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DATE: SUNDAY, October 3, 1993                   TAG: 9310040177
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BOONES MILL                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT FLORA, STELLA THOMAS

FLORA, Stella Thomas, 88, of Route 1, Boones Mill, died Saturday, October 2, 1993, at the residence of her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husbands, T. Millard Thomas and Clarence G. Flora; two stepchildren, Russell Flora and Reba Flora; two grandchildren, Leon Cannaday and Betty Jo Richardson. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Velda and Billy Webster of Boones Mill; three sons and daughters-in-law, Jesse and Goldie Thomas of Boones Mill, Bruce and Arlene Thomas of Glade Hill, Glenn and Pearl Thomas of Boones Mill; three stepdaughters and two stepsons-in-law, Mrs. Hazel Scott of Roanoke, Lottie and C. T. Jamison of Callaway, Nelda and Russell Cannaday of Boones Mill; two stepsons and stepdaughters-in-law, Elvis and Gladys Flora of Jacksonville, Fla., Berlin and Marie Flora of Roanoke; 24 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; one sister, Elsie DeLancey Wolfe of Kissimmee, Fla. Funeral services will be conducted at Flora Funeral Chapel at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Robert Schneider and the Rev. Keith Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in Fairmont Baptist Church Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be made to the Callaway Volunteer Rescue Squad or the Boones Mill Volunteer Rescue Squad. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Flora Funeral Service, 342 South Main Street, Rocky Mount.



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