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     Rubye Cornetia McCroskey was buried at Dale Memorial Park, 10201 Newbys Bridge Road, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Co., Virginia.³ Her Social Security Number was 227-28-3968.² Her married name was Black.¹ She married Lee Clifton Black, son of Carl Clifton Black and Bertha Lee Doss.¹ Rubye Cornetia McCroskey was born on August 5, 1925 at Greendale, Washington Co., Virginia.² She died on January 4, 2001 at Richmond, Virginia, at age 75.^3,2,4

     Rev. Gerald Francis Harris was buried at Sinking Spring Cemetery, 136 East Main Street, Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.² He was born on May 20, 1920 at Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.^1,3,4 He married Eunice Virginia Black, daughter of Carl Clifton Black and Bertha Lee Doss, on July 13, 1943 at Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.¹ Rev. Gerald Francis Harris died on December 16, 2013 at New York at age 93.^4,2 He Rochester: The Reverend Gerald F. Harris died December 16, 2013 at the age of 93. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Eunice and his sons, Carl (Kathy) of Palmyra, Drew Scott of New York City; grandsons, Charles (Kelly), Gerald F. Harris II, and great-grandson, Jackson. Gerald served five years in the U.S. Army in World War II in the Detached Enlisted Men's List - Recruiting and Induction Service, in the Combat Engineers and with the Office of the Army and Navy Liquidation Commission in Italy. He graduated from Georgetown College Cum Laude and received a Masters degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School in 1951. For thirty-six (36) years he served United Methodist Churches in Central New York and retired from University United Methodist Church, Buffalo, NY in 1985. Rev. Harris was loved by the laity of the churches he served. After retirement Gerald and Eunice traveled extensively in Great Britain, Europe, Canada and the U.S. Memorial Services at Manchester United Methodist Church, Saturday January 11, 2014. Interment will be in Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, VA. Memorials may be made to any church or organization one may desire. on December 22, 2013.²

     Beverly Bruce Goodpasture was born on January 24, 1919 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2,5,3 He married Margaret Doss Black, daughter of Carl Clifton Black and Bertha Lee Doss, on September 7, 1946 at Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.¹ Beverly Bruce Goodpasture died on April 23, 2010 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 91.^5,4

     Ruth Esther Cromer was buried at Evergreen Burial Park, 1307 Summit Ave SW, Roanoke, Virginia.¹ She was born on April 16, 1906 at Blacksburg, Virginia.^2,1 As of November 12, 1938,her married name was Black.² She married Ernest Glenn Black, son of James Alexander Black and Cora Lee Hoback, on November 12, 1938 at Blacksburg, Virginia.^1,2 Ruth Esther Cromer died on September 25, 1986 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 80.¹

     Mildred Virginia Webster was buried at Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter, Sumter Co., South Carolina.¹ She was born on December 15, 1922 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2 As of circa 1943,her married name was Black.¹ She married Ralph Powell Black Sr., son of Ernest Glenn Black and Jennie Lewis Powell, circa 1943.¹ Mildred Virginia Webster died on June 30, 1999 at Columbia, Richland Co., South Carolina, at age 76.¹ She SUMTER - Services for Mildred Webster Black, 76, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 2, 1999 at Wise Drive Baptist Church with Rev. Dearld B. Sterling and Dr. William Prout officiating. Entombment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park Mausoleum. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at Bullock Funeral Home and at other times at the residence on 680 Red Bud Park. Pallbearers will be sons-in-law, and grandsons, Martin Stalheim, Ken Tyner, Trey Black. Honorary pallbearers will be the Median Adult Sunday School Class at Wise Drive Baptist Church, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Snow, Mrs. William Prout. Memorials may be sent to Palmetto Health Hospice, 9 Richland Medical Park, Columbia, 29203 or Alzheimer's Association Mid State S.C. Chapter, PO Box 7044, Columbia, 29202 or Wise Drive Baptist Church, 2751 S. Wise Dr., Sumter, 29150. Bullock Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Black died Wednesday, June 30, 1999 in Columbia following an extended illness. Born in Roanoke, Va., she was a daughter of the late Wyatt and Maud Webster. She attended National Business College in Roanoke and was a volunteer for Tuomey Hospital for nine years. She was a member of Wise Drive Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher and a nursery worker for a number of years. Mrs. Black's greatest legacy is her family, to which she devoted her life. Surviving are her husband of 56 years, R. Powell Black Sr; son, R.P. "Tim" Black Jr. and his wife, Grizelda, of Austin, Texas; daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Rodney Stalheim of Lenoir, N.C., Ellen and Joe Tyner of Florence, Lee and Johnny Alford of Sumter, Kathy and Steve Matis of Charlotte; brother, Lewis Webster of Roanoke, Va; sister, Ethel Alderman of Roanoke, Va; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. on July 1, 1999.¹