Roanoke Times

& World-News

Virginia: Wednesday, August 28, 1996

• COUNCILMAN QUESTIONS DRUGSTORE PLAN RITE-AID WOULD BE LOCATED NEAR HIS HOME
• TEACHER TURNOVER TAKES OFF RETIREMENTS, ETC., AFFECT CAVE SPRING
• DANCING IN THE RAIN
• HEAVY METAL
• SENATOR TAKES ON BETTING SHOPS
• OBIT - LATE NOTICES
• DISCOVERY OF JAMESTOWN'S FIRST FORT MAY BE REVEALED ALLEN REPORTEDLY WILL ANNOUNCE FINDING SEPT. 12
• POLICE ADMIT THEY DIDN'T SWOOP TO NAB SECRET-CAMERA SUSPECT
• UVA PEP BAND SACKED; OTHER GROUPS TO PLAY
• PLANE STAYS LOST; REWARD UNCLAIMED OFFICIALS HOPING HUNTERS WILL HELP
• IN VIRGINIA
• DRUGGISTS SAY THEY'RE BURDENED QUALMS AIRED AT HEARING
• RIVETED VIEWERS THEY'RE NOT
• 3 ROBBERIES REPORTED MONDAY IN ROANOKE
• GIRL LIED ABOUT KIDNAP ATTEMPT
• EVEN WEALTHY CANDIDATES HAVE TO BEG
• YOKOHAMA BREAK TIME IS PRAYER TIME AMID LAYOFFS, SUNDAY WORKERS WORSHIP FOR BETTER LIVES, JOBS
• WHISPERS ON A TAPE: BACK-ROOM REPRIMAND
• `SONG TO PEACE' COMPOSER DIES IN ISRAEL
• MAN HELD IN FATHER'S SLAYING
• SAILORS HELP REPAIR RAIN-DAMAGED HOMES
• MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE'S MORRIS DIES
• OBIT ANGLE, VIRTA SIGMON, SISTER OF EVELYN AKERS OF ROANOKE, DIED MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1996. FUNERAL 11 A.M. THURSDAY FROM SWICEGOOD FUNERAL CHAPEL, DANVILLE. BROWN, HENRY ELDREN, 70, OF UNION HALL, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1996. BORN ON AUGUST 12, 1926, HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE OSCAR E. AND BLANCHE KELLEY BROWN, AND WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, L. ATWOOD BROWN. HE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF ARRINGTON-BUSSEY FUNERAL HOME, AND CURRENTLY WAS EMPLOYED BY LYNCH FUNERAL HOME AND ARRINGTON FLOWERS AND GIFTS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SNOW CREEK MASONIC LODGE #90, DANVILLE SCOTTISH RITE, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD, GLADE HILL YOUNG FARMERS, GLADE HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, A COMMITTEEMAN FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY ASCS AND PAST PRESIDENT OF PENHOOK RURITAN CLUB. HENRY WAS A DEVOTED, LOVING, KIND, PATIENT AND GENTLE MAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE OF 31 YEARS, MARY JO FRALIN BROWN OF THE HOME; HIS LOVING SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, KELLEY GARRETT AND MARY VAN BROWN, AND TWIN GRANDDAUGHTERS, MORGAN AND HEATHER BROWN OF SURRY; HIS LOVING SISTER, MYRTLE ELIZABETH (``BECKY"") AND HER HUSBAND, LEWIS BROWN OF UNION HALL; A DEVOTED NEPHEW, LOWELL E. AND HIS WIFE, JEANNIE BROWN OF UNION HALL; TWO GREAT-NIECES, ANDREA BROWN OF ATLANTA, GA., AND CAROLYN BROWN OF BRISTOL, TENN., AND A SISTER-IN-LAW, JEAN BROWN OF UNION HALL. ALSO SURVIVING ARE AUNTSAND UNCLES NORTON AND VIRGINIA KELLY, HATTIE K. HODGES, ELDREN AND LULA KELLY,AND MAGGIE B. CUNDIFF; SISTERS-IN-LAW AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW; MANY OTHER NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS; A SPECIAL FRIEND, JUDY B. PALMER, AND HIS FAITHFUL PET, J.J. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 11 A.M. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1996, AT LYNCH FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, WITH THE REVS. BETTY MARSHALL AND J. D. HUNT IIIOFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE BROWN-KELLEY FAMILY CEMETERY, WITH MASONIC RITES BY SNOW CREEK LODGE #90. FLOWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED, OR MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO PENHOOK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND PLEASANT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 2 UNTIL 5 AND 7 UNTIL 9 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. LYNCH FUNERAL HOME, ROCKY MOUNT, IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. COLLINS, ALFRED J., 74, OF 60 SARA STREET, CHRISTIANSBURG, DIED MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1996 AT MONTGOMERY REGIONAL HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIF E, VELMA H. COLLINS; A DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, VICKI AND KEN SOPER, RICHMOND; A SON, A.J. COLLINS, CHRISTIANSBURG; HIS MOTHER, VIOLET COLLINS, CHRISTIANSBURG; A SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, MILDRED AND OTIS SOWDER, CHRISTIANSBURG; A BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW, STEVE AND JUDY COLLINS, CINCINNATI, OHIO; TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW, HELEN COLLINS, ROANOKE AND JANETTE GARDNER, FLORIDA; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, LYNN AND BECKY SOPER, RICHMOND, ADAM AND MATTHEW COLLINS, CHRISTIANSBURG; AND ONE GREAT-GRANDSON, BUDDY, RICHMOND. FUNERAL SERVICES WILLBE AT 1 P.M. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 AT THE RICHARDSON-HORNE FUNERAL CHAPEL WITH BURIAL IN ROSELAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY EVENING. ARRANGEMENTS BY RICHARDSON-HORNE FUNERAL HOME CONKLIN, JENNIE SUMNER 80, OF ROANOKE, PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1996. ARRANGEMENTS BY OAKEY'S NORTH CHAPEL. COPLEY, ANNE M., OF ALEXANDRIA, DIED FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1996 AT GOODWIN HOUSE, LOCATED IN ALEXANDRIA,VIRGINIA, HER LONG-TIME HOME SINCE RETIREMENT FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL SYSTEM IN 1965. PREVIOUS SHE HAD LIVED AND WORKED IN FRONT ROYAL, VA. SHE WAS BORN IN ROANOKE, VA. IN 1902, WHERE SHEWAS KNOWN BY HER MAIDEN NAME OF ANNE MOSHER. ANNE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, RAYMOND COPLEY AND HER SON,BENNETT ROBERTS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER NEPHEW, FRANK WARREN EDDY OF BOULDER, COLORADO. DAVIS, RUTH MATILDA, 89, OF 134 GRAYSON STREET, FRIES, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1996, AT THE BLUE RIDGE H