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     Tyrone Clarence Hite was buried at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Danville, Virginia.³ He was born on November 14, 1942 at Danville, Virginia.^2,3 He married Lynette R. Richardson on July 22, 1962 at Danville, Virginia.¹ Tyrone Clarence Hite died on May 9, 2003 at Danville, Virginia, at age 60.^3,4

     Her Social Security Number was 223-20-2771.² Frances Merrell Vaden was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia.¹ She was born on May 3, 1920 at South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia.^1,7,2 As of December 11, 1948,her married name was Compton.⁵ She married Rev. George Lee Compton on December 11, 1948 at South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia.^1,5,8 Frances Merrell Vaden died on July 21, 1999 at South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia, at age 79.^1,2

     Rev. George Lee Compton was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia.⁵ He was born on June 6, 1927 at Mecklenburg Co., Virginia.^1,2,6,3 He married Frances Merrell Vaden, daughter of Clarence Thomas Vaden and Vivian Wilbourne/Wilborne, on December 11, 1948 at South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia.^1,2,5 Rev. George Lee Compton died on April 8, 2008 at Clarksville, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, at age 80.^6,4,5 He George Lee Compton, was living in Clarksville and working for a railroad when he felt called to the ministry in 1948. The Halifax native and former farm boy, who led independent Baptist churches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana and Maryland, served until he retired in 2001. He died at age 80 on Tuesday in a Clarksville nursing home after suffering Alzheimer's Disease for a number of years. A funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Brooks Funeral Home in South Boston. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery in South Boston. Mr. Compton left the railroad to start a small ministry that met in a store building in Chase City, said a brother, Clarence Compton of Salisbury, N.C. He later began assisting the pastor of Buffalo Baptist Tabernacle in Clarksville in visiting the sick in his congregation. After attending a Bible college in Fort Worth, Texas, Mr. Compton started or led churches in Rock Hill, Henderson and New Bern, all in North Carolina. Returning to Virginia, he founded Bethel Baptist Missions in South Boston. "He would go to different churches and have missionary conferences. He traveled to Belize and to France," his brother said. Mr. Compton also helped prospective missionaries gain the support they needed for their missions. During the early 1960s, he organized and built Friendship Baptist Church in Hopewell. In the 1970s, under the auspices of Bethel Baptist Missions, he went to Reidsville, N.C., and started Malachi Boys Home, which served boys who had problems in their homes. The site on which the home sat was landlocked, his brother said. Owners of adjacent land that would give him access to a road sold him their property at a reduced rate with the stipulation that he pay off his $1 million loan within five years. At the end of that time, he also had to have the home built and occupied. "He paid off the loan in two and a half years and started the home with 10 boys," his brother said. Mr. Compton was the widower of Frances Vaden Compton, who died in 1999. Survivors in addition to his brother include a sister, Lillie Mae Atallah of Belton, Texas; and two other brothers, John Compton of Henderson, N.C., and Frank Compton of Mexia, Texas. on April 12, 2008.⁵

     Henry Irvin Vaden was buried at Parkwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, 3310 Taylor Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.^1,3 He was born on June 18, 1922 at South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia.^1,2,3,4 He married Ruth Rather on September 4, 1945.^1,3 Henry Irvin Vaden died on March 21, 2015 at San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, at age 92.^1,3 He Henry Irvin Vaden, 92, went to be with our Lord on March 21, 2015. He was born to Clarence Thomas Vaden and Vivian Wilbourne Vaden on June 18, 1922 in South Boston, Virginia. He married Ruth Rather Vaden on Sept. 4, 1945. They were married for 56 years until her death in 2001. He served in the U.S. Army in the 424th Regiment, 106th Infantry Division during WWII and was awarded the Bronze Star in the Battle of the Bulge. He began working at General Motors on the assembly line in 1947 and retired in 1979. He was ordained as a deacon at Mars Hill Baptist Church in Essex, MD and often led the congregational singing. Henry is survived by his daughters, Angela McDowell, Bonnie Amell and her husband Denny Amell and Ramona Cooper Black, grandchildren Aimee McGee, Tim McDowell, Jeremy Amell, Alicia Cooper, Chris Cooper and Aaron Black, great-grandchildren Madison McDowell and Andrea Belgrave. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and sister Frances Vaden Compton. Friends may call at family-owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home P. A. at 1407 Old Eastern Avenue, Essex at Rt. 702 (beltway exit 36) on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services on Thursday at 11 a.m. Interment Parkwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, we ask that you send a donation to the Phillips girls who visited Dad for the past three months and brought him so much happiness with their songs and gifts. Donations will enable them to continue their work visiting WWII Veterans. on March 31, 2015.³

     Ruth Rather Ruth Rather Vaden served her country during WWII in Washington DC, where she decoded messages from the Germans on the machine that broke the Enigma Code. Her work was top secret and she was not allowed to speak about it until 25 years after the war had ended.She married Henry I. Vaden when he returned from the war in Europe in 1945. She was a loving wife and mother and was active in her church all of her life. She was the mother of 3 daughters : Angela Vaden McDowell, Bonita Vaden Amell and Ramona Vaden Black. She was buried at Parkwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, 3310 Taylor Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.¹ She was born on December 26, 1926 at Scottville, Allen Co., Kentucky.¹ As of September 4, 1945,her married name was Vaden.² She married Henry Irvin Vaden, son of Clarence Thomas Vaden and Vivian Wilbourne/Wilborne, on September 4, 1945.^1,2 Ruth Rather died on September 24, 2001 at Essex, Baltimore Co., Maryland, at age 74.¹

     His Social Security Number was 224-05-7661.⁶ Jesse Jernal/Journal Brooks was buried at Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia.² He was born on April 13, 1905 at Chase City, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia.^2,4,6 He married Mattie Susan Newby, daughter of Henry Washington Newby and Estelle Blanche Shelton, circa 1929.^7,1,2,8 Jesse Jernal/Journal Brooks died on June 27, 1978 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, at age 73.^2,6,5

     His Social Security Number was 225-32-8941.⁴ Warren Clifton Stroud was born on June 20, 1926 at Deep Run, Lenoir Co., North Carolina.^1,3,4 He married Grace Estelle Brooks, daughter of Jesse Jernal/Journal Brooks and Mattie Susan Newby, on September 18, 1982 at Danville, Virginia.¹ Warren Clifton Stroud died on August 27, 1995 at Gloucester Co., Virginia, at age 69.^2,4

     James Henry "Jim" Newby was buried at Oakland United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^2,8 His Social Security Number was 227-10-2259.¹⁰ He was born on October 2, 1910 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^2,3,4,10 He married Alma Doris Giles on August 17, 1929 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^3,5,2,8 James Henry "Jim" Newby married Mary Elizabeth Staples on February 14, 1959 at Dry Fork, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.⁶ James Henry "Jim" Newby and Mary Elizabeth Staples were divorced on June 8, 1966 at Danville, Virginia.⁷ James Henry "Jim" Newby married Bessie Mae Martin on March 23, 1968 at Danville, Virginia.^6,8 James Henry "Jim" Newby died on August 11, 1972 at Danville, Virginia, at age 61.^2,3,8 He Funeral services for James Henry Newby were conducted at 1 p.m. today at Scott Chapel, by the Rev. Odell Brown, with burial in the Oakland Methodist Church cemetery. Mr. Newby, 61, of Hughes St. was pronounced dead on arrival yesterday morning at Danville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Piitsylvania County, a son of the late Henry and Mollie Jones Newby. A retired carpenter for Dan River Inc., he was a member of Oakland Church at Dry Fork. Ha was married twice, first to the former Doris Giles who died in 1958. He is survived by his second wife, Bessie Jefferson Newby; two sons, Charles H. Newby and Larry W. Newby, both of Chatham Rt. 2; one daughter, Mrs. Earl Goad Of Dry Fork; one brother, J. B. Newby of Chatham Rt. 2; one sister, Mrs. W. Bennie Giles of Gretna Rt. 1; and six grandchildren. on August 12, 1972.⁸

     Walter Bennett "Bennie" Giles was buried at Hillcrest Burial Park, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.³ He married Mary Eva Newby, daughter of Henry Crawford Newby and Mary Lucy "Mollie" Jones.^1,2,3,4 Walter Bennett "Bennie" Giles was born on September 5, 1912 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^3,4 He died on July 17, 2009 at Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, at age 96.^3,4 He Walter Bennett Giles, age 96, of 6312 Dear View Road Gretna, died Friday, July 17, 2009 at his daughter's residence in Gretna. He was born on September 5, 1912, in Pittsylvania County, the son of the late Walter A. Giles and the late Nannie Kate Thomas Giles. He was also predeceased by his wife Eva Newby Giles. Mr. Giles was a retired farmer and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. He is survived by three daughters, Mary G. Rowland of Gretna, Myrtle G. Price and her husband Buck of Altavista, and Wendy G. Bruce of Hurt; one son, Joseph Giles and his wife Marlene of Rustburg; one sister, Jean Martin of Myrtle Beach, SC; one brother, William C. Giles of Chatham; nine grandchildren, Owen Rowland and his wife Pam, Bonita Roberts and her husband Tom, Rose McKinney and her husband Ronnie, Dwaine Blankenship, Kay Puryear and her husband Glen, Wally Bruce and his wife Kim, Chris Bruce and his wife Lara, Rev. Joey Giles, Adam Giles; ten great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. In addition to his wife and parents he was predeceased by two sisters and one brother, Catherine G. Cheney, Beatrice G. Sink and Jack Giles. Funeral services will be conducted at Piney Grove Baptist Church on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 2:00 PM with the Rev. Matthew Speck, the Rev. Joey Giles, and the Rev. Barry Cundiff officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Burial Park, in Chatham. on July 18, 2009.³

     Bessie Mae Martin was born circa 1912 at Surry Co., North Carolina.¹ As of March 23, 1968,her married name was Newby.¹ She married James Henry "Jim" Newby, son of Henry Crawford Newby and Mary Lucy "Mollie" Jones, on March 23, 1968 at Danville, Virginia.^1,2

     Larry Wayne Newby was buried at Hillcrest Burial Park, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^6,2 He was born on October 14, 1941 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^6,2 He married Malinda Irene Chumley on February 24, 1962 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^3,2 Larry Wayne Newby died on May 17, 2014 at Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina, at age 72.^6,2 He CHATHAM - Larry Wayne Newby, 72, of 165 Irish Rd. Chatham, entered into rest on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Duke University Medical Center. He was born on October 14, 1941, in Pittsylvania County, the son of the late James Henry Newby and the late Doris Giles Newby. He was married to his wife, Malinda Chumley Newby who survives. Larry was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who will be greatly missed. He was of the Baptist faith and attended Samuel Harris Baptist Church. He owned and operated Newby's Septic Tank Service for over 44 years. He was also a member of the Chatham Ruritan Club and Carter Lodge #323 AF&AM Masonic Lodge. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Nancy Eaton and her husband, Butch of Chatham, and Jamie Stowe and her husband, David of Chatham;one son, Karl Newby of Chatham;four grandchildren, Joshua Shields of Johnson City, TN, James Newby of Chatham, Jessica Newby of Chatham, and Dixie Stowe, also of Chatham;and one sister, Dorothy Goad and her husband, Earl of Dry Fork. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Newby. Graveside services with full Masonic rites will be conducted at Hillcrest Burial Park 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2014, with the Rev. Dr. Bruce Cole officiating. on May 19, 2014.²