Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 20, 1990 TAG: 9003202267
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT-CUNDIFF, L.
CUNDIFF, LEMON T.\
BEDFORD - Lemon Thompson Cundiff, age 94, of Route 6, passed away Sunday,
March 18, 1990 in the Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley. She was born
January 17, 1896 in Franklin County, a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson
Thompson and Sarah Shephard Thompson. She was a member of the Thaxton Baptist
Church and was preceded in death by her husband, William Bennie Cundiff; an
infant son and daughter; a son, Irving D. Cundiff. She is survived by four
sons, William Edward Cundiff, Samuel Wallace Cundiff, both of Vinton; Thomas
Jackson Cundiff, Bedford; Jimmie Maurice Cundiff, Roanoke; three daughters,
Daisy C. Stevens, Helen C. Stevens, both of Bedford; Pauline C. Woodford, Haw
River, N.C.; three brothers, Samuel J. Thompson, New Orleans, La.; James H.
Thompson, Vinton; Grover A. Thompson, Roanoke; 20 grandchildren; 27
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 21,
1990 at 2:00 p.m. from the Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford by the Rev. Michael
DuVal. Interment will be in the Mentow Baptist Church cemetery. The family
will receive friends today from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home and
requests that those wishing to make memorials should consider the Vinton,
Montvale, or Bedford Life Saving Crews.
by CNB