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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 18, 1993                   TAG: 9303180013
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT OAKES, GLENN EUGENE

OAKES, Glenn Eugene, 68, of Roanoke, died Sunday, March 14, 1993 in Birmingham, Ala. He was born in Marion, Va. on June 11, 1924. He was retired after 31 years of service from the Virginia Department of Transportation. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church and president of the Berean Men's Bible Class. He was a World War II veteran and a volunteer at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia (Jerri) Anderson Oakes. Survivors are two daughters, Barbara Oakes Chenault of Radford, Lynette Oakes Howard of Birmingham, Ala.; son, Michael E. Oakes of Birmingham, Ala.; also surviving is a brother, Thomas J. Oakes of Roanoke; granddaughter, L. Jill Bain of Bristol, Tenn.; two sons-in-law, H. Lynn Chenault of Radford, Larry L. Howard of Birmingham, Ala. Funeral services will be conducted at noon Saturday, March 20, 1993, at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home Chapel in Salem. Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Friday, March 19, 1993. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Salem Baptist Church or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are being handled by the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem.

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