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     Richard Arley "Dick" Hart was buried at Montgomery Memorial Park, Route 60, London, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.⁴ He was born on October 3, 1941 at Ripley, Jackson Co., West Virginia.⁴ He married Nancy Kay Rice, daughter of Edwin Merlin "Tippy" Rice and Ella Ruth Powell, on June 15, 1963 at Belle, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3,4 Richard Arley "Dick" Hart died on June 23, 2018 at Wake Co., North Carolina, at age 76.⁴ He Richard Arley Hart, 76, of Holly Springs, NC, died June 23, 2018. Dick was born October 3, 1941, in Ripley, WV, the son of Dutch and Veta Hart. He is survived by his devoted wife of 55 years, Nancy Rice Hart; sons, Bradley (Catherine) Hart of Birmingham, AL, and Andrew (Candace) Hart of Springfield, VA; and grandchildren, Emily and Joshua Hart of Birmingham, and Ryan and Kyle Hart of Springfield. He is also survived by his brothers, Ronald (Lois) Hart of Washington, PA, and David (Wanda) Hart of Washington, PA; sister, Nancy (Marvin) Rexroad of Lexington, KY; and a host of nieces and nephews. Dick was a 1958 graduate of Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston and a 1962 graduate of the West Virginia Institute of Technology, where he played basketball and baseball. He remained a lifelong devoted alumnus of West Virginia Tech and maintained a lifelong involvement in athletics. He also maintained an uncanny knack for establishing a connection with anyone he met from West Virginia. Dick served as an auditor and human resources trainer with the U.S. General Accounting Office in Washington, DC, for 35 years, retiring to Holly Springs in 1997. In retirement, he taught resume writing at Wake Technical Community College and as a volunteer for church and civic groups; he helped write thousands of resumes that in turn helped many to secure jobs. Dick was an active member of Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church in Cary, NC, heading an usher team and working with the Building and Grounds Committee, Kirk Classics, and the men's fellowship group. A graveside service will be held at Montgomery Memorial Park in London, WV, at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 28. The family extends its warm thanks and appreciation to the skilled medical team at the Wake Med Cary Intensive Care Unit. on June 27, 2018.⁴

     Melba Jo Hawkins was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, 200 West Prospect Street, Front Royal, Warren Co., Virginia.² Her Social Security Number was 233-58-9950.⁴ She was born on September 22, 1937 at Cabot Station, Calhoun Co., West Virginia.^2,4,3 As of June 18, 1960,her married name was Rice.¹ She married Ronald Kenneth "Ron" Rice, son of Edwin Merlin "Tippy" Rice and Ella Ruth Powell, on June 18, 1960 at Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia.^1,5,3 Melba Jo Hawkins died on May 10, 2008 at Winchester, Virginia, at age 70.^2,4,6,3 She Melba Jo Hawkins Rice Trenary, 70, of Front Royal, Va., died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Mrs. Trenary was born Sept. 22, 1937, in Cabot Station, the daughter of J.H. and Margaret Hawkins. She was a 1959 graduate of West Virginia University. She later taught home economics and science in Shepherdstown and Winchester. She served on the Warren County School Board in the late 1980s. Mrs. Trenary's first husband, Ronald K. Rice, a native of Belle, died in 1972. She married William C. Trenary in 1976 and they raised beef cattle on the family farm outside Front Royal. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Winchester and a volunteer for Faith in Action. She was also an active member of Chapter AX, PEO Sisterhood. She was active in the Garden Club of Warren County and served as a director of the Garden Club of Virginia. Surviving are her husband; two sisters, Sylvia Ramey of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Merna Busch of Tampa, Fla; a son, David Rice, and his children, Benjamin and Katharine, of Raleigh, N.C; a stepdaughter, Alice T. (Doug) Denham and daughters, Caitlyn and Briana of San Antonio, Texas; and stepdaughter, Julianne (Horace Ho) Trenary and children, Rebecca and Garrison Ho, of Austin, Texas. Burial was conducted following a private ceremony this week in Montgomery Memorial Park. (She is actually buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal, VA) on July 1, 2008.³

     Frederick Bruce Johnson was buried at Arlington Park Cemetery, 6920 Lone Star Road, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida.² He was born on August 31, 1905 at Mayport, Duval Co., Florida.^3,4 He married Bessie Brown Powell, daughter of Charles Edgar/Edwin "Charley" Powell and Ida Estaline Thompson, on June 17, 1931 at Duval Co., Florida.^1,5,6,7 Frederick Bruce Johnson died on August 16, 1986 at age 80.³

     Leo Sylvester "Frankie" Furrow was buried at Butts Cemetery, Glenvar, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^2,4 He married Dorothy Marie Frier.⁴ Leo Sylvester "Frankie" Furrow was born on July 23, 1931 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,4 He died on January 2, 1961 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 29.^2,4