Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, September 21, 1993 TAG: 9309200224
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: DANVILLE LENGTH: Short
OBIT COLE, NELLIE JANE OAKES
COLE, Nellie Jane Oakes, 83, of Danville, died Sunday, September 19, 1993
in the Roman Eagle Memorial Home. She was born October 8, 1909 in Pittsylvania
County to the late Walter W. Oakes and Sallie Pat Orrell Oakes. She lived all
of her life in Danville. She was a member of Grace Design United Methodist
Church, where she was a choir member and was active in the U. M. W. She was
preceded in death by her husband Lester Elwood Cole. Survivors include two
daughters, Nancy C. Robertson, Salem, Barbara C. Payne, West Point, Ga.;
sister, Frances Oakes Johnson, Blairs, Va.; four grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 22, 1993 at Grace Design
United Methodist Church with Rev. William C. Taylor officiating. Interment
will follow in Highland Burial Park. The family will receive friends Monday,
September 21, 1993 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m at Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel.
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