FYI Compton surname in the Archie K. Allen Sr. obit. ---------- > From: STEPHD@aol.com > To: VAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAMONTGO-L] Old obituaries > Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 7:46 PM > > My mother and I came across a box of obituaries my great-grandmother had saved > from the 1940s-1970s in Blacksburg, Va. Unfortunately we don't have years for > most of them, but some of them still have good genealogy clues so I'm > transcribing them here. We suspect that they came from the Roanoke Times > newspaper, but aren't completely sure. Some of them had dates handwritten on > them. I have noted these where they occurred. I have no further information > on any of these people, though. > > OAKLEY L. AKERS > Blacksburg, Oct. 13 (Special). - Oakley L. AKERS died at his home near > Blacksburg Thursday. Funeral services will be at Slusher's Chapel Satureday > at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Blacksburg. > > SIDNEY E. AKERS > Radford, July 21 - Sidney E. AKERS, 45, of Christiansburg died of a heart > attack at Radford Arsenal today, shortly after reporting for work. Surviving > are his wife, Mrs. Glada S. AKERS, Christiansburg; his mother, Mrs. Maggie > SLUSSER AKERS; four brothers, Melvyn Frank, James and Charlie AKERS; a sister, > Mrs. Marie MATTOX, all of Blacksburg. Funeral will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. > at Richardson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery. > > LESTER L. ALBERT > Blacksburg, Aug. 11 (Special) - Lester Lankford ALBERT, 62, died here Sunday > morning at the home of his brother, J. E. ALBERT. He is survived by one > daughter, two sons, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be > held at the Christian church Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in > Westview cemetery. > > ARCHIE K. ALLEN SR. > Blacksburg - Archie K. ALLEN Sr., 80, of Blacksburg, died Friday, Dec. 29, > 1972, in a Shawsville nursing home. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Paul T. > PRICE Sr., Blacksburg, Mrs. Ralph S. COMPTON, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sons, > Kenneth E. ALLEN, Mapplecove La., Archie K. ALLEN Jr., Blacksburg; a sister, > Mrs. Fred SHEALOR, Blacksburg; a brother, Buford ALLEN, Blacksburg; eleven > grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. The funeral was held Sunday, Dec. > 31, at 2 p.m. at Hoy Funeral Home with burial in Westview Cemetery. Rev. > Edwin TROUTMAN officiated. Pallbearers were Don FAIN, Rodney WHITE, Freddie > OLINGER, Gene GREGORY, Deuayne SHEALOR, and Anderson REED. > > W. D. (BILLY) ALLEN > Funeral services for W. D. (Billy) ALLEN, 45, of Blacksburg, were held Nov. > 21, at 2 p.m., at Jones Funeral Chapel. Burial was in Westview Cemeter. Mr. > ALLEN, who was a business partner with his uncle, Buford ALLEN, in Allen Coal > and Oil Company, was killed Nov. 18 when he apparently slipped and his rifle > fired accidentally while hunting in Craig County. Surviving are his wife, > Mrs. Robbie Lee ALLEN; two daughters, Mrs. Alva PERDUE and Miss Bonnie ALLEN, > of Blacksburg; two sons, Claude K. ALLEN, of Christiansburg, and Ronnie ALLEN, > of Long Beach, California. Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Albert ALLEN, > Blacksburg; three sisters, Mrs. Edgar R. BOWERY, Roanoke; Mrs. D. C. SHAVER, > Fort Smith, Ark.; and Mrs. D. J. DARCEY, Lanham, Md.; and a brother, Sidney A. > ALLEN, Roanoke. Mr. ALLEN was a grandson of William K. BELL, oldest living > alumnus of Virginia Tech, who also is a survivor. (Written on this: Nov 18 > 64) > > HEATH C. ALLEN > Blacksburg, Aug. 5. - Heath C. ALLEN, 57, died at his home here this morning. > Surviving are his wife, four children and two brothers. Services will be held > at Lusters Gate Union church at 3 p.m. Wednesday, with interment in Westview. > > E. T. ALLS > Blacksburg, Aug. 17 - E.T. ALLS, 47, died Friday at his home near here. He is > survived by his wife; a daughter, Betty ALLS; a son, Howard ALLS, Blacksburg; > two brothers, Leonard ALLS, James ALLS, Blacksburg, five sisters, Mrs. Bessie > PRICE, Mrs. Claude DOVE, Mrs. Clem LONG, Mrs. Lawrence PRICE, Blacksburg; Mrs. > LeRoy BLAND, Columbia, S.C. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in > Mountain View Wesleyan Methodist Church with burial in Westview Cemetery here. > The body was taken to the home today and will remain there until 1 p.m. > > MRS. MARY ELZABETH ALLS > Blacksburg, Jan. 31 - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth ALLS, 67, died today in Blacksurg. > She is survived by three sons; James, Leonard and Elliott ALLS; five > daughters; Mrs. Lawrence PRICE, Mrs. Clem LONG, Mrs. Hazen PRICE, Mrs.Cloyd > DOVE and Mrs. Leroy BLAND, all of Blacksburg; 25 grandchildren; eight great- > grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. B. L. MOREHEAD, McCoy. Services will be > held Monday at 2 p.m. at the home of her son, Leonard W. ALLS. Burial will be > in Westview Cemetery. > > CHARLES E. ATKINS DIES > Blacksburg, may 21 (Special) - Charles Ellet ATKINS, 58, and for some years a > prominent farmer and stockman of the Roanoke Valley section of Montgomery > county, died suddenly early Tuesday morning at his home in Blacksburg. > Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the > residence, conducted by the pastor of Whisner Memorial Methodist church, Dr. > D. T. MERRITT. Burial will be in West View. Mr. ATKINS was the only son of > the later Mr. And Mrs. John ATKINS and is survived by his wife, formerly Miss > Zora WILLIAMSON, of the Riner community, and one daughter, Miss Louise ATKINS, > a member of the nursing staff of the Altamont hospital, Christiansburg. He > has many relatives in Giles county of which his parents were natives. His > mother died two months ago. > > MRS. JOHN L. ATKINS > Blacksburg, April 13 (Special) - Mrs. Victoria ATKINS, 87, widow of John L. > ATKINS, died early today at her home in Blacksburg. Funeral services will be > held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home. Burial will be in West View > cemetery. > > > ==== VAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > The VAGenWeb's Surname Register is located at URL: > http://people.delphi.com/fspradlin/vasurnam.htm >