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     His Social Security Number was 224-58-9727.⁴ Emory Wayne Brackman was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, 1521 South Carpenter Drive, Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,3,5 He married Clinda Joy Spence, daughter of Rev. Russell Edward Spence and Reba Bondean Smith.^3,6 Emory Wayne Brackman was born on March 13, 1943 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,7,4,2,5 He died on April 14, 1996 at Low Moor, Alleghany Co., Virginia, at age 53.^1,4,3,5 He Emory Wayne Brackman, sports editor for the Virginian Review in Covington, died of a massive heart attack Sunday morning. He was 53. Brackman was sports editor for the newspaper for 24 years. He graduated from Covington High School and authored a weekly column on local high school sports. In 1974, Brackman was honored as an outstanding alumnus of Covington High School. Brackman also worked for several years at WKEY radio station in the Covington area, where he was known as the voice of the Cougars. Brackman also was an ordained minister. He served as the pastor of Dunlap Christian Church in Crows for 26 years. He was involved in numerous community activities, most notably fund raising for the Virginia Heart Association, and was recently honored for his 25 years of service to that organization. "He was always a consummate professional," said Johnny Gazzola, longtime public relations director of The Homestead in Hot Springs. "We worked together for 35 years. He and I were close and he always loved sports." Brackman is survived by his father, Clate; a brother, Jim; his wife, Clinda Joy; and two sons, Jonathan, a student at the University of Tennessee, and Stephen, a student at Covington High School. The interment is at Cedar Hill Cemetery. on April 16, 1996.³

     Lewis Holland Weeks Lewis Holland Weeks, 84, of 2212 Dressler Drive, died, Monday May 23, 2016 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. He was born April 21, 1932 in Texas, a son of the late Jim C. Weeks and Daisy Bruce Weeks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Sue Weeks; seven sisters; one brother and a special friend Aaron Marshall. Mr. Weeks was an employee of the former Hercules, Inc. until 1995 and retired in 2014 as a driver for the RADAR bus. He was a member of the First Christian Church and was a former elder of the church. He was an avid golfer and his favorite golfer was the famous Phil Mickelson. Lewis was an avid Dallas Cowboy Fan and loved going on car rides. Surviving are his wife Joy Brackman Weeks of Covington; two step- sons, Jonathan Brackman of Covington and Stephen Brackman and his wife Tracey of Greenville, TN; two step grandchildren, Andrew Brackman and Amber Brackman, both of Sevierville, TN; one brother Bill and Phyllis Weeks of Florida;his mother-in-law, Reba Spence of Lewisburg, WV and a sister-in-law and her husband, Sandra and Everette Defibaugh of Lewisburg, WV and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be made in Cedar Hill Cemetery.⁴ He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, 1521 South Carpenter Drive, Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.⁵ He was born on April 21, 1932 at San Benito, Cameron Co., Texas.^1,2,3,5,4 He married Clinda Joy Spence, daughter of Rev. Russell Edward Spence and Reba Bondean Smith, on October 24, 1998 at Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,4 Lewis Holland Weeks died on May 23, 2016 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 84.^5,4

     Stephen Wayne Brackman was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, 1521 South Carpenter Drive, Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.⁴ He Stephen Wayne Brackman, 44, of Greenville, TN, died Wednesday, August 21, 2019, in the Holston Valley Medical center at Kingsport, TN. Mr. Brackman was born October 11, 1974, in Covington a son of Clinda Joy Spence Weeks of Covington and the late Rev. Emory W. Brackman. In addition to his Father, he was preceded in death by his Step-father, Lewis Weeks, in 2016; grandfathers Clate Brackman in 2007 and Russell Spence in 1999 and his grandmother, Glenna Humphries Brackman, in 1986. Stephen was a 1992 graduate of Covington High School. He grew up in his Father’s church, Dunlap Christian Church, at Crows in Alleghany County. Surviving in addition to his Mother are his Wife, Tracey Wade Brackman, of Greenville, TN; his Son, Andrew Brackman and his Daughter, Amber Brackman, both of Sevierville, TN; his Step-Daughter, Paige Davis, and her Husband, Brant, of Greenville, TN; his Brother, Jonathan Brackman of Covington; his Maternal Grandmother, Bondean Spence of Lewisburg, WV; uncles and aunts Rev. Everette and Sandra Defibaugh of Lewisburg, WV and Jim and Terry Brackman of Covington; and several cousins including Elizabeth Devito and her husband, Ray, and their children, Julian and Ellie, all of Pittsburgh, Pa, and Kelly Brackman Shook and her husband, R.D., of Roanoke and also several cousins. Interment will be made in Cedar Hill Cemetery.⁴ He married Tracey Wade.⁴ Stephen Wayne Brackman was born on October 11, 1974 at Covington, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^3,4 He died on August 21, 2019 at Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, at age 44.⁴