Charles Everett Roseberry joined the United States Army in 1942 in part because he was single whereas his brother, William Chester Roseberry, was married. Charles served overseas in Africa, Italy, France and Germany. William Roseberry was drafted into the Army in 1944 just months before the birth of his second son on D-Day. William served in Italy in the North Appenines and Po River campaigns.

Both brothers wrote regularly to their sister, Margaret Roseberry Lawton of Radford, Virginia who saved their letters for over 50 years before giving them to their children and grandchildren. The...

This is the story of the ancestors of Charles E. Roseberry and Betty Jean Keister. Charles Roseberry's parents were Charles Wesley Roseberry and Elizabeth Clancy Sutton of Radford, Virginia. Charles Wesley Roseberry was born in Newbern in Pulaski County, VA and his ancestors were from there going back to 1872 when his grandfather, Samuel Roseberry, moved from Carroll County, VA. The Sutton family was also from Pulaski County, VA. Elizabeth's great-grandfather, John C. Sutton was born in Montgomery County, VA in the part that would later become Pulaski County. Betty Jean Keister's grandparents...