by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: THURSDAY, January 28, 1993 TAG: 9301280281 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Medium
OBIT HANCOCK, MATTHEW LEE, ("MATT")
HANCOCK, Matthew Lee, ("Matt"), 22, of Blacksburg, died Monday, January 25, 1993. Matt was born in Roanoke on November 27, 1970. His death was due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Matt was a 5th year senior at Virginia Tech at the Communications School. He was Features Editor of the Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech's Student News Paper. Matt was a brother of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Matt was Vice President of the Tech Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist. Matt was a poet, a writer and dreamed of graduation and a job with a news paper and the Pulitzer. Matt's parents are Bunny Hancock of Roanoke and Bill Hancock, Jr. of Roanoke. He is survived by his older brother, Will Hancock, Roanoke and his stepbrothers, Luke and Bubba Hancock, Roanoke; his grandparents, Clinton and Vera Alta Poage, Check, Va., Doris Grimes, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Bill Hancock, Sr., Glassboro, N.J. Matt's other survivors are his cousins, Sam and Mike Hancock, Marty Dee and Stacey Kirsch, Bo and Mark Rains and Jenny Beard; his aunts and uncles, Vandy Beard, Frank Hancock, Media Rains, Jim Hancock and Sharon Kirsch. A scholarship fund has been established to honor Matt's memory at Virginia Tech in the School of Communications for 5th year seniors who are writers and journalist. Checks may be sent to Virginia Tech Foundation, C/O of Memorial for Matthew Lee Hancock, 201 Pack Building, Blacksburg, Va. 24061. Matt was an organ donor. The family will receive visitors at DeVilbiss Funeral Home Wednesday night after 6:30 p.m. The funeral and memorial service will be at the Virginia Tech War Memorial Chapel on the Virginia Tech Campus at 11 a.m. on Thursday. A graveside service will follow in Roanoke at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.