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Eula Johnston Stafford, 92, of Pearisburg, passed away Sunday morning, March 15, 2009. Mrs. Stafford was born on January 29, 1917, in Ripplemead, Va., and was a daughter of the late Robert Lacy Johnston and Verna Givens Johnston. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Randolph Stafford; and two sisters, Josephine Teass and Lois Reynolds; and one brother, Fred Johnston. Mrs. Stafford received her B.S. degree from Radford University and taught elementary school in Newport and Kimbleton for over 10 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg, the Ann S. Holman Sunday School Class and the Lydia Circle. She is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Ann Stafford, of Roanoke; one son and daughter-in-law, James Robert Stafford and his wife, Margaret Fowler, of Vestal, N.Y.; one granddaughter, Jillian Stafford; one brother, Lawrence Johnston and his wife, Betty, of Princeton, W.Va.; one sister, Thelma Carden, of Peterstown, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with the Rev Dr. Fred L. Austin and the Rev. Dr. Brad Scott officiating with burial following in the Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home Monday evening March 16, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg.
Published in the Roanoke Times on 3/16/2009
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1917 - 2009 (92 years)
