Person Page - 1920

     Ruth Johns was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.^3,2 She was born on September 5, 1909 at Roanoke, Virginia.² As of circa 1926,her married name was Poff.¹ She married Robert Clinton Poff, son of Robert Edward Lee Poff and Adora "Dora" Lawrence, circa 1926.^1,2 Ruth Johns died on March 31, 1967 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 57.²

     Robert Lewis Poff was born on September 17, 1928 at Roanoke, Virginia.² He died on March 29, 1943 at Elon, Amherst Co., Virginia, at age 14.²

     Andrew Conner was born circa 1845 at Floyd Co., Virginia.¹

     Her Social Security Number was 027-16-9596.⁴ Rose Ann "Doris" Hebert was buried at Precious Blood Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Her married name was Conner.¹ Her married name was Everett.⁵ She married Joseph Norton Conner, son of William Aaron Conner and Cora F. Poff.^1,2,5 Rose Ann "Doris" Hebert married Unknown Everett.⁵ Rose Ann "Doris" Hebert was born on September 8, 1911 at Granville, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.^4,6,2,3 She died on October 13, 1995 at Holyoke, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, at age 84.^6,2 She Doris (Hebert) Conner, 84, of Holyoke, a 55-year owner and operator of an antique business in Holyoke, died Friday at home. Born in Granville, she was educated there and lived in Holyoke for the past 50 years. Her husband, Joseph Conner, died in 1994. She leaves two sons, Arthur R. of Mobile, Ala., and Paul E.H. of Belchertown; a daughter, Joan Boissonnault of Southwick; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The funeral and burial will be at the convenience of... on October 15, 1995.²

     His Social Security Number was 018-36-0478.⁴ Paul Ernest Henry Conner was born on September 11, 1948 at Fort Pepperrell, Newfoundland, Canada.^4,5,6,3 He married Kathyleen Ann Roske in 1969 at Holyoke, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.⁷ Paul Ernest Henry Conner and Kathyleen Ann Roske were divorced in 1990.⁵ Paul Ernest Henry Conner married Carol Unknown in 1991.⁵ Paul Ernest Henry Conner died on May 16, 2005 at Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama, at age 56.^4,5,8 He ST. ELMO - An Army flying veteran with more than 30 years' experience in a cockpit died Monday when his experimental, rear-propellered aircraft crashed just west of the small airport here. The small, white plane piloted by Paul Conner, 57, of Grand Bay circled back shortly after taking off from the airstrip at R.P. Crigler Sr. Aeroplex, Mobile County sheriff's deputies said. It then spiraled into a copse of trees between the airport and a neighboring farm field. Deputies received the call at about 3:50 p.m., said Chief Deputy Mark Barlow. No others were traveling inside the four-seater airplane, he said. Conner was a well-known aviator at the airport, and built the fixed-wing, Canard-style airplane himself from a kit, other pilots at the airport said. He is listed as the aircraft's builder on its Federal Aviation Administration registration. A deputy arrived at the airport shortly after the call, then after some searching through the woods found the aircraft, Barlow said. Conner had apparently died on impact, he said. County maintenance workers were called in to cut a trail into the thick foliage, and Conner's body was removed about two hours after the crash. The white, fiberglass fuselage of the airplane stood, still steeped in green leaves and white blooms, at the end of a freshly cut trail roped off by yellow police tape late Monday afternoon. The aircraft will remain there until investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are done with it, Barlow said. Conner's body was turned over to the state Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy, Barlow said. The cause of the accident is being investigated by the FAA and the NTSB, with help from the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, Barlow said. Douglas Johnstone, a former Alabama Supreme Court justice who flies an experimental plane at the St. Elmo airport, said he could not speculate about the cause of Monday's crash. Despite their designation, Johnstone said, experimental airplanes have a good record of safety and performance. "It doesn't really mean that you don't know whether the thing will fly again," he said. "I think the experimental airplane community at all levels ... (has) a very good safety record." Homebuilt aircraft have existed as long as powered flight, according to the Experimental Aircraft Association, which counts the Wright brothers as the first makers of homebuilt planes. Today, tens of thousands of homebuilt aircraft fly throughout the world, according to the group's Web site. Johnstone, who left the high court this year after deciding not to seek re-election, said the experimental airplane industry had its genesis in lawsuits that drove Cessna, Piper and other manufacturers out of the business of making inexpensive, single-engine personal planes. He said the companies could not afford the liability. Companies then cropped up all over the country selling kits to folks who built their own planes. Johnstone estimated that about 80 companies sell airplane kits, which vary widely in size and complexity. He said the FAA lists folks who assemble airplanes from kits as "owner-builders" as long as they perform at least 51 percent of the labor. Congress eventually passed a law shielding manufacturers from lawsuits, allowing them to begin making small, non-jet airplanes again. But the community of do-it-yourself airplane builders has persisted. Johnstone said most experimental aircraft owners modify the basic kit to create unique designs. He said he, for instance, added large wheels to his "Johnstone-Quicksilver." The Experimental Aircraft Association's Web site states that a "significant number of homebuilt aircraft have flown around the globe" and that one, the Voyager in 1986, remains the only plane ever to circle the earth nonstop on a single tank of fuel. on May 17, 2005.⁸

     Cornelius J. King was born circa 1880 at Virginia.¹

     Valentine Lee King was buried at Sherwood Burial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁴ His Social Security Number was 225-48-8996.⁶ He married Daisy Lee Terry.⁴ Valentine Lee King was born on June 16, 1880 at Floyd Co., Virginia; His WWI Draft Registration card has a birth year of 1875 and the SSDI has 1879 while the 1890 census shows abt 1882. He was probably born shortly after the 1880 Census.^2,7,6,1 He married Lydia Adeline "Liddie" Hall, daughter of Robert Wood Hall and Emily "Emma" Conner, on June 22, 1899 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.^8,5 Valentine Lee King died on September 29, 1964 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 84.^6,4

     Clara B. Hale was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.³ Her married name was Pruett.⁴ She married Unknown Pruett.⁴ Clara B. Hale was born on June 25, 1920 at Virginia.^1,5 She died on July 30, 2009 at Baltimore, Maryland, at age 89.^5,3 She Clara Hale Pruett, 89, of Baltimore, Md., and formerly of Roanoke, Va., died Thursday, July 30, 2009. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, August 3, 2009, in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Simpson Funeral Home, 540-366-0707. on August 2, 2009.³

     Edna Hale was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.³ Her Social Security Number was 228-30-8048.⁵ Her married name was Bell.³ She married Cecil Douglas Bell.^3,4 Edna Hale was born on July 30, 1928 at Virginia.^1,5 She died on April 22, 1994 at Virginia at age 65.^3,5 She BELL, Edna Hale, 65, of Vinton, passed away Friday, April 22, 1994. She was a member of Emmanuel Wesleyan Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband, Cecil D. Bell of Vinton; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie D. and Sandra T. Bell, Vinton; daughter and son-in-lw, Connie Bell and Clayton F. Highberger, Salem; grandchildren, Robynne D. Bell, Rhandee D. Bell both of Vinton, Clayton Scott Highberger of Salem; sisters, Virginia H. Pruett, Roanoke, Clara H. Pruett, Roanoke, Ruby H. Duncan, Bent Mountain, Jacqueline H. Bell, Copper Hill; brother, Wallace Hale, Nebraska; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 3 p. m. Monday, April 25, 1994, at Oakey's Vinton Chpael with the Rev. Aaron J. Rummage, Rev. Orlando P. Gonzalez and Rev. W. Albert Massey officiating with burial to follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's Vinton Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial be made to the Hospice of Roanoke Memorial Hospital. on April 24, 1994.³

     Jack Richard Hale was born on February 16, 1930 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁵ He married Mary Alice Flanagan on November 15, 1950 at Indiana.^4,6

     John Cole "Johnnie" Johnson was buried at Preble Memory Gardens, West Alexandria, Preble Co., Ohio.⁴ He was born on February 26, 1894 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.² He married Cammie Hale, daughter of William M. Hale and Vioma Tilda Conner, circa 1916.^1,5,3,4,6,7 John Cole "Johnnie" Johnson died on July 4, 1974 at Preble Co., Ohio, at age 80.⁸

     Charles W. Johnson was buried at Preble Memory Gardens, West Alexandria, Preble Co., Ohio.^3,4 He Charles W. Johnson, 77, of Columbus, formerly of the West Manchester area, died Wednesday, June 15, at Centerburg Nursing Center in Centerburg, Ohio, after an extended illness. Born Nov. 4, 1916, in Bent Mountain, Va., he was the son of John C. and Cammie (Hale) Johnson. He had been a window cleaner for Columbus Window Cleaning. Preceding him in death were two brothers, Marshall and Darrell Johnson. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley Jean and Gary Reames of Pickerton, Ohio, Linda Sue and Marshall Lowery of Reynoldsburg, Ohio; three sons, Steven Darrell Johnson of London, Ohio, David William Johnson of Columbus and Mark Allen Johnson of New Orleans, La; four brothers, Frank Johnson and John Johnson, both of Columbus; Delmus Johnson of Eaton and Robert Johnson of Little Rock, Ark; one sister, Mary Condon of West Manchester, three grandchildren; and a special friend Allene Johnson Wehrley of Columbus. Funeral services were Monday, June 20, at Barnes Funeral Home Prebles Memory Gardens Chapel, West Alexandria, with the Rev. Lowell T. Spencer officiating. Burial was in Preble Memory Gardens.⁴ He married Allene Brookshire.⁸ Charles W. Johnson was born on November 4, 1916 at Bent Mountain, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^3,4 He died on June 15, 1994 at Centerburg, Knox Co., Ohio, at age 77.^3,4

     His Social Security Number was 224-14-1035.⁸ Marshall A. Johnson was buried at Preble Memory Gardens, West Alexandria, Preble Co., Ohio.² He Marshall A. Johnson, 56, West Manchester, died Tuesday at the Veterans Administration Center in Dayton. Survivors include his father, John of West Manchester, a daughter, Mrs. Shelia Smith of Morris Town, Tenn., a son, Michael of Florida; one sister, Mrs. Mary Dondon (this is a typo and shold be Condon) of West Manchester; five brothers, Charles, Frank, John, Belmus (should be Delmus) and Robert, and two grandchildren. Funeral service for Mr. Johnson were held Friday at the VA Protestant Chapel with burial in the VA National Cemetery. The George C. Martin Funeral Home, 5040 Fredrick Road, Dayton, was in charge of services.³ He was born on August 2, 1918 at Virginia.^8,2 He died on December 4, 1973 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at age 55.^8,2,3

     His Social Security Number was 224-14-1095.⁷ Frank R. Johnson was buried at Franklin Hills Memory Gardens, 5802 Elder Road, Canal Winchester, Franklin Co., Ohio.⁶ He married Rosella Unknown.⁶ Frank R. Johnson was born on October 3, 1919 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.^8,7 He died on November 11, 1996 at Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, at age 77.^7,8,6 He Frank Johnson, age 77, of Columbus, died Monday, November 11, 1996 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital. He was a veteran of WW II and a member of Walnut Heights Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents John and Cammie (Hale) Johnson. He is survived by his wife, Rosella; daughters, Dianna Gantt of Dublin, Peggy Johnson and Tina (Tim) Laughlin of Columbus; 3 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; brothers, Johnny Johnson of Columbus, Delmus (Mary) Johnson and Robert Johnson of Eaton; sister, Mary (Winfield) Condon of West Manchester. Friends may call Wednesday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at Schoedinger East Chapel, 5360 E. Livingston Ave., where funeral service will be held Thursday, November 14, 1996 at 1 p.m. with Pastor Wayne Wiles officiating. Interment Franklin Hills Memorial Gardens. on November 13, 1996.⁶