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DATE: TUESDAY, October 12, 1993                   TAG: 9310120252
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHECK                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT MARKS, WERTIE ATKINSON

MARKS, Wertie Atkinson, 72, of Check, died in a Roanoke hospital Sunday, October 10, 1993. She was the widow of T. Wiley Marks. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Kitty and Harold Austin, both of Check; one son and daughter-in-law, Dorin and Betty Marks, both of Check; three grandchildren, Catherine Austin and Chad Marks, both of Check, and Tammy and Danny Foster, Boones Mill; three stepgrandchildren, Roy and Deena Mabe, their son Timmy, and Michael Mabe, all of Blacksburg, Dean and Cyndi Mabe of Florida; two sisters, Claudia Colombo, South Carolina and Nancy Richardson, Norfolk; one brother,Curtis Atkinson, Boones Mill. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Haven Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Ecklund officiating. Interment will be in the Wilson Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Floyd Rescue Squad. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Wood Funeral Home, Floyd.



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