THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, May 26, 1996 TAG: 9605260003
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG LENGTH: 27 lines
Bland A. Vestal, 85, died Thursday, May 23, 1996, at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was for 63 years the husband of Gerda Paur Vestal.
Born Feb. 24, 1911, in Randolph County, N.C., he was a son of the late Alfred Manuel and Ella Stone Vestal. He was a retired traffic engineer with C.L. Philpots Inc. of Norfolk, a former member of Kempsville Ruritan Club, a former deacon at New Hope Baptist Church and was a member of Beulah Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by a brother and sister, Joe V. Vestal and Margaret D'Aras. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons and their wives, Joseph B. and Donna Vestal of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Paul D. and Jeanie Vestal of Chesapeake; three daughters and their husbands, Jeanne V. and Carl Hellstrom of Virginia Beach, Linda V. and William Spruill of Chesapeake and Valerie V. and Granville Graham of Lynchburg; a sister, Ella Maie Miller of Cape May, N.J.; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held today at 3 p.m. at Beulah Baptist Church with the Rev. Grover Putnum and the Rev. Ron Pegram. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the residence. Those wishing to make memorial contributions, please consider Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund.
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