Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, June 4, 1993 TAG: 9306040324
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-PERDUE, UELL LESTER
PERDUE, Uell Lester, 85, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, June 2, 1993. Mr.
Perdue was a prominent businessman in the Roanoke area for 33 years, who
started Jamison Avenue Hardware in 1945. He was a member of Burnt Chimney
United Methodist Church and the Mount Pleasant Lions Club. He was preceded in
death by his daughter, Joyce P. Bowling. Mr. Perdue is survived by his wife of
64 years, Lydia S. Perdue; one daughter, Vivian and son-in-law, George
Bratton, of Wirtz; son-in-law, Maurice Bowling, Roanoke; four grandsons,
Michael L. and wife, Diane Simmons, Cornell and wife, Sandy Bowling, Roger
Bowling, Maurice Bowling Jr.; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary
Chocklett, Irene Dillon; one brother, Herman Perdue, all of Roanoke; several
nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Lotz Roanoke Chapel
on Saturday, June 5, 1993, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Richard McDowell and Mr.
Leonard Martin officiating. Interment will be in Sherwood Memorial Park.
Friends may call at the Lotz Roanoke Chapel.
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