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     Jack Earl Conner Jr. was born on September 21, 1965 at Ohio.¹ He died on November 14, 1965 at Canton, Stark Co., Ohio.²

     His Social Security Number was 235-92-6867.⁵ Charles Robert "Bobby" McCorkle was buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.⁴ He was born on August 13, 1958 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^5,3,6 He died on September 15, 1977 at Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, at age 19.^5,4 He Services for Airman First Class Charles Robert (Bobby) McCorkle, 19, of 209 Vine St., will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Beckley United Methodist Temple with the Revs. Ross M. Evan and Walter Griswold in charge. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park with military rites by an honor team from Rickenbacker Air Force Base, Ohio, with Lt. Murone and Tech. Sgt. Reeve in charge of the 15-man honor team. Airman First Class McCorkle was killed in a military plane crash near Albuquerque, N.M. on Sept. 15. Born Aug. 13, 1958, in Beckley, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. McCorkle of Beckley. Also surviving is a brother, Dana of Beckley. A 1976 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, he enlisted in the Air Force in Dec. 197S and went on active duty June 1976, being on the "Bicentennial Flight" to Charleston, where he was sworn in by the governor. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1452, and held five Eagle Palms, the God and Country Award and was a member of the Order of Arrow. He was active with the Order of the Arrow at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N. C. where he was stationed and was an assistant scoutmaster there. A member of the United Methodist Temple, he was active in the Curtain Callers and a Thespian while in high school. For nearly two years, Airman McCorkle was a news carrier for the Raleigh Register. Friends may call at the Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers will be Billy Turner, Kevin Price, Michael Paul, Franklin Bosia, Timothy Bellamy, Michael Fairlie, Calvin Crowe and Anthony Pachuta. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Boy Scout troops 1452 and 80 and the Order of the Arrow. on September 24, 1977.⁴

     Dova Edna Best was buried at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pflugerville, Travis Co., Texas.³ Her Social Security Number was 412-42-1658.⁴ Her married name was Conner.² She married Rev. Romanus Boyd Conner, son of Charles Candus "Charlie" Conner and Ginevra Cook.^2,1 Dova Edna Best was born on May 27, 1906 at Alabama.^3,5,4 She died on June 24, 1991 at Williamson Co., Texas, at age 85.^3,6

     Edna Boyd Conner Edna Boyd Beasley, age 85, of Cedar Park, Texas, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017. She was born on September 21, 1931 in Meridian, Mississippi to parents Romanus Boyd Conner and Dova Edna Best Conner. Edna is preceded in death by her husband Billy Joe Beasley. Interment will follow at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, Texas.² She was buried at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pflugerville, Travis Co., Texas.^2,3 Her married name was Beasley.² She married William K. "Billy Joe" Beasley.² Edna Boyd Conner was born on September 21, 1931 at Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.^2,3 She died on February 18, 2017 at Cedar Park, Travis Co., Texas, at age 85.^2,3

     His Social Security Number was 234-42-8112.⁴ William K. "Billy Joe" Beasley was buried at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pflugerville, Travis Co., Texas.^2,5 He married Edna Boyd Conner, daughter of Rev. Romanus Boyd Conner and Dova Edna Best.¹ William K. "Billy Joe" Beasley was born on April 16, 1929 at West Virginia.^2,4,5 He died on July 23, 2004 at Texas at age 75.^2,4,5