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DATE: SUNDAY, July 25, 1993                   TAG: 9307260168
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT REED, JESSE CLARENCE

REED, Jesse Clarence, 88, of Roanoke, died Saturday, July 24, 1993. He was a deacon of the Ninth Street Church of the Brethren, a former employee of the American Viscose Corp. and retired from the maintenance department of Friendship Manor. He is survived by his wife of sixty-five years, Alvah Lester Reed; daughter and son-in-law, Lois R. and Fred A. Woodson; one son and daughter-in-law Lester G. and Joyce W. Reed, all of Roanoke; nine grandchildren, Frederic and Philip Woodson, Galen and Michael Reed, Diane Caldwell, Suzanne Bolton, Annette Jones, Laura Lloyd and Renee Sala, fifteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Bertha R. Hylton, Roanoke. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's North Chapel at 3 p.m. Monday, July 26, 1993, with Mr. Leslie Viar and Rev. Graham Sowers officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ninth Street Church of the Brethren or to Camp Bethel. Friends may call Oakey's North Chapel where the family will receive friends from 2 to 5 p.m and 7 to 9 p.m Sunday. 


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