Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, July 6, 1993 TAG: 9307060133
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-THORNHILL, MR. JOHN ELBERT
THORNHILL, Mr. John Elbert, 81, of Roanoke, died Sunday, July 4, 1993. He
started the Pic Quik Market in the Roanoke area in 1952, overseeing all eight
locations. He was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church and former member of
the Elks and Moose Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Geneva McCauley
Thornhill; his daughters, Amy Lee Thornhill Pakula, M.D. of Atlanta, Ga., and
Katherine Joanna Thornhill, Roanoke; his son-in-law, Jonathan H. Pakula of
Atlanta, Ga.; brother, Glenn O. Thornhill Sr. of Roanoke; sisters, Ruth
Thornhill Dover, South Carolina, Eunice Thornhill Cooner of Florida. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday, July 7, 1993, 2 p.m. at the Lotz Roanoke
Chapel by Dr. George K. Bowers. Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at
the Lotz Roanoke Chapel.
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