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DATE: SATURDAY, February 12, 1994                   TAG: 9402140211
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT--HANCOCK, JESSE JAMES SR.

HANCOCK, Jesse James Sr., 85, of Wytheville, died Thursday, February 10, 1994, in the Malin Health Care Center. He was born in Bland County, VA, the son of the late George Washington and Esiabell Shrader Hancock. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosa Hancock; two sons, Jesse James Hancock Jr. and Richard Lee Hancock. He was the last surviving child of six sisters and three brothers. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and David Davis, Rural Retreat; one sister-in-law, Annie Milirons Hancock, Wytheville; 7 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; seven nieces; six nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Timmy Williams and the Rev. Lawrence Knuckles officiating. Interment will follow in the Hancock Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Barnett Funeral Home Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Flowers will be appreciated, however, for those who prefer, memorials may be made to the Lupus Foundation. Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, is in charge of the arrangements.



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