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     Sophronia Mae "Fronia" Strickland was buried at Grandview Memorial Park, Dunbar, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.⁴ Her married name was Elmore.¹ She married James Henry Elmore, son of Andrew Waitman Elmore and Charity Christene McCune.¹ Sophronia Mae "Fronia" Strickland was born on October 12, 1921 at West Virginia.^1,4 She died on February 2, 2000 at West Virginia at age 78.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 235-58-1555.² Loren Boone Elmore was born on May 25, 1939 at Sanderson, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.² He married Marjorie Jane "Margie" Pittman on February 22, 1958 at Blount, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.³ Loren Boone Elmore and Marjorie Jane "Margie" Pittman were divorced on June 18, 1971 at Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.⁴ Loren Boone Elmore died in March, 1994 at West Virginia at age 54.^2,6

     Marjorie Jane "Margie" Pittman was buried at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, 5233 Rocky Fork Road, Cross Lanes, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^3,2 She Margie Jane (Gilpen) Pittman-Jernigan, October 21, 1941 – January 3, 2017 - To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord 2 Cor 5:8. Born October 21, 1941 to Jesse Warden and Ruth Jane Pittman in Charleston, West Virginia. Margie attended DuPont High School. She gave her life to the Lord in 1973. That is when her music career took a big turn. She wrote her own songs and music becoming an accomplished musician releasing 7 albums. She had an award winning radio show in the Tri-State on WXIT called Afternoon's With Margie. New Years of 1979 her song "In The Lamb's Book" was the #1 Gospel song in the Tri-State. She served as a legal advocate for the Sister Help battered women's shelter in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Also, she was a very talented writer, publishing 5 books. Margie loved to help others and to spread the gospel. Preceded in death are her mother and father, brothers Daniel and Carson Pittman, sister, Judy Quentrill, and granddaughter, Sara Cooke. Left to cherish her memory; loving and devoted husband, Roy "Bert" Jernigan, brothers; Larry Pittman of Charleston, Roy (Wanda) Pittman of Charleston, Raymond (Judy) Pittman of Charleston, and David (Peggy) Pittman of Charleston; children; Sandy Debolt of St. Albans, Lorie (Brian) Baldwin of Charleston, Barbara (Jim) Reed of St. Albans, James "JR" (Lisa) Gilpen of Cross Lanes, and Michelle (Brian) Self of Cordova, South Carolina; 13 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren; family and friends. A Celebration of Margie’s life will be held Noon Friday January 6, 2017, at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Edward Jarrett officiating. The entombment will follow the service at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes.² She was born on October 21, 1941 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.^1,2 As of February 22, 1958,her married name was Elmore.¹ She married Loren Boone Elmore, son of James Henry Elmore and Sophronia Mae "Fronia" Strickland, on February 22, 1958 at Blount, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.¹ Marjorie Jane "Margie" Pittman and Loren Boone Elmore were divorced on June 18, 1971 at Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.⁴ Marjorie Jane "Margie" Pittman died on January 3, 2017 at West Virginia at age 75.²

     Dempsey Mullins was buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery, 15501 Dickman Road, Augusta, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.³ His Social Security Number was 233-20-0705.⁵ He and Monia Doris "Mona" Elmore were divorced.^6,3 Dempsey Mullins was born on October 20, 1920 at Falling Rock, Kanawha Co., West Virginia; His draft card has a birth date of Oct 22, 1920.^2,5,3,4 He married Monia Doris "Mona" Elmore, daughter of Andrew Waitman Elmore and Charity Christene McCune, on November 11, 1945 at Tad, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.¹ Dempsey Mullins died on August 21, 1986 at Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan, at age 65.^5,3,4 He CASSOPOLIS - Services for Dempsey Mullins, 65, of 66523 Tharpe Lake Road, who died at 10:27 pm Thursday in Lee Memorial Hospital Dowagiac, after an illness, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Connelly Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Mich. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Mr. Mullins was born Oct. 20, 1920, in Falling Rock, W.Va., and moved to Cassopolis 12 years ago from Elkhart On Jan. 18, 1969, in Charleston, W.Va., he married Delores Reed. She survives with two daughters, Melissa Mullins, at home, and Vicky Chaffee of Three Rivers; six sons, Gary, David and James, all at home, Gary of Osceola, Eugene of Charleston, W.Va., and Donald of Cleveland, Ohio; nine grandchildren; a sister, Gracie Strecker of Charleston; and two brothers, Babe of Sanderson, W.Va, and Caze of Charleston. He was a general laborer employed in the mobile home industries. He was an Army veteran of World War II. on August 23, 1986.³

     Her married name was Newsome.¹ Cecil Audra Spradling was buried at Clinton Falls Cemetery, Clinton Falls, Putnam Co., Indiana.^1,2 She married James Earl Newsome Sr.¹ Cecil Audra Spradling was born on August 11, 1944 at Ward, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.¹ As of July 23, 1992,her married name was Dernovish.³ She married Martin Eugene Dernovish on July 23, 1992 at Clark Co., Nevada.^1,3 Cecil Audra Spradling died on March 25, 2019 at Indiana at age 74.¹ She Lafayette - Cecil Audra Dernovish, an illuminated soul, departed this earth on Monday, March 25, 2019 at 2:48 p.m. She was born a coal miner's daughter on August 11, 1944 in Ward, WV to Melvin J. and Gertrude K. Spradling. She was a high school graduate and worked as an industrial worker. She married James E. Newsome Sr. and later Martin E. Dernovish. She is survived by two very PROUD children, Sandra Kay Cooper of Avon and James Earl Newsome Jr. of Lafayette; her parents; and 2 siblings, Carron A. Toon and Jewel K. Powers. Till we are reunited again. A graveside service will be at 3:00 pm, Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Clinton Falls Cemetery, at the intersection of North County Road 600 West and West County Road 375 North, Clinton Falls, Putnam County, IN. on April 8, 2019.¹