Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, September 6, 1993 TAG: 9309060140
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: HOLIDAY
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OBIT SWANN, THELMA TINNELL VINYARD
SWANN, Thelma Tinnell Vinyard, 85, of Roanoke, passed away Friday,
September 3, 1993. She was preceded in death by her husbands, James E. Vinyard
and Larry T. Swann. Mrs. Swann was a member of West End Presbyterian Church
and is survived by two daughters, Beverly V. Rapp, Roanoke, Doris V. Gross,
Troutville; seven grandchildren, Calvin L. Lucas Jr., Connie L. Crowder,
Christopher G. Gross, J. Lee Gross, Preston W. Gross, Jennifer L. Gross, and
Hope L. Gross; four great-grandchildren, James, Carrie, Alan, and Karen
Crowder; three sisters, Hazel Lewis, South Charleston, W.Va., Ora Turner,
Greensboro, N.C., and Pauline Poindexter, Novato, Calif. Funeral services will
be conducted from the graveside, Sherwood Burial Park, 10 a.m. Tuesday,
September 7, 1993, with the Rev. H. D. Scoggins officiating. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Memorial
Fund, care of West End Presbyterian Church, 1200 Campbell Avenue, S.W.,
Roanoke, Va. 24016. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to
9 p.m. Monday at Oakey's Roanoke.
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