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DATE: TUESDAY, September 14, 1993                   TAG: 9309140316
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT DEWITT, ROYAL PAUL

DeWITT, Royal Paul, Staff Sergeant (Ret.), 73, of Route 5, Martinsville (Snow Creek Community), died Sunday September 12, 1993, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salem. He was born May 3, 1920, in Franklin County, the son of the late William R. and Belva Lester DeWitt. Mr. DeWitt retired from military service, after serving for twenty-one years, seeing action in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the D.A.V. of Martinsville, and V.F.W. Post 10840, Penhook. He is survived by his daughter, Grace E. DeWitt of Martinsville; one brother, John DeWitt of Martinsville; six sisters, Elizabeth Patterson, Lillian Barbour, Barbara DeWitt, Lucy DeWitt, all of Martinsville; Lorene Coleman of Sydnorsville, and Mamie Patterson of Baltimore, Md. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 15, 1993, at Lynch Chapel, Rocky Mount, by Rev. Berlin Hanks.Interment with full military honors will follow in the DeWitt Family Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lynch Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. The family suggests that memorials be given to the Snow Creek Rescue Squad or the Snow Creek Fire Department. 


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