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DATE: FRIDAY, May 14, 1993                   TAG: 9305140281
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT-SPRINKLE, ROBERT SHIELDS JR.

SPRINKLE, Robert Shields Jr., 86, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, May 12, 1993. He was a member of Oakland Baptist Church, and was a charter member of Virginia Heights Masonic Lodge #324. He is survived by his wife, Hattie Bowman (Jo) Sprinkle; three sons, Robert S. Sprinkle III, Richmond, H.B. Sprinkle, Chester, James D. Sprinkle, Grapevine, Texas; seven grandchildren; one great-grandson; two sisters, Glenna Seavers, Marion, Henryetta Johnson, Andersonville, Tenn.; two brothers, H. Allen Sprinkle, San Diego, Calif., Stewart L. Sprinkle, Lake Placid, Fla. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Kelly Dampeer and the Rev. David B. Huff officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Oakland Baptist Church. Friends may call at Oakey's North Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.



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