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DATE: TUESDAY, June 8, 1993                   TAG: 9306080306
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MARION                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT DUPRIEST, RUTH YORK

DuPRIEST, Ruth York, 73, of Marion, widow of Walter Wilford DuPriest, died Monday, June 7, 1993, in Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Walda DuPriest-Brandt and Robert F. Brandt III of Stoney Brook, N.Y.; one son, Ronald Wayne DuPriest of Hinsdale, Ill.; one sister, Virginia York Whisman of Marion; one brother, John Edward York Jr. of Bristol, Va.; one grandchild, Andrea Leigh Hale of Newport News; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 11 a.m. at Marion Baptist Church with Dr. William A. Slater officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Lawn Cemetery. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, care of Joyce Blevins, P.O. Box 550, Marion, Va. 24354, or the American Lung Association, 524 Cumberland Street, Bristol, Va. 24201. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. 


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