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Dewey Price Canterbury, 83, of Route 1, Toms Brook, died Tuesday in Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal. A funeral service will be conducted at 9 a.m. at Central Baptist Church on Route 1, Strasburg, by the Rev. Richard C. Hill and Rev. Carl Edwards. Burial will be in Meadowridge Memorial Park in Baltimore, Md., with graveside rites conducted by the Rev. Carl Edwards and the Rev. James Willy along with Masonic graveside rites. He was born Aug. 26, 1899, in Red Sulphur Springs, W.Wa., a son of the late John W. and Alice Caperton Canterbury. A retired self employed carpenter, he was a member of Central Baptist Church and Warren Masonic Lodge No. 51, Baltimore, Md., and the Eastern Star. Surviving with his widow, Edith P. Rader Canterbury, are one son, Dewey Paul Canterbury of Baltimore, Md.; four daughters, Victoria C. Jackson of Petersburg, Gladys C. Mann of Princeton, W.Va., Phylis R. Critzer of Baltimore, Md., and Pearl C. Furr of Tupelo, Miss.; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ralph Mallonee, George Johnson, Harrison Nicholson, Ricky Hill, John Bulumer and Clarence Fry. The family will receive friends at the Stover Funeral Home in Strasburg Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service, and the family will meet at the church at 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Baptist Church Building Fund.