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DATE: SATURDAY, October 16, 1993                   TAG: 9310180156
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT BASHAM, ZELLA PHILLIPS COLEMAN

BASHAM, Zella Phillips Coleman, 66, of Salem, died Wednesday, October 13, 1993. She was born in Snowville,Va. and was the daughter of the late Saford and Tida Phillips. She was retired from the General Electric Corporation and was a member of Matrimony Primitive Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Frederick A. Coleman and Roscoe E. Basham. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Phil W. and Cheryl Coleman, Roanoke; three daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Pete Smith, Salem, Judy and Gerald Olson, Palm Bay, Fla., Kim and Kevin Jones, Salem; three brothers, Eather Phillips, Allen Phillips, and Laddie Phillips, all of Christiansburg; two sisters, Lidas P. Howell, Christiansburg, Agnes P. Graham, Salem; five grandchildren, Scott and Shane Smith, Bridget and Stephanie Coleman and Kameron Jones. "Zella will be greatly missed by all who knew her and always loved". Funeral services will be conducted 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem. Officiating will be Elder Paul M. Clark. Interment will be in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salem Rescue Squad. 


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