Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, September 13, 1993 TAG: 9309130175
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Short
OBIT OVERSTREET, LUTHER EMMETT
OVERSTREET, Luther Emmett, 71, of Bedford, passed away Saturday, September
11, 1993 in the Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley. He was born July 21,
1919 in Bedford County a son of the late Otey S. Overstreet and Jessie Updike
Overstreet. He was a veteran of World War II, a retired textile worker and
farmer, and was a member of the Quaker Baptist Church. He is survived by his
wife,, Ruby Leftwich Overstreet; a daughter and son-in-law, Alma O. and
Linwood A. Blankenship, Bedford; two brothers, Winston Overstreet, Richmond,
Mahlon Overstreet, Bedford; a grandson, Emmette Kelly Blankenship, Bedford;
two granddaughters, Tracy Lynn Blankenship,, Ellen Nanette Blankenship, both
of Bedford; three great-grandchildren, Kristen, Diana and Eilleen Blankenship.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 14, 1993 from the
Quaker Baptist Church by the Rev. Lewis Garst. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Updike Funeral Home and request that those wishing to make memorials consider
the Moneta Rescue Squad or the American reart Association.
by CNB