ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 6, 1996 TAG: 9603060093
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
AKERS, Raymond D. Sr.,, 84, of Bedford County, died Tuesday at his home. He was retired from Merita Bread Company. He is survived by his wife, Virginia C. Akers; one son, Raymond D. Akers, Jr.; a daughter, Sandra Parrish; sister, Irene F. Akers, all of Roanoke; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Graveside services Thursday, March 7, 1996, 2 p.m. at Sherwood Memorial Park, with the Rev. Elmer Sellers officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Lotz Salem Chapel.
BAILEY, Dorothy Smith, 71, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
CARROLL, Frank Edward, 83, of 1805 Oakwood St., Bedford, died Monday, March 4, 1996 at his home. He was born in East Orange, New Jersey on February 21, 1913, a son of the late John Carroll and Mary Dwyer Carroll. He was preceded in death by his wife, Grace N. Carroll, was a communicant of Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church and served in the U. S. Army during World War II in the Philippine Islands. He began his banking career in New York City and moved his family to Los Angeles following the war. There, he rose to the position of Senior Vice President of California Federal Savings and Loan, retiring in 1978. While in California he served as President of the Wilshire Rotary Club and was active in the Reseda Chamber of Commerce. An active Rotarian for over 30 years, he was named a Paul Harris Fellow and at the age of 80 was elected President of the Bedford Rotary Club. He was a man of many interests; reading, history, amateur painting and stamp collecting. Frank loved travel and took numerous trip to Europe, South America and Asia. He is survived by his daughters, Maureen Carroll and her husband, Arthur Dalton of Moneta, Kathleen Davis and her husband, Dan, of McLean; a brother, Maurice Carroll; and sister, Virginia Hagen, both of Livingston, N.J.; three grandchildren, Scott Davis of McLean, Jessica Haggans of Moneta and Joshua Haggans of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Funeral services will be conducted 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, with the Rev. Kenneth E. Burger officiating. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Carder-Tharp Funeral Home and suggests memorials to the Good Samaritan Hospice, Inc., 3825 Electric Rd., Roanoke, Va. 24018.
CASSELL, Etta White, 92, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, March 5, 1996. The last surviving child of Leah and Jasper White, she was preceded in death by her hus band, Noel Henry Cassell, and a son, James Noel Cassell. She was retired from American Viscose and the Roanoke City Schools. She was a member of the Villa Heights Baptist Church. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Robert Garland and Joanne Cassell; grandchildren, Susan C. Stultz and husband, Bruce, Rob Cassell and wife, Karen B.; great-grandchildren, Adam and Ashley Stultz, Dana and Leah Cassell, all of Roanoke; a daughter-in-law, Betty Craddock Cassell, Parkersburg, W.Va.; a very special friend, Virginia B. Scott. Services will be at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel 12 noon Thursday, March 7, 1996. The Rev. David R. Miller will officiate. Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Villa Heights Baptist Church or First Church of the Brethren.
CAULEY, Lola C. Lackes, 87, of Magnolia, N. J., wife of the late Harry G. Cauley, died Sunday, March 3, 1996. She was also preceded in death by a son, Nessell Gordon, Whittier, Calif. She is survived by two daughters, Dorothy Kaighn, Oldsmar, Fla., Shirley Webster, Nathr op, Colo; one son, Basil G. Cauley, Stratford, N.J.; one brother, Cecil Lackes, Roanoke; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services 1 p.m. Thursday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Warwick Rd, Evesham Ave., Magnolia, N. J., with interment in Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, N.J. The family will receive friends Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Eugene J. Zale Funeral Home, 712 N. White Horse Pike, Stratford, N. J. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 201 N. Warwick Rd., Magnolia, N. J. 08049. Arrangements by Zale Funeral Home.
CONNER, Dessie Mae, 85, formerly of Copper Hill, died Monday night, March 4, 1996, in a Salem nursing home. Surviving are a sister and brother-in-law, Aldene C. and Thomas Nichols of Roanoke; a brother and sister-in-law, Alvin E. and Attaway Conner of Bent Mountain; several nieces and nephews; her stepmother, Ora S. Conner of Check, and three sisters-in-law, Juanita P. Conner, Bonnie R. Conner and Nadine Archer. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Salem Church ( head of the river), with Elder W. T. Conner and Elder Larry Hollandsworth officiating. Interment will be in Restvale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Wood Funeral Home in Floyd.
DECKER, Alfred Lynn, Sr., 75, of Covington, died Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Loving Funeral Home.
DISHON, Kenneth Hansford, 68, of Hiwassee, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Arrangements by Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home, Radford.
GRIFFIN, Leslie, 65, of Vinton, died Sunday, March 3, 1996. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thrasher Chapel, Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
HAWLEY, Barbara Sutphin, 60, of Christiansburg died Sunday, March 3, 1996 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the graveside in Sunset Cemetery conducted by Rev. Dewey Weaver. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to the Christiansburg Rescue Squad, Box 176, Christiansburg, Va. 24073. Arrangements are being handled by the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.
HAYDEN, James Hammon, 72, of Martinsville, died Monday, March 4, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, Broad Street Christian Church. Arrangements by McKee Funeral Services.
HOPKINS, Byrd Willis, 78, of Botetourt County, died Sunday, March 3, 1996 in the Virginia Veterans Care Center, Salem. He was born in Salem on December 18, 1917, the son of Garland James and Maude Logan Hopkins. He was a graduate of the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va. and Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., majoring in Pomology. During World War II, he was a captain and pilot in the Army Artillery receiving the Purple Heart. Before his retirement, he was an apple grower at Garland Orchards, and was the developer of Williamsburg Court, both at Daleville. He was preceded in death by his wife, Harriot Rutherfoord Hopkins, and his younger brother, Garland James Hopkins, Jr. Surviving are two daughters, Helen Carter Hopkins Greffard, Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada, Harriot DuVal Hopkins, Arlington; two sons, Lewis Willis Hopkins, Alexandria, William Rosborough Hopkins, Daleville; two granddaughters, Melanie Catherine Greffard, Marie-Helene Greffard; one sister, Nancy Hopkins Mahone of Roanoke; one brother, Fortescue Whittle Hopkins, New Castle. Funeral services will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Fincastle, Wednesday, March 6, 1996 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jim Workman officiating. Interment will follow in East Hill Cemetery, Salem. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Fincastle, Va. 24090. The family will receive friends at 102 Cassell Lane, S.W., Roanoke. Oakey's Roanoke Chapel handling funeral arrangements.
HUGHES, Missouri H., (``Zue''), 82, of Stuart, died Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Moody Funeral Home Chapel.
INGE, Helen Michie, 87, of Bedford, formerly of Lynchburg, died Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.
JENKS, Thomas William II, 44, of Miami, Fla., formerly of Lexington, Va., died Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Service, Lexington.
JONES, Nathaniel Monroe, Sr., 85, of Eggleston, Va., died Friday, March 1, 1996, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born in Eggleston on July 10, 1910, he was a son of the late Andrew Nicholas and Lilly Merriamn Jones. He was a faithful and devoted member of Goodwill Church of God in Christ in Eggleston and served as a Deacon for many years. He retired from the N & W Railroad with many years of service. Three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. Surviving are his beloved wife of 63 years, Gladys Wilkerson Jones; one son, Nathaniel M. Jones Jr. of Fredericksburg, Va.; two daughters, Carolyn Harvey of Pembroke and Shirley Farrow of Eggleston; two grandsons, McKinley Harvey, III. of Pembroke and Aaron Jones of Clinton, Md.; two granddaughters, Teresa Jones and Regina Parks of Clinton, Md.; two great-granddaughters, Christina Jones and Jasmine Parks of Clinton, Md., and two sisters, Frances Freeman of Eggleston and Mable Saunders of Cleveland, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted today at 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in Pembroke with Elder Clinton D. Scott, Pastor of Goodwill Church of God in Christ at Eggleston officiating. Burial will be in the Wilkerson Cemetery at Eggleston. Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke was in charge of arrangements.
KENDRICK, Teresa (``Terry'') Hamby, 40, died Sunday, March 3, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Victory Baptist Church. Arrangements by Collins Funeral Services, Bassett.
LEE, Raymond B. Jr., 61, of Troutville, passed away Monday, March 4, 1996. He was born June 19, 1934 and was a disabled veteran of the Korean War. He served in the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marines. He was a retired Postal Supervisor and U.S. Postal Accident Investigator. He was the best granddaddy in the world. He was a member of Y-Phlanx Honor Society and attended V.P.I. 1959-1961. He was a graduate of the U. S. Postal Management Academy. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sherrye Diane Lee. He is survived by his wife, Lois T. Lee; daughters, Terrye L. Young, Anne B. Lee, Linde Raynee Chibane; grandsons, Bradley Jacob Young, Robert Lee Young, Zacharia Lee Chibane; granddaughter, Fairouz Lee Chibane; mother, Mrs. R. B. Lee Sr.; sisters, Mrs. Anne Stiff and brother-in-law, Russell Stiff, Bettye Parks and brother-in-law, Dennis Parks; nephews, Greg Parks and wife, Sarah, Hunter Parks, Eric Stiff and wife, Tamara; niece, Leigh-Anne Stiff and husband, Kaveh Razzaghi; and many loyal faithful friends. A memorial service will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 1996, at Oakey's North Chapel with the Rev. Ernest Kestner officiating. In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Blue Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel.
LEFLER, Howard Cassell, 74, of Wise, passed away Monday, March 4, 1996, at Norton Community Hospital, Norton, Va. He was a former resident of Pulaski, Va., Protestant Faith and a retired carpenter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Josephine A. Lefler and a daughter, Sharon Lefler. Surviving a re three daughters, Mrs. Tom (Joyce) Shrader, Tazewell, Mrs. Gary (Vickie) Bevins, Wise, Cindy Hamilton, Richmond; four sons, Tom Lefler, Tazewell, Larry Lefler, Lafayette, Jerry Lefler, Tampa, Fla., Gary Lefler, Hopewell; nine grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jordans Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dennis Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Thorne Springs Methodist Church Cemetery, Pulaski. The family will receive friends at Jordans Chapel United Methodist Church from noon until 2 p.m. Wednesday.
LIPSCOMB, Virginia Jones, 90, of Richmond, formerly of Charlottesville, died Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at the Hermitage in Richmond. She was born August 12, 1905 in Norfolk, Va., daughter of the late Dr. George Wesley Jones and Nola N. Grant Jones. She was the widow of Dr. H. Bernard Lipscomb Jr. Mrs. Lipscomb was a graduate of the 1926 Class at Randolph-Macon Womens College. She was a past member of the Executive Board of Virginia Federated Music Clubs, she founded church related clubs during WWII for service men, she was a teacher in the Virginia Methodist Training School for youth workers. Mrs. Lipscomb had been an active member for over 35 years at the First United Methodist Church in Charlottesville, where her husband had served as pastor. She also served the church as an assistant to the pastor for over 20 years until her retirement. Mrs. Lipscomb is survived by her two children, H. Bernard Lipscomb III of New York, N.Y. and Mrs. Virginia Leigh Austin of Charlottesville; her sister, Mrs. Ruth Jones Duvall of Portsmouth; two grandchildren, Randall Lee Austin of Vinton and Sarah A. Dandridge of Charlottesville; five great-grandchildren, Gwynne Austin, Claire Austin, Harrison Austin, Austin Dandridge and Chandler Dandridge. Her funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 7, 1996 at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Byron R. Wilkinson officiating. Interment will follow in Monticello Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to the Randolph-Macon Womens College, 2500 Rivermont Ave., Lynchburg, Va. 24503, or First United Methodist Church, 101 E. Jefferson St., Charlottesville, Va. 22902. Hill and Wood Funeral Service, Charlottesville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.
McMANAMA, Evelyn Fitzgerald, 72, of 6654 Viscoe Road, #8, Fairlawn, died Monday, March 4, 1996, at her home. She was born in Virginia on March 6, 1923, and was the daughter of the late James Henry Fitzgerald and Linnie Jervis Fitzgerald. She was a retired employee of AT & T in Fairlawn. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Dean and Tina McManama, Fairlawn; two sisters; four half sisters; two half brothers; t hree grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski. Burial will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery, Fairlawn. Visiting will be Wednesday evening at Stevens Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski
PALMER, Earl, 90, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, March 4, 1996, at his home. Earl is survived by his wife of 14 happy years, Evelyn Chrisman Palmer; a stepson, Verl Edward Ramey Jr. of Pilot; a daughter-in-law, Peggy Ramey; a stepdaughter, Linda L. Scaggs, Christiansburg; three stepgrandchildren, Elizabeth Marie Ramey, Ruslee Ramey, Verl Edward Ramey III; two stepgreat-grandchildren, Russel Edward Ramey and Austin Reed Cole; a nephew, Stephen Nazeris, Knoxville, Tenn. He was a member of the Belmont Christian Church. He was widely known as ``The Blue Ridge Mountains' Roaming Camera Man''; his unique style of photography captured the lives of hill-people and their rustic way of life. Future generations may look back in time and virtually see an entire century of their own heritage locked in an unerring time-set. Earl was born to traveling circus performers in the rip-roaring Straight Creek mining section of Bell County, Ky., on May 11, 1905--the legendary haunts of Blind John Swift's elusive Silver Mine. He has dug coal from the puny 20-inch coal seams around Cumberland Gap, as has his loving wife, Evelyn, from the minuscule coal beds of Greenup County, Ky. His published works are illimitable, having been published across this continent in syndicated issues. ``The Appalachian Photographs of Earl Palmer'', by Jean Haskell Speer, with 128 prints of his best photographs, was published by the University of Kentucky Press, 1990. He has commissioned a writer to write his biography; one whose travels through the Appalachian coal fields all but followed in his footsteps. He served eight consecutive two-year terms as Mayor of Cambria, Va. He was instrumental in merging Cambria with Christiansburg. He attended Union College, Barbourville, Ky. and earned a teacher's certificate from Kentucky Eastern. He became a close friend of Jesse Stuart and most of Jesse's publications wear a dust jacket by Earl Palmer. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 1996, from the Belmont Christian Church, conducted by Mr. James T. Bayne and the Rev. Edgar R. Sutphin, with interment in Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Christiansburg Rescue Squad, the Belmont Christian Church Building Fund, or the American Cancer Society. Friends may call any time Wednesday at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
RHODENIZER, Ruth N., 67, of Lexington, Va. died Monday, March 4, 1996 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Rhodenizer was born March 30, 1928 in Alleghany County. A daughter of the late Stuart Norvell and Mattie Plogger Norvell. She was a member of the Collierstown United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Robert E. Rhodenizer, Sr., Lexington; a son, Robert E. Rhodenizer, Jr., Lexingt on; a sister, Faye Ruff, Fincastle; a brother, Paul Norvell, Iron Gate. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 1996 at the Harrison Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Joe Hammond officiating. Burial will follow in the Oxford Presbyterian Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington, Va.
ROLAND, Lewis E., 56, of Axton, died Tuesday, March 5, 1996. Memorial services 11 a.m. Thursday from the Chatham Heights Baptist Church, Martinsville. Arrangements by McKee Funeral Services, Martinsville.
SMITH, Reva Marshall, 76, of Willis, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 1996, at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred C. Smith; and three sons, Shannon A. Smith, Edsel M. Smith, and David E. Smith. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Lewis and Bonnie Smith, Will is, Gerald and Linda Smith, Allen and Sue Smith, Pilot; five daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Charles Duncan, Floyd, Nancy and Dewey Marshall, Alice and Noah Quesenberry, Dugspur, Kathy and Bobby Vest, Check, Leann and Russell Altizer, Riner; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, with the Rev. Allen Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in the Quesenberry Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Maberry Funeral Home
SOWERS, Joseph Richard, 41, of Pilot, died Monday morning, March 4, at the home of his parents. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Homer Sawyer and Rev. Tim Clark with burial in the Huffville Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Richardson-Horne in Christiansburg.
STURDIVANT, Marie Wingate, 87, of Sparta, N.C., passed away Tuesday, March 5, 1996. She was the widow of Dewey F. Sturdivant. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, N.C. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va., is in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Joe Rodger, (``J.R.''), 19, of Troutville, passed away Monday, March 4, 1996. He is survived by his parents, Bennie and Mary Williams; brother, Mark Williams; grandparents, Joe and June Stephens, Roanoke, Scottie and Ruth Wood, Killeen, Texas; great-grandparents, Arthur and Mary Stephens, Roanoke; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 8, 1996, at Oakey's North Chapel. 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.
WRIGHT, Ralph Edward, 76, of West Salem died Monday, March 4, 1996 at Lewis Gale Hospital. As a young boy he lived in Comers Rock, Va. and later in Rural Retreat, Va. He is survived by his wife Lila G. Wright; a step-son Attila F. Gokbudak; a step-daughter, Lale D. Gokbudak and her finance', Matthew B. Lovell. He is also survived by two sisters, Lattie Lee Wright and Lorraine Patton, both of Salem; niece, Betty Ann Teaford and her husband, Jim, of Eagle Rock, Va.; grand niece, Kathy Reece and husband, Sandy, and daughter Kelsey; grand niece, Gina Bradley; nephew, Gary Patton; and grand nephew, Jay Patton. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Jane Wright, son, Steven D. Wright, brother, Wayne Wright, and sister, Gladys Archer. Mr. Wright was retired from Wilson Trucking Company. At the time of his death he was an antique dealer in Christiansburg and Yadkin Valley, N.C. He was a veteran of the Medical Corps in World War II. Funeral services will be conducted by the Reverend Roy Rogers, pastor of the Faith Wesleyan Church. A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens followed immediately by a memorial service at Faith Wesleyan Church, 4431 Alleghany Drive, Salem, at 2:00 p.m. A private viewing for family and close friends wil l be held from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Lotz Salem Chapel followed by visitation for the general public from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Those wishing to make donations may consider the Fort Lewis Rescue Squad or the American Heart Association.
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