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

DATE: FRIDAY, February 21, 1992                   TAG: 9202210078
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RADFORD                                  LENGTH: Short

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OBIT-LONG, B.

LONG, BLANCHE S.

RADFORD - Blanche Simpkins Long, age 78, died Thursday in a Montgomery County hospital. Surviving are her husband, Everett R. Long, Radford; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Timmy Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home.

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