Roy Bascum Montgomery

1910 - 1946  (35 years)

• Name	Roy Bascum Montgomery
  Birth	11 Apr 1910	Floyd County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jan 1946
  Person ID	I421	Clan Montgomery Society | William Montgomery and Rebecca Erwin
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	McNeely C. Montgomery,   b. 15 Jun 1855, Carroll County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Jul 1921, Floyd County, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Victoria Quessenberry,   b. 25 Jun 1872, Floyd County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Apr 1945 (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Dec 1888	Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doris Elaine Motley,   b. 6 Feb 1910   d. 21 Nov 2005 (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  ROY BASCUM MONTGOMERY WAS NEVER MARRIED. HE CLAIMED PARENTAGE TO THREE KNOWN CHILDREN. ROY WAS INCARCERATED ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS FOR SELLING MOONSHINE, CAR THEFT, ETC. DURING ONE OF HIS LONGER INCARCERATIONS HE WROTE A SONG ENTITLED "FAST WOMEN AND SLOW GIN." THIS WRITTEN SONG HE GAVE TO MY MOTHER, LUCINDA MONTGOMERY, WHO YEARS LATER HAD IT COPY RIGHTED, PLACED TO MUSIC AND A RECORD MADE OF THE SONG. ROY AT ONE TIME OPERATED AN ILLEGAL LIQUOR BUSINESS OUT OF PULASKI-FLOYD-CARROLL COUNTIES, AND FROM EAST RIVER MOUNTAIN LOCATED OUTSIDE BLUEFIELD, VIRGINIA.