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     His Social Security Number was 231-68-8840.⁴ Charles Edward Moon was buried at Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Road (Route 619), Triangle, Prince William Co., Virginia.^2,3 He was born on July 4, 1949 at Fort Belvoir, Fairfax Co., Virginia.^1,2,3,4,5 He married Betty Jo Tyler, daughter of William Benjamin Tyler and Margie Elizabeth Campbell, on August 17, 1976 at Fairfax Co., Virginia.¹ Charles Edward Moon died on June 27, 2004 at Halifax Co., Virginia, at age 54.^2,3,4,7,6

     Michelle Victoria Cox was buried at Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Road (Route 619), Triangle, Prince William Co., Virginia.^1,4 Her Social Security Number was 230-43-9123.² She was born on August 3, 1978 at Woodbridge, Prince William Co., Virginia.^1,2,4 She died on April 16, 1997 at age 18.^1,2,4

     Her Social Security Number was 246-32-3977.² Nora Faye Burnette was buried at Bright Hope Cemetery, Mars Hill, Madison Co., North Carolina.⁵ She was born on September 12, 1926 at Madison Co., North Carolina.^2,3,5,4 As of July 22, 1975,her married name was Gowen.¹ She married Marion Winston Gowen, son of Samuel Benjamin Gowen and Helen Estelle Goolsby, on July 22, 1975 at Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁶ Nora Faye Burnette died on April 17, 1988 at Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, at age 61.^1,6,3,5 She Nora Faye Burnette Gowen, 61, of 87 Monticello Road, Weaverville, died Sunday in an Asheville hospital. A native of Madison County, she had lived in Buncombe County for the past 13 years. She was a former employee of Western Steer Steak House and was a daughter of the late Bertram and Vertie Thomas Bumette. Surviving are her husband, Marion Winston Gowen; two daughters, Pauline Stuckey of Royal Oak, Mich., and Lillian Kate Wilson of Mars Hill; a sister, Bobbie Ann Snelson of Highland Springs, Va; two brothers, Wayne and B.E. Burnette of Mars Hill; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Upper English Cemetery. on April 19, 1988.¹

     Jessie Earl Pippin Jr. was buried at Gowen-Goolsby Cemetery, Shipman, Nelson Co., Virginia.¹ He Jesse Earl Pippin, Jr. 44 of Orange, Virginia passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He had fought a long battle of illnesses, so God reached down from heaven with his mercy and took Jesse home. Born January 7, 1972 in Manassas to Mildred Gowen Pippin Vance and the late Jesse Earl Pippin, Sr. He is survived by his mother, Mildred Vance and Stepfather, Okey Vance of Rhoadesville; two brothers, Richard Pippin (Peggy Bettis) of Nokesville and Jack Pippin (Liz Stofflet) of Muncie, Indiana; two sisters, Gladys Ridgeway (Bill) of Orange and Donna Cornwell (Mike Allen) of Fredericksburg; five nieces, four nephews and l great nieces whom he adored beyond words as well as his extended family from both the Pippins and the Gowens of Nelson County. Interment will follow in the Gowen Family Cemetery in Shipman.¹ He was born on January 7, 1972 at Manassas, Virginia.^1,3 He died on February 26, 2016 at Fredericksburg, Virginia, at age 44.¹

     Tennie LaVerne Helsel LaVerne Helsel Markham, 73, of Lynchburg, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Lynchburg, June 26, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Samuel Helsel and Thelma Johnson Helsel. She spent her youth roller-skating (and skipping school), but when she decided to get her GED at 24, she traded in her wild streak to help others. Her entire career was dedicated to adult education and helping others finish school. Sweet, sassy and generous, LaVerne was gifted in that she could see people's true essence, and she helped them bring out the best in themselves. It's safe to say that many of the days of her life, she laughed...and she made others laugh, too. LaVerne never met a stranger, and had friends everywhere she went. She talked to everyone and believed in friendships for life, as evidenced by her long-term best friendship with Sam Gowen, who also happened to be her ex-husband. She loved her grandsons like crazy, and treated the people she loved like family. Her family and friends remember her as passionate, strong-willed and loving. Her wit and kindness will be missed by everyone who knew her. She is survived by her daughter, Amy Markham and son-in-law Travis Boozer of Collierville, TN; two grandchildren, Oliver Markham and Henry Markham and her cousin, Kathleen Byrd and family.⁴ She was born on June 25, 1946 at Lynchburg, Virginia.^1,2,3 As of August 3, 1968,her married name was Gowen.¹ She married Samuel Benjamin "Sam" Gowen Jr., son of Samuel Benjamin Gowen and Helen Estelle Goolsby, on August 3, 1968 at Campbell Co., Virginia.^1,4 Tennie LaVerne Helsel and Samuel Benjamin "Sam" Gowen Jr. were divorced on February 26, 1993 at Lynchburg, Virginia.^2,4 Tennie LaVerne Helsel died on January 21, 2020 at Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 73.⁴