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DATE: FRIDAY, July 2, 1993                   TAG: 9307020253
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: INDEPENDENCE                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT-ANDERSON, NORINE HALSEY

ANDERSON, Norine Halsey, 85, of Route #3, Independence, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 1993, at Twin County Community Hospital, Galax. She was the widow of Rixey Anderson. Born November 13, 1907, at Mouth of Wilson, she was the daughter of Allie Halsey and Josie Speeks Halsey. She was a graduate of Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, and Appalachia State Teachers College. She was a retired school teacher, having taught in Ashe County, N.C. and Grayson County. She was a member of Young's Chapel Baptist Church and co-owner of Rixey's Market in Independence. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Vance Halsey, Dublin, and Edward Halsey, Mouth of Wilson. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Martha Anderson, Independence; grandson, Andy Anderson, Independence; sister, Ruth Halsey Freeman, Dobson, N.C.; four special friends, Greg Greer, Flatridge, Tina Dowell, Cora Lee Testerman, and Bobby Farmer, all of Independence; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 3, 1993, at 3 p.m. in Young's Chapel Baptist Church, interment in Bridle Creek Cemetery. The body will remain at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home and will be taken to the church thirty minutes preceding service to lie in state. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Flowers will be appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to the Independence Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 607, Independence, Va. 24348. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, is in charge of arrangements. 


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