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DATE: TUESDAY, August 3, 1993                   TAG: 9308030249
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: INDEPENDENCE                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT LIVESAY, RUBY ROBERTS

LIVESAY, Ruby Roberts, 77, of Independence, a resident of Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, passed away Sunday, August 1, 1993, at the Waddell Nursing Home. She was the widow of Edward Bryan Livesay. She was born September 7, 1915, in Grayson County to Elbert Maiden and Essie Jane Cox Roberts. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Independence, Va. Surviving are a daughter, Linda Livesay Murphy, Galax; a grandson, William Bryan Murphy, Galax; two sisters, Hazel Sutherland, Elk Creek, Va., Ada Parsons, Bel Air, Md.; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 4, 1993, at 2 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, Independence, with the Rev. Brian T. Miller and Rev. Hugh Kilgore officiating. Interment in Lebanon Cemetery, Elk Creek, Va. 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 Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Flowers will be appreciated, or memorial contributions may be made to Memorial Fund of First United Methodist Church, Independence, Va. or to Independence Rescue Squad, Independence, Va. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, is in charge of arrangements. 


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