Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 11, 1990 TAG: 9004110071
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-STANLEY, H.
STANLEY, HIX A.\
FRIES - Mr. Hix A. Stanley, age 79, of Rt. 1, Fries, Providence community,
passed away Tuesday, April 10, 1990, in the VA Hospital in Salem, Va. He was
born August 24, 1910, in Grayson County, to James Matt and Amizilla Elizabeth
Mallory Stanley. He was a retired employee of Fries Mills, a member of the
Steven's Creek United Methodist Church and a World War II veteran having
served in the U.S. Army. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Esther Snow Stanley, of
the home; six daughters, Mrs. Foster (Eloise) Murray, Pulaski; Mrs. James
(Louise) Vaughn, Liberty, N.C.; Mrs. Boyd (Joyce) Isom and Mrs. Marshall
(Patricia) Shupe, all of Fries; Mrs. Patsy Taylor, Lansing, N.C.; Mrs. Freddie
(Christine) Delp, Woodlawn; six sons, Douglas Stanley, Larry Stanley, Allen
Stanley, William (Billy) Stanley, James Matt (Pete) Stanley, and Eddie
Stanley, all of Fries; one sister, Mrs. Princilla Chandler, Eden, N.C.;
twenty-six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday, April 12, at 2:00 p.m. at Steven's Creek United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Dean Tibbs and the Rev. Larry Linkous officiating.
Interment will be in the Steven's Creek Cemetery. The body will be moved to
the Steven's Creek United Methodist Church Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. The family
will receive friends at the church Wednesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Military rites will be conducted at the graveside by Grayson County V.F.W.
Post #7726. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va., is in charge of
the arrangements.
by CNB