ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 30, 1995 TAG: 9601020064
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
AKERS, James Chester, (``Jim''), 59, of Martinsville, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Tomlinson Funeral Home Chapel, Ridgeway.
ALLS, Byron Plane, 85, of Riner, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Funeral services pending by Grant E. Bryant Funeral Home, Elliston.
ALLS, Geneva Hipes, 54, of Riner, passed away Friday, December 29, 1995. Arrangements by Grant E. Bryant Funeral Home, Elliston.
ARMSTRONG, Daisy Ann, 61, of Thaxton, died Friday, December 29, 1995. Funeral Tuesday, 2 p.m. at Rader Troutville Chapel.
AYERS, Christine Elizabeth Critz, 91, of Critz, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Funeral Saturday, 2 p.m., Critz Baptist Church. Howell Funeral Home, Stuart is in charge of arrangements.
BARRETT, Charlie Stewart, 82, of Galax, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m., Beech Grove Baptist Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home.
BOWMAN, Nelson B., (``Paw Paw""), 68, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, December 28, 1995, at his home with family and friends by his side. He retired from Western State Insulation Co. after 24 years of service. Mr. Bowman was a member of Bible Believing Baptist Church of Buchanan and was formerly a member of Brentwood Baptist Church. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife of 48 years, Kathleen S. Bowman; daughters and son-in-law, Rena Powell, Linda and Tommy Sparks, all of Roanoke; sons and daughters-in-law, Chuck and Bonnie Bowman, Bedford, Thom and Cheryl Bowman, Second Creek, W.Va.; mother and father, Annie and Roscoe Bowman, Roanoke; grandchildren, Randy Powell, Tommy Sparks Jr., Stacy Bowman, Marvin Bowman, Tammy Sparks, Tara Powell, Adrienne Bowman, Thad Bowman, Tori Bowman, Tyler Bowman; great-grandchildren, Haleigh Powell, Alexandria Sparks, Sarah Bowman; sisters, Lema Leeder of Richmond, Deloris Price of New Castle, Anna Lee Secrist of Roanoke, Sylvia Jeffries of Vinton. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be made to the building fund at Bible Believing Baptist Church, Wheatland Road, Buchanan, Va. 24066 or Good Samaritan Hospice, 3825 Electric Road, Roanoke, Va. 24018. Funeral services will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Oakey's North Chapel by the Rev. Marshall Cochran. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Oakey's North Chapel.
BRAMMER, Allen N., (``Peanut""), 86, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday, December 28, 1995. He was a member of American Legion Post #3 and a long time member of Blue Hills Golf Club. Surviving are his wife, Emma H. Brammer; four sons and their wives, Kenneth and Judy Brammer, Jupiter, Fla., Robbie and Roberta Brammer, Fairfax Station, Douglas and Sylvia Bramme r, Newport News, Richard and Margaret Brammer, Roanoke; also six grandchildren; one great-grandson; a brother, William Brammer, Roanoke; sister, Sadie Rosemond, Colonial Heights; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's North Chapel 10 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 1995, with the Rev. Alton Washington officiating. Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel
BUTLER, Cynthia Farmer, 78, of Dublin, passed away Friday, December 29, 1995. Arrangements by Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home.
CARROLL, Garnett C., 66, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, December 29, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Carroll; sons, Garnett L. Carroll, L. Michael Carroll, Rodney P. Carroll, all of Roanoke; a daughter, Theresa C. Hall, Marion; grandchildren, Laura Hall, Jeffrey Hall, both of Marion, Crystal Carroll, S arah Carroll, both of Roanoke; brother and sister-in-law, James C. and Laura Carroll; sisters-in-law, Louise Carroll, Mabel Carroll, all of Bland; brother-in-law and wife, Lee and Orpha Frank, King George; special friend, Elsie Osborn; six nieces; two nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 2, 1996, at the Williamson Road Church of the Brethren with Dr. Harold S. Moyer officiating. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are being handled by Lotz Funeral Home, Salem
COCKERHAM, Selena Joyce, 23, of Galax, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m., Hebron Church of Christ. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home.
COLEMAN, Everett Laird, 86, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, December 28, 1995 at his home. He was born April 18, 1909 in Rockbridge County, son of the late Harry W. Coleman and Cora Shanks Coleman. He w as preceded in death by his wife, Katie Spence Coleman; and a daughter, Marion C. Pittenger. He was a long time member of the Buena Vista Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mr. Coleman was retired from Bernson Silk Mill. Surviving are three sons, William F. Coleman and Marshall Tate Coleman, both of Buena Vista, and Ronald D. Coleman, Kent, Wash.; one daughter, Faye C. Camden, Buena Vista; 16 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 31, 1995 at the Buena Vista Pentecostal Holiness Church, with the Rev. David Bain and Pastor Larry Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service.
DENTON, Wayland Beecher Jr., 84, of Winston-Salem, N.C., formerly of Bedford, passed away Friday, December 29, 1995. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.
GOODWIN, Robert Oscar, 78, of Gainesville, died Friday, December 29, 1995 at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, Va. He was born December 17, 1917, a son of the late William Oscar and Xie Mae Gullett Goodwin. He was employed by the U. S. Government and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U. S. Navy. Mr. Goodwin was retired from the Army Security Agency at Vint Hill Farms Station in Warrenton after 25 years and then retired from the Computer Science Corporation in Arlington after 13 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Dorothy P. Goodwin, Gainesville; two daughters, Mary C. Goodwin, Warrenton, Dorothy G. Williams, Remington; two sons, Robert Edward Goodwin, Warrenton, William Thomas Goodwin, Woodstock; three sisters, Evelyn Giles, Roanoke, Kathleen Seymour, St. Augustine, Fla., Aliene Douglas, Hillsville; one brother, George William Goodwin, Roanoke; eleven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 2, 1995 at Moser Funeral Home Chapel in Warrenton, Va., with the Rev. Carl Schaahl officiating. Interment in Culpeper National Cemetery, Culpeper, Va. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Moser Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Project National Foundation for Medical Research, P. O. Box 96009, Washington, D.C. 20090-6009
GROSS, Charles T., 58, of Marion, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday, Barnett's Funeral Home Chapel.
HALL, Annie Mae, 83, of Galax, died Friday, December 29, 1995. Funeral service Sunday, 2 p.m. in the Vaughan-Guynn Chapel.
HAYDEN, Elizabeth M., 41, of Ceres, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday in the Seaver-Brown Funeral Chapel.
HAYES, Eunice Novella, 52, of Roanoke, passed away Monday, December 25, 1995. Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hamlar-Curtis Chapel.
HELMS, Joe S. Jr., died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Graveside service Saturday 11 a.m. at West View Cemetery. Arrangements by Boitnott Funeral Home.
HOLT, Ardelia, 74, of Bassett, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at New Bethel Christian Church, Bassett, Va. Arrangements by Collins Funeral Service.
KARNES, John Bennett Jr., (``J.B.''), 65, of Route 5, Bedford, died Thursday, December 28, 1995 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born May 8, 1930 in Bedford County, a son of the late John Bennet t Karnes Sr. and Eula Welch Karnes. He was a member of Sedalia Baptist Church, an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War, and a farmer. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte King Karnes; a son, John Karnes, Forest; four daughters, Constance Finley, Pickens, S.C., Cynthia Barlow, Bedford, Donna Karnes and Deanna Bare, both of Forest; two brothers, Jack Karnes and Edward Karnes, both of Seymour, Ind.; a sister, Isabelle Belton, Clewiston, Fla.; also ten grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday, December 31, 1995 at Carder-Tharp Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Eugene Campbell. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call anytime at Carder-Tharp, where the visitation will be held Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.
KNIGHTON, Alton L. Sr., 91, of Salem, died Friday, December 29, 1995. Arrangements by John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem.
LEACH, Jimmie Ruth Spence, 64, of Glasgow, died Wednesday, December 13, 1995. Memorial service, Saturday, December 30, 1995,1:30 p.m. at Falling Spring Presbyterian Fellowship Hall. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington.
LUCAS, Pauline Gautier, of Columbus, Ohio, and formerly of Giles County, died Sunday, December 24, 1995, in Columbus, Ohio. Survivors in Virginia include her sisters, Irene Boyd, Narrows, Francis Eppling, Pearisburg, Lillian Hatcher, Roanoke, Janice Collins, Shawsville; her brothers, Russell Gautier, Pearisburg, Tommy and Jimmy Gautier, Narrows, Jerry Gautier, Pembroke. The funeral services were conducted by Schoedinger Funeral Home, Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, December 27.
LYNCH, Virginia Jones, 78, of Roanoke, died Thursday, December 28, 1995 in a Salem hospital. Mrs. Lynch was a retired switchboard operator for Lewis-Gale Hospital for many years. Surviving are a sister and brother-in-law, Dickie and James Moynihan, Roanoke; and a niece, Polly B. Moynihan, Roanoke; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Flora Jones, Richmond. A memorial service will be at St. John's Episcopal Church 2 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 1995, with the Rev. Frank Allen and the Rev. Lottie Cochran officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions to Lewis-Gale Hospital Nurses Alumni Association or Lewis Gale Medical Foundation. The family will receive friends in the chapel of St. John's Episcopal Church after the service. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel
MARSHALL, Rupert Guy, 59, of Hillsville, passed away Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel.
McCALL, Walter Bernard, 80, of Cedar Bluff, passed away Friday, December 29, 1995 at his home following a long illness. A native of Cedar Bluff, he was the son of the late Robert Gillespie and Edna Rebecca Stevenson McCall. Mr. McCall was affiliated with the mining industry his entire life, including Rebecca Coal Company, Norma Mining Company, Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, and retired from Pittston Coal Corporation. He was active in numerous organizations and served the community for many years. He was a charter member of Gethsemane Baptist Church, member of the Tazewell County School Board for ten years, past Master of Cedar Bluff Masonic Lodge No. 260, member of Kazim Temple, Roanoke, Legion of Honor and Tazewell-Russell Shrine Club, a 32nd degree KCCH and was bestowed the honorary 33rd degree. He was honored for his work in the Shrine at the 1993 walking horse classic. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers, George William McCall, John Milton McCall, David McCall, Sam McCall, Jim Tom McCall, and Jack McCall ; four sisters, Lucille Lowe, Ruth Nahodil, Miss Irene McCall, and Elizabeth Phelps. Survivors include his wife, Marie Smith McCall; two sons, Walter B. McCall Jr., Bluefield, W.Va., and wife, Elaine McCall, James Smith McCall, Cedar Bluff; one daughter, Rebecca Jane Hammons, Houston, Texas, and husband, Roger Hammons; one sister, Helen Nichols, Baltimore, Md.; one granddaughter, Holly Elizabeth Rhodes, Houston, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, December 31, 1995 at 3 p.m. at Gethsemane Baptist Church, Richlands, with the Rev. John Charles and the Rev. Hugh Whitfield officiating. Entombment will follow in the Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be John Brown, James Reynolds, John McCall, Joseph McCall, George W. McCall III, Raymond Patrick, Ernest Edgell, Robert G. McCall and Charles McCall. Honorary pallbearers will be Concetta Arena, Bruce Russell, Dr. German Iosif, James B. Boyd, Dr. Robert Weinacker, Fran Turner, Arney Dalton, Warren Cratch, Gale Butcher, and C. P. Mahaffey. The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Saturday at Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, where Masonic rites will be conducted at 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital, Greenville, S.C., or the Pipe Organ Fund of Gethsemane Baptist Church. Singleton Funeral Service, Cedar Bluff, is in charge of arrangements.
MINTON, Effie Haynes, 73, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral 12 noon Saturday, Lotz Salem Chapel.
PARHAM, James Elmer, of Covington, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral service Sunday 2 p.m., Covington Baptist Church. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home, Covington.
PECK, Bernice Sutton, 86, of Roanoke, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Arrangements by Stanfield Mortuary Service, Rocky Mount.
PERKINS, Claiborne B., 84, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, December 29, 1995. Surviving are his daughter, Dorothy P. Montgomery, Roanoke; son, Robert S. Perkins, Roanoke; five grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wythe County, Va. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday at Oakey's North Chapel.
PLEASANTS, Clarence, 65, of Galveston, Texas, formerly of Brownsburg, Va., died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Arrangements by J. B. Lewis Funeral Service, Lexington.
RUBLE, Elsie Hazelwood, 72, of Covington, died Friday, December 29, 1995. Funeral services will be Sunday 4 p.m., Arritt Funeral Home Chapel, Covingon.
RUSSELL, Peggy A.., 61, of Martinsville, died Friday, December 29, 1995. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday, McCabe Baptist Church. Arrangements by Tomlinson Funeral Home, Ridgeway.
SMITH, Bruce Elbert, 60, of Christiansburg, died suddenly Thursday, December 28, 1995 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Samuel Stafford Smith; and a brother, George Manfred Smith. Surviving are his wife, Selma (Sally) Smith; daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Cliff Bordewisch, Salem, Debra and Randy Duncan, Christiansburg; sons and daughter-in-law, Samuel Smith, Roger and Robin Smith, all of Christiansburg; grandchildren, Cliff and Josh Bordewisch, Jeanna and Mitchell Smith, Micheal and Alex Duncan; his mother, Versie B. Altizer, Christiansburg; brothers and sisters-in-law, Rudolph and Sarah Smith, Robert and Liz Smith, Steve and Dorothy Smith, all of Christsiansburg; sisters and brother-in-law, Christine and Benson Duncan, Christiansburg, Jean Akers, Riner; 18 nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Sunday, December 31, at the New Hope Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Paul LePew and the Rev. Michael Bond, with burial in the White Cemetery, Shawsville. The body will be placed in the New Hope Church of God Saturday, where friends may call anytime after 2 p.m. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements are being handled by the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home, Christiansburg.
SPICKARD, Paul Jerry, 61, of Troutville, died Wednesday, December 27, 1995. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Glade Creek Lutheran Church. Arrangements by Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
VANHOY, Hubert Wayne, 61, of Chesapeake, died Thursday, December 28, 1995. Funeral 3 p.m. Sunday, Barnett's Funeral Home Chapel, Marion.
WEEKS, Mable Moore, of Rockville, Md., formerly of Troutville, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995. Survivors include sisters, Ruby Hammond, Salem, Regea Bower, Roanoke, Eula Bovey, Adelphi, Md. Arrangements by Barbers Funeral Home, Laytonsdille, Md.
WOODY, Robert Turner, (``Bob""), 58, of Martinsville, died Friday, December 29, 1995. Funeral Sunday, 2 p.m., Norris Funeral Chapel.
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