Elmer W. and Hilda (Barb) Markley With Son, Jackie
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Title
Elmer W. and Hilda (Barb) Markley With Son, Jackie
Subject
Markley, Elmer W. (1918-2010)
Markley, Hilda Bernie Barb (1917-1986)
Markley, Jackie Dennis (1943-2021)
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Elmer W. Markley wearing his U.S. Army uniform and seated beside his wife, Hilda (Barb) Markley and son, Jackie Markley.
Elmer served in the United States Army during World War II. He then worked as an engineer in the temperature department at Avtex in Front Royal retiring in 1980.
He is most remembered as being a master sawyer and operating the sawmill west of Columbia Furnace in Johnstown for many years.
His wife, Hilda, was born in Basye, one of several children born to William H. and Vinnie Victoria (Funkhouser) Barb.
His son, Jackie, was born in Harrisonburg and graduated from Central High School in 1961.
He married his high school sweetheart a year later, Luella A. Sibert, and raised three children.
Jackie worked for the FBI in Washington, DC, the Edinburg Aileen for 16 years, as a hardware salesman for R.D. McKee and opened his own business later.
Throughout his life, Jackie worked with his father and brother in a family business named M&M Lumber Company.
The name, "Elmer Marseley", appears to be written on the glass plate of this image.
Elmer served in the United States Army during World War II. He then worked as an engineer in the temperature department at Avtex in Front Royal retiring in 1980.
He is most remembered as being a master sawyer and operating the sawmill west of Columbia Furnace in Johnstown for many years.
His wife, Hilda, was born in Basye, one of several children born to William H. and Vinnie Victoria (Funkhouser) Barb.
His son, Jackie, was born in Harrisonburg and graduated from Central High School in 1961.
He married his high school sweetheart a year later, Luella A. Sibert, and raised three children.
Jackie worked for the FBI in Washington, DC, the Edinburg Aileen for 16 years, as a hardware salesman for R.D. McKee and opened his own business later.
Throughout his life, Jackie worked with his father and brother in a family business named M&M Lumber Company.
The name, "Elmer Marseley", appears to be written on the glass plate of this image.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Jun 1945".
Contributor
Identified in 2012 by Phyllis Wright who went to school with Jackie and Luella (Sibert) Markley.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Elmer Markley appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 025297 and 025801.
A photograph of the birth registration notice for Jackie Dennis Markley appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026949.
A photograph of the marriage certificate for Elmer and Hilda (Barb) Markley appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026950.
Identifier
025801
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Elmer W. and Hilda (Barb) Markley With Son, Jackie,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/55469.
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