Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, June 5, 1993 TAG: 9306070198
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT LENGTH: Short
OBIT BOONE, E. GLENN
BOONE, E. Glenn, 81, of Rocky Mount, died at his home, June 3, 1993. Mr.
Boone started with Hub Motors and later founded Franklin Welding and
Equipment, serving as president until his retirement in 1976, and was a past
president of the Retail Merchant's Association. He was preceded in death by an
infant son, Donald Price Boone; his parents, Henry E. and Alice Brubaker
Boone; one sister, Edith Reece; and three brothers, Infant Henry Ward Boone,
Herald Boone, Daniel Boone. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Booth Boone; four
sons, Jimmie Boone, Larry Boone, Ray Boone, and Garey Boone, all of Rocky
Mount; two daughters, Judy Layman, Boones Mill, Susan Hubbard, Troutville;
twenty-five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; six sisters, Lucille
Benedict, Irene Hess, Gladys Gipe, and Alice ("Doley") Lesher, all of
Pennsylvania, Doris Ann Shively and Virginia Dare Lynch, both of Rocky Mount;
three brothers, David Boone and Russell Boone, both of Pennsylvania, Clarence
Boone, Rocky Mount; two sisters-in-law, Opal B. Wray, Rocky Mount and Mary
Boone, South Boston; a very special friend, Yolonda Miller. Funeral services
will be conducted 10 a.m. Sunday, June 6, 1993, in the Pigg River German
Baptist Church by Elder Leonard Hubbard and The Home Brethren. Burial will
follow in Mountain View Memorial Park. Flowers are asked to be omitted and
donations made to the Franklin County Rescue Squad. Friends may call any time
Saturday, where the family will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Arrangements by
Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.
by CNB