Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 19, 1995 TAG: 9510040021
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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BARTLEY, Polly Martin, of Salem, died Monday, April 17, 1995, in Richfield Nursing Home, Salem. Mrs. Bartley was a retired nurse from the Veteran's Medical Center, Salem where she worked for thirty-five years. She received her training at the University of Virginia School of Nursing in Charlottesville and was graduated from the Johnston Memorial School of Nursing in Abingdon. Born in Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, Mrs. Bartley was the widow of Claude Irvin Bartley who was deceased in 1963. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Salem. Survivors include two sisters, Ruth M. Carter, Marion, and Kathryn M. Everett of the Brandon Oaks Lutheran Home in Roanoke; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the Williams Funer al Home Chapel, Chilhowie, with the Rev. Charles E. Blevins officiating. Burial will be in the Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Chilhowie. Pallbearers will be her nephews and great-nephews. The family request that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the First United Methodist Church Friendship Class, 125 W. Main St., Salem, Va. 24153.
BIGGS, Elbert Franklin, 61, of Raph ine, died Saturday, April 15, 1995. Arrangements by Harrison's Funeral Home, Lexington
BUTLER, Maggie D., 97, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
CALHOUN, Clayne M., (Mrs. Thomas S.), 44, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
CLARK, Caroline Walker Shifflett, 63, of Iron Gate, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Funeral 3 p.m. Thursday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel, Clifton Forge.
CLARK, Thurman Henry, 64, of Afton, died Friday, April 14, 1995. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, McDow Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro.
CLAYTOR, Gurtrude A., of Roanoke, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Arrangements by Claytor Dean Funeral Home, Radford.
COLLINS, Alyene H., of Roanoke Southwest County, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. She had been a member of Church of God of Prophecy, of Salem for 51 years. She is survived by her husband Oliver Jack Collins; a son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Melanie Collins, Chattanooga, Tenn; two grandchildren, Chris Collins, and Leann Collins, both of Roanoke; a sister, Gwendolyn Hall, Roanoke; four brothers, Lynn Hall, Knoxville, Tenn., Verne Hall, Jeff Hall, both of Hillsville, Carroll Hall, Benson, N.C. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 20 at 10 a.m. at the Lotz Salem Chapel with the Rev. W. A. McDaniel officiating. Interment will be in Sherwood Memorial Park. The Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Lotz Salem Chapel.
COMPTON, Walter W., 73, of Martinsville, died Monday, April 17, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Tomlinson Funeral Home Chapel, Ridgeway.
CUNNINGHAM, Marion Douglas Jr., 76, of Horseheads, N.Y., died Thursday, April 13, 1995, in Horseheads, N.Y. Born June 19, 1918, in Buena Vista, he was the son of the late Marion D. Cunningham Sr. and Fleda Rucker Cunningham. He was a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering. Later he was employed by TOSCO Corp. in Marinez, Calif. where, until his retirement in 1980, he was head of the Utility Dept. He was a member of Buena Vista #186 A.F. & A.M., in Va., and a member of Corning Consistory. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy (Salley) Cunningham, Horseheads, N.Y.; two daughters, Carol Thornton, Bluff Point, N.Y. and Fleda Cunningham, Long Beach, Calif.; a brother, Russell (Madge) Cunningham, Y uman, Ariz.; grandchildren, Salley (Greg) Holmes, Scott (Nickole) Thornton, Tracey and Corey Thornton; a great-granddaughter, Ashlee Marie Thornton; two nieces and four nephews. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 21, 1995, at Lomax Funeral Home Chapel, Buena Vista with the Rev. Dr. Chip Pendleton officiating. Masonic Graveside Rites will follow at Green Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Lomax Funeral Home.
DALTON, Robert Banner, 98, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 1995, at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Blacksburg. Born December 23, 1896 at Stuart, Va. He was a resident of Radford for 42 years where he was a retired grocer, and owner of Jefferson Street Market. He was preceded in death by his parents, Booker and Lila Dalton; first wife, Nettie Phillips Dalton and also by his second wife, Blanche Smith Dalton. Survivors include one son, Philip Dalton, of Bassett; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ann Morris, Radford; one brother, Booker H. Dalton, Bassett; two sisters, Lucy Mae Brammer, Bassett; and Margaret Rodgers of Stuart; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday April 20, 1995 at 2 p.m. at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, with Larry Phillips and Jerry Gibson officiating. Interment will follow in the Indian Creek Cemetery in Floyd County. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.
DANIEL, Howard T., 84, of Greeneville, Tenn., formerly of Newport News, Va., died Monday, April 17, 1995, in Takoma Transitional Care, Greeneville, Tenn. He was retired from Newport News Shipbuilding in 1976 and an active member of Towering Oaks Baptist Church until his health began to fail. He was the son of the late Ernest and Jeanette Wimmer Daniel. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Ray Waldroupe; two grandsons, Steve Waldroupe and David Waldroupe; one great-granddaughter, Amanda Waldroupe all of Greeneville, Tenn.; two sisters, Dorothy Sigmon of Callaway, Irene Wilson of Roanoke; one brother-in-law, Guy Wilson of Roanoke; three sisters-in-law, Lena Dixon of Salem, Martha Si gmon of Roanoke, and Annie Ingram of Bassett; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Tom Grindstaff, Ronnie and Carolyn Bettis and members of Adult 5 Men's Class of Towering Oaks Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday April 19, at the Doughty-Stevens Funeral Chapel, Greeneville, Tenn. with Dr. James Pierce III, the Rev. Dennis Shumate, and the Rev. Scott Riggs officiating. Interment will be in Sherwood Park, Salem, Va. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home.
DOWNEY, Carlos Johnson Kelly, 74, of Clifton Forge, died Monday, April 17, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel.
FALLS, Thelma Marie, 80, of Buena Vista, died Monday, April 17, 1995 at the Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center. Born in Buena Vista on April 22, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Frank Coffey and Lithia Hayden Davis Coffey. She was a member of the First Brethren Church. She was preceded in death by two grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Elmer L. Falls, Buena Vista; four daughters, Eleanor Louise Coleman, Stuarts Draft, Brenda Joyce Schoenbeck, Collinsville, Ill., Phyllis Irene Rogers, Frankfort, Ky. and Glenice Fay McConnell, Lexington, Ky.; two sons, Elmer Lewis Falls Jr., Virginia Beach and James Franklin Falls, Buena Vista; a sister, Doris Cobb, Nitro, W.Va; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at the First Brethren Church with Dr. Paul Fink and the Rev. Jesse Truax officiating. Interment will follow in Rockbridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Lomax Funeral Home.
FISCHER, Edward Jacob Sr., 74, of Clifton Forge, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel, Clifton Forge.
FUQUA, Wendell H., 85, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. He was retired from Pet Dairy Company and was a member of Grandin Court Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Dickenson Fuqua. Surviving are a niece, Mary Ann Carter of Forest; nephews, Boyd Ayres Jr., Don Ayres and Joe Fuqua; and a number of first cousins. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1995, at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel with the Rev. Carol Johnston officiating. Interment will follow in Sherwood Burial Park. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to a chairty of your choice in memory of Mr. Fuqua. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
HALSEY, Lonnie S., 79, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995, in a Salem hospital. Surviving are three daughters, Thelma Burton, Roanoke, Peggy Shelton, Johnson City, Tenn., Linda Roberts, Roanoke; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Greene Halsey, Camp. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Evergreen Burial Park with the Rev. Jeff Gardner officiating. The family will receive friends at Oakey's North Chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
HARRIS, Virginia Dalton, 69, of Hillsville, Va., passed away April 18, 1995 at Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax. Born May 24, 1925 in Carroll County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Elzie Lewis and Sarah Boyd Lewis. Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by husband, Kenny Dalton and grandson, Kenny Joel Dalton. She is survived by her husband, Harley Lee Harris; daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn Dalton and Ellis Hundley, Wytheville; sons and daughters-in-law, Odell and Patricia Ann Dalton, Hillsville, Kenny and Brenda Dalton, Willis, James and Pam Dalton, Hillsville; sisters, Estes Goad, Gladesboro, Maybelle Harris, Gladesboro, Lola Horton, Hillsville, Nellie Horton, Meadows of Dan, Azlee Dalton, Goodland, Ind.; brothers, Nelson Lewis, Hillsville, Jake Lewis, Gladesboro, John Lewis, Gladesboro and Avery Lewis, Rensselear, Ind; ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1995 at the Green Mountain Baptist Church with the Rev. Nathan Montgomery and the Rev. S. G. Bolt officiating. Interment will follow in the Branscome Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville, Va.
HOWELL, Ruth Wilkinson, 90, of Salem, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. She was preceded in death by a son, George Lee Burton Jr. She is survived by a daughter, Louise Richards, Baltimore, Md.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister, Blanche E. Walker; brother, Conley Wilkinson. A memorial service will be held later.
HUFFMAN, Gordon M., 69, of New Castle, died Sunday, April 16, 1995, in a Salem hospital. He is survived by his wife, Lillie W. Huffman; four sons, Danny Huffman, Larry Huffman and Steven Huffman, all of New Castle, Ranny Arthur Huffman, Gilbert, S.C.; two daughters, Jean Kendall, Columbia, S.C., Joyce Fields, Marion; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 20, 1995, 2 p.m. at Boitnott Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Hall Cemetery, Roanoke County. The family will receive friends Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
LaPRADE, Elizabeth Keeton, (``Libbie""), 68, of Lexington, died Sunday, April 9, 1995. Memorial Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, Lexington Presbyterian Church. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home.
LAUGHON, C. Joseph, 69, of Route 7, Mountain View Drive, Bedford, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995 at his home. He was born in Bedford County December 31, 1925 a son of the late Willie Marvin Holdren Laughon and Ollie Thomas Laughon who survives. He was President of Laughon and Johnson, Inc., a member of Main Street United Methodist Church and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his son, Tony Nelson Laughon on August 21, 1981. In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife, Lucille Craghead Laughon; a son, C. Joseph Laughon Jr. and his wife, Melinda Murray Laughon, Darien, Conn.; a daughter, Vickie Laughon McKenna and her husband, John H. McKenna, Lake Wylie, S.C.; two brothers, O. Holmes Laughon and Thomas D. Laughon and his wife, Janice T. Laughon, all of Bedford; two grandsons, John Harms McKenna and Charles Spencer McKenna. Graveside services in Greenwood Cemetery will be private. Memorial services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, April 20, 1995 at Main Street United Methodist Church with the Rev. D. Glen Langston and the Rev. Dr. Carl H. Douglass Jr. officiating. Memorials may be made to either Main Street United Methodist Church or the Bedford Life Saving Crew. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Carder-Tharp Funeral Home.
LEMONS, WALTER F., 81, of Martinsville, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Rich Akers Christian Church. Arrangements by Norris Funeral Services.
MOWLES, Clara Wade, 97, of Salem, died Monday, April 17, 1995. She was the widow of Allison T. Mowles and a member of Salem Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mildred M. Williams and Rosalie Robertson, both of Roanoke; two sons, James C. ``Pete"" Mowles, Roanoke, and Kenneth L. Mowles, Salem; two sisters, Pearl Hall and Mary Byer, both of Salem; ten grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday by the Rev. Lew Bennett in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at John M. Oakey & Son, Salem Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Salem Baptist Church.
MUSE, Rev. Charlie M., 86, of Roanoke County, went to be with the Lord Monday, April 17, 1995. He was a retired Wesleyan Minister having served as an Evangelist and Pastor for 63 years. Duri ng that time he served churches in Cristo, Radford, Mineral and Waynesboro. He was a member of Emmanuel Wesleyan Church for the past 21 years. Surviving are his wife of nearly 60 years, Rosa Rachel Leonard Muse; a son and daughter-in-law, Paul T. Sr. and Virginia Muse; a daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca Muse and Alvah W. Arthur, all of Roanoke County; five grandchildren and spouses, Susan and Bill Stull, Paul T. Muse Jr., Wayland Arthur, Jeffery and Bernice Arthur, Brian and Kim Arthur; five great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Emmanuel Wesleyan Church at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1995 with the Rev. Aaron J. Rummage, Rev. W. A. Massey and Rev. Dale Reynolds officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Burial Park. Friends may call at Oakey's South Chapel.
NABORS, Emmett P., 48, of Atlanta, Ga., formerly from Roanoke, died Friday, April 14, 1995. He is survived by two daughters, Delphia Nabors Jones, Catherine Nabors, both of Roanoke; two grandsons, Charles Jones and Terrel Jones, both of Roanoke; his best friends, Everett Boyer, Wibert Terry, both of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday at Marshall Newsome Mortuary, Atlanta, Ga.
NEWMAN, Ernest Jessie, 59, of Hillsville, died Monday, April 17, 1995. Funeral services noon Thursday, April 20, 1995, Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home, Galax.
PORTERFIELD, Annie Main, 78, of Peterstown, W.Va., died Monday, April 17, 1995. Private graveside Thursday, Peterstown Cemetery. Arrangements by Broyles Funeral Home.
REINERTSEN, Christopher Lawrence, infant son of John Lawrence and Kara Sibley Reinertsen, of Herndon, died Saturday, April 15, 1995. Graveside funeral 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Covington. Arrangements by Loving Funeral Home, Covington.
RIDGWAY, Agnes Bruning, 86, of Vinton, died Saturday, April 15, 1995. Funeral services 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oakey's Vinton Chapel. Burial with graveside services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
SHINAULT, Donald L. Sr., (``Beautiful""), 62, of Wytheville, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Reese Funeral Home Chapel, Austinville.
SMITH, James P., 77, of Roanoke, died Monday, April 17, 1995. Funeral 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
THOMAS, Hugh Edward, 73, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Arrangements by Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
TRIPLETT, Ruth May, 71, of Axton, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Funeral 3 p.m. Friday from the Anderson Chapel United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Swicegood Funeral Home, Danville.
WALKER, Addie Marie, 72, of Front Royal, died Sunday, April 16, 1995. Funeral services 11 a.m. Thursday, April 20, 1995, Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home, Galax.
WALKER, Woodrow Wilson, 78, of 1407 Franklin Street, Bluefield, W.Va., died Tuesday, April 18, 1995 in a Bluefield Virginia nursing center. Born in Bastian, Va., he was a son of the late David and Sydney Neel Walker. He was a member of the Community Baptist Church of Bluefield and was a retired mechanic with Consolidated Coal Company, and a member of U.M.W.A. Local 2322. He was preceded in death by his wife, Glenna Heileman Walker and one sister and two brothers. Survivors include one daughter, Wanda McNeil, Vinton; sons, Wayne Walker, Bluefield, W.Va., and David Walker, Salem; brothers, Jess Walker of Hazelhurst, Ga., J. R. Walker, Bluefield, W.Va.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Mercer Funeral Home Chapel, Bluefield, W.Va. with Pastor Thomas Hager officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, Va. Friends may call today at the funeral home from 6 t o 9 p.m.
WALTHALL, Janet Vichinsky, ``Jan'', 62, of 11604 McFadden Dr., Spotsylvania County and formerly of Dublin, died Monday morning, April 17, 1995, in St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond. Born April 30, 1932 in North Braddock, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Cecelia and John Vichinsky. Mrs. Walthall was a former member of New Dublin Presbyterian Church and was retired from the Physical Therapy Department of Mary Washington Hospital of Fredericksburg. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. William ``Lois'' Murdaugh of Spotsylvania, Cecelia Walthall of Reston and Amy Cast of Spotsylvania; two sons, David B. Walthall IV, of Fredericksburg and Eric J. Walthall of Powhatan; two sisters, Ann Whitman of Pittsburg, Pa. and Arlene Pinge of Versailles, Pa.; and nine grandchildren. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday from Oakwood Cemetery with the Rev. J. Kearfott Boyd officiating. The family will receive friends Wednes day from seven until 9 p.m. at Thomas M. Seagle & Sons Funeral Home, Pulaski.
WEBSTER, Leona V., 81, of Roanoke, died Monday, April 17, 1995. She was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Miss Webster retired from Colonial American National Bank where she was a teller for many years. She is survived by her brothers and a sister-in-law, Fred O. (Tom) and wife, Olivia Webster, Otis H. (Whitey) Webster; nieces, Bonnie W. Mitchell and her husband, Buck, Debbie W. Equi and her husband, Charlie; nephew, O. Thomas Webster and his wife, Cindy; five grandnieces; three grandnephews, all of Roanoke. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at Oakey's South Chapel, with the Rev. John M. Hawn officiating, with burial to follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. Friends may call Tuesday at Oakey's South Chapel from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
WILLIAMS, Allyssa Danielle, Infant daughter of Paul D. and Debra Mitchell Williams of Goodview, died Monday, April 17, 1995. Service private.
WILLIAMS, Rashad Oreste, 11, of Roanoke, died Saturday, April 15, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home Chapel.
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