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DATE: THURSDAY, October 7, 1993                   TAG: 9310070367
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MARION                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT COLDIRON, GLADYS ATKINS

COLDIRON, Gladys Atkins, 80, of Marion, died Wednesday, October 6, 1993, in Smyth County Community Hospital. Mrs. Coldiron was a representative for Life & Casualty Insurance Company for 21 years and a national quality award winner for the company. She is survived by her husband, Walter W. Coldiron, Marion; one son, Reber Joseph Atkins Jr., Marion; two sisters, Hazel Bryant, Radford, Frances McKemy, Roanoke; three grandchildren, Pamela Atkins Davis, Chilhowie, Reber Joseph Atkins III, Marion, Reba Maria Atkins, Marion; two great-grandchildren, Brandy Lane Davis and Candice Nicole Atkins. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 8, 1993, at 11 a.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with the Rev. Herman Cress officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens in Rural Retreat. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7 until 9 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel.



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