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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 10, 1993                   TAG: 9311100221
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT BASSETT, MARY HENRIAN

BASSETT, Mary Henrian, 91, of Roanoke, formerly of Henry County, died Monday, November 8, 1993, at Friendship Manor Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Walter J. and Allie Taylor Bassett of Preston, Va., and the older sister of the late Alice Bassett Reynolds. Miss Bassett was an elementary school teacher in Henry and Pittsylvania Counties from 1922-1935, librarian at Southern Christian Institute, Edward, Mississippi from 1936-1953, Librarian at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg from 1954-1967, exchange Librarian at Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland from 1960-1961, and a part-time reference Librarian at Lynchburg Public Library, Lynchburg from 1967-1972. She was active in the work of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) wherever she lived. She traveled extensively in the 1950's and 1960's around the world and in the U.S., often visiting institutions of the Christian Church as she traveled. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, November 11, 1993, at Pleasant Grove Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Rev. William Whitehurst and the Rev. Terry Willis will officiate. Interment will follow in the Bassett Family Cemetery. Prior to the funeral service the family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon at the church. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Lynchburg Library or the Medical College of Virginia (for research). The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 o 9 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va. 


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