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DATE: SATURDAY, August 14, 1993                   TAG: 9308160175
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT PARRISH, OLEY MELVIN

PARRISH, Oley Melvin, 88, of Vinton, died Thursday, August 12, 1993, after a long illness at Berkshire Health Care Center. He was a retired building contractor. Surviving are his wife, Willie Mills Parrish; sons and daughters-in-law, James E. and Pete Parrish of Springfield, Joseph A. and Nancy Parrish of Roanoke; daughter and son-in-law, Betty P. and Bob Collins of Lubbock, Texas; a daughter, Martha L. Peterson of Renville, Minn.; stepson, Charles W. Carter of Salem; stepdaughter, Clara B. Morris of Annandale; stepdaughters and sons-in-law, Janet C. and Jeff Johnson of Blue Ridge, Hazel C. and Gerald P. Johnson of Vinton; brother, Walter Parrish; sister, Dove Daugherty, both of McKeesport, Pa.; 25 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be conducted at Oakey's Vinton Chapel 3 p.m. Sunday, August 15, 1993, with the Rev. Walter Mason officiating. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to the Building Fund of Emmaus United Methodist Church, Moneta, Va. 24121. The family will receive friends at Oakey's Vinton Chapel prior to the service. 


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