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     Mary Hazel Boone was buried at Wilson Cemetery, Daniel's Run Road (Rt. 661), Locust Grove, Floyd Co., Virginia.² She was born on October 22, 1910 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^5,6,7,2 She married Oliver Noel "Ollie" Conner, son of James Mearmon Conner and Laura Byar Walton, on March 17, 1932 at Roanoke, Virginia.^5,8,9,1,2 As of March 17, 1932,her married name was Conner. Mary Hazel Boone died on March 2, 2006 at Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 95.² She Mary Hazel Boone Conner, 95, of Copper Hill, Va., passed away Thursday, March 2, 2006 at her home. She was born October 22, 1910 in Floyd County, Va., to the late Charles Emmett Boone and Mary Odessa Aldridge Boone. She was a faithful and dedicated member of Stonewall United Methodist/Brethren Church, as well as, a generous and loving mother. She was known for her beautiful quilts and bountiful meals served to relatives and friends.Her husband, Oliver Noel Conner preceded her in death in 1996 after 64 years of marriage and she thought of him and missed him everyday. Also preceding in death were eight siblings, Andrew Boone, Alpha Link, Ella Poff, Vivian Board, Garnett Reed, Clifton Boone, Walter Boone and Clarence Boone. Surviving are three children and their spouses, Mary Frances and Fred Williams, Pulaski; Noel Boone Conner, Copper Hill and his former wife Kay Mitchell, Powhatan, Carol and Dale Whittaker, Pearisburg; seven grandchildren and spouses, Mary Leigh Williams, Dublin, Mark Williams, his wife Martha and daughter Michelle, Mount Airy, N.C; Brenda Conner Peyton, her husband Larry and their children, Jamie, Melanie, Mitchell and Juliann, Powhatan; Jennifer Conner Plummer, her husband Keith, and son Grayson, Midlothian, Va., Rhonda Whittaker Gusler, her husband, Mark, their children, Andrew and Molly, Pearisburg; Jeffrey Whittaker and wife Regina, their children, Todd, Maegan, Chana, Rachel, Gracie and John, Goodview, Craig Whittaker, his wife Clara, their children, Amelia, Susanne and Luke, Pearisburg; three sisters, Frances B. Lucas, Rocky Mount, Virginia B. Metzler, Salem, Peggy B. Ragland, Newport News; sister-in-law, Dare Vest Boone, Overland Park, Kan; many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Stonewall United Methodist/Brethren Church on Route 221, Floyd County with Pastor Dan Walker, the Rev. Elbert Lee Naff and her nephew the Rev. Layne Board officiating. Interment will follow in Wilson Cemetery, Check, Va. Friends may call after 1 p.m. on Saturday at Gardner Funeral Home where the family will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Hazel loved flowers but had suggested memorial gifts be made to Stonewall United Methodist Church, C/O Debbie Collins, 1613 Kings Store Road NE, Check, Va. 24072 or Floyd County Rescue Squad, P O Box 257, Floyd, Va., 24091. Our heartfelt thanks goes to Gentle Shepherd Hospice and all others who helped with her care during the past several years. Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd is in charge of the arrangements.
on March 4, 2006.²

     Verlie E. Maude Trenor was buried at Crowder Cemetery, New Castle, Craig Co., Virginia.³ She was born on November 29, 1895 at Craig Co., Virginia.^2,3,1 She married Letcher Craig Elmore, son of William Oscar Elmore and Fannie Susan Tucker, on September 9, 1923 at New Castle, Craig Co., Virginia.¹ As of September 9, 1923,her married name was Elmore. Verlie E. Maude Trenor died on November 8, 1965 at age 69.^2,3

     Flurnoy Gustavus Yates was buried at Yates Family Cemetery, near Stonewall Church, one-half mile off 4366 Rt. 221 N., Floyd Co., Virginia.^6,1 He was born on December 19, 1864 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^6,1,4,5 He married Laura Greene Bower, daughter of Robert H. Bower and Mary M. Bower, on March 31, 1887 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^4,1,5 Flurnoy Gustavus Yates died on June 26, 1949 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 84.^6,1,5

     His Social Security Number was 228-18-8242.¹² Edward Leon Lawler was buried at High Bridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., Virginia.^2,4 He was born on September 2, 1906 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia; His death certificate has a birth date of Sep 4, 1906.^12,3,4,7,8 He married Elsie Vivian Carpenter on April 4, 1929 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^6,5 Edward Leon Lawler and Elsie Vivian Carpenter were divorced on April 27, 1934 at Alleghany Co., Virginia.⁶ Edward Leon Lawler married Esther Rose Hewitt on August 24, 1935 at Portsmouth, Virginia.^5,4 Edward Leon Lawler married Nannie Mae Rice on December 17, 1963 at Eagle Rock, Botetourt Co., Virginia.^2,13,3,4 Edward Leon Lawler died on October 29, 1977 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia, at age 71.^2,4

     Ballard Smith Yates was buried at Sherwood Burial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^9,8 He was born on December 18, 1866 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,7,8 He married Minnie Victoria Hall, daughter of Gordon M. Hall and Mary Delaware "Della" King, on February 14, 1893 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^7,9,10 Ballard Smith Yates died on November 23, 1957 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 90.⁸

     William Henry Tucker was born on February 14, 1827 at Barbours Creek, Botetourt Co. (now Craig Co.), Virginia.¹ He married Salina Crawford in 1855 at Botetourt Co., Virginia.¹ William Henry Tucker died on November 24, 1906 at New Castle, Craig Co., Virginia, at age 79.¹

     Her married name was Tucker. Salina Crawford was born in December, 1834 at Botetourt Co., Virginia.¹ She married William Henry Tucker in 1855 at Botetourt Co., Virginia.¹ Salina Crawford died on June 9, 1918 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 83.¹

     Clarence Adam Wright was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.^2,6,3 His Social Security Number was 218-01-6460.⁴ He married Louise Unknown.⁸ Clarence Adam Wright was born on March 18, 1896 at Lynchburg, Virginia.^{9,2,4,3,5,6,10} He married Vanna R. Harrison circa 1927.¹¹ Clarence Adam Wright died on August 23, 1959 at Williamson, Mingo Co., West Virginia, at age 63.^2,3,6,10

     Martha Ann "Mattie" Yates This marriage was never recorded in the Yates family bible because Virginia Lydia Jane Yates and William Anthony Yates objected to the marriage. She was buried at Yates Family Cemetery, near Stonewall Church, one-half mile off 4366 Rt. 221 N., Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,10,3,5 She was born on November 21, 1868 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,10,3,8 She married Thomas Merritt King, son of Joseph D. King and Sarah Ann Clingenpeel, on July 21, 1897 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^8,5 As of July 21, 1897,her married name was King. Martha Ann "Mattie" Yates died on February 24, 1951 at Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 82.^1,10,3,5

     John William Anthony Yates was buried at Yates Family Cemetery, near Stonewall Church, one-half mile off 4366 Rt. 221 N., Floyd Co., Virginia.^9,1 He was born on December 8, 1872 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^9,1,7 He married Leanora "Nora" Anglin, daughter of William Henry Harrison "Harry" Anglin and Leni Leotia Via, on October 23, 1895 at Patrick Co., Virginia.^1,7 John William Anthony Yates married Elizabeth Belle "Eliza" Strickler, daughter of John Ballard Strickler and Celeste Sowder, on August 1, 1918 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^6,1,10 John William Anthony Yates died on August 21, 1943 at Kellog, Shoshone Co., Idaho, at age 70.^9,1,8

     Roy Lee Johnson was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,3 He was born on September 14, 1905 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^3,4 He married Edith May Lawler, daughter of John Jackson Lawler and Effie Logan Elmore, circa 1925.^1,3 Roy Lee Johnson died on April 3, 1979 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 73.³

     His Social Security Number was 226-01-2415.⁷ Joseph Wiley Clingenpeel was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.^2,3 He was born on August 5, 1910 at Hurt, Campbell Co., Virginia.^2,3,5,6,7,8 He married Annah Lee Elmore, daughter of Bonnie Waldo Elmore and Mary Jane Raines, on November 8, 1935 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,9,3,4 Joseph Wiley Clingenpeel died on February 8, 1975 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 64.^2,3,8

     Ralph Alexander "Tom" Overstreet was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, 200 West Prospect Street, Front Royal, Warren Co., Virginia.^3,4 His Social Security Number was 226-01-2003.⁸ He was born on November 30, 1909 at Orax, Bedford Co., Virginia.^3,8,4,5,7 He married Mary Jane Elmore, daughter of Bonnie Waldo Elmore and Mary Jane Raines, on March 24, 1936 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,6 Ralph Alexander "Tom" Overstreet died on June 18, 1977 at Front Royal, Warren Co., Virginia, at age 67.^3,4

     Ada Emma Yeatts was buried at Yates Family Cemetery, near Stonewall Church, one-half mile off 4366 Rt. 221 N., Floyd Co., Virginia.³ She was born on November 6, 1875 at Floyd Co., Virginia; The Yates book has a birth date of Nov 26, 1875.^3,2 She died on November 10, 1881 at Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 6; Died of diptheria. The Floyd Co., Virginia death index has a death date of Feb 10, 1881.^3,2,4

     His Social Security Number was 577-26-7910.⁴ Louis Leroy Michaelson was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.^1,2 He was born on June 6, 1922 at Washington, D.C..^4,1,2 He married Katherine Ann Elmore, daughter of Leonard Houston "Jake" "Leslie" Elmore and Jane Marie "Janie" Zimmerman, on June 12, 1943 at Jasper Co., Missouri.^3,1,5 Louis Leroy Michaelson died on February 11, 1965 at Vienna, Fairfax Co., Virginia, at age 42.^1,2

     William Lewis Hawthorne married June Marie Elmore, daughter of Leonard Houston "Jake" "Leslie" Elmore and Jane Marie "Janie" Zimmerman.^1,2,6,7 William Lewis Hawthorne was buried at Sherwood Burial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^2,5,7 His Social Security Number was 224-24-6839.⁸ He was born on December 21, 1925 at Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.^2,3,8,4 He died on January 25, 1967 at Richmond, Virginia, at age 41.^2,7 He William L. Hawthorne, 41, of 221 Gun Club Road, president of Bessire and Company, a food-processing equipment firm, died Wednesday. he was graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1947 after studying mechanical and industrial engineering. He joined Bessire and Company in April 1953 as saleman and was promoted to sales manager in 1958. In March, 1961, he was elected president. Mr. Hawthorne was a member of Acca Shrine Temple; Acca Temple Band; Richmond Scottish Rite organizations; Williamson Road Lodge No. 163 AF&AM, Roanoke, and the Sales Executive Hub of Richmond. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church, the Virginia Cavaliers, a sales organization; Hermitage Country Club and Windmill Point Yacht Club. He was a director of Beky Bag Co., New Albany, Ind. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. June Elmore Hawthorne; two sons, Paul Leslie and J. V. Hawthorne, both of Richmond; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Hawthorne of Roanoke, and a grandmother, Mrs. Edna Lee Richardson. Final rites will be at Chapel Garden Abbey, Sherwood Cemetery. on January 26, 1967.⁷

     Joseph Howard Gray Sr. was buried at Gray, Poff, and Kropff Family Cemetery, Rt. 221, across from Simpson's Store, Check, Floyd Co., Virginia.² He Joseph Howard Gray Sr.'s will names his wife Nancy, and his infant daughter Nancy, daughters Polly, Harriet, Clarisa, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, and Rhoda, and sons William, Joseph, James H., Edward, Jafannes [sic], Jackson, Daniel, and John. Only three daughters were given cash (Polly, Harriet, Clarisa), but the remainder of the estate upon the death of his wife was to be divided equally between seven daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Harriet, Clarisa, Ann, Rhoda, and Nancy, and the eight boys.³ He Joseph Gray was one of the original three brothers immigrating from England just prior to the American Revolution. Joseph Gray was a private durning the American Revolution. (McAllister's Virginia Military.)⁴ He was born in March, 1779 at Pennsylvania.² He married Anna "Annie" Custer in May, 1802 at Rockbridge Co., Virginia.^2,5 Joseph Howard Gray Sr. married Nancy G. Walton on May 13, 1851 at Floyd Co., Virginia.⁶ Joseph Howard Gray Sr. died in September, 1863 at Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 84.²