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     Charles Allen LaPrade was born on August 19, 1946 at Guilford Co., North Carolina.¹ He married Mary Delle Simmons on June 9, 1968 at Rowan Co., North Carolina.^3,5 Charles Allen LaPrade and Mary Delle Simmons were divorced on March 14, 1973 at Cabarrus Co., North Carolina.⁶ Charles Allen LaPrade died on February 8, 2016 at South Carolina at age 69.² He HANAHAN - Mr. Charles Allen LaPrade, 69, of Hanahan, SC, entered into eternal rest on February 8, 2016. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2016, at 11:00am in the chapel of Carolina Funeral Home. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. He graduated from Florida State University in 1969 with a Bachelor's in Business Administration. Following school he entered into the Army and went to the officer's training school, where he was a commissioned officer and was honorably discharged as First Lieutenant. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marshall J. LaPrade and Lorena B. LaPrade. He is survived by his brother, Michael (Donna) LaPrade, and nephews, Joseph and Steven LaPrade, all of Atlanta, GA. on February 9, 2016.²

     John Darrell "Johnny" Wray was born on July 23, 1957 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^3,5,7 He married Karen Lee Hodges on June 12, 1976 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.⁵ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray and Karen Lee Hodges were divorced on March 9, 1995 at Franklin Co., Virginia.⁶ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray married Susan Moses circa 1996.⁷ John Darrell "Johnny" Wray died on October 17, 2013 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 56.^4,7 He Johnny Darrell Wray, 56, of Rocky Mount, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013, at his home. He was born July 23, 1957, a son of the late John "Shangie" and Ann Wray. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Jackie Dean Wray; and father-in-law, William S. Moses. Johnny was a truck driver for seven years at Mountain Milk Hauling, a member and Past Governor of Rocky Mount Moose Lodge #1053, and a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles, Collinsville. He was also a former funeral director with Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home, a paramedic at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, and a volunteer with Franklin County Rescue Squad and Rocky Mount Fire Department. He was the type of person who gave 110% at any and everything that he did, and he was a very loving and devoted "Papa" to his miracle grandson, Pheonix. He is survived by his loving wife of 17 years, Susan Moses Wray; children, Jace and Andrea Wray, Jade Wray and Fiance Anthony Teaford, and Will and Jamie Wilson; grandchildren, Pheonix Teaford, Daniel, Amelia, and Graceann Wilson; sister-in-law, Connie P. Wray; nieces, Stephanie and Taw Hodges, and Brittany Wray; brother-in-law, Mark Moses and Janet; and mother-in-law, Doyne Moses. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2013, from Lynch Conner-Bowman Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Poland officiating. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. on October 18, 2013.⁷