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In Memory of
Lewis Clifton "Bud"
Hypes
1928 -
2018

Obituary for Lewis Clifton "Bud" Hypes

Lewis Clifton "Bud"  Hypes
Lewis “Bud” Hypes, 90, of Roanoke, Va. passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. Born on Friday, April 20, 1928. A funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Locust Grove United Methodist Church 3415 Locust Grove Ln. Salem, Va. 24153 with Pastor Ben Lockhart officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Christiansburg, Va.
Friends may visit with the family from 10:30 a.m. until the hour of the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers the family has asked that memorial contributions be made in Lewis’s honor to Locust Grove United Methodist Church at the address listed above.
For additional information or to leave condolences to the family please visit www.johnmoakey.com.


Lewis Clifton Hypes, 90, of 4931 Keagy Road, Roanoke, passed from this life to the next on Tuesday evening at 9:41 PM, November 20, 2018. He had been gravely ill from a stroke in June, and passed peacefully.

Survivors include:

Frances Hypes Rhodes, sister, of Roanoke
Lois Eloise Hypes, sister, of Roanoke

Sally Rhodes Ahner, niece, of Nashville, TN
Harry S. Rhodes, nephew, of Roanoke, and his wife Becky and three children
Clifton E. Rhodes, nephew, of Cary, NC, and his wife Lynette and three children




Lewis Hypes was born on a farm in Giles County, Virginia on April 20, 1928 to Layman Spencer Hypes 1886-1985) and Sallie Jones Hypes (1891-1971). He was the youngest of three children. Living on a farm for half his life, he learned to manage cattle and sheep, plow and plant and harvest crops, and fix the machinery when it broke down. He graduated from Newport High School in 1944.

Lewis Hypes served his country in the Army during the Korean War (1950-53), doing his basic training at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. After basic training, he was stationed In Germany until his time of service was up.

After he was discharged from the Army, he returned to the farm and worked it with his parents and sister Lois until the family moved to Roanoke on Christmas Eve of 1970. By this time he was working at General Electric in Salem, moving from working with the big machine presses to testing electronic equipment before he retired from GE in 1998.

He and his sister Lois were known about Roanoke for their very large and marvelous garden on the corner of Keagy Road and Sugar Loaf Mountain Road. In essence, they brought all their knowledge from the farm and transplanted it into that beautiful and fruitful plot behind their house. After retirement, keeping the garden going and the lawn mowed occupied both their time up until about a year ago.

Whether it was helping things grow or fixing mechanical problems on anything with wheels or testing for General Electric, Lewis loved his work. He had a special affinity for animals—rarely did a dog or cat ignore him–and while he lived on the farm he had a dog at his heels. Two were named “Corky” a name he must have liked since one dog and its successor both had that name!

Lewis loved to tell stories, many of them humorous. His eyes would twinkle and he would burst out laughing at the humor just as his listeners did!

Both Lewis and Lois attended Locust Grove United Methodist Church in Salem when they could although they remained members of the church into which they had been born in Giles County– Mt. Olivet Methodist Church (now Newport/Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church).

Visitation will be at 10:30 AM and the service will be held at 12 noon at Locust Grove United Methodist Church in Salem, with the Rev. Ben Lockhart presiding and family member and pastor Morris Bennett assisting. Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Christiansburg.
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