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6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 CHINCOTEAGUE BEACON CHINCOTEAGUE IS- LAND, VA Ruth E.Turl- ington, 97, of Chincote- ague Island, VA passed away on October 26, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her lov- ing family. She was born in West Virginia on August 21, 1922 to the lateGeorge and Valley (Whittington) Shipe. She was a member of Union Baptist Church, Rainbow Sisters Sunday School Class, Ladies Aid, and Quilters. She was an avid crotchetier and loved to make people smile when she gave her work to them. Ruth is survived by her Daughter, Betty Rae Mill- er and her husband Luther of Atlantic, VA; Son, Charles Ralph Turlington of Chincoteague daughter-in-law, Jerry Lou Turlington; ten grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; twelve great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Husband, Ralph Turlington, Son, George Robert Turlington, son-in-law, Gary Bill Daisey, daughter-in-law, Juanita Turlington, Brother, Ray Shipe, Sister, Phyllis Shipe, Sister, George Anna Shipe, Sister, Leola Shipe, Sister, Dorothy French, Sister, Sweet Fitchett. Visitation will be held Monday, October 28, 2019, 7:00 pm 9:00 pm at Salyer Funeral Home, Chincoteague Island, VA. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 2:00 pm at the Union Baptist Church, Chincoteague Island, VA, with Rev. Kevin Eley, officiating. Burial will take place in the Downing Cemetery in Oak Hall, VA.

Flowers accepted or donations may be made to the Union Baptist Church 6365 Church Street Chincoteague 23336 or American Can- cer Society Organization. Services entrusted to Salyer Funeral Home, Inc. on Chincoteague Island, VA. Condolences may be made online at www. salyerfh.com Ruth E.

Turlington CHINCOTEAGUE IS- Everett Lloyd Young, 67, of Chincote- ague Island, VA passed away on October 26, 2019 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD. He was born on Chin- coteague Island, VA on October 16, 1952 to Lloyd Everett Young and Eula (Lewis) Bell. Everett is survived by his mother Eula Bell of Chincoteague Island, VA; two daughters, Tracy Williams and her husband Jack of Chincoteague Island, VA, Eva D. Shallis and her husband Mark of Georgetown, DE; son, Dean Jay Young, Sr. of Chincoteague step son, Gerald Williams of Marion Station, MD; step daughter, Bernadette Williams of Marion Station, MD; four grandsons, Derek Melvin of Justin Young of Chin- coteague Joseph Young of Chincoteague Dean Young Jr.

of Chincoteague Island, VA; four granddaughters, Skylar Young of Bethlehem, PA, Lindsay Shallis of Georgetown, DE, Kara Shallis of Georgetown, DE, Kassie Young of Chincoteague three brothers, Jeff Young of Hermon, Maine, Robert Snead of Pocomoke City, MD, Kevin Bell of Chincoteague Island, VA; four sisters, Judy Bernstein of Salisbury, MD, Lin- da Wessells of Parksley, VA, Lois Vincent of New Church, VA, Sue Bell of Ocala, FL; several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by Father, Lloyd Everett Young and daughter -in-law, Kathy Young. A Private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Services entrusted to Salyer Funeral Home, Inc. on Chincoteague Condolences may be made online at www.salyerfh.com.

Everett L. Young Obituaries The Eastern Shore Health District and Eastern Shore Rural Health teamed up recently to test emer- gency preparedness plans during their 15th annual drill at the Chincoteague Community Health Center. Using a scenario endorsed by the Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention, employ- ees from the two or- ganizations, as well as Town of Chinco- teague employees, Chincoteague police community partners from U.S. Coast Guard Station Chincoteague, Riv- erside Shore Memo- rial Hospital, East- ern Shore Commu- nity Services Board and Heritage Hall Nursing and Rehab Center, and volunteers from East- ern Shore Community Emergency Response Team and Eastern Shore Medical Reserve Corps rehearsed the opening of a Neighborhood Emergency Help Cen- ter, where they practiced dispensing preventive medications to the exposed. The two Shore groups have partnered for the exer- cises since 2004.

Exercises are held annually at com- munity health centers throughout the Eastern Shore in order to be best prepared to handle a mass expo- sure to a biological agent or large outbreak type of event that might require a large number of people to seek treatment in a limited window of time. In a real event, medications will arrive on the East- ern Shore from the United States Strategic National Stockpile that must be dispensed to all who need it within 48 hours, according to the plan. Evaluators from the community and Virginia De- partment of Health provided suggestions for im- provement and all participants were encouraged to provide feedback in order to improve the process at each location. All organizations involved are members of the Eastern Shore Disaster Preparedness Coalition, a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional emergency pre- paredness and planning group that works to promote emergency planning, training, exercising and re- sponse activities on the Eastern Shore. Any organization or interested citizen may be- come a member of the coalition.

For more informa- tion, contact J.J. Justis at JJ.Justis@vdh.virginia.gov or 757-302-4267. Shore agencies test emergency preparedness SUBMITTED ARTICLE Participants in the emergency preparedness drill go through their paces. SUBMITTED IMAGE.