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     Richard Allen "Dickie" King was born on December 18, 1957 at Virginia.² He married Diane Kay Gillie on March 24, 1980 at Roanoke, Virginia.² Richard Allen "Dickie" King died on February 12, 2017 at Virginia at age 59.³ He Richard (Dickie) King, December 18, 1957 February 12, 2017 - 59, of Roanoke, Va., passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017, following a hard and brave fought battle, "Dickie" has moved on. He was preceded in death by his father, Milton. Dickie is survived by his wife, Kay; mother, Audrey; siblings, Doug and Diane and their families; his three children, Jessica, Jason and Joshua, along with their families. He touched the lives of many and will always be known as "The Great Dickertes," and the best technical coatings engineer to live. Please join "Dickie's" family at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February, 18, 2017, at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel (Downtown) to celebrate his life with John Hayden officiating. His family will receive friends one hour prior to the memorial service at the funeral home. on February 16, 2017.³

     James Harrison Overstreet was buried at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest, Bedford Co., Virginia.³ His Social Security Number was 228-16-1543.⁴ He was born on June 9, 1918 at Bedford Co., Virginia.^1,3,4,2 He married Irene Laurene Wimmer, daughter of Albert Harvey Wimmer and Lydia Pothenia Palmer, on February 19, 1987 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ James Harrison Overstreet died on November 30, 1998 at Bedford, Bedford Co., Virginia, at age 80.^3,4

     Michael Edward Bowles Sr. was buried at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk, Virginia.^4,5 His Social Security Number was 229-54-9938.⁶ He was born on September 12, 1943 at Roanoke, Virginia.^2,6,4 He married Linda Dolores Willis, daughter of Russell Clifton Willis and Irene Laurene Wimmer, on April 26, 1962 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,5 Michael Edward Bowles Sr. died on August 13, 1996 at Norfolk, Virginia, at age 52.^6,3,4,5 He Michael Edward Bowles Sr., 52, of the 1800 block of Oyster Bay Lane, died Aug. 13, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.
Mr. Bowles, a native of Roanoke, was a production supervisor for Planters Peanut Company and was a member of Nansemond River Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Linda Willis Bowles; a daughter, Kristy Williamson and her husband, Rick, of Suffolk; a son, Michael Edward Bowles II and his wife, Terri Lynn, of Suffolk; his mother, Mary Worley Bowles of Portsmouth; a sister, Barbara Bowles Smith and her husband, Bobby, of Fairhope, Ala; and four grandchildren, Christopher Evans, Travis Evans, Trae Michael Bowles and Nikki Bowles. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Baker-Foster Funeral Home, Bennett's Creek Chapel, by the Rev. Tim Piland. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Bennett's Creek Football Association, P.O. Box 5014, Suffolk, Va. 23435. on August 15, 1996.⁵

     Her Social Security Number was 237-16-7644.² Her married name was DeWese.² Verna Hayes married James Larkin DeWese Jr., son of James Larkin DeWese and Edna Elizabeth Pearson.² Verna Hayes was born on August 24, 1916 at Halls Mills, Wilkes Co., North Carolina.² She died on April 13, 1995 at age 78.²

     His Social Security Number was 232-50-2025.⁴ Leon Neal Pettry married Emily S. "Emma" McCurter. Leon Neal Pettry was born on May 7, 1937 at Arnett, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^4,1 He died on November 8, 1972 at Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, at age 35; Shot by police as he emerged from a Little Rock drugstore while armed wit a weapon.^4,5,3 He LITTLE ROCK - An armed man was shot and killed Wednesday night after he robbed the Economy Drug Store near downtown Little Rock, police said. The man was identified as Leon Pettry, 35, of Wentzville, Mo. Police said the man exchanged shots in the store with the druggist, with neither being hit, after the man had demanded and gotten money and drugs. Nearby police heard the shots and confronted the man outside the store, where he was shot, polics said. on November 9, 1972.² He LITTLE ROCK - The Pulaski County Grand Jury reported Monday that it believes "there was a breakdown of civilian authority over the police department" in 1972, when Gale Weeks was police chief. The jury report was based on an investigation of activities of a police intelligence unit in connection with the deaths of two men. The unit was abolished this fall after Walter "Sonny" Simpson succeeded Weeks as chief. Weeks was chief during the period of the activities which were investigated by the jury. Simpson was chosen chief after Weeks resigned. The resignation came alter Simpson had won a civil rights lawsuit he had flied against Weeks after Simpson, a lieutenant, had been demoted to night jailer. "The chief of pollee (Weeks) was not effectively accountable to civlian authority," the jury report said as it enumerated other opinions of the jurors. "The police intelligence unit was not properly accountable to any authority," the report said. The members of the unit were Forrest Parkman, James D. Vandiver Jr., Fred Hensley, Loyd Maughn, and Timothy P. Daley. The report said the five-man unit engaged in "abuses related to the use of informants, the apparent disregard of personal civil rights and a disregard for the safely of citizens within the community." The jury said the value of the intelligence unit, which was formed to gather information about organized crime, should be seriously reviewed before similar units are formed. The jury heard 17 witnesses during nine days in session, but returned no indictment, although it was reported at one point that the foreman, Frank White of Little Rock, had said the jury was considering the possibility of a murder indictment. There is no statute of limitations on murder. The jury heard witnesses who testified about events surrounding the deaths of William Ray Emery and Leon Nell Pettry in 1972. A grand jury in 1973 investigated some aspects of the controversy surrounding the deaths of these two men, who were described in Monday's report as known felons. Testimony taken during the hearlngs this fall was contradictory and confusing. Members of the jury believe some witnesses did not tell "the full truth," Ute report said. Pettry and Emery were suspected in connection with the robbery of a jewelry store in St. Louis, Mo., before they met their deaths in Arkansas. The report said members of the intelligence unit allegedly knew that Pettry had a plan to murder Emery, but falled in an alleged attempt to prevent such a crime. Instead, they found Emery shot to death, and left the body where they found it. The grand jury also said Ute intelligence unit knew of a Pettry plan to commit a robbery and that officers arranged through an informant to have a Little Rock drugstore suggested as the holdup target. Officers also entered Pettry's hotel room prior to the robbery in an attempt to make hls pistol inoperable. They bent the firing pin, the report aald, but it said the pin was bent in such a way that a state pollee firearms expert said the weapon could have been fired, but with some difficulty. When Pettry came out of the drugstore after the alleged robbery on Nov. 8, 1972, at Dawson Drug Store in Little Rock members of the intelligence unit and other officers were on the scene. Pettry allegedly raised his pistol to a firing position and was shot to death by police. The report said some tesllmony heard by the grand jury "suggests that instances similar to the Dawson Drugstore matter involving the Little Rock Police Department...may have occurred." In the case of the Dawson Drugstore matter, "the protection of private citizens appeared to be secondary to the protection of the informant," the report said. The grand jury named the unit's informant as Manfred Barron, known as "Big Man." The city authorltles at Little Rock should take steps to see that such events are not repeated "and to change the system that made these abuses possible," the report said. The report said that the members of the intelligence unit filed a false report at the time of that shooting and stated under oath at that time to then Pros. Atty. Jim Guy Tucker that it was true. The jury said that in its sessions the last couple of weeks, the intelllgence unit officers have admitted this report was false. The report dld not call this perjury, which is the offense of lying under oath. The statute of limitations has expired on such an offence. The report was issued to Circuit Court Judge Richard Adkisson with a request that Adklsson make it public. The jury said the report should be made public in the Interest of Justlce. Adkisson filed it with the clerk's office Monday afternoon, making it a public document. on December 13, 1977.³

     Claie Alspach married Evelyn Mary Gamber in 1984.¹ Claie Alspach died in 1985.¹