ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, January 23, 1994                   TAG: 9401240195
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CALLAWAY                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT MATTHEWS, KATHERINE MITCHELL

MATTHEWS, Katherine Mitchell, 93, of Route 1, Callaway, died Saturday, January 22, 1994 at the local hospital. She was retired from Appalachian Power Company with over 35 years service. Mrs. Matthews was a charter member of Waverly Place Baptist Church, Roanoke and was at the time of her death a member of Fairmont Baptist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Ruth Gobble Wills, Richmond; one stepdaughter, Edna Presnell, Catawba; grandson, Leonard White II and wife, Paige, Chesterfield; stepgrandson, Barry and Debbie Presnell, Goodview; great-granddaughter, Rebel Anne White, Chesterfield; seven stepgreat-grandchildren; a number of stepgreat-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at Flora Funeral Chapel, 1 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Robert J. Schneider officiating. Interment will follow in Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday where the family receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 South Main Street, Rocky Mount.



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