Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 1991                   TAG: 9104170657
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MONETA                                  LENGTH: Short

OBIT MESSER, W.

William Handy Messer, age 76, of Route 2, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday, April 16, 1991. He was born in Madison County, N.C. on October 17, 1914, a son of the late Henry Albert Messer and Carrie Treadway Messer. He was a member of Flint Hill Baptist Church, a Navy veteran of World War II and was a retired tool and die maker. He is survived by his wife, Etta Mae Crum Messer; a son, Ronald E. Messer, Lyman, S.C.; a daughter, Sherrill M. Mooneyham, Moneta; two sisters, Jane M. Meadows, Hot Springs, N.C.; Georgia M. Anderson, Waynesville, N.C.; also seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Michael Winters officiating. Burial in Virginia Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.