The Rev. Mahlon H. Elliott, 82, died March 3, 2001. He was born January 12, 1919, in Danville, Virginia. He is survived by his wife, three children, one brother, one sister, and five grandchildren. He served as a chaplain in the United States Navy, graduated from Asbury and Duke Divinity College. He served as a pastor at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church, Danville; West End, Portsmouth; Corinth, Sandston; Oxford, Suffolk; Norview, Norfolk; Blacksburg; Walker Chapel, Arlington; Wesley, Alexandria District; St. John’s, Springfield; St. Paul, Woodbridge; Prospect, Mechanicsville; and Ginter Park, Richmond. After retirement in 1989, he served at Mount Hermon Church in Hanover County until his death.