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     His Social Security Number was 227-90-0062.¹⁰ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray was born on July 23, 1957 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^3,5,7,10 He married Karen Lee Hodges on June 12, 1976 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.⁵ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray and Karen Lee Hodges were divorced on March 9, 1995 at Franklin Co., Virginia.⁶ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray married Susan Moses circa 1996.⁷ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray died on October 17, 2013 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 56.^4,7,10 He Johnny Darrell Wray, 56, of Rocky Mount, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013, at his home. He was born July 23, 1957, a son of the late John "Shangie" and Ann Wray. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Jackie Dean Wray; and father-in-law, William S. Moses. Johnny was a truck driver for seven years at Mountain Milk Hauling, a member and Past Governor of Rocky Mount Moose Lodge #1053, and a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles, Collinsville. He was also a former funeral director with Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home, a paramedic at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, and a volunteer with Franklin County Rescue Squad and Rocky Mount Fire Department. He was the type of person who gave 110% at any and everything that he did, and he was a very loving and devoted "Papa" to his miracle grandson, Pheonix. He is survived by his loving wife of 17 years, Susan Moses Wray; children, Jace and Andrea Wray, Jade Wray and Fiance Anthony Teaford, and Will and Jamie Wilson; grandchildren, Pheonix Teaford, Daniel, Amelia, and Graceann Wilson; sister-in-law, Connie P. Wray; nieces, Stephanie and Taw Hodges, and Brittany Wray; brother-in-law, Mark Moses and Janet; and mother-in-law, Doyne Moses. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. on October 18, 2013.⁷

     Jackie Dean Wray was buried at Franklin Memorial Park, Virgil Goode Highway, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.⁷ His Social Security Number was 227-90-0079.⁵ He was born on October 31, 1959 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^3,5,6,7 He married Connie Jean Perdue on June 20, 1981 at Redwood, Franklin Co., Virginia.^6,7 Jackie Dean Wray died on March 28, 2000 at Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 40.^4,7 He WRAY, Jackie Dean, 40, of Rocky Mount, died Tuesday, March 28, 2000. He was born October 31, 1959. He was the owner and operator of Rocky Mount Auto Repair, Inc. and was a member and past governor of Rocky Mount Moose Lodge #1053. Jackie was a former service manager at Gil Farmer Chevrolet. Surviving are his wife of 18 years, Connie Perdue Wray; two daughters, Stephanie and Brittany Wray of the home; his father and mother, John and Ann Wray of Rocky Mount; brother and sister-in-law, Johnny and Susan Wray of Glade Hill; one nephew, Jace Wray; niece, Jade Wray, both of Glade Hill; stepnephew, Will Wilson; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Shelby and Mitchell Turner of Glade Hill; and father-in-law, Eugene Perdue; brother-in-law, Bradley Turner and fiance, Monica Walker; several aunts, uncles, cousins and many special friends. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. on March 29, 2000.⁷

     George Harold Scarborough was buried at Mount Comfort Cemetery, 6600 S. Kings Highway, Fairfax Co., Virginia.^7,3 His Social Security Number was 223-36-8020.⁴ He was born on July 20, 1932 at Bassett, Virginia.^1,2,3,4,5 He married Jamie Mahalah Aldridge, daughter of Wilford Osborne Aldridge and Edna Edith Hart, on July 18, 1952 at Bassett, Henry Co., Virginia.^1,6 George Harold Scarborough died on January 31, 1978 at Alexandria, Virginia, at age 45; Shot to death in his home by an assailant. His wife was acquitted of any involvement.^3,5 He FAIRFAX, Va. - James Thomas Clark Jr., of Clinton, Md., has been sentenced to death for the murder of George Scarborough. A Fairfax Circuit Court jury took four hours late Tuesday night to return the execution sentence, after spending only ten minutes earlier in the evening to bring in a guilty verdict. Clark is the fourth person sentenced to die under Virginia’s capital punishment law that went into effect on July 1, 1977. Under that statute, the Virginia Supreme Court automatically will hear an appeal of the case. During opening remarks in the one-day trial, Robert B. Horan, Fairfax commonwealth's attorney, said Clark and his cousin, Charles D. Stewart, 21, were hired by Scarborouoh’s estranged wife Jamie and her friend, Betty M. Holler, to kill Scarborough. Horan also presented as evidence a written confession Clark gave to Fairfax County detectives. In the statement, Clark said he and Stewart went to Scarborough’s home Jan. 31 to wait for him. While, waiting, Clark said, they drank Scarborough’s beer. When Scarborough came home they tried to knock him out with chloroform, Clark said, but when Scarborough resisted, they shot him. Clark said in the statement he went through Scarborough's pockets, took out about $400 and threw the money over the body. Then he took half a dozen steaks from the freezer for a party he would host later that night in Maryland, Clark said. At the party, Clark said, he called Betty Holler and reported, “The beast is deceased.” Separate trials are set next month for Mrs. Scarborough, Stewart and Ms. Holler. on August 30, 1978.⁸ He FAIRFAX, Va. - Betty M. Holler, who was charged with capital murder in the killing of a Fairfax Count service station owner, has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan, Jr. agreed to reduce the charge against Holler from murder-for-hire to first-degree murder as an accessory before the fact. Holler could have faced the death penalty if convicted of murder for hire. Under the reduced charge, Holler 38, faces a possible sentence of 20 years to life imprisonment. Horan, who agreed to reduction of the charge because of Holler's cooperation in the prosecution of other defendants in the case, recommended to Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Middleton that she be given 25 years imprisonment. Holler is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 26. Holler testified in court that she helped arrange the Jan. 31 murder-for-hire of George H. Scarborough at the request of Jamie A. Scarborough, his estranged wife. on December 6, 1978.⁹ He FAIRFAX - A 21-year-old Clinton, Md. man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of Fairfax County gas station operator George Scarborough last January. Charles Stewart had been convicted of capital murder in Scarborough's death, and a circuit court jury had recommended a death sentence. But Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Horan recommended life in prison instead, after Stewart testified in the murder trial of Jamie Scarborough, the victim's estranged wife. Judge William Plummer followed Koran's recommendation but told Stewart that he would suggest to prison authorities that Stewart not be considered for parole. Stewart was convicted of helping to kill Scarborough, 45, in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme. Another man, James Clark, has been sentenced to death in the case. Betty Holler, the alleged intermediary in the scheme, pleaded guilty last week to a reduced charge of first-degree murder. Mrs. Scarborough was found innocent of any involvement in the scheme by a jury. During his trial, Stewart testified that Ms. Holler paid him and Clark $7,000 for the Jan. 31 murder of Scarborough. But he said he never intended to go through with the murder. on December 12, 1978.¹⁰

     Don Anthony Brown Don A. Brown, March 25, 1958 - June 6, 2020. Don Anthony Brown, 62, passed away peacefully June 6, 2020. He was born, a son of Charles R. Brown, Sr. (deceased) and Freeda H. Brown. He is also preceded in death by his grandparents, Stafford and Florence Brown; Kermit and Lucy Holcomb. Surviving are two brothers, Charles R. Brown, Jr. (Peggy) and Carl W. Brown; two sisters, Susan B. Rea (Terry) and Linda B. Davis (Mike); two nephews, Bobby G. Rea (Stephanie), Stephen C. Brown; one great-nephew, Ethan L. Rea. Don retired from the Rocky Mount Police Department after 30 years of service. He continued working as an auxiliary officer. As a police officer, community servant and biker, he touched many lives in many different settings. His family would like to thank Fork Mountain Rest Home for their loving care especially Sarah and Kenny.³ He was born on March 25, 1958 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^2,3 He died on June 6, 2020 at Virginia at age 62.³

     His Social Security Number was 231-06-8774.⁹ Neil Hampton Holcomb was buried at Henry Memorial Park, 8443 Virginia Avenue, Oak Level, Henry Co., Virginia.^10,6 He was born on August 15, 1969 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^10,2,4,9 He married Stacey Ann Sink on July 14, 1990 at Franklin Co., Virginia.² Neil Hampton Holcomb and Stacey Ann Sink were divorced on April 7, 2005 at Franklin Co., Virginia.³ Neil Hampton Holcomb died on November 28, 2009 at Fork Mountain, Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 40.^10,9,5,6 He Neil Hampton Holcomb, 40, went to be with his Lord peacefully at his home in Fork Mountain, Va., after a long battle with cancer on Saturday, November 28, 2009. Neil was a member of the Fork Mountain United Methodist Church and loved his family, friends, bluegrass music, hunting, racing, driving fast cars and building motors. Neil was a faithful supporter of the Franklin County Relay for Life. He brought love, job and laughter to everyone he met. He was a devoted father, son, brother, uncle and friend. Preceding him in death were his grandparents, Kermit and Lucy Holcomb, Reggie and Mearl McGhee. Surviving are his daughter, the light of his life, Vandalina Manhattan Holcomb; parents, K. Wayne and Sherry Holcomb; brother, Kenneth W. Holcomb, Jr. (Barbara); sister, Sarah H. Campbell (friend, Kenny Weddle); sister, Mearl "Buggs" M. Boswell (Lee); brother, Reggie R. McGhee (Jenny); nieces and nephews, Blake Holcomb (Katie), Beth H. Adkins (Chris), Kimberly Holcomb, Daniel Buckner, Lenzie Boswell, Emily Boswell and Mahaley McGhee; special friends, Richard, Stacey, and Verity Stanfield; and his numerous friends and buddies too many to name but will never be forgotten. The family would like to say thanks for the thoughts and prayers from Neil's many friends he met along the way. The family would like to extend thanks to Dr. Schertz, his staff and the nurses on the 10th floor oncology at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for their care and kindness. Interment will follow in Henry Memorial Park. on November 30, 2009.⁶

     Raymond Horace Prillaman was buried at Prillaman-Reed Cemetery, Head of Pine Branch, near Rt. 610 and Rt. 642, Floyd Co., Virginia.² He was born on May 22, 1909 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2 He died on June 8, 1909 at Floyd Co., Virginia.²

     Jane Ann Richmond was buried at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, 5233 Rocky Fork Road, Cross Lanes, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.³ Her Social Security Number was 235-26-4075.⁴ She was born on January 30, 1913 at Sun, Fayette Co., West Virginia.⁴ As of June 11, 1929,her married name was Vest.¹ She married Cecil Fairbanks Vest, son of William Arthur Vest and Nettie Mae Gearhart, on June 11, 1929.^1,2 Jane Ann Richmond died on March 20, 1996 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia, at age 83.^3,4,5

     Cecil Cooper Conley was born circa 1907 at Eccles, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.¹ He married Sally Everta Vest, daughter of William Arthur Vest and Nettie Mae Gearhart, on July 19, 1926 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^2,3,1

     Cecil Cooper Conley Jr. was born on March 26, 1926 at Affinity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² He married Evelyn Elizabeth Murphy on June 4, 1948 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^1,3

     Georgia Juanita Holcomb was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.² She was born on May 13, 1923 at Greenbrier Co., West Virginia.² As of February 13, 1940,her married name was Vest.¹ She married William Paul Vest, son of William Arthur Vest and Nettie Mae Gearhart, on February 13, 1940.^1,3,2 Georgia Juanita Holcomb died on October 16, 1963 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 40.²