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

DATE: SUNDAY, January 26, 1992                   TAG: 9201260034
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT KESLER, E.

KESLER, ELSIE S.

Elsie Spradlin Kesler (Grama), age 82, of Route 1, Hardy, passed away Friday. She was a member of Nineveh Union Baptist Church for 72 years and the widow of Judson H. Kesler. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby C. and Alzie Kesler, Jimmy H. and Nancy Kesler, all of Hardy; a sister, Mamie S. Morgan, Hardy; a special nephew, C. Edward Morgan; six grandchildren and spouses, Richard C. and Mala H. Kesler, Peggy K. and Alan Carr, Robert L. and Brenda L. Kesler, Linda K. and Allen D. Booth, Donald R. Kesler, David A. and Amanda S. Kesler; six great-grandchildren, Ryan Kesler, April Kesler, Brent Kesler, James Kesler, Brian Booth, Diana Booth. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 27, 1992, from the Nineveh Union Baptist Church in Hardy. The Rev. Berkley Stevens and the Rev. Tim Dooley will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Hardy First Aid Crew or the Hardy Fire Department in her memory. Friends may call at Lotz Vinton Chapel.

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