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     Pauline Gearheart was buried at East Hill Cemetery, Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.¹ She was born on February 21, 1918 at Big Lick, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^1,2 She died on May 31, 1919 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 1.¹

     Wilburn Ralph Shirley W. Ralph Shirley, May 27, 1937 - Oct 31, 2014. Mr. W. Ralph Shirley, 77, of the Central Community of Johnson City, (Carter County) went home to be with his Lord on Friday, October 31, 2014 at the Franklin Woods Hospital following a brief illness. He was the son of the late John W. and Mamie Garland Shirley and was born in Carter County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, John W. Shirley, Bill E. Shirley, Carl Edward Shirley, a brother-in-law, Lester Staten, nephew Tommy Shirley, and an infant grandson, Christopher Ryan Shirley. Mr. Shirley grew up as a member of Watauga Point United Methodist Church. He was a 1955 graduate of Happy Valley High School and a veteran of the United States Navy who served his country during the Vietnam War as a Navy Corpsman. He was retired from the Washington D.C. Department of Corrections where he worked as a radiographer. After returning to Johnson City he worked at North Side Hospital and for Mountain States Health Alliance also as a radiographer. He was a wonderful son, husband, father and brother; a kind, generous, loving friend to all who knew him. He will be greatly missed by all. He is survived by a daughter, Betsy Shirley Natz, McLean, VA; two sons, John-Jack Shirley and his wife, Dina R., Johnson City; Douglas Shirley, Stafford, VA; four grandchildren; three sisters, Jackie Shirley Staten, Johnson City; Nancy Jane Wright and her husband, Lester, Bristol, TN; Betty Shirley Tipton and her husband, Boyd, Kingsport; two sisters-in-law, Marie Shirley and Emily Shirley; and his brother by choice, Edward Haberly. Several nieces and nephews also survive.² He was born on May 27, 1937 at Wataga, Knox Co., Illinois.^1,2 He married Diane Lynn Jennings, daughter of Carl Raymond Jennings Sr. and Grace Walton Gearheart, on December 24, 1976 at Fairfax Co., Virginia.¹ Wilburn Ralph Shirley died on October 31, 2014 at Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee, at age 77.²

     Arlin Phillip Roop Jr. was buried at Alamance Memorial Park & Mausoleum, Burlington, Alamance Co., North Carolina.¹ He was born on December 7, 1974 at Alamance Co., North Carolina.¹ He died on June 15, 1975 at Mebane, Alamance Co., North Carolina.¹

     Jerry Dean Daniel was buried at Davis Cemetery, Mount Tabor, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² He was born on May 4, 1961 at West Virginia.² He died on July 20, 1962 at Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, at age 1.^2,4