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Home Town Mattaponi,VA
Last Address Mattaponi, VA
Date of Passing Nov 30, 2006
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MILBY James M. Milby Sr., 82, of Salem Farm in Mattaponi, Va., passed away November 30, 2006. Mr. Milby was a WWII veteran serving in the United States Marine Corps. He retired from Chesapeake Corporation as a boiler operator after 26 years of service. His parents, Melvin and Francis Roane Milby; and a brother, John Lowell Milby, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Audrey B. Milby; a daughter, Beth Burch and her husband, Larry of West Point, Va.; a son, Jim Milby of Mattaponi, Va.; a granddaughter, Ashley Burch of West Point, Va.; and a beloved friend, Irene Longest of Dragonsville, Va. A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, December 2, 2006 at Beulah Wesleyan Church, Shacklefords, Va. Interment in church cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Vincent Funeral Home, West Point, Va. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the West Point Volunteer Fire and Rescue, P.O. Box X, West Point, Va. 23181 or Beulah Wesleyan Church Building Fund, 1539 Lewis B., Puller Memorial Highway, Saluda, Va. 23149
Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron 114 (VMF(AW)-114) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and continued in service until their deactivation in July 1965 . Known as the “Death Dealers”, they made their biggest mark providing close air support during the Battle of Peleliu and remain in an inactive status today.
