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     Fred Garland Preas Jr. was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, 1000 Highway 544, Conway, Horry Co., South Carolina.³ His Social Security Number was 228-30-6496.⁴ He was born on April 23, 1930 at Roanoke, Virginia.^3,4 He married Jean Frances DeWeese, daughter of Birdine Valentine DeWeese and Pearl Mills, circa 1950.^1,2,3,5 Fred Garland Preas Jr. died on September 28, 2008 at Myrtle Beach, Horry Co., South Carolina, at age 78.^3,4 He Fred Garland Preas, Jr., 78, of Regency Drive, Conway, S.C., died Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. Mr. Preas was born in Roanoke, Va., a son of the late Fred Garland Preas, Sr. and Lucille Coleman Preas. He was a United States Army Veteran and a 35 year employee and regional manager for AT&T in Virginia. Mr. Preas was a member of First United Methodist Church in Myrtle Beach, S.C. for many years. He was predeceased by his sister, Geraldine Preas Murray and his brother, George Robert Preas. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Jean DeWeese Preas of Conway, S.C; one son, CAPT Michael Preas, USN of Washington, DC; one daughter, Susan Preas Trotter and her husband, Mitchell and their two daughters, Jessica and April of Katy, Texas; B.J. Preas, wife of George Preas of Roanoke, Va. and their children, Kelly Leigh Preas of Oslo, Norway and George R. Preas, II of Annapolis, Md; Robert Murray, husband of Geraldine and their son, Barry and his wife, Kathy, all of Roanoke, Va., and his special friend, Katy, Fred and Jean's schauzer. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel with Senior Pastor Ken Timmerman officiating. Entombment will follow in Hillcrest Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home before the service. Memorials may be sent to Epworth Children's Home, 2900 Millwood Avenue, P.O. Box 50466, Columbia, S.C. 29250. Sign a guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements. on September 29, 2008.³

     Eula Ellen Lucas was buried at Highland Memory Gardens, 5555 Lee Highway, Dublin, Pulaski Co., Virginia.¹ Her Social Security Number was 229-24-7872.² Her married name was Wilson.³ Her married name was Igo.¹ She married Sgt. Howard Lowell Wilson, son of Pvt. Noah Daniel J. Wilson and Essie Mary Cox.¹ Eula Ellen Lucas married Dennis Lee Igo.¹ Eula Ellen Lucas was born on December 3, 1921 at Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^1,2 She died on July 19, 2001 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, at age 79.^1,2 She Igo, Eula Ellen Lucas Wilson, 79, of Blacksburg, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2001 in Montgomery Regional Hospital. Born December 3, 1921 in Christiansburg to the late Robert Roy, Sr. and Laura Jones Lucas, she was preceded in death by husbands, Howard Lowell Wilson and Dennis Lee Igo, a sister, Alletha R. Huff and also a life long friend, James Kermit Lovell of Parkersburg, W.Va. She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Ellen Wilson Surgener and husband John A., Berea, Ken., Diane Igo Stanley and husband Clifford L., Amherst, Va., Donna Igo Self and husband, Johnnie L., Christiansburg; grandchildren, Chet Surgener, Jason A. Surgener, Gwendolyn Ashcraft and husband Randy, Ethan L. Stanley and wife Beth, Johnnie L. Self, Jr. and wife Amy, Denny Self; one great-grandson, Lee Harrison Ashcraft; a brother, Robert Roy Lucas, Jr., Christiansburg; several nieces and nephews, as well as many close friends at Warm Hearth Village. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 1001 at the Horne Funeral Chapel, conducted by Rev. James T. Bayne, with entombment to follow in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to the Warm Hearth Foundation, 2603 Warm Hearth Dr., Blacksburg, Va. 24060. The family will receive friends at the Horne Funeral Service from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening. Arrangements are being handled by Horne Funeral Service, Christiansburg. on July 20, 2001.¹