Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1993 TAG: 9308110223
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT KNOWLES, LELAND ALBRIGHT
KNOWLES, Leland Albright, 83, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday,
August 10, 1993, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Mr. Knowles was a retired
captain of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant Security Force. He was a member
of McDaniel Lodge #86, A.F.&A.M., where he was a 32nd degree mason, and a
member of the Kazim Shrine Temple, Roanoke. He was very active in the
Shriner's Crippled Children's Program. He is survived by his wife, Renva Weeks
Knowles, Christiansburg; sister Ruby Graham, Christiansburg; eight nieces,
Frances Shelor, Floyd, Jean Peters, Riner, Wilma Tisdale, Pittsburg, Kan.,
Helen Flaharty, McCune, Kan., Lora Biggs, Meritha Handy, both of Martinsville,
Elizabeth Hale, Frederick, Md., Estelle Simmons, Pineville, W.Va.; two
nephews, Walter Knowles, Riner, and Horatio Quessenberry, West Jefferson, N.C.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel,
Floyd, with Rev. Chuck McHose and Rev. Raymond Kelly officiating. Burial will
be in Topeco Cemetery with graveside services by McDaniel Masonic Lodge #83.
Friends may call at the Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd, where the family will be
from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
by CNB