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     Perrine Unknown was buried at Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia.¹ Her married name was Thurman.¹ She married Ralph Joel Thurman, son of William Alexander Thurman and Olive Celestia Shank.¹ Perrine Unknown was born on May 4, 1898 at Georgia.^1,2 She died on September 3, 1964 at age 66.¹

     William Perry Thurman was buried at Hampton Memorial Gardens, 155 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, Virginia.^4,2 His Social Security Number was 227-16-6660.⁵ He married Betty Jo Cosby.^2,3 William Perry Thurman was born on February 21, 1924 at Roanoke, Virginia.^4,5,2 He died on February 20, 2003 at Virginia at age 78.^4,5,2 He HAMPTON - Senior Chief William Perry Thurman, (USNR-retired), age 79, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003. A native of Roanoke, he had been a Peninsula resident for 55 years. After serving for 35 years between the Navy, Naval Reserve and Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, William retired in 1983. He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, a member of the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association and had also served as Scout Master for Troop #57 of the Boy Scouts of America. Survivors include three sons, Ralph Thurman and his wife, Jenny, Michael Thurman, and Gary Thurman and his wife, Patty; three grandchildren, Carrie Anderson and her husband, Mike, Amanda Morrisette and her husband, Rob, and Ryan Thurman; and one great-granddaughter, Alexis Nicole Anderson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jo Thurman, and one son, William Franklin Thurman. A visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. A Funeral Mass will be held immediately following at 6 p.m. with the Monsignor Michael D. McCarron officiating. Family and friends will gather at 8:30 a.m. at the church on Tuesday, Dec. 23, to go to Hampton Memorial Gardens Cemetery for burial at 9 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 100 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA 23601. Arrangements by W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home. on December 22, 2003.²

     Her Social Security Number was 229-36-4248.² Betty Jo Cosby was buried at Hampton Memorial Gardens, 155 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, Virginia.¹ Her married name was Thurman.³ She married William Perry Thurman, son of Ralph Joel Thurman and Perrine Unknown.^3,1 Betty Jo Cosby was born on November 27, 1927 at Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia.^2,1 She died on April 10, 2001 at Virginia at age 73.^2,1 She Betty Jo Thurman, 73, died Tuesday, April 10, 2001. She was a native of Staunton and had been a Peninsula resident for 53 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband, William Perry Thurman; her sons, Ralph Thurman, and his wife, Jenny, Michael Thurman, and Gary Thurman and his wife, Patty; two brothers, Bill Cosby, and his wife, Judy, and Bud Cosby and his wife, Joyce; and three grandchildren, Carrie Thurman, Amanda Thurman and Ryan Thurman. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. A Mass of the Resurrection will follow at 7:30 p.m. with Monsignor Michael McCarron officiating. Family and friends will gather at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church for burial at 10 a.m. in Hampton Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Timothy Keeney officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Poor Clare Monastery, 28 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA 23601. Arrangements are by W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home. on April 11, 2001.¹

     His Social Security Number was 232-12-0231.³ George Lee Richards was buried at Evergreen Burial Park, 1307 Summit Ave SW, Roanoke, Virginia.⁴ He was born on May 10, 1899 at Virginia.^3,2,4 He married Mary Ann Thurman, daughter of William Alexander Thurman and Olive Celestia Shank, on November 26, 1921 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁵ George Lee Richards and Mary Ann Thurman were divorced before April 11, 1930.⁶ George Lee Richards died on June 12, 1967 at age 68.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 231-14-7525.⁴ George Lee Richards Jr. was buried at Hampton Memorial Gardens, 155 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, Virginia.² He was born on April 10, 1923 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^2,4 He married Dorothy Freda Gill on September 16, 1944.⁵ George Lee Richards Jr. died on March 26, 1994 at Virginia at age 70.^2,4 He HAMPTON - George Lee Richards Jr., 70, of Hampton, died Saturday, March 26. He was a native of Salem, Va. and a Peninsula resident for 48 years. Mr. Richards retired as a senior lab technician after 35 years with Newport News Shipbuilding. He attended Danville Military School and served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). In 1941 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, served in the 8th Air Corps, London, England. Honorably discharged in 1945, he settled in Hampton as an assistant maintenance foreman, Coats & Clark (zipper div.) until his employment at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1954. He served as cubmaster pack 55, Buckroe Baptist Church, cubmaster pack 53, Jane H. Bryan School; assistant scoutmaster troop 29, First Presbyterian Church, Hampton, and scoutmaster troop 38, Buckroe Methodist Church. On the adult level he served as adult training chairman, chairman eastern district expedition committee, assistant scoutmaster 1964, national jamboree Valley Forge, eastern district commissioner. He obtained while in scouting: ordel, brotherhood and vigil levels in the order of the arrow Kecoughtan lodge and the highest adult volunteer award presented in scouting the "Silver Beaver." He was co-founder, director and instructor of the Tidewater Musketeer Jr. Rifle Club, life member N.R.A., National American Legion Post 0141 and VFW Post 3219. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Gill Richards, a daughter, Gillian Richards Green, Midlothian, Va; a son, Lee Ernest Richards, Hampton; 4 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Lawrence B. Wood Funeral Home. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home by Rev. Marion Paul White. Burial in Veteran's Memorial Gardens. on March 28, 1994.²

     Dorothy Freda Gill was buried at Hampton Memorial Gardens, 155 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, Virginia.² She was born on August 2, 1922 at London, England.^3,2 As of September 16, 1944,her married name was Richards.² She married George Lee Richards Jr., son of George Lee Richards and Mary Ann Thurman, on September 16, 1944.² Dorothy Freda Gill died on January 28, 2011 at Virginia at age 88.^3,2 She Dorothy Freda Richards, age 88, passed away on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Born in London, England, on April 5, 1922, and a Hampton resident for the past 58 years, she was the youngest of three daughters of a River Thames policeman. She completed school at age 14 and attended Morley Business College. When World War II broke out, she took a job at Lambert and Butlers cigarette factory. When America entered the war, she met a young Army air corpsman, George Lee Richards Jr., from Salem, Va. They were married on Sept. 16, 1944. In 1946, she came to America, as one of the original war brides, and lived in Roanoke County until moving to Newport News (Copeland Park). In 1953, they moved to the Buckroe Beach area of Hampton. The mother of two children, she became active in the Boy Scouts (den mother) and the Girl Scouts (troop leader). After her children were grown, she took her one and only American job, Sears & Roebuck, where she retired after 30 years of service. One of her proudest moments in her life was becoming an American citizen in 1980. After retirement she enjoyed knitting afghans for each of the grandchildren as they were born. She was also accomplished in ceramics, specializing in 'Santas from Around the World.' She was a member and officer in the TBPA (Transatlantic Brides and Parents Asso.), and every other Monday she played rummy cube with her British friends, Bryle, Betty and Joan. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, George and Louisa Gill; sisters, Georgena Cousins and Louisa Tappy; and her husband, George L. Richards Jr. She is survived by her son, Lee Richards and wife, Dolly; daughter, Gillian Green and husband, Charles; four grandchildren, Michelle Woods, Teresa Moss, Jennifer Sherwood, and Chad Green; 10 great-grandchildren; three great great-grandchildren; and Odie. The family would like to thank the staff at the Riverside Hospital Oncology Intensive Care Unit and the 5th Floor West, for their compassionate and professional care during Dorothy's stay. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home. A celebration of Dorothy's life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Hampton Veterans Memorial Gardens. on January 30, 2011.²

     His Social Security Number was 226-01-7589.² Grover Cleveland Morgan was born on August 27, 1885 at Virginia.² He married Mary Ann Thurman, daughter of William Alexander Thurman and Olive Celestia Shank, on October 14, 1933 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ Grover Cleveland Morgan died in June, 1965 at age 79.²

     Her Social Security Number was 095-24-8678.³ Miriam Maude Thurman was born on February 5, 1897 at Virginia.^1,3 As of September 13, 1922,her married name was Starnes.² She married Professor George Talmadge Starnes on September 13, 1922 at Floyd Co., Virginia.² Miriam Maude Thurman died in July, 1986 at age 89.³

     Professor George Talmadge Starnes was buried at University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium, Charlottesville, Virginia.² He was born on May 31, 1895 at Verdi, Scott Co., Virginia.^3,1 He married Miriam Maude Thurman, daughter of Dr. James Wilton Thurman and Beulah Anna Shank, on September 13, 1922 at Floyd Co., Virginia.³ Professor George Talmadge Starnes died in 1955.²

     His Social Security Number was 225-24-3537.⁵ W. Thurman Starnes was buried at Forest Lawn East Cemetery, 3700 Forest Lawn Drive, Weddington, Union Co., North Carolina.³ He married Faye Jarrell.³ W. Thurman Starnes was born on September 29, 1925 at Charlottesville, Virginia.^5,6,2,3 He died on January 26, 1991 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, at age 65.^5,6,2,3 He Mr. W. Thurman Starnes, of 5132 Camilla Dr. died Jan. 26, 1991, at Mercy Hospital South. Funeral is 11 a.m Monday at Saint John`s Episcopal Church, where he was a member. Burial is private. Harry and Bryant Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Starnes, a native of Charlottesville, Va., was a builder and developer of Charlotte homes and neighborhoods. He was a University of Virginia graduate and received his master`s degree at Stanford University. He was a World War II Navy lieutenant. He served on the Thompson Children`s Home Board of Directors for 15 years. Survivors are his wife, Faye; sons, Allan Starnes, Chuck Starnes; daughters, Mrs. Lydia Williams of Miami, Mrs. Susie Culp; eight grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Thompson Children`s Home Inc., P.O. Box 25129, Charlotte, N.C. 28229. on January 27, 1991.²