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DATE: TUESDAY, December 21, 1993                   TAG: 9312210199
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT WILLIS, LONZA ERNEST

WILLIS, Lonza Ernest, 95, of Roanoke, died Sunday, December 19, 1993. He served in the Army in Europe during World War I, in the 42nd Rainbow Division. During World War II, he served as a Marine MP in Washington, D.C. He was retired from the American Viscose and the City of Roanoke. Mr. Willis was a member of the Preston Oaks Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Rosie A. Willis. Surviving are a son, Richard Willis of Vinton; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy W. English of Vinton and Mrs. Helen W. Clinebell of Roanoke; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Violet C. Munsey of Roanoke; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Taylor Janney of Roanoke. Funeral services will be at Oakey's North Chapel, 11 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. James R. Millsaps officiating. Entombment will be in Sherwood Chapel Garden mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Oakeys North Chapel. 


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