Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, December 26, 1993 TAG: 9312270241
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
OBIT-HUMPHREYS, JOSEPH M.
HUMPHREYS, Joseph M., 80, of Buena Vista, died Friday, December 24, 1993 in
the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. He was born December 29, 1912 in Buena Vista
the son of the late John and Laura Belle Bates Humphreys. He retired in 1986
from Reeves Bros. as a project engineer. He was predeceased by his first wife,
Dollie Harrison Humphreys. He is survived by his wife, Mary Bates Humphreys;
two daughters, Betty Decker of Buena Vista, Jo Ann Smith of Rustburg; one son,
Steve Humphreys of Bridgewater; one stepdaughter, Linda Bates Coleman of Buena
Vista; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren;
four stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m.
Monday, December 27, 1993 at the Lomax Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David
Bain officiating. Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Lomax Funeral Home.
by CNB