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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 3, 1993                   TAG: 9303030358
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT WHITMIRE, HAZEL CANDLER

WHITMIRE, Hazel Candler, 87, of Roanoke, died Monday, March 1, 1993. She was a member of Oakland Baptist Church, was the widow of Wilmer H. Whitmire. She is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, W. H. (Bill) Whitmire Jr. and wife, Sarah Thomas Whitmire of Roanoke, Charles H. Whitmire of Roanoke; three grandchildren, Ann W. Thomas of Sutherlin, Va., W. Howard Whitmire III, of Lynchburg, Thomas S. Whitmire of San Francisco, Calif.; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Orville George Candler Jr., of Roanoke. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's North Chapel 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 4, with the Rev. Kelly Dampeer Officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Oakey's North Chapel where the family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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