
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, May 17, 1993                   TAG: 9305170202
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MECHANICSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT CHEWNING, ARBIE RAY HAMBLIN

CHEWNING, Arbie Ray Hamblin, 81, of Mechanicsburg Community, Bland, died Sunday May 16, 1993, at Kegley Manor Nursing Home, Bastian. She was born June 9, 1911, at Long Spur, Va., the daughter of the late William Hoge and Virgie Ethel Bond Hamblin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Foster Chewning; and a son, Donald Chewning. She was a member of the Byrnes Chapel Methodist Church. She is survived by three sons, Larry A. Chewning, Elmer Chewning, and Bobby Chewning, all of Bland; one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude C. White, Dublin; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the A. Vest and Sons Funeral Home Chapel, White Gate, with the Rev. Ted Anders, Rev. Jerry Long, and Rev. Homer Sawyer officiating. Burial will be in the Hoge's Chapel Cemetery, Bland. Visiting will be Monday after 1 p.m. at the funeral home with the family receiving friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Hoge's Chapel Cemetery Fund.

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