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     Margaret Virginia Curtis was born on November 12, 1924 at Culpeper Co., Virginia.² As of April 7, 1942,her married name was Hite.¹ She married Clarence Marion Hite, son of Abbie Marion Hite and Beatrice Earl Vaden, on April 7, 1942 at Danville, Virginia.¹ Margaret Virginia Curtis died on July 15, 2014 at Danville, Virginia, at age 89.³

     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