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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 18, 1993                   TAG: 9303180404
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT KESSINGER, JESSIE COOK

KESSINGER, Jessie Cook, 93, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, March 17, 1993, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Mrs. Kessinger was born in West Virginia on March 21, 1899 to the late Erastus E. and Caroline Harmon Cook. She attended State Normal and Industrial School for Woman in Radford and later taught school for several years. She was a Gray Lady at the Veterans Administration and also worked with the Red Cross bloodmobile. Mrs. Kessinger was a member of Blacksburg Christian Church, where she played the organ and taught a Sunday school class. She was a 62 year member and Past Matron of Ingles Chapter #96 Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Kessinger was the first recipient of a Grand Representation Commission in Ingles Chapter. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lois K. Hamlett. Surviving are her husband, Stanley "Kitty" H. Kessinger; two daughters, Thelmagene K. Lasus, Round Rock Texas, Frances K. Reed, Roanoke; one brother, Phillip Z. Cook, Newport; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 19, at 2 p.m. at Blacksburg Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Rev. Johnny Loughridge will officiate. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grand Chapter of Virginia Endowment Fund O.E.S., P. O. Box 6633, Richmond, Va. 23230, or the Memorial Fund of Blacksburg Christian Church, 240 Watson Avenue, Blacksburg, Va. 24060. Ingles Chapter Order of Eastern Star will conduct a service Thursday at 7 p.m., following the family will receive friends until 9 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home.

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