by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: MONDAY, February 8, 1993 TAG: 9302080138 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
OBIT BAXTER, MARIE ELMORE
BAXTER, Marie Elmore, 82, of 108 5th Street, N.W., Pulaski, died Sunday, February 7, 1993, in Pulaski Community Hospital. She was born in Snowville January 15, 1911, a daughter of the late Thomas Hampton Elmore and Nannie Jane Moseley Elmore. She was preceded in death by her husband, O. Peck Baxter, an infant daughter, Nancy Ellen Baxter, a sister, Thelma Elmore Morgan Landers, and a brother, Lonnie C. Elmore. Mrs. Baxter married O. Peck Baxter in 1944, and moved to Pulaski where she lived until her death. She was a graduate of Radford University, and taught school in Snowville for 14 years and in Pulaski for 25 years, retiring in June 1976. She was a published writer of short stories, poems and religious material, appearing in national magazines. She was the winner in several local, district and state poetry contests. She was an enthusiastic traveler, visiting in 49 states and 16 countries outside the United States. She was a former member of the Poetry Society of Virginia, the Pulaski Woman's Club, the Pulaski Music Club, Delta Kappa Gamma Honor Society for Teachers, Duodecim Club, a local book club, the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 113, and Friends of the Library. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. While a member of the Snowville Christian Church, she organized their first youth group, and as a member of the Pulaski Christian Church, she was president of the Guild and district secretary of Women's Work. She is survived by one sister and her husband, Helen and Roy Richardson, Pulaski; a niece and her husband, Marian and Gary Lockard, Dublin; a nephew and his wife, Philip and Brenda Richardson, Moneta; two great-nieces, Marsha Wright and her husband, Ronnie Wright of Bedford, Miss Kimberly Richardson of Moneta; a great-great-niece, Megan Wright, Bedford; and special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dean and Brent, and Teresa Webb. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday from Thomas M. Seagle & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Weikel and the Rev. Ty Harrison officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visiting will be Monday evening from 7 until 9 at Thomas M. Seagle & Sons Funeral Home.