Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, April 16, 1990                   TAG: 9004160161
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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LABOR LEADER H.T. LAYMAN DIES AT 62

Layman, of Loch Haven Drive Northwest, had been president of the Roanoke United Central Labor Council for the past eight years.

He was active in many other labor organizations, including a 12-year stint on the executive board of the Virginia AFL-CIO. He also volunteered help with charity walkathons and raised money for scholarships for poor children.

"He did a lot of good work," said Gerald Moody, a close friend and fellow union member. "He was involved with almost everything."

Layman had served in the Army, operating heavy equipment in the Philippines during World War II. He became a Laborers Union member in Roanoke in 1950 and served as a field representative for the union in Lynchburg for a year in the mid-1950s.

He returned to Roanoke and later became president of the Laborers Local No. 980 for a dozen years before retiring about age 55, Moody said.

Even after his retirement, Layman stayed active through the central council and other labor organizations, Moody said.

He had been in good health until six weeks ago when he went into the hospital because of an aneurysm, Moody said.