Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 2, 1993 TAG: 9309020293
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Short
OBIT WITT, LULA B.
WITT, Lula B. (`Bobby`), 86, of Bedford, died Tuesday, August 31, 1993, in
Bedford County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1907, in Bramwell,
W.Va., a daughter of the late Abram Witt and Lelia Anderson Witt. She was a
retired school teacher and longtime reporter and photographer for the Bedford
Bulletin-Democrat and the Roanoke, Lynchburg and Richmond newspapers and
United Press International. She was a member of Bedford Presbyterian Church,
Bedford Historical Society and the Bedford City/County Museum. She was
preceded in death by her brothers and sisters, Booker T. Witt, John A. Witt,
Jane Peterson and Beatrice Carneal. She is survived by two brothers, Roland M.
Witt Sr. of Beckley, W.Va. and Abram Witt Jr. of Norfolk; a sister, Mary Witt
Turner of Fort Worth, Texas; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and
nephews; special friends, Dr. and Mrs. John A. Wente, Mr. and Mrs. William D.
English and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harris, all of Bedford. Funeral services will
be conducted at the graveside in Oakwood Cemetery Friday, September 3, 1993,
at 2 p.m. with the Rev. J. Harris Stephens officiating. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Home and
suggests memorials to the Bedford Public Library Foundation, 321 North Bridge
Street, Bedford, VA 24523.
by CNB