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DATE: SATURDAY, May 1, 1993                   TAG: 9305030196
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT LAWRENCE, ALVERTA COLE

LAWRENCE, Alverta Cole, 90, of Blacksburg, died Friday, April 30, 1993, at her home. Mrs. Lawrence was born in Floyd County on February 11, 1903, to the late William Letcher and Pearlie Flinchum Cole. She was preceded in death by a son, Leon Lawrence, a granddaughter, Marla Lawrence Ball and three brothers. Surviving are her husband, Roff Arno Lawrence; one daughter and son-in-law, Jean L. and Daniel Tulley, Thousand Palms, Calif.; one son and daughter-in-law, Marvin A. and Ramona A. Lawrence, Blacksburg; three sisters, Mamie Poff, Roanoke, Sylvia Owens and Ora Cooper, both of Salem; two brothers, Palma Cole, Roanoke, Aaron Cole, Franklin County; a daughter-in-law, Ann Lawrence, Roanoke; two granddaughters; three grandsons; twelve great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 2, at 2 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Richard Waller and Mr. Steve Marshall will officiate. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home. Friends are invited to visit at the home at 719 Dickerson Lane, after services at Dublin. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home. 


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