Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, September 10, 1995 TAG: 9509110126
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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BLANKENBECKLER, Charles, (``David""), 51, of Rt. 2, Wirtz, passed away Friday, September 8, 1995, at his home. David was employed 31 years by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and served as president of the Local IBEW #637 Union for 17 years. His beloved survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Blankenbeckler; his parents, Charles W. and Clara Blankenbeckler, Salem; three daughters, Sherry Blankenship, Salem, Melanie Kiger, Elkin N.C., and Clara Mini, Roanoke; a stepdaughter, Amy Renee Crowe, Boones Mill; a stepson, Johnny Crowe, Roanoke; two sisters, Peggy Barron, Southington, Conn., and Jeannie Miller, Newport News; three grandchildren, Chasidy Blankenship, Morgan Kiger and Amber Mini, and three step-grandchildren, Johnny Jr., Julie and Rachel Crowe. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Lotz Vinton Chapel by the Rev. Melvin Harris. Burial will follow in F ranklin Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Lotz Vinton Chapel.
CALLAHAN, Hubert Earl, 80, of Covington, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday, Arritt Funeral Home Chapel.
CARTER, Bonnie Sue, 48, of Blacksburg, died Friday, September 8, 1995. Graveside services 11 a.m. Monday, Carter Section, Angels Rest Memory Gardens, Narrows. Arrangements by Kendall Funeral Home, Pembroke.
CHAMBERS, Bertha Hughes, 74, of Covington, died Friday, September 8, 1995. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Low Moor. Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge.
CLAYTON, Penny Ferguson, 39, of West Palm Beach, Fla., daughter of Audrey Martin Ferguson and the late Kent Ferguson of Roanoke, passed away in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, September 8, 1995. Surviving are a sister, Debbie Ferguson Akers, Roanoke; fiance, Gregory Hicks, West Palm Beach, Fla. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 12, 1995, at 2 p.m. at the Lotz Vinton Chapel, with the Rev. William Hungate, and Dr. William L. Ross officiating. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call at Lotz Vinton Chapel after 6 p.m. Sunday.
DeFRIECE, William L., (``Willie""), 73, of Marion, died Friday, September 8, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Monday, Seaver-Brown Chapel.
EVANS, Elizabeth Muddiman, 84, of Sun City Center, Fla, died Thursday, September 7, 1995. Mrs. Evans was born in Roanoke and came to Sun City Center from Virginia Beach, Va. 11 years ago. She was a Data Account Supervisor for the Norfolk Ship and Dry Dock Company and a member of the United Community Church in Sun City Center. Mrs. Evans is survived by a brother, A. D. Muddiman, Roanoke; sister, Mary Muddiman Perry of Sun City Center, Fla. Arrangements by Lewers Funeral Home, Ruskin, Fla.
FOSTER, Myrtle Mooney, 83, of Radford, died Saturday, September 9, 1995 in a Radford hospital. Surviving are her husband, Fred William Foster, Radford; a daughter, Patsy Foster Holmes and her son-in-law, Ralph J. Holmes; granddaughters and their husbands, Donna and Carl Hodge, Selina and Frank Dunne, Lisa and Rev. Joey Sheppard; granddaughters, Cynthia Anderson and Beth Holmes; a brother, Eugene Mooney, Galax; two sisters, Lucille Breedlove, Tallston, Md., and Mary Testerman, Sugar Grove, Va.; four great-grandchildren, Eliot and Erica Dunne and Chandra and Foster Sheppard. Funeral services 2 p.m. Monday at the Fairlawn Church of God, with Pastor Demps Overcash officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home.
GIBBONS, Helen Holliday, 68, of Martinsville, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Tomlinson Funeral Home Chapel, Ridgeway.
LEONARD, Doris Cleo, 59, of Abingdon, died Friday, September 8, 1995. Graveside services 2 p.m. Monday, Forest Hills Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Campbell Funeral Home.
OVERSTREET, Dorothy Mae, 72, of Roanoke, passed away Saturday, September 9, 1995. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church and was a retired Nurse's Aide from Community Hospital and Gill Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Overstreet was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Daniel Overstreet and she was a loving neighbor and friend to many people. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Robert (Danny) and Susan Byrd Overstreet, Hardy; granddaughters, April Dawn Overstreet, Amber Nicole Overstreet; a half brother, Buddy Dent, Vinton; a half sister, Etta Weeks, Pompano Beach, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Pauline Cooper, Vinton; two special nephews, Butch Overstreet, Roanoke, David Dunithan, Vinton. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's Vinton Chapel Monday, September 11, 1995, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Jeff Gardner officiating. Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m . at Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
PARKS, Roy C., 73, of Marion, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Home.
PHELPS, Aylett Elmo, 90, died Saturday, September 9, 1995, at Friendship Healthcare Center. He was a resident of Friendship Manor Retirement Community, Roanoke,. He was the brother of the late Mary P. Wingfield of Madison Heights and the late Charlie T. Phelps of Roanoke and formerly of Madison Heights. He was retired after 40 years of employment at the former Craddock-Terry Shoe Corp. in Lynchburg. Prior to coming to Friendship Manor, he had been a long-time boarder in the home of a close friend on Ruffner Street in Lynchburg. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Elsie M. Phelps, Roanoke; nieces, Dorothy L. Peters, Dot W. Setzke, Elsie W. Bryant and Nellie L. Hall, Madison Heights, Betty Ferrell, Rustburg, Christine Carter, Lynchburg; nephews, George W. Linthicum, Lynchburg, and C. Calvin Phelps, Roanoke, and many other family members and friends in the Lynchburg area. Family members will receive friends at Whitten Funeral Home, Monelison Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 11, 1995, at the cemetery plot of the Roy Wingfield family in Meade Cemetery on Wright Shop Road in Madison Heights.
POWELL, Ruth Price, 67, of Roanoke, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel.
QUESENBERRY, Willis E., 64, of Dugspur, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville.
RODERICK, Melvin B., 92, of Salem, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Graveside services 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sherwood Memorial Park. John M. Oakey and Son, Salem Funeral Home.
SHORT, George Kyle, (``Pete""), 87, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, September 6, 1995. Funeral 10 a.m. Monday, Vinton Baptist Church. Arrangements by Lotz Vinton Chapel.
SMALLWOOD, Shirley Ann, 33, of Roanoke County, passed away Saturday, September 9, 1995 at her residence. Shirley was a cashier for the E-Z-N Food Mart, and was preceded in death by her mother, Mamie K. Smallwood. Surviving are her daughter, Elizabeth Mamie Smallwood of the home; her father and stepmother, Clarence J. and Frances Smallwood, Boones Mill; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Curtis J. and Sharon Smallwood, Roanoke, Joey C. Smallwood, Boones Mill, Robert L. and Nina Smallwood, Roanoke, Tommy N. and Michelle Smallwood, Boones Mill; also several nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held in Sherwood Memorial Park Monday, September 11, 1 p.m., with the Rev. T. Ivey Adams Jr. officiating. Friends may call at Oakey's South Chapel.
SMITH, Maxine Elizabeth Farmer, 86, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and formerly of Pulaski County, died Thursday, September 7, 1995, in a Chatanooga hospital. She was born October 24, 1908, and was the daughter of the late Charles Crockett Farmer and Callie Belle Smith Farmer. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Perry Smith Sr. Surviving are two sons, William P. (``Bill"") Smith Jr., Chattanooga, and Charles R. Smith, Marietta, Ga.; four grandchildren, William P. Smith and Stacey Finnette Smith, Chattanooga, Janenne Springer, Arlington, and Sebrena Smith, Paris, France; a great-grandchild, Shelby Smith, Chattanooga; brothers and sisters, Toy Miller, Rural Retreat, Hazel Armbrister, Julia Farmer and Charles Farmer, Dublin, Connie Manger, Daytona Beach, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Highland Memory Gardens Mausoleum Chapel, Dublin, with the Rev. Barry Taylor officiating. Visitation was Saturday evening at Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home.
SNOW, Madge Blevins, 70, of Independence, died Friday, September 8, 1995. Funeral 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Interment 11 a.m. Monday, Grassy Creek Cemetery, Grassy Creek, N.C. Arrangements by Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence.
TUCKER, Kermit Roosevelt, 78, of Covington, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home.
TURNER, Mary E., 77, of Roanoke, died Saturday, September 9, 1995, in a local hospital. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Bonnie W. Richmond. She is sutvived by a son and daughter-in-law, Arnold O. and Nancy Webb, Floyd; three sisters, Helen Clower, Roanoke, Doris Cumbie, Salem, Madeline Hodges, Rocky Mount; a brother, James O. Jordan; three grandchildren, Tim Peters, Vickie Martin, Nolan Webb, and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel at 1:30 p.m. Monday, September 11, 1995, with the Rev. Mark Washington officiating. Interment will be in Sherwood Memorial Park. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel after 10 a.m. Sunday.
ULREY, Martha Brugh, 75, of Salem, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. She is survived by her husband, Howard D. Ulrey; a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Don Perdue, Roanoke; three brothers, Walter C. Brugh, Roanoke, Henry E. Brugh, Cloverdale, Billy R. Brugh, Georgia; two sisters, Kathleen B. Hale, Janie B. Woodson, both of Salem; a devoted grandson, Darden B. Hurt, Roanoke; a granddaughter, Dawn H. Martin, Chilhowee, Mo.; two great-grand-children, Mary Alice Martin and Billy Martin, both of Chilhowee, Mo. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 12, at 10 a.m., at the Lotz Salem Chapel, with the Rev. V. N. McHone officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at Lotz Salem Chapel after noon on Sunday.
UNROE, Wanda King, 61, of Iron Gate, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Alleghany Memorial Park Low Moor.
VEST, Lester Lee, 79, of Collinsville, died Saturday, September 9, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday, Stone Funeral Home Chapel.
WOLF, Annie Darnell Morgan, 95, of Phoenix, Ariz., passed away Thursday, September 7, 1995 in Sun City, Ariz. She was predeceased by her two husbands, Luster F. Moran and Mark E. Wolf; one grandson, Mike Morgan. She is survived by two sons, James P. Morgan and wife, Anne, Sun City, Ariz., Jack W. Morgan and wife Shirley, Glendale, Ariz.: two grandchildren, James (Jimmy) Morgan of Arizona, Susan Hobbs, Las Vegas, Nev.; great-grandson, Stephen Hobbs, Las Vegas; one sister, Lena Darnell, Salem, Va. Graveside services and burial was held Friday, September 8, at Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Ariz.
WOODS, Bernice Ayers, 85, of Roanoke, passed away Saturday, September 9, 1995. She was a charter member of Preston Oaks Baptist Church, and a former employee of People's Drug and American Viscose. She was the widow of Jesse J. Woods. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard W. and Deborah C. Woods of Roanoke; grandchildren, Jennifer Woods, Jessica Woods, Jordyn Woods; a sister, Mrs. Clara Wilson of Vinton. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 12, 1995 at Oakey's North Chapel, with the Rev. James A. Millsaps and the Rev. Joe Greene officiating. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Oakey's North Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Preston Oaks Baptist Church Building Fund.
WORLEY, Charles S., Jr., 83, of Blacksburg, died Friday, September 8, 1995, at Montgomery Regional Hospital after a long illness. He was born on June 2, 1912, in Raton, N.M. He attended the Univesity of New Mexico and later received his B.S. degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. In 1939, he painted frescos in Mexico with Pablo O'Higgins. In 1941, he received his Master of Science degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he studied under Mies van der Rohe. In 1947, he began a long career as Professor of Architecture at VPI&SU, teaching architectural design an d urban planning. His private architectural projects included the Museum of Arts of Ogunquit, Maine, the Claytor Lake Camp in Virginia, and his unique home in Blacksburg. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Atkins Worley; his daughter and son-in-law, Melinda and Charles Brown, and his granddaughter, Aquaria Brown, all of Richmond; his stepdaughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Dave Jackson, their three children and grandchildren in Connecticut, and Charlotte Atkins and Ernest Bryant, Floyd County. Memorial services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donationa may be made to the Charles S. Worley Scholarship Fund, College of Architecture, VPI&SU, Blacksburg. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home.
WYKLE, Guy R., 75, of Christiansburg, formerly of Ronceverte, W. Va., died Friday, September 8, 1995 at his home. He was a veteran of WWII. He had lived in Christiansburg since 1971. Surviving are his wife, Margie Wykle; three children, Lt. Gen. Kenneth and Mary Wykle, Burke, Va., R. Tony and Patricia Wykle, Christiansburg, Janet and Bob Soonthornchai, Berryville, Va.; four grandchildren, Scott, J. P., Nick and Carson; two stepgrandchildren, Melinda and Christine; two stepgreat-grandchildren; one sister, Marie Bostic, Iron Gate. Funeral arrangements by Wallace & Wallace Funeral, Ronceverte, W. Va.
by CNB