ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, August 1, 1996 TAG: 9608010085
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
AGNOR, Emma Virginia, 86, died Monday, July 29, 1996 at the Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center. Born April 19, 1910 in Rockbridge County, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Carrie Davis Agnor. She was a retired sales clerk for B.P. Knight's Store and a member of the First Brethrens Church. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Carter and Frances Childs, and a brother, Charles Agnor. She is survived by a sister, Virginia Sensabaugh of Lexington; and a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, August 2, 1996 at the Lomax Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Joseph ""Butch"" Grow officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Lomax Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Buena Vista Rescue Squad.
ANGELL, John Bays, 46, of Wirtz, died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. He was preceded in death by his father, Hatcher Lee Angell; father-in-law, Fred Edenfield. Surviving are his wife, Debbie Angell; two stepsons, Peter Anthony Smith, Denver, Colo., Jason C. Smith, of the home; his mother, Elizabeth Hall Angell, Boones Mill; mother-in-law, Jan Edenfield, Bradenton, Fla.; two brothers-in-law, Mark and David Edenfield, both of Florida; four brothers and two sisters-in-law, Wayne and Helen Angell, Jay and Carol Angell, Robert Angell, Keister Angell, all of Boones Mill; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Brenda and Fred Edwards, Rocky Mount, Mae and David Newcomb, Deborah Angell, all of Boones Mill. Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside, Franklin Memorial Park, 11 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. J. Donald Abshire Sr. officiating. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday with the family receiving friends 7 to 9 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 S. Main Street, Rocky Mount.
BANKER, Charles Harrison, 76, of Covington, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, Arritt Funeral Home Chapel.
BIGGS, Mack D., 52 of Isle of Palms, S.C., died Monday, July 29, 1996. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Sea Coast Community Church, Mount Pleasant, S.C. Arrangements by Tri-County Cremation Center, Summerville, S.C.
BOWMAN, Sarah E., 82, of Patrick Springs, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, Stateline Primitive Baptist Church. Arrangements by Moody Funeral Services, Stuart.
CAWLEY, Emaline G., 70, of Salem, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 1 996. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and will be greatly missed by all. She was the current president of the Salem Chapter of NABA. She was also a past president of the Junior Women's Club and past chairperson of the Salem Republican Party. She was a member of West Salem Church of Christ. Mrs. Cawley was preceded in death by her father, James K. Grubb; mother, Hazel Grubb; husband, Edgar L. Crockett. She is survived by her husband, Paul E. Cawley; children, Freddie L. Crockett, Judith and husband, Roger Sanborn, Jean and husband, Ron Minton; grandchildren, Brian and Lisa Crockett, Tiffini Sanborn, Kelly and Rick Aebersole, Vanessa and Ed Sparrow, F. Lee Crockett Jr., MacKenzie E. Thompson-Minton; great-grandchildren, Amanda Crockett, Kelleyann E. Gordon, Spencer K. Sparrow, Morgan Steen, Tyler Crockett. Funeral services will be conducted 12 noon Friday, August 2, 1996, at Lotz Salem Chapel with Mr. Roy Miller officiating. Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. Arrangements are being handled by Lotz Funeral Home, Salem.
DEAL, Bertha Hodges, 73, of Bassett, died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, Roselawn Funeral Home Chapel.
DUNBAR, Charles Edward, Sr., 52, of Glade Hill, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service, Rocky Mount.
EURAL, Ida Frances, 90, of Willingboro, N.J., passed away Friday, July 26, 1996, at Rancocas Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 2, 11 a.m., First Baptist Church, North Jefferson St., Roanoke with the Rev. Dr. K. B. Wright officiating. Interment at Free Spring Baptist Church, Rustburg, Va. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
GARLAND, James A., 82, of Christiansburg, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. He is survived by his wife, Nina D. Garland; daughters, Frances M. Light, Judy G. Anderson, and Shirley Ann Barger; sister, Alice G. Scott; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, Lotz Salem Chapel by the Rev. Claude Dove. Burial will be in the Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery, Shawsville. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Lotz Salem Chapel.
GIVENS, Jane Kenny, 64, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 1996. She was preceded in death by her father, Willard Kenny. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Michael Urbanski, Roanoke; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Anita Givens, Manassas; mother, Pleasant H. Kenny, Roanoke; five grandchildren, William and Sarah Urbanski, Christopher, Matthew and Allison Givens. She graduated from Emory and Henry College and taught for several years in the Grayson County School System. She was a charter member of the New River Pioneer Chapter D.A.R., a former chairman of the Wythe Grayson Regional Library Board, and former council member for the Town of Independence. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, August 1, 1996, at the Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville, with Rev. F. Elizabeth Givens officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Carilion Hospice Services of Roanoke, P.O. Box 13367, Roanoke, Va. 24033, or your favorite charity. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville.
HANCOCK, John Max, Sr., of Salem, died at his home on Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Mr. Hancock, a native of C raig County and a certified land surveyor, was former City Engineer of Salem from 1974 until his retirement in 1980. He served as Assistant Engineer of Salem from 1969 until 1974. Prior to 1969, he worked 20 years in the engineering department of Norfolk-Southern Railroad and two years as engineer for Craig-Botetourt Co-Op. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Salem. He was also a member of D.C. Shanks Royal Arch Chapter #31, Salem, and Mountain Lodge #140 A.F.&A.M., New Castle for 49 years, where he was Master from 1954-1955. In addition, he was First Worthy Patron for Mountain Chapter #168 O.E.S. from 1955-1957 and Worthy Patron twice from 1961-1962 and 1968-1969. Mr. Hancock was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann Hancock, and a sister, Kathleen Barnett. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lucille Brogan Hancock; one son and daughter-in-law, John Max Hancock Jr. and Sandra A. Hancock, Vinton; four daughters and one son-in-law, Maxine Grubbs, Jane Hancock, Diane Hancock, all of Salem, Peggy and William (Billy) Carter, Terre Haute, Ind.; seven grandchildren, Sgt. Lewis M. Grubbs Jr. and wife, Joni, Anchorage, Alaska, Kristie Carter, Budapest, Hungary, Julie Carter, Terre Haute, Ind., Tiffany Hancock, John Hancock, Caroline Carter, all of Vinton, Joseph Grubbs; two grandchildren, Chris and Joseph Grubbs, Anchorage, Alaska; devoted friends, Paul and Dollie Braisted. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday from the chapel of John M. Oakey & Son, Salem, with the Rev. Thomas Joyce and the Rev. Paul Braisted officiating. Burial will follow in Fair View Cemetery with Mountain Lodge #140 A.F.&A.M. officiating. Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem.
HAWKINS, Robert Lee, 83, of Mill Creek, formerly of Elkin, N.C., died Wednesday, July 31, 1996, at his home. Mr. Hawkins came to Roanoke in 1947 to form Hawkins and Cox Crane Service and Steel Erectors. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Lottye Staples Hawkins; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Joyce and Wayne Petenbrink, Linda Minter, Goshen; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Gloria and Ray Carter, Hephzibah, Ga.; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Brenton and Martha Staples, Goshen, and Thurston Staples, Millboro. Funeral services will be at the graveside 1 p.m. Thursday, August 1, 1996, Lebanon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bells Valley, with Rev. Linwood Wilkes officiating. The family would like to thank Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Buchanan and Troutville Rescue Squads for their kind services. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel
HUBBARD, Annie Florence, 87, of Roanoke County, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Arrangements by Lotz Roanoke Chapel.
JONES, Betty Ford, 50, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 1996. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Signe Jones Cutler. Survivors include her husband, Ezra M. Jones; two sons, E. Morris Jones, Everette M. Jones; one daughter, Sherri-Ann D. Jones; parents, Sylvester Ford, Sr., and Juanita Basham Ford; three brothers, Sylvester (``Geneva'') Ford, Jr., Rudolph (``Anita'') Ford; Vyncent Ford; one sister, Loretta Ford Arnold, all of Roanoke; six sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law, Leatha Jones, Washington, D.C., Alberta (``Clayborn'') Neal, Minneapolis, Minn., Lottye (``Robert'') Mitchell, New York City, N.Y., Leatha Barnette Jones, Roanoke, Virgie Jones, Lynchburg, Basil (``Regina'') Jones, Roanoke; four grandchildren, Maresha D. Cutler, Bridgette A. Carrington, Sherece M. Hines, Donte M. Jones, all of Roanoke; two devoted and loving friends, Tabatha Cooper, Tanyia Claytor; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held Saturday, 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church, North Jefferson Street. The Rev. K. B. Wright will officiate, with burial in Williams Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the church. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
LANDRY, George L., 71, of Bristol, R.I., died Monday, July 29, 1996. Funeral 10 a.m. Friday, St. Elizabeth's Church, Bristol, R.I..
LEMON, Mary Grace Trout, 88, of Roanoke and Richmond, died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. Mrs. Lemon attended the College of William & Mary and graduated from Pratt Institute. She was a member of the Mill Mountain Garden Club, the Junior League of Roanoke Valley, and the Roanoke Assembly. She was preceded in death by her parents, Philip Henry and Lucy Boyd Sayre Trout, and her sister, Elizabeth Trout Lemon. Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Marvin Lemon; her daughters, Lucy Boyd L. Edmunds, Richmond, Jane L. Marmion, Richmond, and Mary Marvin L. Walter, Atlanta, Ga.; her grandchildren, Hugh G. Edmunds III, Armistead Edmunds, and Laura Walter. A memorial service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, Thursday, August 1, 1996 2 p.m. with the Rt. Rev. William H. Marmion and the Rev. W. Frank Allen officiating. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to St. John's Episcopal Church, Jefferson and Elm Ave., Roanoke, Va. 24016 or to TRUST - Roanoke Valley Trouble Center, P.O. Box 20207, Roanoke, Va. 24018. Oakey's Roanoke Chapel handling funeral arrangements.
LOUGHRIE, Edith Malpass, 80, of Richmond, formerly of Covington, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Funeral 4 p.m. Saturday, Covington Baptist Church. Arrangements by Loving Funeral Home.
NEELY, Edith Blankenship, 79, of Narrows, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Arrangements by Riffe's Funeral Service.
OTEY, Patricia Edmonds, 43, of Hillsville, passed away Monday, July 29, 1996. Funeral service 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 1, 1996 Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville.
PATTERSON, Presley Lee, (``Pete''), 84, of Clifton Forge, died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel.
PHILLIPPI, Grant Alexander, 81, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Rural Retreat, Va., died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. Memorial service Thursday, August 8, 1996, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Sacremento.
RUTHERFORD, Arlie Reece, 77, of Salem, died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Southside Baptist Church. Arrangements by John M. Oakey and Son, Salem.
SPENCER, Addie V., 88, of Penhook, formerly of Norfolk, W. Va., died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. Arrangements by Stanfield Mortuary Services.
THOMAS, Arthur Jimmie, Sr., 67, of Roanoke, died after a hard, long illness. He went to be with the Lord on July 30, 1996. He is now at peace. He will be sadly missed by all his family and friends. He was retired from his own business, A.J. Thomas Roofing & Sheet Metal. He is preceded in death by his mother, Ellen H. Thomas, father, James Thomas, sister, Pauline Foley, grandson, Joshua Broughman. He is survived by a special friend, Hazel Stump; two daughters, Diane Jenkins, Roanoke, and Patty Ellen Brown and son-in-law, Robert Brown, all of Roanoke; two sons, A.J. Thomas and Herbert Thomas, both of Roanoke; grandsons, Brandon Scott Thomas, and Dustin Robert Thomas; sisters and brothers-in-law, Edith and Sam Vandergrift, Emma and Malcolm Schrader, both of Roanoke; nephew, Edward Thomas Jr., Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Friday, August 2, 1996 from the Lotz Vinton Chapel. The Rev. Charles (Chips) Doyle will officiate. Burial to follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in the Lord's Last Supper Section. Friends may call at Lotz Vinton Chapel from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday.
WAGG, William Eugene, (``Moose""), 58, of Route 3, Marion, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Memorial service 7 p.m. Friday, Newberry Funeral Home Chapel, Chilhowie.
WARREN, Frances S., (Mrs. James M. Jr.), 94, of Harrisonburg, died Tuesday, July 30, 1996. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, including James M. III and Maruma R. Warren of Roanoke, and Wade C. and Frank S. Warren.
WRIGHT, Thomas Henry, 51, of Wirtz, passed away Wednesday, July 31,1996 in a Roanoke hospit al. A Certified Public Accountant, he owned Lake Accounting & Tax Service, Smith Mountain Lake. He was a member of Shenandoah Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Cynthia Ogle Wright; daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Scott Shelton, Mebane, N.C.; two grandchildren, Brett Thomas Shelton and Caroline Elizabeth Shelton; his parents, Arthur and Zora Wright, Ferrum; four brothers, Wendall Wright, Ray Wright and Keith Wright all of Blacksburg, Johnny Wright, Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sisters, Audrey Terry, Meadows of Dan and Margie Thomas, Blacksburg. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday, August 2,1996 from Oakey's North Chapel, Roanoke. The Rev. Albin Crutchfield and the Rev. Dewey Weaver will officiate. Interment will follow at 11:30 a.m. Friday in Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg. Memorials may be made to the Red Valley Rescue Squad, Rt. 3 Box 735, Boones Mill, Va. 24065. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel, Roanoke.
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