Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, March 5, 1990                   TAG: 9003051998
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT SWEENEY, A.

CHRISTIANSBURG - Andrew E. Sweeney, age 79, departed this life on Friday, March 2, 1990, at the Montgomery County Regional Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born November 22, 1911, in Christiansburg, Va., the son of the late Squire E. Sweeney and Florence P. Sweeney. He was educated in the Montgomery County Schools. He joined the Schaffer Memorial Baptist Church at an early age and was an active member until his illness. He was a retired employee of Virginia Tech. He is survived by one son, two brothers, two sisters, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at the Schaffer Memorial Baptist Church with Dr. C.L. Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Schaffer Memorial Cemetery in Christiansburg. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 7:00 to 8:00 at the church. Claytor, Alexander and Penn Funeral Home, Radford, Va., is in charge of arrangements.