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DATE: TUESDAY, November 23, 1993                   TAG: 9311230353
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT SPRADLIN, RUTH BAKER

SPRADLIN, Ruth Baker , 87, of Roanoke, died Sunday, November 21, 1993 in a local hospital. She was the widow of James Garvin Spradlin. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Hunley and two sons, James G. Spradlin Jr., and William W. Spradlin. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy S. and Jack Spinson of Lakeland, Florida; one son, Robert D. Spradlin of Roanoke; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren; two dear companions, Dana Worrell and Sam Holloway of Salem; also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, 11 a.m. Wednesday, with the Reverend Wilson Jamison officiating. Interment will be in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.



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