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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 24, 1993                   TAG: 9302240385
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT GEARHEART, HOMER E.

GEARHEART, Homer E., 79, of Roanoke County, died Monday, February 22, 1993 in a local hospital. He was a member of Brookhill Baptist Church and the Woodmen of the World. He was retired from J. H. Pence School Supplies. Surviving are his wife, Hazel H. Gearheart; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Oneda Williams, Reston, Ruth and Earl Chrisman, Roanoke County; a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Vinton Chapel at 3 p.m. Wednesday, February 24 with the Rev. Wilmar Wegner officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel.

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