Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, June 8, 1993 TAG: 9306080294
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT COLEMAN, RUBY B.
COLEMAN, Ruby B., 71, of Blacksburg, died Monday, June 7, 1993, at
Montgomery Regional Hospital, after a long illness. She was the widow of
Luther S. Coleman Sr. She was born on February 27, 1922, in Hinton, W.Va., to
the late William H. and Vida Wenger Bennett. She was a charter member of the
original Blacksburg Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by six
brothers, and two sisters. Surviving are one daughter, Ruby Jane Thomasson,
Minneapolis, Minn.; two sons, Luther Coleman Jr., Elizabethton, Tenn., Edward
(Bill) C. Coleman Sr., Newport; also seven grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, June 9, at 11
a.m. at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg, with Minister Jim Belcher
officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be
made to Sherry Memorial Christian Church, C.W.F., Mountain Lake Road, Newport,
Va. 24128. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at McCoy
Funeral Home, all other times at the home of Ed and Nelva Coleman, Newport.
Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
by CNB