Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, March 1, 1991                   TAG: 9102280526
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT-DONAHUE, W.

William Eugene Donahue, age 75, of Roanoke died Wednesday. Mr. Donahue was a carpenter and retired from Hodges Lumber Company. He was preceded in death by a son, Buddy M. Donahue. Surviving are his wife, Mary L. Donahue; four children, Eugene P. Donahue, Roanoke; Leonard L. Donahue, Callaway; Frank W. Donahue, and Betty L. Sargent, both of Roanoke; five brothers, Sam Donahue, Jasper Donahue, Lewis Donahue, Warren Donahue, and Eldridge Donahue, all of Roanoke; four sisters, Ollie Simmons, Naomi Minnix, Marie Simmons, and Earline Eubank, all of Roanoke; 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from Lotz Roanoke Chapel 12:00 noon Saturday, March 2, 1991 with W. Wilson Jamison-Minister officiating. Interment in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Lotz Roanoke Chapel.