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

DATE: MONDAY, January 6, 1992                   TAG: 9201060001
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                  LENGTH: Short

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OBIT-FARISS, I.

FARISS, IRENE L.

WYTHEVILLE - Irene Lewis Fariss, age 98, a resident of Birdmont Health Care Center and formerly of Max Meadows, died Saturday at her residence. She was a graduate of Richmond College. She served as a Christian missionary in the South. She was a faithful member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, James and Lettie Fariss of Roanoke, Va.; two grandsons, Eddie Fariss and Everett Fariss, both of Goldsboro, N.C.; one stepgrandson, James Duncan of Roanoke, Va. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the West End Cemetery, Wytheville. The family will receive friends at the Barnett Funeral Home from 7:00 to 9:00 Monday evening. The Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, Va., is in charge of the arrangements.

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