June 30, 2009 Funerals held for victims of DC Metro crash Play video

(NECN/ABC)- Four of the nine people killed in last Monday's tragic Metro accident were laid to rest Tuesday morning. A service for Washington residents Maj. Gen. David Wherley Jr. and his 62-year-old wife, Ann Wherley, was held Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery.

62-year-old Maj. Gen. Wherley was a retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. Ann Wherley worked as a mortgage broker. A memorial for the couple Monday night drew hundreds, family and friends as well as those with whom the couple had worked and volunteered.

Another tearful goodbye was held Tuesday morning for the crash's youngest victim. Friends and family remembered 23-year-old Washington native and mother of two Lavonda "Nikki" King at Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Capitol Heights. In the days before her death, King had just opened a hairstyling business in District Heights. She was on her way to pick up her 3-year-old and 2-year-old sons from daycare when the train crash occurred.

District native Dennis Hawkins was also remembered this week. Family and friends held a tribute for the 64-year-old at Bethesda Baptist Church in northeast on Monday night, and gathered to lay him to rest Tuesday morning. Hawkins was on the train from the school where he worked to his church to teach bible study last Monday. He was a life-long educator, though he had no children of his own. His brothers and sisters and their families say he will be sorely missed.

Matt Brock reports for