Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, August 28, 1993 TAG: 9308300226
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE LENGTH: Short
OBIT-HAMPTON, VANCE G. ("BUCK")
HAMPTON, Vance G. ("Buck"), 62, of Charlottesville, departed this life on
August 27, 1993. Vance was born July 28, 1931, in North Carolina, the son of
the late Stephen C. and Mary Bolejack Hampton of Roanoke. He was a former
employee of Sperry and recently retired after 23 years from the University of
Virginia, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reactor Facility. He was a
member of the First United Methodist Church. Vance was the loving husband and
best friend for 43 years to his wife, Marjorie Harris Hampton; loving, devoted
father of three chidren, Mary Ellen (Tina) Bruce of Charlottesville, Robert
Edward Hampton of Herndon, Carla Marlene Hampton of Virginia Beach;
grandfather of three special grandchildren, Robert Alan Bruce, Jennifer Eileen
Bruce, both of Charlottesville, and Laura Lynn (Little Red) Hampton of
Herndon; also surviving are one brother, S. Chester Hampton of Roanoke; two
sisters, Vivian H. Richardson of Collinsville and Doris H. Richards of
Roanoke. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, August 30, at the
First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Byron Wilkinson and Mr. Norman
Allen officiating. Interment will be in Holly Memorial Gardens. The family
will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hill and Wood Funeral Home.
Those who wish to do so in lieu of flowers, may make donations to the
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 160, Charlottesville, Va.
22902, or the American Lung Association, 1924 Arlington Blvd., Room 112,
Charlottesville, Va. 22903, in Vance's memory.
by CNB