Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 23, 1993 TAG: 9310250274
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
OBIT EGGLESTON, KATIE GILBERT
EGGLESTON, Katie Gilbert, 101, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, October 21,
1993. She was born in Amherst County on December 6, 1891, the daughter of the
late John Henson and Lucy Humphries Henson. She was preceded in death by her
husbands, Silas Gilbert and Crawford Eggleston; one son, Otto Gilbert and one
stepson, Glenn Eggleston. She was a member of the Stone Church of the
Brethren. Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Wiseman and Audrey
Johnson, both of Buena Vista; a sister, Mrs. Earl (Flora) Rowsey, Buena Vista;
four grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, October
24, 1993, at Lomax Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry Shumaker
officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Lomax Funeral Home.
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