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     Joseph Richard "Joey" Sowers was buried at Huffville Union Church Cemetery, Terrys Fork, Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ His Social Security Number was 231-82-6227.⁷ He was born on October 18, 1954 at Roanoke, Virginia.^7,3,5,6 He married Patricia Evelyn Cordero on December 8, 1979 at Annandale, Fairfax Co., Virginia.³ Joseph Richard "Joey" Sowers died on March 4, 1996 at Pilot, Montgomery Co., Virginia, at age 41.^1,7,4 He SOWERS, Joseph Richard, 41, of Pilot, died early Monday, March 4, 1996 at his parents home, 3464 Old Sourwood Road. He is survived by his parents, Joe and Ruby Sowers; two sisters, Brenda Loy and Marie Davie, both of Northern Virginia; three nephews; two nieces; five aunts; four uncles; and several cousins. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Richardson-Horne Chapel in Christiansburg, conducted by The Rev. Homer Sawyer and The Rev. Tim Clark with burial in the Huffville Cemetery, Floyd County. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home. on March 5, 1996.¹

     Basil Backman Price was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 1000 Highway 544, Conway, Horry Co., South Carolina.³ He married Katherine Louise DeWeese, daughter of Birdine Valentine DeWeese and Pearl Mills.^1,2,3 Basil Backman Price was born on October 20, 1916 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.³ He died on February 24, 2007 at Conway, Horry Co., South Carolina, at age 90.³ He CONWAY - Basil Backman Price, 90, of Myrtle Trace Drive, died Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Conway Medical Center. Mr. Price was born October 20, 1916 in Montgomery County, Virginia, a son of the late Dewey Backman and Lottie Long Price. He was a member of Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and was a retired funeral director. Surviving are his wife, Katherine Price of Conway; one sister-in-law, Jean Preas and her husband, Fred, of Conway; one brother-in-law, Hugh DeWeese of Vancouver, Wash; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church with the Rev. Marion Brazell officiating. Entombment will follow in Hillcrest Mausoleum, directed by Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. Sign a guest book at www. goldfinchfuneralhome.com or at MyrtleBeachOnline.com. Memorials may be sent to Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2105 Hwy. 501 East, Conway, SC 29526. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements. on February 26, 2007.³

     Fred Garland Preas Jr. was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 1000 Highway 544, Conway, Horry Co., South Carolina.³ His Social Security Number was 228-30-6496.⁴ He was born on April 23, 1930 at Roanoke, Virginia.^3,4 He married Jean Frances DeWeese, daughter of Birdine Valentine DeWeese and Pearl Mills, circa 1950.^1,2,3,5 Fred Garland Preas Jr. died on September 28, 2008 at Myrtle Beach, Horry Co., South Carolina, at age 78.^3,4 He Fred Garland Preas, Jr., 78, of Regency Drive, Conway, S.C., died Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. Mr. Preas was born in Roanoke, Va., a son of the late Fred Garland Preas, Sr. and Lucille Coleman Preas. He was a United States Army Veteran and a 35 year employee and regional manager for AT&T in Virginia. Mr. Preas was a member of First United Methodist Church in Myrtle Beach, S.C. for many years. He was predeceased by his sister, Geraldine Preas Murray and his brother, George Robert Preas. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Jean DeWeese Preas of Conway, S.C; one son, CAPT Michael Preas, USN of Washington, DC; one daughter, Susan Preas Trotter and her husband, Mitchell and their two daughters, Jessica and April of Katy, Texas; B.J. Preas, wife of George Preas of Roanoke, Va. and their children, Kelly Leigh Preas of Oslo, Norway and George R. Preas, II of Annapolis, Md; Robert Murray, husband of Geraldine and their son, Barry and his wife, Kathy, all of Roanoke, Va., and his special friend, Katy, Fred and Jean's schauzer. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel with Senior Pastor Ken Timmerman officiating. Entombment will follow in Hillcrest Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home before the service. Memorials may be sent to Epworth Children's Home, 2900 Millwood Avenue, P.O. Box 50466, Columbia, S.C. 29250. Sign a guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements. on September 29, 2008.³