Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 16, 1993 TAG: 9309170268
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT HAIRSTON, ROBERT MELVIN
HAIRSTON, Robert Melvin, 67, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, September
15, 1993. Survivors include his wife, Rebecca E. Hairston; daughters and
son-in-law, Juanita and Wilk Jordan, Pamela Hairston; sons and
daughter-in-law, James and Chrystella Hairston, Lawrence Hairston, all of
Roanoke; mother, Estelle Flippen Hairston of Cascade; four grandchildren,
James Osby, LaDonna Nicole Jordan, Tiffany Renee Jordan, Monica Callaway, all
of Roanoke; seven sisters, Nancy Phillips of East Elm Hurst, N.Y., Hattie
Adams of Oxon Hill, Md., Thelma Pearson of Lanham, Md., Anna France of
Columbia, Md., Doreatha Hall, Mildred Jamison, both of Cascade, Clara McKenzie
of Chatam; three brothers, George C. Hairston of Rockville, Md., Tommie
Hairston, Joseph Hairston, both of Cascade; four aunts, Lessie Hairston of
Lanham, Md., Delphine Atkins, Elsie Hairston, Mae Hairston, all of Roanoke;
two devoted friends, Edythe Fisher, May H. Hairston, both of Roanoke; a host
of nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, other relatives and
friends. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Sweet Union
Baptist Church. Dr. Edward T. Burton will officiate with interment in Old
Dominion Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 8
p.m. at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
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