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In Memoriam

On this page we remember our volunteers, members, friends and supporters as they start their next journey…

Mary “Mamie” Atkinson, March 2019

Jean Boone Benfield Obituary, Dec 2019

Gussie Pless Case Obituary, Dec. 2011

Teri Cogburn Obituary, Jan 2015

Ken Cozier Obituary, Jan 2018

Marian C. Dyson Obituary, June 2015

James Ray “J. Ray” Elingburg Obituary, Feb 2020

Dee Gibson-Roles Obituary, Nov 2018

Bill Jordan, Sr. Obituary, June 2010

Rooney King Obituary, August 2019

George Lloyd Lamb, March 2020

Blanche Wheeler McKay Obituary, Jan 2018

Sarah Moore Obituary, May 2014

Rob Neufeld Obituary, Oct 2019

Anne Rita Nichols Obituary, Dec 2020

Rex Redmon Obituary, Nov. 2015

Jan Rhodes Memorial, March 2015 and Jan Rhodes Obituary, March 2015

Zelma Smith Obituary, Feb. 2015

Marsha Stafford Obituary, July 2015

Bill Trantham Obituary, May 2014

Doris Ward Obituary, Dec 2017

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