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DATE: MONDAY, October 11, 1993                   TAG: 9310110203
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MONETA                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT BROWN, RUTH ENGLISH

BROWN, Ruth English, 76, of Moneta, passed away Saturday, October 9, 1993 at her residence. She was born September 19, 1917 in Franklin County. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Ashby Brown, her twin brother, Raymond L. English, a brother, Johnny English, and three sisters, Mrs. Nannie Holdren, Mrs. Caudie West and Mrs. Maude Howell. She was the devoted mother of James Earl "Bud" Brown, of the residence. Also surviving are four daughters and sons-in-law, Hazel B. and Thomas Payne, Moneta, Nancy B. Howell, Evington, Mary Jane and Butch Millner, Goode, Clara B. and Booker Goggin, Bedford; one brother, William (Bill) English, Vinton; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Lucas, Roanoke, Mrs. Vera Hutchinson of Ohio; ten grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 12, 1993 from the Upkike Funeral Chapel, Bedford, by the Rev. Walter Mason and Rev. Mark Baldwin. Interment will follow in the Emmaus United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Updike Funeral Home.



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