Hi everyone: I hope this information will be of interest to someone. It appeared in my local paper 8 Jan (The Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa Co., CA) and is a very long and detailed obituary. I'll just give the pertinent facts here, if anyone wants it I can send it by snail. John Ray Holloway, b 22 Oct 1923, Dewey OK. Son of John Ray Holloway, Sr. and Agnes Naomi Pryor. Lived in Springfield, MO til his father died (Jan 1925) then lived with grandmother, Mary Malissa Pryor in Northview, MO. Came to California (Long Beach)on his own in 1941. Married Marilyn Ann Mott 21 Dec 1947, San Francisco, CA. Lived in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co., CA from 1949 to death. Two sons, Vance (m Nancy, son is Aldan) and Bruce (m Norma, children are Madeline and Geoffrey). Died 7 Jan 1999 at home; memorial services 9 Jan at Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel, 1139 Saranap Ave., Walnut Creek, CA. No information as to burial. His wife survives him. Don't you wish everyone had obituries as complete as this? This one also has a great deal of material besides the above. On another note, my computer crashed just before Christmas. My last back-up had been 7 November, so everything was lost between then and 22 December. We didn't get it fixed until this week and the incoming e-mail (after 22 December) is probably intact. I would appreciate it if anyone who contacted me during the period 7 Nov to 22 Dec would send me copies. My particular interest is David Holloway who married Nancy Ann Phillips in Berlin, Worcester, MD in 1827. They moved to Rushville, Schuyler Co., in the early 1840's ?) and then came to California in 1853. Lived in Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., CA. Thanks, Doris Denton Pleasant Hill, CA ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]