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DATE: MONDAY, July 26, 1993                   TAG: 9307260199
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BOONES MILL                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT CHITTUM, RUBY KARNES

CHITTUM, Ruby Karnes, 85, of Route 1, Boones Mill, passed away Saturday, July 24, 1993. She is survived by her husband, Joseph E. Chittum Sr.; three sons, Paul W. Chittum of Woodbridge, Joseph E. Chittum Jr. of Stafford, Odell K. Chittum of Vinton; two daughters, Avis C. Lovell of Roanoke, Mary Ellen Jones of Stuart; daughter-in-law, Flora Anne Chittum of Vinton; two half-sisters, Dorothy Duffy of Wilmington, Del., Marie Umble of West Chester, Penn.; niece, Billie Pennington of Bluefield, W.Va.; nephew, Wallace Reid of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon Monday, July 26, 1993, from the Lotz Vinton Chapel with the Rev. Donald Abshire and the Rev. Wilson Jamison officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. Friends may call at Lotz Vinton Chapel.



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