Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, March 11, 1990                   TAG: 9003143276
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT BECKNER, W.

Mr. Warren B. Beckner, age 53, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday morning March 8, 1990. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Lillie M. Beckner, Roanoke; eight sisters, Mrs. Irene Ramsey; Mrs. Edith Thompkins; Mrs. Sarah Claytor; Ms. Ada Brown; Mrs. Renelda Burks, all of Roanoke; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Smithers, W.Va.; Mrs. Olivia Goodwin; and Ms. Dianne Helms, both of Winston-Salem, N.C.; three brothers, Mr. Theodore Beckner, Mr. Ray Nathan Beckner, both of Roanoke; and Mr. Arthur Beckner, Jr., Columbus, Ohio; one aunt, Mrs. Liberty Calhoun, Detroit, Mich.; one uncle, Mr. Tom Beckner, North Wilkesboro, N.C.; three brothers-in-law, Mr. James Claytor; and Mr. James Thompkins, both of Roanoke; James Goodwin, Winston-Salem, N.C.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Daisy Beckner, Roanoke; 15 nephews; 24 nieces. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at the Garden of Prayer #7 with Elder Shadrach Brown officiating. Burial will be in Williams Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.