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     Anthony Cecil Sowers was buried at First Baptist Church Cemetery, Elliston, Montgomery Co., Virginia.³ He was born on December 6, 1981 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁴ He married Amanda Grace Flowers on May 25, 2001 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁵ Anthony Cecil Sowers died on August 3, 2010 at Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 28.^2,3 He Anthony C. Sowers, 28, of Salem, Va., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. He was a 2000 graduate of Glenvar High School. Anthony served with the United States Army in Iraq and at the time of his death he was serving with the National Guard. He was an employee of Superior Exterminating. Surviving are his wife, Amanda Sowers; children, Jakob, Kaiden, Madison, Karson, Izak, and Morghann Sowers, all of the home; mother and stepfather, Terry and Bill Ford, of Salem; father and stepmother, Cecil (Jr.) and Sarah Sowers, of Shawsville; brother, Joseph Sowers and wife, Aynsley, of Roanoke; sister, Alicia Ford, of Roanoke; grandparents, Billy and Maudie Epperly, of Salem; Cecil H. and Barbara Sowers, of Elliston; great-grandmother, Lillian (Pete) King, of Salem; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Craig and Debbie Flowers, of Albany, Ga; stepbrother, Bradley Foley, of Elliston; stepsister, Rebecca Bell, of Christiansburg; brothers-in-law, Jesse Flowers, U.S. Army, Ft. Riley, Kan., Robert Flowers and wife, Katrina, of Lexington, Va., and Christopher Flowers, of Montgomery, Ala; sisters-in-law, Christina Hypes and husband, Stevie, and Lydia Flowers, all of Albany, Ga; God mother, Gina Johnson, of Salem; and a number of nieces and nephews. Interment will follow in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Elliston. on August 6, 2010.³

     Izak Trace Sowers was born on September 18, 2007 at Roanoke, Virginia.²

     His Social Security Number was 564-14-3299.⁴ Robert John Hazard was born on May 20, 1898 at Clarence, Cedar Co., Iowa.^1,4,5,3 He married Glada Arabell Best, daughter of Jesse Perl/Pearl Best and Lenna/Lena Gertrude McKern, on October 27, 1928 at Centerville, Appanoose Co., Iowa.^1,6,2 Robert John Hazard died on February 10, 1978 at Iowa at age 79.^4,5

     Bonnie Unknown was born circa 1902 at Missouri.¹ As of circa 1929,her married name was Best.¹ She married Orval A. Best, son of Jesse Perl/Pearl Best and Lenna/Lena Gertrude McKern, circa 1929.¹

     His Social Security Number was 478-09-8541.³ Roy Clifton Ervin was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati, Appanoose Co., Iowa.¹ He was born on October 11, 1915 at Appanoose Co., Iowa.^1,3,2 He married Leah Leola McKern, daughter of John Clyde McKern and Zelma Josephine Kaster, on April 10, 1943 at Unionville, Putnam Co., Missouri.^2,4 Roy Clifton Ervin died on November 4, 1969 at Silvis, Rock Island Co., Illinois, at age 54.^1,3,2 He Roy Clifton Ervin, 51, 1033 11th St., Silvis, was pronounced dead on arrival Tuesday morning at lllini hospital. James Shaw, Rock Island County coroner, said death apparently was due to natural causes. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Schroder Chapel. The body will then be taken to Cincinnati, Iowa, for graveside services Friday. Visitation begins at noon today at the mortuary. Mr. Ervin was born near Cincinnati. He married Leah McKern April 10, 1943, in Unionville, Mo. He had been employed as a press operator at John Deere, East Moline Works. Mr. Ervin is survived by his wife; a daughter, Jo Dell, and sons, Thomas and Leroy, all at home; sisters, Mrs. George Tock, Louisiana, and Mrs. Robert O'Donald, Cincinnati, and brothers, William Ervin, Rock Island, and John Wright, Cincinnati. on November 5, 1969.²

     His Social Security Number was 483-30-6332.⁴ Lynn Hoyt McKern was buried at Rice Cemetery, Rice, Benton Co., Minnesota.⁵ He was born on January 31, 1932 at Appanoose Co., Iowa.^4,5,6 He married Marilyn E. Foley on January 23, 1976 at Stearns Co., Minnesota.⁷ Lynn Hoyt McKern and Marilyn E. Foley were divorced on June 7, 1978 at Stearns Co., Minnesota.⁸ Lynn Hoyt McKern died on May 21, 1980 at Benton Co., Minnesota, at age 48.^4,5,6