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

DATE: FRIDAY, February 19, 1993                   TAG: 9302190315
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   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; a sister, Erna R. Starkey, Salem; 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.

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