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DATE: SATURDAY, November 6, 1993                   TAG: 9311080188
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FLOYD                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT-BELCHER, JOHN LUTHER

BELCHER, John Luther, 83, of Floyd, passed away Friday, November 5, 1993, in the Baptist Hospital of Winston Salem, N.C., as a result of a September 2, 1993 automobile accident. He was a World War II veteran and he retired from the National Park Service. He is survived by his wife, Claudine W. Rorrer Belcher, of Floyd; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Carl and Geneva Belcher of Meadows of Dan, Calvin and Freeda Rorrer of Floyd, and J. B. Belcher of Willis; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sylvia and Bud Epperly of Pilot, and Juanita and Buddy Moore of Eden, N.C.; one sister, Mrs. I. W. (Edna) Conner of Meadows of Dan; twelve grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Funeral service 2 p.m. Sunday, November 7, 1993 at Gardner Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bryan Childress and Rev. Robert S. Link Sr. officiating. Interment will be in Slate Mountain Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Saturday at Gardner Funeral Home, where the family will be from 7 to 9.



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