Obituary - Hogan, Elmer Buford - 2001 - Roanoke City, Virginia
Submitted to the archives by Tami Ramsey, abt November 2004.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - January 1, 2001 

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Deceased Name: OBIT - HOGAN, ELMER BUFORD  
 
HOGAN, Elmer Buford, 93, of Roanoke, went to be with his 
Lord from Berkshire Health Care Center, Friday night, December 29, 2000. 
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha McGhee Hogan, and was 
the only child of the late George Robert and Cora Swain Hogan. He was 
retired from the American Bridge Company-U.S. Steel, and a member of 
Waverly Place Baptist Church. He is survived by a son, George E. Hogan 
and wife Dorothy, daughters Shirley Robertson and husband James, all of 
Roanoke, Ocelia Pollard and husband Hildrey of Vinton; ten grandchildren;
 21 great-grandchildren; and ten great-great-grandchildren. His mother died 
when he was an infant, and he was reared by an aunt and uncle, the late 
Goldie Swain Sink and husband Tom. Surviving from this family are "brothers" 
Wallace, Eldridge and Clifton "Billy" Sink, and also a "sister" Mary Sink Witt. 
Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Vinton Chapel at 10:00 am 
Tuesday, January 2, 2001, with the Reverend Reed A. Ness officiating. 
Burial will be in Fair View Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be 
made to Waverly Place Baptist Church. Friends may call at Oakey's Vinton 
Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, and 2-4 
and 7-9 p.m. Monday.