Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, April 10, 1990                   TAG: 9004090415
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: MARTINSVILLE                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT SCEARCE, C.

Claude H. Scearce, age 75, of Rt. 7, Box 97, died Sunday in the V.A. Medical Center in Salem. Born December 24, 1914, in Henry County, he was a son of the late Eddie S. and Josie Wyatt Scearce. A U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Druid Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Scearce was retired from Jones Electric Company. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Verta Cox Scearce; two sons, V.H. (Tom) Scearce and his wife Bonnie, Roanoke; Jim W. Scearce, Orlando, Fla.; a sister, Vernie S. Compton, Axton; a brother, Edward Scearce, Martinsville; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, from the McKee Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. James T. Bender. Entombment will be in Roselawn Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at McKee Funeral Home.