Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 16, 1994                   TAG: 9508110001
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BLAIR, Lloyd N., 73, of Abingdon, died Monday, November 14, 1994 at his home. He was a native of Wythe County, Va., and had lived in Abingdon since 1940. He had been associated with the livestock market business since 1940 in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. He was president of Tri-State Livestock Market and was a real estate broker for Blair Brothers Real Estate in Wytheville. He was a member of the Abingdon United Methodist Church and a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Army/Air Corp., serving in World War II. He is survived by one son, Frank Blair, Abingdon; one daughter, Mrs. Eddie (``Sandra'') Jonas, Abingdon; two brothers, Foster Blair, Max Meadows, Ewing (``Pud'') Blair, Max Meadows; five sisters, Miss Helen Blair, Charleston, W. Va., Mrs. Elizabeth Dutton, Max Meadows, Mrs. Julia Holtman, Barstow, Calif., Miss Dottie Blair, Wytheville, Miss Lois Blair, Wytheville; four grandchildren, Mrs. Ginger Jonas Largen, Jonathan Jonas, Laura Blair, Sarah Blair. Funeral services for Mr. Loyd N. Blair will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Farris Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Eggers, the Rev. Dr. Larry Ousley and Mr. Jonathan Jonas officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday night at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the Abingdon United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 101 E. Main St., Abingdon, Va. 24210; the American Cancer Society, 167 E. Main St., Abingdon, Va. 24210; or the American Heart Association, c/o Penny Howard, 126 Valley St. N.W., Abingdon, Va. 24210. Pallbearers will be nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. James D. Moore Jr. and stockholders of Tri-State Livestock Market. Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

BOTTOMLEY, Estel Floyd, 93, of Galax, died Monday, November 14, 1994. Funeral services 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 16, 1994, Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home Chapel.

BROWN, Eleanor Beatrice, 69, of Salem, died Sunday, November 13, 1994 in Lewis-Gale Hospital. She was lifelong Salem resident and had retired from Lewis-Gale Hospital where she had worked in the Purchasing Department. Survivors include, a sister, Mary Jo Hodges; and a long time friend, Gladys D. Wiggins, both of Salem, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 16, 1994, at 11 a.m. at John M. Oakey and Son Chapel in Salem with the Rev. Samuel Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family received friends Tuesday at the funeral from 7 to 9 p.m.

BROWN, Geneva Otey, 84, of Route 1, Thaxton, died Sunday, November 13, 1994, in the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. She joined the Washington Street Baptist Church at an early age and then moved her membership to the Oakmulgee Baptist Church in Bedford County. She was born February 8, 1910 in Bedford County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Brown. She leaves to mourn her loss, Frances O. Ross, Atlanta, Ga., and Russell Otey, Goode, Va., Fred Otey, Clarksville, Tenn.; two daughters-in-law, Shirley Otey, Goode, Mary Otey, Clarksville Tenn.; two brothers, Fred Otey, Lynchburg, John Otey, Big Island; one sister, Jimmie Langhorne, Big Island; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 19, 1994 at 1 p.m. at the Oakmulgee Baptist Church in Bedford County. Interment will follow in the Brown family Cemetery in Thaxton. The family will receive friends Friday e vening from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Bedford Funeral home.

BRYANT, Ruth I. Anderson, 87, of North Kingsville, Ohio, formerly of Vinton, went to be with her Lord, Monday, November 14, 1994. She was a life long member of the Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Church and was the widow of Ivey M. (``Mac'') Bryant. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Hayward, Boyd, Graham and W. H. (``Billy'') Anderson; two sisters, Claudine Pedigo, Audrey McCue. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Lyndell G. and Peggy W. Bryant, Vinton, Gordon R. and Betty D. Bryant, Roanoke; one daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis Bryant and Eduard R. Klimpel, North Kingsville, Ohio; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Edna D. Anderson, Roanoke County, Minnie White, Roanoke; a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's Vinton Chapel at 1 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. Wm. Anthony Layman and the Rev. George Wesley Jones officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel.

BURKS, James Rodell Sr. 73, of Pulaski, died Friday, November 11, 1994. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Magazine Street, Pulaski. Arrangements by Penn's Funeral Home.

DALTON, Vivian Marie, 73, of the Bearspring Community, Pearisburg, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994 in a Pearisburg hospital. She was born January 16, 1921 in Cumberland, Ky., the daughter of the late James Edward and Ida Brooke Bowles Meadows. She is survived by her husband, Walter Dalton; four sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Madeline Dalton, Dickie and Diann Dalton, Mike Dalton, all of Pearisburg, Freddie and Pam Dalton, Pembroke; three daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothy and Charles Combs, and Betty and Frankie Combs, Pembroke, Daisy and Jerry St.Clair, Pearisburg; four sisters, Mrs. Helen Hall, Mrs. Hazel Neice, both of Pearisburg, Mrs. Jennie Ramey, District Heights, Md., Mrs. Trula Faye Ball, Winston-Salem, N.C.; 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and five foster grandchildren. Fun eral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bearspring United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Larry Patton and the Rev. Billy Brown officiating. Burial in Hamblin Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the A Vest & Sons Funeral Home Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m.

DIAMOND, Solomon, 76, of Roanoke County, died at his home early Tuesday, November 15, 1994. He was a retired medical technologist with the V.A. Hospital, a member of B'nai B'rith, and a volunteer at RAM House. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II, serving overseas in New Caladonia, the Philippines, and Japan. Surviving are his brother, Dr. Benjamin Diamond, Roanoke; sister, Mrs. Beuna Goldberg, Silver Spring, Md.; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at Beth Israel Synagogue, 2 p.m. Thursday by Rabbi Jerome Fox. Burial will be in Beth Israel Cemetery. The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Beth Israel Synagogue. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

GUMP, JOSEPH A., 67, of Wadestown, W. Va., died Monday, November 14, 1994. He is survived by his wife, Alice Bobette Gump; two daughters, Karen Nicholson and Melissa Raber; one son, Terry Gump of Boones Mill. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Tennant Funeral Home in Hundred, W.Va.

HINES, Carolyn Ann Spinner, 42, of Roanoke, passed away Saturday, November 12, 1994. She was preceded in death by a sister, Cynthia D. ``Cindy'' McCray. Survivors include two daughters, Vanessa and Carletta Jones; one granddaughter, Alexus;. her mother, Dorothy M. McCray;. one sister, Brenda McCray; grandmother, Mrs. Mary Spinner; one great-aunt, Miss Collie Stewart, all of Roanoke; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be Wednesday 2 p.m. at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dwight O. Steele will officiate with interment in Williams Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

JOHNSON, Beatrice Greene, of Bedford, died Monday, November 14, 1994. She was born February 2, 1910 in the City of Bedford, a daughter of the late Nathaniel and Mary Greene. She was United in Marriage to Jennis Johnson. She accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of the True Vine Baptist Church and later moved her membership to the Washington Street Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Jennis Johnson, Bedford; three nephews, Ivan Greene, Bedford, Harry J. Wills Jr., Washington, D.C., and Andrew L. Wills, Martinsville; one sister, Mrs. Hazel Talbort, Washington, DC.; two nieces, Bessie Day and Delores Gilcrest, both of Bedford; two devoted in-laws, Carol D. Wills and Edna J. Wills; six sisters-in-law; three brothers-in-law. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, November 17, 1994 at 11 a.m. at the Washington Street Baptist Church in Bedford, Va. Interment will follow in Fai rmont Cemetery in Bedford. Arrangements by Bedford Funeral Home.

KESSLER, Hunter Boyd, 80, of Troutville, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Kessler and daughter, Peggy Lynn Ritchie. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, L. A. (Moose) and Nancy Kessler, Troutville; daughters and sons-in-law, Jane K. and Rabon Brogan, Roanoke County; Joyce K. and Claude Harris Jr., Troutville, Mary Ellen and Carl Bryant, Florahome, Fla.; special friend, Dorothy M. Davis, Blue Ridge; sisters, Mary McAllister, Forrestville, Md., Louvenia Judson, Fincastle, and Della Moody, Grundy; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at the Rader Troutville Chapel by the Rev. John E. McKinney and Dr. Gene M. Williams with burial in the Trinity Cemetery. Friends may call at the Rader Troutville Chapel.

MARTIN, William G., (Jim), 62, of Radford, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994. Arrangements by Seaver, Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home.

MELTON, Margie Etheleen, 72, of Woodlawn, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 1994 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. She was born February 8, 1922 in Carroll County the daughter of Haskell Farmer and Ellen Shockley Farmer. She was preceded in death by three sons, Harley Haskell Melton, Kenneth Arlin Melton, Dale Wade Melton. Surviving is her husband, Glen W. Melton; five sons and daughters-in-law, Dyer G. Melton, Woodlawn, Joseph W. and Helen Melton, Hillsville, Virgil R. and Sue Melton, Galax, Herman A. Melton and Carroll L Melton, both of Woodlawn; five daughters and sons-in-law, Juanita and Jim Warf, Galax, Geneva and Larry Quesenberry, Reva and Norman Nester, both of Hillsville, Marie Melton, Woodlawn, Iv a Fay and Jerry Snavely, Austinville; brother, Arthur Farmer; sister Nina Alderman, both of Hillsville; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one stepgrandchild. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, November 17, 1994 at the Pine Grove Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Joe H. McGrady and Elder Ronald Bowman officiating. Interment will follow in the Melton Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville.

PERDUE, Hobert Jeff Sr., 81, of Route 8, Galax, died Monday, November 14, 1994, in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, N.C. He was born at Stevens Creek Fries, Va. He resided in the Galax area for 60 years. He was a member of the Oakland United Methodist Church and his activities included Food Bank and chairing several committees such as Parsonage and The Church Steeple. Community activities in which he was involved included the Rui tan Club and the V.F.W. Mr. Perdue was a US Army veteran with service in Italy during World War II. During this time he received two bronze star medals and the purple heart. He was a retiree of Pilot Corporation serving 21 years with the company. He is survived by his wife, Betty Ward Perdue, of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Hobert, Jr. and Mary Ann Perdue, Lenoir City, Tenn.; one daughter and son-in-law, Ann and David Duggins, Charlotte, N.C.; six grandchildren, Mitchell and Laura Perdue, Knoxville, Tenn., Angela and Joe Todd, Charlotte, N.C.; Allison Duggins, Charlotte, N.C.; Stephanie Perdue, Knoxville, Tenn. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 16, 1994, at 2 p.m. in the Oakland United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Gregory and the Rev. Daryl Williams officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with participation of the Hillsville V.F.W. Post #1115. Receiving of friends was Tuesday night, November 15, 1994, at the Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home, Galax.

PROFFITT, Irene Estelle Wymer, 94, of Troutville, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994. Arrangements by Rader Funeral Home, Buchanan.

SAUNDERS, Jesse Carleton Sr., 64, of Moneta, died Monday, November 14, 1994. He was dead on arrival at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Rocky Mount, Va. Born September 13, 1930, he was the son of the late Albert and Etta Mae Brown Saunders. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, serving during the Korean War and was a member of the Williamson Road Masonic Lodge #163 A.F. & A.M., Roanoke, Va. He was retired from Roanoke City Fire Department with 30 years service. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Tina M. and Anthony Patrick Lowe, Rockville, Md.; one son and daughter-in -law, Jesse C. Jr. and Becky Saunders, Richmond; one grandson, Jesse C. Saunders III, Moneta; a niece, Jeanne Shifflet, Richmond; two nephews, Rodney Burdine, Rockville, Md. and John Saunders Jr., Richmond; and a special friend, Shirley Smith, Moneta. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, November 17, 1994 at Lynch Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. J. D. Hunt III officiating. Burial will follow at Franklin Memoria Park, with graveside Masonic Rites by Williamson Road Masonic Lodge #163 A.F. & A.M., Roanoke, Va. The family will receive friends Wednesday, November 16, 1994 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lynch Funeral Home, where friends may call after 9 a.m. Lynch Funeral Home, Rocky Mount, Va., is in charge of arrangements.

SITLER, Robert Allen Sr., 56, of Martinsville, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Norris Funeral Service Chapel.

SMITH, Edith Williams, 76, of Salem, died Monday, November 14, 1994. She was retired from the Veterans Administration Regional Office. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, November 17, 1994, in Evergreen Burial Park. The Rev. Robert D. Smith will officiate. Friends may call at Oakey's South Chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

STONE, Lottie Dobbs Walton, 81, of Clifton Forge, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994. Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge.

WILLIAMS, Clarence Thomas, 86, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, November 15, 1994. Arrangements by Fizer Funeral Home.

WOOD, Alma Sprouse, 79, of Hurt, died Monday, November 14, 1994. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Finch & Finch Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangment by Finch & Finch Funeral Home, Altavista.

YOUNG, Milton Lewis Sr., 68, of Roanoke, died Monday, November 14, 1994, at his home. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and a retired employee of the Eaton Corporation. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Martin Young, Roanoke; seven children, Milton Lewis Young Jr., Anchorage, Alaska, Martha Lynn Black and husband, Andrew, Ranier, Wash., Melody Lea Moore and husband, Paul, Roanoke, Martin L. Young and wife, Sonia, Greensboro, N.C., Mark L. Young, South Carolina, Michael Layne Young and wife, Michelle, Roanoke, and Malcolm Leon Young, Roanoke; 11 grandchildren, Alexandra, Ashley, Andrea, and Laura Black, Erin and Alan Moore, Lindsay Jo Young, Christopher Young, Michael Jr., Christopher and Jennifer Young; three brothers, Kenneth P. Young, Indianapolis, Ind., Morris E. Young, Daleville, Beverlye L. Young, Daleville; one sister, Dorothy Y. Johnson, Silver Springs, Md. Flowers will be accepted and appreciated, however for those preferring to make memorials the family suggests Good Samaritan Hospice. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's South Chapel 3 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Tom Stocks officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Burial Park. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's South Chapel.