Melville B. Smith was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on December 10, 1904 to Juliette and Melville Thomas Smith. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955 and went to work for the Planning and Development Division of the City of Las Vegas, and worked for the City of Las Vegas for over twenty years. He was active in the community and died in Las Vegas on January 25, 1987.
Ralph Donerly made his home in Nevada since 1956. He was a professional drummer and played for the Jackie Gleason Show. He lived in Blue Diamond, Nevada.
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Obituary, Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=142070943, accessed 2018 May 23.
Violet L. Oppedy was born in Searchlight, Nevada on May 12, 1910. She grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1928. She married Dewitt Tracht and moved to Boulder City, Nevada and the couple owned and operated Central Market. She died on November 3, 2011.
Lewis Whitley was born in Washington, Texas, but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 to live with his grandfather. He met his wife June at the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and they married in 1955. They moved to a home in Las Vegas in 1958. He worked as a cook at the Nevada Test Site and was a a fire hydrant inspector for the Clark County Fire Department until his retirement in 2007.
Irmalee Anne Gray Ross was born December 23, 1938 to Irma Niles Gray and R. Guild Gray and was raised in Reno, Nevada. She married her husband, R. Ian Ross, on September 02, 1961. Gray Ross worked as a teacher at Las Vegas Day School and retired after 13 years.