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     Lois Walker was buried at Farris Cemetery, Riner, Montgomery Co., Virginia.² She was born on January 31, 1931 at Boone Co., Iowa.^1,3 As of September 7, 1946,her married name was Earles.¹ She married Donald Gordon Earles, son of Alfred Dewey Earles and Honer Craven Sumner, on September 7, 1946 at Floyd Co., Virginia.^1,2,4 Lois Walker died on July 6, 2021 at Virginia at age 90.² She Lois Walker Earles, 90 of Riner, passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kathy Earles; son, Jimmy Earles; grandchildren, Ursula Woolwine and Jason Earles; great-grandson, Tray Turley; and four siblings. Lois was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend to all who knew her and a faithful Christian. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, Donald G. Earles; sons and daughter-in-law, Johnny Earles, and Joey and Terri Earles; daughters and sons-in-law, Wanda and Gene Furrow, and Vickie and Kenny Waller; 13 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Interment will follow in the Farris Cemetery. on July 8, 2021.²

     Bobby Dean Earles was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, 2880 North Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.³ His Social Security Number was 226-70-7449.⁶ He was born on June 24, 1947 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^{1,2,6,3,4,5,7} He married Nannie Margaret Early on September 6, 1965 at York, York Co., South Carolina.⁸ Bobby Dean Earles and Nannie Margaret Early were divorced on June 8, 1977 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.⁸ Bobby Dean Earles married Rita Mae Linkous on January 7, 1978 at Radford, Virginia.¹ Bobby Dean Earles died on June 4, 1987 at Immokalee, Collier Co., Florida, at age 39.^6,3,4,7 He A Riner, Va., man died in a crash at 7 p.m. Thursday on State Road 29 in Immokalee. Florida Highway Patrol officials identified the victim as Bobby D. Earles, 39. The death put the Collier County highway death toll for the year at 32, one shy of the total for all of 1986. Earles was killed when his truck ran into a flatbed trailer being towed by L.C. Reed, 41, of 951 Kissimmee Ave., LaBelle, according to a patrol spokeswoman. Reed was driving a tractor, the spokeswoman said. Reed was northbound on State Road 29, according to a report filed on the accident. Earles - whose truck also was pulling a trailer- was southbound. Reed applied his brakes for traffic ahead of him and steered to the left directly in front of Earles' truck. Earles' truck struck the right side of the flatbed trailer. Charges are pending, according to the report. on June 6, 1987.⁹