
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, September 1, 1994                   TAG: 9409070004
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N18   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKER WILL LEAD K OF C DISTRICT

William T. "Billy" DeBerry recently was appointed district deputy of the Virginia State Council for the Knights of Columbus.

DeBerry will serve as an adviser, guide, monitor and friend to councils in Roanoke, Forest, Danville, Martinsville, Bedford and Salem.

He has been a member of Roanoke Council 562 for seven years. He was chosen Knight of the Year in 1990, and WSLS African-American Role Model in 1994.

DeBerry and his wife, Ernestine, have one daughter. He is employed by Orkin Pest Control as an inspector, and is on the board of directors of Our Lady of the Valley Retirement Home and the Parish Council of St. Gerard's Catholic Church.

by CNB