Obituaries
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Obituary for Parthenia
Sink Dunman - Franklin Co. Va Mrs. Parthenia Sink Dunman Mrs. Parthenia Sink Dunman, 88, wife of Henry D. Dunman
died yesterday afternoon. Surviving are two sons and
three daughters: Luther M. Dunman, Greenlee;
William Sink, Roanoke; Mrs W. A. Clark, Clifton
Forge; Mrs Laura Spicer,Roaring
Fork NC and Mrs M. J. Minnix,
Troutville. Also surviving are 39 grandchildren and 50
great grandchildren. Funeral services will be
conducted at the residence of Mrs. A. W.Whorley,
1125 Moorman Road NW at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Internment will
be in Fairview. Submitted by Lynda Troutt Murphy ladyxx@roanoke.infi.net
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Obituary for Samuel J. Dunman - Franklin Co. Va Samuel J. Dunman Samuel J. Dunman, 58 of 1706 Moorman Avenue NW, died at 8:30
o’clock yesterday morning in a local hospital, following a brief illness. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Julia Page Dunman, and four sons and four
daughters: James W., Latene W., Clarence R. and Ray
Dunman, and Mrs. J. R. (Bessie) Argenbright, Mrs.
H. F. (Lillie) Tatum, Mrs. L J. Minnix, Mrs. J. J.
(Willie) Field and Ruth Dunman. He is also survived by one brother and
three sisters: Luther M. Dunman, Roanoke: Mrs L. J. Minnix, Roanoke; Mrs.
W. A. Clark, Clifton Forge; and Mrs Laura Spicer,
Benham, NC. Funeral services will be
conducted at Melrose Baptist Church at two o’clock Friday Afternoon. The internment will be in Fairview. Active pallbearers will
be J. J. Meador, J. H. Poff, A. Mullins, Ray Pate, A. B. Young and C. E.
Shipman. Honorary pallbearers
will be A. K. Sledd, T. M. Young. R. B. Jones,
Clyde Pate, Lewis Haley Field, Harry F. Tatum, John J. Field, Joe Mullins, C.
L. Tinsley, J. R. Argenbright, James Bays, Leonard Prilliaman
and W. N. Latta. Submitted by Lynda Troutt Murphy ladyxx@roanoke.infi.net
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Obituary of David W.
Franklin, 1938 David W. Franklin, 77,
prominent man of the Huddleston community, died suddenly last Friday, his
death occurring at the home of a neighbor on whom he had called that
afternoon. Mr. Franklin was a native of the county, being the son of the late John
and Frances Saunders Franklin, and the greater part of his life was spent in
the neighborhood where death ocurred. He was a memeber
of the Baptist Church and also of the board of deacons and for many years had given active support
to the work of his own denomination and to Christian causes generally. He was a member of the Otterview
lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Franklin is survivied by the
following children: W.H. Franklin, of
Wells Nevada;U.D. Franklin, of Birmingham Alabama:
Hayden, Jesse, Gilbert and Harry Franklin and Mrs. Corbitt Mitchell, Mrs. Roy
Nichols, Mrs. Richard Johnson, of
Huddleston; Mrs. O.S. Tuck, of Moneta,
and J.E. Franklin of Roanoke. The
following brothers also survive: J. H.
Franklin, of Lynchburg, and Jesse Franklin of Bluefield W. VA. Funeral services were
conducted at Stauton Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon by the pastor Rev. H. L. Cooper, assisted by Rev. A.C. Lawson, and
burial was in the church cemetery. Submitter note: William
Davis Franklin died Sept. 9, 1938 buried Franklin Family cemetery Rt. 626,
near Pine Shores camp ground.) Submitted by Jeri Gallus
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