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     Alma Louise Heffner was buried at Lakeview Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina.^2,3 Her Social Security Number was 237-05-2250.⁴ She was born on June 28, 1909 at Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina.^4,2,3 As of August 4, 1937,her married name was Dudding.¹ She married Ocie Mason Dudding, son of Charles Robert Ross Dudding and Ola Blanche Elmore, on August 4, 1937 at Guilford Co., North Carolina.¹ Alma Louise Heffner died on April 21, 2011 at Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina, at age 101.^4,2,3 She GREENSBORO - Mrs. Alma Louise Heffner, 101, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at Adam's Farm Health & Rehab. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, April 25 at Lambeth-Troxler Funeral Home, with the Reverend Dianne Marsden officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Park. Mrs. Heffner was born July 28, 1909 in Hickory, to Moses A. and Emma Fox Heffner. She was one of seven children all of whom preceded her in death; Rosa Etta Sizemore, Thomas Raeford Heffner Earl A. Heffner, William Edgar Heffner, Allen Cletus Heffner, and Anable Marie Heffner. She went to work at the age of 16 for Cone Mills and retired after 46 years of service. She was a member of Carraway United Methodist Church. Mrs. Heffner is survived by her niece and caregiver, Linda Cecil Meredith and husband Keith, of Greensboro and several loving nieces and nephews. on April 24, 2011.³

     Her Social Security Number was 181-14-6497.³ Ruth Joan Hollingshead was buried at North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens, Myrtle Beach, Horry Co., South Carolina.⁴ She was born on September 1, 1918 at Saxton, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.^1,3,2 As of October 2, 1942,her married name was Dudding.¹ She married Ocie Mason Dudding, son of Charles Robert Ross Dudding and Ola Blanche Elmore, on October 2, 1942 at Winchester, Virginia.¹ Ruth Joan Hollingshead died on May 9, 2006 at Pennsylvania at age 87.³

     His Social Security Number was 229-05-6608.⁹ Ross Rupert Dudding was buried at Guy Trollinger Huffman Family Cemetery, off Rt. 632 on John's Creek, Craig Co., Virginia.^1,2 He was born on September 30, 1913 at Alleghany, Craig Co., Virginia.^1,3,4,9 He died on February 8, 1997 at Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 83; His obituary has a death date of Feb 7, 1997.^1,2,9,5 He DUDDING, Ross Rupert, 83, of Roanoke, went to be with his Lord on Friday, February 7, 1997. He was baptized into the Christian faith, Deciples of Christ at Craig Healing Springs in April of 1933 by F. M. Jones, Minister and attended church there until his move to Roanoke in the 1950s. Ross had attended and been blessed by many friends at the East Gate Church of the Nazarene, pastored by the Rev. George Stevenson, now, and formerly by Rev. Lockhart. Ross is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Oscar B. and Lorraine Dudding of Pembroke; one nephew, Benjamin R. Dudding. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 11, 1997, at the Huffman Family Cemetery, Craig County. F on February 10, 1997.²

     Oscar Berlin "Poppy" Dudding was buried at Birchlawn Burial Park, Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.¹ His Social Security Number was 230-03-8161.⁷ He was born on November 5, 1916 at Craig Healing Springs, Craig Co., Virginia.^1,2,7 He married Virginia Lorraine Martin on February 20, 1939 at Pembroke, Giles Co., Virginia.^1,8,4 Oscar Berlin "Poppy" Dudding died on September 2, 2011 at Giles Co., Virginia, at age 94.^7,3 He Oscar Berlin "Poppy" Dudding, 94, of the Maybrook Community, Newport, a vital spirit to all who knew and loved him, slipped into the arms of God's angels for his journey to the Kingdom of Eternal Life for a well deserved rest and rejoicing, at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. He was born at Craig Healing Springs on Johns Creek on November 5, 1916, a son of the late Robert Ross and Ola Blanche Elmore Dudding. Oscar was a devoted Christian, brought up in the Forks of Johns Creek Christian Church and was a member of Lucas Memorial Christian Church. He had served in the CCC Camp in Craig County as a young man, he was an excellent welder, and an expert heavy equipment operator, having worked at the Standard Lime Company at Kimballton and in the strip mining business in West Virginia. Oscar was an avid golfer and hit the first ball (unofficially) on the new Castle Rock Golf Course in Pembroke, and was able to break eighty after he was eighty. He always had time for kids and was always the one that you knew would come when you needed help. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son "Butch" Oscar B. Dudding Jr. and a great-grandson, Joshua Dudding. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife of seventy-two years, Lorraine Martin Dudding; his son, Benjamin R. Dudding and his wife, Judy Williams Dudding, of Newport; his daughter-in-law, Joyce Thomas Dudding, of Pembroke; his four grandchildren; his three great-grandchildren (including a special little Brooke Carter); his devoted and always helpful nephews, Doug and Darrell Martin, of Newport, who were there for him during his illness. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home Chapel, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke, with Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Entombment will follow in Birchlawn Abbey in Pearisburg. on September 4, 2011.¹

     Virginia Lorraine Martin was buried at Birchlawn Burial Park, Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.² She was born on July 17, 1918 at Newport, Giles Co., Virginia.^2,4 As of February 20, 1939,her married name was Dudding.³ She married Oscar Berlin "Poppy" Dudding, son of Charles Robert Ross Dudding and Ola Blanche Elmore, on February 20, 1939 at Pembroke, Giles Co., Virginia.^1,2,3 Virginia Lorraine Martin died on September 30, 2013 at Newport, Giles Co., Virginia, at age 95.^2,5 She Virginia Lorraine Dudding, 95, of Maybrook Community, Newport, departed this life Monday noon, September 30, 2013, at her home in the loving care of family and caregivers after a long illness. Born in Newport on July 17, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison and Sarah Emily Dennis Martin. She was a 1936 graduate of Newport High School, a beloved mother and grandmother and a Christian Lady, member of Lucas Memorial Christian Church. She was the devoted wife of the late Oscar Berlin Dudding in a good old fashioned marriage that lasted 72 years. She was also preceded in death by her son "Butch" Oscar B. Dudding Jr; a great-grandson, Joshua Dudding; her brothers, Paul and Jack Martin; and her stepmother, Lilly Huffman Martin. She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Benjamin R. Dudding and his wife, Judy Williams Dudding, of Newport; her daughter-in-law, Joyce Thomas Dudding, of Pembroke; her four grandchildren; her three great-grandchildren, including a special little Brooke Carter (that was a light in her life), her devoted and always helpful nephews, Doug and Darrell Martin, of Newport; and her faithful and skilled caregivers Angela and Ricky Slate. Funeral services will be conducted at noon on Thursday, October 3, 2013, in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow Street, Pembroke with Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Entombment will follow in Birchlawn Abbey Mausoleum in Pearisburg. on October 2, 2013.²

     His Social Security Number was 224-05-61493.² Oscar Berlin Dudding Jr. was born on September 14, 1942 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.^2,5,3 He married Shirley Mae Baber on October 7, 1961 at Craig Co., Virginia.³ Oscar Berlin Dudding Jr. and Shirley Mae Baber were divorced on April 17, 1986 at Montgomery Co., Virginia.⁵ Oscar Berlin Dudding Jr. married Joyce Carol Thomas on January 1, 1991 at Giles Co., Virginia.^1,7,3,6 Oscar Berlin Dudding Jr. died on October 12, 1994 at Giles Co., Virginia, at age 52.^2,8,4,6 He DUDDING, Oscar Berlin Jr., ("Butch"), 52, of Pembroke, died Wednesday, October 12, 1994 in a work-related accident. Born in Giles County on September 14, 1942, he was a son of Oscar B. Sr. and Lorraine Martin Dudding of the Maybrook Community near Pembroke. He was a loving husband, son and father, was a member of Lucas Memorial Christian Church, a graduate of Newport High School in the class of 1960, and was self-employed as a heavy equipment operator. He is survived by his beloved wife, Joyce Thomas Dudding; his parents; son and daughter-in-law, Ashley Thomas and Kristen Cook Dudding of Greensboro, N.C; sons, Travis Clark Dudding and Jonathan Clay Dudding, both of Blacksburg; a daughter, Candra Cupp Linkous of Christiansburg; a brother, Benjiman Robert Dudding of Pembroke; four grandchildren, Kaitlyn Brooke Dudding, Heather Camille Linkous, Hannah Danielle Linkous and Jared Hunter Linkous. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Lucas Memorial Christian Church in the Maybrook Community, with the Rev. James Belcher officiating. Burial will be in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. on October 14, 1994.⁶

     Mary Elizabeth Dudding was buried at Guy Trollinger Huffman Family Cemetery, off Rt. 632 on John's Creek, Craig Co., Virginia.^1,3 She was born on April 15, 1922 at Craig Healing Springs, Craig Co., Virginia.^1,2,3 She died on March 23, 1933 at Alleghany, Craig Co., Virginia, at age 10.^1,3

     Her Social Security Number was 235-42-7614.⁵ Alma Ganelle Patton MOUNT HOPE - Alma Ganelle Patton Maynor, 91, died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at an Oak Hill hospital following a short illness. Born May 29, 1910, at Paint Bank, Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Mattie Sue Elmore Patton. Mrs. Maynor was a homemaker and a member of Mount Hope United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hobert P. Maynor. Survivors include three daughters, Theodosia Eddy and her husband, Blaine, of Huntington, Sandra Riner of Fayetteville and Cuba Flory and her husband, Elmer, of Tipton, Iowa; three sons, Robert W. Maynor and his wife, Ila Mae, of Hico, R. Dean Maynor and his wife, Peggy, of Shady Spring and M. Max Maynor and his wife, Sally, of Manassas, Va; a sister, Avis F. Smith of Ohio; two brothers, Perry Patton of Goldsboro, N.C., and Okey M. Patton of Dallas; 21 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, with the Rev. George Snyder officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.⁴ She was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.⁴ She was born on May 29, 1910 at Laurel Branch, Monroe Co., West Virginia; Her obituary incorrectly lists her birth place as Paint Bank, VA.^2,5,4 As of circa 1928,her married name was Maynor.⁶ She married Hobert Pleasant Maynor circa 1928.^6,4,7 Alma Ganelle Patton died on July 10, 2001 at Oak Hill, Fayette Co., West Virginia, at age 91.^4,5,8

     Her Social Security Number was 227-03-1664.⁵ Mary Avis F. Patton was buried at Cook Cemetery, Alleghany Co., Virginia.⁶ Her married name was Smith.⁷ She married Robert Orville Smith.⁷ Mary Avis F. Patton was born on June 23, 1913 at West Virginia.^1,8,5 She died on April 15, 2004 at Fairfield Co., Ohio, at age 90.^8,5

     Alva Bernice Patton was buried at Sherwood Burial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.² She was born on January 26, 1918 at Monroe Co., West Virginia.^1,2 As of December 18, 1936,her married name was Hill.¹ She married Onnie Haven Hill on December 18, 1936 at Fairview, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,2 Alva Bernice Patton died on January 21, 1990 at Woodbridge, Prince William Co., Virginia, at age 71.²

     His Social Security Number was 230-12-6570.⁷ Perry Patton was buried at Fairview Cemetery, La Grange, Lenoir Co., North Carolina.^8,3 He married Vivian DeHart.³ Perry Patton was born on November 14, 1922 at Waiteville, Monroe Co., West Virginia.^2,7 He died on February 13, 2013 at Lenoir Co., North Carolina, at age 90.^7,3 He LA GRANGE - Perry Patton, 90, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. A graveside service of remembrance will be held at 2 pm. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Frank Purvis officiating. Survivors include his wife, Vivian DeHart Patton; two children, Mary Caroline Dean of Rockville, Md. and Barry Wayne Patton of Goldsboro; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. on February 15, 2013.³

     His Social Security Number was 236-22-9621.⁶ Terry Patton was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Narrows, Giles Co., Virginia.^3,7 He was born on November 14, 1922 at Waiteville, Monroe Co., West Virginia.^2,3,6,7,8,9 He married Elizabeth Inez Turner on December 10, 1942 at Rich Creek, Giles Co., Virginia.² Terry Patton died on August 29, 1997 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, at age 74.^3,6,7,9,10

     Hobert Pleasant Maynor was born on June 9, 1900 at Maynor, Raleigh Co., West Virginia; His WWII draft card has a birth date of 1899.^2,4 He married Alma Ganelle Patton, daughter of Robert Allen Patton and Mattie Sue Elmore, circa 1928.^1,3,5 Hobert Pleasant Maynor died on June 15, 1984 at Fayette Co., West Virginia, at age 84.⁶

     His Social Security Number was 227-07-1145.⁴ Robert Orville Smith was buried at Cook Cemetery, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,3 He married Mary Avis F. Patton, daughter of Robert Allen Patton and Mattie Sue Elmore.³ Robert Orville Smith was born on March 18, 1903 at Falling Spring, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^3,4,5 He died on October 27, 1976 at Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia, at age 73.³

     His Social Security Number was 224-01-8876.³ Onnie Haven Hill was born on August 26, 1916 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.^2,3,4 He married Alva Bernice Patton, daughter of Robert Allen Patton and Mattie Sue Elmore, on December 18, 1936 at Fairview, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^2,5 Onnie Haven Hill died on July 29, 1975 at age 58.⁴

     Okey Mills Patton was buried at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas.^4,5,6 His Social Security Number was 224-34-4645.⁸ He was born on June 19, 1930 at Waiteville, Monroe Co., West Virginia.^2,8,9,5,6 He married Anna Lee Daughtery on December 26, 1951 at Fairfax, Fairfax Co., Virginia.^2,4 Okey Mills Patton died on April 27, 2006 at Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas, at age 75.^8,4,9,5,6 He SAGINAW — Okey Mills Patton, 75, a retired technical sergeant in the United States Air Force, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at a Fort Worth hospital Funeral: 6 p.m. Monday at Biggers Funeral Chapel. Committal service and military honors: 11 a.m. Tuesday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Mr. Patton was born in Waiteville, W.Va. and married Anna Lee Daugherty Dec. 26, 1951, in Fairfax, Va. They resided in the Fort Worth area since 1978. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1975 with over 20 years of service, including tours in Vietnam. After retirement he worked for General Dynamics, now Lockheed Martin, for 10 years as a sheetmetal fabricator in the F-16 program. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America International Association of Machinists Lodge 776 and Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors: Wife, Anna Lee Patton of Saginaw; daughters, Diana Patton Stovall of Weatherford, Donna Patton Parrish of Fort Worth, Dreama Patton Hall of Zanesville, Ohio, Lisa Patton Jividen, Jacob A. Patton and Melissa T. Salas, all of Fort Worth; brother, Perry Patton of Goldsboro, N.C; 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. on April 30, 2006.⁴

     Elizabeth Inez Turner was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Narrows, Giles Co., Virginia.² She was born on August 12, 1924 at Giles Co., Virginia.^1,2 As of December 10, 1942,her married name was Patton.¹ She married Terry Patton, son of Robert Allen Patton and Mattie Sue Elmore, on December 10, 1942 at Rich Creek, Giles Co., Virginia.¹ Elizabeth Inez Turner died on February 6, 2001 at Prince William Co., Virginia, at age 76.^2,3

     Robert Waldo Maynor was buried at Restlawn Memory Gardens, 1 Memory Garden Road, Ansted, Fayette Co., West Virginia.^3,7 He was born on November 30, 1928 at Maynor, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^10,11,5,7 He married Ila Mae Riner on August 21, 1950 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^4,5,7 Robert Waldo Maynor died on May 18, 2009 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 80.^4,11,10,7 He Robert W. Maynor, 80, of Sunday Road, Hico, died May 18, 2009, while at the VA Hospital in Beckley. Born Nov. 30, 1928, in Maynor, he was a son of the late Hobart P. and Alma G. Patton Maynor. He also was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Randy T. Cogar. Robert was a graduate of Mount Hope High School and Beckley College. He attended Marshall University and Georgetown College. He was a World War II Air Force veteran, serving in Europe. Mr. Maynor was a bank executive for over 25 years at various local banks, including Raleigh County National Bank, Bank of Mount Hope, New River Banking and Trust of Oak Hill, Middletown National Bank of Fairmont and Ansted National Bank of Ansted. He was a member of the American Legion of Fayetteville and Senior Friends of Beckley. He was a trustee and a member of Pleasant View Church of the Brethern of Gatewood. Surviving: his wife of 58 years and 9 months, Ila Mae Riner Maynor; daughters and a son, Susan Maynor Leech and husband Peter of Morgantown, Debra Maynor Gould of Milan, Ind., Teresa Maynor Cogar of Sunday Road, Hico, Sharon Maynor Koon and husband Patrick of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Dirk R. Maynor of Sunday Road, Hico; grandchildren, Jennifer Lee Cogar, Vanessa Rose and Charles W. Garrett II, Cheri Maynor Boardley and Michael, Garth and Jessica Lynn Maynor Leech, Craig and Courtney Maynor Leech, Aimee Koon and Scott Koon; great-grandchildren, Kayla, Jocelyn, Austin Michael, Conner Leech, Callie Leech and Randa B. Maynor; brothers and sisters, Roger Dean and Peggy Maynor of Shady Spring, Murray M. Maynor and Sally of Spotsville, Va., Theodosia and Blaine Eddy of Huntington, Sandra Maynor Riner of Fayetteville, Cuba and Elmer Flory of Tipton, Iowa. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren at Gatewood, with Pastor Harry Shelton and Pastor Kenneth Hayes officiating. Entombment will follow at the Chapel of Rest Mausoleum at Victor. on May 20, 2009.⁷