children:

i. Thomas E. Reamey was born in 1878 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
ii. Lelia M. Reamey was born in September 1879 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
4 iii. Richard Baxter Reamey.
iv. Fleming M. Reamey was born in 1885 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Fleming was a farm laborer in 1920 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia according to the census.
v. Earnest L. Reamey was born in 1886 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
vi. James Andrew Reamey was born in 1889 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
vii. Ida Lee Reamey was born in 1891 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
viii. Charlie A. Reamey was born on September 29, 1893 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He died in December 1967 in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Charlie Reamy was a farmer in 1920 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia according to the census. He was still unmarried at that time. His social security number was 231-48-9493.
ix. Henry Homer Reamey was born on May 3, 1898 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He died in December 1973 in Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Henry Homer was a farmer in 1920 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was still unmarried at that time.
x. Walter Reamey was born in 1902 in Blue Stone, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Walter was a farm laborer in 1920 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was still unmarried at that time.

10. George Wilkerson was born in March 1870 in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia. In 1900 the family was living in enumeration district 30 on page 10, starting on line 29 in the Charlotte County, Virginia census. George was a farm laborer. He was married to Lesia Jones in 1890 in Charlotte County, Virginia.

11. Lesia Jones was born in May 1873 in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia. Lesia Jones first name is also listed as Lena on some records. George Wilkerson and Lesia Jones had the following children:

5 i. Bessie Viola Wilkerson.
ii. Earnest Wilkerson was born in 1893 in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia. His name was also spelled Ernest.
iii. Lizzie Wilkerson was born in January 1895 in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia.
iv. Lateacher Wilkerson was born in May 1899 in Bacon, Charlotte County, Virginia. Lateacher was a female.

12. James Sanford Jim Wilson was born on April 5, 1857 in Halifax County, North Carolina. He died on October 7, 1924. James Sanford Jim Wilson married as his second wife Mary Gilliam Jenkins on January 25, 1903. Mary was born on April 23, 1872 and died on April 23, 1938. James Sanford Jim Wilson and Mary Gilliam Jenkins had the following children:

1) Phenetta Elvira Queen was born in 1902 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
2) Archer Sanford Queen was born in 1904 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
3) Annie Victoria Queen was born in 1906 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

By 1930 he and his second wife were both deceased. They died in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia between the years of 1919 and 1929. The 1930 census has a son listed for the Wilsons' named Gefison. This could be Frank Gillam or another son not listed earlier with the family. He was married to Lucy Hicks Newsom in January 1888 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

13. Lucy Hicks Newsom was born on April 24, 1867 in Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. She died on October 25, 1900. James Sanford Jim Wilson and Lucy Hicks Newsom had the following children:

6 i. Eddie Lawrence Wilson.
ii. Jessie Macon Wilson was born in 1892 in Halifax County, North Carolina. In 1930 he is listed in district 10, on sheet 4 A of the Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia census. In 1930 he was a general laborer living next to his older brother Eddie Wilson.
iii. Davis Jenkins Wilson was born in 1895 in Halifax County, North Carolina. In 1930 he is listed in district 10, on sheet 4 A of the Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia census. In 1930 he was a general laborer living next to his older brother Eddie Wilson.
iv. Frank Gilliam Wilson was born in 1897 in Halifax County, North Carolina. In 1930 he is listed in district 10, on sheet 4 A of the Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia census. In 1930 he was a general laborer living next to his older brother Eddie Wilson.
v. Jerry Lewis Wilson was born in 1899 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

14. Julius Alfred Queen was born in 1873 in Knob Creek, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Julius Alfred was a general farmer. The 1880 census, page 624 B, of Knob Creek, Cleveland, North Carolina his name was spelled as Joulas. In 1910 the family was living in Rutherford County, North Carolina. At that time Amanda said she had seven children but only six were still living. Son Johnnie was not born yet and daughter Tavia was not listed on the census so either she or another unknown child had already died. He was married to Amanda Crotts in 1896 in Knob Creek, Cleveland County, North Carolina.

15. Amanda Crotts was born in 1873 in Casar, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Julius Alfred Queen and Amanda Crotts had the following children:

7 i. Donie Queen.
ii. Ockie Queen was born in 1899 in Keyser, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
iii. Tavia Queen was born in 1902 in Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
iv. Thomas Queen was born in 1903 in Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
v. Lillie Queen was born in 1905 in Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
vi. Lucy Queen was born in 1907 in Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
vii. Alonzo R. Queen was born in March 1910 in Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
viii. Johnnie Queen was born in 1912 in Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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Contributed by Gene Reamey

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