Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 4, 1993 TAG: 9305040461
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE:
DATELINE: BLUEFIELD, W.VA. LENGTH: Short
OBIT TABOR, EARL GOODWELL
TABOR, Earl Goodwell, 78, of Box 3352, Bluefield, W.Va., (Brushfork), died
Monday, May 3, 1993, at his home. Born in Maybeury, W.Va., he was the son of
the late Robert Lee and Minnie Bowling Tabor. He had been a resident of
Bluefield for 50 years and had been a resident of Claytor Lake for 12 years
after retiring from Tabor Machine Shop of which he was the founder. He was a
member of the Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by
his wife, Pauline Conlee Tabor; a granddaughter, Elizabeth Ann Tabor; two
brothers, Woodrow Tabor, and Robert Tabor; two sisters, Ruby Brown, and
Margaret Lawson. He is survived by two sons, Lindy V. Tabor of Wytheville,
Hollis H. Tabor of Brushfork; two sisters, Mrs. A. G. (Juanita) Anderson of
Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Katherine Lacy of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.;
six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with
Rev. Roy Lacy officiating. Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park
Mausoleum in Bluewell. Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
funeral home. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the
American Heart Association or the Diabetes Association.
by CNB