Ernest Everett Doak

I will try to feature a different child of Alexander Arthur and his wives Emma Elizabeth and Virginia Doak. We have seen some of Sylvia's family so now hopefully we can get some of Everett and Mary's children. I didn't have success with the pictures Greg sent me but eventually will get them. They were in zip file and perhaps that had something to do with it. I'll go ahead and tell you what I know about Uncle Everett. I was so happy to find this out from his daughter's. Any other posts about him or Mary his wife or anyone else in the family will be most welcome during this time.

Uncle Everett was born on May 12, 1896 in Tyler County West Virginia. He loved music and was a very good singer. He sang on the first and only radio station in the world at that time. He sang in a quartet. I'll try to find out the name of the songs he sang. His daughter remembers the limousine coming to pick him up. He wanted to make a career out of singing but that didn't work out. He loved listening to opera and a daughter recalls him resting on the couch every Saturday afternoon as he listened to opera. His one great granddaughter inherited his love for opera. If you will google on Carolyn Betty you can see her. He has many other equally special grandchildren and great grandchildren with other great talents that perhaps are just not as obvious. Now back to Uncle Everett. He became a Chiropractor but couldn't bring himself to collect from his patients who owed him money. He decided to teach at a chiropractor school instead of practicing himself. He also trained for the ministry I believe. He helped renovate the Historical Wells hotel with Uncle Arthur his younger brother. They made it into a very nice hotel and got it on the National Historical registry. They also had a restaurant which the children all helped with.