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DATE: SATURDAY, June 5, 1993                   TAG: 9306070206
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT ALLEN, BUFORD HAVERLY

ALLEN, Buford Haverly, 87, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, June 2, 1993, at his home. He was born in Montgomery County on March 9, 1906, to the late William and Henrietta Price Allen. Mr. Allen was in the coal and oil business in Blacksburg for over fifty years, co-owner of Simpkins and Allen Coal and Oil, and later sole owner of Allen Coal and Oil Corporation. He was a member of Hunter's Masonic Lodge #156, A.F.&A.M., the Royal Arch Chapter #65, a Shriner, and was a lifelong member of St. Michael Lutheran Church. Also preceding him in death was six brothers, Archie K., Albert M., Jesse W., Claude, Gilbert, and Pearl R. Allen; and four sisters, Mamie Allen, Lillian Elliott, Gertrude Shealor and Beulah Shealor. He is survived by a special lady friend, Vicki Pio and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at St. Michael Lutheran Church with the Rev. Jacob Mayer officiating. Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime after 10 a.m. Friday. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home. 


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