Subseries B: Otey Family, 1949/2025

Biographical / historical:

Biographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: "Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail."

John Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.

Sources:

Box 13, Folder 54, "[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers]," of this collection

U.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.

"John Otway Otey Jr.," Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.

"Goldie Marie Dean Otey," Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.

"John Otway Otey" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905, accessed September 19, 2025.

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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