ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, December 13, 1995 TAG: 9512130028
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The good neighbors fund
Sam D. Otey, a regular contributor to the Good Neighbors Fund, unfortunately will not be able to make his annual gift. In August, at the ripe age of 14, the generous poodle went on to his canine reward.
However, his mistress and partner in philanthropy, Isabel Otey, who informed the newspaper three years ago of Sam's species, continues the tradition. "It is fitting that this contribution be in memory of Sam," she wrote.
Another group of contributors was driven to donate - driven by Larry Lance to Lake Junaluska, N.C., near Asheville, to attend the annual Christmas concert of the Junaluska Singers, conducted by Roanoke native Glen Draper.
The Greene Memorial United Methodist Church group made a collective donation in Lance's honor because, wrote the Junaluska Bus Bunch, he "took vacation time from his regular employment to serve, with considerable skill, efficiency and compassion, as our bus driver for this excursion."
Tuesday's contributors included:
Isabel Otey, in memory of Sam D.
The Junaluska Bus Bunch, in honor of Larry Lance
Mrs. Nave's third grade students at G.W. Carver Elementary
The brokers of J.C. Bradford
For all who need it
Pete and Peggy Brandt, in honor of Fred and Barbara
Caroline Alice, Erik Paine and Emily Paine Brady, in honor of Grandoc, Grandma and Mopsy, and in memory of Aunt Babs Paine
Gary and Mary Pat Metz, in honor of their grandmother Nellie Spickard, 100
Sunshine Class of Colonial Baptist Church, in honor of retired organist Lula Pring
Ebenezer Adult Bible class, in honor of R.E. Castle
John and Genevie Goss, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Goss, Sr.
Valarie Robinson, in memory of Deck Lindsay
Virginia and Fred De Felice, in memory of Burrell S. Whitlow
Christian Men's Fellowship of Bethany Christian Church, in memory of District III President Bob Reynolds
T.R. Hensley
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Moody
Ruth B. Eades and Family, in memory of husband and father Bob Eades,
Lewis and Dot Creasy
Mrs. Marie Hubble, in memory of Frank and Tuffy Hubble
Joyce Slaydon and Agnes Hamilton, in memory of their dear friend Doris Smith
Charles and Frances Stebbins, in honor of the staff of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Salem
Dick and Nancy Wellons, in honor of B.V. Adams and B. Collier, the eighth floor diabetic clinic of Roanoke Memorial Hospital, and Bowles, Nelson Powers, Inc.
Mindy Burgin, in memory of Ralph Burgin; and Joshua and Graci Burgin, in honor of Mari Ann Moore
Zach Collins, in honor of his grandfather Harry F. Collins, Sr., and in memory of his grandmothers Dorothy H. Collins and Mae Rutherford
The Abbotts
Rose M. Lester, in memory of Dick Lester
Geraldine Plunkett, in memory of Beulah, Walter and Lowell Plunkett
George and Billie Howell and Frank and Ardy Kidd, in memory of Ray Vaughan
Ellen S. Broadwater, in memory of Steve and Parents
Dave, Suzanne and Richie MacLeod, in memory of Richard Galvin
Jimmy and Joy Slaydon, in memory of Hez, Grace and Bill Wright and Jack and Ellen Slaydon
Evelyn K. Matthews
Robert L. Murray, M.D.
Anita and Bill Craft
Vanetta Stockton, in honor of Paul and Dorothy Remaine and Sherrill Stockton
Anne L. Shank
Lilburn H. Myers
Louis W. DeVall Jr., in honor of Danny and Becky Gee
Jerome and Mary Kalafut
John H. Wagner, in memory of Coach Gordon C. "Pap" White and Robert "Bob" Sheffield
Betty Nuckols, in memory of her sister Macca Paulette
Vernon and Jeanette Burroughs
J. F. Landes, in memory of dad Brisco Marshall Landes
Louis W. DuVall, Jr., in honor of Wilford and Susie Harris
Peggy Ann Hunt, in memory of husband Dick Hunt
Sam and Dora Lee Ellington, in memory of their friend Margaret Martin
The Michael R. Hicks family, in memory of Mr. Floyd Augustine
Blanche Hamden, in memory of Frederick Hamden
Elvin and Mildred Ingram, in memory of their parents Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Ingram and Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Smith
Jack and Norma Wray, in memory of their parents and brother Danny
Lois Willis, in memory of her husband, Clifford Willis
Mrs. B.W. Peters, in memory of her husband, B.W. Peters, and daughter, Barbara Ann Brown
Annie B. Booher, in memory of Ray and Buddy Booher
Dana, Peggy, Emily and Nathan Walker, in honor of Trudy Pecoul and the youth Sunday School teachers and leaders of Rosalind Hills Baptist Church
Mr. Charles W. Gilbert
Bud and Judy Elmore, in memory of William Jay Wright
Helen, Glenn, Edward and Allen Bowman, in honor of all the teachers and staff at Troutville Elementary School
James Neill
Preston and Virginia Bell
Brian and Cheri Kostek
Harriett K. Ferguson, in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Payne Sr., her husband, Clarence L. Ferguson, and beloved grandson, Jeffery Allen Ferguson
In memory of Sally Bender
Charles F. Rapp
Margaret T. Caldwell, in memory of her mother, Burchie K. Tyree, her father, George W. Tyree, and her brother, Walter W. Tyree
Virginia Petty
Ernest D. and Mary H. Clayton
Westhampton Friendship Club
Glenn and Ruth Horton
Grace Aheron, in honor of the staff at Blue Ridge Montessori School
Garnett A. Secrist, in memory of Helen Ellsworth
Marie Arthur, in memory of loved ones
Ernest and Elnora Graham, in memory of loved ones
Gilliland-Holcomb Family, in honor of Inez Hubbard
Myrtle V. Turner, in memory of her daughter, Frances Eleanor Turner, and husband, W. Lee Turner
Dick and Marianne McDowell, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Moorman
Whitmell and Margie Brown, in memory of Matt Carter
Mrs. Glenwood Strickler
Lois Yobaggy
Adelaide and Frank Angle
Glenward P. Turnes, in memory of his wife, Beatrice W. Turnes
Raymond and Barbara B. Hickman
Fink's Jewelers Roanoke employees
Law offices of Copenhaver, Ellett and Cornelison, in memory of Florence and Burrell Stiff, and Koiner and AB Ellett
Millard and Jean Naff
McNeil Asphalt Maintenance, Inc., in memory of I.N. McNeil, Bobby McNeil, Floyd McNeil and Fred Hodges
Diane Kelly, in honor of the Adult Handbell Choir at Mill Creek Baptist Church
Thomas E. Hamilton (T.J.), in memory of Mom and Dad
W. Vernon Hicks
Fred and Adrienne Bullington
Russell and Barbara MacDonald, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCairns
Charles Williams, in memory of his mother, Ruby Evelyn Shelor Williams
Charles Williams, in honor of two very good friends, Frank and Ruby Wright
Business Men's Club
Bright Services
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Barron
Fred and Kathleen Flora
W.K. Ramsey, in memory of son, Ken
In honor of Crystal Spring Baptist Church Staff
Bill and Joanna Caldwell, in memory of their parents, Pauline and Frank Caldwell and Mattie and Rex Cox, and also in memory of Phyllis and Jack Thomas
Lucille B. Lewis, in memory of Virgil E. Lewis
Mary E. Coulter
Frances A. Moore, in memory of her husband, Nelson G. Moore
Mrs. Lewis McNeace
Bertha and Cecil Guilliams, in honor of Katie and Mary, and in memory of Ken Dall
Hazel W. Parsell
Marie Davis Huff, in honor of Louise Clark, and in memory of William E. Davis
Ms. Mary J. Vaden
Arthur M. Swann Jr., in memory of Ruby W. Swann
Billy J. Pyles, in memory of parents
Mrs. W.D. Layman
St. Mark's Men's Brotherhood Class
Maud and Claude Lee, in memory of loved ones
Hunt Bible Class at Calvary Baptist Church, in memory of Col. Eugene Meeks
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$505.00
SUBTOTAL$6,903.40
TOTAL AS OF 12/12/95$42,341.24
Checks should be made payable to Good Neighbors Fund and mailed to The Roanoke Times, P.0. Box 1951, Roanoke, Va. 24008.
Names - but not amounts of donations - of contributing businesses, individuals or organizations, as well as memorial and honorific designations, will be listed in the newspaper. Those requesting that their names not be used will remain anonymous. If no preference is stated, the donor's name will be listed.
Gifts cannot be earmarked for any particular individual or family. Gifts are tax-deductible.
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