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

DATE: SATURDAY, February 8, 1992                   TAG: 9202080057
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: GREENVILLE, W.VA. -                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT SIMPKINS, W.

SIMPKINS, WADDIE T.

Waddie Thomas Simpkins, age 77 of Greenville, died Friday in a Fairlea hospital following a long illness. He was born October 22, 1914, at Snowville, Va., a son of the late Jake and Nettie Simpkins. He was a retired supervisor from the Lynchburg Foundry and a member of the Simpkins Town Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, the Rev. E. W. Simpkins; three sons, Charles of Dublin; Roger of Radford; James of Pearisburg; three daughters, Deborah at home; Wanda Long of Radford; Carolyn of Colorado; two brothers, Harless of Roanoke; Hampton of Radford; three sisters, Ruby and Reva Simpkins, both of Roanoke; and Maudie Thurmond of Hiwassee, Va.; and six grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the Mt. Herman Baptist Church at Sarton. Burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home in Union.

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