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     Jesse James Shelton Jr. was buried at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Scott Co., Virginia.³ His Social Security Number was 229-66-8553.⁶ He Jesse James Shelton Jr., 61, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday (Jan. 30, 2011) at Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born in Radford , Va. , and had lived in Kingsport for the past 10 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Jesse was a teacher at Dobyns-Bennett High School for the past seven years. He was a member of First Baptist Church, (Church Circle). He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse James Shelton, Sr., and Vernie Wolfe Shelton; brother-in-law, Jim Stapleton; and niece, Molly Countiss. Survivors include his special love, Vicki Shelton of Kingsport; his step daughter, Rachel Trump Ragland and husband, William of Corryton, Tenn; sister, Linda Shelton Stapleton of Kingsport; two brothers, Thomas Wolfe Shelton and wife, Gladies of Pulaski, Va., and Francis Woodrow Shelton and wife, Martha of Radford, Va; special friends, George Sargent and wife, Debbie of Franklin, N.H., Dennis Bowles and wife, Jody of Little Rock, Ark., Marian Collins of Tyler, Tex., Sherri Austin of Maui, Hawaii and Mike Palmer of Kingsport; along with several nieces and nephews. Military honors will be conducted by the American Legion Hammond Post #3 and Gate City Post #265 along with the Virginia National Guard. Honorary pallbearers are Bo Walters, Jackie Needham, Sherrell Skelton, Joel Everett, Bob Kalonick, Ron Worrell, Dennis Bowles, George Sargent and Mike Palmer.⁵ He was born on July 27, 1949 at Radford, Virginia.^1,2,3,4,6,5 He married Nancy Ann Strickler, daughter of Samuel Harley "Sam" Strickler and Mabel Margaret Sisson, on January 20, 1973 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.¹ Jesse James Shelton Jr. and Nancy Ann Strickler were divorced on March 12, 1975 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.⁴ Jesse James Shelton Jr. died on January 30, 2011 at Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, at age 61.^3,6,5

     His Social Security Number was 226-74-1413.⁵ Gary Lynn Wilson was born on January 8, 1951 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2,5,3 He married Sallie Fannie Brown on June 18, 1971 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,4 Gary Lynn Wilson died on June 15, 1989 at Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida, at age 38.^5,3,4 He WILSON, Gary Lynn, 38 formerly of Roanoke, VA, and resident of Ft. Lauderdale since 1981 died June 15, 1989 of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Sallie Brown Wilson; son, Charles Wayne Wilson; daughter, Cynthia Lynn Wilson; mother, Frances Prentis; stepfather, Morton Prentis; and brother, Douglas Lawson Wilson Jr. on June 17, 1989.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 233-10-1269.⁴ Billy Hedrick "B.H." Bair was buried at Odd Community Cemetery, Odd, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² He married Pearlie Florence Vest, daughter of Brainard Oscar Vest and Lillie Maude Carr.^1,2 Billy Hedrick "B.H." Bair was born on June 13, 1915 at Amherstdale, Logan Co., West Virginia.^2,4,3 He died on July 17, 1980 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 65.²

     Her Social Security Number was 233-52-5217.² Margaret Faye Hager was born on November 1, 1914 at Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,2 As of November 17, 1938,her married name was Vest.¹ She married Troy Eddie Vest, son of Brainard Oscar Vest and Lillie Maude Carr, on November 17, 1938 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.¹ Margaret Faye Hager died in September, 1987 at West Virginia at age 72.²

     Kenneth Eddie Vest was buried at Fort Hill Memorial Park, 5196 Fort Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia.^3,7 His Social Security Number was 232-58-9444.² He was born on July 16, 1939 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^2,3,6 He married Judy Lynn Owen on August 11, 1958 at Alleghany Co., North Carolina.⁵ Kenneth Eddie Vest married Jane Wagner on August 3, 1968 at Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana.⁴ Kenneth Eddie Vest married Cynthia Ann Hunt on September 13, 1974 at Madison Heights, Amherst Co., Virginia.^3,6,8 Kenneth Eddie Vest died on November 26, 1989 at Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 50.^2,3

     Cynthia Ann Hunt was buried at Fort Hill Memorial Park, 5196 Fort Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia.^3,4 She was born on March 19, 1951 at Lynchburg, Virginia.^2,3 As of September 13, 1974,her married name was Vest.² She married Kenneth Eddie Vest, son of Troy Eddie Vest and Margaret Faye Hager, on September 13, 1974 at Madison Heights, Amherst Co., Virginia.^1,2,3 Cynthia Ann Hunt died on January 31, 2017 at Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 65.³ She Cynthia Ann Hunt Vest, 65, of Lynchburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Kenneth Eddie Vest. Born in Lynchburg, March 19, 1951, she was the daughter of Lucille Hunt Beard of Lynchburg and the late Marvin Hunt. She was a retired nurse's aid from the Central Virginia Training Center. She was a loving daughter, mother and grandmother. In addition to her mother, she is survived by three daughters, Michelle Dawn Vest Landon of Winchester, Ashley Vest Slusser and her husband, Eddie, and Lindsey Vest Evans and her husband, John, all of Madison Heights; two stepchildren, Eddie "Beau" Vest of Lynchburg and Jenny Vest of Charleston, W.Va; six grandchildren, Emily Landon, Brittany Evans, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Evans, Jessica Evan, Kayla Slusser, and Kenneth Slusser, and many additional children who called her Nana. A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, February 6, 2017, at Fort Hill Memorial Park with the Rev. Mark Snowden officiating. on February 2, 2017.³