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     Ricky Lane Eanes Ricky Lane Eanes, 52, currently of Denver, North Carolina and formerly of Roanoke, passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014. Ricky attended Cave Spring High School in Roanoke. Ricky was a well respected Senior Telecommunications Engineer and as he pursued his career he was able to visit many areas in the United States and Canada. He also lived in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Ga., Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth. Ricky enjoyed photography, flying model planes, fishing and hunting. He also loved to find new recipes to cook. Ricky had a deep love for animals. Through out his life he would frequently adopt cats, dogs, and rescue baby birds and rabbits that the cats brought home. Ricky was preceded in death by his father, Sherman "Harless" Eanes. He is survived by his mother, Lavonne Lancaster Napier, Denver, N.C; and sisters, Melinda Wohlford and her husband James of Mooresville, N.C., Kathie Trettel and her husband Don of Fall City, Wash; nephews, Seth Wohlford, Micah Wohlford, Sean Trettel, Nicholas Trettel; and niece, Andrea Jensen. Ricky will be greatly missed by his family and lifelong friends too numerous to mention.² He was born on April 27, 1961 at Roanoke, Virginia.⁴ He died on March 9, 2014 at Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, at age 52.^2,3

     Seth James Wohlford Seth James Wohlford, 35, of Mooresville passed away on August 15, 2018. Born on May 15, 1983 in Roanoke, Virginia. Seth was the son of James and Melinda Wohlford of Mooresville NC. Besides his parents, Seth is survived by his brother and sister-in-law Micah and Kristin Wohlford of Asheville NC; grandmothers Lavonne Napier of Denver NC and Mary Anne Marchant of Penhook VA; aunt Kathie Trettel and her husband Don of Fall City, Washington; uncles Michael Wohlford and his wife Trudy of Roanoke, VA and Tommy Wohlford of Penhook, VA; and his girlfriend, soul mate and love of his life, Angela Emory and her sons, Alex and Dallas of Denver, NC. Seth worked as an accomplished carpenter and chef during his career. He was avid outdoorsman who loved fishing, camping, hunting, snow skiing, water skiing and hiking. Seth touched the lives of so many people during his life. He was compassionate and loving to everyone he met. He could always make you laugh. He made every person feel like they were special. Seth had a quirky sense of humor and loved to make people laugh. As a child he loved collecting bugs and sharing the stories behind them. Seth loved to star gaze and share astronomy with the ones he loved. He was always eager to help others and placed their needs above his own. He loved to cook and was very good at it.³ He was born on May 15, 1983 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^2,3 He died on August 15, 2018 at Virginia at age 35.³