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DATE: TUESDAY, December 28, 1993                   TAG: 9312280225
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ORANGE                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT DIVERS, JOHN IRVIN

DIVERS, John Irvin, 73, of Route 1, Orange, formerly of Franklin County, died Friday, December 24, 1993, at his residence. He was born February 4, 1920, in Franklin County, a son of the late John Moss Divers and Nannie Elizabeth Mennix. He was an Army veteran of World War II and had two Purple Hearts. He was an associate of NASCAR racing since 1950. He was preceded in death by a son, John Barry Divers. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Martin Divers, Orange; three daughters, Carolyn Flowers, Knoxville, Tenn., Joyce Divers, Baltimore, Md., Kim Divers Fugh, Chesapeake; one brother, Milton Divers, Montvale; one sister, Mary Jenkins, Rocky Mount; six grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, at the Good Hope Baptist Church in Radiant. Interment will be in the church cemetery with full military honors, conducted by the Rev. Timothy Teates. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, December 27, in the Preddy Funeral Chapel, Orange. 


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