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George Henry Garrow was born on 21 July 1913 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 11 May 1945, at age 31, in Italy. He was buried in Bari War Cemetery (X111. D. 7), Bari, Provincia di Bari, Puglia, Italy.²²

Robert Vole Pearson, Jr., was born on 12 August 1914.² He died on 18 October 1946, at age 32.² He was buried in Fulton Cemetery (Section 1), Fulton, Morrow, Ohio.²

Robert Vole Pearson, Jr., was an Employee in Mt. Gilead Manufacturing Company.³ A coroner's verdict of murder and suicide was returned today in the slaying last night of a 25 year old woman in a Mt. Gilead restaurant and the subsequent self-destruction of her slayer.

Mrs. Mary Martha Smith, of Mt. Gilead, died in Mansfield General Hospital at 10:30 p.m., 25 minutes after she was shot three times in the Traxler-Rule restaurant, police reported.

Police said Robert Pearson, 32, shot Mrs. Smith in the head, left side and arm before horrified onlookers, then held cafe patrons at gun point before fleeing out the front door of the establishment.

State highway Patrolman W. H. Culp a few minutes later broke into Pearson's room at the Globe hotel, where he found him mortally wounded with a bullet wound behind his right ear. A . 765 MM German automatic was found at his side.

Sheriff Tom England said a heated argument arose in the restaurant after Mrs. Smith refused to accompany Pearson to Galion.

Earlier in the day, according to Sheriff England, Mrs. Smith had received word from her husband, Marine Don J. Smith, that he had arrived on the west coast and would be home soon.

Police said Pearson had been separated from his Canadian-born wife for several months, but had known Mrs. Smith for only a short time. Mrs. Pearson recently returned to Canada, the sheriff said.

Pearson was an employe of the Mt. Gilead Manufacturing Company.

Private funeral services for Pearson will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Craven funeral home, with Rev. Ray McMillan officiating. Burial will be in Fulton cemetery.

Pearson leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearson, Mt. Gilead; two sisters, Mrs. Faye Smith, Mansfield, and Mrs. May Katherine Wolfinger, Mt. Gilead; a brother Foye Pearson, Columbus, and his wife Mrs. Margaret Pearson, of Canada.

Funeral services for Mrs. Smith are awaiting the return of her husband. She also leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Gault, in southern Ohio.

Barbara Joyce Garside was born on 15 September 1929 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 14 February 1998, at age 68, in Polk County, Florida.

Donna M. Garside was born on 18 November 1933 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan.^1,2 She died on 28 December 2011, at age 78.² She was buried in White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Oakland, Michigan.²

Donna M. O'Bryan, age 78, a resident of Bloomfield Hills, died December 28, 2011 at her home. She was born November 18, 1933 in Highland Park. She is survived by her children, Cheryll A. O'Bryan (Kathy Byrd), William R. O'Bryan (Chikako) and Kathleen L. O'Bryan (Margaret Amsden); brother, Robert H. Garside (Sandy); granddaughter, Aqua Pearl O'Bryan; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth O'Bryan, in 1979; and sister, Joyce Barley. The visitation will be Friday 1-9 p.m. at the Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, 705 W. Eleven Mile Road (4 blocks E. of Woodward), Royal Oak. Services and interment will take place Saturday 10:30 a.m. at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in Troy. Memorials to Mercy Housing (mercyhousing.org), Boys and Girls Club of South Oakland County or donor's choice of charity appreciated. Share your memories at www.sullivanfuneraldirectors.com. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/macombdaily/obituary.aspx?n=donna-m-obryan&pid=155236858#sthash.zvsyJbT7.dpuf.

Kenneth Martin O'Bryan was born on 21 October 1932 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.² He died on 16 October 1978, at age 45, in Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan.^1,2