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DATE: Saturday, November 2, 1996            TAG: 9611020230
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HELEN H. STONE

Helen Helmintellor Stone, 80, died Nov. 1, 1996.

Mrs. Stone was born in Alleghany County, Va., and was the daughter of the late James Harvey and Dovey Bess Helmintellor. She was the widow of Ralph William Stone and a member of Franklin Baptist Church and its Frances Hudgins Circle.

She is survived by a daughter, Margaret S. Vick and her husband, Bobby, of Franklin; two sisters, Daisy H. Bishop of Willis, Va., and Rethia H. Snyder of Mechanicsville, Va.; two grandchildren, Vicky V. Baker and her husband, Tim, of Boykins and Stephen M. Vick and his wife, Teresa, of Virginia Beach.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Dr. Roy DeBrand and the Rev. Dr. Ira Hudgins. The family will receive friends in the home of Margaret and Bobby Vick, 420 Crescent Drive. Memorials can be made to the Franklin Baptist Church Memorial Fund or the American Heart Association, c/o Mrs. June Duck, 100 Fairview Drive, Franklin, Va. 23851. Wright Funeral Home is in charge.

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