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     Andrew Lee Cowsert was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.¹ He was born on January 22, 1955.¹ He died on April 9, 1960 at age 5.¹

     His Social Security Number was 227-86-3481.³ Joseph Preston Phillips Jr. FAYETTEVILLE - Joseph P. Phillips Jr., 52, of Fayetteville passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Arrangements are pending at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home at Fayetteville.² He was born on July 13, 1957.³ He died on November 14, 2009 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 52.^3,2

     Milton Cobbs Brooks was buried at Franklin Memorial Park, Virgil Goode Highway, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.^2,6 His Social Security Number was 229-42-2146.⁵ He was born on June 19, 1934 at Glade Hill, Franklin Co., Virginia.^1,4,5,6 He married Nancy Lee Akers, daughter of Eugene Wolton Akers and Louise Arenta Sowder, on November 23, 1955 at Franklin Co., Virginia.¹ Milton Cobbs Brooks and Nancy Lee Akers were divorced on April 6, 1983 at Franklin Co., Virginia.⁴ Milton Cobbs Brooks died on January 18, 1989 at Glade Hill, Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 54.⁶

     Brenda Mae Anderson Brenda Anderson Akers, Jan 12, 1943 - Mar 23, 2020. Brenda Mae Anderson Akers, 77, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2020 in her home in Rocky Mount, Virginia. She was the wife of Selma (Duck) Akers and they enjoyed 58 years of a loving and fulfilling marriage. Born in Rocky Mount, Virginia, she was the daughter of Tillie and Violet Anderson and was preceded in death by them. She was an active, lifelong member at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Sydnorsville VA and was involved in all aspects of church life. You could often find her in her garden, cooking for her family, spending time with her grandchildren, working on the latest sewing project, hanging out at the beach or loving on her fur baby, Mia. She was the matriarch of her community, acting as mother and grandmother to her extended family and friends. She is survived by her loving husband and daughters Susan Hodges, Robin Wunderlich (Dana), and Karen Hagy (Larry Chinsky). She was the proud grandmother of six grandchildren, Zachary Hodges and Caitlin Hodges Abelseth (Jacob), Megan and Tyler Wunderlich, and Braeton and Caroline Hagy; and one great grandchild, Cadence Abelseth. She is also survived by three sisters, Delphie Grindstaff (Darryl), Janice Davis (George), and Tammi Mitchell (Danny), and one brother, Larry Anderson (Delores) and many nieces and nephews.² She was born on January 12, 1943 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.² As of October 14, 1961,her married name was Akers.¹ She married Selma Johnson "Duck" Akers, son of Eugene Wolton Akers and Louise Arenta Sowder, on October 14, 1961 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^1,2 Brenda Mae Anderson died on March 23, 2020 at Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 77.²

     Danny Milton Brooks was buried at Franklin Memorial Park, Virgil Goode Highway, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Virginia.^4,3 He was born on December 24, 1959 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^2,4,6 He married Diane Kay Largent on March 11, 1983 at Henrico Co., Virginia.² Danny Milton Brooks died on May 19, 1997 at Livingston, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 37.^4,3,5 He Danny Milton Brooks, 37, of Flemington, N.J., formerly of Franklin Co., died Monday, May 19, 1997. He was the son of the late Milton C. Brooks, Glade Hill. Survivors include his wife, Diane Brooks; two sons, Kenneth Eugene and Timothy Daniel Brooks; mother and stepfather, Nancy A. and Ralph B. Rhodes, Smith Mountain Lake; one sister, Donna Brooks Cleary, Seattle, Wash; two stepsisters, Gina R. Bender, Roswell, Ga., Ann R. Weaver, Mechanicsville; maternal grandmother, Louise S. Akers, Rocky Mount. Graveside services will be conducted in Franklin Memorial Park, Franklin Co. on May 21, 1997.³