Sixth Generation

2038. Roscoe Alexander HEFNER was born in January 1895 in North Carolina.^{1284,1556,2355} He died in 1968 at the age of 73 in Catawba County, North Carolina and was buried in St. Peter's Lutheran Church (MO Synod) Cemetery.²³⁵⁵

Bertie L. STARNES (private).²³⁵⁶

Roscoe Alexander HEFNER and Bertie L. STARNES had the following children:

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R. Ray HEFNER was born on 1 October 1934 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 1 March 2007 at the age of 72 in Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Oxford Memorial Gardens, Conover, NC. His obituary appeared as follows: CONOVER - R. Ray Hefner, 72, of Turtle Dove Road, Conover, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. Born Oct. 1, 1934, in Catawba County, he was the son of the late Roscoe Alexander Hefner and the late Bertie Starnes Hefner. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church in Conover. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, John and Wade Hefner and Ed and A.L. Starnes, and two sisters, Earlene Hollar and Catherine Reitzel. He is survived by his wife, Edith M. Hefner of the home; two sons, Steve Hefner and wife, Theresa, and Mike Hefner of Conover; daughter, Lynn H. Cloer and husband, Phil, of Newton; three brothers, Alvin, Jake and Bobby Hefner; two sisters, Charlotte Canipe and Shirley Hefner; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Tri-City Baptist Church in Conover, with the Revs. Arthur Mason and Bobby Langston officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 tonight, Friday, at Burke Mortuary in Newton. Memorials may be made to Harmony Baptist Church, 4477 C&B Farm Road, Conover, N.C. 28613. Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Hefner family. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 3/2/2007]