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     Diane Elaine Hancock was buried at Fair View Cemetery, 3300 Melrose Ave. N.W., Roanoke, Virginia.^2,4 She was born on April 1, 1947 at Craig Co., Virginia.^2,3,4 She died on January 25, 2017 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 69.^2,4 She Diane Elaine Hancock, 69, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Richfield Nursing Home in Salem. Diane was born in Craig County, Va., on April 1, 1947, to the late John Max Hancock Sr. and Lucille Brogan Hancock. In addition to her parents Diane was preceded in death by a sister, Anne Hancock. Diane attended the VA School for the Deaf and Blind in Staunton, Va. She was retired from Maid Best Uniforms. For many years, Diane enjoyed weekly activities with the Roanoke Valley Club for the Deaf. When Diane's parents became disabled, she and her sister Jane, with weekly assistance from their brother, lived together until Diane had to go into the nursing home one year ago. Diane will be deeply missed by her sister Jane. Diane is survived by her brother, John Max Hancock Jr. and wife, Sandra, of Vinton; twin sister, Peggy H. Carter, and husband, Billy, of Avon, Ind; sisters, Jane Hancock and Maxine H. Hall, both of Salem; nephews, John R. Hancock, Harrisonburg, Va., Lewis Grubbs and wife Cindy, Kathleen, Ga., Joseph Grubbs, Salem; nieces, Tiffany H. McCormack and husband, Rusty, Caroline H. Williams and husband, Josh, both of Vinton, Kristi C. Scherler and husband, Rob, Akron, Ohio, Julie C. Compton and husband, John, Brownsburg, Ind. Diane is also survived by seven great-nephews and four great-nieces. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017, at John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Fairview Cemetery in Roanoke. on January 27, 2017.⁴

     Eleanora Helen Smith was born on January 28, 1909 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.²

     Her Social Security Number was 230-03-0749.⁵ Maude Rae Smith was buried at Alleghany Memorial Park, Low Moor, Alleghany Co., Virginia.³ Her married name was Swartz.⁶ She married William Emmett Swartz.^6,3 Maude Rae Smith was born on November 22, 1917 at Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,5,3 She died on March 16, 2008 at Chesterfield Co., Virginia, at age 90.^5,3,7

     Her Social Security Number was 579-60-1886.² Margaret Malcolm Miller was born on September 20, 1905 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,1 As of circa 1926,her married name was Smith.³ She married Robert Chester A. Smith, son of Robert Frazier Smith Sr. and Maude Rae Hancock, circa 1926.³ Margaret Malcolm Miller died on February 23, 1975 at age 69.²

     George Revercomb Hudnall and Sarah Edward Boyd were divorced.¹ George Revercomb Hudnall was born on May 31, 1944 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Sarah Edward Boyd, daughter of Charles Edward Boyd Jr. and Alice Virginia Smith, on December 26, 1965 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.¹ George Revercomb Hudnall died on July 4, 2010 at Suffolk, Virginia, at age 66.^3,4 He George Revercomb Hudnall, a lifelong resident of Covington, Va., passed away on Sunday, July 4, 2010, after a lengthy illness. He was the son of the late Dr. Harry Gilman and Elizabeth Revercomb Hudnall. He was educated at Augusta Military Academy and the University of Virginia and was known throughout the mountains in which he had grown up as an avid outdoorsman and a man of exceptional integrity. He had been a businessman, both self-employed and as a faithful employee, before his health required that he retire to a quieter life. He loved southern history and was especially proud of his family's Virginia heritage. One grandfather, the Honorable George Anderson Revercomb, had been a Virginia state senator and a Virginia Supreme Court justice, and the other grandfather, Dr. Bertrand Ryland Hudnall, had been a beloved physician who had delivered many of the babies in Alleghany County. He was proudest, however, of his two daughters, Anne Ryland Hudnall, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Alice Yuille Chapman Hudnall (Sally), who had been his loving caregiver in the final months of his life. He is also survived by brothers, Bertrand R. Hudnall II, of Charleston, S.C., and Harry Gilman Hudnall Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., and their families. A memorial service will be held in the fall in Covington at a date to be announced. on July 9, 2010.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 229-03-5170.⁵ William Emmett Swartz was buried at Alleghany Memorial Park, Low Moor, Alleghany Co., Virginia.³ He married Maude Rae Smith, daughter of Robert Frazier Smith Sr. and Maude Rae Hancock.^1,3 William Emmett Swartz was born on September 25, 1917 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^3,5,2 He died on March 2, 1996 at Bath Co., Virginia, at age 78.^3,5,2,4