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DATE: THURSDAY, February 3, 1994                   TAG: 9402030252
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT SMOOT, THOMAS EDWARD

SMOOT, Thomas Edward, ("Eddie"), 89, of Roanoke County, formerly of Boca Raton, Fla., died Monday, January 31, 1994, to go home to be with his Lord. He was born in Arlington, Va., January 13, 1905, the son of the late Howard A. and Stella Mae Veitch Smoot. He was a tile contractor and home builder in Northern, Va., having owned his own business. Mr. Smoot was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Revelle Smoot in August, 1989, and is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Joyce Ann Fry, Beaulaville, N.C.; his daughters and sons-in-law, Chris and Ray Leibensperger, Deland, Fla., Donna and Robert Marro, Delray Beach, Fla., Anne and Michael Joyner, Boca Raton, Fla., Jane and Steven Dyer, Roanoke Co.; a sister, Virginia Gladwell, Alexandria; 12 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel Thursday, February 3, at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Doyal Spence officiating. Entombment will be in Boca Raton Mausoleum, Boca Raton, Fla., Saturday, February 5, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to First Baptist Church in his memory. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel after noon Thursday. 


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