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DATE: TUESDAY, June 1, 1993                   TAG: 9306010176
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT ROBERTS, JOHN IRA

ROBERTS, John Ira, of 150 Irvin Street, Wytheville, died Monday, May 31, 1993, in the Wythe County Community Hospital. He was a retired barber and a veteran of World War II, a member of the Wytheville Baptist Church, and a member of the Wytheville Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Velma Nester Roberts, Wytheville; one daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Douglas Hylemon, Blackstone; one grandson, Scott Kidd, Blackstone; one sister, Mrs. Nancy Pack, Hialeah, Fla.; three brothers, Denziel Roberts, Austin, Texas, William Roberts, Louisiana, Marvin Roberts, Pilot. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Wytheville Baptist Church, with the interment to follow in the Cruise Cemetery, Hillsville. The Wytheville Masonic Lodge will conduct the services at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Grubb Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Grubb Funeral Home. Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 


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