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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 4, 1993                   TAG: 9302040279
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT CONNER, W. RAYMOND

CONNER, W. Raymond, 79, of Salem, formerly of Oaklawn Ave., NW, died Tuesday, February 2, 1993. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in America where he was a former trustee and Elder Emeritus. He was a retired owner of Bestway Grocery in Old Southwest Roanoke and was a former volunteer with the Roanoke City Social Services Food Program. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kathryn C. Conner, Salem; son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Ruby Conner, Roanoke; daughter and son-in-law, Julia and Roy Hayth, Jr., Roanoke; grandchildren, Curtis Conner, Strasburg, Va., Wendy Conner, Chris Hayth, Eric Hayth, Alicia Hayth, all of Roanoke; brother, Claude Conner, Mechanicsville, Va.; two sisters, Ann Johnson, Franklin, Va. and Thelma Hotchkiss, Broadway, Va. Funeral services will be conducted at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, by the Rev. Lonnie W. Barnes. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park. The family suggest memorials be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church in America, 2216 Peters Creek Rd., N.W., Roanoke, Va. 24017. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

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