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

DATE: FRIDAY, September 2, 1994                   TAG: 9409020093
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Matt Chittum
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

EXPLORE DONOR BILL CROSIER DIES

Bill Crosier, real estate salesman and Montgomery County native who donated his family's early 19th century home to the Explore project, died Wednesday of cancer.

Crosier, 66, was the owner of Crosier Landsales in Salem and a member of both the Roanoke and New River Valley boards of Realtors. He was also active in Democratic politics and civic organizations.

In the mid-1970s he bought the two-story wood and log house in which he was born in Elliston and moved his real estate business there.

Crosier, who dealt in real estate all over Southwest Virginia, was especially interested in selling to people who commuted between Roanoke and the New River Valley.

In 1990, he donated the house, located on the median strip of U.S. 460, to the Explore project for its re-creation of an old village.

Memorial contributions may be made in Crosier's name to the River Foundation, which will be used to restore the house.

by CNB