ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, November 9, 1996 TAG: 9611110044
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
BALL, Virgil, of Chilhowie, died Friday, November 8, 1996. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Home.
BORSUM, Otto Harry, 75, of 1039-B Oakmont Circle, Lynchburg, died Wednesday, November 6, 1996, at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Doris Townsend Borsum. Mr. Borsum was born July 23, 1921 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to the late Henry Theodore Borsum and the late Louise Henrietta Gerken Borsum. He was a member of Rivermont Avenue Baptist Church, the National Railroad Historical Society-Roanoke Chapter, and was employed with Big Star Stores in the produce department. Mr. Borsum was a veteran of World War II serving in the U. S. Army Air Force. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughters, Patricia B. Agnew of Blue Ridge, and Donna B. Garwood of Greenwood; three grandchildren, William Agnew, Daniel Agnew, Jeanette Agnew; and his sister, Anita Borsum of Lynbrook, N.Y. A funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, November 11, at Woodall-Tharp Chapel with the Rev. James Baucom of Rivermont Avenue Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, at 2:30 p.m. by the pastor of Parkway Wesleyan Church in Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, November 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lynchburg Dialysis Facility, 2015 Tate Springs Road, Lynchburg, Va. 24501, or the National Railroad Historical Society-Roanoke Chapter, P.O. Box 13222, Roanoke, Va. 24032. Woodall-Tharp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, 804-237-9424
BREWSTER, Frances Eloise, 61, of Roanoke, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 7, 1996. Mrs. Brewster was a long time member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church and was a devoted and loving mother who will be sadly missed by her family and friends. Surviving are her sons and daughter-in-law, Terry and Brenda Brewster, Mitchell Raymond Brewster, all of Roanoke; her daughters and sons-in-law, Sherry and Lewis Shell, Katina and Kenneth StClair, all of Roanoke, Sharon Bailey, Sophia, W.Va., Cathy Bailey, Chico, Calif.; ten grandchildren; her sisters, Arbutus Brewster, Bessie Baker, both of War, W.Va. Funeral services will be held at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, Monday, November 11, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Troy B. Webb officiating. Interment in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's North Chapel
CARROLL, Edith Roberts Payne, 78, of Lynchburg, formerly of Salem, died Friday, November 8, 1996, at Oakwood Manor, Bedford Hospital. She was the wife of the late Wallace Carroll. Mrs. Carroll was born May 13, 1918 in Salem to the la te Curnal Leonard Roberts and the late Maggie Lue Daugherty Roberts. She was a retired seamstress and a member of Thomas Road Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Lorraine (Rena) Dorr of Concord; her son, Eugene Arthur Payne of Goode; three grandchildren, Cynthia L. Dorr of Concord, Penny H. Stemmer of Rustburg, and Artie Payne of Forest; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Virginia Smith of Salem, Una Humbird of Florida; and a brother, Sherman Roberts of Roanoke. A graveside service will be conducted at Sherwood Memorial Park in Salem, Monday, November 11, 1996, at 3 p.m., with Pastor Charlie Harbin officiating. The family will receive friends at Woodall-Tharp Funeral Home Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
COLEMAN, Wilda June, 81, of Fries died Thursday, November 7, 1996 in Roanoke Community Hospital. Mrs. Coleman was born in Grayson County on September 20, 1915 to Kent Jones and Mollie Whitaker Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Coleman. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Lola Coleman, Rodney and Sandy Coleman, all of Fries; two brothers and sister-in-law, Dean Jones, Christiansburg, Willie Bruce and Myrtle Jones, Fries; three sisters-in-law, Margaret Jones, Eva Roberts, both of Fries, and Ethel Coleman, Concord, N.C.; three grandchildren, Tammy Lambert, Butch Coleman, Margo Taylor; one great-grandson, Jessup Lambert; and several nieces and nephews; special friends, Phyllis Barker and Laura LaRue, both of Fries. The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday in Vaughan-Guynn Chapel with the Rev. Wilson Newman officiating. Burial will follow in Summerfield United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home. Flowers would be appreciated or donations may be made to the Fries Fire & Rescue Squad Departments.
COOK, Ella Mae Brown, 50, of Virginia Mobile Home Court, Dublin, passed away Friday, November 8, 1996, in the Carilion Radford Community Hospital. Born May 16, 1946 in Jewell Ridge (Tazewell County), she was the daughter of Ellen Goss Brown and the late George Brown. She was preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth Brown. Surviving are her husband, Dwight Cook, Dublin; one daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Rodney Shealor, Christiansburg; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Connie Cook, Christiansburg; granddaughter, Stephanie Nicole Shealor; grandson, Caleb Lee Shealor; mother, Virginia Ellen Goss Brown, Baptist Valley; two sisters, Mary Barnett, Belfast, Irene Bucklin, Baptist Valley; two brothers, Earl Brown, Richlands, Rev. Clarence Brown, Richlands. Funeral service will be held Monday, 2 p.m., at the Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, with the Rev. Clarence Brown officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Dublin Cemetery, Dublin. Visiting will be any time Sunday after 2 p.m. and the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Bower Funeral Chapel, 1631 Bob White Blvd., Pulaski, or any time at the home. Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, is handling the arrangements.
COX, Georgia Witt, 75, of Altavista, passed away Friday, November 8, 1996. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home, Huddleston.
DREWRY, Henry Arthur Sr., 72, of New Castle, passed away Thursday, November 7, 1996. He was a past member of Daleville Ruritan Club, a member of New Castle United Methodist Church, and Boilermakers Union Local #314 AFL-CIO. He retired from Lone Star Cement Inc. after 33 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Robert and Annie Hannah Drewry; sister, Betty Lee Allen; brother, Harold E. Drewry. Survivors include his wife, Frances Lee Drewry; daughter, Sharon Drewry Hale; son, Henry Arthur Drewry Jr.; granddaughters, Monica A. Barton, Tammy Drewry Rock, Buffy Lee Wood, Jessica Faye Wood; grandsons, Eric Douglas Drewry, John Hutton Reed Jr. (Jacky); great-granddaughters, Samantha Marie Barton, Sydney Danielle Barton, Tamara Cheyenne Rock; great-grandsons, Neil Jordon Drewry, Markus Andrew Arthur Reed; sisters, Evelyn Kirkman, Geraldine Gibson, Juanita Dooley, Connie Kurz, Judy Smith; brother, Gary Drewry; numerous sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, November 11 at Paitsel Funeral Home Chapel, New Castle, with The Rev. Charles L. Ammons and The Rev. Reggie Kirkman officiating. Interment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the New Castle United Methodist Church.
DUPREE, Mary Violet, 83, of Galax, died Tuesday, November 5, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday, Mount Zion Holiness Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home.
ENGLAR, Renea Jonas, 32, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Wytheville, died Thursday, October 31, 1996, at Gilchrist Hospice Center. Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 9, 1996, conducted by Rev. Gary Kelly at the Gillman Funera l Chapel in Wytheville. The family will receive friends after the memorial service. She is survived by her husband, Paul W. Englar III; two daughters, Cara A. Englar and Brianna E. Englar, all of Baltimore, Md.; parents, Floyd (Tommy) and Hilda Hoback Jonas of Wytheville; brother and sister-in-law, Michael S. and Lisa G. Jonas of Wytheville; grandmother, Virginia S. Hoback, of Rt. 3, Wytheville; father and mother-in-law, Bill and Mary Englar, of Abingdon, Md. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in memory of Renea Jonas Englar for a Nursing Scholarship to the Wytheville Community College Educational Foundation, 1000 E. Main St., Wytheville, VA 24382.
FARRELL, Susan Pascoe, 71, formerly of Blacksburg, of 1237 Viewmont Drive, Schenectady, N.Y., died after a brief illness on November 7, 1996. She was a native of Blacksburg who grew up in Luther Memorial Lutheran Church; and after graduation in home economics from Virginia Tech in 1949, she and her husband, Paul Farrell, Jr., also a VPI graduate, who survives, began an interesting and useful life that took them to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, and Ohio over the past forty-seven years, most recently in Schenectady from 1989 until the present. Susan was an active member of Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church in Schenectady; Chapter 7 of the P.E.O. sisterhood; Beukendaal Chapter No. 528 Order of the Eastern Star; the Auxiliary of the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra and an Auxiliary member and volunteer at the Schenectady County Historical Society. She was a long term member of the Orchard Hill Garden Club and had been active earlier in the American Association of University Women. Besides her husband, Paul, she is survived by a daughter, Evelyn F. Cronyn of Deerfield, N. H.; a son, Robert Thomas Farrell of Danville, Va.; a sister, Sarah P. Ingle of Charlotte, N. C.; a brother, Charles T. Pascoe, Jr., Merrifield, Va.; two grandchildren, Sarah Kathleen Cronyn, Boston, Mass. and Senior Airman Kenneth W. Cronyn IV, USAF, Dover, Del.; numerous nieces and nephews. A brief graveside service will be conducted by Pastor Gary Schroeder of Luther Memorial at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 1996 at Westview Cem etery, Blacksburg. Friends wishing to attend the graveside service should meet at the funeral home at 1 p.m. There will be no visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church; Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Prices Fork and Toms Creek Road, N.W., Blacksburg, Va. 24060; or the Leukemia Society of America, Box 21, 2101 Executive Drive, Hampton, Va. 23666. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
FOSTER, Thomas E., (``Montana""), 62, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday, November 7, 1996. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred J. Foster. He is survived by stepdaughters, Martha Clark, Mary Stanley and Jessie Ayers of Roanoke; brother, Dale; sister, Midge of Montana; six stepgrandchildren, and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m Saturday, November 9, 1996, at Lotz Roanoke Chapel, with the Rev. Tom Stocks officiating. Arrangements are being handled by Lotz Funeral Home, Roanoke.
GRUBB, William, (``Bill""), of Elkton, Md., died Monday, November 4, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Berea Christian Church. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before service time. Arrangements by Grubb Funeral Home, Wytheville, Va.
HALL, Nannie Kate Ratcliff, 75, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday, November 7, 1996. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew C. Hall. Survivors include four sons, Charles Edward Hall, Stewartsville, Danny Wayne Hall and wife, Peggy, Vinton, Richard A. Hall, Oakwood, G ary Lynn Hall and wife, Goldie; two daughters, Kathy Hall Caldwell and husband, Roy, Janet Faye Wimmer and husband, Mike, all of Roanoke; four grandchildren, Danny Wayne Hall Jr., Steven Ray Hall, Josiah Andrew Cook, Angela Kate Hall; great-grandson, Hunter Austin Hall; one brother, Harry Carter, Salem; one sister. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 11, 1996, from Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The Rev. G. William Foster Jr. and Pastor Tom Poland will conduct services. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday at the Lotz Vinton Chapel
HIGGINS, Ray Jackson, 71 of Galax, died Thursday, November 7, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday Vaughan -Guynn Chapel.
HUFFMAN, Charles Irvin, 64, of Troutville, died Friday, November 8, 1996. Arrangements by Rader Daleville Funeral Home.
JOHNSON, Randolph, (``Randy''), 67, of Marion, died Thursday, November 7, 1996. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Seaver-Brown Chapel.
JONES, Annie Belle Hale, 82, of Wytheville, died Thursday, November 7, 1996. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday, Gillman Funeral Chapel.
KIRBY, Becky Layne, 54, of Radford, passed away Thursday, November 7, 1996. Arrangements by Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home.
LaPRADD, Matilda Ane Jordan, (``Tillie""), 55, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 1996. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Florence Harden and Rufus Thomas Jordan, and brother, William Andrew (``Jack"") Jordan Sr. She is survived by her husband, Paul Lawrence LaPradd Jr.; children, Shirl and T. J. Hall, Paul Lawrence III and Melissa LaPradd, Charles Lester LaPradd and Tiffany Occur; stepchildren, Ricky Randall Sr. and Florence LaPradd, Kathy LaPradd and Roger Small, Kenny and Fay LaPradd Clark, Doug and Mary LaPradd King; sisters and brothers, Hazel Jordan Gill and Duke Fink, Buddy Harold Jordan and Louise, Melvin Thomas Sr. and Anne Jordan and Alfred Daniel (``Danny"") Layton. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; very special friends, Shirley Mayberry, Barbara Martin, Betty Johnson and Hazel Tucker. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon Saturday, November 9, 1996, at Lotz Roanoke Chapel, with the Rev. Steve Martin officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Arrangements are being handled by Lotz Funeral Home, Roanoke.
LAWSON, Gladys Mae Whitten, 75, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 1996. Graveside service 11 a.m. Saturday, Williams Memorial Park. Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Home.
McAFEE, Minnie May Horsley, 94, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday evening, November 7, 1996. She was a member of Green Ridge Presbyterian Church and is survived by a son, Donald L. McAfee, Los Angeles, Calif.; a granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Lisa M. and Timothy LaLonde, Mexico City, Mexico; a sister, Mrs. Frank (Lillian) Miller, Chilhowie; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from the graveside, Evergreen Burial Park, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Roanoke County #5 (Hollins Fire and Rescue), 7401 Barrens Rd., N.W., Roanoke, Va. 24019. Friends may call at Oakey's North Chapel after 10 a.m. Saturday
NUTTER, John Ennis, 102, of Vinton, died Wednesday, November 6, 1996. Funeral noon Saturday, Lotz Salem Chapel.
PATE, Thomas Howard, 86, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 1996. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday at Beane Family Cemetery, Roanoke County. Arrangements by Lotz Funeral Home, Roanoke.
RIGNEY, Florence Parsons, 87, of 433 Howard Drive, Salem, formerly of Emmett Street, Martinsville, died Friday, November 8, 1996, at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem. She was born January 7, 1909 to the late William T. and Janie Adkins Parsons in the Hollywood section of Pittsylvania County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Spain Rigney. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harry K. (Sylvia) Young of Salem; sister, Edith Elliott of Danville; three grandchildren, Donna Donohoo, Barry Young and Mark Young; nine great-grandchildren, Shane Edwards, Todd Edwards, Sarah Donohoo, Megan Young, Hannah Young, Nick Olinger, Chris Donohoo, Brian Donohoo, Bradley Donohoo. Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Starling Avenue Baptist Church, Martinsville, with Rev. David Adkins officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at McKee Funeral Chapel in Martinsville. Burial will be in Roselawn Burial Park.
SAYERS, Harry S., 74, of Marion, died Friday, November 8, 1996, in Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tenn. Mr. Sayers was a member of Falling Water Baptist Church, a veteran of World War II and a retired owner and operator of Sayers Sand Company. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Clay Sayers. He is survived by one son, William C. Sayers o f Marion; three sisters, Louise Sayers, Sybil S. Slemp and Jean S. Bailey of Marion; one grandson, Gregory Allen Sayers of Williamsburg, and a special friend, Sara Dickens of Wytheville. Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 10, 1996, at 3:30 p.m., at Seaver-Brown Chapel, with the Rev. Neville Mozingo and the Rev. Tim Boyette officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel.
SIEGEL, Carole Ann, 55, of Lexington, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 5, 1996, in Toms River, N.J. She was born in Hoboken, N.J., the daughter of the late Louis and Irene Inconstanti, on December 25, 1940. She is survived by her husband, Alan Siegel Sr. of Lexington; one son, Alan Siegel Jr. of Toms River, N.J.; three daughters, Gayle M. Carta of Toms River, N.J., April A. Neibergal of Toms River, N.J., and Jennifer L. Siegel of the home. She leaves eight grandchildren; and also her sisters and brother, Lorraine Burdick of New Milford, N.J., Sara Lyn Jones of Wilmington, N.C., and John Inconstanti of Midlothian; plus nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Lexington Foursquare Gospel Church. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, November 10, 1996, at the Green Hill Mausoleum in the Green Hill Cemetery, Buena Vista. The Rev. G. Hunter Phillips will officiate. Because of her undaunted courage and faithfulness to preach the gospel, in season and out, Carole leaves in the wake of her passing countless souls won to Christ. To God be the glory. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington.
SLUSHER, Ira Lee, 70, of Roanoke, died Friday, November 8, 1996. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel.
SOUTHERS, Katie Irene, 83, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, November 7, 1996, in the Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center. Born in Rockbridge County on March 9, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Van and Lillie Floyd Ramsey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Garnett Kingsley Southers; and a daughter, Shirley Irene Vest. She is survived by a son, Fred K. Southers, Natural Bridge Station; a brother, Everett Ramsey; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The graveside service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, November 10, 1996, at Rockbridge Memorial Gardens with the Rev. William Thomas and the Rev. Tom Clark officiating. Arrangements by Lomax Funeral Home
STOOTS, Arthur Lee, Sr., 74, of 1002 Martin Avenue, Pulaski, died Friday, November 8, 1996, in Radford Community Hospital. Born on September 27, 1922, in Pulaski, he was a son the late William Graham Stoots and Jenny Kesling Stoots. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Kiser Stoots; two sons, Arthur Lee Stoots Jr. and Jeffrey Wayne Stoots of Pulaski; one daughter, Melissa Ann Stoots of Pulaski; one brother, Richard Stoots of Pulaski; two sisters, Agnes Albert of Radford and Alice Conner of Orlando, Fla., and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday from Thomas M. Seagle and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visiting will be after 2 p.m. Sunday, with the family receiving from 7 until 9 p.m., at the funeral home
THOMPSON, Joel Ross, 40, of La Mesa, Calif., died Friday, November 1, 1996. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Oakey's South Chapel.
TURNER, Edna Elizabeth, 86, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 1996. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Maple Street Baptist Church. Arrangements by Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home.
VANHOESEN, Emma Mae, 84, of Rocky Mount, died Thursday, November 7, 1996, in Franklin Health Care Center. Surviving is a son, Ronald Allan VanHoesen, Rocky Mount. Graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at Franklin Memorial Park with Sister Fidelis Rubbo officiating. Friends may call from 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Flora Funeral Service, Rocky Mount.
WEEKS, Chapman Estel Lemon, 102, of Radford, passed away Thursday, November 7, 1996, at Radford Community Hospital. He was a retired employee of the Lynchburg Foundry with over 30 years of service. He was a member of Carter Street United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Grace Spence Weeks. Survivors include a niece and family, Mrs. James (Elree) Sexton of Radford; and several other nieces and ne phews. Funeral services will bel held Sunday, November 10, 1996, at 2 p.m. at the Carter Street United Methodist Church in Radford with the Rev. Julian Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Seaver-Sanders & Mullins Funeral Home in Radford.
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