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DATE: SUNDAY, February 27, 1994                   TAG: 9402280210
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PEMBROKE                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT SMITH, ERIA AUGUSTA

SMITH, Eria Augusta, 87, of Pembroke, died Saturday morning, February 26, 1994 at his home. Born in Kimballton, Va., he was a son of the late Lewis N. and Mary Jane Wood Smith. He was a member of the Pembroke Christian Church and retired from the Virginian Railway Co. and the Virginia Department of Highways. His wife, Lilie Hare Smith, preceded him in death. Surviving are three sons, Donald Smith, Christiansburg, Eria A. Smith, Pearisburg, and Lynwood Smith, Newport; four daughters, Margaret S. Price and Bonnie S. Mitchem, both of Blacksburg;, Linda S. Radford, Pembroke and Judy S. Raines, Newport; 16 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 28, 1994 at 2 p.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home Chapel, Pembroke, with the Rev. Eddie Kendall and the Rev. John Knibb officiating. Burial will be in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg, Va. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m.



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