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                         Roanoke Times
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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.



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