Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, August 28, 1993 TAG: 9308300211
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Short
OBIT-KILBY, LANE MITCHELL SR.
KILBY, Lane Mitchell Sr., 72, of Radford, passed away Friday, August 27,
1993. He served in the U S Marines in the South Pacific during WWII, where he
was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American
Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. He was
a member of the American Legion, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the
Issac Walton League. He was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by his
wife, Virginia M. Kilby, one son, Raymond M. Kilby, and one brother, Junior
Edwin Kilby. Survivors include one son, Lane M. (Sonny) Kilby Jr., Dublin;
three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Patsy) Miller, Denton, N.C., Mrs. Dan (Roberta)
Hayworth, Highpoint, N.C., Mrs. Wayne (Connie) Maddox, Roanoke; two brothers,
Carol C. Kilby, Rugby, and Dean Kilby, Woodbridge; four sisters, Mrs. Irene
Johnson, Grant, Mrs. Maxine Barnes, Norfolk, Mrs. Iva Ruth Roland, Highpoint,
N.C., Ms. Barbara Jean Kilby, Grant; nine grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the
Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, with Rev. Bob Ferguson and
Rev. Bobby Harris officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory
Gardens in Dublin, where the members of the VFW Post of Vinton and Pulaski
will conduct military graveside rites. Contributions may be made to the
Pulaski County Life Saving Crew. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9
p.m. Saturday at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home.
by CNB