
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, December 4, 1993                   TAG: 9312060239
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT HARPER, JOHN I.

HARPER, John I., 89, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, December 1, 1993, at Community Hospital. He was born in Wirtz, Va., the son of the late Emma H. Harper and Daryle Harper. He is preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Lawton Harper; a son, Wardell Harper; a daughter, Alberta H. Miller. He was a member of Second Mount Airy Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon and on various project committees. He was employed by Norfolk and Western Railroad, until his retirement in 1969. He is survived by two sons, James W. Harper and Charles J. Harper; two daughters-in-law, Naomi S. Harper, Roanoke, and Ruby H. Poindexter, Rocky Mount; seven daughters and one son-in-law, Melva H. Poindexter, Madaline M. Harper, New Orleans, La., Reonia L. Kent, Beulah Harper, Eula H. Taylor. Lilly P. Harper, Margaret H. and Charles A. Swaine, Boones Mill, Va.; two sisters, Cornilia H. Helms, Reva H. Stewart; one brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Julia C. Harper, Roanoke. The body may be viewed Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hamlar & Curtis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. at Second Mount Airy Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 6, 1993 at 2 p.m. at Second Mount Airy Baptist Church, with the Rev. Leroy Carter officiating. Interment will follow in the Second Mount Airy Cemetery. Arrangements by Hamlar & Curtis Funeral Home.

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