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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 2, 1993                   TAG: 9303020312
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FERRUM                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT WILLIS, SILAS EDWARD

WILLIS, Silas Edward, 70, of Route 2, Ferrum, died Sunday morning, February 28, 1993, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a battle with lung cancer. He was born August 24, 1922, a son of the late Thomas Edward and Ruth Ellen Bryant Willis. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Johnson Willis, four sisters, Ida Willis Beamon, Amy Willis Turner, Lottie Willis Handy and Jospehine Willis Hundley, and a brother, Roy Willis. Surviving are a daughter, Linda G. Willis, Montvale; a sister, Eula Willis Dix, Danville; and two brothers, Grady Willis of Danville, Herman Willis of Ferrum. Also surviving are twenty nephews and nine nieces. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 3, from Lynch Funeral Home Chapel by Elder Lane Carter. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. Visitation may begin after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Lynch Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.

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