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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 18, 1993                   TAG: 9302180324
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT JEFFERSON, ELMER K.

JEFFERSON, Elmer K. 82, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 1993 in a local hospital. He was born September 3, 1910 in Franklin County, a son of the late George W. Jefferson and Lula Morgan Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson retired from W. W. Boxley after 42 years of service, was a member of Colonial Baptist Church, and a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Claudine Harris Jefferson; a son and daughter-in-law, Douglas E. and Billie D. Jefferson, Newport News; a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce J. and Lewis M. Coffey, Madison Heights; a granddaughter, Debra L. Jefferson; a grandson, Douglas M. Jefferson, Newport News; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday from Oakey's Roanoke Chapel with Rev. Donald W. Eade officiating. Interment will follow in Sherwood Burial Park. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel where the family will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

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