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                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, February 2, 1995             TAG: 9502020321
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.               LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

FRANCES M. ROBY

Frances McCandless Roby, 84, died Monday, January 30, 1995, at the Colonnades.

She was born October 12, 1910, in Munfordville, Kentucky, daughter of the late David Alexander McCandless, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the late Elizabeth Moneypenny McCandless. Mrs. Roby was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

She is survived by her husband, Allan B. Roby, Rear Admiral, U.S.N. Ret.; two sons, Allan B. Roby Jr. of Simsbury, Conn., and David M. Roby of Lyme, N.H.; a niece, Betty Brooke McCord of Louisville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. The family suggests that memorial donations be made to a favorite charity.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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