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C2 Roanoke Times World News Saturday May 1 1993 OBITUARIES Roanoke Valley New River Valley hillsvilie Carroll Mary BLACKSBURG Coble Cora ColUns Arthur Lawrence Alverta eyerie Edna unicnuenmk MARION Dulaney Clinton CHRISTIANSBURG Starke Alice Helms Hobart Travis Edna RURAL RETREAT Webb Ethel alate Lambert Trubie Sr Bedford ranklin Out Of State BEDORD Williamson jBertha GREENSBORO NC Arthur Muriel BUENA VISTA Haffly Pauline Mitchell Lucy Stoner John Jr RENO NEV ROCKY MOUNT GRETNA Suter Janet Tyree Clara Vedder Joe SAN DIEGO CALI Sexton Perry Check late notices for deaths received too late to be included in this index Roanoke Valley CARROLL Mary arris 83 of Roanoke died Thursday April 29 1993 uneral 11:30 am Monday North Chapel COLLINS Arthur 59 of Roanoke passed away riday April 30 1993 Arrangements by North Chapel DEYERLE Edna 72 of Roanoke died riday April 30 1 993 Arrangements by Lotz Vinton Chapel DULANEY Clinton Silas 91 of Roanoke passed away Thursday April 29 1 993 He was a member of Peters Creek Church of the Breth ren was a retired employee of Hodges Lumber Company and was an active gardener on Cove Road NW He was predeceased by a daughter Carmen Stephenson He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Chafin Dulaney two sons and daughters in law Jack and Ilonka Dulaney Wayne and udy Dulaney all of Roanoke two daughters and sons in law Glenna and Bill Ham mond Salem Shirley and Rodney Gearheart Dublin 12 grandchil dren ten great grandchildren three sisters Mrs Anna Roop and Mrs Ella Keith both of Salem and Mrs Edna Wickham Roanoke uneral services will be conducted at the graveside in Sher wood Memorial Park 11:30 am Saturday May 1 with the Rev Par is Bain officiating In lieu of flow ers memorials may be made to The American Heart Association 4504 Starkey Road Suite 1 1 5 Roanoke VA 24014 or to the Disease or Related Disorders oun dation PO Box 5014 Roanoke VA 24012 riends may call North Chapel where the family will receive friends 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm riday STARKE Alice Smith of Roanoke died Wednesday April 28 1993 Mrs Starke was the wid ow of Melville Starke of Rich mond Va and later of Ormond Beach la Born in 1900 she was the daughter of Dr Richard McAl lister Smith (for many years a pro fessor of Greek and Latin at Ran dolph Macon College Ashland) and Minnie Banks Smith They later lived in Montgomery and Birming ham Ala Surviving are one daugh ter Elizabeth Starke Garthwaite London England three grandchil dren Douglas Brown Bethesda Md Mrs Piers Bridgeman Wil liams London England Nigel Greig Pound Ridge NY one sis ter Mrs Marion Looney Roanoke one niece Mrs William oster Greenville SC two neph ews Dr Edmund Lowney Colum bus Ohio John Smith Califor nia uneral services will be conducted 1:30 pm Monday May 3 1993 at Roanoke Cha pel by Dr John Newman A graveside service will be conducted Lpm Tuesday May 4 1993 in Westview Cemetery armville Va Arrangements by Roanoke i TRAVIS Edna Casey 61 of Roanoke passed away in a local hospital April 28 1993 Survivors include her husband James Travis Sr one son James Travis Jr one sister and brother in law Elsie and Wilbert Law all of Roanoke one sister in law Minnie Casey Washington three grandchildi en a host of nieces nephews cousins other relatives and friends uneral services will be Monday 2 pm Hamlar Curtis Chapel with burial in Williams Me morial Park The family will receive friends Sunday 7 to 8 pm at the funeral home Hamlar Curtis neral Home in charge of the ar rangements WEBB Ethel Mae 74 of Roanoke County died Thursday April 29 1993 She was a faithful wife and mother and friend to any one she met She opened her heart and home to many in need Mrs Webb was a charter member of In memoriam In loving memory 'of our daughter Susan Dicker 'son who passed away May 1 11989 Loved and sadly missed by Mom and Dad John and Doris Dickerson In loving memory of 'Minnie Griffith May 1 1993 who i passed 2 years ago today In our hearts memory lingers Always tender fond and true not a day dear Mother We do think of you Sadly missed by children Kenny Mary And Howard A Pathway Assembly of God in Bu chanan and served as Sunday School teacher and Min istries president She was preceded in death by her parents David I and Gertrude Wood Ruffner and a daughter Evelyn Lee Moran five brothers and two sisters Surviving are her husband Bernard Webb a son James A Locke Bedford County a daughter and son in law Dorothy and Rev Perry Snuffer Buchanan a brother David Ruffner Winchester a son in law Charlie Moran Roanoke special friends Louise and Jennifer Nelson and Linda Naff all of Roanoke also surviving are seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren uneral ser vices will be conducted from Lotz Roanoke Chapel noon Monday May 3 1993 with Rev Glenn Strickland and Dr Irvin Steiding officiating Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens The family will receive friends at Lotz Roanoke Chapel 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm both Saturday and Sunday Bedford ranklin ARTHUR Muriel Davies 85 of Bedford died April 29 1993 in Lynchburg General Hospital Her residence was 1220 Ashland Circle in Bedford She was born at in Chesterfield County Va on May 4 1907 a daughter of the late Thomas Christian Davies and lorence Marlbourne Davies She was a member of St Episcopal Church in Bedford and a former member of St Episco pal Church Petersburg She was preceded in death by her husband Carlton Michel Arthur and her daughter Muriel Michel Arthur She is survived by her sister and brother in law Blanche Holland Wills and Taylor Wills Peters burg four nieces Louise Morgan and Helen Sims Suffolk rances Meacham Reiter Gulf Shores Aia Mary Sue Ellis Co lumbia SC four nephews Thom as Christian Davies Samuel David Davies and Hugh Christian Da vies Suffolk and Marvin Hol land Jr Petersburg uneral ser vices will be conducted Monday May 5 1993 11:30 am at St Episcopal Church Bedford with the Rev James A Creasy offi ciating Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery riends may call at the Carder Tharp uneral Home Bedford Sunday afternoon and memorials may be made to ei ther St Episcopal Church or the Bedford Public Library Capital Campaign MITCHELL Lucy Kate 73 of Bedford died riday April 30 1993 Arrangements by Hamlar Curtis uneral Home TYREE Clara ranklin 79 of 324 Tanyard Rd Rocky Mount died Thursday April 29 1993 as a result of a pedestrian automobile accident Mrs Tyree was a former employee of the Martinsville and ranklin Memorial Hospitals where she worked in the nursery Mrs Tyree also did private duty nursing Surviving are a son and daughter in law Bobby and Linda Tyree Raleigh one grand daughter Lane Tyree Eastville one grandson Bill Tyree Moneta a stepdaughter Emma Hodges Rocky Mount a foster daughter Mary Ann Page Raleigh brother and sister in law Carlton and Lois ranklin Glade Hill nephews Ricky ranklin and Jim my ranklin nieces Gloria Hous man Brenda Cundiff Joyce Thur man sisters in law Margaret Ramsey Helen Gentry Blanche eatherston brother in law George Tyree uneral services will be conducted at lora uneral Cha pel 2 pm Sunday with Rev Lewis Arnold Rev John Leeper and Rev Ivey Adams Jr officiat ing Interment will follow in rank lin Memorial Park The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Saturday at lora uneral Service Rocky Mount and other times at the home of Carlton and Lois ranklin New River Valley HELMS Hobart Harless Ma jor US Army Reserve Retired age 61 of Christiansburg died ri day April 30 1993 in a Roanoke hospital His residence was 2165 ranklin Street in Christiansburg He was a retired Christiansburg High School Metal Shop instructor Surviving are his wife Alleta Jo Olinger Helms one son and daugh ter in law Barry and rancine Helms Hawaii one daughter and son in law Wanda and Gary Proco Christiansburg his mother Louise Helms Blacksburg five grandchildren Linda Gail Helms Mary Elaine Helms Bobbi Jo Pro co Staci Leigh Proco and Erin Dan ielle Proco sister in law Shirley Aiken Newport News broth er in law Eldridge Ryan Dahlgreen Va three nieces and five nephews A memorial service will be 7:30 Monday evening May 3 at the aith Christian Church conducted by Mr Jim Thomas Mr Proter Riner and Mr Jim Bayne The family will receive friends from 6:30 until 7:30 Monday evening at the church The family request in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the New River Valley Hospice American Cancer Society or the Ronald McDonald House Arrange ments are being handled by Rich ardson Horne uneral Home LAWRENCE Alverta Cole 90 of Blacksburg died riday April 30 1993 at her home Mrs Law rence was born in loyd County on ebruary 11 1903 to the late Wil liam Letcher and Pearlie linchum Cole She was preceded in death by a son Leon Lawrence a grand daughter Marla Lawrence Ball and three brothers Surviving are her husband Roff Arno Lawrence one daughter and son in law Jean and Daniel Tulley Thousand Palms Calif one son and daugh ter in law Marvin A and Ramona A Lawrence Blacksburg three sis ters Mamie Poff Roanoke Sylvia Owens and Ora Cooper both of Salem two brothers Palma Cole Roanoke Aaron Cole ranklin County a daughter in law Ann Lawrence Roanoke two grand daughters three grandsons twelve great grandchildren uneral ser vices will be held Sunday May 2 at 2 pm at McCoy uneral Home Chapel Mr Richard Waller and Mr Steve Marshall will officiate Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens Dublin The family will receive friends Saturday from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at McCoy uneral Home riends are invited to visit at the home at 719 Dicker son Lane after services at Dublin Arrangements by McCoy uneral Home State COBLE Cora Marie 89 of Hillsville died Thursday April 29 1993 uneral Sunday 1 pm Vaughan Guynn McGrady Chapel DAVIS Roy ulton 71 of Hills ville died Thursday April 29 1993 uneral 3:30 pm Sunday Vaughan Guynn McGrady Chapel ELLER Ora 80 of Marion died Thursday April 29 1 993 uneral 2 pm Saturday uneral Chapel HAYNES Roy 72 of Bassett died riday April 30 1993 Ar rangements by Collins uneral Ser vices LAMBERT Trubie Bane Sr 76 of Rural Retreat died Thurs day April 29 1993 uneral 2 pm Sunday Newberry uneral Home Bland STONER John Burton Jr 62 of Buena Vista died Thursday April 29 1993 at the VA Medical Center Salem Va He was a 1949 graduate of Natural Bridge High School served as a Staff Sergeant during the Korean Conflict and was retired from Burlington after 42 years service He was preceded in death by his parents John Stoner Sr and Ida Moran Stoner Surviv ing are his wife Racheal Stoner two daughters Paula Stoner of Glasgow Penny Stoner Poindexter of Glade Hill a son in law Gary Poindexter of Glade Hill one sister Betty Ston er Hutchens of Charlottesville Ser vices will be conducted at 2 pm Sunday at the Bolling Grose Lotts uneral Chapel with the Rev Barry Nall and the Rev Bill Crites officiating Interment will be at the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens The family will receive friends at the Bolling Grose Lotts uneral Service from 7 to 8 pm Saturday In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Glasgow irst Aid VEDDER Joel Lee 52 of Gret na died riday April 30 1993 neral 1 pm Sunday Colbert Mor an Chapel WILLIAMSON Bertha Manns 60 of Bassett died Thursday April 29 1993 uneral 2 pm Sun day Collins uneral Chapel Out Of State HALY Pauline James Phil lips 75 of Greensboro NC died April 30 1993 uneral 2 pm Monday Green Sons uner al Home Chapel Thomasville NC SEXTON Perry 35 of San Die go Calif formerly of Roanoke died April 1 9 1 993 Loved ones left with his memories special friend Paul Boimiser of San Diego moth er Arlene Sexton Roanoke father Arthur Sexton Drift Ky brother Cliff Sexton sister Nedie Keelean niece Holly all of Roanoke sisters and brother in law Ruth and Tim my Acker niece Lindsay all of Vinton Bernice and Steve Barber niece and nephew Shannon and Christopher all of Salem Candy and Joe Hoffman Pennsville NJ Special services to be held Sundav May 2 at 1:15 pm at the Unitarian Church of Roanoke ormer professor dean SUTER Janet Moore 74 of Reno Nevada died Wednesday April 28 1993 She was born in Roanoke on July 29 191 8 daughter of the late Charles and Alice Moore She was a resident of Reno Nev for over 40 years coming from Roanoke She was a retired bookkeeper a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to VW Post407 and was a Member at Largc Exemplar of Beta Sigma Phi Survi vors include her husband Burl Suter Sr one son Charles Suter both of Reno Nev sister Margery Holben of California stepchil dren Burl Suter Jr and Cheri Suter Sattler both of Reno Nev No services are scheduled Crema tion was at Sierra Crematory Reno Nev Memorials to Trinity Episco pal Church Altar Guild PO Box 2246 Renov Nev 89501 James Leyburn dies at 91 James Graham Leyburn one of Washington and Lee Universi most distinguished teachers and scholars died this week of complications brought on by pneu monia Leyburn was 91 He died Wednesday at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown Md Leyburn came to in 1 947 as dean of the university He re signed the post in 1955 to devote himself to teaching Leyburn chaired de partment of sociology and anthro pology until 1967 He retired in 1972 with the honor of George Washington Professor Emeritus of Sociology tenure as dean was highlighted by his 10 point pro gram for the academic development The guided curricular progress at in large measure over a quarter cen tury Leybunj held and degrees in economics from Duke University a in eco nomics and social institutions from Princeton University and a doctor ate in sociology from Yale Univer sity Leyburn of Martinsburg WVa was the author of six books Two of them Hai i tian and Scotch Irish: A Social are considered classics in the field of sociology Leyburn will be buried Sunday in the graveyard of the Martinsburg chuch where his father pastored ROM PAGE C1 plan to dozens of business and po litical leaders in the Hampton Roads to Richmond corridor He did the same on Thursday for a reporter Highlights: The fair would be centered around the site of a proposed in the peanut country near Wakefield in Sussex County but would incorporate existing and planned tourist spots like Williams burg and Jamestown Nauticus and Valentine Riverside a waterfront development in Rich mond A high speed rail line from Washington DC to Virginia Beach with legs straddling the James River would link the attrac tions and take people to the main fair site A convention center twice the size of lakefront Mc Cormick Place would be built near the airport site as the main exhibi tion hall for the fair A major theme park with a mega midway also would be con structed close to the center Jewell suggested that the owners of Busch Gardens in Williamsburg or Kings Dominion in Hanover County might be persuad ed to abandon their current proper ty to develop at the new site The two metro areas have a population base rivaling that of Los Angeles he said (the LA metro area is several times larger however) And because the region boasts more corporate headquarters and major services than any place between New York and Atlanta no reason why southeastern Virginia put on a air Jewell said of would be the biggest drawback he said But several Hampton Roads businessmen who have seen Jew presentation in recent weeks suggested that lack of money also could be a problem saw a lovely conceptual pre sentation that is stored in my mem said Jack Pope president of GSH Real Estate who saw slide show at an April board meet ing of the uture of Hampton Roads I see enough about the economics of it the prac ticality of it and the politics of it to determine the reality of it somebody puts some pencil to paper on it and shows us a way then Pope said But Jewell has support Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chairman James Bab cock is ready to take ideas to the next level He has had infor mal discussions with other business leaders about forming an authority or commission to begin planning Questions about financing possible sites and scope of the project would be tackled he said from a wonderful party a air would stimulate eco nomic development I think worth a second said Bab cock chairman and chief executive officer of irst Virginia Bank of Tidewater too early to evaluate how all these things would be Babcock continued see Jew presentation more as a list of ideas to stimulate thinking Just what will come out who knows? Maybe not a air but may be have a new museum in working together Rich mond and Hampton Roads who knows what we can Jewell acknowledges that the fair is to spur develop ment in the region Working against a deadline on a project that would create jobs attract national and in ternational tourists and benefit each locality in the area the fair would leave in place an infrastruc ture to help boost the area long after 2007 he said The high speed trains mod eled after rench trains would be built at Hampton Roads shipyards as part of the national defense conversion effort Jewell said The convention center could be used after the fair to attract na tional conventions to Virginia he continued Or it could be incorpo rated into the superairport which would not be built until about 2010 or 2020 The high speed rail line Poor post fair plans can be a big hazard RICHMOND Several US cities that have hosted fairs have found them selves stuck with huge debts and empty useless buildings once the crowds are gone According to a 1987 report in The Wall Street Journal chunks of real estate and thousands of square feet of po tential office were left vacant and idle in New York Knoxville Tenn San Antonio Texas and New Orleans be cause of poor post fair plan ning you will do with the site after the fair should figure very importantly in your plans for the said Ewen Ding wall general manager of the 1962 Seattle air and a consultant to the Knoxville 1 982) New Orleans 1 984) and San Antonio (1968) fairs is frequently misun derstood and Dingwall 80 said in a recent telephone interview from Seat tle where he is retired Dingwall points to Seattle as more successful than the oth er cities in permanently using property developed for a fair When its fair was over the city was left with a 75 acre site of parkland and buildings including a theater and exhibition complex The Coliseum has become the home of the Seattle Super Sonics the National Bas ketball Association franchise And the US Pavilion has been turned into a science cen ter Dingwall said Dingwall was the general manager of the Seattle Center until his retirement three years ago He declined to talk about the other cities But published reports indicate each has expe rienced major problems In New Orleans organizers were operating under protection of the federal bankruptcy code in 1987 And in San Antonio many of the buildings were deteriorated by then city officials having reached no con sensus on their use Ten years after fair the city still owes $46 mil lion for purchase and develop ment of the fair site acquisition and rehabilitation of fair prop erties and for refinancing The debt is not expected to be paid off until 2005 As recently as this March blue ribbon panels in the Ten nessee city were trying to hatch plans to revitalize the fair site Abortive efforts included plans for a Knoxville World estival and efforts to save the now razed US Pavilion by turning it into the site for a Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Cele bration rank Jewell director of Valentine Museum and father of fair idea said a fair be held unless campsite is left than the fair organizers found it In addition to post fair planning Dingwall said a sue cessful fair needs: BTo be staged in a well populated area close to an ur ban area out in the coun tryside where people get there and it have a strong daily Solid funding and strong civic leadership backing it not going to say you need a united community be cause that almost never hap Dingwall said there are sad episodes of fairs that have been half baked You' want to avoid that fair is very much worth doing for a community only they are serious about doing a first class BONNIE WINSTON would remain after the fair to bring passengers to the superairport John Kidd executive direc tor of the Richmond Regional Plan ning District Commission which has been working on the superair port project said pegging the fair to the airport may prove the first stumbling block Plans for the superairport have been put on hold until consultants evaluate the feasibility of expand ing the existing airports in Norfolk Richmond or Newport News into a superport he said urther the financially de pressed airline industry reeling from bankruptcies and huge losses among the dominant carriers is re luctant to bear the cost associated with a new airport Kidd said The Denver airport which has taken 1 5 years and $5 billion to complete will open later this year It is the first major airport to be built in the US since the Dallas ort Worth airport in 1976 Kidd also cautioned that all three major eastern Virginia air ports have marshland problems that may preclude large scale devel opment And he noted that pres sures from environmental laws and historic preservation groups may block the rail lines and river cross ings needed to move people to a fair is no problem that be solved with Kidd said I know if money will be no object in this case want to be a cold water continued Kidd who has not seen the slide show become increasingly skeptical on how going to pay for these things I can see the idea and the concept But if you ask anybody in government you do that by the answer would be if some private organi zation wants to do it fine But I bet you if your tax money or mine were involved it would be more diffi he added Jewell suggests that a combina tion of federal transportation and airport funds state backed bonds junk bonds special area taxes and admission fees would pay for the fair A certain amount of persuasion also would be thrown in particular ly in getting a theme park interest ed can convince someone to do anything as long as they will make more Jewell Even among those whom Jew ell proposes to uproot there is a certain endorsement howevet mixed with uncertainty vision is wonderful whether or not you have a theme said Wilson lohr general manager of Kings Do minion is truly creative and a But lohr said it is Paramount would close the theme park one of three the movie mak ing 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