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     George Chester Linkous was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, 2880 North Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^2,3 He was born on November 20, 1947 at Montgomery Co., Virginia; His marriage record and gravestone have a birth year of 1948.^3,1,4 He married Thelma Jean Dowdy, daughter of Edward Kenneth "Kent" Dowdy and Loella Brown Slusser, on July 4, 1986 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.^1,6 George Chester Linkous died on January 5, 2011 at Charlottesville, Virginia, at age 63.^3,5 He George Chester Linkous, 63, of Merrimac, Va., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. He was born on November 21, 1947, to the late Garner C. Linkous and Evelyn Cupp Linkous. He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Linkous; and brother, Glenn R. Linkous. He is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Tony and Trina Harris; grandchildren, Kara, Katie, Brandon and Johnathan; and one greatgrandchild; sisters and brothers-in-law, Freda Bowman, Faye and William Pack, Donna Cox and Winston Linkous, Jaunita Tolbert, and Deborah and Jeffrey Nester; and brother and sister-in-law, Phillip and Melissa Linkous; nephews and nieces and spouses, Johnny Bowman, David Bowman, Amby and Tony Linkous, Patricia and Todd Linkous, Machelle and James McClain, Scott and Loretta Linkous, Teresa and Danny Epperly, Daniel and Danna O'Brien, Robert and Stefanie O'Brien, Joshua Linkous, Samantha and John Stanger, Gabrielle Linkous, and Andy Jones; special cousin, Brenda Dix; special friend, Carl Jones; and many great-nieces and nephews, great-great nephews, aunts, cousins and friends. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, January 9, 2011, at 3 p.m. in the Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. R. D. Doc Vaught, the Rev. Eddie Roberts and the Rev. Paul David Day officiating. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens. on January 8, 2011.³