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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 11, 1993                   TAG: 9303110386
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WILLIS                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT PHILLIPS, LEROY

PHILLIPS, Leroy, 65, of Willis, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993 in Radford Community Hospital. He was a World War II veteran and a retired crane operator and carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle Cox Phillips, Willis; two sons and daughter-in-law, Danny and Elaine Phillips, Willis, Richard and Dorraine Phillips, Indian Valley; three daughters and sons-in-law, Lana and Hosea Blankenship, Riner, Debbie and Terry Woolwine, Willis, Jackie and Tommy Cox, Floyd; three sisters, Mrs. Woodrow (Elizabeth) Sutphin, Willis, Ricie Quesenberry, Indian Valley, Nellie Phillips, Christiansburg; 14 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Sidney Rakes and Rev. Truman Simpkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumpter Cemetery with Military Honors by The Grover King V.F.W. Post # 1115, Hillsville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd.

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