ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 31, 1993                   TAG: 9303310291
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT HEATH, CHARLES WALTER SR.

HEATH, Charles Walter Sr., 63, of the Mount Pleasant section of Roanoke County, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 30, 1993 from complications from an auto accident, where he remained in a coma for four years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis F. and Mamie C. Heath. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Joyce Hunt Heath; three daughters, Margie Heath Dodd, Roanoke, Fayth Heath Bailey, Fairfax, Frances Heath Bedwell, Roanoke; one son, C. Walter Heath Jr., Roanoke; two granddaughters, Lindsey Richardson, Paige Bedwell; five grandsons, Jonathan Brown, Daniel Brown, Joe Bailey, Jonah Bailey, Walter Krae Heath; a special family friend, Tina Davis Sensabaugh; two sisters, Betty H. Robertson, Jenny Lynn Heath, both of Vinton; also many aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law. Mr. Heath was a member of Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Church, Vinton. He was also a former member of the Mount Pleasant Lions Club, the Roanoke Valley Woodcarvers Association, Indian Creek Hunt Club, Hampton Roads Power Squadron, and Peninsula Sand Sharks Diving Club. He served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Heath was longtime contractor on the Virginia Peninsula and in the Roanoke Valley. Sincere appreciation to RMH Home Health and nurses Lynn Epperly, Judgette Manns, Pattie Graybill, Libby Wagner, and Dr. C.A. Nottingham. Funeral services will be conducted from the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Friday, April 2, with the Rev. Wm. Anthony Layman, the Rev. Dr. George Wesley Jones, the Rev. Jean T. Rutherford, and the Rev. Anthony C. Busic officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Area 8 Special Olympics, PO Box 163, Roanoke, VA 24002 or Camp Easter Seal West, 4841 Williamson Rd., Roanoke, VA 24012. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, where the family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. 


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