Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 23, 1994 TAG: 9402230247
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: MONTVALE LENGTH: Short
OBIT LOONEY, LAURA LOUISE CRAFT
LOONEY, Laura Louise Craft, 78, of Montvale, died Tuesday, February 22,
1994 in a Roanoke Nursing Center. She was born June 2, 1915 in Craig County,
daughter of the late Ben Craft and Florence Crawford Craft. She was a member
of Montvale United Methodist Church and was preceded in death by her husband,
Otho Lee Looney Sr. and a son, Rucker Price Looney. She is survived by four
sons, Otho Lee Looney Jr., Thaxton, Kenneth Arthur Looney and Larry Vincent
Looney, both of Montvale, Robert Madison Looney, Bedford; four daughters, Anna
May Early, Littleton, CO., Grace Agnes Carter, Montvale, Betty Ann McCurly,
Salem, Sandra Kay Overstreet, Stewartsville; a brother, Claude Craft, Roanoke;
26 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Funeral
services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday at Carder-Tharp Funeral Chapel,
with the Rev. E. Lee Chattin and the Rev. Wayne Hannah officiating. Burial in
Montvale Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Friends may call anytime at
Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford, where the family will receive friends from
7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
by CNB