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

DATE: MONDAY, January 10, 1994                   TAG: 9401100162
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: IVANHOE                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT SMYTHERS, TENSON DELP

SMYTHERS, Tenson Delp, 73, of Route 1, Ivanhoe, died Saturday, January 8, 1994 in the Twin County Community Hospital, Galax. Mr. Smythers had 45 years of service with the Applachian Power Company and 20 years of service with the National Weather Bureau as a Weather Watcher. He is survived by his wife, Faye L. Smythers, Ivanhoe; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Rick Phibbs, Galax; granddaughter, Christa Phibbs; sister, Virginia Smythers; brother, Gleason Smythers, Pulaski. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Vaughan-Guynn Chapel, Galax, with Ministers, Rev. Charles Bolling and the Rev. Bob Billingsly officiating with burial in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Fries. The family will receive friends at the Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home, Galax from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.



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