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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 17, 1993                   TAG: 9303170330
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: TROUTVILLE                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT SOWERS, MARTHA FIREBAUGH

SOWERS, Martha Firebaugh, 80, of Troutville, died Monday, March 15, 1993. She was a daughter of the late Charles Anderson Firebaugh and Zanella Watkins Firebaugh and was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Ray Sowers. She is survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Harry Carlson, Elma, N.Y.; three brothers and four sisters-in-law, Carl and Corinne Firebaugh, Roanoke, Ralph and Ruth Firebaugh, Bedford, Calvin and Caroline Firebaugh, Troutville, Hortense M. Firebaugh, Roanoke; ten nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fincastle Rescue Squad or the St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Daleville. Funeral arrangements are pending and are being handled by the Rader Funeral Home, Troutville.

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