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     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