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     Merle Marie Spangler was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park (also known as Mountain View Burial Park), 5970 Grassy Hill Road, Boones Mill, Franklin Co., Virginia.¹ She was born on August 19, 1921 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^2,1 As of June 1, 1940,her married name was Webb.² She married Wiley Levi Webb, son of Harry Tazwell Webb and Rena Catherine Sigmon, on June 1, 1940 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.^2,1 Merle Marie Spangler died on February 2, 1983 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 61.¹

     Norman Roger Holden was buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, 6411 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., Florida.^2,3 His Social Security Number was 264-14-2779.⁴ He married Virginia Christine Webb, daughter of Harry Tazwell Webb and Rena Catherine Sigmon.^5,3 Norman Roger Holden was born on May 30, 1920 at Brewster, Okanogan Co., Washington.^4,2,3,6 He died on October 17, 2003 at West Melbourne, Brevard Co., Florida, at age 83.^4,2,3,6 He Norman Roger Holden, 83, passed away October 17, 2003, at the Indian River Center in West Melbourne, Florida after an extended illness. He was born in Brewster, Washington on May 30, 1920, the oldest of four siblings of Frank Bishop Holden and Syble Rinker Holden. He grew up in Washington state, Indiana, and West Palm Beach, Florida and graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1938. He served in the U.S. Navy as an International Communications electrician during World War II and subsequently moved to Roanoke, Virginia where he worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company for over 20 years. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of North Palm Beach, Florida and was a former member of Northview Methodist Church and North Roanoke Baptist Church in Roanoke, Virginia. He retired in Mesa, Arizona in 1985 from the AT & T Phone Company after 45 years of service. Mr. Holden was a kind, soft-spoken man who was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was an avid photographer and blessed many with a history in pictures of family reunions and events. He was preceded in death by his former wife of forty-one years, Virginia Webb Holden of Callaway, Virginia. Surviving are his wife, Blanche B. Holden of Cocoa Beach, Florida; his daughter, Suzanne Holden Akers and her husband, James of Tampa, Florida; his son, Kehn N. Holden and his wife, Teri of Newport News, Virginia; four stepchildren; one sister, Louanne Grovenstein; two brothers, Harold and Tom Holden; six grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. Interment with military rites was conducted at Hillcrest Cemetery in West Palm Beach on October 22, 2003. A memorial service was held at First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach, Florida. on February 8, 2004.³