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     Dorothy Janet Carroll was buried at Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens, 2150 Mount View Road, Marriottsville, Howard Co., Maryland.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 217-46-1736.⁵ Her married name was Berry.¹ She married Unknown Berry.^1,2,3 Dorothy Janet Carroll was born on February 12, 1947 at Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland.^5,3 She died on October 21, 1996 at age 49.⁵

     Hubert Poff was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, Carroll Co., Maryland.^8,7 He married Margery Alvy.⁷ Hubert Poff was born on February 6, 1932 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁶ He Hubert Poff, 24, Berrymans Lane, Reisterstown, died last evening from injuries received after being crushed by a tractor. He was employed on the farm of Luther Larkins, Berryman's Lane, Reisterstown. Last evening he was found dead in the back of the tractor. Before moving to the Larkin's farm, he had resided in Westminster. Surviving are his wife, Margery Alvy Poff, and son, James Hubert Poff, and mother, Mrs. Jessie E. Turner, Finksburg; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Carroll, West Friendship; Mrs. Roby E. Thompson, Randallstown; Mrs. Eugene Frock, Westminster; two brothers, Clayton, Hampstead, and Carlton, Sykesville. Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Berryman funeral chapel, Reisterstown. The Rev. James Mullholland, pastor of Presbyterian Church, Randallstown, will officiate. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery, Mt. Airy. on April 25, 1956.⁷ He died on April 25, 1956 at Reisterstown, Baltimore Co., Maryland, at age 24.⁷

     Dorothy Helen Poff was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, Carroll Co., Maryland.^6,5 She was born on January 8, 1935 at Maryland.^6,3 She died on December 11, 1943 at Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, at age 8.⁶ She Dorothy Poff, aged 8 years, 11 months and 3 days, died Friday night at 9 o'clock at the Frederick City Hospital. She was a daughter of Posey and Pucket Poff, of Virginia and now making their home near Mt. Airy. She is survived by her parents and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Marie Carroll, West Friendship; Mrs. Hazel Thompson, Ridgeville; Clayton Poff, U. S. Army; Carlton, Geneive and Hubert Poff, at home. Also surviving are her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Poff, Roanoke, Va. and her maternal grandfather, Samuel Era of Roanoke. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon, meeting at the late residence at 2 o'clock with further services at Calvary Methodist Church, Mt. Airy at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Daniels, assisted by Rev. Ralph Sharpe officiating. Interment in Pine Grove cemetery. C. M. Waltz funeral director. on December 13, 1943.⁶

     Roby Elmer Thompson was buried at Lake View Memorial Park, Sykesville, Carroll Co., Maryland.^3,4 He married Hazel Ethel Poff, daughter of Posey G. Poff and Peginora Era "Pegie" Puckett.^1,4 Roby Elmer Thompson was born on May 13, 1921 at Clagettsville, Montgomery Co., Maryland.² He died on June 24, 1963 at Maryland at age 42.⁴ He THOMPSON - On Monday, June 24, 1963, Roby E. of Deer park road, Owings Mills, beloved husband of Hazel Poff Thompson and devoted father of Roby L., and Kay J. Thompson, loving brother of Gilbert Thompson of Monrovia, Md; Esther M. Hurley, of Damascus, Md. and Roy E. Thompson, of Stanhope, N.J. The family will receive friends in the Lorlng Byers Chapel, 8728 Liberty road daily 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where services will be held on Thursday at 2 P.M. Interment in Lake View Memorial Park. on June 27, 1963.⁴

     Merlin Clair Draper was buried at Mountain View Memorial Estates, 3115 East Bengal Blvd., Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.⁵ His Social Security Number was 518-09-0841.⁶ He was born on December 7, 1911 at Rogerson, Twin Falls Co., Idaho.^4,6 He married Dora Marie Poff, daughter of Daniel Hayden/Haden Poff and Emma May Potter, on December 11, 1933 at Boise, Ada Co., Idaho.^2,3,7 Merlin Clair Draper died on November 20, 1986 at Utah at age 74.^2,6

     Mildred Pauline Mathena was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.¹ Her Social Security Number was 235-36-8646.² Her married name was Stewart.¹ She married Garfield Washington Stewart, son of Roy Langdon Stewart and Oakie May Wilson.¹ Mildred Pauline Mathena was born on April 13, 1922 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,2 She died on July 13, 2004 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 82.^1,2 She PRINCETON - Mildred Pauline Mathena Stewart, 82, of Princeton, formerly of Fair-view Street and Lilly Street in Princeton, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at Cassell's Board and Care. Born April 13, 1922 in Princeton, she was the daughter of the late Leon Mathena and Nannie Lou Rye Mathena. Mrs. Stewart was a retired inspector at Maidenform in Princeton. She was a member of the Princeton First Church of the Nazarene and attended the Fairview Christian Community Church in Princeton. She was a lifelong resident of Princeton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Garfield W. Stewart in 2000; and two brothers, Earl Mathena and Ray Mathena. Survivors include two stepdaughters, Patricia Bresnock and her husband Cyrus of Marriottsville, Md. and Carol Roark and her husband Charles of Athens; six step grandchildren; 10 step great-grandchildren; and her friend and caregiver, Cecilia Sampson. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rowland H. Bailey Funeral Chapel of the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with the Rev. Larry Dyer and Ronnie Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Men of the church will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call today from 6-8 p.m. at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton.
on July 16, 2004.¹

     Cretta Alston was born on December 28, 1909 at Crawford, Lawrence Co., Indiana.^2,3 As of December 31, 1927,her married name was Jarvis.¹ She married Ernest M./N. Jarvis, son of Doria J. "Dick" Jarvis and Dora B. Conner, on December 31, 1927.¹ Cretta Alston died on September 2, 1993 at Largo, Pinellas Co., Florida, at age 83.^2,3 She CRETTA JARVIS, 83, of Largo, formerly of Holiday, died Thursday at Suncoast Hospital in Largo. A native of Crawford, Ind., she lived in Holiday 22 years, moving from Clarinda, Iowa. She was a clerk for an insurance company, a member of the Community United Methodist Church in Holiday, and the North Park Chapter 404 of the Order of Eastern Star in Indianapolis. She is survived by a son, Richard L. of Boynton Beach; a daughter, Sharon K. Hall of Largo; a sister, Lucille David of West Lafayet te, Ind; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Padgett Funeral Home, Holiday. on September 4, 1993.³