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10 - A - The Journal Messenger, Manassas, Va., March 19, 1970
Obituaries
[19 March. 70]
Brawner
Randolph S. Brawner of
Dumfries died Friday, March
13, at Cape Coral, Fla., where
he and his wife had been visiting
their daughter since Christmas.
He is survived by his wife,
Edith Merchant Brawner; a
daughter, Mrs. Jocelyn B.
Gary of Cape Coral, Fla.;
one brother, Warfield Brawner
of Dumfries; one sister,
Mrs. Genevieve Garrison
of Dumfries and one granddaughter,
Debra Lyn Gary.
The family received friends
Wednesday, March 18, at the
Baker Funeral Home, 314 N.
West Street, Manassas.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday, March
19, at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Philip
Hunsicker of the Dumfries
United Methodist Church at
the Baker Funeral Home.
Burial will be at Manassas
Cemetery.
George Buckner
George Buckner, 75, of
Dumfries died March 11 at
Veterans Hospital. Washington,
D.C.
He was a retired cement
finisher, a member and trustee
of Little Union Baptist
Church and a member of
American Legion Post 114.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Louise Buckner; one
sister, Mrs. Mildred Nickens;
two brothers, John and Turner
Buckner; several nieces
and nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were conducted
Mrarch 15 by the
Rev. W. Ervin Green at the
Little Union Baptist Church.
Burial was at Hardin's Hill
Cemetery.
Arrangements were made
by Ames Funeral Home, Manassas.
brills, Md.; four brothers,
Robert, Thomas, Harry and
Floyd Byrns; four sisters,
Mrs. Grace Reno, Mrs. Pearl
Bragg, Mrs. Thelma Bryant
and Hazel Wilder; his father,
Howard Hamilton Byrns and
eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were Saturday,
March 14, at Baker
Funeral Home, Manassas,
Burial was at Catlett Cemetery.
Mary Davis
Mary Frances Davis, 81,
of Stafford died March 13 at
Mary Washington Hospital,
Fredericksburg.
She was born in Coles District
the daughter of the late
Mary Ann Posey Russell
and Jim Russell.
She was the widow of John
Davis and is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Rebecca
Davis, four grandsons and
two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
March 16 at the Cunningham-
Mountcastle Funeral
Home, Woodbridge, by the
Rev. William C. Blewitt.
Burial was a Dumfries Cemetery.
Bessie Tubbs
Bessie Rowena Tubbs of
320 N. West Street, Manassas,
died Tuesday, March 10, at
Prince William Hospital.
She was the widow of Herbert
Lee Tubbs and is survived
by he granddaughter,
Mrs. Louise Mecca of McLean;
five great-grandchildren and
3 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Thursday,
March 12, at Baker
Funeral Home, Manassas.
Burial was at Cannon Branch
Cemetery.
Ben Weaver
Services Held
Funeral services were held
Monday noon for Bennie O.
Weaver, 57, of Quantico, who
died last Wednesday of a heart
attack at Tidewater Memorial
Hospital, Tappahannock, Va.
Weaver, a chief warrant officer
in the Marine Corps Reserve,
was owner of the Boat House
in Triangle. Prior to this, he
was in the barbering business
in Quantico.
Weaver was on active duty
with the Marine Corps from
1943 to 1945, serving in the
Pacific. Recalled from the active
reserves in 1950, he was
an instructor at the Marine
Aviation Technical School,
until 1953.
At the time of his death,
Weaver was serving in a active
reserve unit, Marine
Fighter Squadron 321, attached
to the Marine Air Reserve
Training Detachment.
An active Mason, he was a
member of the Shrine and the
Sojourners, a Masonic organization
for Marines. He was
also a member of the electoral
school board of Prince William
County.
Weaver leaves his wife, Elizabeth,
of the home, and four
sisters, Mrs. Johnny Venter
of conway, S.C.,, Mrs. Buford
Williams of Winter Park, Fla.,
and Mrs. Walter Hill and Mrs.
Defoe Foxworth, both of
Georgetown, S.C.
A military burial with full
honors was held at Arlington
National Cemetery.Transcriber
Adam KitchenLanguage
English