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     Alvin Wayne DeLung was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.⁴ His Social Security Number was 234-28-4831.² He was born on June 12, 1922 at Lerona, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^4,5,6 He married Glenna Irene Elmore, daughter of Roy Tracy/Tracey Elmore and Clara Alma Harvey, on November 9, 1946 at Rich Creek, Giles Co., Virginia.^1,7,4 Alvin Wayne DeLung died on November 5, 1983 at Pompano Beach, Broward Co., Florida, at age 61.^2,3,4,5 He Alvin W. (Pete) DeLung, of the Old Oakvale Road, Princeton, a prominent Mercer County businessman, died in a Pompano Beach, Fla., hospital Saturday morning after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 61 years old. He was president of DeLung's Inc. in Green Valley, and was the Southern Ashland Oil distributor for southern West Virginia. He was also president of Surface Banana Co., chairman of the board at Valley Bank in Green Valley, and a member of the board of directors member of the Athens Bank in Athens. In addition, he was a member of Johnston Chapel Baptist Church in Hall's Ridge in Princeton, Masons and Beni Kedem Shrine Temple of Charleston, Shrine Club's Cripple Children's Committee of Bluefield, Princeton Rotary Club, Princeton Elk's Lodge, Bluefield Sales Executive Club, and a veteran of World War II. He was born in Lerona.
Surviving are his wife, Glenna Elmore DeLung; two daughters, Mrs. Jim (Barbara) Wood and Mrs. David (Donna) Meadows, both of Princeton; two sisters, Mrs. Garnett Trent of Upper Marlboro, Md., and Mrs. Meryl Hersman of Princeton; and two brothers, Maurice DeLung of Princeton, and Larry DeLung of Pompano Beach. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Pallbearers; Stanley Belcher, Burl Compton, Micky Compton, John D. Johnston, Guy Scyphers, Glen Hill, Randall Grant, and Curtis White. on November 8, 1983.⁴

     Her Social Security Number was 234-42-7934.³ Joan Ruth Farley was born on May 1, 1929 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.³ As of October 11, 1947,her married name was Elmore.² She married Raymond Jackson "Jack" Elmore, son of Roy Tracy/Tracey Elmore and Clara Alma Harvey, on October 11, 1947 at Rich Creek, Giles Co., Virginia.^1,2,4 Joan Ruth Farley died on June 28, 1984 at Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, at age 55.^3,4 She Mrs. Joseph M. (Joan Farley Elmore) Buckland, 55, of Gainesville, Fla., formerly of Princeton, died Thursday, June 28, of an apparent heart attack. Born in Princeton, she was a secretary for the Flordia school system, was a Baptist and had resided in Gainesville for 18 years, coming from Princeton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Elmore in 1963. Survivors include her second husband; two daughters, Carla Joe Bernasconi of Gainesville and Mrs. James (Patricia Lynn) Hanks of Princeton; two sons, Danny Buckland and Richard W. Elmore, both of Archer, Fla; two sisters, Pat Swartzell and Norma Duncan, both of Fairfax, Va; and four grandchildren. Graveside commital rites were conducted at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton with Rev. Jimmy Jones officiating. on July 6, 1984.⁴