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DATE: SATURDAY, June 12, 1993                   TAG: 9306140500
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT MAXEY, BESSIE SIMMONS

MAXEY, Bessie Simmons, 89, of Friendship Manor, Roanoke, passed away, Friday, June 11, 1993. She was the widow of M. Stanhope Maxey and a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Claudine M. Dickerson. Surviving are three daughters, Virginia M. Wheeler, Vinton, Oneeda M. Hodges and Mary M. Chisom, both of Roanoke; fifteen grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Lillian S. Patsel, Gernie S. Witt, Blanche S. Allie, all of Roanoke, Dorothy S. Allie, Montvale; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from the Victory Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 13, 1993, with the Rev. Dr. H. R. Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Mayflower Hills Memorial Garden. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel. 


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