ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 9, 1995                   TAG: 9503090105
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MATT CHITTUM
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

HUSBAND DIES OF HEART ATTACK

Willie Emory Graybill, the Roanoke County man whose heart attack may have caused his wife to have one just 40 minutes later, died Tuesday at Community Hospital of the Roanoke Valley.

His wife, Gracie Graybill, remained in critical condition Wednesday night at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Rescue workers were called to Blue Ridge Manor Apartments on Laurel Hill Drive around 11 p.m. Monday and found Willie Graybill, 70, in full cardiac arrest.

About 40 minutes later, Gracie Graybill, 69, also had a heart attack. Roanoke County Fire Inspector Rodney Ferguson said the attack possibly was caused by seeing her husband's condition.

Authorities initially thought the heart attacks might have been caused by toxic fumes. Ferguson said the complex was evacuated and checked, but no toxic fumes were found.

Keywords:
FATALITY 


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