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DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 29, 1993                   TAG: 9309290268
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT CHILTON, WILLIAM STEWART

CHILTON, William Stewart, 74, of 1211 Oakwood Street, Bedford, died Tuesday, September 28, 1993, in the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Bedford County on January 1, 1919, a son of the late Theodore H. Chilton and Berta Franklin Chilton. He was a veteran of World War II, where he was a recipient of the Purple Heart and was a member of Bedford Baptist Church for over 40 years. He was employed by Sam Moore Furniture Industries, where he received recognition for 29 years of perfect work attendance. He was preceded in death by one brother, Harold Chilton. He is survived by his wife, Margaret M. Chiton; two daughters, Pamela C. Byers and son-in-law, Bill Byers, Jr., Bedford, Marcia C. Knight and son-in-law, Clint Knight, Bedford; one brother, Glen Chilton, Lynchburg; five sisters, Lois C. Grant, Thaxton, Gerry C. Laicano, Norfolk, Janice C. Litchfield, Richmond, Norris C. McCormick, Crewe, Doris C. Brawner, Sieper, La.; one grandson, Caleb Stewart Knight, Bedford. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 1993, at the Bedford Baptist Church with Dr. Ron R. Blankenship officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Bedford Life Saving Crew. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford. 


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