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     His Social Security Number was 227-76-7436.⁸ Michael Douglas Conner was born on October 22, 1951 at Richmond, Virginia.^8,3 He died on November 3, 2005 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 54.^8,5

     James Washington Walton was buried at Walton Cemetery, Pee Wee Drive, S. E., Floyd Co., Virginia; His tombstone reads "MSGT U.S. Air Force World War II."¹ His Social Security Number was 227-14-2988.⁷ He was born on January 14, 1923 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,7,2,3 He married Nancy Gay Carmack on September 13, 1946 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁴ James Washington Walton and Nancy Gay Carmack were divorced on April 13, 1951 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁸ James Washington Walton married Beryl Ann Lacock on March 1, 1952 at Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.⁸ James Washington Walton and Beryl Ann Lacock were divorced on March 28, 1975 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁸ James Washington Walton died on April 29, 1989 at Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 66.^1,7,5

     His Social Security Number was 236-09-1944.⁵ Posey Lee Kelley was buried at Fair View Cemetery, 3300 Melrose Ave. N.W., Roanoke, Virginia.³ He was born on September 18, 1900 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^5,4,3 He married Virgie Lee Peters on December 21, 1927 at Floyd Co., Virginia.⁴ Posey Lee Kelley died on February 17, 1960 at Catawba, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 59.^5,3

     Peter J. Martin was buried at Sunset Cemetery, 501 South Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^4,5 He was born on August 15, 1872 at Floyd Co., Virginia; The Floyd Co. Birth Index has a birth date of Nov 15, 1871.^1,4,3 He married Victoria Adaline Hale/Hall on September 24, 1894 at Floyd Co., Virginia.² Peter J. Martin died on February 15, 1966 at age 93.⁵

     Victoria Adaline Hale/Hall was buried at Sunset Cemetery, 501 South Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^2,3 She was born on May 6, 1871 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2 As of September 24, 1894,her married name was Martin.¹ She married Peter J. Martin, son of Mosiah Moses Martin and Nancy Spangler, on September 24, 1894 at Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ Victoria Adaline Hale/Hall died on November 16, 1953 at age 82.^2,3

     D. H. Cole was born in April, 1889 at Virginia.¹

     Belfrad Mosby Gray was buried at Sunset Cemetery, 501 South Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.² He was born on October 29, 1893 at Pilot, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Florence Elyna Basham on June 28, 1913 at Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^2,6,7 Belfrad Mosby Gray died on December 28, 1978 at age 85.^6,2

     John Robert Carden Jr. was buried at Fair View Cemetery, 3300 Melrose Ave. N.W., Roanoke, Virginia.⁴ He was born on September 20, 1901 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^3,4 He married Narva Lue Kelly on November 22, 1924 at Roanoke, Virginia.⁵ John Robert Carden Jr. and Narva Lue Kelly were divorced on July 31, 1944 at Roanoke, Virginia.⁵ John Robert Carden Jr. married Vera Elizabeth Pinion on June 16, 1945 at Roanoke, Virginia.³ John Robert Carden Jr. and Vera Elizabeth Pinion were divorced on November 17, 1952 at Roanoke, Virginia.⁵ John Robert Carden Jr. died on July 14, 1971 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 69.⁴

     Arnold A. Martin was buried at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens, 524 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, Virginia.^2,3 He married Annie M. Harrison.⁴ Arnold A. Martin was born on May 23, 1918 at Virginia.^1,5 He died on July 23, 2007 at Chesapeake, Virginia, at age 89.^5,3 He CHESAPEAKE - Arnold A. Martin, 89, of the 700 block of Denver Ave., passed away July 23, 2007, in a local nursing home. A native of Virginia, he was raised and lived many years in the Christiansburg, Va., area. He was the son of the late Oscar and Mary Martin and the widow of Annie M. Martin. He was a retired bishop of the Pentecostal Church of the Living God Inc. He is survived by his four daughters, Elizabeth Akers and husband Jack, Mary Lee Preas and husband Ernest, Anna M. Mollette and husband Ronald and Eva Mae Repass and husband Anthony, all of Chesapeake; a brother, Ernest Martin of Roanoke; 22 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel, by Pastor R.C. Callahan. Burial will follow in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends in the funeral home Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 25, 2007.³

     Samuel Wilford Martin was buried at Sunset Cemetery, 501 South Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^6,5 He was born on June 16, 1908 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^6,4,5 He married Kathleen Margaret Graham, daughter of William Mahone "Willie" Graham and Maude E. Akers, circa 1927.^2,3,7 Samuel Wilford Martin died on May 10, 1956 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia, at age 47.^6,5

     His Social Security Number was 400-18-8878.⁴ George Alderson Baker was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.⁴ He married Grace Graham.⁵ George Alderson Baker was born on March 2, 1889 at Rock Camp, Monroe Co., West Virginia; His death certificate and obituary have a birth date of Nov 2, 1889.^3,4,5 He married Pearl Susan Swepston, daughter of Samuel Winbush Swepston and Victoria Light, on January 28, 1913 at Mercer Co., West Virginia.^6,7 George Alderson Baker and Pearl Susan Swepston were divorced before 1935.⁸ George Alderson Baker died on September 23, 1958 at Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 69; Died in a trucking accident.^4,5 He PRINCETON - Funeral arrangements for George A. Baker remain incomplete, pending a message from a son, Eddie, in Calif. Baker, 63, died Tuesday after the truck he was driving went over a 200-foot embankment on Pisgah Road, Mercer County. Slate Trooper L. P. Mullins said Baker was driving a 1938 model truck loaded with lime. The truck rolled several times going down the embankment, and landed upright. An investigation is being conducted to determine whether the driver was killed in the accident, or if he suffered a heart attack. Mullins quoted an eyewitness as saying the truck was traveling only 20 miles an hour when it left the road. Baker's death — if recorded as a traffic fatality — will be Mercer County's 10th such fatality this year. Baker was born in Monroe County Nov. 2, 1889. Survivors include his wife, Grace Graham Baker; five sons, Ralph of Orlando, Fla., Lansins of Cocoa, Fla., George Jr. of Saymaria, N.Y., Eddie B. of Culver City, Calif., and Johnny of Princeton; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Piskham of Saymaria, N.Y., Mrs. Roy Green of Engala, Fla., and Mrs. Margaret Tyree of Princeton; and two brothers, Oscar of Alderson and Harry Baker of Marie; and one sister, Mrs. M. S. Raines of Princeton. The body is at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton. on September 24, 1958.⁵

     Edna Falls Edna F. Iddings, 98, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Friday May 22, 2020 at the Peyton House in Lewisburg following a short illness. Born September 5, 1921 in Peterstown, she was a daughter of the late William Henry and Pearl Thornton Falls. Edna was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Richmond, VA where she served as the church secretary and in recent years attended the Church of the Living God at Madams Creek in Hinton. She aspired to participate during World War II and became a First Class Machinist, building airplane parts for her country as a civilian. Edna was a co-founder of the Braille Circulating Library and was a former legal secretary in Richmond, VA. At the age of 94 Edna learned the art of camping, she also enjoyed being the “grandma” of the Family and Friends Soup Kitchen and enjoyed participating in all church activities. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe M. Iddings; one son, Marvin Lee Iddings; four brothers, Junior, Clyde, Oren and Stanford Falls and one sister, Myrtle Hawks. Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Ron Iddings and wife Linda of Hinton; three grandchildren, Robert W. Iddings, Monroe W. Church and Tina M. Foster; four great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; one sister, Bernice Safritt of VA and numerous nephews and nieces whom she loved dearly. For the safety of the family and community, services will be private.² She was buried at New Hope Church Cemetery, Monroe Co., West Virginia.³ She was born on September 5, 1921 at Peterstown, Monroe Co., West Virginia.^4,2 As of September 15, 1943,her married name was Iddings.¹ She married Roscoe M. Iddings, son of William Jasper "Willie" Iddings and Daisy Blaine Meadows, on September 15, 1943 at Summers Co., West Virginia.^4,1,2 Edna Falls died on May 22, 2020 at Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, at age 98.²