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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 5, 1992                   TAG: 9202050018
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA                                  LENGTH: Short

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OBIT BURCH, K.

BURCH, KENNETH W.

Kenneth Wayne Burch, age 26, died Monday. He was born in Lexington on October 21, 1965, a son of Kenneth "Zip" Burch, of Buena Vista and Dorothy Clark, of Fairfield. He was employed by Robert Speigel Company. Surviving are his mother and step-father, Dorothy and Avery E. Clark, of Fairfield; father and step-mother, Kenneth "Zip" and Faye C. Burch, of Buena Vista; a twin sister, Karen Elaine Brooks, of Fairfield; five stepbrothers, Craig Thomas and Cory Thomas, both of Buena Vista, Pvt. Brian Thomas, of Paris Island, S.C.; Grant Clark, of Fairfield and Wayne L. Clark, of Roanoke; a stepgrandmother, Lillian Coleman, of Buena Vista; fiance', Melanie Walker, of Raphine; a very special niece, Cassandra Hart, of Fairfield. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 6, 1992 from Lomax Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Dean Staton officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening at Lomax Funeral Home.

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