
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, May 18, 1993                   TAG: 9305180312
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT GILBERT, GLADYS R.

GILBERT, Gladys R., 79, of 4902 Grandin Road S.W., Roanoke, died in a Salem hospital Sunday, May 16, 1993. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Frank Gilbert, and was a member of the Windsor Hills Baptist Church. Surviving are three sons and daughters-in-law, Leon and Betty Gilbert, Roanoke, Gene and Sandra Gilbert, Salem, Wayne and Donna Gilbert, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Freda and Bill Eller, Roanoke, Loretta and W. H. Bland, St. Simons Island, Ga.; five grandchildren, Lynn Eller, and wife, Donna, Rocky Mount, Regina Eller Wray, and husband, Mark Wray, Roanoke, Horace Bland III, St. Simons Island, Ga., Randy Eller, Mark Gilbert, both of Roanoke; one great-grandchild, Megan Lynne Eller, Rocky Mount; three sisters, Edith Porter, Austinville, Jewell Kinsman, Lakeland, Fla., Hazel James, Richmond; one brother, Clarence Russell, Austinville; a special friend, Mrs. Lenora Giles, Roanoke; friends at Fairington Apts.; also several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's South Chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, 1993, with the Rev. C. Lawrence Dodson officiating. Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel.

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