West Virginia Pioneers
Basil Oral Casto
1922 - 2009 (87 years)-
Name Basil Oral Casto Born 12 Feb 1922 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 1 Sep 2009 Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA [2] Buried Wood County, West Virginia, USA Notes
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Basil O Casto
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State of Residence: West Virginia
County or City: Jackson
Enlistment Date: 17 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Clarksburg West
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 167
Basil O. Casto Sr., 87, of Parkersburg died Sept. 1, 2009, at his residence.
He was born in Charleston, W.Va., on Feb. 12, 1922, the son of the late Emory Boyd and Ivy Myrtle Doughty Casto. He had his own radio, TV repair business, had worked for the Pinkerton Security Co. and also the Wackinhut Security and also had worked as an electrician.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie Casto; three sons, Basil O. Casto Jr. of Parkersburg, Gary B. Casto of Statts Mills, W.Va., and Terry L. Casto of Ripley, W.Va.; three daughters, Masil Casto of Parkersburg, Sharon Weaver of Millwood, W.Va., and Avis Turner of Ravenswood, W.Va.; four stepchildren, Linda, Millie, Wayne and Roger Haislep; a brother, Ottie Casto of Parkersburg; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three children, Mellissa Casto Espy, William A. Casto and Eric G. Casto.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with Pastor Abdel Judeh officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Person ID I42083 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Jul 2017
Father Emory Boyd Casto, b. 26 Dec 1890, West Virginia, USA , d. 29 Mar 1969 (Age 78 years) Mother Iva Myrtle Doughty, b. 24 Oct 1894, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 7 May 1999, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 104 years) Married 2 Apr 1913 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [1] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 2 April 1913 at the residence of JW Doughty
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Boyd Casto, 22; Jackson Co, WV; Jackson Co, WV
Myrtle Doughty, 18; Jackson Co, WV; Jackson Co, WV
1920 Kanawha Co WV # 177-207
Miller, Owen 27
Esther 26
# 208
Casto, Boyd E 29
Myrtle 25
Outie son 1 11/12
1930 Washington, Jackson, West Virginia
Casto, Boyd 38 md age 22, WV WV WV
Myrtle wife 36 md age 20 WV WV WV
Otto son 12 WV WV WV
Basil son 8 WV WV WV
1940 Staats Mill, Washington, Jackson, West Virginia 2 May 1940
Rocky Knob Road #250 rents $3, farm
Casto, Boyd 49 WV 1935: lived same house farmer
Myrtle wife 45 WV 1935: lived same house
Basil son 18 WV 1935: lived same house
JCBR
CASTO, Ottie Darrell 2/23/1918 Boyd & M (Doughty) Casto Fletcher
Family ID F11983 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Hazel Crihfield, b. 25 Aug 1927, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Bef 26 Oct 2018 (Age < 91 years) Married 3 Nov 1945 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [1] Children 1. Sharon Kay Casto 2. Gary Basil Casto 3. Terry Lee Casto 4. Avis Myrtle Casto 5. William Allen Casto, b. 3 Feb 1955, d. 7 Oct 2006, Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)6. Eric Glenn Casto, b. 3 Mar 1963, d. 1993, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 29 years)Family ID F11980 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elsie McCoy Children 1. Melissa Casto, d. Bef 1 Sep 2009 2. Masil L Casto 3. Basil Oral Casto Family ID F19667 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - 1 Sep 2009 - Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA 
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