ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 1996 TAG: 9602200091
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
AGEE, Glenwood Jr., 74, of New River, died Monday, February 19, 1996, in a Radford hospital. He was a longtime member of the Fairlawn Fire Department. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mamie Caldwell Agee. Surviving are one daughter, Carol J. Agee, Radford; three sisters, Betty Warf, Ruth Agee, both of Radford, Jean Long, Charlotte, N.C. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Morgan's Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Will Shewey officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Garden s. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home
ALDERMAN, Cassell 78, of Pulaski, died Monday, February 19, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski.
ALLEN, Mary Darlene Flowers, 46, of Copper Hill, died Sunday, February 18, 1996 in a Roanoke hospital. Surviving are her husband, Alton Lee Allen, Copper Hill; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Stacy and Bobby Stevens, Vinton, Shelby and Ronnie Yopp, Flo yd, Anglia Frank and her fiance, David Green, Check; two sons, Cedric Allen, Vinton, Alton Lee Allen Jr., of the home; five grandchildren; her mother, Betty Flowers, Roanoke; two sisters, Patricia Stevens and Cathy Snead, both of Vinton; two brothers, Alvin L. Flowers and Steven D. Flowers, both of Roanoke. Funeral 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wood Funeral Home, Floyd, with the Rev. John Early officiating. Interment in the Cannaday Cemetery. The famiy will receive friends from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Wood Funeral Home
ALTIZER, Roger Dean Jr., (``Scott'') 23, of Fairlawn, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski.
BEARD, James Garland, of Charlottesville, died Saturday, February 17, 1996. He was born Vinton on April 22, 1915, the son of the late Anne Preas Beard and John Wesley Beard. He graduated from Vinton High School and in 1938 from Virginia Military Institute with a degree in civil engineering. He was a World War II veteran, earning the rank of major with the 727th Railway Battalion in Africa and Europe. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government. After military service, Mr. Beard re-joined Southern Railway. He was superintendent of railways in Birmingham, Richmond, and Charlottesville before leaving Southern in 1964 to join U.S. Steel Corporation as general manager of railroads for its mining operator in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. He retired in 1981 and lived in Richmond and Charlottesville. He is survived by his wife, Mary Edith Gill Beard; and his children, Mary Beard Montgomery, Williamson, Ga., Patricia Beard Sprouse, Reston, and James Gill Beard, Suffolk. He is also survived by a sister and brother, Atlas Beard Farris and Louis Beard, both of Vinton; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Hill and Wood Chapel. Arrangements by Hill and Wood Funeral Home.
BISHOP, Charles F., 66, of Roanoke, formerly of Hinton, W.Va., died Monday, February 19, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor, Hinton.
BOOTH, Glenn Thomas, 52, of Marion, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Graveside service noon Wednesday, Crabtree Cemetery, Tannersville. Arrangements by Barnett's Funeral Home, Marion.
BOWYER, Lucy Waldron, 72, of Moneta, died Monday, February 19, 1996. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.
BOWYER, Marion Lee, 78, of Tuscon, Ariz. and formerly of Bedford, passed away Sunday, February 18, 1996 at his home in Tuscon, Ariz. after a lengthy illness. He was born in Bedford Co. April 23, 1917 a son of the late James G. and Ardella Howell Bowyer. He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters. Mr. Bowyer was a veteran of World War II having served in the Pacific. He is survived by his devoted wife of 58 years, Maxine Long Bowyer; four children, Linda, Kenneth, Joyce, and Steven; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Jewell Jennings and Fleeta Cheek both of Roanoke. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday with military honors. Arrangements are by South Lawn Mortuary, Tuscon, Ariz
BRISCO, Dorothy McCullough, 78, of Blue Ridge, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Lotz Roanoke Chapel.
BYRD, John Dewey, 91, of Bassett, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Blackberry Baptist Church. Arrangements by Collins Funeral Services.
CAMDEN, Shirley Ferguson, 72, of Buena Vista, died Monday, February 19, 1996 in the Friendship Manor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Mrs. Camden was born October 19, 1923 in Rockbridge County, a daughter of the late Samuel Zachariah Ferguson and Ruth Austin Ferguson. She was a member of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church and the widow of Hubert L. Camden. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Samuel L. and Brenda Camden, Roanoke, H. Thomas and Lois Camden, Buena Vista; one daughter and son-in-law, Sheila C. and Sherman Moore, Meadowview; three sisters, Gloria F. (Dot) Trent, Glasgow, Dora Jane Gilbert, Buena Vista, Caroline F. Camper, Roanoke; six brothers, Releford Ferguson, Glasgow, Samuel Ferguson, Natural Bridge, Erskine Ferguson, Buena Vista, Melvin Ferguson, Lexington, Franklin Ferguson, Buena Vista, Boyce Ferguson, Buena Vista; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 21, 1996, at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Chapel with the Rev. William K. Leach officiating. Burial will follow in the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service, Buena Vista.
CARTER, Jesse Lemuel Jr., 77, of Penhook, died Monday, February 19, 1996. Funeral Wednesday, 11 a.m., Museville Christian Church. Arrangement by Colbert-Moran Funeral Home, Gretna.
CONDON, Mildred Garretson, 77, of Marion, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Arrangements by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.
FLIPPO, Geneva Campbell, 86, of Covington, died Friday, February 16, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at Loving Funeral Home Chapel.
GRAYBEAL, Paul, 81, of Salem, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. He w as born in Ashe County, N.C. He was a member and former deacon at Shenandoah Baptist Church. He had retired from General Electric as an inspector and is preceded in death by a son, Donald Graybeal. Survivors include his loving and devoted wife, Maude B. Graybeal, with whom he celebrated 59 years of marriage on February 13, 1996. Also surviving are his children, Gordon Graybeal and wife, Shelia of Troutville, Barbara Gentry and husband, Paige of Salem; grandchildren, Wanda Melchers and Linda Hurt, Nora Quinn, Michael Gentry, Alan Gentry, Philip and Brian Graybeal; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Bernice Urban of Lancaster, Pa. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the John M. Oakey and Son Chapel in Salem with the Pastors Albin P. Crutchfield and Robert L. Alderman officiating. Burial will follow in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shenandoah Baptist Church Mission Fund.
HAIRSTON, Hattie Ziglar, 69, of Martinsville, died Saturday, February 17, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Red Hollow Primitive Baptist Church. Arrangements by Stanfield-Miller Funeral Home.
HALL, Weda T., 84, of Bassett, died Monday, February 19, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Collins Funeral Chapel.
HOLLAND, Simon T., 62, of Roanoke, died Sunday February 18, 1996. He is survived by his sister, Mary Kidd, Rocky Mount; also many close friends. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital Chapel with Chaplain Gene Burris officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Roanoke Memorial Hospital Hospice.
HOLLIDAY, Rex, 63, of Speedwell, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Speedwell Pentecostal Holiness Church. Arrangements by Grubb Funeral Home, Wytheville.
LOCKHART, Patricia Ann, (``Pat""), 37, of Roanoke, died Saturday, February 17, 1996. She attended William Byrd High School. Surviving are her husband, Michael (Mik) Lockhart, Rocky Mount; a son, Michael Lockhart Jr., Rocky Mount; her parents, Don and Agnes Shores, Roanoke; sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Scott Repsher; a niece, Melissa Lax, all of Salem; grandmother, Yonnie Shores, Morganton, N.C. Also surviving are a numbe r of aunts and uncles in North Carolina. Funeral services will be at Oakey'
s Vinton Chapel 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Ervin Lockhart officiating. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
LOWRY, Daphne East, 73, of Maryland, died Saturday, February 17, 1996. Funeral noon Thursday, Howell Funeral Home Chapel, Stuart.
MINICHAN, David Parrish, 95, of Roanoke, died Monday, February 19, 1996 in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel on Wednesday, February 21, at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. Donald Roberts officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Burial Park. The family will receive friends at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel on Tuesday, February 20, from 6 to 9 p.m.
MINNICK, Walter B., 78, of Christiansburg, died Saturday evening, February 17, 1996. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Holly Phillips, with burial in the Centennial Church Cemetery, McCoy. Arrangements are being handled by the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.
MOOMAW, Judith B., 92, of Salem, died Wednesday, February 7, 1996. Memorial Eucharist 3:30 p.m. Thursday, St. Paul Episcopal Church.
MORGAN, Helen Louise Barger, 74, of Clifton Forge, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel.
MOTLEY, James H., 57, of Trouville, died Monday, February 19, 1996. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel.
MUNDY, Benjamin F., 74, of Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Buchanan, died February 6, 1996. He was born May 11, 1921 in Buchanan and moved to Lakeland in 1951. He worked as an inventory auditor for the Polk County School Board. He was an army veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Post 4 . He was a member of the United Methodist Temple in Lakeland. He is survived by his wife, Frances Camper Mundy, Lakeland; son, Benjamin F. Mundy, Jr., Lakeland; daughters, Andrea M. Coward and Stephanie M. Miklavcic, both of Lakeland; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was the last surviving child of the late Luther T. Mundy (former Botetourt County Sheriff) and Pearl Karnes Mundy. Funeral services were held February 9, 1996 at Gentry Morrison Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lakeland
NEWBY, Virginia Goins, 82, of Radford, died Sunday, February 18, 1996, in a Radford hospital. She was the widow of Robert Lee Newby. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Pat Bratton, Radford; a sister, Daisy Mae McGuire, Dublin; a special friend, Goldie Duncan, Radford; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren also survive. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Highland Memory Gardens Mausoleum with the Rev. William H. Jackson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home.
OSBORNE, Harry Remson Jr., 61, of Catawba died Sunday, February 18,1996. He leaves behind his wife, Gladys; and five children, Debbra, Patricia, Jean, Harry and George; eight grandchildren; his father, Harry Remson Osborne Sr.; three sisters. He lived in Lincoln Park, before moving to Catawba Va. ten years ago. He served in the Marine Corp. and was a member of the American Legion Post #297, he belo nged to the Masonic Temple in Butler and served 25 years on the Lincoln Park Volunteer Fire Department, Hose Company #1. He also belonged and was Chief of The Upper Craigs Creek Volunteer Fire Department. There will be a memorial service Thursday, 2 p. m. at Boitnott Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Upper Craigs Creek Volunteer Fire Department.
PARKS, Robert W., (``Bob""), 58, of Galax, passed away Monday, February 19, 1996. Arrangements by Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence.
RATCLIFFE, Charles Junior, 44, of Fairlawn, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski.
SHORT, Rebecca Jean Wright, 31, of Roanoke, died Thursday, February 15, 1996. Surviving are two daughters, Cindy Mae Short and Samantha Marie Short; her former husband, James Edward Short; mother, Betty L. Wright; her brother and sister-in-law, Thomas E. and Kristi Mae Wright; her sister and brother-in-law, Roxann M. and Bruce E. Hall; three nephews; one niece, all of Roanoke. A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 21, 1996, at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Rob McCawell will officiate. The family w ill receive friends at Lotz Roanoke Chapel, 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
SWEENEY, James Charlie, 93, of Bonifay, Fla., formerly of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, February 18, 1996. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel.
THOMPSON, Berther Taft, 86, of Ferrum, died Monday, February 19, 1996 at his residence. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Karen Gail Pagans. Survivng are his loving wife of 65 years, Lera Jones Thompson of the home; three daughters and sons-in-law, Christine and T. C. Ramsey, Roanoke, Loraine and Oscar Wayne Pagans, Union Hall, Joyce and Harold Bernard, Boones Mill; three sons and daughters-in-law, Winfred and Shirley Thompson, Ferrum, B. T. and Millie Thompson, Rocky Mount, Bobby and Glenda Thompson, Ferrum; grandchildren, Linda and Gary Flora, Patricia and Chester Webster, Sharon and Tommy Young, Donna and Wayne Wingfield, Phyllis and Ed Crum, Brenda and Todd Johnson, Johanna Thompson, Christina Thompson, Cyndi Bernard; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Clifford Thompson, Ferrum; three half brothers, Buford Thompson, Ferrum, Gene Thompson, Rocky Mount, Lester Thompson, Ferrum; one half sister, Gladys Tosh, Rocky Mount. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, in Flora Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bud Nichols officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery. Those desiring to, should make memorials to the Ferrum Rescue Squad. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the family receiving friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 S. Main St., Rocky Mount.
WALKER, James E., (``Happy''), 54, of Vinton, died Saturday, February 17, 1996 in a local hospital. Surviving are his children, Charles E. Walker, Krista M. Craft, Katherine M. Walker, and Joseph D. W. Walker; sister, Donna V. Bird; grandson, Caleb T. Craft. Funeral services will be at the graveside, Mt. View Cemetery, 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 21, 1996, with the Rev. Albert T. Stewart officiating. The family will receive friends at Oakey's Vinton Chapel Tuesday afternoon.
WANZER, Ann Brooks, 69, of Lexington, died Sunday, February 18, 1996, in the Stonewall Jackson Extended Care F acility. A daughter of the late Oliver G. and Hallie Jones Brooks, she was born October 12, 1926, in Lexington, where she attended the public school. She was an active member of the Randolph Street United Methodist Church, serving in the Senior Choir and the Barbara Patterson Circle. Surviving are two brothers and sisters-in-law, Oliver L. Sr. and Elvia Brooks, and John W. and Daphine Brooks; three nieces, Rachelle, Janice and Simone, all of District Heights, Md.; one nephew, Oliver L. Brooks Jr., Lexington. Friends may call at the Brooks' residence, 208 Massie Street, at any time. The body will be moved to the Randolph Street United Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, where friends may pay their respects until service time. The funeral service will be held at the church at 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Willie E. Butler, Minister. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. J. B. Lewis Funeral Service is handling the arrangements.
WEIKEL, Carroll Curtis, 52, of Selma, died Sunday, February 18, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nicely Funeral Home Chapel, Clifton Forge.
WHITE, Bessell C., 80, of Coopers Cove, passed away Sunday evening, February 18, 1996. She was the widow of Horatio Lee White. Surviving are her close friends, Deanna McDaniel and family, Janice Giles, and Betty Carter. Funeral services will be conducted from the graveside, Cedar Lawn Memorial Park at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.
WOOD, Furman H., of Charleston, W.V., died Monday, February 19, 1996. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Raymond J. Catron, Roanoke. Funeral arrangements by Myers Funeral Home in Elkview, W.V.
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