Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, April 29, 1993 TAG: 9304290280
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT ARRINGTON, CLAUDINE ETHEL ABBOTT
ARRINGTON, Claudine Ethel Abbott, ("Connie"), 71, of Roanoke and Vinton,
passed away Tuesday, April 27, 1993, in Community Hospital. She went to be
with the Lord following a short illness. She is survived by two sons and
daughters-in-law, Sonny and Bertie Arrington, Jan and Wanda Arrington, all of
Vinton; two daughters and sons-and-law, Donna and Wayne Gilbert, Myrtle Beach,
S.C., Kathy and Ralph Toler, Columbia, S.C. She is also survived by four
granddaughters, Tracy Arrington, Roanoke, Tiffany Arrington, Vinton, Courtney
Arrington, Vinton, Karen Toler, Columbia, S.C.; one grandson, Fred Toler,
Columbia, S.C.; two great-granddaughters, Santana and Kristian Toler,
Columbia, S.C.; two brothers and sister-in-Law, D.C. Abbott, Vinton, E.H. and
Peggy Abbott, Stewartsville; one sister and brother-in-law, Vi and Mel
Linkous, Roanoke; two half brothers, C.N. Abbott and B.W. Abbott, Roanoke; one
half sister, Holly A. Chickler, Arlington; her stepmother, R.E. Abbott,
Roanoke; also many nieces; nephews and friend, Dap Arrington. Connie loved
people and received great pleasure from helping others. She was a member of
Belmont Christian Church and was a retired employee of the Roanoke City
Juvenile Detention Home. The funeral will be held Saturday, 10 a.m. May 1,
1993 from the Lotz Funeral Home, Vinton by the Rev. John E. Wallace. Interment
will be at Barnhardt Baptist Church Cemetery, Stewartsville. The family will
receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the
Lotz Vinton Chapel.
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