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DATE: MONDAY, March 12, 1990                   TAG: 9003122779
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: EVENING 
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OBIT-ROUTT, J.

ROUTT, J. IRVIN, SR.\ J. Irvin Routt, Sr., age 78, of Roanoke, died Saturday. He had retired from the Roanoke Times and World News with forty five years of service, was a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church and a life member of Elks Club, B.P.O.E. #197. Surviving are his wife, Georgie Routt; son and daughter-in-law, J. Irvin and Kay Routt, Jr. of Roanoke; also five grandsons, Martin Routt, Tampa, Fla.; David G., Morgan, Allen, and Kenneth Routt, all of Roanoke; two sisters, Viola Lemon, Roanoke; Dorothy Sarver, Mechanicsville; two brothers, Herbert L. Routt, Newport News; W. Edward Routt, Sr., Salem; also several nieces and nephews. There will be a prayer service, Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Monday. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Roanoke Chapel 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 1990, with the Rev. William S. O'Brien officiating. Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Williamson Road Life Saving Crew. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel. 


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