by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SUNDAY, February 28, 1993 TAG: 9303010308 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: WIRTZ LENGTH: Short
OBIT WARD, ROBERT LANDON
WARD, Robert Landon, 78, of Route 1, Wirtz, died Saturday, February 27, 1993. He went home to be with the Lord. Mr. Ward was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church and owned and operated the Steak House Motel in Rocky Mount for many years. He was preceded in death by two grandsons, Richard L. Spicer and Mark Douglas Ward. Surviving are his wife, Dora Frances Ward; two sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas L. and Brenda J. Ward of Salem, Larry "Charlie" and Cynthia L. Ward, Roanoke; five daughters and three sons-in-law, Peggy W. Hegler of Lancaster, S.C., Jenny W. Anderson of Collinsville, Susie and Doug P. Hodges of Wirtz, Linda C. and H. Frank Young of Rocky Mount, and Cathy L. and Ronald M. Russell of Hardy; 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; three brothers, Harry E. Ward, Edinburg, Va., Garnet L. Ward, Glen Bournie, Md., and Sam L. Ward, Woodstock, Va. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, March 1, 1993, at the Arrington-Bussey Funeral Chapel with Pastor Bob Andrews and Pastor Ira F. Tolliver officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.