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DATE: THURSDAY, January 27, 1994                   TAG: 9401270290
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT-WILLIAMS, EARL BRUCE

WILLIAMS, Earl Bruce, 73, of Buena Vista, died Tuesday, January 25, 1994 at his residence. He was born in Rockbridge County on August 24, 1920, the son of the late Lorenza Earl and Willie Bruce Arthur Williams. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in Germany. He was retired from Lee's Carpets after 44 years service. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Addison Williams, Buena Vista; daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Carl Johnson, Mechanicsville; daughter and son-in-law, Yancey and Mike Wheeler, Buena Vista, and daughter, Lori Lawhorne, Buena Vista; grandchildren, Rebecca Johnson, Mechanicsville, Justin Wheeler, Magen and Kayla Lawhorne, all of Buena Vista; four sisters, Ruby Pugh, Natural Bridge Station, Mamie Inman, Gilmores Mill, Nellie Shafer, Maine, and Alma Coleman, Vesuvius; three brothers, James Williams and Roy Williams, both of Natural Bridge, and Robert Williams, Hopewell; special friends, Herbert Ramsey and Dewey Wiseman. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, January 28 at Lomax Funeral Home chapel with Elder Garvis Wheeler and the Rev. David Bain officiating. Military graveside rites will follow at Rockbridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Lomax Funeral Home. 


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