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

DATE: TUESDAY, February 16, 1993                   TAG: 9302160315
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CLEVELAND, TENN.                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT BOOTH, LEWIS R. SR.

BOOTH, Lewis R. Sr. 72, of Cleveland, Tenn., formerly of Hardy, died Sunday, February 14, 1993 in a Chattanooga, Tenn. hospital. He was a member of White Rock Baptist Church, Hardy, and served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was preceded by his parents, Denver C. and Hester M. Booth; and a brother, Carl Booth. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Lawson Booth; one daughter, Dorothy Beavers, Cleveland, Tenn.; four sons, Lewis R. Booth Jr. and David L. Booth, both of Roanoke; Richard A. Booth and William H. Booth, both of Cleveland, Tenn.; one sister, Evelyn Sink, Hardy; two brothers, Harold Booth and Ralph E. Booth, both of Roanoke; also two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday from the White Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Marvin Lloyd officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. The family reguest that memorials be made to the American Heart Association. Arrangements by Lotz Vinton. The body will taken directly to White Rock Baptist Church for funeral service with no visitation at the funeral home.

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