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DATE: SATURDAY, October 9, 1993                   TAG: 9310110282
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BRISTOL, VA.                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT GILBERT, GENT

GILBERT, Gent, 63, of Bristol, Va., 4809 Lee Highway, died Thursday, October 7, 1993, in Radford Community Hospital. A native of Russell County, he had lived in Bristol the past 10 years. He was employed by Allied Security working at Westinghouse. He was a member of Central Baptist Church. He was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Mae Gilbert, Bristol, Va.; one daughter, Cheryl Adams, Christiansburg; one stepdaughter, Barbara Lester, Lebanon, Va.; four sisters, Vicki Vance, Roanoke, Va., Virginia Powell, Bedford, Ohio, Betty Vineyard and Marie Stinson, both of Kingsport, Tenn.; two brothers, Smith Gilbert and Emmett Gilbert, both of Kingsport, Tenn.; two stepgrandchildren. Funeral services for Gent Gilbert will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Russell County Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Russell Memorial Cemetery. Friends will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday at the Russell County Funeral Home in Lebanon, Va. Russell County Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. 


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