ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, August 29, 1996 TAG: 9608290090
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
ARNOLD, James Paul, 77, of Fries, died Tuesday, August 27, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, Fries Pentecostal Holiness Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home, Galax.
BOWYER, Harry Edward Sr., 82, of Route 2, Bedford, died Wednesday, August 28, 1996, at Oakwood Manor. He was born November 5, 1913 in Bedford County, a son of the late James Mitchell Bowyer and Floya Virginia Overstreet Bowyer. He was a retired farmer, and was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Josephine Mason Bowyer; two brothers, Howard A. Bowyer and Humphrey Bowyer; two sisters, Lettie B. Weeks and Lucy B. Smith. He is survived by two sons, Harry E. Bowyer Jr. and his wife, Sharon, Jackie Dale Bowyer and his special friend, Pat Carhart, all of Bedford; two sisters, Linda Carol Nicholas and her husband, Monty, of Rustburg, Lois Jean Vess and her husband, James, of Marietta, Ga.; a brother, James M. (Junior) Bowyer of Bedford; a sister, Charlotte Bowyer Bobblet of Baltimore, Md.; also seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside at Nicopolis United Methodist Church Cemetery at 11 a.m. Friday, August 30, 1996, with the Rev. Earl Ragland officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Carder-Tharp Funeral Home.
COLLINS, Alfred J., 74, of Christiansburg, died Monday, August 26, 1996, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday from the Richardson - Horne Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Robert E. Crawford with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are being handled by Richardson-Horne in Christiansburg.
CONKLIN, Jennie Sumner, 80, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, August 27, 1996. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Frank T. and Evelyn Baumgardner Sumner. An active and long time member of Grace United Methodist Church, she served as the church secretary for fourteen years, was a past president of the United Methodist Women, and sang in the choir. A former member, she was a past president of the Little Acorn Garden Club. Surviving are her husband, Glen J. Conklin; two daughters and a son-in-law, Marie Hill, Roanoke, and Pat and Bill Gaddy, Raleigh, N.C.; a son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Bonnie Conklin, Rockhill, S.C.; seven grandchildren, Tony Smithers, Michael Smithers, Steven Wade, Lori Gaddy, Melanie Wooten, Aaron Conklin, and Holly Conklin; two great-grandchildren, Ashley Rae Wooten and Reagan Lee Wooten; sister, Frances Wells, Tucson, Ariz.; and niece, Linda Walker, Tucson, Ariz. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, for the elevator fund. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, August 30, 1996 from Oakey's North Chapel. The Rev. Emory N. Tarpley Sr. will officiate. Interment will be 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.
FLOWERS, Edward Lee, 74, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, August 25, 1996. Survivors include one cousin, Katherine Harris, Lynchburg; devoted friend, Alex Thompson, Roanoke; a host of friends. Memorial services will be held Thursday, August 29, at 11 a.m. at Hamlar-Curtis Chapel, with the Rev. Corwin Casey officiating, with burial in Williams Memorial Park. The family will meet at the funeral home. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
HALE, Dorothy, 62, of York, Pa. formerly of Roanoke passed away August 27, 1996. Arrangenments by Serenity Funeral Home.
HART, Mary Kinney, 73, of 21 Old Meadow Dr., The Edgewood, Stanleytown, died Tuesday, August 27, 1996, at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. A native and lifelong resident of Bassett, she was an active church and civic leader in her community all her life. A member of Bassett Memorial United Methodist Church, she had served on the church's administrative board for 30 years, had chaired the Worship Committee, and was chairperson of the Missons Committee at her death. She also had served as president of the United Methodist Women. Hart initiated the Cub Scout Program for the Bassett area in the early 1950's and served as Den Mother for several years. She was chairperson of the Red Cross Bloodmobile for 12 years and was a longtime active member of the Bassett Garden Club. Born December 9, 1922, she was a daughter of the late William Niven Kinney Jr. and the late Mary Mills Kinney. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Richard Hart; and a brother, Clyde L. Kinney. Surviving are one daughter, Susan Hart Vincent, Charlotte, N.C.; two sons, William Richard Hart, Fairfield, Ohio, Charles Nicholas Hart, Atlanta, Ga.; two granddaughters. The funeral will be Thursday, 11 a.m., at Bassett Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Meredith officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Martinsville. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, the Martinsville/Henry Unit Office, P.O. Box 3907, Martinsville, VA 24115 or the Bassett Memorial United Methodist Church, Riverside Highway, Bassett, VA 24055. Collins Funeral Services of Bassett are handling arrangements.
HAYDEN, Kimberly Dianne (``Kim''), 29, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord and her father, Richard M. (``Dick'') Hayden, Tuesday, August 27, 1996. She was a graduate of Northside High School. Surviving are her mother, Jean Sink Hayden; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, August 30, 1996 from Oakey's North Chapel. The Rev. J. Weldon Myers will officiate. Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Hollins Rescue Squad (County #5). The family will receive friends fro m 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel
HOLMES, William M., (``Bill''), 78, of Bristol, Tenn., died Tuesday, August 27, 1996. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Rich Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service, Marion.
HOLT, James J., ``Jim,'' 87, of Bent Mountain, died Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at his residence. Jim was a retired mechanic from Firestone Tire Company and is survived by his wife of sixty-five years, Ethel Thorn Teel Holt, his daughter and son-in-law, Peggy Ann and Thomas W. Beahen, Niagra Falls, N.Y.; his son and daughter-in-law, James Jr. and Jane Lynn Holt, Lewiston, N.Y.; grandchildren, Thomas Beahen Jr., Timothy J. Beahen, Martha B. Templeton, Lura K. Holt; four great-grandchildren; his sisters, Flossie Clingenpeel, Roanoke, Grace Bowman, Callaway, Essie Webster, Fallston, Md., Della Lipscombe, Richmond, Retha Hawley, Varina, N.C. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's South Chapel, Saturday, August 31, 1 p.m. with the Reverend Gary Edwards and the Reverend Horace Light officiating. Interment in the Teel Family Cemetery, Bent Mountain. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Mt. Union Church of the Brethren, P.O. Box 192, Bent Mountain, Va. 24059 or Gentle Shepherd Hospice, 4040 Franklin Rd., Roanoke, Va. 24014 in his memory. The family will receive friends Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's South Chapel.
KUHN, Mary Evelyn Hahn, 94, of Christiansburg, died Tuesday evening, August 27, 1996, at her residence. She was the widow of E. L. Kuhn and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mrs. Kuhn was very active in the church and for many years taught Sunday School in the Children's Department. She attended Juanita College in Pennsylvania and during her 40 year teaching career taught at the Belmont and Dublin Schools and served as principal of Christiansburg Primary School. She also was employed for a number of years at Mitchell Sales Company in Christiansburg. Surviving are one daughter, Louise Aylor, Chrisitiansburg; two sisters, Mrs. Betty Bland, Clarksburg, W.Va., and Mrs. Grace Holsopple, Scott Depot, W.Va.; and several nephews. The funeral will be 1 p.m., Friday from the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Gerald A. Goss, Rev. Monroe Hedrick and Rev. Robert Crawford. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Christiansburg Rescue Squad, Box 176, Christiansburg, VA 24073. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
KULIK, Richard Allen, 39, of Christiansburg, died Tuesday, August 27, 1996, in Montgomery County. Surviving are his wife, Connie Kulik; two sons, Philip Moher, Christiansburg, Richard Allen Moher, Florida; a daughter, Rochelle Kulik, New York. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Friday at the Richardson-Horne Chapel conducted by Rev. J. P. Hale, with burial in Sunset Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
LEONARD, Harold William, (``Butter''), 84, of Christiansburg, died Monday, August 26, 1996, at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. A graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Sunset Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Doug Kanney. Arrangements are being handled by the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.
LEWIS, Crystal Claytor, 61, of Dublin, died Tuesday, August 27, 1996 at her home. She was born September 12, 1934 in Dublin, Va. to the late Charles Robert Hines and Virginia H. Nelson. Surviving include daughters, Vonetta D. Claytor, Dublin, Janet Miller, San Diego, Cal if., Renee' King, Laurel, Md., Teresa Gaye Claytor, San Diego, Calif.; sons, Keith ``Randy"" Claytor, Radford, Micheal Claytor, Powatan, Harold Claytor, Winston-Salem, N.C.; sisters, Paulita Snell, Radford, Barbara Rollins, Radford, Annabelle Wyms, Radford, Lorene Wyms, Radford; a host of grandchildren; and great-grandchldren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, August 30, 1996 at Radford Church of God in Christ with the Rev. Jerry Wyms and Elder Watson officiating. Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery, Dublin, Va. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 1996 at the church. Arrangements by Claytor-Dean Funeral Home
LIADY, Fred Gardner, Jr. 83, died August 26, 1996 at the Colonnades, Charlottesville, VA. Born June 28, 1913 Coleinga, California. Son of the late Fred Liady Gardner and Theresa King Liady. He is survive by his wife Nancy Apperson Liady and a son Fred Liady Gardner, III of Roanoke; a daughter Anne Liady Lynch of Phoenix, Ariz., and six grandchildren. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia and a Retired Mechanical Engineer with the Southern Welding and Machine Company of Charlottesville. The family suggest that donations be made to the Charlottesville Rescue Squad or the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad. The family will receive friends at the home. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 Saturday, August 31 at the Hillsboro Baptist Church Cemetary, Yancey Mills, VA with the Rev. Peter Wade officiating. Anderson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
McBRIDE, Wade Leonard, Sr., 84, of Rocky Mount, died Tuesday, August 27, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Flora Funeral Chapel.
MILLER, Michael F., ``Mike,'' 45 of Roanoke County died Wednesday, August 28, 1996. Mike was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth M. Miller and is survived by his father, Randolph ''Pete'' Miller, Roanoke County; his brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Carolyn Miller, Roanoke County; a niece, Michele Miller; a nephew, Greg Miller; three aunts, Evelyn Cline Desmond Miller, both of Roanoke, Frances Turner, Vinton. A graveside service will be held in Evergreen Burial Park Friday, August 30, 1 p.m. with the Reverend William B. Ramey Jr. officiating. Friends may call at Oa key's South Chapel
PACK, Carl A., 84, of Blacksburg, died Tuesday, August 27, 1996 at his home. Surviving are his wife, Wavie A. Pac k; three sons, William C. Pack, Blacksburg, Franklin Dean Pack, Connecticut, Arnold Ray Pack, Hawaii; one daughter, Naomi P. McIvor, Maine; ten grandchildren, Amby Linkous, Patricia Linkous, Machelle Pack, Angelia McCaleb, Andrew Pack, Sarah Pack, Christopher Pack, Robert McIvor, Katheline Negrito, Michael McIvor; three great grandchildren, Travis Linkous, Amanda Negrito, Ryan Linkous; one sister, Lessie Miller, Beckley, W.Va.; two half brothers, Burnice Meadows, Charlie Meadows; one half sister, Genevieve Farley. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, August 30, at the Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church conducted by the Rev. Jerry Sloss with burial in Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to the Blacksburg Recue Squad, Progress Street, Blacksburg, VA. 24060. Friends may call anytime Thursday at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday.
PAINTER, Marjorie Rachel Thomas, 77, of Catawba, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 1996, at her home. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Loren Thomas and Ronald Thomas. She is survived by her husband, Paul E. Painter; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Sandy and Carson Hamilton, Karen and Buck Taylor, Sheila Painter; three grandchildren, Shanna Taylor, Jessica Taylor, and Stephen Hamilton; two stepgrandsons, David Taylor and Joshua Taylor; two brothers, Claude Thomas and Ashby Thomas; seven sisters-in-law, Frances Thomas, Ruth Thomas, Helen Thomas, Helen Painter, Nellie Painter, Ola Painter, and Pauline Rhodes; two brothers-in-law, Eugene Rhodes and Melvin Painter; nine nieces and nephews. Since the age of twelve, Marjorie was a member of Mount Union Presbyterian Church. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, August 29, 1996 at 2 p.m. at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park with Dr. Carl Collins and Rev. Doug Turner officiating. In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Catawba/Mason's Cove Rescue Squad, 3810 Bradshaw Rd., Salem, VA 24153, Catawba Valley Baptist Church, 9822 Catawba Rd, Catawba, VA or Catawba United Methodist Church, Catawba, VA. Friends may call at Lotz Salem Chapel.
PARKER, Carlton William, 38, of Washington, D.C. died Saturday, August 24, 1996. Funeral 1 p.m .Friday at Indian Ridge Baptist Church. Arrangments by Stanfield Mortuary Service, Rocky Mount.
PLETTA, Dan H., 92, of Blacksburg, died Monday, August 26, 1996. Funeral 4 p.m. Thursday, Christ Episcopal Church. Interment in Westview Cemetery. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home.
SHELTON, Alva Jerome, 72, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 1996. Arrangements by Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home.
SHORTT, Lawrence E., 89, of Hardy, died Monday, August 26, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
STOUT, John W. of Hillsville, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 1996. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home, Hillsville.
STOVALL, Crystal L., 25, of Roanoke passed away Saturday, August 24, 1996. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jeannie Stovall. Survivors included her father, David Hargrave, Statesville, N.C.; adopted father, Joseph Johnson, Brooklyn, N.Y.; two daughters, Alberta Clarice Stovall, Crystal Diane Stovall both of Roanoke; maternal grandparents, William F. and Mary E. Payne, Roanoke; one aunt, Helena Jones, Jamaica, N.Y.; one uncle, Rodney (Fredrica) Payne; cousins, Corey A. Jones, Gerald K. Jones, both of Jamaica, N.Y., Dominique and Whitney Payne, Roanoke; eight great aunts; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral service will be Saturday, August 31, 1996 10 a.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Church with Reverend Antonio Thomas officiating. Interment will follow at Williams Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the church Friday, August 30 from 7-8 p.m. Viewing at the funeral home Friday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Home, 126 Gilmer Ave, NW Roanoke.
TOWNLEY, Alice Virginia Vest, 53, of Bland, died Wednesday, August 28, 1996. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Hoges Chapel Cemetery, Bland. Arrangements by A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate.
VERRALL, Catherine Stewart, 89, of Fincastle died Wednesday, August 28, 1996. She is survived by one daughter, Cahterine Graff, Fincastle; one sister, Edith Thomas, Arizona; one granddaughter, Susan Hopper; one great-grandson, James W. Hopper; one great-great-granddaughter, Allyson Hopper. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, August 30, 1996 at the Rader Daleville Chapel. Entombment will follow in the Old Dominion Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
WILLIAMS, Warren Hicks, 64, of Greensboro, N.C., died Tuesday, August 27, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, Mt. Hope United Methodist Church, Fries, Va. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home, Galax.
WORLEY, Vickie Franson 47, of Covington, died Monday, August 26, 1996. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday in Alleghany Memorial Park. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home.
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