ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, September 18, 1996 TAG: 9609180126
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
BEARDMORE, Charles F., (``Fred""), 88, of Salem, passed away Monday, September 16, 1996. Surviving are his wife, Frankie L. Beardmore; three stepsons and their spouses, Ben and Helen Bryant, Salem, Ronnie Bryant, Salem, Earl and Remona Bryant, North Carolina; stepdaughter-in-law, Lovelle Bryant, Roanoke; 18 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at Lotz Salem Chapel, 10 a.m. Thursday, September 19, 1996, with the Rev. Ed Woodward officiating. Interment in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Lotz Salem Chapel, 2 to 4 a nd 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
BRITTON, Deacon Andrew Lewis, 89, of Nathalie, died Sunday, September 15, 1996, at Berry Hill Nursing Home in South Boston. He was the husband of Mrs. Viriginia Britton. He was born November 6, 1906, and was a son of Miss Rachel Britton. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Nellie Armistead Britton and two children, Franlin R. Britton and Phyllis B. Moore. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Rachel B. Yuille of Roanoke, Mrs. Doris Tweedy of Lynchburg, and Mrs. Betty Kain of Lynchburg; one son, Mr. Andrew Britton of Dayton, Ohio; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Poindexter of Nathalie; one stepson, Mr. Raymond Logan of Nathalie; and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 19, at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Brookneal, with Rev. L. S. Otey officiating. The cortege will assemble at the churc hat 1:40 p.m. The family will receive friends at Millstone Baptist Church on Wednesday, September 18, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and other times at the residence. Services are entrusted to the care of Crawford, Garrett & Jones Funeral Services, Halifax.
CALDWELL, Ira Stafford, (``Boot""), 70, of Clifton Forge, died Tuesday, September 17, 1996. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday at New Monmouth presbyterian Cemetery, Lexington, Va. Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home, Inc., Clifton Forge.
CARROLL, John M., 80, of Blue Ridge, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, September 15, 1996. Graveside services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Old Dominion Memorial Gardens, Botetourt County. Memorial service 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Grace Church, Edgewood Street, S.W., Roanoke. Arrangements by Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
DAVIS, Alvin Howard, 85, of Pulaski, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Stevens Funeral Chapel.
GAMMON, Joseph D., 83, of Stuart, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, Moody Funeral Home Chapel.
HELDRETH, Eddie Lee, 52, of Wytheville, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Maranatha Church of God. Visitation Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville.
KARNES, Walter E., 75, of Chamblissburg, died Monday, September 16, 1996 in a local hospital. He was a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church and an Army Veteran of World War II. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Frances Conner Karnes; sons, Major Fred W. Kar nes and wife, Barbara, of Belton, Texas, Thomas A. Karnes and wife, Ellen, of Chamblissburg; daughter, Martha Jane and husband, Dan Mosse, of Chamblissburg; three grandsons; three granddaughters; three brothers, Riley Karnes, Melvin Karnes and Kyle Karnes, all of Chamblissburg. Funeral services will be conducted from Beaverdam Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 19, 1996 with the Rev. Dennis E. Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton Chapel after 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday.
McLAUGHLIN, Nancy Elizabeth Shepherd, 69, of Brownsburg and Washington, D.C., died Monday, September 16, 1996, in the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. She was the wife of William Lowndes McLaughlin. Mrs. McLaughlin was born on August 27, 1927, in Hendersonville, N.C., a daughter of the late Marshall Monroe Shepherd Sr. and Julia Sherer Shepherd. She was a member of New Providence Presbyterian Church, Brownsburg, and Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Mrs. McLaughlin was a retired teacher and real estate agent. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons and daughters-in-law, Peter Shepherd McLaughlin and Carol Pala McLaughlin, Tucson, Ariz., David Wallace McLaughlin and Marilyn Gay Harman McLaughlin, Winchester; one brother, Marshall Monroe Shepherd Jr., Lake Worth, Fla.; three grandchildren, Lee Morgan McLaughlin and Thomas Marshall Shepherd McLaughlin, Tucson, Ariz., Mollie Shepherd McLaughlin, Winchester. Graveside services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 18, 1996, at New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Deborah H. Klein officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Henry Woods McLaughlin Memorial Scholarship Fund of New Providence Presbyterian Church, RFD 1, Box 586, Raphine, Va. 24472. Arrangements are being handled by Williams Funeral Service, Lexington.
MILLER, Dean G., 36, of Roanoke, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Memorial services 1 p.m. Saturday, Oakey's South Chapel.
MORETZ, Gladys, (``Granny""), 95, of Abingdon, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday in the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel.
MORRIS, Sarah Saul, 95, of Route 1, Pulaski, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 1996, at Carilion Radford Community Hospital. She was p receded in death by her husband, Franklin Clive Morris; and two daughters, Lois Marilda Morris and Thelma Ridpath. Surviving are five sons, Franklin Paul Morris of Pulaski, John Thomas Morris of Shawsville, Marvin Clive Morris of Christiansburg, Charles Swanson Morris of Christiansburg, and Douglas Ralph Morris of Monroe, N.C.; four daughters, Sylvia Barton of Sinks Grove, W.Va., Edith Phillips of Shawsville, Dorothy Simpkins of Radford, and Judy Smith of Meridian, Miss.; one sister, Martha Sutphin of Dublin; 33 grandchildren; several great and great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 19, 1996, at 11 a.m. at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with Pastor Jerry Gibson officiating. Burial will follow in the Shockley Cemetery in Hillsville. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.
MOSELEY, Arlena E., 104, of Princeton, W.Va., formerly of Floyd County, died Monday, September 16, 1996, at a Princeton, W.Va. hospital. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, September 19, 1996, from the Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton. Burial will follow in the Huffville Cemetery, near Christiansburg. Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
OGLE, Pearley Mae, 82, of Max Meadows, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at the Max Meadows Pentecostal Holiness Church. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville.
PENDLETON, Polly Jo, 60, of Thaxton, died Tuesday, September 17, 1996. Arrangements by Oakey's Vinton Chapel.
ROBERTSON, Geraldine C., 64, of Goodview, passed away Monday, September 16, 1996 at her home. Surviving are husband, Lawrence Lee (``Larry'') Robertson; daughter and son-in-law, Frances Y. and Barry L. Beckner, Elliston; son and fiancee', Roger D. Daugherty and Tina M. Atkinson, Roanoke; five grandchildren, Charles Wayne Widener, Mary Frances Holloway, Barry Lynn Beckner, Jr., Christopher Brookes Coleman, Amanda Gale Atkinson; two great-grand children, Sidney Ann Holloway, Taylor Nicole Holloway; sister, Frances Smiley Huddleston, Salem. Graveside services will be at the Sherwood Memorial Park, 3 p.m. Wednesday, September 18, 1996, with the Rev. Frank Feather officiating. Arrangements are by Oakey's Vinton Chape
SIMPSON, Thomas William Jr., (``Tank''), 44, of Newbern, died Thursday, September 12, 1996, at his home after a long period of declining health. Born in Radford on February 5, 1952, he was a son of Thomas William Sr. and Gertrude Thomas Simpson of Belspring. He had been employed as a pattern maker at Bill's Pattern Services in Radford, and was preceded in death by his son, Brian C. Simpson. Surviving are his parents; his daughter, Sabrina Simpson of Pembroke; two sisters, Sandra Joseph and Jackie Sue Payne, both of Dublin; and a special aunt, Mary Jane Heldreth of Wytheville. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 19, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke, with burial in the Payne Family Cemetery in the Clendennin Community near Narrows. The family will receive friends at the Kendall Funeral Home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke is in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Leighton, 45, of Roanoke, died Tuesday morning, September 17, 1996 in a local hospital. He is survived by his wife, Sara Smith, Roanoke; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Phillip and Kay Smith, Roanoke, Michael Zemba, Florida; two sisters, Berna Austin, Florida, Leisa Belcher, Germany. A memorial service will be held in St. John's Episcopal Church 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Thomas P. O'Dell officiating. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to your favorite charity.
STUTSO, Leonard, 77, of Flint, Mich., and formerly of Roanoke, passed away Sunday morning, September 15, 1996. He was a former dancing instructor with the Floyd Ward Dance Studios in Roanoke. He is survived by his wife; four children; three sisters including Mary Morefield of Roanoke; one brother. Graveside service Friday 11 a.m. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va. Arrangements by Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home, Tazewell.
TURNER, Betty Ann Adkins, 62, of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 1996, in a Shawsville nursing home. Employed by First Union Bank, she had previously worked at Stuart McGuire-Home Shopping Network for over 20 years. She was predeceased by her parents, Evans and Ruth H. Adkins. Surviving are a daughter, Linda Marie Turner; two sons, Robert Evans Turner and Barry Lynn Turner, all of Roanoke; and sister, Alice Crawford, Lexington, N.C. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 19, 1996, in Fair View Ceme tery. Pastor Virgil N. McHone will officiate. The family will receive from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Oakey's North Chapel
VANCE, Emmanuel Mason, 71, of Covington, died Monday, September 16, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m.Wednesday in the Arritt Funeral Home Chapel.
WERTZ, Harry Kenneth 82, formerly of Roanoke died Friday, September 13, 1996 in Lakeland Fla. Surviving wife Hazel Wertz of Fla.; daughters Donna W. Michael of Greer, S.C. and Linda Anderson of Roanoke; grandchildren, John Anderson of Roanoke; and Debbie A. Slagle of Cary, N.C. Memorials sent to St. Johns United Methodist Church in Winter Haven, Fla.
WILLIAMS, Ellen P., of Washington, D.C., formerly of Bedford, died Tuesday, September 17, 1996, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will appear later. Bedford Funeral Home, Bedford, is in charge of arrangements.
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