Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, October 26, 1993 TAG: 9310260277
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: THAXTON LENGTH: Short
OBIT WHITWORTH, PHILLIP ROY
WHITWORTH, Phillip Roy, 89, of Route 1, Thaxton, died Monday, October 25,
1993, at Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Bedford County on
July 21, 1904, a son of the late William Thomas Whitworth and Maude Johnson
Whitworth. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edith Florence Williamson
Whitworth. He was a member of Walnut Grove Union Church, a retired employee of
Cofer Construction Co. and a farmer. He is survived by two daughters and
sons-in-law, Nancy W. and Wilkins A. Saunders of Bedford, Judy W. and William
W. Breedlove of Pulaski; two sons and daughters-in-law, James Phillip and
Myrtle R. Whitworth, John Mark and Shirley Lee Whitworth, all of Waynesboro;
two sisters, Elsie Garrett Williamson of Montvale, Mildred Garrett Alphin of
Gainesville, Fla.; two grandchildren, Vickie Lee Whitworth of Waynesboro,
Jonathan Thomas Breedlove of Pulaski; also several nieces and nephews. Funeral
services will be conducted at the graveside at Walnut Grove Union Church
Wednesday 2 p.m., with the Rev. Elmer W. Sellers officiating. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, and
other times at the home.
by CNB