ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, December 29, 1995 TAG: 9512290055
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The good neighbors fund
Eight years and 600 miles did not prevent Kay Smith from making a donation to the Good Neighbors Fund in memory of her aunt and uncle, Alma and Jim (Wilbur) Light, late of Roanoke. "They were wonderful, giving people," said Smith, who now lives in Dothan, Ala., with her husband Ron, "and I have many fond memories of my years in Roanoke." Smith was particularly close to her Aunt Alma, whose nickname, "Sunny," "fit her personality very well."
The Smiths were in Roanoke shortly before Christmas to visit Cecil Light and Carolyn Underwood, surviving siblings of the honorees, and to buy gifts for the Salvation Army Angel Tree at Valley View Mall. "One of my favorite Christmas activities is to shop for the angel trees," said Smith.
This was the Smiths second year of giving to Good Neighbors in memory of the Lights.
Thursday's contributors included:
Ron and Kay Smith, in memory of Alma and Jim Light
Phyllis Wohlford, in honor of Mary and Anne Cathey
James R. Wray
Karen Bushnell, in memory of Steve and Tina Quesenberry
Elizabeth E. Barila, in memory of Mead Boxley
Joseph and Betty Davidson, in honor of friends and co-workers at the Salem Times Register
Charles and Betty Wohlford, in memory of Philip and Alma Wohlford
The Roanoke Times Customer Service Department staff
Cindy Webster's second-grade class at East Salem Elementary School
In memory of Dewey S. McGrady
Nancy Wooldridge's second-grade classes at East Salem Elementary School
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$1,745.00
SUBTOTAL$2,076.00
TOTAL AS OF 12/28/95$92,326.20
Checks should be made payable to Good Neighbors Fund and mailed to The Roanoke Times, P.0. Box 1951, Roanoke 24008.
Names - but not amounts of donations - of contributing businesses, individuals or organizations, as well as memorial and honorific designations, will be listed in the newspaper. Those requesting that their names not be used will remain anonymous. If no preference is stated, the donor's name will be listed.
Gifts cannot be earmarked for any particular individual or family. Gifts are tax-deductible.
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