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

DATE: FRIDAY, February 19, 1993                   TAG: 9302190347
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LYNCHBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT-THOMAS, EVELYN MARIE BRUMFIELD

THOMAS, Evelyn Marie Brumfield, 75, of 921 Sanhill Drive, Lynchburg, died Thursday, February 18, 1993 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the widow of R. Bruce Thomas and was affectionately known as "Ninie". Mrs. Thomas was born in Roanoke, February 18, 1918 a daughter of the late Bunyan Byrd and Sarah Anne Caldwell Brumfield. She was a member of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church and was a retired secretary of Pilot Freight Carriers. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. John (Pauline) Montgomery; a sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. Mildred B. and S.P. Montgomery; a sister-in-law, Edith Morrissett, all of Lynchburg; nieces and nephews, Henry Turner, Paul Turner, Marie Montgomery, Bobby Montgomery, Gay Clark, David Baumgardner, Sue Douthat, Betty Bruce Fairchild, Alice Clare Brewer, Charles Morrissett, nine great-nieces and nephews; and four great-great-nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted Saturday, 11 a.m. at Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Bernard K. Bangley and the Rev. James G. Thompson. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends today 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Diuguid Waterlick Chapel and other times at the home of Sue Douthat, 11211 Timberlake Rd. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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