Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, March 31, 1990 TAG: 9003310105
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT-HELMS, E.
HELMS, EFFIE B.\
FLOYD - Effie Boyd Helms, age 86, passed away Friday, March 30, 1990, at
Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was a retired school teacher, having taught in
Patrick, Floyd, and Pulakski Counties for a total of 46 years, including the
year she was principal of Belspring School in Pulaski County. She was preceded
in death by her parents, Francis and Lou Anna Boyd, and two brothers, Luther
and Charlie Boyd. Surviving are two sisters and brothers-in-law, Fanny and
Gaston Anderson, Roanoke; Maude and Henry B. Shealor, Floyd; one
sister-in-law, Lala D. Boyd, Meadows of Dan; several nieces and nephews also
survived. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 1, 1990, at the
Maberry Funeral Chapel, Floyd, with Elder J. M. Vipperman and Elder J. B.
Conner officiating. Burial will be in the Meadows of Dan Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or
a favorite charity. Friends may call at the Maberry Funeral Home after 2:00
p.m. Saturday. There will be no family night.
by CNB