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DATE: FRIDAY, May 13, 1994                   TAG: 9503240019
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OBIT

BROOKS, Thomas Russell Sr., 76, of Roanoke, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel.

BROOKS, Walter Zee, 83, Marion, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Comers Creek Baptist Chapel. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.

BUSH, Mary McGhee, 88, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994, is now resting and at peace after a long illness with Alzheimer's Disease. Mrs. Bush was a life time member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luke L. Bush Sr. and her daughter, Marie B. Conner. She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Leonard L. and Kathryn Bush, Hardy, Elmer W. Bush and Delmer L. Bush both of Roanoke; daughters and son-in-law, Dorothy B. and Ralph Parsons of Roanoke, Dianne B. Carpenter of Roanoke; numerous brothers and sisters; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Jerry L. Cloninger Jr. Memorials may be made to the Mount Pleasant Rescue Squad.

BYRD, William Charles, 80, of Copper Hill, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Mr. Byrd was a retired kick driver for the Roanoke Times & World News and a member of Hollins Road Baptist Church. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Gary D. and Barbara G. Byrd of Richmond; daughter, Judy E. Byrd of Copper Hill; sister, Mrs. Mildred Hanes of Roanoke; also several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at the graveside 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 1994, in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Mark Washington officiating. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

CHAMBERS, Clarice Christine, 68, of Route 2, Huddleston, passed away Thursday, May 12, 1994, in a Lynchburg hospital. She was born in Bedford County on April 11, 1926 a daughter of the late James Gaston Williams and Esther Updike Williams. Her husband was the late Clarence Jewell Chambers Sr. She was a member of Quaker Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon C. Newman, Bedford; two sons, Clarence Jewell Chambers Jr. and James M. Chambers, both of Huddleston; five grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, May 14, 1994 at 11 a.m. from Updike Funeral Chapel, Huddleston, by the Revs. Lewis Garst and Wayne Murphy with interment in Quaker Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.

DILLON, Mary Delpha, 77, of Narrows, died Tuesday, May 10, 1994. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday, Broyles Funeral Home, Peterstown.

EMMONS, William Dawson, 72, of Roanoke, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Arrangments by Oakey's South Chapel.

GIBSON, Charlie Irving, Sr., 82 of Roanoke, died Thursday May 12, 1994. He is survived by his wife, Faye E. Gibson; son and daughter-in-law, Charlie I. and Paula Gibson, Jr., Boones Mill; grandchildren, Christopher A. Gibson and Tina L. Gibson; several nieces, nephews and sisters-in-law. Funeral services will be held at Noon Saturday, May 14, at Lotz Roanoke Chapel with the Rev. Charles Doyle officiating, with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Lotz Roanoke Chapel.

GOING, Annie Simmerson Johnson, 84, of Roanoke, formerly of Christiansburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994, in a Salem hospital. She was the widow of Captain Murrie Underwood and Mr. Robert Going. Surviving are one daughter, Jane Carson Hall of Wilmington, N.C.; four grandchildren, Jack L. Spain Jr. of Cary, N.C., Jayne Spain Beachler, Highland Village, Texas, Randall Carson Hall, Christiansburg, Richard William Spain of Flower Mound, Texas; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the gravesite in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg, conducted by the Rev. Richard H. Horne. Friends may call Friday afternoon at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Arrangements by Richardson-Horne of Christiansburg.

GROSS, Herbert G. Jr., Sgt. Maj., 59, of Hampton, formerly of Vinton, died Thursday, May 11, 1994. He retired in 1984 after 30 years in the U.S. Army and has been a resident of Hampton since 1981. Mr. Gross was a civil servant working at Langley Air Force Base at the time of his death. He was a member of American Legion Post 31, and a past member of the Masons. He was a member of Hope Lutheran Church. His army career included service during the occupation of Berlin, as well as in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. His numerous awards and citations included the Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, and nine Awards of the Good Conduct Medal. He is survived by his wife, Helga; their five children, Diana Knoblauch of Tampa, Fla., Bruce Gross of Tampa, Fla., Kenneth Gross of Courtland, Va., Debra Shaffer of Ft. Eustis, Va., and Tarra Kunz of Ft. Eustis, Va.; also seven grandchildren; one sister, Olga Garger of Roanoke. A funeral service will be held in Lawrence B. Wood Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, May 14, 1994 at 11 a.m. conducted by the Rev. Carlton R. Howells of Hope Lutheran Church. Burial with full military honors will follow in Veterans Memorial Gardens in Hampton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, May 13 from 7 till 8 p.m.

HELMS, Hobart S., 61, of Stuart, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday, Howell Funeral Home Chapel.

JOHNSON, Talmadge, of Richmond, formerly of Southwest, Va., passed away Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Funeral 2 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 1994, Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville.

KELLEY, Mildred Wood, 80, of Newport News, formerly of Covington, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Covington. Arrangements by Loving Funeral Home., Covington.

KILBY, James David, 70, of Salem, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Arrangements by Lotz Salem Chapel.

LAZENBY, J. Thomas, 86, of Bedford, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994, in Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Bedford County January 5, 1908 a son of the late Houston Lazenby and Betty Mary Martin Lazenby. His wife was the late Ernestine Bland Wingfield Lazenby. He was a member of Mt. Olivet Southern Baptist Church and was retired owner of the former Bunker Hill Self Service Market. He is survived by two daughters, Betty Ray Markham of Bedford and Fort Myers, Fla., and Mickey Lazenby Gast of Westchester, Pa.; a son, Bobby Lazenby of Boynton Beach, Fla.; a half brother, John Bays of Roanoke; and two half sisters, Willie (Bill) Booth, Mechanicsville and Mary Lewis Weddle of Virginia Beach; also six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside in Greenwood Cemetery, Sunday, May 15, 1994, at 2 p.m. with Dr. Aaron Gast officiating. Memorials may be made to the Mt. Olivet Southern Baptist Church. The family will receive friends anytime at the home of Betty Ray Markham and following the service at Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home.

LINDSEY, Katrine L. , 32, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Arangements by John M. Oakeys & Son, Salem.

MAYHEW, Virginia Wray, 75, of Roanoke, died Wednesday evening, May 11, 1994. She was the widow of Philip M. Mayhew, a member of Greene Memorial United Methodist Church, and a past

member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Carolyn Mayhew, Richmond; two grandchildren, Jennifer and Jonathan Mayhew, Richmond. Funeral services will be conducted at noon Saturday from Oakey's Roanoke Chapel with the Rev. Walter M. Lockett Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Burial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Forest View Rescue Squad, Richmond. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, where the family will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

MCGAHA, Edward L., 38, of Clifton Forge, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel, Clifton Forge.

MIKLES, Jimmy, 45, of Martinsville, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Funeral 4 p.m. Saturday, McKee Funeral Chapel.

MORRIS, Sadie Geraldine Bannister, 70, of Mud Pike Road, Christiansburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born November 29, 1914. She was a member of St. Peter's Anglican Catholic Church, a member of Friendship Garden Club, and the NAACP. She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Hattie B. Dennis, Mrs. Virginia B. Carr, Mrs. Annie B. Jones, all of Christiansburg, and Mrs. Kathleen B. Robinson, Providence, R.I.; a brother-in-law, Mr. Willie H. Jones, Christiansburg. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, May 16, 1994 at St. Peter's Anglican Catholic Church, with Father Harry B. Scott III officiating. Burial in Schaeffer Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Claytor and Dean Funeral Home.

PARCELL, Hersel Henderson, 67, of the Poplar Hill Community, Pearisburg, died Thursday, May 12, 1994 at his home. He was born January 29, 1927 at Crumpler, W. Va., the son of the late Albert Wesley and Elsie Vernon Hamblin Parcell. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Carl Parcell, Garland Parcell and John Parcell; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Dodson and Mrs. Frankie Whittaker; a grandson, Wesley Talbert. He was a retired employee of the Hoechest-Celanese Plant and was a veteran of WWII. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Burroughs Parcell; three daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Bill Warne r, Ooltewah, Tenn., Joyce and Michael Talbert, Pearisburg, Miss Stacey Parcell, Greenville, N. C.; two brothers, Irvin Parcell, Rich Creek, Clayton Parcell, Staffordsville; one sister, Mrs. Argie Spangler, Pearisburg; five grandchildren, Lori and Patti Talbert, Kara, Clay and Jonathan Warner. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. John Hash and the Rev. Shirley Rogers officiating. Burial in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. Visiting will be at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Friday and the family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. The family suggests memorials be made to the Wes Talbert Memorial Scholarship Fund, Route 2 Box 132, Pearisburg, Va. 24134.

POE, Ruth Taylor, 61, of Pulaski, Va., died Tuesday, May 10, 1994. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday, Stevens Funeral Chapel.

QUILLEN, James Victor, 95, of Marion, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Barnetts Marion Funeral Chapel.

ROYER, Glenice Drumheller, 84, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, May 12, 1994 in Stonewall Jackson Hospital. She was born October 17, 1909 in Buena Vista, daughter of the late James Henry and Blanche Jennings Drumheller. She was a member of the Buena Vista Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Alvin Royer. She is survived by a daughter- Joanna Royer Meade, Lexington; a son, James A. Royer, Buena Vista; five grandchildren, David Todd Royer, Michael Royer, both of Buena Vista, Paula M. Cash, Greensboro, N. C., Deanna Meade and Kaye Meade, both of Rockbridge County; two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 1994 at Lomax Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Chip Pendleton officiating. Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Lomax Funeral Home.

SANFORD, Charles Lewis, 52, of Roanoke, died Sunday, May 8, 1994. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

SEEGARS, Charlotte Elizabeth, of Rocky Mount, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994 in a Roanoke hospital. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James E. Seegars. Charlotte was a graduate of the College of Charleston and received her Masters Degree in Christian Education from S carrett College in Nashville, Tenn. She came to the Franklin County area in 1954 under a special appointment by the General Board of Global Minsteries as a church and county worker for Franklin County. She was the founding vision behind the establishment of the Henry Fork Service Center in 1967 and served as its Director for 12 years. She was a member of the Rocky Mount United Methodist Church, attended the New Hope United Methodist Church and was a faithful member of the United Methodist Women for many years. Surviving are one brother and sister-in-law, Dr. James and Shirley Seegars, Spartanburg, S.C.; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Evelyn and Harold Glover, Johns Island, S.C., Barbara Crissey, Atlanta, Ga., Eleanor Allen, Charleston, S.C.; a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in Rocky Mount United Methodist Church with the Rev. William K. Dawson, the Rev. Deroy Campbell, Julia Woodford and Mary K. Pulliam officiating. Interment will be in Charleston, S.C. The family will accept flowers or memorials may be made to the Henry Fork Service Center, P.O. Box 888, Rocky Mount, Va. 24151 or to Trinity United Methodist Church, 273 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday with the family receiving friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 S. Main Street, Rocky Mount.

STRAWBRIDGE, Earl Percell, 55, of Jeffersonville, Ind., formerly of Glasgow, died in Jeffersonville, Ind. Memorial service 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Union Baptist Church, Glasgow.

TERRY, Grace B., departed this life on Monday, May 9, 1994 in a local hospital. She was a native of Bedford, Virginia and was a retired teacher and principal from Bedford County Public Schools. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Terry Clark; nephew, Herman R. Clark, Jr. and his iwfe, Rosa Lee Clark, grand nephew, Eric Richard Clark, grand niece, Christina Clark Jackson and her husband, Randolph Jackson, one great grand nephew, Andrea' Randolph Jackson, all of N. Amityville, L.I., New York; first cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth R. McFadden, Philadelphia, Pa., many other cousins and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 14, 1994 at noon at the St. Paul United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Charles Roberts, officiating, with burial in Williams Memorial Park. Friends may call on the family on Friday from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the funeral home. The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Alpha Tau Chapter will hold its memorial service at 7 pm on Friday in the Hamlar-Curtis Chapel.

THOMAS, Ilene Wood, 71, of Woolwine, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m., Moody Funeral Home Chapel, Stuart.

THOMAS, Walter G., 83, of Glade Spring, Va. died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.

TOMLINSON, Ruth Beale, 82, of the Odd Fellows Home in Lynchburg, Va., died Thursday, May 12, 1994, at her residence. Her husband was the late Lawrence Edward Tomlinson. Born in Pamplin City, she was a daughter of the late Meredith Houston Beale and Ella Branch Beale. She was a member of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Fairview Rebekah Lodge No. 52. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Kathleen Katorsky and Cora Callahan and two brothers, Clayton and Norris Beale. She is survived by one son, Lewis E. ``Ed'' Tomlinson and his wife, Phyllis of Lynchburg; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria T. McCanna of Richmond and Mrs. Shirley Rice and her husband, Jim of Vinton; one brother, Willie Wesley Beale of Pamplin City; one sister, Mazie Robertson of Lynchburg; seven grandchildren and five great-grandch ildren. A funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Whitten Park Avenue Chapel by Dr. Jerry Falwell. Burial will be in Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home and at other times at the home of her son, Ed Tomlinson, 2308 Old Forest Road.

TRUMP, Vernon Wesley, 43, of Christiansburg, died Thursday morning, May 12, 1994, at his home, of cancer. He was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Wesley Trump; his mother, Helen W. Trump; and two brothers, Aubrey Vernon Trump Jr. and Darrell Wayne Trump. Surviving are his wife, Mildred L. Trump; one son, Kenneth Dwayne Trump, Christiansburg; three sisters, Doris Thompson, JoAnn Criner, both of Blacksburg, Darlene Powell, Ironto; a brother, Danny Trump, Christiansburg; his father, Vernon Trump, Christiansburg; eight aunts and five uncles. The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Michael Bond with burial in Sunset Cemetery. Friends may call anytime Friday at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home, and the family will receive friends there from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Arrangements by Richardson-Horne.

URAM, Grace, 78, of Martinsville, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday, McKee Funeral Chapel.

WHITE, Louise Barnett, 100, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday, May 12, 1994. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.

WISE, Lena Curry, 94, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, May 12, 1994. Funeral service 2 p.m. Sunday, Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Chapel.

YOST, George W., 85, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994, in a local hospital. He was a Army Air Corp Veteran of World War II, a retired employee of the Veterans Administration Regional Office. Mr. Yost was a member of the Carter Bible Class at Virginia Heights Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Irene Wyatt Yost of Roanoke; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Y. and Robert Brower of Fairfax; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen M. and Janet Yost of Salem; five grandchildren, Matthew, Christian and Meredith Brower, Emily and David Yost. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's South Chapel noon Saturday with Dr. Daniel E. Scott and Dr. Harry Y. Gamble officiating. Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Oakey's South Chapel.