Bob Holland, a Virginia Beach surfing legend, died Monday, June 19, 2017, in an assisted living home, accord-ing to the Virginian-Pilot. Holland, who had Alzheimer’s disease, was 88.

Holland was the first East Coast surfer to win a national title.

His son Bobby Jr. told the Pilot, “He was a great athlete in high school and played everything. And he worked hard at surfing, and all of that made him such a good surfer. He was still riding a shortboard at 84. It’s very difficult to watch what that disease does to people. He was an exceptional person and a fabulous dad.”

Holland was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1928. His father was a first-genera-tion Virginia Beach surfer. He started out on a paddleboard when he was 9.

Holland won his first United States Surfing Championship title in 1967. He would go on to win six more U.S. surfing championships, becoming the only person in history to win the title on all three continen-tal coasts.

The surfing legend also won 12 East Coast titles in his amateur career.

Holland is one of the main reasons that Virginia Beach is one of the surfing meccas of the East Coast. He opened the state’s first shop, Holland Surf Shop, in 1960. He would later co-found Smith and Holland Surf Shop in 1962 with fellow Virginia Beach surfer Pete Smith.

In 1963, Holland helped relocate the East Coast Surfing Championships from New York to Virginia.

“Nobody thought back then that anybody from our shore could compete,” Holland told the Virginian-Pilot in 2013. “We were good surfers, so you knew it was bound to happen.”

Holland was in the first induction class for the East Coast Surf Legends Hall of Fame in 1996.

“His pleasantry was only matched by his humility,” longtime friend and surfer Butch Maloney told the Pilot. “He was a man of great integ-rity. He was a role model for probably thousands of kids, and they couldn’t have had a better one.”

John Henry Carrollformerly of Wayne County

John Henry Carroll woke up in Heaven on Sunday morning, June 25, 2017. Born on July 18, 1923, in Wayne County, West Virginia, and he was the oldest child and only son of Dewey Clayton and Alice Frances Jonas Carroll. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Beulah Fay Hazlett Carroll of Monroe, N.C.; their only child, Dr. Sue Pauley and her husband Larry Pauley of Monroe, N.C.; two granddaughters, Stefanie Shealey (Burney) of Landrum, S.C., and Laura Lockey (Bill) of Tega Cay, S.C.; three great grandchildren, Cooper Shealey, Will Lockey, and Juliet Rose Lockey. He is also survived by three sisters, Bess Chapman of Dayton, Ohio, Rhoda Mills of Grove City, Ohio, and Jean Marcum of Newark, Ohio; along with numerous nieces and nephews who adored their Uncle John. After graduation from Buffalo High School, Wayne Co., he joined the Navy where he served proudly in submarine service in the Pacific during WWII. Following the family tradition, he then began a long career on the railroad, retiring as a conduc-tor with the Norfolk and Western Railroad. After spending over 30 years living in Scioto County, Ohio, he enjoyed retirement in Sarasota, Fla., and Huntington, before moving to Monroe, N.C., in 2011 to live near his daughter and her family. His Christian journey began at the first Church of God in New Boston, Ohio, and he served God faithfully through his Bible teaching and fellowship at First Church of God in Sarasota, Fla., Trinity Church of God in Huntington, and Shiloh Baptist Church in Monroe, N.C. He enjoyed traveling with his family and he always left a Bible in the motel room with the verse in Hebrews 3:15 marked for the next visitor. “Victory in Jesus” summarized his Christian life. He and his family shared many adventures and made many happy memories in their travels through 49 of 50 states. He was an avid reader/student of his-tory, and during his retirement years he enjoyed playing golf in Florida and even took up oil painting. Many family members were recipients of his landscape paintings and palm trees. In later years, he loved to regale any listener with stories of his adventures on the submarine or the railroad caboose. A celebra-tion of life funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Chapman’s Mortuary with Burney Shealey officiating. Burial with Masonic graveside rites conducted by Jewel Lodge #140 AF & AM and military rites conducted by Veterans Honor Guard Post 16, will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. Friends may visit after noon on Thursday at Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington, and send condolences to www.chapmans-mortuary.com.

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of WayneCalvin Samuel Damron, Jr.,

72 of Wayne, WV, went to be with the Lord Monday, June 26, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 am Thursday, June 28, 2017 at Morris Funeral Home Chapel by Pastor Michael Dillon. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery. He was born October 21, 1944 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Calvin Samuel Damron and Evelyn Mae Swann Kearns. Calvin was retired from the Carpenter’s Local #302 and was a member of Harmony Free Will Baptist Church. He was also a U.S. Army veteran having served in the Vietnam War. Also preceding him in death was a daughter, Terri Gail Damron; two sisters, Clara Ann Rowe, Linda Carol Damron; and a brother, William Howard Damron. Survivors include his lov-ing wife, Bonnie L. Perry Damron; his mother, Anna Lee Damron of Wayne, WV; a daughter, Lori Beth Fizer and husband, Brandon; three sons, Calvin Samuel Damron, III and wife, Stephanie, Perry Steven Damron and wife, Lesa, Aaron Seth Damron and wife, Erica; six sisters, Fern Marie Simmons, Betty Gail Deskin and hus-band, Joe, Sharon Kay Ward and husband, Roger, Charlie Annette Jackson and husband, Jeff, Mary Louise Collins and husband, Darrell, Bobbi Daniels and husband, Paul; twelve grandchildren, Corey Damron, Kinsey White, Ashley Maynard, Zack Damron, Maddy Fizer, Savannah Fizer, Draven Damron, Delaney Fizer, Max Damron, Avah Blevins, Jenah Blevins, Daniel Spreaker; three great grandchildren, Dryve Damron, Sawyer Damron and McKinley Maynard. Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm Wednesday at Morris Funeral Home, Wayne, WV.

Carmie Thompson of Fort Gay

Carmie Thompson 85 of Fort Gay, West Virginia passed away Sunday June 25, 2017 surround-ed by friends and family at Oakmont Manor in Flatwoods, KY. Mr. Thompson was born July 25, 1931.

He was preceded in death by his parents Wayne and Sarah Thompson, a loving wife Emma, three brothers Luther, Glenn, and Vernon, and three sisters Hazel Fugett, Marthia Thompson and Mable Thompson.

Carmie is survived by two sisters, Stella Marcum, and Nella Damron and one brother Charles Wayne Thompson. Carmie is also survived by two children Carmie and (Donna) Thompson of Fort Gay, WV, and Mary (Joe) Cook of Louisa, KY, six grandchildren Crystal Moon, Joe Matthew Cook, Tiffany Goodrich, June Maynard, Benjamin Thompson and one grandson who wont be here to say goodbye Harley Thompson, cur-rently enlisted in the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Carmie is also survived by eight Great-Grandchildren Tyler, Samantha, Rachel, Alyssa, Emma, Hayden, Sarah, and Brooks.

Carmie will be especially missed by his friends at Chapel House in Grayson, Ky., and Oakmont Manor in Flatwoods, Ky. The fam-ily would like to thank the nurses and staff of Oakmont Manor for the exemplary care Carmie was given in his last year of life.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday June 27th at 2:00 pm at the Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Maynard and Rev. Mack Ray Cyrus officiating. Burial will follow in the Copley Cemetery on Trace Branch Fort Gay, WV.

Care has been entrusted to Wilson Funeral Home.

Judith Carol Maynard of Fort GayJudith Carol Maynard, 62, of Fort Gay, passed away Saturday,

June 23, 2017 at her home. Judith was born January 11, 1955 in Williamson, W.Va., the daughter of the late Manuel and Ethel Thompson Williams. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Rick Maynard. Survivors include four children, Joann (Michael Waller) Salmons of Fort Gay; Roger (Melanie Williamson) Vincent of Crum; Jeffery (Stephanie) Jude of Crum; Shirley Jude of Fort Gay; brother, Bill Thompson of Crum; sisters, Tammy Hager of Logan, W.Va.; Debbie Williams of N.C.; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Monday, June 26, 2017 at the Webb Community Church with Pastor Joe Maynard officiating. Burial will follow at the Thompson Cemetery, Vinson Branch Rd, Fort Gay. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Webb Community Church.

Charlotte June Riceof Wayne Charlotte June

Rice, 86, of Wayne, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 23, 2017. She was born March 7, 1931 in Logan County, W.Va., a daughter of the late George Wilson Diamond and Christine Stone Diamond. Her hus-band, Dennis Rice, also preceded her in death along with one son, James C. Rice, and one brother, Edward Diamond. June was a member of the Garrett’s Creek Church of Christ and loved to sing gospel music and reading her Bible. She leaves behind her daughter, Jeannie (Forest) Blankenship of Wayne; her son Dennis Michael Rice, also of Wayne; grandchildren, Laura A. Napier of Ft. Gay, and Jeffrey Allen Rice of Wayne; and great grandchildren, Jaired T. Blankenship of Wayne, and Olivia M. Mort of Huntington, W.Va. Also surviv-ing are three sisters, Gwen Lewis of Logan, W.Va., Lois (David) Thabit of Virginia, and Bonnie Diamond of Ft. Gay; three brothers, Ron (Janet) Diamond of Ashland, Ky., Terrie (Dottie) Diamond of Proctorville, Ohio, and Carl Ray (Della) Diamond of St. Albans, W.Va.; and a host of family, friends and neighbors, too numerous to mention. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Queen officiating. Burial will follow at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

BELIEF IN THE SOULIn ancient times, it was generally believed that the body and soul wereinseparable. However, archeologists have uncovered the first written evidencethat the people in the region now known as Turkey held to the religiousconcept of the soul apart from the body. It was in an Iron Age city calledSam’al that archeologists found a three-foot-tall, eight-hundred-poundslab of stone, dating back to about the eighth century B.C., on which wasinscribed an image of a deceased man. Although he was probably cremated,the words inscribed on the stone explained how the man’s soul was thought tolive on in the slab. This belief in an eternal soul persists to this day.

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Members of the Old Docks Creek Cemetery Board spent this Memorial Day weekend at the cemetery soliciting donations to keep the cemetery mowed again this summer. We want to thank all those who contributed to the mowing fund. Your support and generosity will allow us to keep the cemetery mowed throughout the summer. Special thanks to our board members for giving of their time this busy holiday weekend to help in this effort. We also want to thank the American Legion for placing flags on our Veterans’ gravesites. The cemetery looked beautiful!

The interest rate in our perpetual care investment fund does not generate enough income to property maintain the cemetery at this time. Therefore, we are dependent on your donations. We are a non-profit corporation; your donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made out to “Old Docks Creek Mowing Fund” and mailed to Herma Lynn Davis, Treasurer; 1962 Route 75; Kenova, WV 25530.

Again, thank you for your help and for your continued support.

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Virginia Beach surf legend dies ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ actor passes from cancer

Michael Nyqvist, actor who starred in the Swedish film version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” has died from cancer at the age of 56, accord-ing to multiple news sources.

The actor’s death was announced in a family state-ment:

“Michael’s joy and passion were infectious to those who knew and loved him. His charm and charisma were undeniable, and his love for the arts was felt by all who had the pleasure of working with him,”

Nyqvist was born Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist in Stockholm in 1960. He attended high school for one year in Omaha, Nebraska as an exchange stu-dent. While in Omaha, he took his first acting classes. He later studied at the Malmo Theater Academy in Sweden.

Nyqvist became known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of “Beck” films made in 1997. His

fame in Sweden grew when he starred in the movie “Together” in 2000. In 2003, he starred in “As It Is in Heaven,” which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

He gained international attention in 2009 for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the Swedish movie adaptation of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” He played Blomkvist in two other Swedish movies based on author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” series.

Daniel Craig played Blomkvist in the American movie version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”

American audiences may know him best from co-starring with Keanu Reeves in “John Wick” and playing the evil nuclear scientist opposite Tom Cruise in “Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol.”

He is survived by his wife Catharina and their children Ellen and Arthur.

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