Lenore Coberly (nee McComas) was born in Hamlin (Lincoln County), West Virginia, on February 23, 1925. She graduated from West Virginia University and obtained a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh and married Camden Arthur Coberly (1922-2001) in West Virginia in 1946; the couple had four children. The Coberlys moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where Camden Coberly obtained a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. A published poet and writer, Lenore Coberly taught creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She died in Madison on September 28, 2022, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison.

Robert Henderson "Bob" Adkins, son of Albert G. and Mary Anna Dingess Adkins, was born in Ferrellsburg (Lincoln County), West Virginia, on October 27, 1903. He established R. H. Adkins and Companies in Hamlin (Lincoln County) in 1927. He remained active in the oil and gas industry throughout his life and also served as chairman of the board of Lincoln National Bank. Twice married, to Madge Hager (1895-1972) and Rena Weaver (1927-2018), he fathered two children, the first dying in infancy. Bob Adkins died in Hamlin on October 12, 1999, and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Hamlin.