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     Christopher Lee Harlow was buried at Eagle Rock Baptist Church Cemetery, State Road 734, Eagle Rock, Botetourt Co., Virginia.⁴ His Social Security Number was 231-27-2792.⁵ He was born on April 20, 1971 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,5,3 He married Colleen Ann Hale, daughter of Harry Preston Hale Sr. and Joyce Colleen DeWeese, on May 20, 1995 at Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Virginia.¹ Christopher Lee Harlow died on January 19, 2002 at Eagle Rock, Botetourt Co., Virginia, at age 30.^5,2,4 He HARLOW, Christopher Lee, 30, of Eagle Rock, died at his home Saturday, January 18, 2002. He is survived by his wife, Coleen Harlow; children, Summer Harlow and Austin Harlow; his mother, Elizabeth Harlow; brothers and sisters, Cheryl Maldonado, Brenda Dooley, Kenneth Harlow, Jr., Ronald Harlow, Sandra Harlow, Ash Leigh Harlow, Leon Harlow, and Pamela Young. Burial in the Eagle Rock Cemetery. on January 21, 2002.⁴

     Sandra Lea Fitzgerald was born on August 5, 1939 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁴ As of September 28, 1958,her married name was Parsell.² She married James Dwight Parsell on September 28, 1958 at York, York Co., South Carolina.² Sandra Lea Fitzgerald died on January 10, 2019 at Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, at age 79.³ She Sandra Fitzgerald Parsell, 79, of Bristol, Va., passed peacefully on January 10, 2019, at Holston Valley Hospital, in Kingsport, Tenn., days after open heart surgery. The words of her granddaughter, Jillian captured the essence of who she was within her family life: "You were spunky, feisty and fiercely independent. You were a strong woman who loved to travel and enjoyed history, finding out who our ancestors are and where we came from. You were quite the matriarch who loved family more than anything. Ensuring that we were all together for birthdays and holidays or just a Monday night dinner. You were a sister, a mother, an aunt, a grandmother and a great grandmother. You were our Mama San and you will be deeply missed." She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin and Clara Fitzgerald. She is survived by one daughter, Julia Rae Parsell and husband, Robert Hoffman; one son, Charles "Chuck" Edwin Parsell; sister, Donna Rae Fitzgerald; and nephew, Bryce Ellsworth Fitzgerald and wife, Alexandrea Whitfield. She will be missed greatly by her seven grandchildren, Jordana Marion Chambers and husband, Matthew Chambers, Jackson Clay Marion, Jillian Sarah Marion, Chloe Parsell Yates and husband, Nathan Yates, Celia Parsell Jessee and husband, Joshua Jessee, Christopher Parsell, and Carter Parsell; eight great-grandchildren, Tobin Chambers, Josiah Chambers, Jude Chambers, Eden Chambers, Marceau Chambers, Rhys Chambers, Zuri Chambers, and soon to be born, Silas James Yates. She had dear relations with numerous cousins across the country and too many close friends to mention by name. Sandra retired from Washington County Virginia school system as a reading specialist and taught second grade at Greendale Elementary School for thirty years. She received her Master of Education degree from East Tennessee State University and bachelors from Virginia Intermont in Bristol, Virginia while it was still an all-girls school. She served on the Altar Guild at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bristol, Virginia, served as president of the Martha Circle, and assisted the Family Promise and Snack Pack Programs. She also conducted the kitchen inventory program. She was a volunteer at the Minnick School in Bristol, Va. The school was formerly the Janie Hammit Home and now is used to educate children using the 'best-practice, whole-child approach that opens the door to education and more fulfilling life'. She was the historian and past president for The Wilderness Trail Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century. Sandra had been a member of the Fort Chiswell Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) for more than ten years, actively involved as a committee chair, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Webmistress, and most recently, Chaplain. She was an associate member of the Black's Fort Chapter of the NSDAR. Sandra also presently served as Lt. Governor of the Roanoke-New River Valley Company of the Jamestown Society. on January 15, 2019.³

     His Social Security Number was 223-48-2028.² James Dwight Parsell was born on July 27, 1938 at Pulaski, Pulaski Co., Virginia.^2,3,4,5 He married Sandra Lea Fitzgerald, daughter of Edwin Marceau Fitzgerald and Irene Clara Hutson, on September 28, 1958 at York, York Co., South Carolina.¹ James Dwight Parsell died on May 30, 2006 at Bland Co., Virginia, at age 67.^2,4,7,6

     Katherine Lynn Griffith Katherine Griffith Parsell, May 5, 1968 - Dec 31, 2014. Katherine Griffith Parsell, 46, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Russell County Medical Center, Castlewood, Virginia. She was born in Lebanon, Virginia; daughter of the late Robert, Sr. and Virginia Bolton Griffith. She was preceded in death by one brother, James Blaine Griffith. She is survived by her husband, Chuck Parsell; two daughters, Chloe Parsell of Castlewood, Virginia and Celia Parsell Jessee and husband, Josh of Denver, Colorado; two sons, Chris Parsell and Carter Parsell both of the home; five sisters, Ann Gray of Castlewood, Virginia, Beth Marshall and husband, Grant of Castlewood, Virginia, Sue Tester and husband, Ken of Jonesboro, Tennessee, Jeannie Burton of Castlewood, Virginia, and Carolyn Klempa and husband, Bryan of Sarasota, Florida; one brother, Robert Griffith, Jr. and wife, Lisa of Castlewood, Virginia; mother-in-law, Sandra Parsell of Bristol, Virginia; several nieces,nephews, a large extended family and friends, and special friend, Deresa Hall.³ She was born on May 5, 1968 at Lebanon, Russell Co., Virginia.^1,2,3 As of September 30, 1989,her married name was Parsell.¹ She married Charles Edwin "Chuck" Parsell, son of James Dwight Parsell and Sandra Lea Fitzgerald, on September 30, 1989 at St. Paul, Wise Co., Virginia.^1,3 Katherine Lynn Griffith died on December 31, 2014 at Castlewood, Russell Co., Virginia, at age 46.³