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Male Roy Emzey Thaxton Click to view Roy Emzey Thaxton in the family tree

Roy Emzey was born on July 12th, 1915 in , Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.  Roy Emzey's father was LaFayette Franklin Thaxton and his mother was Alice Malinda Rayhill.  His paternal grandparents were Monroe Scott Thaxton and Mary Jane Legg; his maternal grandfather was Richard Charles Rayhill and his maternal grandmother is Margaret Elizabeth Stonestreet. He had six brothers and six sisters, named Elmer Scott, Russell Lee, Okey Hubert, Luthur Clarence, LaFayette, Othel "Eugene", Carrie Carmella, Norvella Aubrey, Eva Cecille, Virginia Mae, Ruby Opel and Nina Elizabeth.  He was the seventh oldest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 49 in January 1965 in , Kanawha, WV.


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