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DATE: SUNDAY, July 4, 1993                   TAG: 9307040253
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ALEXANDRIA                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT KIRBY, JAMES R.

KIRBY, James R., 88, of Alexandria, formerly of Roanoke, died Friday, July 2, 1993, in a Roanoke hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Childress Kirby. He was a retired machinist with the U. S. Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing. He was a member of the Melrose Masonic Lodge, #139 AFAM and the Virginia Heights Masonic Lodge, #324 AFAM and a life member of the Lebanon Masonic Lodge, #7 FAAM, Washington, D.C. He was a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Almas Temple Shrine. Surviving are two sons, James R. (Bob) Kirby Jr. of Springfield and Max D. Kirby of North Olmsted, Ohio; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two nephews. There will be a Masonic service 7:30 p.m. Monday, at Oakey's North Chapel. Graveside services will be at the Fair View Cemetery 10 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Ronald Smith officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday at Oakey's North Chapel.



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