Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, August 1, 1995 TAG: 9508010089
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
ALTICE, Dortharene (""Dot""), 80, or Route 1, Glade Hill, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at the local hospital. She was a daughter of the late Charlie and Sally Kate Altice and the widow of Lewis Carroll Altice Sr. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Lewis Carroll Jr. and Gladys Altice, Rocky Mount; a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Alton Dent, Glade Hill; four grandchildren, Ricky Altice, Linda Guthrie, Kathy Underwood, Jeff Dent; six great-grandchildren, Crystal Diane Altice, Danny Wayne Guthrie, Michael Underwood, Brandon Lee Altice, David Lee Guthrie, Sara Underwood; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Doug and Elizabeth Altice, Glade Hill, Donnie and Dorothy Altice, Forest; a special niece, Barbara Chitwood, Glade Hill. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Flora Funeral Chapel with the Rev. William Pugh officiating. Interm ent will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. Friends may call after 3 p.m.Tuesday with the family receiving friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 S. Main St., Rocky Mount.
BAKER, Mary Louise, 72, of Rocky Mount, died Sunday, July 30, 1995. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday 1 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Wednesday at the church on from 7 to 8 p.m. Interment in the church cemetery. Arrangements by Stanfield Mortuary Service, Rocky Mount.
BARNES, Carole Ann, 52, of Blacksburg, died Monday, July 31, 1995. Arrangementsl by McCoy Funeral Home.
BERGER, Della Rose, 59, of Bedford, died Monday, July 31,1995. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home.
BLEVINS, Rosetta Shepherd, 96, of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, July 30, 1995. Funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, 1995, Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski.
BROADY, Debra Jean, 43, of Low Moor, died Monday, July 3, 1995. Arrangements by Frank Miller Funeral Home, Clifton Forge.
CARPER, William Agner, 63, of Gainesville, Fla., formerly of Roanoke, died Sunday, July 30, 1995 in Gainesville, Florida. Mr. Carper was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served in the U. S. Navy. He was retired with over 30 years service from the City of Roanoke. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Mason Carper; daughter, Mary Lynn Carper; son, William ``Bill"" Carper, all of Gainesville, Fla.; brothers, Koss A. Carper, Colonial Heights, Va., Robert I. Carper, Petersburg, Va.; sister, Mary C. Rule, Radford, Va.; grandson, David S. Carper; granddaughter, Stephanie E. Carper. Funeral services will be conducted at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 3, 1995, with the Rev. Tom Stocks, Pastor of Rosalind Hills Baptist Church. Interment will follow in evergreen Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
CASH, Mary Etta, 76, of Pilot, died Friday, July 28, 1995, of injuries received in an auto accident. She was the widow of the late Ernest Carlton Cash. Surviving are her children, Mary Ernestine Webb, Jacqueline Rogers, Farmington, N.M., James C. Cash, Linda G. McPeak, both of Pilot, Ada J. Hiott, Anderson, S.C., Sherri Buffington, Irvin, Texas, Albert Preston Cash, Sheppard, Texas, Mary Leilani Webb, Wichita, Kan.; one sister, Ada Violet Hicks, California; twenty-two grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Porter Street, Blacksburg, by Bishop James H. Cloe, with burial in the Huffville Cemetery, Floyd County. Friends may call anytime Tuesday at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home, Christiansburg, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
COOK, Mildred Spickard, 81, of Blue Ridge, died Monday, July 31, 1995. She was a member of Villa Heights Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Herman B. Cook; sons and daughters-in-law, Donald and Gerry Cook, Ralph and Carol Cook, Jim Cook, all of Roanoke; daughters and sons-in-law, Merle and Lewis Jones, Blue Ridge, Phyllis and Ralph Petcher, Roanoke; sisters, Shirley Heitman, Lena Tarkenton, both of Norfolk, Betty Meador, Montvale; a brother, Alan Spickard, Norfolk; ten grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Vinton Chapel, 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, 1995, with the Rev. Harold C. Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Glade Creek Cemetery, Blue Ridge. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel after 12 noon Tuesday.
COX, Munsey E., 98,of Independence, passed away Monday, July 31,1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel.
DRAKE, Richard E. Sr., 71, of Marion, died Sunday, July 30, 1995. Graveside service Thursday at Culpepper National Cemetery. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.
HAMILTON, Angel D., newborn infant, of Natural Bridge Station, died Saturday, July 29, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at graveside, Green Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Lomax Funeral Home, Buena Vista.
HARRIS, Mark D., 23, of Marion, Va. died Sunday, July 30, 1995. Funeral Wednesday, August 2, 1995 at 2 p.m., Seaver Brown Chapel. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.
HAYTH, Roy Gillespie Sr., 77, of Roanoke, died Sunday, July 30, 1995. He was a devoted member of West Minster Presbyterian Church in America, and was retired from G E Company. He was a member of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, The Civil War Round Table, Sons of the Confederate Veterans - Fincastle Rifles Camp #1526, Military Order of the Stars and Bars, and was a retiree from I.U.E. local #161. Mr. Hayth wrote historical articles for the Williamson Road Forum, and worked twelve years for the Food Bank. He is survived by his devoted wife of 58 years, Bessie Banton Hayth, Roanoke; two sons and daughters-in-law, Roy G. Jr. and Julia C. Hayth, Roanoke, and Richard S. and Barbara B. Hayth, Bedford Co.; one sister, Mrs. Nelson Brown, Clifton Forge; five grandchidlren, Alan, Michael, Christopher, Eric, and Alicia Hayth; and several nieces. A memorial service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, August 3, 1995 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in America, with the Rev. John R. Furman and Rev. Jim Edwards officiating. Memorials may be made to the West Minster Presbyterian Church in America Building Fund, 2216 Peters Creek Rd., N.W., Roanoke, Va. 24017. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Oakey's North Chapel is handling arrangements.
HILL, Carl Eugene, 71, of Martinsville, died Monday, July 31, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tomlinson Funeral Home Chapel, Ridgeway, Va.
HOPSON, Lawrence Edward, 81 of Roanoke, passed away Saturday July 29, 1995. Funeral services will be Wednesday 11 a.m. at the Green Spring Baptist Church, Goodview. Rev. Ray Arrington will officiate with the interment in the church cemetery The family will receive friends Tuesday 7 to 8 p.m. at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
HURT, George Lawrence, 77, of Christiansburg, died Sunday, July 30, 1955, in the VA Hospital in Salem, after a long illness. Mr.. Hurt was born September 28, 1917 in Sanger, W.Va.. He was the son of the late Calvin and Sarah Hair Hurt. Mr. Hurt was a Baptist. He was a retired school administrator in the Virginia public school system, a member of LaFayette Lodge #57 AF & AM, 32nd Degree Mason, a World War II and Korean Conflict Air Forc e veteran. He received his B.S. degree from King College and his Masters Degree from Radford University. Mr. Hurt was preceded in death by three brothers, Dallas K., Robert G., and Quintan Hurt; and one sister, Jessie Woods. Survivors include his former wife, Mary L. Hurt of Vinton; three sons, Charles Robert Hurt, Roanoke, Dallas Jackson Hurt, Sequein, Texas, and James Lawrence Hurt of Bristol, Tenn; three daughters, Debra Hurt Mers of Keystone Heights, Fla., Nancy Hurt Copper of Buchanan, Kim Hurt Adams of Goodview, and Judith Hurt of Clayton, Ga.; one brother, Rufus Hurt of Bent Mountain; one sister, Ruth Hanes of Christiansburg; twenty grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, at the Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Chapel in Fayetteville, W.,Va. Officiating clergy will be the Rev. Jeff Copper of Buchanan. Burial will follow in the Hurt Family Cemetery, Sanger, W.Va. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until service time today at the funeral home.
KIME, Philip Hanner, 93, of Richmond, formerly of Salem, died Sunday, July 30, 1995. He was preceded in death by his wife, Zona Lee Arnold Kime and daughter, Gaynelle Kime Dormire. Surviving are his children, Philip Rodney Kime, Glendale, Calif., Gretchen Kime Morgan, Springfield, Maurice Scott Kime, Alexandria, Carolyn Kime Wooley, Richmond; sons-in-law, Robert M. Wooley, H. Floyd Dormire; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Kime was a writer, poet, an artist in oils and watercolors and was a philosopher. He was retired sanitation agent for the Virginia Health Department working in the Va. Beach area for over 25 years. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at East Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Lotz Salem Chapel.
LEMONS, Mary Wertz, 77, of Cleveland, Tenn. died Monday, July 31, 995. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, Va.
MACKENZIE, Frances G., 95, of Roanoke, died Monday, July 3 1, 1995. She was the widow of Herbert H. ""Mac"" MacKenzie. She was a veteran of World War I in the Naval Reserve and retired in 1968 from Cates Building Specialities. She did volunteer work at the V. A. Medical Center for many years. Mrs. MacKenzie was a member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary where she was past State Commander, she was an active member of Northminster Presbyterian Church. Surviving is a devoted friend, Mrs. Charles M. ""Elsie"" Falls, Forest, Va.; sister-in-law, Mrs. Warren Nickerson, Memphis, Tenn.; numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be at Northminster Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. Thursday August 3, 1995. The Rev. David Kirk will officiate. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery 2 p.m. Monday, August 7, 1995. Friends may call at Oakey's North Chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Flowers are to be omitted with memorial gifts to be made to a favorite charity. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel.
MCCALLISTER, John S., 67, of Roanoke died Monday, July 31, 1995. Services Oakey's North Chapel, 10 a.m. Thursday, August 3, 1995.
McPHERSON, Fredrika Williford, 84, of Shawsville, died Monday, July 31, 1995. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
MILLER, Wilbert Richard, 85, of Vinton, passed away Monday, July 31, 1995. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lula Mae Miller. Mr. MIller was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and retired from the Roanoke County Public Schools. Survivors include two sons, Wilbert Emanuel Miller and his fiance', Angela Ogden, Frank Edward Miller, Sr ., and his wife, Angela, all of Vinton; one brother, George Miller, Roanoke; four grandchildren, Dawn Lemena Hubbard, Dwon Lamont Hubbard, Roanoke, India Shantel Miller, and Frank E. Miller, Jr., Vinton; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be Thursday 11 a.m. at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Chapel. The interment will be in Williams Memorial park. The family will receive friends Wednesday 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home
NAYDEN,Winifred H., 67, of Marion, died Monday, July 31, 1995. Funeral 4 p.m. Thursday at Southfork Baptist Church. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.
PHILLIPS, Shirley Gardner, 48, of Radford, passed away Saturday, July 29, 1995 at Pulaski Community Hospital. She was a member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her father; Leonard Gardner. Survivors include her husband, Ronald H. Phillips, Radford; one son, Brian H. Phillips, Radford; one daughter, Traci E. Phillips, Fairfax; mother, Edith F. Gardner, Radford; two brothers, Edward and Greg Gardner, both of Radford; maternal grandparents, Jackson and Mattie Franklin, Radford. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 2, 1995 at 11 a.m. at the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church with Dr. William H. Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Sunrise Burial Park in Radford. In lieu of flowers the family asks that contributions be made to your favorite charity. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Seaver-Sanders and Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.
RICH, Orena Hearn, 82, of Rural Retreat, died Sunday, July 30, 1995. Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. Lindsey Funeral Home, Rural Retreat.
SIMMONS, Augrum Holt, 65, of Roanoke, died Monday, July 31, 1995. He was a retired machinist, a veteran, and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Merline Dodson Simmons; son and daughter-in-law, Garry and Vicki Simmons; granddaughter, Andria Simmons, all of Roanoke; brothers, Leonard Simmons, Burlington, N.C., Felix Simmons, Henderson, N.C.; sisters, Daisy Tate, Graham, N.C., Pearl Bowman, Burlington, N.C., Grace Shambley, Elon College, N.C., Gladys Page, Page Town, N.C., Francis Gilliam, Burlington, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Vinton Chapel 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 2, 1995, with the Rev. Phillip L. Whitaker officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be made to Good Samaritan Hospice. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
TUCKER, Robert Sherrill, 83, of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, July 30, 1995. Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 2, 1995, Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski.
VIPPERMAN, Nannie P., 86, of Sugar Grove, died Monday, July 31,1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at Seaver-Brown Funeral Service Chapel.
WATSON, Christine Stout, 56, of Bristol, died Sunday, July 30,1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, Abingdon.
WEBB, Charles F., Jr., 79, of Hot Springs, died Sunday, July 30, 1995. Graveside service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Warm Springs Cemetery. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home, Covington.
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