Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 17, 1994                   TAG: 9505090031
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BARTON, Lilburn Eugene, (``Gene''), 59, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 1994, at the VA Medical Center, after an illness with cancer. He was born December 3, 1934, in Fincastle, Va., a son of the late Marvin Randolph and Love Myrtle Crouch Barton. He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. He retired from the Roanoke City Sheriff's Department and was a decorated helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War and a member of the Roanoke BPO Elks Lodge #197. He is survived by his wife, Freda; daughters, Derritheia Barton, Roanoke, Mrs. Dennis (``Vicky'') Minnix, Goodview, Mrs. Michael (``Susan'') Loyd, Salem; sons, Phillip and wife, Barbara, Brian and wife, Sondra, Randy and wife, Kay, and Christopher, all of Roanoke; five grandchildren, Christopher Ayers, Nathan and Jessica Minnix, Ashleigh Loyd, Aubrey Mara Barton. Funeral services will be conducted at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 1994, with the Rev. Daniel Crandall officiating. Interment will be in Godwin Cemetery, Fincastle. Pallbearers will be Leon Bradford, Steve Southerland, Gary Hurt, Allen McDaniels, Samuel Clay, Felix Morgan and Lee Hall. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 1994, at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

BEARD, Viola Mason, 84, of Stuart, Fla., formerly of Roanoke, died Sunday, August 14, 1994. She was a long time member of Belmont Baptist Church. She taught in Roanoke County and Botetourt County Public Schools for 24 years. She was the oldest child of Harry and Bessie Mason and was the widow of Floyd Lingle Beard. Survivors include a daughter, Sue Lingle Beard, Richmond; daughter and son-in-law, Dianne and Alan Callender, Stuart, Fla.; grandchildren, Andrew Floyd and Sarah Evelyn Callender; sister, Margaret M. Watts, Roanoke; brother, Walter E. Mason, Lexington. She was preceded in death by a brother, Woodrow S. Mason. Funeral services will be conducted from the graveside at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 18, at Evergreen Burial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Elevator Fund of Belmont Baptist Church or the American Heart Association. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wedn esday at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

BLANKENSHIP, N. Florence Dinkle, 80, of Bedford, died Monday, August 15, 1994. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.

BRINKLEY, William Gregory, 44, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, August 16, 1994, at his home. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Brinkley. He was an army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. Surviving are his wife, Karen N. Brinkley; daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Brinkley; two stepchildren, James Nelson and Delaney Noojin; his father, Watson Graham Brinkley; two sisters, Suzanne P. Brinkley, Rosemary Hambrick all of Roanoke; two brothers, David A. Brinkley, Minneapolis, Minn., Thomas M. Brinkley, Torrance, Calif.; three nieces and one nephew. Funeral mass will be at St. Andrew's Catholic Church 11:15 a.m. Thursday, with Rev. Steven R. Rule officiating. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Diocesan Cemetery. A liturgical prayer services will be at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel 7 p.m. Wednesday.

BRYANT, Harold Paul, 74, of Buena Vista, died Tuesday, August 16, 1994, in Stonewall Jackson Extended Care Facility. Born in West Virginia on February 29, 1920, he was the son of the late Cosby Allen Bryant and Grace Ryling Bryant. He was a retired Railroad Agent. Mr. Bryant was an active member of the Buena Vista Baptist Church for many years. During his membership, he was a trustee, a deacon, served as church clerk, taught the Men's Bible Class from 1984 to 1993, as well as serving on various committees within the church. He was a leading force behind the Radio Ministry which brought the Men's Bible Class Sunday School lesson across the airwaves each Sunday morning, so those listening at home or traveling in their cars might hear God's word. He is survived by his wife, Gladys W. ``Tooty"" Bryant, Buena Vista; a sister, Lucille Blankenship, Hinton, W.Va. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, August 18 at the Buena Vista Baptist Church with Dr. Chip Pendleton officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lomax Funeral Home.

CARTER, John Alvin, 91, of Bedford, died Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home.

COATES, Elizabeth V. 77, of Roanoke County, died Tuesday morning, August 16, 1994 in a local hospital. She was a well respected teacher in Patrick County and Roanoke County for 38 years. She was a member of Windsor Hills United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Henry G. Coates; daughter, Mary Garrahan, of Manassas; 3 stepchildren, Ruth Nelson, of Martinsville, Curtis Cock, of Meadows of Dan, J. B. Cock, of Dugspur, and Susan E. Coates, Pasedena, Calif.; 7 grandchildren; 4 great- grandchildren; two brothers, Rev. Laud O. Vaught, of Cleveland, Tenn., Daniel Vaught, of St. Simons Island, Ga.; 2 sisters, Isabel Via, of Mesa, Ariz., Adina Smith, of Knoxville, Tenn. Funeral services will be held at Windsor Hills United Methodist Church, 11 a.m., Friday with the Rev. D. Michael Meloy officiating. Graveside se rvices will be held in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd, Va. at 2:00 p.m. Friday. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be made to the Windsor Hills United Methodist Church. Friends may call from 7 - 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Oakey's South Chapel.

CRAIG, Louisa Pinckard, of Roanoke passed away Tuesday August 16, 1994 in a local hospital. She was the widow of Beven W. Craig. Surviving are daughter, Corbin Louisa Craig, Roanoke;sister, Emily Pinckard Gillespie, Lexington; nephew, Tarleton L. Gillespie, New Jersey. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel by the Rev. John D. Cochran. Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. Friends may call from 7-9 pm Wednesday at Oakey's North Chapel

CUMMINGHAM, Edith Carmack, 76, of Mendota, Va. died Monday, August 15, 1994, Funeral services 2 p.m. Thursday, Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, Abingdon.

DAVIS, Alma Nester, 80, of Radford, died Monday, August 15, 1994. Funeral services 1 p.m. Thursday at DeVilbiss Funeral Chapel.

FINLEY, Lucy Lee, of Roanoke, passed away Monday, August 15, 1994. Survivors include her husband, Gilbert Finley; six daughters, Mary Lee Blaney, Catawba, Ruth Andrews, Richmond, Joyce Mitchell, Nellie Barnes, Elizabeth Finley, Vanessa Hancock, all of Roanoke; one son, Gilbert Finley Jr., Roanoke; fourteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren; one brother, George Blagman, Roanoke; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 18, 1994, 11 a.m. at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. L. A. Lewis will officiate with interment in Sherwood Memorial Park. Friends may call the funeral home on Wednesday.

FRAZIER, Juanita Dallas, (``Nita""), 64, of 2313 Marsh Street, Lynchburg, died Monday, August 15, 1994, in Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg. She was the wife of Wayne C. Frazier. Born in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Jefferson and Hontas Wells Dallas. She was retired from Courtland Manufacturing with 25 years of service and was a member of Union Christian Church in Madison Heights. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Kitty D. Hollifield, Lynchburg; Patsy D. Setliff, Danville; three nieces. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Whitten Timberlake Chapel by Dr. Donald Weaver. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home and at other times at the residence of her sister, 902 Westview Drive, Lynchburg. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.

GRAVELY, George Edward, (``Buddy""), 68, of Rocky Mount, died Monday, August 16, 1994, at his home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 18, 1994, at 2 p.m. at Lynch Funeral Home, with Reverend Berlin Hanks officiating. Burial will follow at Snow Creek Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday, August 17, 1994, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lynch Funeral Home, where friends may call after 3 p.m. Lynch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

HAINS, John Power, 60, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, August 7, 1994, Lewis Gale Hospital. He was buried with military honors at the Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth, Va., on Saturday, August 13, 1994.

HARDY, Rogie Connell, 38, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, August 14, 1994. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Chapel, with Elder Milton L. Hardy officiating. Burial in Williams Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.

HART, Opal Perry, 81, of Chilhowie, died Monday, August 15, 1994 at Valley Health Care Center. Mrs. Hart was preceded in death by her husband, Onnie Ray Hart. Survivors include sons, Charles D. Hart, Chilhowie, Darrell Ray Hart, Chilhowie, Coy Lane Hart, Marion; daughters, Mary Hart Conner, Brandywine, Md., Martha Hart Gullion, Chilhowie; brother, Ralph Lane Perry, Aberdeene, Md; sisters, Ethel Wiles, Quarryville, Pa., Leabelle Stamper, Konnarock, Va.; 13 grandchildren; six grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Hart will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Barnett's Marion Home Chapel with the Rev. Pat Gilbert and the Rev. Dennis Eller officiating. Burial will follow at the White Top Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday evening at Barnett's Marion Funeral Home Chapel. Friends may call at the home of Dennis and Marth Gullion.

HEWITT, Pastor A. Kenneth Jr., 68, of Manassas, died suddenly, Sunday, August 14, 1994, at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. Rev. Hewitt retired in December 1992 as Pastor of Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manassas after 27 years of service. He came to Manassas in 1965 from Summer Memorial Lutheran Church, Newberry, S. C., and previously served Daniel's Lutheran Church, Lincolnton, N.C., and was organizing pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Durham, N.C. A product of Lutheran parsonage, Pastor Hewitt's father served Lutheran congregations and causes in North and South Carolina and Southwest Virginia. Pastor Hewitt was graduated from Rural Retreat High School in Va., attended Roanoke College in Salem and was graduated from Newberry College, Newberry, S.C. He was in the 1956 graduating class from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C. Pastor Hewitt was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. A. Kenneth Hewitt, Sr. and Jane Womble Dixon Hewitt and one sister, Jane Waters. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Ann Hewitt; three children, Ken Hewitt III, Atlanta, Ga., Owen Hewitt and Lisa Mayo, both of Virginia Beach; four step-children, Gretchen Voss, Steve Pedersen, Rachel Martin and Christopher Martin, all of Manassas; and one sister, Sara Reidenbach, Columbia, S.C. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Alicia Hewitt, Cherie Cable, Brittany Hewitt, Andrew Hewitt, Jason Mayo and Hunter Mayo; two great grandchildren and his previous wife, Helena Waters Hewitt, Chesapeake. Family will receive friends from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 16, 1994, at Lee Funeral Home of Manassas, 8521 Sudley Road, Manassas. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 1994, at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manassas. Inurnment services will be 9:30 a.m., Thursday, August 18, 1994, at Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 8712 Plantation Lane, Manassas, Va. 22110 or to the Christus Victor Lutheran Church Building Fund, 14540 Idlebrook Court, Manassas, Va. 22111, in memory of Pastor A. Kenneth Hewitt, Jr.

HIGGINS, Mary S., 77, of Salem, died Monday, August 15, 1994. She is survived by her husband, Henry J. Higgins; daughter and son-in-law, Shirley S. and Al Montgomery of Salem. Granddaughter and spouse, Sharon and Eddie Amos, of Salem; grandson and spouse, Marty and Sarah St. Clair, of Daleville; four great-granddaughters, Amber Bowles, Amanda Bowles, Marcee Amos, and Ashley St. Clair. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 1994, at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home Chapel, Salem with the Rev. David Neal officiating. Interment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

HOWARD, Andrea Rena, 87, of Covington, died Sunday, August 14, 1994. Memorial service 3 p.m. Saturday, Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church.

JENKINS, Eupha G. 75, of Covington, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Survivors are her one daughter, Betty Joan Lawrence; two sons, Patrick D. Jenkins, and James M. Jenkins; two daughter-in-laws, Dreama and Sally Jenkins; son-in-law, Ronald Lawrence; 7 grandchildren, Jennifer, Richard, Ryan, Samantha, Susan, Cody and Haley. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home of Covington.

JENKINS, Eupha Martin, 76, of Covington, died Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home, Covington.

LeGRANDE, Larry Edwin, 29, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.

LEONARD, Susie Kilgore, 92, of Salem, died Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Arrangements by John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem.

LEONARD, Susie Kilgore (Mrs. S.J.) 92, of Salem, died at home, Tuesday, August 16, 1994. She was preceded in death by her husband, S. Jacob Leonard, son, Carlton Leonard and daughter, Sue Smith. Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Col. (ret.) Dan S. and Virginia Leonard, of Roanoke County, Robert G. and Gail Leonard, of Dublin; son-in-law, Robert Smith, of Salem; also grandsons and wives, Rob Leonard, Randy Smith, Barry and Margaret Smith, Bill and Rebecca Smith, Lynn and Jarretta Smith; granddaughters and husbands, Wayne and Margaret Miles Clark, M. Sgt. Patrick and Elizabeth Ryan and Rella Leonard; 9 great- grandchildren. Mrs. Leonard was a Roanoke College graduate and a retired Salem school teacher. She was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America, Salem Women's Club and a former Salem Mother of the Year. Services will be at Salem Baptist Church, Thursday, August 18, 1994 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Lew Bennett officiating. Interment will follow at Sherwood. Family will receive friends at the John M. Oakey and Sons, Salem Funeral Home, Wednesday from 7 - 9 p.m.

LYNCH, Tyler K., 54, of Martinsville, died Monday, August 15, 1994. Funeral services 2 p.m. Thursday, Tomlinson Funeral Home Chapel, Ridgeway.

MONTGOMERY, Michael Andrew, 24, of Glen Wilton, died Monday, August 15,1994. Funeral 2 p.m. Nicely Funeral Home Chapel, Clifton Forge.

NEWCOMER, Mary C., 95, of Clarks Summit, Pa., died Sunday, August 14, 1994, in Lexington, Ky. Among many survivors is a daughter, Mrs. Dorcas Newcomer Cloud, Roanoke. Arrangements by Andrew D. Ferguson Funeral Home, Union Town, Pa.

PAYNE, Lelia Elaine, ,68, of Lexington died Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Arrangements by J. B. Lewis Funeral Service.

PHELPS, Robert Lee, 65, of Roanoke County, died Monday, August 15, 1994. Mr. Phelps was born April 10, 1929, in North Carolina to Harry S. Phelps and Stella Woodley Phelps. He retired in 1989 from Packard Electric Division of General Motors, Warren, Ohio, where he had worked as an engineer for 33 years. Mr. Phelps was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Roanoke, where he served on the Board of Deacons. Surviving are his wife, Betty Bowen Phelps; one son, Mark Phelps, Roanoke; one daughter, Suzanne Koehler, Mishawaka, Ind.; one brother, Harry S. Phelps Jr., and one sister, Alice Kelly, both of Plymouth, N.C.; two grandchildren also survive. A memorial service will be conducted at Calvary Baptist Church, Roanoke, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, August 20, with the Rev. James V. DeFoe officiating. The family will meet friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family re quests that contributions be made to the Capital Improvement Fund of Calvary Baptist Church, 608 Campbell Ave., Roanoke, Va. 24016.

SCHOONOVER, Norris Carnell Jr., 45, of Roanoke, died Monday, August 15, 1994. He is survived by his wife, Pauline W. Stover; daughter, Melinda; stepdaughter, Donna; stepsons, Calvin, Darrell, Vernon and Eric; stepmother, Carolyn L. Schoonover; brother, David L. and wife, Lori Schoonover; stepbrother, Dwayne Bowman; nieces, Jessica and Trina; stepgrandchildren, Cadaveric, Brittany, Cory. Graveside funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 1994, by Rev. Jeff Gardner at the Martin Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday or Thursday at the Lotz Roanoke Chapel.

SILVERS, Joseph Andrew, 80, of Christiansburg, died Sunday, August 14, 1994, in a local hospital. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday from the Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Vernon D. Miller with burial in Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the Christiansburg Rescue Squad or Christiansburg Presbyterian Church. Arrangements by Richardson-Horne.

STEFFEY, Evelyn Dall, (``Mrs. Charles A.''), 64, of Rural Retreat, died Tuesday, August 16, 1994. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Fairview United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Lindsey Funeral Home.

STEVENS, Hilder May Roberts Hall, 83, of Bedford, passed away, Tuesday, August 16, 1994, at her home after a lengthy illness and went home to be with the Lord. She was born September 11, 1911, in Tacoma, Washington, a daughter of the late James Harvey Roberts and Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy Roberts. She was preceded in death by her husbands; three sons; three stepsons; three brothers. She was an active m ember of the First Free-Will Baptist Church of Bedford. She is survived by two daughters, Nadine S. Ponting and her husband, Jim of Strongsville, Ohio, Alice E. Smith and her husband, Herbert of Roanoke; one son, Harry Eugene Stevens and wife, Frances of Bedford; a daughter-in-law, Frances Stevens, Moneta; two stepdaughters, Vera Randolph, Roanoke, Mary Roberts, Blue Ridge; three stepsons, John W. Stevens, Haywood Stevens, both of Moneta, George Stevens, Roanoke; eight grandchildren; 19 stepgrandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her stepmother, Bertha Roberts, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.; three sisters, Rilda Price, Bedford, Rosa Saunders, Vinton, Irma Owens, Bedford; two brothers, Walter Roberts, James Roberts both of Blue Ridge. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 18, 1994, at 2 p.m. from Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford with the Rev. William (Bill) Steele officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Good Samaritan Hospice, Inc., Roanoke, VA.

WADE, Thina Alma Quesenberry, 79, of Willis, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 1994, at her daughter's home in Roanoke. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cline Wade; a sister, Dovie Phillips; and a brother, Hoy Quesenberry. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Harlan and Bonnie Wade, Roanoke; one daughter and son-in-law, Norma and Bob Foutz, Roanoke; three grandsons, Eddy Weddle, Nantucket Island, Mass., Michael Wade, Roanoke, Alan Wade, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Michele and Gary Rice, Roanoke; granddaughter, Jennifer Ferrell, Roanoke; one brother, Chester Quesenberry, Willis; two sisters, Lula Phillips, Blandinsville, Ill., Clenon Turman, Willis; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 1994 at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, with the Rev. Norman Goad and the Rev. Michael Palmer officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Maberry Funeral Home.