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     Raleigh F. "Roley" "Ralph" Light/Iddings His father prpbably died when he was young and his parents were probably not married. He preferred to use his step-father's surname and went by the name of Raleigh F. Light or Iddings.² He was born circa 1844 at Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ He married Elizabeth Ferguson in 1873 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.² Raleigh F. "Roley" "Ralph" Light/Iddings married Antonetta/Ganzetta E. Aldridge, daughter of Mary "Polly" Aldridge, on June 24, 1887 at Floyd Co., Virginia; Raleigh was divorced when he married Ganzetta.¹

     Samuel Preston "Sam" Vest was buried at Huffville Union Church Cemetery, 1078 Huffville Road, NE, Terrys Fork, Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,6,7,8,11 His Social Security Number was 226-40-4834.¹⁵ He was born on December 23, 1884 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^{4,3,5,16,7,8,9,11,15} He married Alabama "Allie" Lawrence, daughter of Asa H. Lawrence and Elizabeth H. Smith, on April 3, 1907 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^4,17,3,6 Samuel Preston "Sam" Vest married Willie Madaline Nolley, daughter of Jacob E. Nolley and Mary E. Wright, on October 12, 1932 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^5,18,19,6,20 Samuel Preston "Sam" Vest died on March 4, 1981 at Radford, Virginia, at age 96.^{3,6,7,8,10,11} He Samuel Preston Vest, age 96, of Christiansburg, formerly of Pilot, died Wednesday night in a Radford hospital. He was a member of the Pilot United Methodist Church and is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Lacy (Gwen) Horton, Riner; Mrs. Claude (Katherine) Johnson, Fort Myers, FL; Mrs. Tommy (Ellen) Ballard, Salem; Mrs. Dillard (Lura Dean) Stone, Mrs. Hubert (Catherine) Averett, both of Christiansburg; one son, Alvin Preston Vest, Salem; three sisters, Mrs. Marcella Conner, Salem; Mrs. Malinda Compton, Mrs. Ada Sexton, both of Floyd; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren. Interment will follow in the Huffville Cemetery. on March 6, 1981.¹⁰

     Roffe Vernon Yates was buried at Sherwood Burial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^3,4,5,7 His Social Security Number was 226-20-9283.¹⁵ He was born on September 15, 1924 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^{1,2,3,15,4,16,5,6,14} He married Diane Gail Craft on June 26, 1970 at Roanoke, Virginia.^2,7 Roffe Vernon Yates died on November 23, 1977 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 53.^3,4,16,5 He Roffe Vernon Yates, age 53, of Dale Ave., S.E., died Wednesday in a Salem hospital. He was an appliance repairman. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dianne Craft Yates; his father, Abner C. Yate, Roanoke; five brothers, A. Garland Yates, Lester W. Yates, both of Roanoke; William C. Yates, Vinton; Jack H. Yates, Woodbridge; Leo A. Yates, Upper Marlboro, Md; one sister, Mrs. Jack (Nancy) Nelson, Pensacola, Fla. Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. on November 25, 1977.⁷

     Jack Nelson was buried at Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens, Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida.^4,7 He was born on May 6, 1920 at Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee; His draft card has a birth date of May 5, 1920.^1,4,5,6 He married Nancy Lorraine Yates, daughter of Abner Chapel Yates and Lila Cam Sweeney, on November 16, 1946 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2,3 Jack Nelson died on May 19, 1991 at Escambia Co., Florida, at age 71.^4,6,7 He Jack Nelson, 71, of Cantonment died Sunday afternoon, May 19, 1991 at a local hospital. He was born in Irwin, Tenn. and resided in Pensacola for 31 years coming here from Roanoke, Va. He was retired from Armstrong World Industries. He was in the United States Army during World War I and received the Purple Heart Medal. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Nelson of Cantonment; a son, Waverly Nelson of Stone Mountain, Ga; two daughters, Janet Shelby of Pensacola, and Jackie Conner of Stone Mountain, Ga. and three sisters, Elizabeth Driver of Cantonment, Virgie Driver of Evergreen, Ala. and Pearl Beavers of Oakley, Mich. Burial will be in Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens. on May 21, 1991.⁷