Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1993 TAG: 9308110222
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: NARROWS LENGTH: Short
OBIT ARCHER, RUBY HAGBOM
ARCHER, Ruby Hagbom, 74, of Narrows, died Sunday afternoon, August 8, 1993,
in the Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg following a sudden illness. She
was born in Chicago, Ill. on October 1, 1918, and was the daughter of the late
Carl R. and Evelyn Strand Hagbom. She was the widow of Dr. John A. Carr and
Clarence E. Archer. She was a past member of the Narrows Garden Club and was a
member of the First United Methodist Church in Narrows where she played the
piano for the Sunday School classes for many years. In addition to assisting
with the United Way and playing bridge in several bridge clubs, she was an
active golfing member of the Giles County Club. She is survived by two
daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara C. and N. Lyon Whitman of Glyndon, Md. and
Catherine C. and Stephen M. Smith of Mechanicsville; a stepdaughter, Susan L.
Archer, Columbus, Ohio; grandchildren, Catherine and Hether Whitman, Brian and
Eric Smith. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the
First United Methodist Church, Narrows, with the Rev. Ralph M. Kidd
officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The
family will meet their friends at Riffe's Funeral Service in Narrows Tuesday
evening from 6 until 9. The family suggests that those sending memorials
please consider the First United Methodist Church, Narrows, Va. 24124.
by CNB