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     Kenneth Milton "Kenny" Crook was buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ He was born on January 25, 1941 at Jumping Branch, Summers Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He married Judith Ann Patrick on November 14, 1961 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,3 Kenneth Milton "Kenny" Crook died on April 29, 2015 at West Virginia at age 74.³ He Kenneth Milton Crook went home to be with his Lord on April 29, 2015. He was the son of the late Charles Milton Crook and Mildred Hall Crook Taylor of Jumping Branch, WV. Kenny was born January 25, 1941. He graduated from Hinton High School in 1958; he then joined the Navy. Kenny came out of the service and went to Beckley College for two years. He owned and operated Crook Wholesale Produce Company along with his mom and dad. He also had other business interests including National Home Improvements, National Realty and National Bail Bonding all of Beckley, WV. Kenny was loved and respected by many people who had the pleasure to know him. He was a member of the Wesleyan Chapel Church in Beckley for over 50 years. He enjoyed life, his motorcycles, M & N Bus Tours, traveling with family and singing in the Graceman Gospel Quartet. After retiring, he played an active role in Crook Brothers, a wholesale produce distributor in Beckley, WV, where he worked daily with his two sons. Kenny was an only child. Those left to celebrate his life and cherish his memories include his loving wife of over 50 years, Judith Ann Patrick Crook, his twin sons, Keith Crook and wife Cindy, Kenneth Crook and wife Angela, daughters, Jessica Rae Humphrey and husband Charles of Daniels, Becky Poland, Millie Waddell and Fred of Beckley, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one on the way. Come celebrate with us at Blue Ridge Funeral Home; friends and family may gather at 1 p.m. and services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, May 4, 2015, with Benny Payton and John Hart officiating. Following the services Kenny will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley. American Legion Post 32 Honor Guard will be providing military honors. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. on May 2, 2015.³

     James Matthew "Matt" Crist was buried at Restlawn Memory Gardens, 1 Memory Garden Road, Victor, Fayette Co., West Virginia.¹ He was born on December 30, 1970 at West Virginia.¹ He died on July 2, 1988 at Ansted, Fayette Co., West Virginia, at age 17.¹ He ANSTED _ James Matthew "Matt'' Crist, 17, of Ansted, died July 2, 1988, in a one-car auto accident on Possum Creek Road, near Ansted. He was a member of Ansted Baptist Church. He would have been a senior at Midland Trail High School this fall where he was a member of the basketball and baseball teams. Surviving: parents, William Ira Jr. and Nancy Sedlinger Crist of Ansted; sister, Vicki Broadway of Selmer, Tenn; brother, Joe, at home; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Crist of Ansted, maternal grandmother Mrs. Merl Selinger of Edmonton. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Ansted Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Keaton officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens, Victor. on July 3, 1988.¹