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.
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 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.
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.
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