by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 3, 1993 TAG: 9303030348 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT HANCOCK, HELEN DOWDY
HANCOCK, Helen Dowdy, 92, of Salem, passed away Monday, March 1, 1993. She was an active member of Salem Baptist Church and the church choir for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon P. Hancock Sr. Surviving are four sons and daughters-in-law, Gordon P. Jr. and Kathleen B. Hancock, David P. Sr. and Rachel K. Hancock, Charles C. and Patricia M. Hancock, all of Salem, Lewis Preston and Tonya K. Hancock, Raleigh, N.C.; nine grandchildren, Gordon III, Mark, David Jr., Preston Jr., Stephen, Carol, and Helen Hancock, Sally McDonald, Karin Leonard; four great-grandchildren, Jeffrey Hancock, Ian and Corey McDonald, Zachary Leonard; also a sister-in-law, Dortha F. Dowdy, El Paso, Texas. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home Chapel, Salem with Rev. Lew Bennett officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.