Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993 TAG: 9311030377
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: GRUNDY LENGTH: Short
OBIT WAKELAND, FAY MATNEY
WAKELAND, Fay Matney, 76, of the Slate Creek area of Grundy, passed away
Tuesday, November 2, 1993, following a lengthy illness. Born in Buchanan
County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Vinia Davis Matney. She was
a life-long resident of Buchanan County and was a retired rural Mail Carrier
for the United States Postal Service. She was a graduate of Grundy High School
and was an active member of the Buchanan County Republican Party. She was a
member of Grundy Baptist Church, where she had served as a teacher and
Superintendent of the Beginners Sunday School Department. Mrs Wakeland was
preceded in death by her husband, Jack Wakeland (February 17, 1974). She is
survived by one daughter, Margaret Ann Wakeland, Grundy; one son, Jack L.
Wakeland, Roanoke; two brothers, Sidney Matney, Pilgrim Knob, Ralph Matney,
Scottsboro, Ala.; two granddaughters, Angie Mangano, Nashville, Tenn., Holly
Wakeland, Blacksburg. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Edna
Branham, Alta Cole and Jennie Compton. Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday, November 4, 1993, 2 p.m. at the Grundy Baptist Church, Grundy, with
the Rev. Jimmy Davidson and Evangelist Michael Trent officiating. Burial will
follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock. The body will remain at the
Grundy Funeral Home Chapel, where friends may call Wednesday afternoon at 3
p.m.; it will then be taken to the Grundy Baptist Church on Thursday at 12
noon to await the funeral hour at 2 p.m. Active Pallbearers will be nephews.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Deacons of Grundy Baptist Church. Grundy Funeral
Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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