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Lonnie Douglas Dearing Sr., 75, of Luray, passed away March 15, 2009, at his home.
Mr. Dearing was born May 10, 1933, in Rockingham County, and was the son of the late Otis Millard and Virginia Frances Seal Dearing. He was preceded in death by a brother, Frank Dearing.
Mr. Dearing had worked for Freuhauf Trucking Company in Philadelphia and at Big Meadows and Skyline in the Shenandoah National Park.
On Nov. 28, 1964, he married Virginia Longacre Dearing, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Lonnie D. Dearing Jr. of Philadelphia, Raymond W. Dearing of Bensalem, Pa.; brothers, Lewis Dearing, Randy Dearing, Paul Dearing, Lee Dearing, Ronald Dearing, all of Elkton, and Jerry Dearing of New Jersey; sisters, Ruth Meadows and Vivian Hitt, both of Elkton, and Sherline Lam of McGaheysville; and three grandchildren.
The Rev. Mike Plasters will conduct a memorial service 11 a.m. Friday at the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton. Burial will be private at Elk Run Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the home of his brother, Randy Dearing, at any time.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Furnace United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 34, Elkton, VA 22827.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kygers.com.
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