Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 13, 1993 TAG: 9310130282
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT SMITH, RALPH L.
SMITH, Ralph L., 88, of Roanoke, died Sunday, October 10, 1993. He was a
member of First Christian Church and was retired from the Roanoke City Fire
Department. He was preceded in death by his wife, Belva Claybrook Smith; his
daughter, Mary Belle Smith. Surviving are one sister, Hallie S. Claybrook,
Stoneville, N.C.; a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be
conducted at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel 3 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Jim Rivers.
Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Oakey's
Roanoke Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m.
Wednesday.
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