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     Her Social Security Number was 232-12-1126.² Billie Gray "Billy" Overstreet was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^3,1 Her married name was Gore.¹ She married Cecil Frederick "Pete" Gore, son of Fred Madison Gore and Bessie Leona Thompson.^4,1,5 Billie Gray "Billy" Overstreet was born on October 31, 1908 at Staffordsville, Giles Co., Virginia.^3,2,1 She died on January 15, 1997 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 88.^3,2,1 She PRINCETON - Billie Gray Gore, 88, of 1406 North Walker St., Princeton, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, in Princeton Community Hospital. Born October 31, 1908, in Staffordsville, Va., she was the daughter of the late James E. and Lou White Overstreet. She was the retired owner/operator of Gore’s Department Store in Princeton. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Princeton, the Princeton Civic League, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Princeton Women of the Moose. She had lived in Princeton since 1925 moving from Staffordsville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil F. “Pete” Gore; one brother, James Overstreet, Jr; one sister, Virginia Rhoderick, and her step mother, Minnie Mary Kahle. Survivors include: three sisters, Nell E. Olmer of Denver, Colo., Alice Jo Lucky of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Beulah "Boots” Jones of Carisle, Pa. Funeral services will be conducted at ll a.m. Saturday at the George W. Seaver Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with Dr. David Dockery officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Park Cemetery in Princeton. on January 17, 1997.¹

     Thelma J. Unknown was born circa 1908 at Pennsylvania.¹ As of before 1940,her married name was Gore.¹ She married Dr. Thompson Paul Gore, son of Fred Madison Gore and Bessie Leona Thompson, before 1940.¹ Thelma J. Unknown and Dr. Thompson Paul Gore were divorced before May, 1942.²

     Thomas Spencer Dallas Jr. was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.³ He was born on November 12, 1942 at Martinsville, Virginia.^1,2,3 He married Hannah Jean Hobbs on August 7, 1965 at Blacksburg, Virginia.¹ Thomas Spencer Dallas Jr. died on August 8, 2017 at Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, at age 74.³ He Memphis - Thomas Spencer Dallas Jr., 74, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born November 12, 1942 in Martinsville, VA to Col. Thomas Spencer Dallas of Martinsville and Mildred Graham Dallas of Floyd, VA. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, his uncles, C.C. Buddy Graham, Andrew L. Graham, A. Curtis Graham, Hubert D. Graham, James E. Graham, Stedman Dallas and his aunt Nell Dallas Rislow. Thomas is survived by his son Matthew Donald Dallas and daughter-in-law Mary McMakin Dallas of Sudbury, MA; three beloved grandchildren, Maureen McMakin Bowler, Kiley Joyce Dallas and Margaret Katherine Dallas all of Sudbury, MA. He is also survived by his brother George William Dallas, sister-in-law Randy Roth Dallas of Goodyear, AZ and his sister Kathryn Graham Dallas of Blacksburg, VA. He was a beloved uncle to three nephews, Jason S. Dallas, Trevor V. Dallas and Jacob H. Coggins, and one niece A. Christine Coggins Fay. He was a great uncle to many surviving great nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his aunt Virginia Graham Jones of Radford, VA and twelve cousins. Thomas graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA in June of 1965. He enlisted and entered service in the Navy on July 2, 1965 and served for six years as a Navy officer. During his service period Thomas served two tours in Vietnam as an Air Intelligence officer on U.S. aircraft carriers. After his years in the service Thomas had a wide-ranging career. He earned a Master of Business degree from the University of Idaho, taught high school and college level business classes, held management positions for numerous companies, sold real estate, and was a small business owner focusing on the sale of manufacturing equipment in the plastics industry. Thomas was a voracious reader all his life. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing and played in a golf league for years in Memphis, TN. He was passionate about gourmet cooking and spent many seasons competing in the 'Memphis in May' world championship barbeque cooking contest. An intelligent, outgoing, caring man, he will be greatly missed by his family and so many who knew and loved him. Thomas was cremated following his death. On December 5, 2019, his ashes will be interned at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, where his mother and father are also buried. on August 10, 2017.³