Dwight W. McCormick

From Martha Jane Becker's book "Bramwell - The Diary of a Millionaire Coal Town" we learn that Mr. Dwight McCormick was born on 22 February 1904 in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia. His early childhood was spent on the family farm in Waiteville. After graduating from Sweet Springs District High School in Gap Mills, West Virginia, he enrolled in Alderson Baptist Academy at Alderson, WV, where he distinguished himself on a baseball scholarship. He then attended Concord College and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He followed this formal education with post graduate work at Duke University earning a M.A. in School Administration in 1935. Upon graduation from Concord College, he taught three years in McDowell County before coming to Bramwell in 1931. He met his wife to be , Martha Ellwood, also on the Bramwell Faculty, whom he married in 1935 in the Duke University Chapel.

According to Martha Jane Becker's book, if you ask Mr. McCormick what his accomplishments were as principal of Bramwell High School that made him most proud....he would probably name the many changes that took place during his administration. He would no doubt give credit to his many students, his faculty and the great community spirit. Dwight McCormick loved Bramwell High School and the town of Bramwell and believed in the people. He served several terms as mayor of Bramwell. He is credited with the leadership in community improvements that provided maintenance and growth of an outstanding fire department, street improvements, beautification projects, emergency rescue service; while providing the administrative leadership for the outstanding growth of the community's Bramwell High School for over thirty five years. He is remembered and admired by thousands of his former students for his outstanding administrative leadership while principal of Bramwell High School.

Mr. D. W. McCormick of Mercer County, W.Va. was the Republican Candidate for West Virginia State House of Delegates from Mercer County in 1958.

Mr. McCormick retired in 1968, following a massive heart attack. After his partial recovery, he spent the next three years directing a reading program at Bluefield State College where he was also seeking financial aid for the college. In August 1976 he and his wife left Bramwell to live in Houston, Texas with their daughter. Dwight W. McCormick died June 1, 1977. Mr. McCormick and his wife, Martha ( 1907 - 1981 ) are buried near their Bramwell home at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluewell, WV. ( Birth/Death records confirmed through Social Security Death Index. )

Martha Ellwood McCormick
( Photograph from BHS 1953 Junior Senior Prom. )

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McCORMICK L.W. (BUD) (1867-1944) & Wife JOSIE ANNE (1868-1953)

Leonidas Wellington "Bud" McCormick was the son of Joseph Preston McCormick and Martha Carolie Bean McCormick of Monroe County, Wv. Bud was born 22 Dec 1867 in Monroe County. Bud was the oldest of four children born to this couple. Josie was born on Nov. 3, 1868 in Simmonsvile, Craig County, Virginia. She was the first born child of six children born to Henry Bunyun Williams and his wife, Margaret C. Kintzley Williams. Bud married Josie Anne Williams in Monroe County on March 30, 1892. Bud McCormick died on Feb. 20, 1944 and Josie on June 23, 1953. They are buried at New Zion Union Church Cemetery in Waiteville, Monroe, West Virginia

Bud and Josie had two sons: Alvey Hovey [1895-1966] and Dwight William [1904 - 1977]. Research indicates that this Dwight William McCormick was the well known principal of Bramwell High School for over 30 years.

MCCORMICK, L. W. (Bud) 1867 - 1944 & MCCORMICK, Josie Anne 1868 - 1953

Leonidas Wellington McCormick, aka: "Bud" was one of four children bron to Joseph Preston McCormick and Martha Caroline Bean [my gr-gr-grandparents daughter and sister to my gr-grandfather, William]. Josie Anne Williams was one of six children born to Henry Bunyon Williams and Margaret C. Kintzley. It is through their marriage in 1892 that my blood family, and my "other mother's" family are tied! [Well, that is actually only one tie, the other is for another day!] It is the closest tie. [Love ya Mama Talma!] Bud and Josie had two sons, Alvey Hovey [1895-1966] and Dwight William [1904-1977]. The couple is buried at... ...in Waiteville, Monroe County, West Virginia at this church and cemetery... Bud's parents are buried at the southeast corner of the church [to the right of this snapshot] at the rear corner of the church building.

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