Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 30, 1995 TAG: 9510020110
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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APT, Lethia Custer Manning 61, of Roanoke, died Friday, September 29, 1995. Arrangements by Lotz Roanoke Chapel.
AYERS, Audrey Irene, 73, of Union Hall, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, September 28, 1995. Born in Franklin County February 22, 1922, she was preceded in death by her parents, Taw and Blanche Altice, one sister, Ethel Perdue, and one brother, John Altice. She was a retired employee of MW Manufacturers and a member of Christian Fellowship Church. Surviving are her husband, James (``Jim'') C. Ayers of the home; four daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Michael Toney, Wir tz, Norma Jean and Sonny Moore, Union Hall, Debra and David Kirk, Linda and Billy Tosh, all of Rocky Mount; three sons and two daughters-in-law, J.C. and Linda Ayers, Union Hall, Tommy Ayers, Wirtz, Gary and Dianne Ayers, Rocky Mount; one sister, Gertrude Arrington, Rocky Mount; five sisters-in-law, Fannie Ayers, Lottie Ayers, both of Union Hall, Mattie Smith, Nannie Bet Hubbard, both of Bassett, Eula Ayers, Rocky Mount. Also surviving are eight grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; two stepgreat-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 1995 at Christian Fellowship Church with the Rev. Bill Doss officiating. Interment will follow in the Ayers Family Cemetery, Glade Hill. Friends may call at Lynch Funeral Home after 1 p.m. Saturday, September 30, 1995, where the family will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Lynch Funeral Home, Rocky Mount, is in charge of arrangements.
BOBZIN, Robert C., 58, of Radford, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995. Arrangements by Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home.
BRANCH, Daisy B. 83, of Martinsville, died Thursday, September 29, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday, Stone Funeral Home Chapel.
BYRD, Susan Owen, 52, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995. She was preceded in death by a son, Edmund Clay Byrd Jr. Surviving are her daughter, Jennifer Byrd, Roanoke; grandson, Jacob Muce, Roanoke; aunts, Odell Young and Lula E. Branscome, both of Roanoke, Rebecca Keenen, Richmond. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to a favorite charity. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday at Oakey's North Chapel. Interment will follow in Evergreen Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Oakey's North Chapel.
COE, James E. Jr., (``Jim""), 62, of Chilhowie, died Friday, September 29, 1995, in the Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia. Mr. Coe was a retired employee of U. S. Gypsum Co., a veteran of the Korean War, and a member of the Chilhowie Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his son, Jimmy Coe. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Shirley (Hogston) Coe, Chilhowie; two brothers, Mr. Gene Coe, Saltville, Mr. Bill Coe, Chilhowie; three sisters, Mrs. Pauline Call, Saltville, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, Blacksburg, Mrs. Mary Stuart, Virginia Beach; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Florence Davidson, Peggy Frye, Anna Lee Ford, Judy Camron, Charles Hogston and Clarence Call. Graveside services for Mr. James E. ``Jim"" Coe Jr. will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 1995, in Mount Rose Cemetery, with the Rev. Frank Branson and the Rev. Ralph Jones officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday evening at Henderson's F uneral Home in Saltville, Va.
CROWDER, Gladys Taylor, 69, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995. Survivors include seven sons, David and Robert Crowder, both of Dublin, Roger, Richard, Charles and Don Crowder, all of Pulaski, and Kevin Crowder, Reinsure, N.C.; six daughters, Mary Lou Vires and Marjorie Reece, both of Dublin, Mildred Branch, Ashboro, N.C., Mona Ratcliffe, Martha Kilbert and Donna Sue Gregory, all of Pulaski; stepmother, Lula Taylor, Pulaski; one stepdaughter, Shelia Craig, Henryville, Ind.; six sisters, Margaret East, Hazel Manning, Geneva Sutphin and Virginia Walker, all of Dublin, Stella Mae Rupe, Pulaski and Betty Frazier, Rising Sun, Md.; one brother, Robley C. Taylor, Dublin; one half sister, Eva Montgomer y, Dublin; two half brothers, Calvin and James Taylor, both of Pulaski; brother-in-law, William J. Crowder, Pulaski; 24 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 1, 1995, at 1 p.m. in the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home, with the Rev. Frankie Graham officiating. Interment will follow in Drapers Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Drapers Valley. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.
ELLER, Charles William, 65, of Ironto, died Friday, September 29, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Irmadean H. Eller, Ironto; one daughter, Rebecca Brown, Shawsville; one son, Eric William Eller, Waynesboro; two sisters; one brother, J. E. Eller, Johnson City, Tenn.; one granddaughter, Carla B. Joyal, Shawsville; also nieces and nephews, including Donald L. Eller, Lumberton, N.C., Charles F. Eller, Marion. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 1995, at Roselawn Cemetery, Marion, Va. with Eric W. Eller officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 30, 1995 at the funeral home. Arrangements by Grant E. Bryant Funeral Home, Elliston.
GILLASPIE, Willie Alford, 80, of Route 3, Bedford, passed away Thursday, September 28, 1995 in the Bedford County Memorial hospital. He was born April 29, 1915 in Bedford County, a son of the late Charley Gillaspie and Ella Howell Gillaspie Mayhew. His wife was the late Glennie Overstreet Gillaspie. He was a retired farmer and was a member of the Wilson's United Methodist Church. He is survived by a brother, Charlie Gillaspie, Jr. Bedford; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 1, 1995 at 3 P.M. from the Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford, by the Rev. Johnnie Basham. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 - 9 P.M. at Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.
HARRIS, Amy Lauren, 9, of Aiken, S.C., entered into rest on September 28, 1995 at her residence. Loving daughter of Charles C. and Linda G. Harris. Other survivors include her two sisters Katie Harris and Ana Tracey Harris; Maternal Grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Horne, Cloverdale, Va. and Paternal Grandparents Dr. & Mrs. James Harris, Philadelphia, PA. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 1, 1995 at Cornerstone Baptist Church with Rev. Reilly Hammond and Rev. martha Ebel officiating. Entombment will be private. Miss Harris was an Honor roll Student at Aiken Elementary School. She attended Cornerstone Baptist Church and was in the Children's Choir. Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Hospice, 2260 Wrightsboro Rd., Augusta, GA 30904 or MCG Children's Medical Center, Hospital and Clinic, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA 30912. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Saturday evening at Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave. Aiken, SC.
HORTON, Floyd Mack, 76, of Galax, died Thursday, September 28, 1995. Funeral Sunday, 2 p.m., Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home Chapel.
HUDSON, William Mosby, 73, of Clifton Forge, died Friday, September 29, 1995. Graveside services 11 a.m. Monday, Riverside Cemetert, Waynesboro. Arrangements by Loving Funeral Home.
KEGLEY, Dan Martin (""Potts""), 66, of Pulaski, died Thursday, September 28, 1995. Graveside Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Oakwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home.
KEITH, Elva Smith, 92, of Willis, passed away Thursday, September 28, 1995 in a Salem nursing home. She was a retired Floyd County school teacher. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, H. E. III and Phyllis F. Keith, Willis; one daughter and son-in-law, Catherine K. and C.W. Smith Jr., Virginia Beach; two sisters, Nancy Smith Harman, Willis, Florence Smith Winters, Manteca, Calif.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 1995 at the St. Mark Lutheran Church with the Rev. Paul H. Pingel officiating. Burial will follow in the Willis Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the St. Mark Lutheran Church.
KENDRICK, William,10 59, of Fieldale, died Thursday, September 28, 1995. Graveside service Saturday, 11 a.m., Critz Baptist Church Cemetery. Arrangements by Howell Funeral Home, Stuart.
LAFFOON, Pauline Reedy, 72, of Galax, died Thursday, September 28, 1995. Funeral services 2:30 p.m. Sunday Galax Wesleyan Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home.
LORITTS, Howard Taft, 86, of Roanoke, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
McDANIEL, William A., of Eagle Rock, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995. Arrangements by Eagle Rock Funeral Home.
MORELLO, Josephine 88, of Moneta, passed away Wednesday, September 27, 1995. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.
NICKS, Lois Naff, 82, of Vinton, died Thursday, September 28, 1995, at home. She was a musician and widow of former Vinton mayor Guthrie Weldon (Gus) Nicks. Mrs. Nicks was a graduate of R.J. Reynolds High School, the Shelton-Amos School of Dramatics and a music major at Salem College of Winton-Salem, North Carolina. Mrs. Nicks contributed greatly to the musical life of The Roanoke Valley for 50 years. She served as minister of music at South Roanoke Baptist Church and Vinton Baptist Church the latter for 10 years. She trained numerous piano and vocal students. Several of her students went on to sing with major symphonies, choir groups and opera houses while others became music teachers. Mrs. Nicks often accompanied local singers at various functions and concerts. She along with her husband and others helped to organize and produce performances of Handel's Messiah featuring the Vinton Choir Society. She was very active in the Thursday Morning Music Club and the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vinton Lioness Club, Vinton Historical Society, Vinton Seniors. Surviving are daughter, Faye Nicks Thacker and son-in-law, John B. Thacker, Roanoke, daughter, Nancy Nicks Bucklin and son-in-law, James Langdon Bucklin, Broomall, Pa; two grandchildren, Teresa Delong Bentley and Brian Clark Bucklin; one great-grandchild, Christine Nicole Bentley. Funeral services will be held at the Vinton Baptist Church 11 a.m. Monday with the Dr. William L. Ross and Rev. Bruce Robinson officiating. Special music will be provided by Rev. Chris Munroe, Roberta Heath and Lois Smith. Burial will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Oakey's Vinton Chapel. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Adult Respite Center of the Vinton Baptist Church, P.O. Box 306, Vinton, VA 24179, the American Cancer Society, 9 E. Church Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24011, or Housecall Hospice, 2167 Apperson Drive, Salem, VA 24153.
OVERBAY, Myrtle Powers, 78, of Marion, died Thursday night, September 28, 1995 in Francis Marion Manor. Surviving are her husband, Vance Overbay, Marion; three sons, Thomas E. Overbay, Marion, Vance L. Overbay, Marion, Lloyd E. Stover, Marion; one daughter, Francine Stover, Roanoke; two sisters, Grace Overbay, Marion, Rose Lambert, Baltimore, Md.; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Barnett's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Joe Powers officiating. Burial will follow in the McClure Cemetery, Chilhowie. The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Barnett's Funeral Chapel.
RUNYON, Rex Raymond, 75, of Roanoke, died Thursday, September 28, 1995. Graveside service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
SEYMOUR, Marjorie S., 58, of Roanoke, died Thursday, September 28, 1995, in a local hospital. She was a teacher at William Ruffner Middle School, a former Chairman of the Roanoke City Republican Committee, former Chairman of the local Chapter of National Education Association. Mrs. Seymour was an alumna of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Surviving are her husband, Horace W. Seymour Jr.; sons and daughters-in-law, Horace W. III and Sooki Seymour, Manchester, N.H., John W. and Mary Seymour, Charlottesville; daughter and fiance, Elizabeth M. Seymour and Victor Brunsden, Lancaster, Pa.; two grandchildren, Horace W. Seymour IV, David A. Seymour; also several cousins; and other family members. A memorial service will be at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel 3 p.m., Sunday, October 1, with Dr. Noel C. Taylor officiating. There will be no visitation. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Lupus Foundation of America Inc., Central Virginia Chapter, P. O. Box 25418, Richmond, Va. 23260-5418.
SMITH, Catherine, 46, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 1995. Funeral 2 pm. Saturday in the Hamlar-Curtis Chapel.
SUTPHIN, Iva Lindsey, 87, of Willis, passed away Friday, September 29, 1995 at Radford Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Shade Harless Sutphin and a son, Donald Gene Sutphin. Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Doris and Page Harmon, Fieldale, Nita and John Turman, Willis, Kathryn and Darrell Huff, Dugspur; son and daughter-in-law, Harless and Catherine Sutphin, Bassett; daughter-in-law, Evah A. Sutphin, Willis; two sisters, Thelma Marshall, Falling Waters, W.Va., Mazie Warner, Hillsville; special friend and nurse, Helen Robertson; ten grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 1995 at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, with the Rev. Lawrence Nuckolls officiating. Burial will follow in the Willis Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Maberry Funeral Home.
THOMAS, William Mitchell Jr. (""Bill""), 68, of Chilhowie, died Thursday, September 28, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday, Newberry Funeral Home Chapel.
VERNON, Col. Charles Howard, 86, of Marion, died Thursday night, September 28, 1995 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Col. Vernon was a graduate of the Reisch American School of Auctioneering, Mason City, Iowa. Survivors are his wife, Glenna Pugh Vernon, Marion; one son, Dr. Samuel D. Vernon, Marion; one brother, Robert G. Vernon, Greensboro, N.C.; three grandchildren, David, Neal and Anna; one stepgrandchild, Chad. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Barnett's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ron Rhodes officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Lawn Cemetery.
WALTON, Tommie N., 85, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 1995. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
WASHBURN, Frances H., 76, of Trinity Terrace, Ridgeway, died Friday, September 29, 1995 in Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born February 9, 1919 in Stokesdale, N.C., daughter of the late Eller Aubrey Hutchins and Luella Statterfie ld Hutchins. She was a Nurse's Aide for Martinsville Convalescent Center, and also worked at Dupont for several years. She was a previous owner of Washburn Cafeteria and Ridgeway Drive Inn. She was a charter member of the Rich Acres Christian Church, a graduate of Stokesdale High School and Draughn Business College. She was preceded in death by her husband, James D. Washburn on October 20, 1994, two infant brothers and one sister, Lillie Mae Hutchins. Surviving are a daughter, Sandra W. Woronowicz, Ridgeway; sons, James Daniel (``Danny'') Washburn Jr., Roanoke, Charles A. (``C.A.'') Washburn, Martinsville, Bobby R. Washburn, Ridgeway, John M. Washburn, Bassett; brother, Garland Hutchins, Kernersville, N.C.; grandchildren, Sonya Woronowicz, Brian Woronowicz, Mary Katherine King, Amy Washburn, John Morton Washburn Jr., James D. Washburn, III; great-grandchildren, James D. Washburn, IV, Katherine L. King, Carl Balderston. A funeral service will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Rich Acres Christian Church. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Ridgeway. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, September 30, at Tomlinson Funeral Home, Ridgeway, and at other times at the home on Trinity Terrace, Ridgeway. Contributions may be made to Rich Acres Christian Church. Tomlinson Funeral Home, Ridgeway, is in charge of the arrangements.
WILSON, Robert Harvey, 89, originally of Radford, died Wednesday, September 27, 1995 in Toledo, Ohio, where he and his wife, the former Hazel Thacker, had lived since his retirement in 1975 from the U.S. Department of State. Mr.. Wilson was the son of the late Harvey P. and Lydia Zanith (Farmer) Wilson. His deceased sisters are Mackie Hale and Daphana Huffman. Mr. Wilson was a respected leader in the field of industrial education, training and development in Virginia, and later was active on the international scene. Throughout his life Mr. Wilson was a visionary who touched and made a difference in many peoples' live s through his chosen career, and particularly in the contributions he made through his private life to the developmentally disabled population and their families. Mr. Wilson will be remembered by many in our area for developing vocational education in the Radford schools in the 1930's and as Radford High School's first teacher of industrial arts and apprenticeship training. (Later in his career he became the Director of Apprentice Training, Dept. of labor for the Commonwealth of Va.) During World War II, he was a civilian administrator in the Pentagon, serving as director training in the Army Ordinance Corp. In 1947, he directed the conversion of the 5,000-bed U.S. Army hospital near Staunton, Va. into the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, serving the physically disabled population in Va. and surrounding areas. While with the Agency for International Development, U.S. Dept. of State, from 1956 to 1975, Mr. Wilson spent eleven years in Bolivia, Venezuela, and Brazil, working primarily with the education, labor and economic ministries in those countries in developing national man-power programs. He also helped to set up vocational training programs in developing countries in Africa and Asia. Throughout his life Mr. Wilson was active in various ways to serve the developmentally disabled population. In the 1950's he was the founder of the Richmond, Va. Association for Retarded Citizens and was instrumental in starting the first school for developmentally disabled children. During his years in South America he continued his interest in helping this special population by volunteering his time to work with parents in Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela to set up associations to work with the developmentally disabled in those countries. After his retirement to Toledo, Mr. Wilson was active on the board of the Epilepsy Center of Northwest Ohio and was honored in 1981 with that organization's Lamplighter Award, the first person outside the medical profession to receive it, and in 1992 the Epilepsy Center began giving the annual Robert H. Wilson Service Award. Mr. Wilson graduated from Radford High School, received his B.S. degree from Radford University, and his M.S. degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Survivors include his wife, Hazel T. Wilson of Sylvania, Ohio; two daughters and a son-in-law, Mrs. Jerry (Anne) Sandvig, Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Jayne Wilson, Sy lvania, Ohio; three sisters, Miss Kathleen Wilson, Mrs. Ruth Price and Mrs. Lewis (Woodie) Webb, all of Radford; three grandchildren, Mrs. William (Karen) Samonides, Toledo, Ohio, Morris (Marie) Sandvig, Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Christopher (Linda) Sullivan, Memphis, Tenn.; two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 2, 1995 at 11 a.m. at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with the Rev. Warren Wattenbarger officiating. Interment will follow in West View Cemetery in Radford. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.
WRIGHT, Etta Fridley, 85, of Bedford, died Friday, September 29, 1995. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home, Covington.
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