Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 29, 1993 TAG: 9312290227
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: RIPPLEAMEAD LENGTH: Short
OBIT SIMERLY, DOROTHY BETTY MAY
SIMERLY, Dorothy Betty May, 83, of Rippleamead, died Monday evening,
December 27, 1993, in a Rich Creek nursing home. Born in Giles County, Va.,
November 16, 1910, she was a daughter of the late Odey Ernest and Betty May
Price Denton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Worley L. Simerly.
Dorothy was the oldest original member of Riverview Baptist Church at
Ripplemead. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Earnest and Patty
Simerly of Pearisburg; one daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Garry Martin of
Ripplemead; a sister and brother-in-law, Eloise and James Huffman of
Pearisburg; a brother-in-law, Walter Edward Simerly of Bluff City, Tenn. She
was "Mami" to 3 grandchildren, Kevin Wayne Martin, Angela Gale Lang, and Scott
Earnest Simerly; 4 great-grandchildren, Chad David Smith, Rachael Nicole Lang,
Amber Renee Martin and Cory Wayne Martin and two stepgrandchildren, Angela M.
Lytton and Williw W. Moses III. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday,
December 30, 1993, 2 p.m., in the Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead, with
the Pastor Shahn Wilburn and Mr. Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will be in
Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the
Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening.
by CNB