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     Josiah Lucian Hall was born on April 30, 2004 at Roanoke, Virginia.³ He died on April 30, 2004 at Roanoke, Virginia.²

     Stephen Robert Yopp was buried at Yopp Family Cemetery, Franklin Co., Virginia.² He Stephen Robert (Steve) Yopp, age 51 of Boones Mill died tragically on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 due to being struck by a motor vehicle while assisting someone on the roadside. Steve was born on December 7, 1965 in Franklin County where he lived all of his life. He was loved by many and will be missed by all. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Yopp. Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Kathy Stump Yopp; his children, Michael Yopp (Rebecca) and Brittany Yopp (Scottie); five grandchildren, Julianna Yopp, Zachary Yopp, Rihanna Yopp, Branson Yopp and Wyatt Booth; his mother, Martha Yopp; brothers, Rickie Yopp (Donna) and Teddy Yopp (Suzanne); sisters, Debra Brown (Perry) and Pamela Hicks (Richard); several nieces, nephews and cousins who loved him as a brother. Interment will follow in the Yopp Family Cemetery.² He was born on December 7, 1965 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2,3 He married Kathy Sue Stump, daughter of Elbert Edward Stump and Sarah Elizabeth Bowles, on April 5, 1983 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^1,2 Stephen Robert Yopp died on June 28, 2017 at Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 51.² He Shortly before he was struck by a vehicle early Wednesday in Franklin County, Stephen Yopp had helped a driver involved in a separate crash, state police officials and family members said. Yopp, 51, was walking on Bethlehem Road at the Sauls Hill Lane intersection, about five miles southwest of Boones Mill, when an unknown vehicle traveling east hit him. He was struck at about 12:05 a.m. and died at the scene, state police said. Police are seeking the public's help in finding the vehicle, which would have sustained damage to its right front side. Mike Yopp, 33, said his father had walked out to the road after he heard a wreck near his home. Near an embankment, Stephen Yopp found a woman inside an overturned car. "He was just helping a 19-year-old," his son said. "He was just trying to get her out of the car so if somebody came around the curve they wouldn't hit the car." The woman told Yopp that after his father helped her out of the car, he walked down a hill so he could call 911. Cellphone reception is limited in the area, Mike Yopp said. State police Sgt. Michael Bailey confirmed that a wreck had occurred just before Yopp was hit, although further details were not immediately available. Mike Yopp said Wednesday was not the first time his father had helped someone after a wreck along the curvy road. The family has a system worked out for wrecks in the area: assist the occupants of the vehicle, call 911 and then direct traffic until officials arrive. "In life, you help people out. He had done this a hundred times," Yopp said. "It's just the one time he didn't come back. I hate it, and I'm upset, but that young girl, she still has her whole life ahead of her. It could be that my father hadn't gone out there and that young girl wouldn't be here right now." Perry Brown, Yopp's brother-in-law, said Yopp invited a woman and five children to his home last Thanksgiving after a crash happened in the same area. "Any time there was a wreck right here in front of the house, he always went out to help," Brown said. "He was a loving guy, he loved his family, and he done all he could." The unexpected death affected the family not only emotionally, but financially, Yopp said. He said he spent Friday afternoon digging his father's grave to cut funeral costs. "I have a wife and four kids, and I have my mortgage payments," Yopp said. "I wasn't prepared for it." Yopp said he hopes that the driver of the vehicle who struck his father will come forward. "You could have grief hurting you, or you could be afraid, 'cause you could know him or me," Yopp said. "Come to me, come to my house and apologize. That would be a lot better than me just sitting here wondering." on June 30, 2017.⁴