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     Edwin Mayhan Duncan was buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ He was born on January 15, 1925 at Beaver, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^4,2,3 He married Mary M. Furrow, daughter of Stephen Allen "Steve" Furrow and Orpha Gaye Cooper, circa 1944.^1,3 Edwin Mayhan Duncan died on March 28, 2006 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 81.^4,3 He Edwin M. Duncan, 81, of 105 Bare Drive, Daniels, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born at Beaver on Jan. 15, 1925, he was the son of the late L. E. and Agnes Brash Duncan. Mr. Duncan was a retired employee of Ford Motor Co. in the Walton Hills division in Ohio with 30 years of service, retiring in 1985. He was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He was a member of the American Legion Post No. 32 in Beckley. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Furrow Duncan; four sisters, Jessie McMillion, Mary Frisk, Jean Warden and Margaret Morgan; and two brothers, James and Charles Duncan. Survivors include a son, Freddie Duncan of Mantua, Ohio; two grandchildren, Aaron and Eddie Lee Duncan; nine nieces, Belinda Marchland, Peggy Speaks, Jean Sharon Evans, Brenda Michelle, Nina, Cheryl, Sheila, and Sandy Furrow; eight nephews, Edwin Furrow Sr., David Furrow, John Frisk, David Warden, Charles Morgan, Steve Furrow, Joey Furrow, John Furrow; his best and closest friend, Frank Worrell, of Daniels; and good and loyal neighbors of Bare Drive and Lee Avenue in Daniels. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Shady Spring Chapel with Pastor Dennis Burks officiating. Entombment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Beckley. on March 30, 2006.³

     George W. Moore was born circa 1895 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ He married Clora Lee Gearheart, daughter of Andrew Ambrose Gearheart and Florence Mayle Woodward, on January 17, 1918 at Vivian, McDowell Co., West Virginia.¹

     Beulah Edith Cole was buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia.¹ She Bluefield - Mrs. Beulah Edith Gearheart, 72, of 925 Union St., Bluefield, died Friday, May 29, 1998 in a Bluefield hospital. Born September 7, 1925, in Bluefield, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley Cole, Sr. and Nannie Mae Snap Cole. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Bluefield. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Henry Gearheart; two sons, Harry and James Gearheart; a daughter, Phoebe Barne; two brothers, Willie and Everett Cole; and one sister, Lucy Mae Cole. Survivors include two sons, Henry S. Gearheart of Bluefield and Tommy Gearheart of Ronoke, VA; one daughter, Peggy Lapral and her husband Dalfort of Roanoke, VA; one brother, John Wesley Cole, Jr of Morgton, N.C; 26 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2pm from the Mercer Funeral Home Chapel in Bluefield with Rev. Larry B. Roberts officiating. Burial will follow at Monte Vista Park Cemetery in Green Valley.¹ She was born on September 7, 1925 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia.¹ As of August 9, 1945,her married name was Gearheart.² She married Johnson Henry Gearheart, son of Andrew Ambrose Gearheart and Florence Mayle Woodward, on August 9, 1945 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2 Beulah Edith Cole died on May 29, 1998 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 72.¹

     James Henry Gearhart Sr. was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.² He married Vivian Christine Wheeler.⁶ James Henry Gearhart Sr. was born on February 14, 1923 at Roanoke, Virginia.^2,4,5 He died on February 9, 1986 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 62.²

     Her Social Security Number was 230-38-0562.⁴ Phoebe Jane Gearheart was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.⁵ She was born on November 17, 1933 at Roanoke, Virginia.^2,6 As of July 21, 1951,her married name was Wilson.³ She married Delbert Clayton Wilson on July 21, 1951 at Chesterfield, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina.³ Phoebe Jane Gearheart and Delbert Clayton Wilson were divorced on February 21, 1955 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.³ As of June 3, 1955,her married name was Bane.⁷ Phoebe Jane Gearheart married Charlie Edward Bane on June 3, 1955 at Roanoke, Virginia.^7,5,8 Phoebe Jane Gearheart died on May 4, 1997 at Bedford Co., Virginia, at age 63.^4,5,8 She Phoebe Gearheart Bane, 63, of Hardy, died Sunday, May 4, 1997. She is survived by her husband, Charlie E. Bane; a son, Garry L. Wilson, Roanoke; a daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Bo Wiggins, Roanoke; three grandchildren, Travis Wilson, Leslie Wiggins, Emily Wiggins, all of Roanoke; brothers and sister-in-law, Larry and Mary Gearheart, Roanoke, Danny Bush, Roanoke, Henry Gearheart, Bluefield, W.Va; sisters and brothers-in-law, Peggy and Dalford LaPrade, Roanoke; Edward and Virginia Sweeney, Roanoke, Gladys Patterson, Roanoke; very special niece and friend, Linda Bush, Vinton; nephew, David Martin and wife, Nancy, Hardy. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Vinton Chapel at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, with Rev. Fred Fryer and Rev. Alan Malina officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel. on May 6, 1997.⁵