Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, July 30, 1990 TAG: 9007300011
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A/4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
OBIT--HUFFMAN, W.
HUFFMAN, WILLIAM M., JR.\
William M. (Joe) Huffman Jr., age 68, died July 28, 1990, in a Lexington
hospital. He was born April 11, 1922, the son of the late William M. and
Regina Green Huffman. He was retired from Burlington Mills and was a member of
the Buena Vista Presbyterian Church where he served as Deacon and Elder. He
served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943-1945. He received the
Combat Infantry Badge, Distinguished Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Silver
Star, Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, 2 Presidential Citations and was
discharged as Technical Sergeant, Company 6, 409th Infantry. Surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Helen Moore Huffman; one daughter, Mrs. Debbie Meredith, Buena
Vista; one son, Donnie Huffman, Buena Vista; four sisters, Mrs. Glady Bates,
Mrs. Mary Humphries, Mrs. Ruth Evans, and Mrs. Estell Secrist, all of Buena
Vista; one brother, Paul Huffman, Buena Vista; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. S. Marc
Sherrod at the Buena Vista Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the
Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at their home from 7:00
to 9:00 p.m. Monday. Lomax Funeral Home, Buena Vista, is in charge of
arrangements.
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