Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 9, 1991                   TAG: 9104090035
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: BUENA VISTA                                  LENGTH: Short

OBIT GRAYBILL, C.

Charles Lewis Graybill, 83, affectionately known as "Mustard", died in a Lexington hospital April 7, 1991, after a long illness. Mr. Graybill was born in Buena Vista on February 2, 1908 the son of the late Eugene Thrasher and Mary Rhodes Graybill. Mr. Graybill was long active in the business, economic and religious life of his native city. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a former member of the Buena Vista City Council, and for many years a director in the First National Bank of Buena Vista. He also held many offices in the St. John's United Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Buena Vista Lions Club. Mr. Graybill was the owner and operator of Cosby's Mens Shop, which, at the time of its closing in 1971, was the oldest continuous business in Buena Vista. In 1984, he was named Buena Vista's "Citizen of the Year." He is survived by his wife, Sally Vaughan Turner Graybill; one son, Lewis Vaughan Graybill, Roanoke; one grandchild, Amy V. Graybill, Roanoke; one daughter-in-law, Gayle H. Graybill, Roanoke; and three sisters, Mary Graybill Bauer and Elsie Graybill Hicks, both of Harrisonburg; and Bess Graybill Grosh, Pacific Palisades, Calif. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Robert Hawkin at St. John's United Methodist Church. The interment will follow at the Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friend from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Lomax Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. John's United Methodist Church.