Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, August 10, 1993 TAG: 9308100580
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: NARROWS LENGTH: Short
OBIT ARCHER, RUBY HAGBOM
ARCHER, Ruby Hagbom, 74, of Narrows, died Sunday afternoon, August 8, 1993,
in the Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg following a sudden illness. She
was born in Chicago, Ill. on October 1, 1918, and was the daughter of the late
Carl R. and Evelyn Strand Hagbom. She was the widow of Dr. John A. Carr and
Clarence E. Archer. She was a past member of the Narrows Garden Club and was a
member of the First United Methodist Church in Narrows where she played the
piano for the Sunday School classes for many years. In addition to assisting
with the United Way and playing bridge in several bridge clubs, she was an
active golfing member of the Giles County Club. She is survived by two
daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara C. and N. Lyon Whitman of Glyndon, Md. and
Catherine C. and Stephen M. Smith of Mechanicsville; grandchildren, Catherine
and Hether Whitman, Brian and Eric Smith. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Narrows,
with the Rev. Ralph M. Kidd officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn
Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will meet their friends at Riffe's
Funeral Service in Narrows Tuesday evening from 6 until 9.
by CNB