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DATE: SATURDAY, August 7, 1993                   TAG: 9308090219
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FLORENCE, S.C.                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT GROSS, GENEVA RODGERSI

GROSS, Geneva Rodgers, 77, of Florence, S.C., died Thursday, August 5, 1993 at her residence after a long illness. She was born in Roanoke a daughter of the late Hoyte and Lilly Huff Rodgers. She was a graduate of Jefferson High School in Roanoke. She moved to Florence from Roanoke in 1970. She was the widow of the late James Roscoe Gross. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Florence and the Margaret Ellis Sunday School Class. She is survived by two daughters, Dianne Gross Burnett of Florence, S.C. and Patti Gross Bates of Norway, S.C.; one granddaughter; one grandson; one great-grandson. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, August 8 in the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Florence County Memorial Gardens directed by Cain Funeral Home. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, August 7 at the Cain Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Pee Dee, 555 East Cheves Street, Florence, S.C. 29506.



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