Sussex-Franklin County-Roanoke City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bland, Ethel P. Heckman, 1978 

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ETHEL PRICE HECKMAN BLAND 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Ethel Heckman Bland, 76, died Tuesday in a Richmond 
hospital.

  A native of Roanoke, she was a graduate of Ferrum Junior College and 
Blackstone Female Institute.  She was a former school teacher in the 
Roanoke city and county schools and a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist 
Church of Surry County.

  Survivors include her husband, the Rev. L.P. Bland (ret.), a daughter, 
Mrs. W.C. Seeley Jr. of Wakefield; three sons, L.P. Bland III of Portsmouth, 
Ben P. Bland of Plano, Tex., and James L. Bland of Richmond; a half-sister, 
Mrs. Virginia Alexander of St. Petersburg, Fla., and nine grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Wakefield United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. James Tongue and Dr. Carl Haley.

  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Christian Children’s Fund of Virginia, or the Virginia Methodist 
Children’s Home, in care of C.M. Ellis Jr., Wakefield, Va., 23888.

  Purviance Funeral Home is in charge.


Ethel Price (HECKMAN; Mrs. L. Preston) BLAND, former Roanoke teacher, 
b. 8 Nov 1902, Roanoke, d. 20 Dec 1978, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 24 Dec 1978, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 21, 1978, p. 62 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #127830588 

Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Mar. 13, 1989, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b453p1ob.txt 
   Included with it is a Rocky Hock United Methodist Church bulletin, 
   remembering the couple's service to the church. 

Her father Cephus Edgar HECKMAN (1878-1960) & step-mother are buried in 
   Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke. (Find a Grave Mem. #79750331 &c.) 

Her mother "Hettie" Henrietta T. (PRICE) HECKMAN (1881-1903) is buried with 
   her parents in the Joseph Shores Price family cemetery, near Dillions Mill, 
   Calloway, Franklin Co.  (Find a Grave Mem. #134049024 for "C E Heckman") 


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