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

DATE: SATURDAY, February 27, 1993                   TAG: 9303010163
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: COPPER HILL                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT SMITH, JAMES WILBERT

SMITH, James Wilbert, 78, of Copper Hill, died Thursday, February 25, 1993 in a Salem hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annalene. He was a retired carman of Norfolk & Western Railroad. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Nelson Vest, Copper Hill; two sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Bettye Smith, Copper Hill, Mark and Ginny Smith, Roanoke; four grandchildren, Cindy and Kevin Poff, Roanoke, Lori and Jay Trout, Roanoke, Kristi and Traci Smith, Copper Hill; one great-granddaughter, Ashley Poff; two sisters, Myrtle Curran, Clearwater, Fla., Ocie Smith, Titusville, Fla.; six brothers, Sherman Smith, Robert Smith, R. B. Smith, Raye Smith, all of Copper Hill, Sam Smith and Herbert Smith, both of Roanoke. Funeral services will be Monday, 11 a.m. March 1, 1993 at Copper Hill Church of the Brethren with Rev. Douglas Jones officiating with interment in Restvale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday at Wood Funeral Home, Floyd. Memorials in his memory may be made to Bent Mountain Fire and Rescue Squad, P.O. Drawer B, Bent Mountain, Va. 24059.

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