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     William Russell Thayer II was buried at Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, 12800 Viers Mills Road, Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland.^2,3 He was born on August 2, 1926 at Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.^1,4 He married Margaret Ann Thornton, daughter of Harold Davis Thornton and Lillian L. Gabriel, on July 22, 1950 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.¹ William Russell Thayer II died on August 12, 2009 at Maryland at age 83.^4,3 He WILLIAM R. THAYER, II Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer for the Eastern District of Virginia On Wednesday, August 12, 2009 of Bethesda, MD. Beloved husband of Margaret T. Thayer. Father of Thomas Thayer and his wife Michele, Richard Thayer and his wife Joan. Mr. Thayer is also survived by his grandsons Sean and Ryan Thayer. Friends will be received at Pumphrey's Colonial Funeral Home, 300 West Montgomery Avenue (Rte. 28, exit 6-A just off I-270), Rockville, MD on Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, where service will be held on Monday, August 17 at 10 a.m. Interment Parklawn Memorial Park. on August 14, 2009.³

     Norman Lee Altice Norman Lee Altice, 82, of Fort Hill Road, Bristol, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center. He was the husband of the late Doris Marie (Mello) Altice. Born in Roanoke, Va., he was the son of the late Leonard William and Claudine (Thurman) Altice. He is survived by his sons, Norman Lee Altice Jr. and his wife Susan of Tennessee, and Kenneth M. Altice of Bristol; his daughter, Jane A. Altice-Leite and her husband Mark of New Hampshire; one granddaughter and one great-grandson. He was the brother of Jean Deyerle and Peggy Adams of Florida. Norman was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy serving aboard the USS Yosemite. He was a life member of the VFW and a member of the Ever-Ready Engine & Hose Co #2 of the Bristol Fire Department. He enjoyed his lifelong career as a toolmaker for Speidel and Dennis Machine Co. Graveside service St. Mary’s Cemetery, Chestnut Street, Bristol.³ He was buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island.^3,5 He married Doris Marie Mello.^3,5 Norman Lee Altice was born on April 7, 1933 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.² He died on September 26, 2015 at Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, at age 82.³

     Pauline Gladys Setliff was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2 Her married name was Altice.¹ She married Leonard William Altice, son of Charles Lee "Charlie" Altice and Pearl Beatrice "Pearly" Gearheart.¹ Pauline Gladys Setliff was born on May 5, 1910 at Olustee, Jackson Co., Oklahoma.^1,3,2 She died on January 24, 2011 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 100.^1,3,2 She Pauline Gladys Altice, 100, of Roanoke, Va., passed away Monday, January 24, 2011. She was born May 5, 1910, in Olustee, Okla., daughter of the late William Carl and Zeda Wheeler Setliff. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leonard W. Altice; son, William Marshall Caudell; and a number of siblings. Mrs. Altice was a retired self employed beautician with over 70 years of service to her clients. She was a member of New Covenant Christian Church, enjoyed gardening and loved her family and friends. She is survived by her son, Teddy Glen Caudell; granddaughter, Rhonda Kay Kiser; great-grandchildren, Jessica Kiser and Richard Kiser; great-great-granddaughter, Leah Kiser; brother, Jewett Setliff; sister, Linda Setliff; and daughter-in-law, Wanda Whitfield Fogel Caudell. Graveside services will be conducted at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke. The family would like to thank the Friendship Manor Palliative Staff on the 1st floor for all of their loving care and a special thank you to Mrs. Altice's personal friend and caregiver, Mary Jo Knight. on January 25, 2011.¹

     Her Social Security Number was 036-22-6007.⁴ Doris Marie Mello was buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island.⁵ Her married name was Altice.⁴ She married Norman Lee Altice, son of Leonard William Altice and Claudine Evelyn Thurman.^1,5 Doris Marie Mello was born on February 18, 1934 at Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island.^4,2 She died on June 20, 1999 at Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, at age 65.^4,3 She Doris Marie Altice, 65, of Fort Hill Road, a homemaker, died Sunday at home. She was the wife of Norman Lee Altice. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Manuel S. and Mary Doris (Araujo) Mello, she lived in Bristol for 57 years and previously lived in New Jersey. Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Norman Lee Altice Jr. of Clarksville, Tenn., and Kenneth M. Altice of Bristol; a daughter, Jane A. Altice of Bristol; a brother, Michael W. Mello of Portsmouth, and a granddaughter. She was the sister of the late William Mello. on June 22, 1999.³

     His Social Security Number was 225-16-4828.⁶ Benjamin Franklin Looney Jr. was buried at Evergreen Burial Park, 1307 Summit Ave SW, Roanoke, Virginia.⁷ He was born on November 29, 1915 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia; His draft card has a birth year of 1916.^6,3,7,8 He married Mildred Frances Altice, daughter of Charles Lee "Charlie" Altice and Pearl Beatrice "Pearly" Gearheart, on April 7, 1940 at Bristol, Virginia.^1,4 Benjamin Franklin Looney Jr. and Mildred Frances Altice were divorced on May 1, 1946 at Roanoke, Virginia.⁹ Benjamin Franklin Looney Jr. died on December 21, 1992 at Los Angeles Co., California, at age 77.^6,2,7,3 He LOONEY, Benjamin F. Jr., 75, of Linwood, Calif., died Monday, December 21, 1992. Born in Bluefield, W.Va. on November 29, 1917, and raised in Roanoke, he was the son of the late Frank and Elizabeth Looney, both of Roanoke. After serving as a second lieutenant in the army during WWII, he moved to Southern California, where he worked for the LA Transit Authority, and was an active member of the Moose Lodge. He is survived by is wife, Eloise Looney, South Gate, Calif; a son, Larry Scott; and two granddaughters, Traci Walters and Terri Scott, all of Roanoke; a sister, Alleta Jo Nash, Roanoke; an aunt, Mrs. Katherine Bell, Bluefield, W.Va; nieces and nephews, Shirley Foutz and Dan Starkey, both of Vinton, Jack Starkey, LaHabra, Calif., Martha Lorenz, Villa Hills, Ky; David Looney, Groton, Conn., Teresa Nash Sentelle, Charlotte, N.C., Buddy Nash, Vallejo, Calif., and Ralph Nash, Roanoke; and several great-nieces and nephews. on December 24, 1992.³

     Lewis Hanson Thurman married Wynona E. Wall.² Lewis Hanson Thurman was born circa 1841 at Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ He died on December 15, 1890 at Pulaski Co., Virginia.³

     William Alexander Thurman was born in September, 1849 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,4 He married Olive Celestia Shank, daughter of Joel Shank and Mary Antoinette Wickham, on October 4, 1877 at Floyd Co., Virginia.³

     John Tazwell Thurman was buried at Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas.⁴ He was born on June 28, 1854 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,4 He married Lenora Davis Strickler, daughter of Samuel Strickler and Nancy Ann Helms, on April 5, 1888 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,4 John Tazwell Thurman died in 1938.⁴

     Dr. James Wilton Thurman was buried at Riverview Cemetery, 1701 Chesapeake Street, Charlottesville, Virginia.⁴ He was born on April 8, 1856 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,4 He married Eliza Attaway N. Lancaster on October 20, 1886 at Floyd Co., Virginia.³ Dr. James Wilton Thurman married Beulah Anna Shank, daughter of Joel Shank and Mary Antoinette Wickham, on January 31, 1894 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^3,4 Dr. James Wilton Thurman died on July 23, 1935 at Charlottesville, Virginia, at age 79.⁴

     Peter L. Thurman was born circa March, 1860 at Little River, Floyd Co., Virginia.^4,2 He married Mary Frances "Molly" Wall on December 21, 1887 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.³

     Her married name was Thurman.² Wynona E. Wall married Lewis Hanson Thurman, son of David Saunder Thurman and Ann Amelia Livesay.² Wynona E. Wall was born circa 1849 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.³

     Allen David Vest Sr. was buried at Harvestwood Cemetery, intersection of Rt. 681 and Rt. 682, Little River, Floyd Co., Virginia.^9,8 He was born on July 21, 1888 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2,3,9,5 He married Laura Gertrude Wood on December 16, 1914 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^9,4,7,5,6 Allen David Vest Sr. died on December 4, 1944 at Little River, Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 56.^9,5,8 He Allen Vest, 56, died Monday at his home in the Harvestwood community. Funeral will be held at Harvestwood chapel and burial will be in the chapel cemetery, He leaves his wife, his father, Lincoln Vest, and two sons overseas. There are a number of relatives in the Roanoke section. on December 6, 1944.⁸

     Alton Harry Vest was buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^10,4,11 His Social Security Number was 233-09-5323.¹² He Alton Harry Vest, president and manager of the Mercer Hardware & Furniture Company at Matoaka, Mercer County, was born at Floyd Court House, Virginia, April 3, 1891, and is a son of Abraham Lincoln Vest and Emma (Thurman) Vest, both natives of Floyd County, Virginia, where they still maintain their home and where the father is a representative farmer and a loyal citizen who has been influential in public affairs of local order. He was born in 1859 and his wife in 1857, and both are members of families early founded in the Old Dominion State. Abraham L. Vest has served as commissioner of internal revenue, as a member of the board of review of his native county and in other local offices of trust. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and although he bears the name of the "Great Emancipator," his father, Jacob Vest, was a soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, having met his death while in the army, in the command of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Abraham L. Vest and his wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is serving as an elder in the same. He has been for many years affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The two sons, of whom the subject of this sketch is the younger, are associated in business, the elder son, Allen D., being vice president of the Mercer Hardware & Furniture Company. Alton H. Vest attended the public schools of his native county until he was seventeen years of age. He taught one term of school and for two and one-half years thereafter was employed in the commissary department of the Solvay Colliery Company at Big Sandy, West Virginia. He was then transferred to the company's offices at Marytown, and later continued in service in turn at Springton and Kingston. His activities in connection with business affairs were interrupted when, February 6, 1918, he enlisted for service in the United States Army. He was sent to Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, and was assigned to a regiment of infantry. Later he was transferred to the army ambulance service and sent to Allentown, Pennsylvania, for training. Upon proceeding to France he was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourteenth Base Hospital at Bordeaux, where he remained on active duty one year. After the signing of the historic armistice that brought the World war to a close, Mr. Vest returned to his native land, and at Camp Meade he received his honorable discharge on the 2nd of June, 1919, with the rank of hospital sergeant. Shortly afterward he entered the employ of the Flat Top Pocahontas Coal Company as bookkeeper in its office at Herndon, West Virginia. Six months later he became associated in the organization of the Mercer Hardware & Furniture Company, of which representative commercial concern at Matoaka he has since been associated, first as vice president and later becoming president of the firm. Mr. Vest received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in the Masonic fraternity at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and is affiliated also with Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Reading, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Mercer County Country Club and is one of the vital and progressive young business men of Matoaka. Mr. Vest married, June 15, 1921, Miss Ella Mastin Bailey, of Matoaka, West Virginia, and they have one son, Harry Lincoln Vest.⁵ He was born on April 3, 1891 at Pizarro, Floyd Co., Virginia.^{1,3,10,4,5,13,8,12} He married Ella Mastin Bailey on June 15, 1921 at Matoaka, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^5,6,11,14 Alton Harry Vest died on November 25, 1970 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 79.^10,4,13,11 He Funeral services for A. Harry Vest, 79, former mayor of Bluefield who died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital of an apparent heart condition, will be conducted Saturday. Burial will follow in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Vest, mayor of Bluefield from 1945 to 1949, was well known in civic and political organizations both in Bluefield and Mercer County. He was chairman of the Mercer County Republican Executive Committee for five years, serving from 1964 to 1969. The Mercer County Republican Executive Committee unanimously approved a resolution expressing deep regret at his death, and commended him “for many years of service and devotion to the principles and programs of the Republican party at the local, state and national level.” “Mr. Vest’s leadership and loyalty have meant much to his fellow Republicans and we mourn his passing and extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family,” the committee said. Bom in Floyd County, Va., a son of the late Lincoln and Emma Thurman Vest, he came to Mercer County while in his teens, working with a coal company. He was in the hardware business in Matoaka for a number of years, coming to Bluefield in 1930, where he headed the Vest Insurance Agency, Inc., until his semi-retirement in 1968. He received the Bluefield Jaycees’ Man of the Year citation and the American Legion’s distinguished citizenship Award in 1961. He was the 1939 commander of the Bluefield American Legion post and later served as its sixth district commander. He was also active in forming and promoting the Legion’s drum and bugle corps that for many years won national honors. Vest was also a charter member of the Matoaka Kiwanis Club; was a 32nd Degree Mason, a Knights Templar and a Shriner. He was also former governor of the Bluefield Loyal Order of Moose and headed its committee for a new building. He served as a deacon, elder and chairman of several fund raising campaigns at the Westminster Presbyterian Church and was former president of the Presbyterian Men’s Council on both a state and local level. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ella Bailey Vest; two sons, Robert A. Vest of Bluefield and Eugene Vest of Ronceverte; one step-sister, Mrs. Rufus Conner of Copper Hill, Va; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons. The Riley-Vest Post of the Bluefield American Legion was partly named for his son Harry L. Vest, who died in World War II. Pallbearers will be J. Donald Clark, J. E. Corbitt, R. C. McConnell, Garland Yates, C. P. Kesner, C. C. Walker, H. Edward Steele and Richard J. Wood. on November 27, 1970.¹¹

     M. Christine Tice was buried at Quarryville Cemetery, Quarryville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She was born on March 4, 1947.¹ She died on August 11, 1981 at age 34.¹

     Gwyndolia Louise Balch was buried at Wilson's Funeral Directors and Cemetery, 1226 Brownfield Highway, Wolfforth, Lubbock Co., Texas.¹ She was born on April 30, 1924 at Tahoka, Lynn Co., Texas.¹ As of November 9, 1941,her married name was Timmons.¹ She married John Frank Timmons, son of William Howard "Bill" Timmons and Margaret Celeste "Maggie" Akers, on November 9, 1941 at New Home, Lynn Co., Texas.¹ Gwyndolia Louise Balch died on September 1, 2012 at Texas at age 88.¹ She LUBBOCK- Gwyndolia Louise Timmons, 88, of Lubbock was born April 30, 1924 in Tahoka to J. T. Balch and Victoria Smith-Balch. She married Frank Timmons, November 9, 1941 in New Home. He passed away July 5, 1991. She and Frank farmed cotton, she enjoyed sewing and working in her garden. She was a wonderful wife, mom, and granny. Gwyn passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 Those left to cherish her memories are her children, Linda Kay and husband Dean Maas of Lakeview, Kenneth Mac Timmons and wife Rhonda Sue of New Home, Francie Lou Timmons of New Home, and Wesley Truman Timmons and wife Vickie of Lakeview; seven grandchildren; and 14 Great-Grandchildren. The family will greet friends from 6-8pm today, September 4, 2012 in Wilsons' Funeral Directors Chapel in Wolfforth. Services will be at 4:00pm Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in the same chapel. Entombment will be in Wilsons' Funeral Directors Cemetery. on September 4, 2012.¹