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     Her Social Security Number was 424-40-6240.² Edna Earl Wilkerson was buried at Crestlawn Memorial Park, 4111 Bienville Blvd., Ocean Springs, Jackson Co., Mississippi.^1,3 Her married name was Bolen.⁴ She married Robert Ardean Bolen, son of Levi Herbert Bolen and Zelphia Jane Hall.^4,1 Edna Earl Wilkerson was born on September 16, 1934 at Andalusia, Covington Co., Alabama.^1,3,2 She died on March 4, 2006 at Ocean Springs, Jackson Co., Mississippi, at age 71.^5,1,3,2 She Mrs. Edna E. Bolen, beloved wife and mother, died Saturday, March 4, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Bolen was born September 16, 1934 in Andalusia, Alabama and was a resident of Ocean Springs. Mrs. Bolen was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Bolen. She is survived by two brothers, James Wilkerson of Georgia and Millard Wilkerson of Opp, AL; a sister, Eleanor Burdick of Opp, AL; two sons, Bobby Bolen and David Bolen; four daughters, Brenda Bolen, Lynda Bolen and Cynthia Bolen all of Ocean Springs and Sherry Waltman of Vancleave; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Monday, March 6, 2006 from 6 to 8pm at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes. A service will be held Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 2pm at the funeral home. Burial to follow in Crestlawn Cemetery. on March 5, 2006.¹

     Dana S. Waltman was buried at Vancleave Holiness Church Cemetery, Vancleave, Jackson Co., Mississippi.² She was born on April 18, 1977.² She died on October 28, 1989 at Mississippi at age 12.²

     His Social Security Number was 233-30-8306.¹¹ Dennis Orville Terry was born on December 10, 1923 at Surveyor, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^12,11,8 He married Eva Mae Gray, daughter of Lacy Lee Gray and Bertha Mae Farley, on August 14, 1944 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^5,6,12 Dennis Orville Terry died on November 27, 2010 at West Virginia at age 86.^11,7 He Dennis Orville Terry, 86, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010. In keeping with his wishes, there will be no services. Donations of sympathy may be made to Bowers Hospice House, 454 Cranberry Drive Beckley, WV 25801. Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley. on December 1, 2010.⁷

     Ralph Kendall Terry was buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² He Ralph K. Terry, 77, of Parkersburg died January 1, 2003 at his residence. He was born in Surveyor, WV a son of the late Freeland and Lottie O'Neal Terry. He was a veteran of World War II, serving his country proudly in the Pacific Theater, with the Navy Air Corps. He was a combat air crewman, flying in dive-bombers and participated in 43 bombing and strafing combat missions. He was awarded the Air Medal. After discharge from the Navy, he worked as a newspaper printer. He worked five years in Beckley, WV for the Beckley Post Herald and the Raleigh Register. He then worked for the Steubenville Herald Star in Steubenville, OH for five and a half years before moving to Parkersburg where he worked for the Parkersburg News and Sentinel for twenty-five years. After his retirement from the News he had several sales jobs including three car dealerships and others. He became a distance runner after his complete retirement at age 62. He ran in eleven consecutive National Half Marathon Championships receiving medals for all except the first one. He had a love for music, was an accomplished musician and played many instruments. He was also a singer. He sang in many groups through the years. The latest being the "Stern wheel Chorus" for several years. Arising from that group was a quartet called "The First Mates". He is survived by his wife of 58 years Alice M. Terry, three daughters and son-in-laws Sandra and Michael Walker of Palm Harbor, FL, Beverly and Marvin Kerr of Parkersburg, and Cindy and Kenny Hamilton of Winston-Salem, NC; three grandchildren Krista Discordia of Pennington, NJ, Scott Walker of South Royalton, VT, and Nathan Kerr of Huntington, WV; two great grandchildren Erin and Aiden Discordia of Pennington, NJ; and one brother Dennis O. Terry of Beckley, WV. Services will be Saturday 1:00 PM at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg with Reverend Tim Stutler officiating. Entombment will be at Sunset Memory Gardens.² He was born on July 17, 1925 at Surveyor, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ He married Alice Marie Nidiffer on August 30, 1944 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ Ralph Kendall Terry died on January 1, 2003 at Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia, at age 77.²

     Alice Marie Nidiffer was born on March 24, 1926 at Wise Co., Virginia.¹ As of August 30, 1944,her married name was Terry.¹ She married Ralph Kendall Terry, son of Freelen McKinley Terry and Lottie Pearl O'Neal, on August 30, 1944 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.¹