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     Robert William Slate Sr. was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² His Social Security Number was 235-44-0536.³ He was born on December 3, 1927 at Sophia, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^1,3,2 He married Erma Lee Furrow, daughter of Floyd Frank Furrow and Myrtle Delilah Donohoe, on April 2, 1947 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^1,4 Robert William Slate Sr. died on June 20, 2002 at West Virginia at age 74.^3,2

     Her Social Security Number was 235-28-0702.⁹ Ethel Mae Furrow was buried at Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, 145 Mt Vernon Church Road, Olin, Iredell Co., North Carolina.⁶ She was born on June 10, 1922 at Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^2,9,5,6 As of March 10, 1944,her married name was Rash.² She married Wade Dowell Rash on March 10, 1944 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^2,5,6 Ethel Mae Furrow died on July 15, 2013 at Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina, at age 91.^9,5 She STATESVILLE - Ethel Mae Furrow Rash, 91, of Olin, passed away peacefully Monday, July 15, 2013, at Gordon Hospice House. She was born June 10, 1922, in Shady Springs, W.Va., and was the daughter of the late Floyd F. and Myrtle Donohue Furrow. She was a retired school teacher and was a former volunteer at Davis Regional Medical Center and for Hospice of Iredell County. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church where she was a former Sunday school teacher. She also enjoyed quilting and crocheting. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death on Dec. 18, 1996, by her husband, Wade D. Rash, who she married March 10, 1944; a sister, Erma Lee Slate; a brother, Estel W. Furrow; and a great-grandson, Andrew "Drew" Miller. She is survived by a son, Michael W. (Joan) Rash, of Statesville; a daughter, Debra R. (Turnie) Miller, of Olin; two grandchildren, Steven (Millie) Miller and Jenna Rash; a great-granddaughter, Aria Miller; a brother, Emell F. (Anna Lou) Furrow, of Shady Springs, W.Va; and her special "guard dog," Marcus. Funeral services celebrating Ethel's life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 18, at the Chapel of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, with the Rev. Gary Marshall officiating. The body will lie in state for 30 minutes prior to the service and burial will follow in the church cemetery. on July 17, 2013.⁵

     Wade Dowell Rash was buried at Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, 145 Mt Vernon Church Road, Olin, Iredell Co., North Carolina.³ His Social Security Number was 244-14-1474.⁴ He was born on May 27, 1920 at Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina.^4,1,2,3 He married Ethel Mae Furrow, daughter of Floyd Frank Furrow and Myrtle Delilah Donohoe, on March 10, 1944 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^2,5,3 Wade Dowell Rash died on December 18, 1996 at Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina, at age 76.^4,1,5,3

     Samuel Aldolphus Gay Sr. was buried at Moscow Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Mount Solon, Augusta Co., Virginia.^4,5 He was born on January 25, 1871 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia.^1,4,5 He married Rosa Pearl "Rosy" Furrow, daughter of John Albert Furrow and Mary Emily Spangler, on February 7, 1912 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^1,3 Samuel Aldolphus Gay Sr. died on June 16, 1955 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia, at age 84.^4,5

     Albert Marcellous Gay was buried at Moscow Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Mount Solon, Augusta Co., Virginia.^3,4 His Social Security Number was 225-50-0437.⁸ He was born on May 13, 1917 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia; The SSDI has a birth date of May 3, 1917.^3,8,4,9,5 He married Ruth Kohne on February 1, 1939 at Rockingham Co., Virginia.^3,5 Albert Marcellous Gay married Leona Mae Whetzel on October 19, 1991 at Rockingham Co., Virginia.⁵ Albert Marcellous Gay died on June 4, 2006 at Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 89.^3,8,4 He Albert Marcellous Gay, 89, of Amherst, died Sunday, June 4, 2006, in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was twice married. First, to the late Ruth Kohne Gay, then to the late Leona Silvious Gay. Born May 13, 1917, in Harrisonburg, he was a son of the late Samuel Aldolphus Gay Sr. and Rosa Pearl Furrow Gay. He was a member of the Fairview Church of the Brethren at New Market, Va. He is survived by a daughter, Mary Hise and husband, Jim, of Monroe; a brother, Samuel A. Gay Jr. and wife, Flora Mae, of Mount Solon, Va; five grandchildren, Jimmy Hise and wife, Amy, of Vinton, Brenda Davis and husband, Frankie, of Rustburg, Debbie Goldsmith and husband, Bruce, of Ruckersville, Jerry Hise and wife, Leslie, of Madison Heights, Johnny Hise and wife, Sharon, of Lynchburg; and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2006, at the Moscow Church of the Brethren in Mount Solon with the Revs. Bruce Goldsmith and Dwayne Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted and memorial contributions be made to the Lynchburg Police Helping Hands Foundation, POB 85, Lynchburg, VA 24504, or the Moscow Church of the Brethren, 866 Nash Road, Mount Solon, VA 22843. Driskill Funeral Chapel, Amherst, is in charge of the arrangements. (434) 946-5529.
on June 6, 2006.³

     Samuel Aldolphus Gay Jr. was buried at Parnassus Methodist Church Cemetery, 42 Clark Lane, Churchville, Augusta Co., Virginia.³ He was born on January 20, 1926 at Singers Glen, Rockingham Co., Virginia.³ He married Flora Mae Crum on August 28, 1947 at Bridgewater, Rockingham Co., Virginia.^3,4 Samuel Aldolphus Gay Jr. died on November 8, 2019 at Mount Solon, Augusta Co., Virginia, at age 93.³ He Mount Solon - Samuel Adolphus Gay, Jr., 93, of Mount Solon, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019 at Sentara RMH Medical Center. He was born in Singers Glen on January 20, 1926, and was a son of the late Rosa (Furrow) and Samuel Adolphus Gay, Sr. Sam retired from Southern States in 1986, and had previously worked at American Safety Razor and Staunton Stockyard, but he was a farmer at heart. He loved his many tractors that he collected. He was a member of Parnassus United Methodist Church. Sam served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II on the Larkspur Hospital Ship from 1944-46. He was united in marriage on August 28, 1947 to Flora Mae (Crum) Gay, of Mount Solon. Surviving in addition to his wife are his children Ellen Rawley & husband Robert, of Mt. Solon and David Gay & wife Colleen, all of Mt. Solon; and his greatest joy was his grandchildren and great grandchildren that visited him daily, Bryan & Krista Rawley, Josh & Rebecca Rawley, Christopher Ellis & Angel Ellis, and Brittany Gay & Justin Jewell. Numerous Great-Grandchildren, Luke, Grayson, Eli, Silas, Jacob, and Jordyn Rawley, Allen, Divine Hope, Jase Ellis, Bella Rose North and Remy Wade Jewell. He was preceded in death by his brother Albert M. Gay. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Parnassus United Methodist Church with Pastor Vicki Barb and Pastor John Christophel officiating. Burial will follow at Parnassus United Methodist Church Cemetery with military rite by the Dayton American Legion Post #27. on November 12, 2019.³

     Ruth Kohne was buried at Moscow Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Mount Solon, Augusta Co., Virginia.³ She was born on November 27, 1915 at Mathias, Hardy Co., West Virginia.^3,2 As of February 1, 1939,her married name was Gay.² She married Albert Marcellous Gay, son of Samuel Aldolphus Gay Sr. and Rosa Pearl "Rosy" Furrow, on February 1, 1939 at Rockingham Co., Virginia.^1,2 Ruth Kohne died on July 14, 1988 at age 72.³

     Her Social Security Number was 223-42-8222.² Leona Mae Whetzel was born on April 14, 1917 at Linville, Rockingham Co., Virginia.^1,2 As of October 19, 1991,her married name was Gay.¹ She married Albert Marcellous Gay, son of Samuel Aldolphus Gay Sr. and Rosa Pearl "Rosy" Furrow, on October 19, 1991 at Rockingham Co., Virginia.¹ Leona Mae Whetzel died on November 2, 2002 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia, at age 85.^3,2

     Frederick Morton Okes was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ He was born on September 24, 1889 at Dunns, Mercer Co., West Virginia.⁴ He married Willie Emeline Furrow, daughter of John Albert Furrow and Mary Emily Spangler, on July 2, 1914 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^5,1 Frederick Morton Okes died on November 24, 1938 at Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 49.⁴

     Clyde Vernon Okes was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.¹ His Social Security Number was 235-28-1166.¹⁰ He was born on May 23, 1917 at Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^1,10,4,5 He married Mary Virginia Epperly on April 1, 1939 at Summers Co., West Virginia.^1,2,11 Clyde Vernon Okes died on June 8, 2007 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 90.^1,10 He Clyde V. Okes, 90, of 614 Blue Jay Six Road, Cool Ridge, passed away after a long illness at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley on Friday, June 8, 2007. Born May 23, 1917, in Shady Spring, he was the son of the late Frederick M. Okes and Willie Furrow Okes Jolly. Mr. Okes was the former owner of C.V. Okes Coal Co., the founder of Okes Family Farms, and was a retired school bus driver for Raleigh County Schools. He was a longtime member of the Ghent Area Volunteer Fire Department, former member of the Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee and a recipient of the Honorary State Farmer Degree of the West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America. Clyde was a member of Ghent Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as a teacher, deacon, and had taught Sunday school for over 60 years. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Robert "Pop" Jolly; father and mother-in-law, Burl and Donna Epperly; twin daughters, Janet and June; grandson, Winford Dillard; great-grandson, Timmy Harris; brother, William "Scott" Oakes; sister, Cora Okes Greco Porterfield; and son-in-law, Dr. Jorge A. Allende. Surviving are his wife of 68 years, Mary Epperly Okes; daughters, Willa Dillard and husband, Winford, of Lakeland, Fla., and Sandra Allende-Donahue and husband, Richard, of West LaFayette, Ind; a son, Fred Okes and wife, Connie, of Cool Ridge; eight grandchildren, Waynette and husband, Marlon Harris, of Christianburg, Va., Wanda McKirahan and husband, Patrick, of Rocky Mount, N.C., Waelon Dillard of Lakeland, Dr. Jorge A. Allende and wife, Megan, of Ukian, Calif., Jeffrey Allende and wife, Page, of Richmond, Va., Kevin Okes and wife, Jennifer, of Cool Ridge, Emily Carver and husband, Daniel, of Cool Ridge and Amanda Okes of Cool Ridge; 12 great-grandchildren, Michael, Christopher, Kimberly, Matthew and Maddie Harris, Kevin and Megan McKirahan, Mercedes and Luciana Allende, Ashe and Catherine Allende, and Abigail Okes; a brother, John Jesse Okes of Medina, Ohio; sisters, Ruth Hatcher Cook of Matheny and Polly Jolly Mitchel of Phoenix, Ariz; a brother, William "Bill" Jolly of Shady Spring; and sister, Lucy Worley of Ohio. Service will be noon Monday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Shady Spring Chapel, with the Rev. Charlie Hudson, the Rev. Gerald Kelly, the Rev. George Speck and the Rev. Doug Walls officiating. Entombment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Friends may call 2 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Kevin Okes, Jeff Allende, Daniel Carver, Patrick McKirahan, Doug Shrewsbury and Jay McClure. Online condolences may be sent to our guest book at www.roseandquesenberry.net. Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Shady Spring. on June 10, 2007.¹

     Robert Grey "Pop" Jolly was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² His Social Security Number was 232-14-4958.⁶ He married Willie Emeline Furrow, daughter of John Albert Furrow and Mary Emily Spangler.¹ Robert Grey "Pop" Jolly was born on September 14, 1893 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina.^6,3,4,5 He died on September 4, 1970 at West Virginia at age 76.^6,2

     Mary Virginia Epperly Mary Virginia Epperly Okes, 92, of Okes Family Farms Cool Ridge, passed away after a long illness at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley on Monday, January 11, 2010. Born March 26, 1917, in Cool Ridge, She was the daughter of the late Burl O. and Donna B. (Lilly) Epperly of Cool Ridge. Mrs. Okes was a homemaker who loved her garden, flowers and family. She found comfort in being outside and being with her grandchildren. She loved going to church and listening to Gospel music. Mary was a member of the Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren for over 70 years and also attended the Ghent Missionary Baptist Church with her husband for many years. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Clyde V. Okes; father and mother-in-law, Fred and Willie Okes; twin daughters, Janet and June; grandson, Winford Dillard; great-grandson, Timmy Harris; son-in-law, Dr. Jorge Allende; and twelve brothers and sisters Acel Epperly, Lena Epperly, Wayland Epperly, Ralph Epperly, Claude Epperly, Katherine Peters, Nellie Clark, Pauline Epperly, Lakie Car Shrewsbury, Audry Sullens, Geneva Shrewsbury Lilly, and Joy Allen. Surviving are her children, Willa Dillard and husband, Winford, of Lakeland, Fla., and Sandra Allende-Donahue and husband, Richard, of West LaFayette, Ind; a son, Fred Okes and wife, Connie, of Cool Ridge; eight grandchildren, Waynette and husband, Marlon Harris, of Christianburg, Va., Wanda McKirahan and husband, Patrick, of Rocky Mount, N.C., Waelon Dillard of Lakeland, Fla., Dr. Jorge A. Allende and wife, Megan, of Ukian, Calif., Jeffrey Allende and wife, Page, of Richmond, Va., Kevin Okes and wife, Jennifer, of Cool Ridge, Emily Carver and husband, Daniel, of Cool Ridge, and Amanda Okes of Cool Ridge; 12 great-grandchildren, Michael, Christopher, Kimberly, Matthew and Maddie Harris, Kevin and Megan McKirahan, Mercedes, Luciana and Andreas Allende, Ashe and Catherine Allende, Abigail and Austin Okes, and David Carver; also two great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Shady Spring Chapel, with the Rev. Gerald Kelly, the Rev. Doug Walls and the Rev. Jim Stanley officiating. Entombment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.³ She was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ She was born on March 26, 1917 at Cool Ridge, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ As of April 1, 1939,her married name was Okes.² She married Clyde Vernon Okes, son of Frederick Morton Okes and Willie Emeline Furrow, on April 1, 1939 at Summers Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3 Mary Virginia Epperly died on January 11, 2010 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 92.³

     Janet Okes was born circa 1942 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ She died on April 23, 1942 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³

     June Okes was born circa 1942 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ She died on April 23, 1942 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³

     His Social Security Number was 236-36-0692.⁹ William Scott Oakes was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.⁴ He was born on June 27, 1926 at Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., West Virginia; His obituary has a birth date of Jun 26, 1927.^9,3,4 He married Mary Marie Redden circa 1948.⁴ William Scott Oakes died on October 30, 2003 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 77.^9,4 He William "Scott" Oakes, 77, of Shady Spring, passed away Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003, following a short illness. Born June 26, 1927, at Shady Spring, he was the son of the late Fredrick M. and Willie E. Furrow Okes. Mr. Oakes was a retired coal miner with 35 years of service, and faithfully served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of Ghent Missionary Baptist Church. One daughter, Debra Webb, a sister, Cora Porterfield, four half sisters and four half brothers preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Mary Marie Redden Oakes; a son, Jim Okes and wife, Beckie, of Vincennes, Ind; a daughter, Karren Blanchet and husband, Ray, of Shady Spring; two sisters, Polly Jolly Mitchell and Ruth Cook of Matheny; two brothers, Clyde Okes of Cool Ridge and Jesse Okes of Medina, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Christina Webb of Shady Spring, Shawn Oakes of Waco, Texas, Nikki Oakes and Ryan Oakes, both of Indianapolis, Ind., Jeremy McClure of Orlando, Fla., Jon McClure of Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Michael McClure of Shady Spring; two great-grandchildren, Bryce and Ryan McClure; two half brothers, Bill Jolly of Shady Spring and Edward L. Jolly of Elkton, Va; and three half sisters, Lakie Shiflett of Mason, Ohio, Lucy Worley of Brunswick, Ohio, and Lou Ann Bryson of Eaton Rapids, Mich. Service will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with Pastor Doug Walls officiating. Entombment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. on October 31, 2003.⁴

     Her married name was Weddington.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 232-28-1822.⁷ Cora Belle Okes was buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.⁵ Her married name was Porterfield.⁵ She married Benjamin Theodore "Ben" Porterfield.⁵ Cora Belle Okes married Unknown Weddington.⁴ Cora Belle Okes was born on June 22, 1919 at Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^7,5 She and Unknown Weddington were divorced before December, 1939.⁴ As of December 9, 1939,her married name was Greco.⁴ Cora Belle Okes married Patsy Mike Greco on December 9, 1939 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.⁴ Cora Belle Okes died on June 11, 1977 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 57.^7,5 She Mrs. Cora Belle Porterfield, 57, of 810 Johnstown Road, died Saturday at 12:20 a.m. in a local hospital after an extended illness. Born at Shady Spring, June 22, 1919, she was a daughter of Mrs. Willie Furrow Jolly, of Daniels and the late Fred M. Okes. Mrs. Porterfield was a disabled registered nurse and a member of the Church of the Brethren, Crab Orchard. Also surviving are her husband, Benjamin T. Porterfield; three sons, Pat, Highland; Md., Benjamin T. Ill, Beckley and Mark, Shady Spring; a daughter, Mrs. Marie Carol Vandall, Beckley; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Betty Wriston, Mount Hope and Mrs. Jean Vandall, Tampa, Fla; three brothers, Clyde Okes, Cool Ridge, Scott Oakes, Shady Spring and Jess Okes, Medina, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Hatcher, Matheny and Mrs. Polly Jolly, Phoenix, Ariz; three stepbrothers, Herbert W. Jolly, Brunswick, Ohio, Edward Jolly, Petersburg, Va. and R. G. Jolly Jr., Phoenix; five stepsisters, Mrs. Ethel Pickett, Milton, Fla., Mrs. Lucy Worley, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Marie Minnix, Mrs. Arbell Large, both of Chillicothe, Ohio and Mrs. Lakie Shiflett, Mason, Ohio; a half-sister, Mrs. Lou Ann Wilcox, Holt, Mich, and 10 grandchildren. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Funeral Chapel, Prosperity, with the Revs. R. E. Trotter and Robert Snodgrass officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Bill Hatcher, Elbert Vance, J. O. Cole, Richard Webb, Jimmy Oakes and Fred Okes. on June 12, 1977.⁵