Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, May 14, 1993 TAG: 9305140305
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
OBIT-SMITH, MARY LUCY PARKER
SMITH, Mary Lucy Parker, 86, of 1405 Chestnut Ave., Buena Vista, formerly
of Goode, died Tuesday, May 11, 1993, in Stonewall Jackson Hospital. She was
born in Bedford County on August 2, 1906, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John William Parker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kester Boyce
Smith; a son, Richard Smith. She was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist
Church. She is survived by two sons, Bobby Smith, Emporia, Henry Smith, Goode;
two daughters, Virginia Lowe, Buena Vista, Annie Mayhew, Goode; 18
grandchildren including two special granddaughters, Shirley Wheeler and Brenda
Wilson; 39 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. A funeral
service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15, 1993, at the Carder-Tharp
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Wayne Green and Rev. Odell Humphries officiating.
Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends
from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.
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