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DATE: SATURDAY, December 18, 1993                   TAG: 9312200208
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT UPDIKE, LULA ROBERTS

UPDIKE, Lula Roberts, 91, of Bedford, passed away Thursday, December 16, 1993 at the residence of her daughter, Hilda U. Ayers. She was born December 20, 1901 in Bedford County, a daughter of the late James W. Roberts and Fannie Gibbs Roberts. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren L. Updike and a son, Edwin Ashby Updike. She was an active member of the Quaker Baptist Church. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Hilda U. and Loyd Ayers, Elsie U. Gillespie of Bedford, Katheryn U. and William Schroeder of Stevenson, Mich.; a son and daughters-in-law, W. Holmes and Wray Updike, Fay P. Updike of Bedford; two sisters, Elsie R. Granger of Philadelphia, Pa., Frances Hawkins of Bedford; one brother, Gordon Roberts of Tucson, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday, December 19, 1993 at 2 p.m. from the Quaker Baptist Church, by the Rev. Lewis Garst, the Rev. Elmer Sellers, and the Rev. Robert Sherrill. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Updike Funeral Home, Bedford, and request that those wishing to make memorials consider the Quaker Baptist Church. 


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