Roanoke Times

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Virginia: Wednesday, June 26, 1996

• OBIT AKERS, ARTHUR K., JR., (``PETE"") 79, OF CHAPEL HILL, N.C., FORMERLY OF FLOYD, DIED MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1996. ARRANGEMENTS BY WOOD FUNERAL HOME, FLOYD. BOOKER, WILLIAM C., 41, OF MARION, DIED MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1996. GRAVESIDE SERVICE 2:30 P.M. THURSDAY AT THE STATE CEMETERY. ARRANGEMENTS BY BARNETT'S FUNERAL HOME. BROWN, JOSEPH C., OF ROANOKE, PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1996, IN THE VA MEDICAL CENTER, SALEM. HE WAS A 1939 GRADUATE FROM VPI. MR. BROWN WAS A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL FROM THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE, HAVING SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE DURING WORLD WAR II. HE SERVED FOR A TOTAL OF 28 YEARS IN BOTH HIS ACTIVE AND RESERVE DUTIES, AND WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE STAR. IN1994, THE VIRGINIA DIVISION, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, BESTOWED ON HIM THE WORLD WAR II CROSS OF MILITARY SERVICE. THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHO HAVE HONORABLE SERVED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING TIME OF WAR. HE WORKED IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS FOR THEROANOKE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FROM 1956 UNTILHIS RETIREMENT IN 1983, FROM WHICH HE RETIRED AS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERVISOR. MR.B ROWN WAS A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED OFFICER ASSOCIATION AND THE ROANOKE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE. UNTIL HIS ILLNESS, HE ATTENDED FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH HIS WIFE. JOE BROWN WAS AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN WHO, WITH HIS WIFE, QUIETLY GAVE THEIR RESOURCES TO BETTER THE LOT OF THOSE LESS FORTUNATE. MANY CITIZENS AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORTUNATE THAT HE PASSED THEIR WAY. SURVIVING AREHIS WIFE, MARGARET R. BROWN; A BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW, THOMAS W. AND HELEN MORRIS OF HAMPTON; SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, EDITH AND BOB GARST OF ROANOKE; ONE NIECE; SIX NEPHEWS; AND A NUMBER OF COUSINS INCLUDING A SPECIAL COUSIN, LOUISE BRADLEY OF FRIENDSHIP MANOR. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTEDAT 11:30 A.M. FRIDAY FROM OAKEY'S NORTH CHAPEL WITH CHAPLAIN GUY A. RITTER JR.OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WITH MILITARY HONORS WILL FOLLOW AT FAIR VIEW CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY SUGGEST MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO THE GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL (P.O. BOX 5142, ROANOKE, VA. 24012) OR A FAVORITE CHARITY. FRIENDS MAY CALL AFTER 11 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT OAKEY'S NORTH CHAPEL WHERE THE FAMILY WILL BE FROM 2 TO 4 AND 7 TO 9 P.M. THURSDAY. COCK, JOEL BETH, 71, OF DUGSPUR, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1996 AT TWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN GALAX. MR. COCK WAS A RETIRED DAIRY FARMER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, IRENE C. COCK, DUGSPUR; TWO DAUGHTERS, RENA ANN FRANKLIN, HILLSVILLE AND JANET COCK, BLUEFIELD, W.VA.; ONE BROTHER, CURTIS COCK, JR., MEADOWS OF DAN; TWO SISTERS, MARY LOU GARRAHAN, MANASSAS AND RUTH NELSON, MARTINSVILLE; ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, CRYSTAL F. CHAPPELL, HILLSVILLE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE 11 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT THE MABERRY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, FLOYD, WITH ELDER JOE MCGRADY OFFICIATI NG. BURIAL WILL BE IN JACKSONVILLE CEMETERY, FLOYD CROCKETT, MARY ELIZABETH, 64, OF WYTHEVILLE, DIED TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1996. FUNERAL 2 P.M. THURSDAY, BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH. ARRANGEMENTS BY BARNETT FUNERAL HOME. FERRIS, LOTTIE MARIE GILES, 87, FORMERLY OF ROANOKE, OF CAMELOT HALL IN SALEM, DIED TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1996. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF BENJAMIN LOUIS FERRIS, AND PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A GRANDSON, BRIAN BRILLHART. SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, DOROTHY F. AND ALLEN BRILLHART, ROANOKE; ONE SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WILLIAM L. AND LOUISE FERRIS, SALEM; ALSO SIX GRANDCHILDREN; AND THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11 A.M. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1996, AT THE GLADE CREEK CEMETERY IN BL UE RIDGE. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT LOTZ VINTON CHAPEL AFTER 12 NOON WEDNESDAY WITH THE FAMILY RECEIVING FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9 P.M. WEDNESDAY. GARRISON, MARY GATES, 75, OF CLIFTON FORGE,
• ALLEN OKS REOPENED U.S. 58 DEBATE COUNTIES BACK KEEPING SOME 2-LANE SECTIONS
• EX-PRINCIPAL TO LEAVE, DESPITE HIS ACQUITTAL ROANOKE SCHOOLS STILL MAY FACE LAWSUIT, HE SAYS
• BAPTISTS DISCUSS ATTACKS
• VA. PLANS MOUNTAINTOP NATURE PRESERVE
• WORKER COSTS KEPT BEDFORD COUNTY COVERS INSURANCE
• WATER HAZARD
• LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING ...
• TORNADO COULD HAVE HURT MORE FORECASTER IMPRESSED, BUT RELIEVED
• HENRY, PATRICK TO GET 4 LANES
• MARK WARNER WINS TOP RANK ON BALLOT FOR SENATE ELECTION
• OBIT LATE NOTICE
• WIFE-MURDERER GETS LIFE SENTENCE ROANOKE MAN'S STALKING ENDED IN FATAL AMBUSH
• JUDGE: 2 WOMEN TO GET WELFARE FOR NOW
• SLAYING SUSPECT ARRESTED
• EX-CON'S ROLLS-ROYCE TRIP ENDS IN PRISON
• TIMBER BRIDGE IN ALLEGHANY TO BE REPLACED
• WOMAN RAPED IN ROANOKE BY MAN WITH KNIFE
• SCHOOLS' GUIDANCE RULES KEPT
• TECH WOOD EXPERT PART OF HUNT FOR UNABOMBER
• NOVELIST NAMED AS AGENT'S LOVER IN DIVORCE CASE HUSBAND'S ARREST FOR ABDUCTION BRINGS LESBIAN ALLEGATIONS TO LIGHT
• BIGGER TAX BITE DECRIED ORTHODONTISTS SAY FEE UNFAIR
• SCHOOL'S RENOVATION DELAYED COUNTY DELAYS SCHOOL RENOVATION
• TRUCK DRIVER SUSPECTED IN KILLING POLICE SUSPECT MAN WHO DENIED GUILT AT SCENE OF CRIME
• ACCIDENT VICTIM, 10, TRANSFERRED
• IN VIRGINIA