ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, December 28, 1995 TAG: 9512280088
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
BOWMAN, Piney P., 77, of Stuart, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, Moody Funeral Services.
BROOME, Dorothy H., 93, of Salem, formerly of Fremont, N.C., died Tuesday, December 26, 1995 in a local hospital. She was a Nurse at Catawba Hospital and retired in 1964. She was preceded in death by husband, Lemuel R. Broome. The family members that survive include a son, Buck Broome, Salem; daughters, Betty Renshaw, Tacoma Park, Md., Barbara Bell and husband, George, Salem; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Frid ay in Fremont Cemetery, Fremont, N.C. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Fremont United Methodist Church, Fremont, N.C. 27830. Information furnished by John M. Oakey & Son, Salem
DANIEL, Elisha, (``Dan""), 61, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, December 24, 1995. Funeral servics will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Hamlar-Curtis Chapel, with Dr. E. T. Burton officiating. Burial will be in the Saunders Family Cemetery, Blue Ridge. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service on Friday.
FRANKLIN, William Ralph, 68, of Bassett, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995, i n the VA Medical Center, Salem. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Judy F. and Steve Brodie, Bassett, Natalie F. and Allan White, North Carolina; five grandchildren, Kristi Eanes, Casey Eanes, Johnathan Brodie, Jason White, Christopher White; his stepfather, Ralph Hodges, Martinsville; two sisters, Hazel Hancock, Rocky Mount; Polly Mattox, Martinsville; two brothers, Hooker Franklin, Rocky Mount, Claude Franklin, Martinsville; several nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday at Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, with Rev. Herbert K. Seemann officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials to the Fork Mountain Rescue Squad, Route 2, Rocky Mount, VA 24151. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday, with the family receiving friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 S. Main St., Rocky Mount.
GIBBS, Russell Rucker, 87, of Bedford, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 1995, in the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was born June 6, 1908, in Bedford County, a son of the late Charlie Gibbs and Cora Chockle tt Gibbs. He was a retired employee of Hampton Looms and was a member of the Flint Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Fielder Gibbs; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty Jean and Donald A. Owen, Peggy Sue and Johnny DeLong, all of Bedford; two sisters, Janie Miller, Vinton, Thelma Thomasson, Baltimore, Md.; three grandchildren, Terry Lynn Owen, John W. DeLong, Tohny DeLong; two great-grandchildren, Ashley DeLong, Johnnie DeLong. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 29, 1995, at 2 p.m. from the Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford, by the Rev. Wayne Murphy and the Rev. Richard Dooley. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8 p.m. at Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.
GRAHAM, Russell G., 78, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995, in a Salem hospital. For many years, Mr. Graham was a member of Melrose United Meth odist Church. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. He retired from General Electric. Surviving are his wife, Julia (``Cookie"") Graham; two daughters and one son-in-law, Twiligh A. Lawson, and Linda Jane and Robert Eugene Hall, all of Roanoke; one grandchild, Robert Scott Hall; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Dovie and Deaner Tribbett of Roanoke and Iris Powers of Oxon Hill, Md.; three brothers and three sisters-in-law, Donald and Janice Graham of Salem, Robert and Rebecca Graham of Roanoke, and Ernest and Elenora Graham of Botetourt County, also nieces and nephews, Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Oakey's North Chapel by the Rev. Sam Crews. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel.
HAYES, Eunice Novella, 52, of Roanoke, passed aw ay Monday, December 25, 1995. She was preceded in death by her parents, Martha Saunders Hayes and Walter B. Hayes; one brother, James Bernard Hayes, and one uncle, Henry Saunders. Survivors include a loving daughter and son-in-law, Barbara (Joel) Brookins of Roto, Spain; two grandchildren, Krisstian Nicole and Joyel Elisha Brookins of Roto, Spain; four brothers and two sisters-in-law, Eugene and Maynard Hayes, Earl (Virginia) Hayes, Edgar (Reona) Hayes; two sisters, Velvet and Cora (``Peaches"") Hayes; uncles and aunts, Geraldine (Eddie) Jackson, John (Eloise) Saunders, Edgar (Edna) Saunders, Mrs. Janie Saunders, all of Roanoke, a host of nieces and nephews, two devoted friends whom she loved and cherished, Miss Agnes Basham and Augustus (``June"") Jordan, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Satuday, December 30, 1995, at Hamlar-Curtis Chapel, with Dr. J. Eugene Young officiating. Burial will follow in Williams Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
HEDGECOCK, Patsy Smith, of Martinsville, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville. Arrangements by McKee Funeral Services.
HICKS, Wesley Vernon, 81, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon Friday, December 29, 1995, in Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
HIGGINS, Junior Curtis, (``J. C.""), 67, of Rt. 1, Lexington, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995, at his residence. Born October 19, 1928, in Rockbridge County, he was the son of the late Robert G. Higgins and Vernia Knick Higgins. Mr. Higgins was a member of Kerrs Creek Baptist Church and was a retired line foreman for B.A.R.C. He was preceded in death by a son, Ellis Lee Higgins, and two brothers, Edward and Woodrow Higgins. Surviving are his wife, Bernice C. Higgins, Lexington; two daughters, Camille Higgins, Lexington, Mary E. Tomlin, Buena Vista; one son, Granville Gregory Higgins, Lexington; step-daughter, Cathey Ford Wiseman, Rineyville, Ky.; seven sisters, Mable Hostetter, Glasgow, Letha Conner, Rockbridge Baths, Eldinia Paulus, Chester, Jerry Sartain, Chester, Adalee Munday, Claremont, Bernice McKemy, Laurel, Md., Pauline Wilson, Colonial Heights; two brothers, LaRue Higgins, Glasgow, Robert (Bobby) Higgins, Stuarts Draft; four granddaughters, Leisa Hinty and Julei Hinty, Lexington, Amber and Autumn Wiseman, Rineyville, Ky.; four grandsons, Ellis Tomlin, Buena Vista, David W. Hinty, Jr., Lexington, Alex and Aaron Wiseman, Rineyville, Ky; also faithful companion, his dog, Sarge. A memorial service will be conducted Friday, December 29, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from the residence, with Dr. Wyatt Mayes officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions to Rockbridge Area Hospice, P.O. Box 948, Lexington, Va. 24450. Harrison Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
HOLLAND, Alice Savannah Hairston, 92, of Fieldale, died Saturday, December 23, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, New Bethel Christian Church, Fieldale. Collins Funeral Services, Bassett, handling arrangements.
JONES, Willard Ernest, 79, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Slate Hill Baptist Church. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
LOOPE, Alice Smith, of Lisbon, Iowa, formerly of Bluemont, Va., died Wednesday, December 27, 1995, of cancer in Clarence Nursing Home, Clarence, Iowa. She was born November 8, 1916, in Midville, Nova Scotia, to Edwin and Margaret Smith, and lived most of her life in Virginia. She married Lloyd Lee Loope on December 17, 1941, in Buchanan, Va. Mrs. Loope had a teaching career spanning 30 years at Fincastle High School and Clarke County High School in Berryville, Va. She taught English to seniors at Clarke County High School for 22 years. Besides her husband, survivors include her four children and their families, Lloyd, Jr., Makawao, Hawaii, Walter and wife Lora, Munising, Michigan, David and wife Cindy, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Amy White and husband, Jim, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. She also leaves nine grandchildren. Also surviving are her sister, Margaret Cochran and husband John, Moab, Utah; her brother, Frisby Smith and wife, Adelaide, Wytheville, Va.; her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Smith, Coatesville, Pennsylvania; eight nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Edwin Smith. A private memorial service for the family will be held at Wheatland Lutheran Church, Buchanan, Va. Burial will be at Wheatland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Luke's Hospice, 1026-A Avenue North East, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, or to Clarke County Education Foundation, Alice Loope Scholarship Fund, 309 W. Main St., Berryville, Va. 22611.
MABE, William Richard, 61, of Ivanhoe, Va. died Monday, December 25, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday at the Reese Funeral Home Chapel, Austinville, Va.
MINTON, Effie Juanita, 73, of Roanoke, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Arrangements by Lotz Salem Chapel.
MONTGOMERY, Henry C. 70 of Marion, Va. died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Funeral Thursday, 8 p.m., Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.
NEWMAN, Peggy Elzena, 51, of Galax, died Monday, December 25, 1995. Funeral 1 p.m., Thursday, Hillcrest Baptist Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home.
RICHARSON, Ruth Hicks, 88 of Axton, Va. died Tuesday. Funeral Friday 11 a.m., McKee Funeral Chapel, Martinsville.
ROBERSON, Shirley Dean, 58, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Surviving are her husband, Everette L. Roberson; two sons and daughters-in-law, Mark A. and Kathy Roberson, Steven A. and Dottie Roberson, all of Roanoke; two brothers, Junior B. Moore, Austinsville, George Moore, Roanoke; four sisters, Laura Barker, Dorothy Austin, Flora Bell Harvey, all of Roanoke, Gertude Gibson, Salem; six gr andchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at Lotz Roanoke Chapel 2 p.m. Friday, December 29, 1995 with the Reverend Holly Phillips officiating. Interment in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Lotz Roanoke Chapel 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday
ROBERTSON, Eula Weddle, 96, of Salisbury, N.C., formerly of Floyd, Va., passed away Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Graveside services 3 p.m. Thursday, Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd. Arrangements by Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd,
ROGERS, William Stuart, Sr., 59, of Gasburg, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Dutton Rogers; a son, William S. Rogers Jr. of Colonial Heights; a daughter, Sherry Kirby of Midlothian; two grandchildren, and his stepfather, Herbert Arnold of Richmond. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Hill Christian Church, Gasburg. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mountain View Cemetery, Rural Retreat. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Williams Funeral Home, Lawrenceville
RUSHKOFF, Morgan Whitesell, of Columbia, Mo., died at birth on Monday, September 4, 1995. She is survived by her parents, Karen Whitesell and Bennett Rushkoff of Columbia, Mo.; grandmothers, Martha S. Whitesell of Roanoke, Sheila Rushkoff of Scarsdale, New York; aunt, Brenda Whitesell of Raleigh, N.C.; uncle, Douglas Rushkoff of New York City. A private graveside service was held December 27 at Evergreen Burial Park.
SPICKARD, Pa ul Jerry, 61, of Blue Ridge, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. He was a lifelong member of Glade Creek Lutheran Church, a member of Boone Lodge No. 247 A.F.&A.M. and was a United States Air Force veteran. He was an employee of the Virginia Department of Forestry and served as Chief Forest Warden of Botetourt County. Surviving are his wife, Doris Wood Spickard; a daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Joe Millehan of Penhook; sons and daughter-in-law, Mark and Diana Spickard of Troutville and John Spickard of Roanoke; grandsons, Adam and Brandon Spickard; stepgranddaughter, Jennifer Millehan Muse; his mother, Nellie S. Spickard of Blue Ridge; sisters and brothers-in-law, Ruth and Melvin Edwards of Troutville, and Reba and Bob Metz of Roanoke, and his mother-in-law, Mae Wood of Roanoke. Funeral services will be conducted from Glade Creek Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 1995, with Pastor Robert J. Maier officiating. Burial will be in Glade Creek Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be made to the Blue Ridge Rescue Squad or the Glade Creek Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel after 10 a.m. Friday.
STARKEY, Annice Pugh, 84, of Rocky Mount, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m., Saturday, Flora Funeral Service Chapel.
TEMPLEMAN, Alexander 94, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995 at Meadowbrook Nursing Home, Shawsville. Born in Peterhead, Scotland on April 10, 1901, he was the son of the late George and Sarah Kennedy Templeman. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Alexander (Sandy) and Nancy Templeman; two grandchildren, Gregory Scott Templeman and Sarah Templeman Bower, all of Pembroke; one great-grandson, Gary Alexander Templeman. Funeral services will be held at Schaumberg, Ill. with interment in Clarendon Hills Cemetery, Darien, Ill. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home
TUCK, Hattie R., 93, of Bassett, Va., died Tuesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral Friday, 11 a.m., Stuart Baptist Church. Moody Funeral Services, Inc., Stuart, in charge of arrangements.
WEBSTER, Cecil Daniel, 81, of 11082 101 Avenue North, Seminole, Fla., died Monday, December 25, 1995, at his residence. He was a son of the late Ayres Shelton Webster Sr. and the late Kate Melton Webster. He left a career with the Roanoke Police in 1946 to become Chief of Security for Associate Transport, Inc. in Burlington, N.C., until his retirement in 1976. Moving to Florida from Burlington, N.C., he continued a lifelong association with the Loyal Order of the Moose, holding many offices, including Florida State Director and Executive Director and National Supreme Governor. At his death, he as Chairman of the Moosehaven Board of Governors and a member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Lodge, member of the Masonic Lodge in Roanoke, Va. He was preceded in death by a son, C. Edward Webster. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Beulah Ludwick Webster of the home; daughters, Mrs. Danielle Wilson of Rosamont, Calif., Mrs. Katherine Crouse of Burlington, N.C.; sister, Mrs. Juanita Jennings of Roanoke; brothers, A. Shelton Webster Jr., Leslie Webster, William Webster, all of Roanoke, Given Webster of Camden, S.C.; 7 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 1995, at Alamance Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Warren Brannon. The family will be at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington, N.C., from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to the Florida-Bermuda Moosehaven Building Fund, c/o Robert Bullock, P. O. Box 361031, Melbourne, Fla. 32936-1031.
WILHELM, Pamela Kaye, 30, of Clifton Forge, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Funeral Friday, 2 p.m. Nicely Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge.
WILLS, Jess W., 79, of Rich Creek, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home Chapel, Peterstown, W.Va.
WRIGHT, Carroll, of Charlottesville, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995, at his home. Born October 25, 1903, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of William Wallace Wright and Sallie Lucille Mattison, he is survived by three sons, Edward Barron Wright of Prince William County, Robert Mattison Wright of Fairfax, and Carroll Wright Jr. of Falls Church; a brother, William Wilson Wright of Arlington; two sisters, Elizabeth Wright Strother and Sallie Wright Simmons, both of Dadeville, Ala.; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two godchildren. A nationally recognized real estate consultant and appraiser, he was Realtor Emeritus and former director of the National Association of Realtors, twice selected to its honorary fraternity Omega Tau Rho. He was past president of the Virginia Association of Realtors, Charlottesville- Albemarle Association of Realtors and Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. A member of the American Institute of R eal Estate Appraisers and past president of its Washington, D.C. chapter, he was honored by the institute and designated Life Member. Being one of original cadre that formed the Third Armored Division, his World War II service took him to Africa and India, Burma and China in campaigns to open the Burma Road. He was recipient of the Bronze Star, commendation medal and Order of Yun Hui of China, and retired as Colonel of Armor U.S.A.R. He was past president of the Rotary Club of Arlington and former chairman of the County's Planning Commission. He was a former vice-president general of the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution, past president of its Virginia Society and of the Thomas Jefferson Chapter at Charlottesville. President Emeritus of the National Society of Americans of Royal Descent, he was also former governor of the Jamestowne Society, organizing governor of the Virginia Society of Founders and Patriots, and member of the Order of First Families of Massachusetts and Order of the Crown of Charlemagne. He was a 60-year member of Columbia Lodge #285 AF & AM, Arlington, 32nd degree Scottish Rite, and charter member of Kena Shrine Temple. He was listed in the 40th edition of Marquis Who's Who in America. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, December 29, 1995, at Lee Funeral Home of Manassas, 8521 Sudley Road, Manassas. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, December 30, 1995, at Pohick Episcopal Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton. Interment at Pohick Church Cemetery, Lorton, with military honors.
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