
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 2, 1993                   TAG: 9312020139
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: NEWPORT                                LENGTH: Short

MARROW-TRANSPLANT FUND ESTABLISHED

Cathy Smith Dowdy underwent a bone marrow transplant on Nov. 19 at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. First diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1990, the 33-year-old Newport native received bone marrow from her 34-year-old sister Marie.

A fund has been established at the National Bank of Blacksburg to help with medical costs. The bank contact is Judy Hager.

Dowdy is a 1979 Giles High School graduate and lives in Newport with her husband, David.

by CNB