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Earl Edward Bland
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Earl Edward Bland
- Born: 5 Apr 1915, Grayson Co, VA 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): Ruth Irene Wimmer on 24 Dec 1940 in Roanoke (City), VA 1
- Died: 31 Oct 1962, Augusta Co, VA at age 47 4 5
 Noted events in his life were:
• Census: Grayson Co, VA - 1920 Federal Census, 15 Jan 1920, Grayson Co, VA. 6 Elk Creek, Dist 69, Sheet 8A, Stamped Pg 130
• Census: Grayson Co, Va - 1930 Federal Census, 25 Apr 1930, Grayson Co, VA. 7 Elk Creek, Dist 1, Sheet 11A, Stamped Pg 94
• Obituary: The Daily News Record. 5 Earl Edward Bland, 67, an owner and operator of Bland Land Co. in Harrisonburg, died Sunday evening at Salem Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Mr. Bland, who lived at Weyers Cave, had been ill six months and was a patient at the medical center 10 days.
He owned and operated the Harrisonburg real estate company with his son, G. Christopher Bland of Bridgewater.
Mr. Bland was born April 5, 1915, at Elk Creek and was a son of Sibbie Comer Bland of Durham, N.C., and the late Glen C. Bland.
He lived in Roanoke from 1932 until 1972, when he moved to the Weyers Cave-Burketown area of Augusta County. He was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church at Weyers Cave and attended National Business College in Roanoke.
He was past president of the Virginia Auctioneers Association and a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Mr. Bland also served during World War II with the Navy Seabees.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, mother and son, are a daughter, Bonnie Jo Westervelt of Winchester; two brothers, Gerald H. Bland of Graham, Wash., and William M. Bland of Pittsboro, N.C.; and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bethany United Methodist Church by the Rev. William Atwell and the Rev. Lester D. Nave. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery at Weyers Cave.
The body is at Lindsey Weyers Cave Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. today.
Published in Daily News Record; Tues., Nov. 2, 1982.
Earl married Ruth Irene Wimmer on 24 Dec 1940 in Roanoke (City), VA.1 (Ruth Irene Wimmer was born on 22 Aug 1919 in Chester Co, PA 5 and died on 26 Jan 1998 in Rockingham Co., VA 5.)
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Sources
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Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, U.S., Marriages Records, 1936-2014" (Richmond, Virgnia; Virginia Marriages, 1936 - 2014; Roll 101144425, Ancestry.com, (database on-line, Provo,UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2015), Surety: 3.
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Virginia Department of Health, "In the Virgiia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richamond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operatons, Inc.), Surety: 3.
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World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.
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Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, Deaths, 1912 -2014" (Richmong, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.
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Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.
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Virginia, Grayson Co - 1920 Federal Census, Elk Creek, Dist 69, Sheet 8A, Stamped Pg 130. Surety: 4.
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Virginia, Grayson Co - 1930 Federal Census, Elk Creek, Dist 1, Sheet 11A, Stamped Pg 94. Surety: 4.
