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DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 12, 1994                   TAG: 9401120279
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT GEARHEART, MARY M.

GEARHEART, Mary M., 97, of Richfield Nursing Center, Salem, formerly of Roanoke died Monday, January 10, 1994. She was preceded in death by her husband, John C. Gearheart, Sr., two daughters, Charlotte M. Gearheart and Mary G. Cuff. She is survived by six sons and daughters-in-law, John C. and Madeline Gearheart, Jr., Floyd, Charles W. ("Bill") and Dorothy Gearheart, Catawba, Robert W. and Haruko Gearheart, Winchester, Vernon E. ("Gene") and Carole Gearheart, Ashford, Conn., James N. and Emma Gearheart, Ocoee, Fla., Jackie L. Gearheart, Roanoke; three daughters and sons-in-law, Helen G. and Howard Guthrie, Salem, Margie G. and Carl Wyse, Archbald, Oh., Betty G. Shockley, Salem; 39 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 13, 1994, 2 p.m. at Lotz Salem Chapel, with the Rev. Paul E. Alwine officiating. Interment at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Lotz Salem Chapel.



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