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DATE: SATURDAY, July 24, 1993                   TAG: 9307260335
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT EARLY, ERNEST FRANKLIN

EARLY, Ernest Franklin, 90, of Roanoke, died July 23, 1993, at Friendship Manor in Roanoke. Mr. Early was formerly of Broadway, born August 11, 1902, near Harrisonburg and was the son of the late I. Claude and Mattie V. Rhodes Early. He was a retired wholesale poultry broker. He was a member of the Linville Creek Church of the Brethren in Broadway. He served as the Mayor of Broadway from 1948-1968. He was a former Ruritan Club District Governor in 1948. On June 11, 1925, he married the former Sadie Miller who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Doris Smith of Churchville; Corinne Crumley of Roanoke; Ann McDermott of Richmond; two sons, E. Franklin Early of Roanoke; Frederick S. Early of McLean; a brother, Isac D. Early of Harrisonburg; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. The Rev. Sylvus Flora will conduct a memorial service Monday, 1 p.m. at the Linville Creek Church of the Brethren in Broadway. A private burial was held earlier. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Grandle Funeral Home in Broadway. 


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